US09508981B2
According to one embodiment, a non-aqueous electrolyte battery is provided. The non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes a negative electrode contained a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material includes a monoclinic β-type titanium-based oxide or lithium titanium-based oxide. The monoclinic β-type titanium-based oxide or lithium titanium-based oxide has a peak belonging to (011), which appears at 2θ1 in a range of 24.40° or more and 24.88° or less, in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by wide angle X-ray diffractometry using CuKα radiation as an X-ray source.
US09508976B2
Implementations of the present disclosure generally relate to separators, high performance electrochemical devices, such as, batteries and capacitors, including the aforementioned separators, and methods for fabricating the same. In one implementation, a separator for a battery is provided. The separator comprises a substrate capable of conducting ions and at least one dielectric layer capable of conducting ions. The at least one dielectric layer at least partially covers the substrate and has a thickness of 1 nanometer to 2,000 nanometers.
US09508975B1
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator is a porous film containing a polyolefin as a main component. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator (i) has a phase difference of 80 nm or less with respect to light having a wavelength of 590 nm in a state where the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator is impregnated with ethanol and (ii) has a porosity of 30% to 60%.
US09508960B2
The present application provides a method for packaging a display device and an apparatus therefor. The method includes: providing a display device, a platform, a laser beam and a magnetic mechanism; wherein the display device includes a light emitting element, the light emitting element includes at least one effective light emitting region thereon and is prepared on an upper surface of a glass substrate, the glass substrate is bonded to a glass cover plate via a sealing adhesive layer; the display device is placed on the platform; the laser beam penetrates the glass cover plate and focuses on the sealing adhesive layer to sinter the sealing adhesive layer; and the magnetic mechanism clamps the glass cover plate and the glass substrate from top to bottom and applies a uniform pressing force on the effective light emitting region of the display device.
US09508956B2
An organic light emitting diode, which is a top emission-type, is configured so that at least the following are laminated on the substrate: a reflective layer including a metal material; an anode conductive layer including a transparent conductive material; an organic EL layer having a light emitting layer which contains an organic light emitting material; and a cathode conductive layer in which a semi-transmissive metal layer and a transparent conductive layer including a transparent conductive material are laminated. On the surface of the semi-transmissive metal layer that is in contact with the transparent conducive layer side, a two-dimensional lattice structure is formed in which a plurality of protrusions are arranged periodically and two-dimensionally.
US09508952B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an array of organic light emitting elements formed over the first substrate and interposed between the first and second substrate. The array comprises a pixel defining layer. The organic light emitting display device further includes a recess formed into the pixel defining layer, a sealing member, and a reinforcing member. The sealing member is formed along the edges of the first and second substrates and interconnects the first and second substrates. The reinforcing member comprises a first portion positioned in the recess and a second portion projected outside the recess toward the second substrate such that the second portion of the reinforcing member is capable of supporting the second substrate when the second substrate is pressed toward the first substrate by an external force.
US09508949B2
An organic light emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and two or more organic material layers provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic material layer includes a light emitting layer, and a mixed layer including one or more hole transfer materials and one or more electron transfer materials.
US09508945B2
A photodetector device includes multiple organic photodetector subcells arranged in a stack, each organic photodetector subcell being configured to generate an electrical current in response to absorbing light over a corresponding range of wavelengths, in which each organic photodetector subcell includes at least one electron donor material and at least one electron acceptor material.
US09508942B2
A charge transporting, liquid crystal photoalignment material comprising a charge transporting moiety connected through covalent chemical bonds to a surface derivatizing moiety, and a photoalignment moiety connected through covalent chemical bonds to a surface derivatizing moiety.
US09508929B2
A method for making phase change memory cell includes following steps. A carbon nanotube wire is located on a surface of the substrate, wherein the carbon nanotube wire includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. A bending portion is formed by bending the carbon nanotube wire. A first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode are applied on the surface of the substrate, wherein the first electrode is electrically connected to the first end, the second electrode is electrically connected to the second end, and the third end is spaced from the bending portion of the carbon nanotube wire. A phase change layer is deposited to cover the bending structure and electrically connects to the third electrode.
US09508925B2
Provided is a magnetic memory device. The magnetic memory device includes a first magnetization layer, a tunnel barrier disposed on the first magnetization layer, a second magnetization layer disposed on the tunnel barrier, and a spin current assisting layer disposed on at least a portion of a sidewall of the second magnetization layer.
US09508922B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a first stack structure including a first magnetic layer, and a first nonmagnetic layer provided on the first magnetic layer, a second stack structure including a second magnetic layer provided on the first nonmagnetic layer, a second nonmagnetic layer provided on the second magnetic layer, and a top conductive layer provided on the second nonmagnetic layer, and a sidewall conductive layer provided on a sidewall of the second stack structure.
US09508912B2
A thermoelectric conversion device includes a perovskite film over a substrate and formed with first and second electrodes on the perovskite film, wherein the perovskite film includes a domain having a crystal orientation different from a crystal orientation of a crystal that constitutes the perovskite film.
US09508904B2
Methods are disclosed including generating a substrate surface topography that includes a mounting portion that is higher than a relief portion that defines a perimeter of the mounting portion.
US09508893B2
There is provided a method for manufacturing a nanostructure semiconductor light emitting device, including: forming a mask having a plurality of openings on a base layer; growing a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer on exposed regions of the base layer such that the plurality of openings are filled, to form a plurality of nanocores; partially removing the mask such that side surfaces of the plurality of nanocores are exposed; heat-treating the plurality of nanocores after partially removing the mask; sequentially growing an active layer and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer on surfaces of the plurality of nanocores to form a plurality of light emitting nanostructures, after the heat treatment; and planarizing upper parts of the plurality of light emitting nanostructures such that upper surfaces of the nanocores are exposed.
US09508892B2
Nano-crystalline core and nano-crystalline shell pairings having group I-III-VI material nano-crystalline cores, and methods of fabricating nano-crystalline core and nano-crystalline shell pairings having group I-III-VI material nano-crystalline cores, are described. In an example, a semiconductor structure includes a nano-crystalline core composed of a group I-III-VI semiconductor material. A nano-crystalline shell composed of a second, different, group I-III-VI semiconductor material at least partially surrounds the nano-crystalline core.
US09508888B2
A solar cell is provided with: a semiconductor substrate; an insulating layer formed of a silicon compound or a metal compound, and having a predetermined pattern over the substrate; and a surface covering layer formed of an amorphous semiconductor, having a same pattern as the insulating layer, and that directly contacts the insulating layer.
US09508886B2
A method for making a crystalline silicon solar cell substrate is provided. A doped dielectric layer is deposited over the backside surface of a crystalline silicon substrate, the doped dielectric layer having a polarity opposite the polarity of the crystalline silicon substrate. Portions of the backside surface of the crystalline substrate are exposed through the doped dielectric layer. An overlayer is deposited over the doped dielectric layer and the exposed portions of the backside surface of the crystalline silicon substrate. Pulsed laser ablation of the overlayer is performed with a flat top laser beam on the silicon substrate to form continuous base openings nested within the exposed portions of the backside surface of the crystalline silicon substrate, the flat top laser beam having a beam intensity profile flatter as compared to a Gaussian beam intensity profile and having a rectangular beam cross section. Doped base regions are formed in the crystalline silicon substrate through the continuous base openings.
US09508882B2
A solar cell module includes a solar cell panel including a plurality of solar cells and a bus bar connected to the solar cells, a protective substrate on the solar cell panel, and a spacer part between the solar cell panel and the protective substrate. The spacer part includes an air layer and a spacer surrounding the air layer.
US09508865B2
According to example embodiments, a transistor includes a gate, a channel layer that is separate from the gate, a gate insulating layer between the gate and the channel layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode respectively contacting a first region and a second region of the channel layer. The gate insulating layer includes an impurity metal containing region that includes an impurity metal and contacts the channel layer. The gate insulating layer includes an impurity metal non-containing region contacting the gate that is not doped with the impurity metal.
US09508857B2
A thin film transistor display panel a includes a transparent substrate; a gate electrode positioned on the substrate; a gate insulating layer positioned on the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer positioned on the gate insulating layer and including a channel region; a source electrode and a drain electrode positioned on the semiconductor layer and facing each other; and a passivation layer configured to cover the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the semiconductor layer, wherein the semiconductor layer includes a relatively thick first portion between the source electrode and the gate electrode and a relatively thinner second portion between the drain electrode and the gate electrode overlap, the relatively thick first portion being sufficiently thick to substantially reduce a charge trapping phenomenon that may otherwise occur at a gate electrode to gate dielectric interface if the first portion were as thin as the second portion.
US09508855B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; and a roof layer facing the pixel electrode. A plurality of microcavities are between the pixel electrode and the roof layer. A liquid crystal material is in the microcavities, and a dent is formed in the roof layer.
US09508848B1
One illustrative method disclosed herein includes, among other things, removing at least a portion of a vertical height of portions of an overall fin structure that are not covered by a gate structure so as to result in the definition of a remaining portion of the overall fin structure that is positioned under the gate structure, wherein the remaining portion comprises a channel portion and a lower portion located under the channel portion. The method continues with the formation of a layer of heat-expandable material (HEM), performing a heating process on the HEM so as to cause the HEM to expand, recessing the HEM so as to expose edges of the channel portion and growing a semiconductor material above the HEM using the exposed edges of the channel portion as a growth surface.
US09508844B2
A semiconductor arrangement and method of forming the same are described. A semiconductor arrangement includes a third metal connect in contact with a first metal connect in a first active region and a second metal connect in a second active region, and over a shallow trench isolation region located between the first active region and a second active region. A method of forming the semiconductor arrangement includes forming a first opening over the first metal connect, the STI region, and the second metal connect, and forming the third metal connect in the first opening. Forming the third metal connect over the first metal connect and the second metal connect mitigates RC coupling.
US09508843B2
A semiconductor device includes an active layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode, an interlayer dielectric, an inter-source layer, an inter-source plug, an inter-drain layer, an inter-drain plug, an inter-gate layer, and an inter-gate plug. The active layer is made of III-V group semiconductors. The source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode are disposed on the active layer. The gate electrode is disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The interlayer dielectric covers the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode. The inter-source layer, the inter-drain layer, and the inter-gate layer are disposed on the interlayer dielectric. The inter-source plug is electrically connected to the source electrode and the inter-source layer. The inter-drain plug is electrically connected to the drain electrode and the inter-drain layer. The inter-gate plug is electrically connected to the gate electrode and the inter-gate layer.
US09508840B2
High frequency currents may be rectified by means of a printable diode comprising a first and a second electrode, between which a semiconducting layer comprising semiconducting particles embedded in an inert matrix, and a conducting layer comprising conducting particles embedded in an inert matrix are arranged.
US09508838B2
A vertical III-nitride field effect transistor includes a drain comprising a first III-nitride material, a drain contact electrically coupled to the drain, and a drift region comprising a second III-nitride material coupled to the drain and disposed adjacent to the drain along a vertical direction. The field effect transistor also includes a channel region comprising a third III-nitride material coupled to the drift region, a gate region at least partially surrounding the channel region, and a gate contact electrically coupled to the gate region. The field effect transistor further includes a source coupled to the channel region. The source includes a GaN-layer coupled to an InGaN layer. The channel region is disposed between the drain and the source along the vertical direction such that current flow during operation of the vertical III-nitride field effect transistor is along the vertical direction.
US09508837B2
To provide a semiconductor device having a nonvolatile memory improved in characteristics. In the semiconductor device, a nonvolatile memory has a high-k insulating film (high dielectric constant film) between a control gate electrode portion and a memory gate electrode portion and a transistor of a peripheral circuit region has a high-k/metal configuration. The high-k insulating film arranged between the control gate electrode portion and the memory gate electrode portion relaxes an electric field intensity at the end portion (corner portion) of the memory gate electrode portion on the side of the control gate electrode portion. This results in reduction in uneven distribution of charges in a charge accumulation portion (silicon nitride film) and improvement in erase accuracy.
US09508835B2
A method for manufacturing a non-volatile memory structure includes providing a substrate having a memory region and a logic region defined thereon, masking the logic region while forming at least a first gate in the memory region, forming an oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) structure under the first gate, forming an oxide structure covering the ONO structure on the substrate, masking the memory region while forming a second gate in the logic region, and forming a first spacer on sidewalls of the first gate and a second spacer on sidewalls of the second gate simultaneously.
US09508834B1
A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a fin-shaped structure thereon and a shallow trench isolation (STI) around the fin-shaped structure, wherein the fin-shaped structure comprises a top portion and a bottom portion; removing part of the STI to expose the top portion of the fin-shaped structure; and performing an oxidation process on the exposed top portion of the fin-shaped structure to divide the top portion into a first top portion and a second top portion while forming an oxide layer around the first top portion.
US09508832B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a channel layer on a substrate, forming a sacrificial layer on the channel layer, forming a hardmask pattern on the sacrificial layer, and performing a patterning process using the hardmask pattern as an etch mask to form a channel portion with an exposed top surface. The channel and sacrificial layers may be formed of silicon germanium, and the sacrificial layer may have a germanium content higher than that of the channel layer.
US09508827B2
A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a gate structure on the substrate; forming a lightly doped drain in the substrate; and performing a first implantation process for implanting fluorine ions at a tiled angle into the substrate and part of the gate structure.
US09508798B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, a third semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, an insulating section, and a semiconductor section. The second semiconductor region is provided on the first semiconductor region. A carrier concentration of the first conductivity type of the second semiconductor region is lower than a carrier concentration of the first conductivity type of the first semiconductor region. The third semiconductor region is provided on the second semiconductor region. The insulating section is provided around the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region. The insulating section is in contact with the second semiconductor region. The semiconductor section is provided around the insulating section. The semiconductor section is not in contact with the first semiconductor region.
US09508784B2
An organic EL display device includes an inorganic insulating film including a contact part as an opening where a contact electrode made of a conductive film is exposed, a TFT circuit layer provided on the inorganic insulating film and including a circuit including a thin film transistor, an organic EL element layer provided on the TFT circuit layer and including an organic EL element whose light emission is controlled by the circuit, and a sealing layer covering the organic EL element layer and made of an inorganic insulating material.
US09508783B2
A display panel and fabrication method is provided. The display panel may include a substrate, and the substrate includes a display region and a border region surrounding the display region. The display panel also include a heat transfer pattern formed in the border region of the substrate to transfer and dissipate heat generated during a laser cutting process when forming the display panel. The heat transfer pattern includes at least one metal layer.
US09508779B2
Embodiments of the disclosure disclose an electroluminescence display device and a fabrication method thereof. The electroluminescence display device comprises an opposed substrate (20) and an array substrate (10). The array substrate (10) comprises: a first substrate (11), and a thin film transistor (12), a first protective layer (131) and a first connection electrode (141) sequentially disposed on the first substrate (11). The first connection electrode (141) is connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor (12). The opposed substrate (20) comprises: a second substrate (21), and a first electrode (24), an organic electroluminescence layer (25) and a second electrode (26) sequentially disposed on the second substrate (21). The second electrode (26) and the first connection electrode (141) are connected with each other by a conductive adhesive (40). Thereby, the reliability of the electrical connection between the thin film transistor and the second electrode is enhanced, a film-forming time in the fabrication process of the connection electrode is shortened, and etching difficulty of the connection electrode reduced, and thus the productivity is improved.
US09508778B2
An organic light emitting device includes: a first substrate; a plurality of electrodes on the first substrate; a pixel definition layer on the plurality of electrodes and including a plurality of openings and respectively exposing the plurality of electrodes; and a spacer on the pixel definition layer, wherein the pixel definition layer includes a first opening and a second opening adjacent to each other along a first direction by an interval for each pixel, and a third opening adjacent to the first opening and the second opening by an interval along a second direction crossing the first direction, and wherein the spacer is at a crossing point of a first imaginary line extending in the first direction and passing between the first opening and the third opening and a second imaginary line extending in the second direction and passing between the first opening and the second opening.
US09508768B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate having a first face and a second face by processing the first face of the semiconductor substrate, the trench including a first portion and a second portion located between the first portion and a plane including a first face, filling an insulator in the second portion such that a space remains in the first portion and the trench is closed, and forming a plurality of elements between the first face and the second face, wherein the space and the insulator form element isolation.
US09508765B2
A photodiode array detector used for detecting light which has undergone wavelength separation by a spectroscopic element, the photodiode array detector including: a light receiving element array wherein, taking a plurality of light receiving elements which detect light of the same wavelength range as one unit, a plurality of such units are arrayed in the direction of dispersion of said wavelength; and a charge accumulation time setting unit which sets different charge accumulation times for the plurality of light receiving elements within the one unit.
US09508764B2
The invention relates to a device for detecting electromagnetic radiation in the THz frequency range, comprising at least one transistor (FET1, FET2), which has a first electrode, a second electrode, a control electrode, and a channel between the first electrode and the second electrode, and comprising an antenna structure. An electrode is connected to the antenna structure such that an electromagnetic signal which lies in the THz-frequency range and which is received by the antenna structure (1) can be fed into the channel between electrodes and the control electrode is connected to an electrode via a capacitor and/or the control electrode and the first electrode or the control electrode and the second electrode have an intrinsic capacitor such that no AC voltage drop occurs between the control electrode and the first electrode or the second electrode.
US09508756B2
Disclosed is a display device including a seal material and a sealing material. The seal material surrounds a pixel portion and the sealing material overlaps with at least any of a driver circuit and a protective circuit. The pixel portion includes a planarization layer and an organic resin film each having an opening, an end portion of which is rounded. The pixel portion further includes a first electrode, a light-emitting member over the first electrode, and a second electrode over the light-emitting member. Part of the first electrode and part of the organic resin film are located in the opening of the planarization layer. Part of the light-emitting member and Part of the second electrode are located in the opening of the organic resin film.
US09508742B2
One object is to provide a new semiconductor device whose standby power is sufficiently reduced. The semiconductor device includes a first power supply terminal, a second power supply terminal, a switching transistor using an oxide semiconductor material and an integrated circuit. The first power supply terminal is electrically connected to one of a source terminal and a drain terminal of the switching transistor. The other of the source terminal and the drain terminal of the switching transistor is electrically connected to one terminal of the integrated circuit. The other terminal of the integrated circuit is electrically connected to the second power supply terminal.
US09508741B2
A method of forming fins in a complimentary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) device that includes a p-type field effect transistor device (pFET) and an n-type field effect transistor (nFET) device and a CMOS device are described. The method includes forming a strained silicon-on-insulator (SSOI) layer in both a pFET region and an nFET region, etching the strained silicon layer, the insulator, and a portion of the bulk substrate in only the pFET region to expose the bulk substrate, epitaxially growing silicon (Si) from the bulk substrate in only the pFET region, and epitaxially growing additional semiconductor material on the Si in only the pFET region. The method also includes forming fins from the additional semiconductor material and a portion of the Si grown on the bulk substrate in the pFET region, and forming fins from the strained silicon layer and the insulator in the nFET region.
US09508734B2
A silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) device is disclosed. The SONOS device includes a substrate; a first oxide layer on the substrate; a silicon-rich trapping layer on the first oxide layer; a nitrogen-containing layer on the silicon-rich trapping layer; a silicon-rich oxide layer on the nitrogen-containing layer; and a polysilicon layer on the silicon-rich oxide layer.
US09508718B2
A device comprises a substrate comprising a first portion and a second portion separated by an isolation region, a first gate structure over the first portion, a first drain/source region and a second drain/source region in the first portion and on opposite sides of the first gate structure, wherein the first drain/source region and the second drain/source have concave surfaces, a second gate structure over the second portion and a third drain/source region and a fourth drain/source region in the second portion and on opposite sides of the second gate structure, wherein the third drain/source region and the fourth drain/source have the concave surfaces.
US09508710B2
A technology capable of suppressing a fluctuation in voltage in a diode region is provided. A resistance value between the emitter electrode and the lower body region is lower than a resistance value between the anode electrode and the lower anode region when the semiconductor device operates as a diode. A quantity of holes between the emitter electrode and the second barrier region is smaller than a quantity of holes between the anode electrode and the first barrier region.
US09508709B2
An object is to prevent an operation defect and to reduce an influence of fluctuation in threshold voltage of a field-effect transistor. A field-effect transistor, a switch, and a capacitor are provided. The field-effect transistor includes a first gate and a second gate which overlap with each other with a channel formation region therebetween, and the threshold voltage of the field-effect transistor varies depending on the potential of the second gate. The switch has a function of determining whether electrical connection between one of a source and a drain of the field-effect transistor and the second gate of the field-effect transistor is established. The capacitor has a function of holding a voltage between the second gate of the field-effect transistor and the other of the source and the drain of the field-effect transistor.
US09508706B2
An input signal having a high level or a low level is input to a pad. A first protection element includes a first transistor configured as an N-channel MOSFET designed so as to withstand ESD. A second protection element includes a second transistor configured as a P-channel MOSFET designed so as to withstand ESD. A capacitance element is connected to a second line, and forms an RC filter together with a filter resistor. The capacitance element includes at least one from among a third transistor having the same device structure as that of the first transistor and a fourth transistor having the same device structure as that of the second transistor.
US09508702B2
A method for 3D device packaging utilizes through-substrate metal posts to mechanically and electrically bond two or more dice. The first die includes a set of access holes extending from a surface of the first die to a set of pads at a metal layer of the first die. The second die includes a set of metal posts. The first die and the second die are stacked such that each metal post extends from a surface of the second die toward a corresponding pad via a corresponding access hole. The first die and second die are mechanically and electrically bonded via solder joints formed between the metal posts and the corresponding pads.
US09508699B2
A semiconductor package includes an interposer, first and second semiconductor chips horizontally arranged over a first surface of the interposer, the second semiconductor chip being adjacent to the first semiconductor chip, and a thermal expansion reinforcing pattern disposed over a second surface of the interposer.
US09508678B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device which improves the reliability of a semiconductor device. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device includes the step of connecting a ball portion formed at the tip of a wire with a pad (electrode pad) of a semiconductor chip. The pad is comprised of an aluminum-based material and has a trench in its portion to be connected with the ball portion. The ball portion is comprised of a harder material than gold. The step of connecting the ball portion includes the step of applying ultrasonic waves to the ball portion.
US09508669B2
A semiconductor device that includes a bipolar transistor, wherein a third opening, through which a pillar bump and a second wiring line, which is electrically connected to an emitter layer, contact each other, is shifted in a longitudinal direction of the emitter layer away from a position at which the third opening would be directly above the emitter layer. The third opening is arranged, with respect to the emitter layer, such that an end portion of the emitter layer in the longitudinal direction of the emitter layer and the edge of the opening of the third opening are substantially aligned with each other.
US09508665B2
A method for insertion bonding and a device thus obtained are disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a first substrate having a front main surface and at least one protrusion at the front main surface. The device includes a second substrate having a front main surface and at least one hole extending from the front main surface into the second substrate. The protrusion of the first substrate is inserted into the hole of the second substrate. The hole is formed in a shape wherein the width is reduced in the depth direction and wherein the width of at least a part of the hole is smaller than the width of the protrusion at the location of the metal portion thereof. The protrusion is deformed during insertion thereof in the hole to provide a bond between the part of the hole and the metal portion.
US09508651B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a bump electrode, a molding portion, a redistribution layer and an outer connection electrode. The bump electrode is provided on an upper face of the semiconductor chip. The molding portion encapsulates an entire side face of the semiconductor chip and seals the bump electrode so that a part of the bump electrode is exposed. The redistribution layer is provided on an upper face of the molding portion and is electrically coupled to the semiconductor chip via the bump electrode. The outer connection electrode is provided on an upper face of the redistribution layer and is electrically coupled to the bump electrode via the redistribution layer.
US09508639B2
A package-in-substrate includes an exposed pad having a surface that is capable of contacting the outside; a semiconductor chip arranged on a surface opposite to the surface of the exposed pad; a molding resin for molding the semiconductor chip; and a lead frame extending from a side surface of the molding resin and having a leading end portion with a machined shape. The leading end portion of the lead frame is cut to have a cutting angel that is an acute angle formed by an extended straight line of the lead frame with respect to a top surface of a package.
US09508635B2
Methods of forming conductive jumper traces for semiconductor devices and packages. Substrate is provided having first, second and third trace lines formed thereon, where the first trace line is between the second and third trace lines. The first trace line can be isolated with a covering layer. A conductive layer can be formed between the second and third trace lines and over the first trace line by a depositing process followed by a heating process to alter the chemical properties of the conductive layer. The resulting conductive layer is able to conform to the covering layer and serve to provide electrical connection between the second and third trace lines.
US09508626B2
A semiconductor device has a thermally-conductive frame and interconnect structure formed over the frame. The interconnect structure has an electrical conduction path and thermal conduction path. A first semiconductor die is mounted to the electrical conduction path and thermal conduction path of the interconnect structure. A portion of a back surface of the first die is removed by grinding. An EMI shielding layer can be formed over the first die. The first die can be mounted in a recess of the thermally-conductive frame. An opening is formed in the thermally-conductive frame extending to the electrical conduction path of the interconnect structure. A second semiconductor die is mounted over the thermally-conductive frame opposite the first die. The second die is electrically connected to the interconnect structure using a bump disposed in the opening of the thermally-conductive frame.
US09508622B2
A semiconductor device and method for encapsulating the semiconductor device are provided. The method includes: forming a plurality of wire bonds on a surface of the semiconductor device by bonding each of a plurality of copper wires onto corresponding ones of a plurality of aluminum pads; applying a protective material around the plurality of wire bonds, the protective material having a first pH; and encapsulating at least a portion of the semiconductor device and the protective material with an encapsulating material having a second pH, wherein the first pH of the protective material is for neutralizing the second pH of the encapsulating material around the plurality of wire bonds.
US09508614B2
A method for aligning a chip onto a substrate is disclosed. The method includes, depositing a ferrofluid, onto a substrate that has one or more pads that electrically couple to a semiconductor layer. The method can include a chip with solder balls electrically coupled to the logic elements of the chip, which can be placed onto the deposited ferrofluid, where the chip is supported on the ferrofluid, in a substantially coplanar orientation to the substrate. The method can include determining if the chip is misaligned from a desired location on the substrate. The method can include adjusting the current location of the chip in response to determining that the solder balls of the chip are misaligned from the desired location on the pads of the substrate, until the chip is aligned in the desired location.
US09508612B2
Methods and systems for accurate arc detection in semiconductor manufacturing tools are disclosed. Such methods and systems provide real-time arc detection and near real-time notification for corrective actions during a semiconductor manufacturing process. Such methods and systems utilize data with high sample rate and wavelet analysis to provide for more accurate arc detection, which leads to more effective and cost efficient semiconductor manufacturing operations.
US09508607B2
Some implementations provide a package that includes a first die and a second die adjacent to the first die. The second die is capable of heating the first die. The package also includes a leakage sensor configured to measure a leakage current of the first die. The package also includes a thermal management unit coupled to the leakage sensor. The thermal management unit configured to control a temperature of the first die based on the leakage current of the first die.
US09508602B2
Semiconductor structures and methods of fabrication are provided for, for instance, inhibiting diffusion of active dopant within a semiconductor material. A diffusion-suppressing dopant is implanted via, an implanting process under controlled temperature, into a semiconductor material of a semiconductor structure to define a diffusion-suppressed region within the semiconductor material. One or more active regions are established within the diffusion-suppressed region of the semiconductor structure by, for example, implanting an active dopant into the semiconductor material. The implanting of the diffusion-suppressing dopant facilitates inhibiting diffusion of the active dopant within the diffusion-suppressed region.
US09508598B2
To enhance reliability and performance of a semiconductor device that has a fully-depleted SOI transistor, while a width of an offset spacer formed on side walls of a gate electrode is configured to be larger than or equal to a thickness of a semiconductor layer and smaller than or equal to a thickness of a sum total of a thickness of the semiconductor layer and a thickness of an insulation film, an impurity is ion-implanted into the semiconductor layer that is not covered by the gate electrode and the offset spacer. Thus, an extension layer formed by ion implantation of an impurity is kept from entering into a channel from a position lower than the end part of the gate electrode.
US09508591B2
Apparatuses and methods for stair step formation using at least two masks, such as in a memory device, are provided. One example method can include forming a first mask over a conductive material to define a first exposed area, and forming a second mask over a portion of the first exposed area to define a second exposed area, the second exposed area is less than the first exposed area. Conductive material is removed from the second exposed area. An initial first dimension of the second mask is less than a first dimension of the first exposed area and an initial second dimension of the second mask is at least a second dimension of the first exposed area plus a distance equal to a difference between the initial first dimension of the second mask and a final first dimension of the second mask after a stair step structure is formed.
US09508589B2
Methods of fabricating middle of line (MOL) layers and devices including MOL layers. A method in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes depositing a hard mask across active contacts to terminals of semiconductor devices of a semiconductor substrate. Such a method also includes patterning the hard mask to selectively expose some of the active contacts and selectively insulate some of the active contacts. The method also includes depositing a conductive material on the patterned hard mask and the exposed active contacts to couple the exposed active contacts to each other over an active area of the semiconductor devices.
US09508584B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to an electrostatic chuck (ESC). The ESC may contain a first plurality of electrodes adapted to electrostatically couple a substrate to the ESC and a second plurality of electrodes adapted to electrostatically couple the ESC to a substrate support. Instead of being integrally disposed within the substrate support, the ESC may be easily removed from the substrate support and removed from a chamber for maintenance or replacement purposes.
US09508577B2
A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus may include: a pickup unit configured to pick up a chip in a first region of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus; a bonding head configured to receive the picked-up chip and configured to move from the first region to a top of a circuit board in a second region of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus; and/or an optical unit configured to detect a bonding position on the circuit board while moving from the first region to the second region. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus may include: a bonding head including a heater for heating a chip and bonding the chip onto a circuit board; and/or a cooling block, adjacent to the heater, through which cooling liquid flows. The cooling liquid may be removed from the cooling block while the heater generates heat. The cooling liquid may be supplied to the cooling block while the heater is cooled.
US09508574B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a process liquid supply apparatus operating method is provided. The method includes filling a filter unit with a process liquid from an upstream side of the filter unit to a downstream side of the filter unit after newly mounting or replacing the filter unit and repeating a depressurization filtering process and a pressurization filtering process for a predetermined number of times. The depressurization filtering process depressurizes the process liquid in the downstream side of the filter unit and thereby allows the process liquid to permeate through the filter unit. The pressurization filtering process pressurizes the process liquid from the upstream side of the filter unit and thereby allows the process liquid to permeate through the filter unit.
US09508572B2
A boding device includes a light guiding part that guides laser beam oscillated from a laser oscillator, a bonding head that heats a chip with the laser beam, and a bonding head moving part that moves the bonding head between a supply position and a bonding position. The laser oscillator is separated from the bonding head. The light guiding part includes an irradiation barrel that is provided in the vicinity of the bonding position and, a shutter part that is provided in the irradiation barrel, and a light receiving part that is provided in the bonding head and guides the laser beam to the chip. When the bonding head moving part moves the bonding head to the bonding position, the shutter part is opened so that the laser beam from the irradiation barrel is guided to the bonding head through the light receiving part.
US09508568B2
A special mode has a second rinsing process which supplies a rinsing liquid to a substrate while holding and rotating the substrate with a spin chuck under operating conditions different from those in a first rinsing process in a normal mode. In the second rinsing process, a processing cup is cleaned with the rinsing liquid flown off from the rotating substrate. In the second rinsing process in which the substrate is held by the spin chuck, the rinsing liquid flown off from the substrate is less prone to collide with chuck members. The provision of a mechanism designed specifically for the cleaning of the cup is not required in the special mode. The special mode is a mode executable when a substrate is present inside a chamber, and can be executed in the middle of lot processing.
US09508566B2
Embodiments of the invention include a method for shaping a flexible integrated circuit to a curvature and the resulting structure. A flexible circuit is provided. An epoxy resin and amine composition is deposited on the flexible integrated circuit. The deposited epoxy resin and amine composition is B-staged. The flexible integrated circuit is placed within a mold of a curvature. The B-staged epoxy resin and amine composition is cured subsequent to placing the flexible integrated circuit within the mold of the curvature.
US09508565B2
The semiconductor package according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate having a plurality of circuit layers and connection pads which are provided between a plurality of insulating layers; a plated tail part of which one end is electrically connected to the connection pad; a dicing part provided in contact with the other end of the plated tail part; a molded part provided on the substrate; and molded part vias provided on the connection pads and penetrating through the molded part.
US09508564B2
A plurality of semiconductor element is formed on a substrate. A plurality of sealing windows and a support portion supporting the plurality of sealing windows are formed on a SOI substrate. The SOI substrate is pressured against the substrate by using a pressurizing member and the plurality of sealing windows of the SOI substrate is bonded to the substrate via a low melting point glass member arranged around the plurality of semiconductor elements. The support portion is separated from the plurality of sealing windows bonded to the substrate.
US09508548B2
A semiconductor device having a high-k gate dielectric, and a method of manufacture, is provided. A gate dielectric layer is formed over a substrate. An interfacial layer may be interposed between the gate dielectric layer and the substrate. A barrier layer, such as a TiN layer, having a higher concentration of nitrogen along an interface between the barrier layer and the gate dielectric layer is formed. The barrier layer may be formed by depositing, for example, a TiN layer and performing a nitridation process on the TiN layer to increase the concentration of nitrogen along an interface between the barrier layer and the gate dielectric layer. A gate electrode is formed over the barrier layer.
US09508546B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes (a) loading a substrate into a process chamber; (b) processing the substrate by supplying a process gas into the process chamber via a shower head disposed above the process chamber and including a buffer chamber; (c) unloading the substrate from the process chamber; and (d) cleaning the buffer chamber and the process chamber after performing the step (c), wherein the step (d) comprises: (d-1) cleaning the buffer chamber by a plasma generation from a cleaning gas in the buffer chamber by a plasma generation unit including a plasma generation region switching unit; and (d-2) cleaning the process chamber by switching the plasma generation from the cleaning gas in the buffer chamber to a plasma generation from the cleaning gas in the process chamber by the plasma generation region switching unit.
US09508539B2
A glow discharge mass spectrometry device and method, the device including a glow discharge lamp (1), gas flow-injection elements, the glow discharge lamp being suitable for forming an ablation plasma in the presence of a plasma gas, and a mass spectrometer. The device further includes heating elements (30, 31) suitable for heating a gas flow (38) upstream of a cell (2), the gas flow-injection elements being suitable for injecting into the glow discharge cell a gas flow (38) heated to a temperature T for a duration D, and pumping elements (7, 27) being designed to pump a flow of gaseous species (17, 37) out of the cell for the duration D, so as to decontaminate the surface of the sample (4) and/or the inner walls of the glow discharge cell (2) before an ablation plasma (5) is ignited.
US09508535B2
An ion mobility spectrometer having an ion source for generating ions; an ion detector for recording ions, and a number of substantially flat diaphragm electrodes arranged substantially perpendicular to a straight system axis that passes through the apertures in said diaphragms, with the diaphragms being arranged in a series of cells with each cell including an entrances and an exit diaphragm and a short region in between. The exit diaphragm of one cell is identical to the entrance diaphragm of the next cell, and the cells of said ion mobility spectrometer are grouped into three parts: an ion-beam forming region, an ion analyzing region, and a decelerating ion gate.
US09508532B2
A magnetron plasma apparatus boosted by hollow cathode plasma includes at least one electrically connected pair of a first hollow cathode plate and a second hollow cathode plate placed opposite to each other at a separation distance of at least 0.1 mm and having an opening following an outer edge of a sputter erosion zone on a magnetron target so that a magnetron magnetic field forms a perpendicular magnetic component inside a hollow cathode slit between plates and, wherein the plates and are connected to a first electric power generator together with the magnetron target to generate a magnetically enhanced hollow cathode plasma in at least one of a first working gas distributed in the hollow cathode slit and a second working gas admitted outside the slit in contact with a magnetron plasma generated in at least one of the first working gas and the second working gas.
US09508531B2
The method of the present invention is related to a technique of efficiently purging source gases remaining on a substrate and improving in-plane uniformity of a substrate. The method of the present invention includes forming a thin film on a substrate accommodated in a process chamber by (a) supplying a source gas into the process chamber, and (b) supplying an inert gas into the process chamber while alternately increasing and decreasing a flow rate of the inert gas supplied into the process chamber and exhausting the source gas and the inert gas from the process chamber.
US09508527B2
This charged particle beam device irradiates a primary charged particle beam generated from a charged particle microscope onto a sample arranged on a light-emitting member that makes up at least a part of a sample base, and, in addition to obtaining charged particle microscope images by the light-emitting member detecting charged particles transmitted through or scattered inside the sample, obtains optical microscope images by means of an optical microscope while the sample is still arranged on the sample platform.
US09508523B2
This invention provides a source of x-ray flux in which x-rays are produced by e-beams impacting the inner walls of holes or channels formed in a metal anode such that most of the electrons reaching the channel impact an upper portion of said channel. A portion of the electrons from this primary impact will generate x-rays. Most of the electrons scatter but they continue to ricochet down the channel, most of them generating x-rays, until the beam is spent. A single channel source of high power efficiency and high power level x-rays may be made in this way, or the source can be of an array of such channels, to produce parallel collimated flux beams of x-rays.
US09508518B2
A first battery connecting end, an alternator connecting end and a second battery connecting end of a circuit body are located at an upper surface portion of a unit body.
US09508503B2
Embodiments of the disclosure optimize yield of a product having one or more switch assemblies and improve impact robustness of the product without sacrificing tactile feel. Based on failure limits of a gap in the switch assembly during manufacturing, a single size for a shim is calculated. The shim is selectively inserted into the switch assembly based on the gap to maximize the switch assembly yield while minimizing cost. In some examples, a bracket is designed for the switch assemblies. The bracket has datum surfaces in three dimensions and a beam tuned to absorb energy during an impact event to prevent switch failure.
US09508491B2
The invention is relates to a method for manufacturing a capacitor. The method has the following steps: a) providing an electrode body made of an electrode material, wherein a dielectric at least partially covers a surface of the electrode material, to obtain an anode body; b) introducing a dispersion, which contains particles of an electrically conductive polymer with a particle size (d50) of 70 nm and less and a dispersing agent, into at least a part of the anode body; c) at least partial removing the dispersing agent, to obtain a capacitor body; and d) introducing, into the capacitor body, a polyalkylene glycol or a polyalkylene glycol derivative or a combination of at least two thereof as an impregnating agent.
US09508490B2
An electronic component and method for manufacture thereof is disclosed. A plurality of electrodes are positioned in stacked relation to form an electrode stack. The stack may include as few as two electrodes, but more may be used depending on the number of subcomponents desired. Spacing between adjacent electrodes is determined by removable spacers during fabrication. The resulting space between adjacent electrodes is substantially filled with gaseous matter, which may be an actual gaseous fill, air, or a reduced pressure gas formed through evacuation of the space. Further, adjacent electrodes are bonded together to maintain the spacing. A casing is formed to encapsulate the stack, with first and second conducting surfaces remaining exposed outside the casing. The first conducting surface is electrically coupled to a first of the electrodes, and the second conducting surface is electrically coupled to a second of the electrodes.
US09508487B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for the limiting of voltage in wireless power receivers. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a power transfer component configured to receive power wirelessly from a transmitter. The apparatus further includes a circuit coupled to the power transfer component and configured to reduce a received voltage when activated. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to activate the circuit when the received voltage reaches a first threshold value and configured to deactivate the circuit when the received voltage reaches a second threshold value. The apparatus further includes an antenna configured to generate a signal to the transmitter that signals to the transmitter that the received voltage reached the first threshold value.
US09508486B2
Embodiments of a high temperature electromagnetic coil assembly are provided, as are embodiments of a method for fabricating such a high temperature electromagnetic coil assembly. In one embodiment, the high temperature electromagnetic coil assembly includes a coiled anodized aluminum wire and an electrically-insulative, high thermal expansion ceramic body in which the coiled anodized aluminum wire is embedded. The electrically-insulative, high thermal expansion ceramic body has a coefficient of thermal expansion greater than 10 parts per million per degree Celsius and less than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the coiled anodized aluminum wire.
US09508482B2
U-shaped cores and fasteners are embedded in resin members, and brackets provided at respective ends of the fasteners protrude from the resin members. By fixing the brackets and a casing with screws, a reactor main body and the casing are fixed together. Openings formed by a partition wall that suppresses a direct application of a resin flowing from resin-filling portions to the fasteners are provided between the respective fasteners and the respective resin-filling portions. A protrusion extending in an opposite direction to a core and in parallel with the partition wall is provided between the resin-filling portions and the partition wall. The resin flowing from the resin-filling portion flows in between a core upper face and the fastener, and between a fastener surface located behind the partition wall and the internal surface of a die.
US09508478B1
A diamagnetic levitation system for levitating users to a levitation surface upon which they may engage in sports and other activities under relatively weightless conditions in a dome-shaped structure. Superconducting magnet segments are connected in series to form a superconducting magnet segment assembly. A plurality of these superconducting magnet segment assemblies form the diamagnetic levitation system. The diamagnetic levitation system not only generates the levitation surface to which players or other users are levitated but also confines them within the boundaries of the levitation surface. The magnetic field strength of the diamagnetic levitation system is self-terminating so that spectators viewing the players are not affected by the levitating magnetic field.
US09508475B2
The present invention provides a magnetic multilayer pigment flake and a magnetic coating composition that are relatively safe for human health and the environment. The pigment flake includes one or more magnetic layers of a magnetic alloy and one or more dielectric layers of a dielectric material. The magnetic alloy is an iron-chromium alloy or an iron-chromium-aluminum alloy, having a substantially nickel-free composition. The coating composition includes a plurality of the pigment flakes disposed in a binder medium.
US09508473B2
[Object] To provide a chip resistor with which laser irradiation requires no extremely high positional accuracy, and a plating layer provided on a base and adjacent to a resistor element can be connected to an external conductive layer. [Solution] A chip resistor includes a base 1, a first principal surface electrode 21, a second principal surface electrode spaced apart from the first principal surface electrode 21 in a first direction X1, a resistor element 4 in contact with the first principal surface electrode 21 and the second principal surface electrode 31, an overcoat 6 covering the resistor element 4, the first principal surface electrode 21 and the second principal surface electrode, a first auxiliary electrode 25 covering the first principal surface electrode 21 and the overcoat 6, and a first plating electrode 27 covering the first auxiliary electrode 25. The first auxiliary electrode 25 includes a portion 259 offset from the first principal surface electrode 21 in the first direction X1.
US09508469B2
A peelable superconductive conductor comprising a superconductive conductor including a substrate and a superconducting layer which is formed on one principal surface of the substrate. The peelable superconductive conductor can further comprise a peelable carrier body, which is formed on a principal surface of the superconductive conductor on an opposite side of the surface on which the superconducting layer is formed.
US09508466B2
A high-frequency electric wire is provided with a conductor which formed by compressing multiple wire strands, each of which is obtained by coating an outside of a wire rod made of insulating resin with a metal layer, and a sheath provided on the conductor. Each of the wire strands of the conductor is compressed in such a way that a deformation ratio of the wire strand exceeds 0% and is 20% or less. The compression is performed, for example, during bundling and sheathing of the multiple wire strands.
US09508462B2
A Sn-coated copper alloy strip including a surface coating layer containing a Ni layer, a Cu—Sn intermetallic compound layer, and a Sn layer formed in this order over the surface of a base material containing a copper alloy strip, in which an average thickness of the Ni layer is from 0.1 to 3.0 μm, an average thickness of the Cu—Sn intermetallic compound layer is from 0.02 to 3.0 μm, an average thickness of the Sn layer is from 0.01 to 5.0 μm, and the Cu—Sn intermetallic compound layer contains only an η-phase or the η-phase and an ε-phase.
US09508452B2
A partial chip and a system including the partial chip are provided. The partial chip includes a memory cell array and a signal control circuit. The memory cell array includes a pass region and a fail region. The signal control circuit is configured to generate second data corresponding to first data to be output from the fail region.
US09508448B2
A memory element having a novel structure and a signal processing circuit including the memory element are provided. A first circuit, including a first transistor and a second transistor, and a second circuit, including a third transistor and a fourth transistor, are included. A first signal potential and a second signal potential, each corresponding to an input signal, are respectively input to a gate of the second transistor via the first transistor in an on state and to a gate of the fourth transistor via the third transistor in an on state. After that, the first transistor and the third transistor are turned off. The input signal is read out using both the states of the second transistor and the fourth transistor. A transistor including an oxide semiconductor in which a channel is formed can be used for the first transistor and the third transistor.
US09508444B2
A 3D non-volatile memory device includes a plate-type lower select line formed over a substrate, a lower select transistor formed in the lower select line, a plurality of memory cells stacked over the lower select transistor, an upper select transistor formed over the memory cells, and a line-type common source line formed over the substrate and spaced from the lower select line.
US09508438B2
An embodiment of the invention may provide a semiconductor memory device including a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit unit configured to perform a program operation with respect to a memory cell selected from the plurality of memory cells, wherein first to third program voltage applying operations and first to third verifying operations are alternatively performed, and a control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit unit to perform the first to third program voltage applying operations and the first to third verifying operations and to increase a second program voltage applied during the second program voltage applying operation more than a first program voltage applied during the first program applying operation by a first step voltage and a third program voltage applied during the third program voltage applying operation more than the second program voltage by a second step voltage.
US09508435B1
A writing method for a resistive memory apparatus is provided. In the method, logic data is received, and a corresponding selection memory cell is selected. A logic level of the logic data is determined. When the logic data is at a first logic level, a RESET pulse is provided to the selection memory cell and then a SET pulse smaller than a reference write current and having a near-rectangular pulse width is provided to the selection memory cell during a writing period. When the logic data is at a second logic level, the RESET pulse is provided to the selection memory cell and then a SET pulse larger than the reference write current and having the near-rectangular pulse width is provided to the selection memory cell during the writing period.
US09508434B2
A non-volatile memory including a plurality of elementary cells, each cell including: a first programmable-resistance storage element connected between first and second nodes of the cell; a first access transistor coupling the second node to a third node of the cell; and a second access transistor coupling the second node to a fourth node of the cell.
US09508432B2
This semiconductor device is provided with: a variable resistance first switch (103), which has a first terminal and a second terminal, and which has the resistance value thereof varied when an applied voltage exceeds a reference value; a variable resistance second switch (104), which has a third terminal and a fourth terminal, and which forms an intermediate node (105) by having the third terminal connected to the second terminal, and has the resistance state thereof varied when an applied voltage exceeds a reference value; first wiring (101) connected to the first terminal; second wiring (102), which is connected to the fourth terminal, and which extends in the direction intersecting the first wiring (101) in a planar view; a first selection switch element (106) connected to the first wiring (101); and a second selection switch element (107) connected to the second wiring (102).
US09508429B2
A vertical type semiconductor device and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The vertical type semiconductor device includes a pillar structure having a stacking structure of a conductive layer and a data storage material and formed on a common source region, and a gate electrode formed to surround the data storage material of the pillar structure.
US09508427B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having first conductive lines, second conductive lines, a memory array including memory cells, each of the memory cells coupled between one of the first conductive lines and one of the second conductive lines. At least one of such apparatuses and methods can include a module configured to cause a first current from a first current source and a second current from a second current source to flow through a selected memory cell among the memory cells during an operation of storing information in the selected memory cell. Other embodiments including additional apparatuses and methods are described.
US09508426B2
Methods, systems, and devices related to memory, including read or write performance of a phase change memory, are described. A plurality of memory cells of a memory array may be read. A total number of read errors resulting from the read operation of the plurality of memory cells may be determined, and reference read currents may be adjusted if the total number of read errors exceeds an error threshold. In some examples, adjusting reference read currents includes reading a reference memory cell, determining a current shift for the reference memory cell, and adjusting read currents for other memory cells of the memory array by a current delta based at least in part on the current shift.
US09508422B2
A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes an electrically data rewritable non-volatile semiconductor memory cell and a write circuit for writing data in the memory cell, the write circuit writing a data in the memory cells by supplying a write voltage Vpgm and a write control voltage VBL to the memory cell, continuing the writing of the data in the memory cell by changing the value of the write control voltage VBL in response to an advent of a first write state of the memory cell and inhibiting any operation of writing a data to the memory cell by further changing the value of the write control voltage VBL to Vdd in response to an advent of a second write state of the memory cell.
US09508420B1
Approaches for a write assist circuit are provided. The write assist circuit includes a plurality of binary weighted boost capacitors which each contain a first node coupled to a bitline and a second node connected to a corresponding boost enabling transistor, and a plurality of boost enabling transistors which each contain a gate connected to a boost control enable signal for controlling a corresponding binary weighted boost capacitor. The boost control enable signal of each of the plurality of boost enabling transistors is controlled by encoded values based on a power supply level.
US09508419B2
Provided is a semiconductor storage device including: first memory cells; first word lines; first bit lines; a first common bit line; second memory cells; second word lines; second bit lines; a second common bit line; a first selection circuit that connects the first common bit line to a first bit line selected from the first bit lines; a second selection circuit that connects the second common bit line to a second bit line selected from the second bit lines; a word line driver that activates any one of the first and second word lines; a reference current supply unit that supplies a reference current to a common bit line among the first and second common bit lines, the common bit line not being electrically connected to a data read target memory cell; and a sense amplifier that amplifies a potential difference between the first and second common bit lines.
US09508418B1
A semiconductor device may include: a command decoder configured to decode a clock signal, a chip selection signal, and a command address, and output an active write signal, an active read signal, and a precharge signal indicating a write operation or a read operation after completion of an active operation; a row controller configured to output a bank active signal for controlling an active operation of a bank in response to the active write signal, the active read signal, and the precharge signal, and output an active write flag signal or an active read flag signal for performing the write operation or the read operation; and a column controller configured to output a control signal for controlling a column active operation to the bank in response to the active write flag signal, the active read flag signal, a write command signal, a read command signal, and the precharge signal.
US09508417B2
Apparatuses and methods for controlling timing circuit locking and/or latency during a change in clock frequency (e.g. gear down mode) are described herein. An example apparatus may include a timing circuit. The timing circuit may be configured to provide a clock signal to the forward path, adjust a rate of the clock signal responsive to receipt of a command to adjust the rate of the clock signal, select a feedback clock signal responsive to a loop delay of the timing circuit, and provide a control signal to an adjustable delay circuit of the forward path circuit. Another example apparatus may include a forward path configured to delay a signal based at least in part on a loop delay and a latency value, and a latency control circuit configured to provide an adjusted latency value as the latency value responsive to receipt of a command, wherein the forward path is configured to operate at least in part at an adjusted clock rate responsive to receipt of the command.
US09508412B2
A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a bank; a temperature sensor configured to generate a temperature voltage of which voltage level is changed according to a temperature variation of the bank; and a timing control block configured to control a timing of a signal to be inputted to the bank, according to the voltage level of the temperature voltage.
US09508410B1
A semiconductor device includes a control signal generating unit, a first address generating unit, and a second address generating unit. The control signal generating unit generates a read/write control signal and a selection control signal in response to an active signal. The first address generating unit generates a first address signal in response to the selection control signal and a second address signal. The second address generating unit generates the second address signal in response to the read/write control signal and the first address signal.
US09508403B2
A semiconductor device may include a first channel configured to output a first rising clock, a first falling clock, first rising data, and first falling data. The semiconductor device may include a second channel configured to output a second rising clock, a second falling clock, second rising data, and second falling data. The semiconductor device may include an I/O control unit configured to receive the first rising clock, the first falling clock, the first rising data, and the first falling data, generate output data, and externally output the output data through a pad unit or receive the second rising clock, the second falling clock, the second rising data, and the second falling data, generate the output data, and externally output the output data through the pad unit.
US09508399B1
In some examples, a method includes determining, by a processor of a controller of a data storage device, that a voltage level of a capacitor in the data storage device is above a threshold voltage value, wherein the data storage device includes a capacitor circuit, and wherein the capacitor circuit includes the capacitor. The method further includes controlling, by the processor, the capacitor circuit to cause the capacitor to provide power to circuitry associated with memory devices of the data storage device along with power provided by a host device operably connected to the data storage device.
US09508398B1
A semiconductor memory device includes a voltage generation unit suitable for selecting one of the voltages which are supplied to a first and a second source voltage terminals, as a source voltage based on a driving mode signal, and generating a bit line precharge voltage by dividing the source voltage according to a resistance ratio determined based on the driving mode signal; a sense amplifier driving unit suitable for receiving the bit line precharge voltage based on a bit line precharge signal and a sense amplifier control signal, and providing a driving voltage through a pull-up power line and a pull-down power line; and a bit line sense amplifier suitable for sensing and amplifying data of a bit line pair by using the driving voltage supplied through the pull-up power line and the pull-down power line.
US09508396B2
An array structure of a single-poly nonvolatile memory includes a first and a second MTP sections, a first and a second OTP sections. The first MTP is connected to a first word line, a first source line, a first erase line and a plurality of bit lines. The second MTP section is connected to a second word line, a second source line and shares the first erase line and the plurality of bit lines with the first MTP section. The first OTP section is connected to a third word line and shares the first source line and the plurality of bit lines with the first MTP section. The second OTP section is connected to a fourth word line, a third source line, and shares the plurality of bit lines with the first MTP section, the second MTP section and the third OTP section.
US09508394B2
An integrated circuit system comprising a first chip including a first period signal generation unit configured to generate a first period signal, transmit a first signal applied from a circuit outside of the integrated circuit system to a second chip, and transmit a second signal transmitted from the second chip to the circuit outside of the integrated circuit system, and the second chip including a second period signal generation unit configured to generate a second period signal, a code generation unit configured to generate codes corresponding to a difference between periods of the first period signal and the second period signal, and a delay unit configured to delay the second signal by using a delay value that is changed according to the codes.
US09508388B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing presentation of recorded motion video. The method preparing and sending a request for recorded video that originates from a specific video source, receiving a video information message including data relating to characteristics of a plurality of motion video recordings captured by the video source, wherein the received characteristics of each motion video recording includes a recording identity, a video quality value, a media address, an indication of start time and end time for the recording, and generating a motion video play scheme based at least on said video quality value, said indication of start time, and said indication of end time for each motion video recording.
US09508382B2
A method and apparatus for performing a read/write process on a recording medium having a defect, the method including determining an area of a recording medium, in which a defect, greater than a first set threshold, occurring in units of tracks, to be a massive defective area; adjusting a first parameter representing a logical track length, based on a size of a defect occurring in each track included in the massive defective area; and performing the read/write process on the recording medium by using the adjusted first parameter.
US09508377B2
Hologram recording and reproducing device, and angular multiplexing recording and reproducing method
A hologram recording and reproducing device and an angular multiplexing recording and reproducing method capable of detecting an angular error signal for which, in a two-beam angle multiplexing method, high-speed reproducing can be achieved with a superior recovered signal. A branch element branches a light beam, emitted from a light source, into a signal light and a reference light. Angle-variable elements modify the incident angle of the reference light that is incident to the optical information recording medium. A spatial light modulator adds information to the signal light; and an objective lens radiates the signal light to the optical information recording medium. An imaging element detects diffracted light generated from a recording region when the reference light is radiated upon the optical information recording medium; a detection system detects at least two angular error signals for controlling the angle-variable elements; and switching is performed between the two angular error signals.
US09508376B2
Methods and apparatus for archival storage of an image are disclosed. The image may be separated into a plurality of bit plane images. The plurality of bit plane images may be written separately onto digital optical tape.
US09508372B1
A method and system provide a shingle magnetic write transducer. The transducer has an air-bearing surface (ABS) and includes a main pole and at least one coil. The coil(s) are configured to energize the main pole. The main pole includes a leading surface, a trailing surface, and a plurality of sides between the leading surface and the trailing surface. At least one of the plurality of sides form a sidewall angle with a down track direction. The sidewall angle is less than thirteen degrees and is at least zero degrees. In some aspects, the sidewall angle is less than a maximum skew angle for the data storage system.
US09508363B1
A method provides a magnetic transducer having an air-bearing surface (ABS) location. An intermediate layer having a substantially flat bottom surface is provided. A trench is formed in the intermediate layer. The trench is wider in yoke region than in the pole tip region. The trench has a first depth in the yoke region and a second depth less than the first depth in the pole tip region. A portion of the intermediate layer is at the bottom of the trench at the ABS location. A nonmagnetic layer is provided. The nonmagnetic layer fills part of the trench in the pole tip region such that the trench has a third depth less than the second depth at the ABS location. A main pole is provided. The main pole has a leading bevel adjacent to nonmagnetic layer in the portion of the pole tip region of the trench.
US09508362B2
A storage device includes a controller that implements an interlaced magnetic recording scheme with prioritized random access. According to one implementation, a controller is configured to write data at a first linear density to alternating data tracks and write data at a second linear density to one or more data tracks interlaced with the alternating data tracks.
US09508358B2
Noise reduction system with remote noise detector The present invention relates to a noise reduction system with at least one remote noise detector placed close to at least one noise source, which transmits relevant information to a primary device where it is used for noise reduction. Thereby, acoustic signal enhancement can be achieved via the at least one remote noise detector in that a noise estimate is transmitted to controller for noise reduction in the signal obtained from a primary source.
US09508357B1
Apparatus for optimizing beamformers for echo control comprises microphones to receive acoustic signals, echo cancellers (ECs) respectively coupled to the microphones to adaptively cancel echo in the acoustic signals and to generate EC-acoustic signals, and a first fixed beamformer coupled to the ECs to receive the EC-acoustic signals. The null of the first beamformer is steered in a direction of a first environmental noise source that is determined offline by exciting the ECs with normal speech signals and audio playback signals to cause the ECs to generate test EC-acoustic signals, and selecting the first environmental noise source based on loudness weighted centroids of noise in the test EC-acoustic signals. Apparatus may also include a residual echo suppressor coupled to the first fixed beamformer to perform echo suppression on output of the first fixed beamformer and to generate clean signal. Other embodiments are also described.
US09508356B2
An encoding device is provided for improving decoded signal quality. A local search unit conducts a local search on a plurality of sub-bands generated by dividing spectrum data, and calculates lattice vectors for the spectra in the plurality of sub-bands. A multi-rate indexing unit uses the lattice vectors to perform multi-rate indexing on each of the sub-bands, and generates indexing information showing the results thereof. A band selection unit determines certain sub-bands from amongst the plurality of sub-bands in a plurality of encoding layers as perceptually important sub-band groups, where these are: within a selection range of sub-bands wherein the total number of encoding bits allocated to each of the plurality of sub-bands in the indexing information is equal to or less than an already set value, and within a sub-band selection range with the highest total energy of each of the plurality of sub-bands.
US09508353B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a stereo signal or a multi-channel signal. According to the method and apparatus, a stereo signal or a multi-channel signal can be encoded and/or decoded by generating parameters based on a mono signal.
US09508352B2
An audio coding device that performs predictive coding on a third-channel signal included in a plurality of channels in an audio signal according to a first-channel signal and a second-channel signal, which are included in the plurality of channels, and to a plurality of channel prediction coefficients included in a coding book, the device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute, selecting channel prediction coefficients corresponding to the first-channel signal and the second-channel signal so that an error, which is determined by a difference between the third-channel signal before predictive coding and the third-channel signal after predictive coding, is minimized; and controlling the first-channel signal or the second-channel signal so that the error is further reduced.
US09508349B2
Methods, systems, and terminal devices for transmitting information are provided. An exemplary system includes a sending end and at least one receiving end. The sending end is configured to obtain audio data to be transmitted, encode the obtained audio data according to an M-bit unit length, and use a pre-set cross-platform audio interface to control an audio outputting device of the sending end to send the encoded audio data to the at least one receiving end. The M-bit unit length is an encoding length corresponding to each frequency of a number N of frequencies, N is greater than or equal to 2, and M is greater than 0. The at least one receiving end is configured to use the pre-set cross-platform audio interface to control an audio inputting device of the at least one receiving end to receive the encoded audio data.
US09508345B1
Provided are methods and systems for continuous voice sensing. An example method allows for detecting and buffering, by a first module, a key phrase in an acoustic signal. Responsive to the detection, the method includes sending an interrupt to a second module and switching the first module to an omnidirectional microphone mode. Upon receiving the interrupt, the second module is operable to boot up from a low power mode to an operational mode. While the second module is booting up, the first module is operable to continue to buffer a clean speech output generated from an acoustic signal captured by at least one omnidirectional microphone. After the second module is booted, an indication may be sent to the first module that the second module is ready to exchange data through a fast connection. Upon receiving the indication, the buffered clean speech output may be sent to the second module.
US09508342B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, receiving audio data; determining that an initial portion of the audio data corresponds to an initial portion of a hotword; in response to determining that the initial portion of the audio data corresponds to the initial portion of the hotword, selecting, from among a set of one or more actions that are performed when the entire hotword is detected, a subset of the one or more actions; and causing one or more actions of the subset to be performed.
US09508340B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for recognizing keywords using a long short term memory neural network. One of the methods includes receiving, by a device for each of multiple variable length enrollment audio signals, a respective plurality of enrollment feature vectors that represent features of the respective variable length enrollment audio signal, processing each of the plurality of enrollment feature vectors using a long short term memory (LSTM) neural network to generate a respective enrollment LSTM output vector for each enrollment feature vector, and generating, for the respective variable length enrollment audio signal, a template fixed length representation for use in determining whether another audio signal encodes another spoken utterance of the enrollment phrase by combining at most a quantity k of the enrollment LSTM output vectors for the enrollment audio signal.
US09508337B2
A fume extractor hood is disclosed, comprising a box with a motor-fan assembly and a muffler module comprising a bearing frame defining an air extraction conduit with axis (A), an active noise suppression system comprising at least one electro-acoustic transducer and at least two microphones, a passive noise suppression system comprising a sound absorbent material. Said muffler module comprises at least two electro-acoustic transducers connected to the walls of said bearing frame, in opposite positions, in such manner to leave the central part of said conduit free. The sound beams coming from said at least two electro-acoustic transducers are mutually combined, obtaining a resulting sound beam that can be directed towards a preferred direction by means of beam forming algorithms.
US09508333B2
A magnetoelectric pickup device for use with a stringed musical instrument combines magnetostriction and the piezoelectric effect to detect a combination of magnetic field oscillations produced by a vibrating ferromagnetic string and acoustic vibrations from the body of the instrument itself. The result is a sound reproduction that preserves the natural acoustic timbre of the instrument.
US09508330B2
Embodiments of the invention include storing musical elements in a database and processing performance data, where the musical elements including a plurality of reference accent pattern data and a plurality of reference system pattern data. Processing performance data can include receiving input data corresponding to a musical performance, determining an accent pattern for the musical performance, matching the accent pattern data to one or more reference accent pattern data in the database, and selecting one of the matching reference accent patterns. Processing performance data further includes receiving input corresponding to a selection of a musical style, one or more musical performance parameters, and generating a musical accompaniment based on the processed performance data, the selected musical style, and the selected one or more musical performance.
US09508328B1
A digital sound effect apparatus including a force sensing resistor, a processor, and a digital potentiometer. The digital sound effect apparatus may also include one or more inputs and/or interfaces, one or more power sources, and one or more power switches. The force sensing resistor outputs a voltage according to a user's variable force or other input. The processor generates a signal according to a function or look-up table with the voltage as an input. The digital potentiometer outputs a resistance or other electronic characteristic to generate a sound effect according to the user's variable force. The function or look-up table may be changed or modified via the one or more inputs and/or interfaces.
US09508327B2
A pitch adjustment device for selectively adjusting the pitch of at least one of a plurality of strings on a stringed musical instrument. The device comprises a support frame configured to be mounted onto the stringed musical instrument. A string puller is rotatably coupled to the support frame. A string support is coupled to the string puller. The string support is adjustably positionable along the string puller to selectively position the string support on the string puller in alignment with each of the strings one at a time. The string support also has a string retainer for securing a string. A lever is coupled to the string puller such that pivoting the lever rotates the string puller and the string support relative to the frame about the first axis. The lever has a normal position and an actuated position in which the lever is pivoted to adjust the pitch.
US09508325B2
A white key of a keyboard instrument includes: an upper wall elongated in a front and rear direction; and a pair of side walls extending downward respectively from right and left edges of the upper wall and each elongated in the front and rear direction. The upper wall and the pair of side walls define an inner space opening downward. The upper wall and the pair of side walls include: a narrow portion and a wide portion wider in a right and left direction. The white key has right and left portions with respect to a center line of the narrow portion. The right and left portions are different in construction to adjust a balance of load between the right and left portions with respect to the center line.
US09508323B2
An image display method including: obtaining (S2301) combined data including (i) image data of an image having an item as a subject and (ii) first setting information indicating processing which a first electric appliance performs on the item; determining whether or not the first setting information is convertible into second setting information, the first setting information being included in the obtained combined data, and the second setting information being information in a format previously designated by a user and executable by a second electric appliance; determining (S2305) a first mark to be added to the image of the image data, if it is determined that the first setting information is convertible into the second setting information; and displaying (S2307) the image of the image data to which the determined first mark is added, the image data being included in the combined data.
US09508320B2
The present invention relates to a method for moving objects within the graphical user interface (GUI) of an operating system in a manner that provides a transitional effect between window states, which is pleasing to the user. This transitional effect includes changing the shape of a window while scaling and moving the window between two different sizes and positions. In one embodiment of the present invention, the transitional effect may be employed as a window is minimized into an icon, or restored from an icon. In another embodiment of the present invention, the transitional effect is employed as a window is minimized within its title bar, or restored therefrom. The rate of movement of objects is controlled in a non-linear manner, to further enhance the pleasing effect.
US09508307B2
An apparatus and method for automatically controlling screens displayed on two display units installed in a mobile terminal are provided, in which, an event is identified, if an event occurs, and on and off states of the display units are controlled, if the event is identified as a control operation of the display units corresponding to a user's key input. If the event is identified as a control operation of the display units corresponding to an operation of a sensor, the display units are automatically controlled corresponding to rotation of the mobile terminal.
US09508306B2
Disclosed is a display device comprising a panel in which a pixel is formed in each of a plurality of intersection areas between a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines. Two or more data driver integrated circuits (ICs) supply data voltages to the plurality of data lines and a gate driver outputs a scan signal to the plurality of gate lines. A timing controller drives the data driver ICs and the gate driver. A plurality of gamma voltage generators generate gamma voltages respectively provided in the data driver ICs such that each of the data driver ICs generates data voltages using gamma voltages generated by another data driver IC of the two or more data driver ICs.
US09508305B2
A display device is provided that effectively reduces noise generated inside a display panel such as a liquid crystal panel. The source driving unit of the display device includes positive amplifiers, negative amplifiers, a positive amplifier regulating unit and a negative amplifier regulating unit. The positive amplifiers transmit positive driving signals to the display panel unit via source lines. The negative amplifiers transmit negative driving signals to the display panel via source lines. The positive amplifier regulating unit regulates the timing for the positive amplifiers to output positive driving signals. The negative amplifier regulating unit regulates the timing for the negative amplifiers to output negative driving signals.
US09508302B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a power supply of a display device that includes a driving circuit and a display panel that displays an image according to an output data voltage transmitted from the driving circuit. The power supply includes a first booster and a second booster provided in the driving circuit, the first booster generates a first output voltage supplied to an Op-amp of a source output circuit of the driving circuit, and the second booster generates a second output voltage supplied to buffers of the source output circuit of the driving circuit.
US09508300B2
A driving circuit includes: an input terminal; an output terminal; a first transistor having a source electrode coupled to the input terminal, a drain electrode coupled to the output terminal, and a gate electrode; a second transistor having a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode respectively coupled to the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode of the first transistor; a first capacitor having a first electrode coupled to the input terminal and a second electrode coupled to the output terminal; and a second capacitor coupled in parallel with the first capacitor and having a first electrode coupled to the first electrode of the first capacitor and a second electrode that is floated.
US09508276B2
In a second memory device, (n+1)th frame image data in an mth row (m is a natural number) is stored. In a comparator circuit, the nth frame image data in the mth row and the (n+1)th frame image data in the mth row are compared and determination data is output to a writing control circuit. In the writing control circuit, writing using the (n+1)th frame image data to a pixel in the mth row is not performed when the determination data indicates sameness, or the writing using the (n+1)th frame image data to the pixel in the mth row is performed when the determination data indicates difference. When performed in two or more successive frame periods, the writing using the (n+1)th frame image data is performed while video voltages having the same polarity are applied.
US09508273B2
A value oriented outdoor illuminated sign that is easily customizable is disclosed. It provides low energy use, efficient illumination for a minimum of 30 days when operated on included timer with no need for an extension cord or outlet.
US09508266B2
Anonymous pretesting items for subsequent presentation to participants in a group enable an instructor to validate responses and revise the items accordingly.
US09508265B2
According to one aspect, a flight controller constructed to control a parafoil in flight from a starting location to a target location is provided. The flight controller includes an interface constructed to connect to one or more actuators and one or more wind sensors, a memory, a processor coupled to the memory, the interface, and a flight manager component executable by the processor. The flight manager component is configured to identify the target location and the starting location, receive wind data, determine a relationship between a ground reference frame (GRF) and a wind fixed frame (WFF) based on the wind data, generate a trajectory between the starting location and the target location in the WFF, determine a desired heading based on the trajectory and the relationship between the GRF and the WFF, and generate an actuator control signal based on the desired heading to adjust a heading of the parafoil.
US09508261B2
A method for operating a vehicle, including the tasks of detecting a dynamic parameter of a preceding other vehicle, computing an assessment criterion based on the detected dynamic parameter, computing a setpoint vehicle trajectory as a function of the assessment criterion, and adjusting an actual vehicle trajectory to the setpoint vehicle trajectory. Also described is a corresponding device and a computer program.
US09508259B2
Provided is a wearable device including: a biological-signal sensing unit that senses a biological signal of a user; a vehicle-state sensing unit that senses a state where a vehicle that the user gets in is moved; and a controller that determines a parking mode and a parking direction using a result of the sensing by the vehicle-state sensing unit, when the vehicle is parked, and that measures a level of user tension for the parking mode and the parking direction that are determined using the biological signal that is sensed while the vehicle is being parked, in which the controller selects the parking mode and the parking direction that the user prefers, based on the measured level of user tension, and provides the user with information relating to a parking lot where the vehicle is able to be parked in the parking mode and the parking direction that are selected.
US09508256B2
Example apparatus and methods concern determining whether a target material appears in a region experiencing nuclear magnetic resonance. One method acquires a baseline value for a magnetic resonance parameter (MRP) while the region is not exposed to a molecular imaging agent that affects the MRP, acquiring a non-specific uptake value for the MRP while the sample is influenced by a non-specific molecular imaging agent and acquiring a specific uptake value for the MRP while the sample is influenced by a specific molecular imaging agent. The non-specific masking problem is solved by characterizing the region as a function of the baseline value, the non-specific uptake value, and the specific uptake value. The function relies on the similarities and differences between non-specific uptake of the non-specific molecular imaging agent, non-specific uptake of the specific molecular imaging agent, and specific uptake of the specific molecular imaging agent.
US09508251B1
Controls, devices, systems, and methods for remotely reversing ceiling fan rotation directions based on seasonal appearing indicia controls, and remotely selecting ceiling fan turn off times when the user falls asleep. Cooler weather indicia for a remote control reverse switch can include snowflake symbol and/or the types of seasonal weather indicators such as for winter time use. Warmer weather indicia for a remote control reverse switch can include a sun symbol and/or other types of seasonal weather conditions, such as for summer time. Sleep timer controls, such as buttons for 2 hours, 4 hours and 8 hours, allows the user to preset when the fan is to be turned off after the user decides to go to sleep.
US09508246B2
During charging of a mobile device by a charging coil, a charge controller acquires information of the seating position of the owner of the mobile device, through a short-range wireless communicating section, and therefore issues an alarm when a person who causes the mobile device to be charged performs an operation of leaving from the seating position. Consequently, it is possible to prevent the mobile device from being left in a vehicle.
US09508238B2
A system and device for detecting and/or deactivating a security tag when passing through an electronic article surveillance (EAS) portal. The portal may be oriented by the arrangement of one or more antennas to generate an electromagnetic field at or within the portal to detect and/or deactivate the security tag. The electromagnetic field may detect and/or deactivate a security tag located at any orientation on merchandise as the security tag passes through the portal. The portal may be mounted on a counter at a point-of-sale station in which merchandise having security tags attached thereto are passed through the portal. The portal may also be mounted to a floor in which a shopping cart having merchandise is passed through the portal so that security tags attached to the merchandise in the cart are detected and/or deactivated.
US09508236B2
A system that transforms a haptic signal receives the haptic signal, where the haptic signal includes a plurality of haptic effect patterns. The system detects one or more of the haptic effect patterns as a texture haptic effect pattern, where the detecting includes identifying a first haptic effect pattern having a texture duration value that is less than or equal to a pre-defined texture threshold value, and having a separation from a subsequent haptic effect pattern that is less than or equal to the pre-defined texture threshold value. The system then substitutes each detected texture haptic effect pattern within the haptic signal with one or more substitute texture haptic effect patterns to form a transformed haptic signal.
US09508225B2
Methods and systems for electronic interaction comprising a display for presenting a grid of identifying objects, an input for receiving a player selection of an identifying object, a random generator for randomly selecting a winning identifying object, and a point tally system for awarding points to the player according to the rules comprising a first point value if the player selected identifying object exactly matches the winning identifying object, a second point value if the player selected identifying object is in a geometric relationship with the winning identifying object, and a third, negative, point value if the player is not awarded the first point value or the second point value.
US09508219B2
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include initiating, at a wagering game server, a secondary game for presentation on a wagering game machine. The secondary game may be associated with a primary wagering game being presented on the wagering game machine. The operations can also include detecting that the secondary game becomes unavailable for play while the secondary game is being presented on the wagering game machine, and determining identification information associated with a player of the primary wagering game and the secondary game. The operations can further include generating results for the secondary game associated with the player after the secondary game is available for play, and providing an award, depending on the secondary game results, to the player using the identification information.
US09508215B2
Systems and methods are provided for permitting a player to play a game at a gaming device. The gaming device provides a payout for the game. The payout is redeemable for one of a plurality of values, and at least two of the plurality of values are different from each other. The values typically have different corresponding forms of payout, such as cash or merchandise credits.
US09508182B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel and an active parallax barrier panel. The display panel displays n numbers of viewpoint images on a display panel (‘n’ is natural numbers greater than 2). The active parallax barrier panel includes a plurality of barrier units. Each of the barrier units includes an opening portion and a blocking area divided into m numbers of sub-areas. The active parallax barrier panel selectively opens the m numbers of sub-areas to exit the m numbers of viewpoint images on (n×m) numbers of viewpoint positions (‘m’ is natural numbers greater than 2). Thus, an active parallax barrier panel is time-division driven to display multi-viewpoint images. Moreover, a pixel structure and a barrier structure are alerted, so that deterioration of a resolution of a 3D image may be minimized.
US09508171B2
Disclosed is a method of rendering at least one graphical object comprising a plurality of sub parts described with a page description language format, said method comprising the steps of: converting the at least one graphical object into a first edge pair and a second edge pair, wherein the first edge pair and the second edge pair are vertically separated by a scanline gap; joining the second edge pair and the first edge pair to make a corresponding new edge pair having an empty fill portion in the scanline gap; and processing the new edge pair to render the at least one graphical object.
US09508168B2
A method and system render rasterized data by receiving non-rasterized page description language data and a corresponding transformation matrix representing transformation operations to be performed. The non-rasterized page description language data is rasterizing to create rasterized data. The corresponding transformation matrix is decomposed into a plurality of individual transformation operation matrices and a discrete transformation operation value, from each corresponding individual transformation operation matrix, is generated for each transformation operation to be performed upon the rasterized data. The transformation operations are performed upon the rasterized data based upon the generated discrete transformation operation values.
US09508165B1
A radiation detection system includes a detector unit and at least one processor. The detector unit is configured to generate signals responsive to radiation events. The at least one processor receives the signals, and is configured to obtain a first count for at least one of the signals corresponding to a first energy window, the first energy window corresponding to values higher than a nominal peak value; obtain a second count for the at least one of the signals corresponding to a second energy window, the second energy window corresponding to values lower than the nominal peak value; obtain at least one auxiliary count for the at least one of the signals corresponding to at least one auxiliary energy window; and adjust a gain applied to the signals based on the first count, the second count, and the at least one auxiliary count.
US09508163B2
A framework for an iterative reconstruction algorithm is described which combines two or more of an ordered subset method, a preconditioner method, and a nested loop method. In one type of implementation a nested loop (NL) structure is employed where the inner loop sub-problems are solved using ordered subset (OS) methods. The inner loop may be solved using OS and a preconditioner method. In other implementations, the inner loop problems are created by augmented Lagrangian methods and then solved using OS method.
US09508158B2
Automatic generation of custom palettes based on an image selected by a user is disclosed. In various embodiments, automatic palette generation may involve generating one or more than one palette based on the color or shading content of the image provided by the user. The generated palette may include a variety of colors (or shadings) that can be automatically mapped to and applied to various distinct features within a composite graphic construct to be customized.
US09508157B2
A framework for image-based reconstruction is provided herein. In accordance with one aspect, the framework receives three-dimensional projection image data of an aneurysm wall in a vascular structure of interest and electrocardiogram signal data, wherein the three-dimensional projection image data is correlated to phases of the electrocardiogram signal data. The framework may sort the three-dimensional projection image data into phase-binned image data according to the phases, and reconstruct three-dimensional layouts of the aneurysm wall in the vascular structure of interest using the phased-binned image data. The framework may then determine the motion of the aneurysm wall between the phases based on the reconstructed three-dimensional layouts.
US09508150B1
A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions that once executed by a computer cause the computer to execute the stages of: calculating first curvature attributes of first areas of a first representation of a first three dimensional object; calculating second curvature attributes of second areas of a second representation of a second three dimensional object; selecting first points of interest of the first representation in response to the first curvature attributes; selecting second points of interest of the second representation in response to the second curvature attributes; classifying the first points of interest to first classes; classifying the second points of interest to second classes; calculating multiple sets of first vectors that are indicative of spatial relationships between first points of interest, wherein different sets out of the multiple sets of the first vectors are associated with different first classes; calculating multiple sets of second vectors that are indicative of spatial relationships between second points of interest, wherein different sets out of the multiple sets of the second vectors are associated with different second classes; and determining a misalignment between the first and second representations of the first and second objects in response to relationships between the multiple sets of first vectors and the multiple sets of the second vectors.
US09508148B2
A vision-guided alignment system to align a plurality of components includes a robotic gripper configured to move one component relative to another component and a camera coupled to a processor that generates an image of the components. A simulated robotic work cell generated by the processor calculates initial calibration positions that define the movement of the robotic gripper such that position errors between the actual position of the robotic gripper and the calibration positions are compensated by a camera space manipulation based control algorithm executed by the processor to control the robotic gripper to move one component into alignment with another component based on the image of the components.
US09508143B2
An apparatus and method thereof include an observation map generator configured to generate a three-dimensional (3D) observation map based on display frequency and/or display duration of a cross-sectional image of a 3D volume image, wherein the 3D observation map three-dimensionally represents degrees of interest for each voxel of the 3D volume image. The apparatus also includes a region of interest marker configured to mark a region of interest.
US09508135B1
An improved image processing system for enhancing a blurred image is described herein. According to an embodiment, a method for enhancing a blurred image provided by an image capturing device includes generating a standard gray low-resolution image by convoluting the blurred image with a Gaussian low-pass filter, extracting one or more high-frequency components from the standard gray low-resolution image, obtaining one or more higher-frequency nonlinear components by approximating the one or more high-frequency components, and adding the higher-frequency components to the blurred image.
US09508134B2
Described herein is a method for enhancing image data that includes transforming image data from an intensity domain to a wavelet domain to produce wavelet coefficients. A first set of wavelet coefficients of the wavelet coefficients includes low-frequency wavelet coefficients. The method also includes modifying the first set of wavelet coefficients using a coefficient distribution based filter to produce a modified first set of wavelet coefficients. The method includes transforming the modified first set of wavelet coefficients from the wavelet domain to the intensity domain to produce enhanced image data.
US09508131B2
Removal of the effects of dust or other impurities on image data is described. In one example, a model of artifact formation from sensor dust is determined. From the model of artifact formation, contextual information in the image and a color consistency constraint may be applied on the dust to remove the dust artifacts. Artifacts may also be removed from multiple images from the same or different cameras or camera settings.
US09508122B2
The present invention concerns a method, a system, a device for enrolling biometric data of a body part to be used for user authentication, using a two-dimensional sensor. The method comprises capturing, using the two-dimensional sensor, images representing different views of the body part, stitching the images into at least one mosaic, generating at least one constructed image by determining at least one area of interest in the mosaic, the area of interest representing an additional view of the body part, and extracting image data of the area of interest, and enrolling the constructed images in a set of templates to be used for user authentication.
US09508119B2
An electronic device and method of operation, the electronic device including at least one processor communicatively coupled to a display and memory, the processor configured for filtering a facial image rendered on the display. In an illustrative embodiment, the at least one processor is configured to generate a boundary around the facial image, the boundary having 2-dimensional x and y coordinates relative to boundaries of the display; store the coordinates in memory; in response to at least one of a cropping and moving of the image, recalculate the coordinates to match a new transform setting; and apply an effect to the facial image based on the updated coordinates.
US09508117B1
It is often desirable to register a first image to a second image, such as to form a panoramic image. The image registration technique discussed herein forms first and second gradients of the first and second images, respectively, then aligns phase vectors of the first and second gradients by estimating the parameters of a projective (homographic) coordinate transformation that can map the first gradient to the second gradient. The estimated parameters can be used to map the first image to the second image. In some examples, each gradient pixel includes a complex number, such as a unit vector, having a normalized amplitude and a phase vector that indicates the direction of greatest change, at that pixel, for the respective image. Aligning the image gradient phase vectors, rather than image intensity values, can align images produced under different lighting conditions, and/or produced in different wavelength regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
US09508113B2
A pipeline system includes input buffers, a relay for controlling withdrawal of data stored in the input buffers, and functional blocks for performing one or more processing operations. A method of operating a pipeline system includes withdrawing data from one of input buffers and performing different one or more processing operations.
US09508108B1
Some embodiments provide a system that renders a user interface (UI) element for a web application. During operation, the system loads the web application in a web browser and obtains a rendering request for the UI element from the web application. Next, the system generates a graphics-processing unit (GPU) command stream corresponding to the UI element based on the rendering request. Finally, the system sends the GPU command stream to a GPU, where the UI element is rendered by the GPU.
US09508101B1
A system generates a ticker result, which may be a uniform resource locator (URL) corresponding to a quote provider. The system receives a string of information and determines whether all terms in the string of information correspond to ticker symbols. If all terms in the string of information correspond to ticker symbols, the system may ascertain whether the string of information corresponds to a query for ticker information. If the string of information corresponds to a query for ticker information, the ticker information (e.g., a ticker result) may be provided.
US09508088B2
An advertisement delivery management apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and an accepting unit. The acquisition unit acquires information on two or more types of delivery target user groups, each including a plurality of delivery target users predicted as future advertisement delivery destinations. The determination unit determines whether each of the delivery target user groups satisfies delivery conditions designated by an advertisement delivery order request. The accepting unit accepts the advertisement delivery order request based on the determination result of the determination unit.
US09508086B2
Methods and apparatus to monitor, verify, and rate the performance of airings of commercials are disclosed. An example method includes analyzing received advertisement detection information associated with the advertisement, the advertisement detection information detected from a presentation of the advertisement; identifying a buy order corresponding to the presentation of the advertisement based on the advertisement detection information; determining a purchased ratings value from the buy order; comparing the purchased ratings value of the buy order to received ratings information corresponding to the presentation of the advertisement to determine whether the advertisement was presented as indicated in the buy order; and generating a performance monitoring report using the buy order and the advertisement detection information to indicate whether the ratings information is less than the purchased ratings value.
US09508078B1
Techniques for increasing the efficacy of an affiliate marketing program are described herein. These techniques may allow participants of the affiliate marketing program to easily create links to content that a content site offers. To do so, the content site may determine whether a user that requests content from the site is a participant of the program or a non-participant. Based at least in part on determining that the requesting user is a participant, the content site may serve the requested content in addition to a mechanism for creating links to the content. Furthermore, the mechanism may also illustrate or otherwise include content that is customized based on the content that the participant requests and/or based on an identity of the participant.
US09508075B2
A system that investigates, identifies and cancels fraudulent transactions comprises a fraud detection server that receives a first dataset indicating a quantity of fraud-transactions. The first dataset is generated at least in part by a fraud-score model. The system receives a second dataset including a quantity of false positive fraud-transactions from the fraud transactions. The system calculates a fraud error rate using the quantity of fraud-transactions and the quantity of false positive fraud-transactions. The system generates a new fraud-score model when the fraud error rate exceeds a predefined error rate.
US09508069B2
Methods and arrangements for effecting payments via a mobile phone. A purchase request is received from a merchant on behalf of a customer. A code is provided to the customer via the merchant, via a first communication path. A purchase confirmation is directly received from the customer, the purchase confirmation being prompted by provision of the code to the customer. The purchase is validated via using the purchase confirmation from the customer via a second communication path different from the first communication path. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
US09508057B2
A method of one embodiment facilitates the updating of account information. First account information associated with a payment account of a user is received by an interface, and the first account information is stored by a memory. Payee system information associated with a payee system, wherein the payee system stores one or more portions of the first account information, is also received by the interface and stored by the memory. A processor automatically determines that an update event has occurred, the update event associated with updated information comprising one or more updated values for one or more respective portions of the first account information, wherein at least a portion of the first account information stored on the payee system changes based on the update event. In response to automatically determining that the update event has occurred, the interface automatically communicates a payee update message comprising the updated account information.
US09508055B1
A secure administration server sends legal hold information to a confirmation server in response to a delivery request. The legal hold information comprises a plurality of recipients required to comply with a legal hold notice. The secure administration server generates a unique email for each of the plurality of recipients. Each unique email comprises a unique Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to the confirmation server for a corresponding recipient. The secure administration server obtains a confirmation of compliance associated with the corresponding recipient from the confirmation server.
US09508045B2
The apparatus, systems, and methods described herein may operate to receive information identifying and describing at least one of a set of events, an initial distribution of a plurality of states, an initial transition matrix, or an initial event matrix; generate, based at least in part on the information, at least one intermediate transition matrix and at least one intermediate event matrix describing a sparse Baum-Welch training that allows no event to occur at one or more time steps; and transform the at least one intermediate transition matrix and the at least one intermediate event matrix into a transition matrix and an event matrix describing a continuous-time Baum-Welch training, the continuous-time Baum-Welch training allowing events to occur simultaneously or at sporadic time intervals in a Markov model including a hidden Markov Model (HMM) having more than two hidden states.
US09508041B2
The disclosure discloses a method for predicting a user operation. The method includes the following steps. After training an operation model successfully, a mobile terminal predicts a call instruction by utilizing environmental factors and the operation model, and finally compiles the call instruction into selection information to be displayed to a user. The disclosure further discloses a mobile terminal. Through the solution provided by the disclosure, a forthcoming operation of the user can be predicted, so that intelligent and detailed services are provided for the user.
US09508038B2
A computer-implemented system, method and program product generates answers to questions in an input query text string. The method includes determining, by a programmed processor unit, a lexical answer type (LAT) string associated with an input query; automatically obtaining a candidate answer string to the input query from a data corpus; mapping the query LAT string to a first type string in a structured resource; mapping the candidate answer string to a second type string in the structured resource; and determining if the first type string and the second type string are disjointed; and scoring the candidate answer string based on the determination of the types being disjointed wherein the structured resource includes a semantic database providing ontological content.
US09508037B2
A non-contact IC label of the present invention includes an IC chip disposed on a magnetic sheet, a first antenna section and a second antenna section each connected to the IC chip, a circuit section which connects a first end portion of the first antenna section and a first end portion of the second antenna section to the IC chip, a first auxiliary antenna section which is disposed to project from a side on the second end portion of the first antenna section and a second auxiliary antenna section which is disposed to project from a side on the second end portion of the second antenna section, wherein the first antenna section and the second antenna section are formed in the same rectangular shape in a plan view.
US09508036B2
An RFID tag assembly and method of use with a helmet wherein the RFID tag assembly the RFTD tag assembly includes an RFID tag having a mounting substrate with an exposed first planar surface and an opposing second planar surface, the RFID tag having an RFID semiconductor chip has a predetermined operating frequency with an antenna interface mounted on the second planar surface, a conductor electrically coupled to the antenna interface of the RFID semiconductor chip, and an antenna electrically coupled to the conductor. A spacer has a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first surface of the spacer is attached to the second planar surface of the RFID tag. The spacer has a predetermined thickness between the first surface and the second surface. A mounting carrier has a substantially planar body with a first portion having a first end and a second end with two sides defined therebetween and has one or more second portions extending from the body forming free ends each with a planar top surface and a planar bottom surface, with selectively attachable adhesive on a portion of the bottom surface being deformably attached to the first portion. The second surface of the spacer is attached to the top surface of the first portion with the first planar surface of the RFID tag position parallel and set apart above the top surface of the carrier by a distance equal to or greater than the predetermined thickness of the spacer.
US09508034B2
A system and method for the rapid bulk commissioning of RFID tags includes exploiting simultaneous writing of plural tags via isolated communications bands, avoiding write acknowledgement, collision/retransmission, and other delays.
US09508027B2
Systems, devices and methods operative for identifying a reference within a figure and an identifier in a text associated with the figure, the reference referring to an element depicted in the figure, the reference corresponding to the identifier, the identifier identifying the element in the text, placing the identifier on the figure at a distance from the reference, the identifier visually associated with the reference upon the placing, the placing of the identifier on the figure is irrespective of the distance between the identifier and the reference.
US09508022B2
A method and a device are provided for performing a recognition process. The recognition process compares an individual fingerprint view to a fingerprint enrollment template in order to determine whether a match has been found. The determination of a match is based on individual match statistics collected between the individual fingerprint view and each view of the fingerprint enrollment template. Additionally, inter-view match statistics between each view of the fingerprint enrollment template may also be determined. The inter-view match statistics can be analyzed along with the individual match statistics to further inform the determination of a match between the individual fingerprint view and the fingerprint enrollment template.
US09508017B2
Disclosed are a device for capturing an image of the iris and a user recognition device applying same in order to control access. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device for capturing an image of the iris includes: a first light source corresponding to the left eye; a second light source corresponding to the right eye; a first duct disposed adjacent to the first light source for restricting the illumination angle of the first light source; a second duct disposed adjacent to the second light source for restricting the illumination angle of the second light source; a half mirror transmitting the light emitted from the first and second light sources in order to direct the light onto the left and right eyes, wherein the half mirror reflects the images of the left and right eyes; and left/right cameras respectively photographing the left and right eyes in order to recognize the irises.
US09508015B2
In a method for evaluating image data of a vehicle camera, information about raindrops on the vehicle's windshield within the field of view of the camera is taken into account in the evaluation of the image data for detection and classification of objects in the environment of the vehicle. Particularly, for example, depending on the number and the size of the raindrops on the windshield, different detection algorithms, image evaluation criteria, classification parameters, or classification algorithms are used for the detection and classification of objects.
US09508011B2
A video visual and audio query system for quickly identifying video within a large known corpus of videos being played on any screen or display. In one embodiment, the system can record via a mobile phone camera and microphone a live video clip from the TV and transcode it into a sequence of frame-signatures. The signatures representative of the clips can then be matched against the signatures of the TV content in a corpus across a network to identify the correct TV show or movie.
US09508002B2
A visualization system and method allow moving objects to be visualized in a GIS system as an interactive animation by moving an icon or 3D graphical model in an interactive virtual environment of the GIS. A line may also be drawn behind the icon/3D model representing the path traveled during a window of time. Additionally, the evolution of time-dependent data associated with the moving object may be encoded and visualized in the GIS.
US09507997B2
Implementations and techniques for measuring quality of experience associated with a mobile device are generally disclosed.
US09507990B2
The embodiments of the disclosure provide a two-dimensional code recognition method and associated apparatus. The two-dimensional code recognition method comprises steps of determining whether there is a picture displayed on a screen; determining whether the picture includes a two-dimensional code, when the picture is displayed on the screen; and identifying the two-dimensional code, when the picture includes the two-dimensional code. According to the disclosure only when determining the picture includes a two-dimensional code, the two-dimensional code is identified, and cameras are not required for the recognition of the local two-dimensional code picture.
US09507984B1
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for generating resource tag systems and integration of the tag systems on machines for machine use, valuation, and distribution. The tags comprise sensors for monitoring activity of the machine or product and identifies stagnant periods in the use of the machine or product. Based on a triggering stagnant duration, the tag system provides signals to the user indicating product inactivity. The tag may generate a communicable link with outside sources to identify and present the user with a current market value of the machine or product that the tag is affixed. Upon authorization, the tag may post the machine or product for sale and/or present the product for donation. Furthermore, upon sale of the product, the tag may be able to transfer warranty information along with the product.
US09507966B2
According to one embodiment, a firmware stored in a ROM in an information processing device connects the information processing device to a first server through a network, and downloads a client program into a volatile memory in the information processing device from the first server. Also, the firmware launches the client program to connect the information processing device and a second server through the network, and turns off the power of the information processing device to erase content in the volatile memory, when the information processing device is disconnected from the network after connection between the information processing device and the second server is established.
US09507964B2
Described herein are techniques for regulating access to a remote resource using two-factor authentication based on information regarding a host machine of a portable storage drive that stores an operating system that is booted by the host machine. The information regarding the host machine of a portable storage drive may be used as a second factor in a two-factor authentication. Such information regarding the host machine may include, in some embodiments, information retrieved from a secure storage of the host machine, such as from a cryptoprocessor of the host machine. The information may include an identifier for the host machine or may be a user credential pre-provisioned to the host machine to be used in two-factor authentication.
US09507963B2
A processor capable of secure execution. The processor contains an execution unit and secure partition logic that secures a partition in memory. The processor also contains cryptographic logic coupled to the execution unit that encrypts and decrypts secure data and code.
US09507961B2
Systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for providing secure access control to a graphics processing unit (GPU). One system includes a GPU, a plurality GPU programming interfaces, and a command processor. Each GPU programming interface is dynamically assigned to a different one of a plurality of security zones. Each GPU programming interface is configured to receive work orders issued by one or more applications associated with the corresponding security zone. The work orders comprise instructions to be executed by the GPU. The command processor is in communication with the plurality of GPU programming interfaces. The command processor is configured to control execution of the work orders received by the plurality of GPU programming interfaces using separate secure memory regions. Each secure memory region is allocated to one of the plurality of security zones.
US09507955B2
The various embodiments of the invention provide a method for executing code securely in a general purpose computer. According to one embodiment, a code is downloaded into a cache memory of a computer in which the code is to be executed. The code downloaded into the cache memory is encrypted in the cache memory. Then the encrypted code in the cache memory is decrypted using a decryption algorithm to obtain the decrypted code. The decrypted code is executed in the cache to generate a result. The decrypted code is destroyed in the cache memory after the forwarding the result to a user.
US09507935B2
An exploit detection system deploys a threat-aware microvisor to facilitate real-time security analysis, including exploit detection and threat intelligence, of an operating system process executing on a node of a network environment. The microvisor may be organized as a main protection domain representative of the operating system process. In response to the process attempting to access a kernel resource for which it does not have permission, a capability violation may be generated at the main protection domain of the microvisor and a micro-virtual machine (VM) may be spawned as a container configured to encapsulate the process. The main protection domain may then be cloned to create a cloned protection domain that is representative of the process and that is bound to the spawned micro-VM. Capabilities of the cloned protection domain may be configured to be more restricted than the capabilities of the main protection domain with respect to access to the kernel resource. The restricted capabilities may be configured to generate more capability violations than those generated by the capabilities of the main protection domain and, in turn, enable further monitoring of the process as it attempts to access the kernel resource.
US09507925B2
A mobile communications device includes a plurality of first input devices capable of passively collecting input data, a second input device(s) capable of collecting response data based upon a challenge, and a processor capable of determining a level of assurance (LOA) that possession of the mobile communications device has not changed based upon a statistical behavioral model and the passively received input data, and comparing the LOA with a security threshold. When the LOA is above the security threshold, the processor may be capable of performing a given mobile device operation without requiring response data from the second input device(s). When the LOA falls below the security threshold, the processor may be capable of generating the challenge, performing the given mobile device operation responsive to valid response data, and adding recent input data to the statistical behavioral model responsive to receipt of the valid response data.
US09507918B2
A platform protected by an always-available security system, the system is described. The system, in one embodiment, comprises a near field communications (NFC) reader, a pairing logic to identify an NFC device as an authorized device for arming and disarming the system, an arming logic to arm the system upon receipt of an arming command, and a disarming logic to disarm the system upon receipt of a disarming command, wherein the arming command and the disarming command may use the NFC device, and wherein the NFC reader is powered in a plurality of power states, enabling disarming and arming of the platform in the plurality of power states.
US09507911B2
A system and method are disclosed for one-stop shopping for health-care services and related needs. The one-stop shopping system and method provide objective information for the system enrollee to assess and decide on health-care insurance and services. The system and method provide this objective information in a way that is easily accessible by system enrollees in an economical and rapid manner.
US09507908B2
A method for creating a computerized visualization of a wiring topology is described that includes combining three-dimensional wire harness data with logical wire content using a process executed on a computer processing device, and displaying a graphical wire topology, output from the process, within a three dimensional model of the platform within which the wiring topology is contained.
US09507905B2
A non-transitory recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a circuit board design assistance process. The circuit board design assistance process includes: extracting, from design information of a multilayer circuit board in which a plurality of layers are layered, a plurality of ground patterns in the multilayer circuit board that are within a predetermined distance from a path of a signal that flows in the multilayer circuit board; resolving a region at which the plurality of ground patterns are electronically separated as being a discontinuity region; and displaying the resolved discontinuity region.
US09507903B2
A method for the simulation of a circuit is disclosed. The method may include the determination of parasitic circuit elements, and the determination of one or more operational parameters dependent upon at least the parasitic circuit elements. A model of the parasitic circuit elements may then be generated based upon the one or more operational parameters. The circuit may then be simulated using the model of the parasitic circuit elements to determine a performance level of the circuit. At least one active circuit element may be modified in response to determining that the performance level does not meet a goal.
US09507900B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a configurable integrated circuit (“IC”). The configurable IC includes a set of multiplexers that each has a set of input terminals, a set of output terminals, and a set of select terminals. The set of multiplexers includes a group of multiplexers, where at least one input terminal of each multiplexer in the group is a permanently inverting input terminal. During at least a set of cycles during the operation of the configurable IC, several multiplexers in the group of multiplexers are used to implement a particular function.
US09507897B2
One or more circuit arrangements and techniques for modeling are provided. In some embodiments, a circuit arrangement includes at least one of a first current source, a second current source, a first diode, a second diode, and a switching component. In some embodiments, the switching component includes a bipolar junction transistor (BJT). In some embodiments, the circuit arrangement is integrated into a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) device. When the circuit arrangement is integrated into a MOS device, at least one of a substrate current leakage, a junction breakdown, or a diode reverse recovery (DRR) effect is predictable for the MOS device.
US09507895B2
A simulation apparatus includes a discrete events simulation section to perform a discrete type simulation of components of a configured model as defined based on attribute information that is information on parts of the components of the defined configured model and connection information showing a connectional relationship among the components of the defined configured model; and a soft error rate computation processing section to compute a soft error rate of the defined configured model based on the simulation result of the discrete events simulation section and data on soft error rates in the attribute information.
US09507884B2
A modeling system and modeling method based on a logical relation, including an operation task integrating module, a task interpreter, a graph layout correcting module, a graph wiring correcting module and a database model increment correcting module, wherein the database model increment correcting module includes a graph increment calculating unit and a model increment calculating unit. The system, through description of the logical relation and based on support of the automatic wiring technology, realizes the graph-model integrated generation of a new grid model of the power system which is based on the description of the logical relation; the grid model is completely defined and modified on “one net”, which is different from the original way that the power system model is established on countless net graphs, thereby helping the grid operation manager to accurately and rapidly establish and modify the grid model of the full system.
US09507883B2
A method for designing a system on a target device includes mapping a high-level description of the system onto a model of a target device prior to generating a register transfer level description of the system. A visual representation of the mapping is generated.
US09507882B1
Described is a dynamic web platform configured to provide content rendered with one or more rendering systems. The rendering systems and the modules making up the rendering modules may interact with one another by way of declarative data. Administrators may configure the platform using the declarative data. The declarative data may express operational parameters, business rules, and so forth and may be modified while the platform is operating. The modules in the rendering system may be loosely bound, allowing for concurrent operations, dynamic changes to what content is to be rendered, and so forth.
US09507878B2
A search system generates customized search results for social network members. The results are responsive to queries and are personalized based on members' explicit and implicit interests derived from user actions, content selections, etc.
US09507874B2
Within a system comprising a processor and a memory, a method that includes, via the processor, receiving a schema as an input. For each element in the schema, the method can include parsing the element from the schema, validating the parsed element, generating a parse tree node for the parsed element, and adding the parse tree node to a schema parse tree. The method further can include outputting the schema parse tree.
US09507867B2
A method that is relatively inexpensive to implement and that permits a user to conduct searches of electronically stored documents using an entire document, multiple documents or portions of a document as the search criteria and to collect, store and to share the relevant documents from the search.
US09507854B2
A method, system and computer program product for generating answers to questions. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an input query; conducting a search to identify candidate answers to the input query, and producing a plurality of scores for each of the candidate answers. For each of the candidate answers, one, of a plurality of candidate ranking functions, is selected. This selected ranking function is applied to the each of the candidate answers to determine a ranking for the candidate answer based on the scores for that candidate answer. One or more of the candidate answers is selected, based on the rankings for the candidate answers, as one or more answers to the input query. In an embodiment, the ranking function selection is performed using information about the question. In an embodiment, the ranking function selection is performed using information about each answer.
US09507853B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining one or more first search results that were generated for a search query; determining a score associated with the first search results; revising the search query using a query revision rule; obtaining one or more second search results that were generated for the revised search query; determining a score associated with the second search results; and evaluating the query revision rule by comparing the score associated with the first search results with the score associated with the second search results.
US09507846B2
A method for configuring a control interface for controlling a system including one or more pieces of home automation equipment, the control interface including an information screen on which may be displayed a time scale representing a time period with a defined duration, the method including steps of: (i): defining a plurality of associations, each association being defined between a scenario for controlling one or more pieces of home automation equipment and a triggering instant defined within the time period, at which the scenario has to be triggered by the control interface, (ii): producing a grouping of at least one portion of the association from among the plurality of defined associations, the triggering instants of which are defined within a time interval with a defined duration within the time period, (iii): positioning a collective reference mark on the time scale corresponding to the grouping at the time interval.
US09507845B1
A system, program product, and computer implemented method for replicating a consistency group comprising monitoring the latency between one or more splitters of the consistency group and replication appliances in the replication cluster for the consistency group (CG); wherein each replication appliance of the replication appliances is configured to be able to receive IO from the one or more splitters, determining which replication appliance of the replication appliances has the lowest latency after including additional latency resulting from assignment of the CG to the replication appliance, and configuring the splitter to replicate IO from the CG to the replication appliance determined to have the lowest latency.
US09507844B2
A processor determines a predicted quantity of updates to be made to a set of data using a history of updates. The set of data is associated with a category of replication that indicates a first frequency of data replication to be applied to the set of data. The processor determines whether the first predicted quantity of updates meets a first threshold for a frequency of replication of the set of data. The first threshold indicates an allowed number of updates and meeting the first threshold indicates that an adjustment to the frequency of replication of the set of data is to be initiated. The processor responds to a determination that the first threshold has been met by associating the set of data with a category of replication that has a second frequency of data replication to be applied to the set of data.
US09507823B2
A method and system for accessing data in a de-commissioned legacy system are provided. Data are automatically extracted from the legacy system, although data structure(s) of the legacy system might not be known, by finding views corresponding to a query for the data. Attributes, metadata, and/or fields (“attributes”) can be parsed from the query. Tables and/or fields including the parsed attributes are identified. Views can be then identified, where the views contain the tables and/or fields including the parsed attributes. The views can be ranked in an order from those that include the greatest number of parsed attributes to those including the least number of parsed attributes. A data request understandable by the legacy system, e.g. a packet, can then be formed using the least number of views, where the views can collectively include all of the parsed attributes.
US09507822B2
Methods and systems for optimizing queries in a multi-tenant store are described. In one embodiment, such a method includes retrieving data from a multi-tenant database system having a relational data store and a non-relational data store, receiving a request specifying data to be retrieved, retrieving one or more locations of the data to be retrieved, generating a database query based on the request, in which the database query specifies a plurality of data elements to be retrieved, the plurality of data elements including one or more data elements residing within the non-relational data store and one or more other data elements residing within the relational data store, generating an optimized database query having an optimized query syntax that is distinct from a query syntax of the database query, and executing the optimized database query against the multi-tenant database system to retrieve the data.
US09507821B2
Electronic mail message processing includes: obtaining a set of keywords associated with an electronic mail message; updating, based at least in part on the set of keywords, a set of inverted index records stored in a level 1 cache; determining whether size of the set of inverted index records stored in the level 1 cache exceeds a first preset threshold value; in the event that the first preset threshold value is exceeded, transferring the set of inverted index records in the level 1 cache to a level 2 cache; determining whether size of a level 2 cache file exceeds a second preset threshold value; in the event that the second preset threshold value is exceeded, transferring, according to a path file, inverted index records in the level 2 cache file to a level 3 cache storing a set of inverted index files.
US09507814B2
A bit level file comparison system compares two file systems, each of which includes any number of individual files, to determine whether the file systems are identical at a bit level. A hashing function is applied to each file in the first file system to generate a hash value that is logically associated with the respective file in the first file system. The hashing function is applied to each file in the second file system to generate a hash value that is logically associated with the respective file in the second file system. The hash value associated with a file in the first file system is compared with the hash value associated with the corresponding file in the second file system to determine whether bit level differences between the respective file in the first file system and the second file system.
US09507809B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods can provide parameters of operating results for control products used in biological reactions. For example, automatically updated inserts containing such parameters for clinical quality controls can be provided. A customer can log into a website, provide lot number of quality control products, information about instruments, and tests being performed and then receive updated parameters for the products. The product inserts can be customized for or by a particular customer.
US09507808B2
A technique for structuring a navigation data base in order to support incremental data updates is provided. A method implementation of the technique includes the steps of providing at least two data levels, wherein a first data level is associated with route links representing road segments of regional distance roads, partitioning the first data level into local tiles, wherein each local tile is associated with route links representing road segments of regional distance roads for a specific local geographic area, and interlinking those route links of neighboring local tiles that represent road segment portions of a regional distance road extending over neighboring local tiles.
US09507806B1
A method of delivering images by an edge server to a web browser is disclosed. It includes receiving through an interface a request for an image file. It includes detecting by a processor the image file as a non-interlaced image file. It includes converting by the processor the detected non-interlaced image file to a corresponding interlaced image file. It includes sending a first segment of the corresponding interlaced image file in response to the request for the image file and delaying delivery of a second segment of the corresponding interlaced image file until a subsequent request for the second segment of the corresponding interlaced image file is received.
US09507803B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for web-scale visual search capable of using a combination of visual input modalities are provided. An edgel index is created that includes shape-descriptors, including edgel-based representations, that correspond to each of a plurality of images. Each edgel-based representation includes pixels that depicts edges or boundary contours of an image and is created, at least in part, by segmenting the image into a plurality of image segments and performing a multi-phase contour detection on each segment. Upon receiving a search query having a visual query input, the visual query input is converted into shape-descriptors, including an edgel-based representation, and the shape-descriptors, including the edgel-based representation, of each of the plurality of images is compared with the shape-descriptors, including the edgel-based representation, of the visual query input to identify at least one image of the plurality of images that matches the visual query input.
US09507798B1
A technique for logging events in a data storage system involves designating one subset of storage processors of the data storage system as clients that generate log entries and another subset of the storage processors as servers that receive log entries. Only one server is active at a time. The active server receives the generated log entries from the clients and persists the log entries to a centralized log store. Clients assign first timestamps to the log entries based on locally accessible clocks. The active server receives the log entries, including the first timestamps, from the clients and applies second timestamps based on a clock accessible to the server. As the second timestamps are consistent across the different clients, the second timestamps can be applied to correct misalignments in time among the log entries received from the clients.
US09507797B2
A file system is to be shared by multiple file servers according to respective different file server protocols, and the file system is to implement cross-protocol locking in access of file system objects of the file system. A file system denies access to a particular file system object from a first file server protocol in response to a data structure referred to by an inode indicating that an access from a second different file server protocol of the particular file system object is present.
US09507766B2
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes writing, into a tree content column of a tree table, content for a plurality of rows of the tree table. The content spans multiple hierarchical levels, and the content in each of the rows is commonly aligned within the tree content column. A level-indicating icon is associated with each of the hierarchical levels of the tree table. A first level-indicating icon for a first hierarchical level of the tree table is positioned in two or more distinct rows of the tree table having content in the first hierarchical level, and a second level-indicating icon for a second hierarchical level of the tree table is positioned in at least one row of the tree table having content in the second hierarchical level. The tree table is rendered by a computer processor.
US09507765B2
Approaches are described for displaying rotated character strings within cells of tables. In particular embodiments, the display of the rotated character string is handled such that the character string does not extend beyond the edges of the cell. Further, in certain implementations, the character string may be displayed as wrapped and rotated text within the cell, wherein each line of the wrapped character string does not extend beyond the edges of the cell.
US09507764B2
A system for processing multiple forms, wherein each form comprises at least one data input field and each data input field is configured to enable a respondent to enter input data into the form, the system configured to process a multi-character expression comprising: one or more domain characters representing a domain; and one or more field characters representing at least one data input field of the form, wherein the one or more domain characters is indicative of variations in one or more of: data input fields in the form; discrete values of possible data inputs; and validation logic associated with the at least one data input field.
US09507749B2
A system and related method are disclosed for location-sensitive social networking. A server has access to a map and a list of points of interest with location data by which they may be located on the map. The server establishes a virtual area around a point of interest based on a certain distance or time from the point of interest, a physical or legal parameter, or some combination of those techniques. Users whose devices are located within the virtual area are published to users of the system, and identified distinctly for social networking and communication. Users may also form groups.
US09507744B2
An aspect of present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for handling two SGPIO channels by using one SGPIO decoder. The method includes: (a) establishing communication between a backplane controller and a host computer through HBA, (b) receiving control commands and control data for monitoring and controlling a first and a second group of drive slots, (c) checking a clock signal having a first time period and a second time period, (d) forwarding the control commands and control data for the first group to the first group of drive slots during first time period, and forwarding the control commands and control data for the second group to the second group of drive slots during second time period, (e) receiving responses from first and second group of drive slots, respectively, and (f) sending the responses from first and second group of drive slots to the host computer.
US09507742B2
In one embodiment, a method determines a plurality of categories for requests for a shared resource being shared by a plurality of entities. A request for the resource is received from an entity in the plurality of entities. The method determines a category in the plurality of categories for the received request. If the received request is determined to be in a first category, the method dispatches the received request to a first arbitration scheme configured to determine an arbitration decision in a first time cycle. If the received request is determined to be in a second category, the method dispatches the received request to a second arbitration scheme configured to determine an arbitration decision in a second time cycle of a different length from the first time cycle.
US09507737B2
Arbitration circuitry is provided to select an output from between multiple inputs each having an associated priority value. A tie-break value is appended to the least significant bits of each of the priority values to form extended priority values before those extended priority values are compared. Thus, if two priority values are equal, then the appended tie-break bits are used to determine which of the two inputs will be selected as having the higher priority.
US09507713B1
A computer-implemented method can include receiving a set of software instructions for execution by a computing device and compiling the set of software instructions to generate a set of executable instructions. The compiling can include identifying a first memory object allocation instruction. The method can also include executing the set of executable instructions, where the executing includes allocating, in a young garbage collection generation, a plurality of memory objects with the first memory object allocation instruction. The method can further include determining a survival rate of the plurality of memory objects allocated by the first memory object allocation instruction. Responsive to the survival rate being larger than a survival rate threshold, the method can include replacing, in the set of executable instructions, the first memory object allocation instruction with a second memory object allocation instruction that is configured to directly allocate memory objects in an old garbage collection generation.
US09507708B2
A method for managing a memory apparatus and the associated memory apparatus thereof and the associated controller thereof are provided, where the method includes: temporarily storing data received from a host device into a volatile memory in the controller and utilizing the data in the volatile memory as received data, and dynamically monitoring the data amount of the received data to determine whether to immediately write the received data into at least one NV memory element; and when a specific signal is received and it is detected that specific data having not been written into a same location in a specific block configured to be an MLC memory block within a specific NV memory element of the at least one NV memory element for a predetermined number of times exists in the received data, immediately writing the specific data into another block in the at least one NV memory element.
US09507703B2
In a storage control apparatus, an acquiring unit acquires first information indicating the frequency of random access to a first logical region and second information indicating the data size of random access, based on the content of access from the information processing apparatus. A controlling unit determines the size of storage areas to be allocated to a second logical region based on the second information indicating the data size of random access when the first information indicates that the frequency of random access is equal to or greater than a threshold value. The controlling unit creates the second logical region using a plurality of storage devices. The controlling unit controls access from the information processing apparatus such that the access is made to the second logical region instead of the first logical region.
US09507696B2
Systems and techniques are described for identifying test gaps. A described technique includes identifying production code paths for an application. Each production code path specifies a respective sequence of code of the application that was executed in a production environment. Test code paths are identified for the application. Each test code path specifies a respective sequence of code of the application that was tested in a test environment. The production code paths are compared to the test code paths to identify a set of first test gaps for the application. Each first test gap specifies a respective production code path that is not included in the test code paths. Test gap data specifying the first test gaps for the application can be provided for presentation to a user.
US09507677B2
Each CM includes an interface unit, a first detection unit, and a reset control unit. The interface unit is configured to be connected to a communication channel and control communication using the communication channel. The first detection unit is configured to detect an abnormality in an inter-CM path including the interface unit of the CM, to which the first detection unit belongs, the interface unit of the other CM, and the communication channel. The reset control unit is configured to retract the other CM and reset the interface unit of the one CM in a case where an abnormality of the other CM side is detected by the first detection unit. Accordingly, even in a case where a suspicious control unit in which an abnormality has occurred is erroneously specified, the maintenance of the suspicious control unit can be performed with the operation being continued.
US09507670B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for reducing the size of image level backups. An example method receives backup parameters identifying a physical or Virtual Machine (VM) to backup and at least one file system object to include in the backup. The method connects to production storage corresponding to the selected physical or virtual machine and obtains access to data stored in disk corresponding to the selected file system object(s). The method fetches file allocation table (FAT) blocks from the disk and parses contents of the FAT blocks to determine if the disk blocks correspond to the selected file system object(s). The method creates a backup disk image FAT comprising blocks corresponding to the selected file system object(s). The method creates a reconstructed disk image FAT blocks corresponding to the backup FAT and disk image data blocks belonging to the selected file system object(s) and all other disk image data blocks are saved as zero blocks. A reconstructed disc image is compressed and stored in a backup file on backup storage, or replicated (copied) to another storage intact.
US09507658B2
A data reading method, a memory storage device and a memory controlling circuit unit are provided. The method includes: receiving a first read command; setting a plurality of first read events in a multi trigger queue (MTQ) according to the first read command, wherein the first read events include a general read event and at least one cache read event; sending a first read command sequence according to at least one of the first read events and receiving first data from a rewritable non-volatile memory module; and if a decoding for the first data fails, resetting the MTQ, and sending at least one second read command sequence according to at least one second read event in the reset MTQ, wherein the at least one second read event includes at least one of the at least one cache reading event.
US09507655B2
Asynchronous operations associated with a request such as synchronous threads, runnable elements, callable elements, and other invokable objects are tracked to determine the metrics about the request and operations. The present technology tracks the start and end of each asynchronous operation and maintains a counter which tracks the currently executing asynchronous operations. By monitoring the request, the start and end of each asynchronous operation associated with the request, and the number of asynchronous operations currently executing, the present technology may identify the end of a request by identifying when the last asynchronous operation associated with the request ends. In some instances, the present technology identifies the end of a request when a counter which tracks the number of asynchronous operations executing reaches a value of zero after the first asynchronous operation has already begun.
US09507653B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of constructing an inter-process communication channel, for example, between a requesting component and a targeted process. The communication channel may have one or more links, such that each link is defined by a respective node pair in a plurality of nodes. The plurality of nodes includes the requesting component, the targeted process, and optionally one or more intermediate nodes. An attachment request is received via a user interface. The requesting component is attached to the targeted process. For instance, the links may be traversed to discover the targeted process. The communication channel is established. For instance, in each node of a subset of the plurality of nodes, node information may be retained to indicate a next consecutive node of the plurality of nodes to which messages from the requesting component to the targeted process are to be delivered.
US09507649B2
Emulating a supported web browser feature when a webpage is merely testing for web browser support of various features. Frequently a web page may test for support of various features of a web browser. The present technology prevents the unnecessary and premature initiation of supported features saving a user time from having to authorize its use, in addition to saving the valuable system resources (e.g. memory, power, etc.) before the supported features are actually needed by the webpage. By emulating or spoofing support of various features of a web browser, the user of a computing device can be spared authorizing use of the various features, and spared the extra power consumption of initializing the various features that may not be used.
US09507648B1
Embodiments of the present invention relate to browser plug-ins. In one embodiment, a system browses web content using a plug-in. The system includes at least one renderer process that detects plug-in content in the web content. Separate from the at least one tenderer process, the system also includes a plug-in process that includes the plug-in and communicates with the at least one renderer process to interpret the plug-in content using an inter-process communication channel.
US09507637B1
Disclosed are apparatus and methods for managing thread resources. A computing device can generate threads for an executable application. The computing device can receive an allocation request to allocate thread-specific memory for an executable thread of the threads, where thread-specific memory includes a call stack for the executable thread. In response to the allocation request, the computing device can: allocate the thread-specific memory and indicate that the executable thread is ready for execution. The computing device can execute the executable thread. The computing device can receive a sleep request to suspend executable thread execution. In response to the sleep request, the computing device can determine whether the allocated thread-specific memory is to be deallocated. After determining that the allocated thread-specific memory is to be deallocated: the thread-specific memory can be deallocated and an indication that the executable thread execution is suspended can be provided.
US09507633B2
A scheduling method that is executed by a first central processing unit (CPU) includes determining whether a task belongs to a first task category; determining whether a first access area accessed by the task is located in a first memory or a second memory, when the task belongs to the first task category; and setting a memory accessed by the task to the first memory or the second memory, based on a result at the determining.
US09507632B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for preemptive context-switching of processes on an accelerated processing device are based upon a comparison of the running time of the process and a threshold time quanta. A method includes preempting a process running on an accelerated processing device based upon a running time of the process and a threshold time quanta.
US09507630B2
In one embodiment, a universal programming module on a first device collects context and state information from a local application executing on the first device, and provides the context and state information to a context mobility agent on the first device. The context mobility agent establishes a peer-to-peer connection with a second device, and transfers the context and state information to the second device, such that a remote application may be configured to execute according to the transferred context and state information from the first device. In another embodiment, the context mobility agent receives remote context and remote state information from the second device, wherein the remote application had been executing according to the remote context and remote state information, and provides the remote context and remote state information to the universal programming module to configure the local application to execute according to the remote context and remote state information.
US09507627B2
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided mechanisms and methods for batch processing in an on-demand service environment. For example, in one embodiment, mechanisms include receiving a processing request for a multi-tenant database, in which the processing request specifies processing logic and a processing target group within the multi-tenant database. Such an embodiment further includes dividing or chunking the processing target group into a plurality of processing target sub-groups, queuing the processing request with a batch processing queue for the multi-tenant database among a plurality of previously queued processing requests, and releasing each of the plurality of processing target sub-groups for processing in the multi-tenant database via the processing logic at one or more times specified by the batch processing queue.
US09507621B1
A method and apparatus for signature-based detection of kernel data structure modification are disclosed. In the method and apparatus a signature is generated for a kernel data structure, whereby the kernel data structure is capable of being modified based at least in part on access to the kernel data structure. The signature is also updated as a result of access to the kernel data structure due at least in part to one or more identified instructions being executed. The signature is used to determine whether the kernel data structure is accessed by one or more other instructions.
US09507612B1
Methods, systems, and computer readable and executable medium embodiments for managing virtual machine pool demand are described herein. One method for managing virtual machine pool demand includes determining a demand for a number of virtual machines in a pool using data received, identifying the demand for the number of virtual machines in the pool is outside a threshold number, and sending a request for an additional virtual machine to a user to manage demand of the pool.
US09507609B2
In some aspects, the present embodiments provide a system, server, and computing device for building and modifying a user interface of an application executable on a computing device. The method may be performed by a server that is remote from the computing device. In some embodiments the method comprises: receiving parameters for updating a user interface element of the application, the user interface element being identified at the server by a programming language unit for the user interface element in the program code of the application; and sending the parameters to the computing device, wherein the computing device receives the parameters, updates the user interface element of the application with the parameters, and displays a modified user interface for the application, the modified user interface comprising the updated user interface element.
US09507594B2
A predicated instruction compilation system includes a control flow graph generation module to generate a control flow graph of a program code to be compiled into the predicated instructions to be executed on a processor that does not include any program counter. Each of the instructions includes a predicate guard and a predicate update. The compilation system also includes a control flow transformation module to automatically generate the predicate guard and an update to the predicate state on the processor. A computer-implemented method of compiling a program code into predicated instructions is also described.
US09507591B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for matching and attributing code violations. One of the methods includes receiving a snapshot S of a code base of source code and a different snapshot T of the code base. Data representing first violations in the snapshot S and second violations in the snapshot T is received. Pairs of matching violations are determined using performing two or more matching processes, including performing a first matching process, the first matching process determining first pairs of matching violations according to a first matching algorithm and performing a second matching process, the second matching process determining second pairs of matching violations according to a second matching algorithm from violations not matched by the first matching process. The first pairs of matching violations and the second pairs of matching violations are included in the determined pairs of matching violations.
US09507589B2
The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes receiving a selection of content filters for content data that identifies products, packages, and repositories, and receiving a selection of environment filters. The method includes filtering the content data to identify content items in view of the content filters and the environment filters. The content items include one or more of the repositories, the products, or the packages. The method includes causing presentation of a list of the content items, which organizes the content items in view of release environments that are within the content items and repositories that are within the content items. The method includes receiving a selection of repository-environment combinations from the subset of the release environments and the subset of the repositories and causing presentation of a comparison of ones of the packages for each of the repository-environment combinations.
US09507584B2
The electronic device may include a RAM, a nonvolatile storage device as an MTD, and firmware that may be stored on the nonvolatile storage device. The firmware may include a kernel that is expanded onto the RAM and a root disk image as a root file system. The kernel mounts the root disk image on the nonvolatile storage device as the root file system when a boot mode of the electronic device is a normal boot mode. The kernel, when the boot mode is an update mode for updating the firmware on the nonvolatile storage device, may i) generate a RAM disk as an MTD in an area of the RAM not under management of the kernel, ii) expand the root disk image on the nonvolatile storage device into the RAM disk, and iii) mount the root disk image on the RAM disk as the root file system.
US09507577B2
The provisioning of a host computing system by a controller located over a wide area network. The host computing system has power-on code that automatically executes upon powering up, and causes the host to notify the controller of the host address. In a first level of bootstrapping, the controller instructs the host to download a maintenance operating system. The host responds by downloading and installing a maintenance operating system, enabling further bootstrapping. The persistent memory may further have security data, such as a public key, that allows the host computing system to securely identify the source of the download instructions (and subsequent instructions) as originating from the controller. A second level of bootstrapping may accomplish the configuring of the host with a hypervisor and a host agent. A third level of bootstrapping may accomplish the provisioning of virtual machines on the host.
US09507570B2
The disclosed logic tables include a truth table, an answer table and a state table. The logic tables enable integration of conditional logic, complex situational judging, and state handling using an elegant, visual set of tools with a consistent graphical user interface. The user is able to create logical interactions between objects which would otherwise require the use of a complex computer programming language.
US09507566B2
In one embodiment, a method generates first entropy using a true random number generator in a management computer configured to manage a main computer in a computing device. The main computer controls a set of physical nodes including a set of services running in a set of virtual machines. The method then provides the first entropy to the main computer and the first entropy is combined with second entropy generated by the main computer to generate third entropy. The third entropy is provided to the set of physical nodes where the set of virtual machines access the third entropy via a hypervisor.
US09507564B2
Embodiments of a processor are disclosed for performing arithmetic operations on variable-length and fixed-length machine independent numbers. The processor may include a floating point unit, and a logic circuit. The number unit may be configured to receive an operation, and first and second operands. Each of the first and second operands may include a sign byte, and multiple mantissa bytes, and may be processed in response to a determination that the operands are fixed-length numbers. The logic circuit may be further configured to perform the received operation on the processed first and second operands.
US09507535B2
An improved technique involves performing computations for partial stripe updates in a RAID at individual disk controllers rather than at the RAID controller. When a RAID controller receives a request to update old payload data at a block in a particular disk with update data, it sends the update data to the controller of that particular disk. The disk controller reads internally old data from the block, computes the difference between new and old data, replaces the old data on disk with the new data, and returns the difference to the RAID controller. The RAID controller computes difference values of the parity data from the difference values of the payload data received from the disk controllers. It then sends these difference values to the controllers of disks storing parity data. A controller of a disk storing parity data reads internally the corresponding data block, adds to it the difference value, and writes the result back to disk.
US09507534B2
Systems and methods to implement a multi-level memory system having a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory are implemented. A home agent may control memory access to both a volatile main memory and a non-volatile second level memory. The second level memory may be inclusive of the main memory. In an embodiment, the home agent may be configured to manage the memory system in a low power state. In a low power state, the volatile memory may be shut down and the non-volatile memory utilized as the only local memory. In an embodiment, the home agent may be configured to manage error recovery for the main memory by recovering the data saved locally in the second level memory. In an embodiment, multiple cores may access the second level memory.
US09507531B1
A method including intercepting a OFR for a file issued by an application to a FS, forwarding the OFR to the FS, receiving from the FS a FD for the file, issuing a SR for the file to the FS. The further method includes receiving from the FS status information for a target device on which the file is located, where the status information includes an OID for the file, storing a mapping of FD to the OID, intercepting a first FOR for the file, making a determination the that the first FOR is one of a read request and a write request, based on the determination, making another determination that the target device supports the direct I/O protocol, and issuing a DI request to the target device using the OID for the file, where the DI request is not processed by the FS.
US09507530B2
A method of operating a memory system includes; storing data in a buffer region of the nonvolatile memory, later issuing a migration request directed to the data stored in the buffer region and executing a migration operation to move the data from buffer region to a main region of the nonvolatile memory device. Upon completion of the migration operation, marking a migration operation completion time, and after an initial verify shift (IVS) time has elapsed following the migration operation completion time, updating a mapping table associated with the data in view of the executed migration operation.
US09507522B2
A keyboard includes a holographic film having a holographic information of a keyboard arrangement recorded on a surface thereof; a virtual keyboard generated from the holographic film; and a touch panel adjoining the holographic film, configured to detect an information corresponding to a position being touched thereon. The keyboard is of the advantage of multi-function, convenience and portability. An electronic device using the keyboard and an input method are also disclosed.
US09507521B2
The present disclosure provides an input apparatus, which is coupled to a handheld electronic device. The input apparatus includes a touchpad and a processing unit. The touchpad includes a button region having a plurality of virtual buttons defined therein. The touchpad is used for sensing a touch gesture of a user over the button region and correspondingly generating a touch coordinate data and a touch pressure value. The processing unit is coupled to the touchpad. The processing unit determines whether to cause the handheld electronic device to enter a keyboard mode or a cursor control mode according to the touch pressure value. When the input apparatus operates in the keyboard mode, the processing unit outputs a button signal to the handheld electronic device. When the input apparatus operates in the cursor control mode, the processing unit outputs a cursor control signal to the handheld electronic device.
US09507517B2
A broadcast receiver and method for controlling the same are discussed. According to an embodiment, the broadcast receiver includes a display unit, a communication unit configured to establish an Internet access and receive a broadcast, and a control unit. The control unit displays on the display unit a text input box selectively usable for a first search category and a second search category, and displays a current category indicator indicating a current search category of the text input box. When the current category indicator is selected to change the current search category, the current search category of the text input box is changed from the first search category to the second search category, and an appearance of the current category indicator for the text input box is changed to indicate the changed search category.
US09507503B2
A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widgets are shown on the screen. The user can activate the dashboard at any time, causing the dashboard to temporarily replace the existing user interface display on the user's screen. Once the dashboard has been activated, the user can interact with any or all of the widgets, and can configure the dashboard by adding, deleting, moving, or configuring individual widgets as desired. When the user wishes to return to the normal user interface he or she was working with, the user issues a command causing the dashboard to be dismissed.
US09507502B1
In one embodiment, a technique is provided for manipulating an object of a multidimensional (e.g., 2-D, 3-D, etc.) model within a modeling environment using a special placement dashboard. The placement dashboard operates as both as a control interface for manipulating the object in multidimensional space, and as a measurement interface for displaying measurements related to the manipulated object. While serving this dual role, the placement dashboard may selectively limit displayed interface elements, and limit manipulations that may be performed on the manipulated object based on the type of the manipulated object itself, and based on its interaction with one or more other objects of the multidimensional model.
US09507501B2
Methods and systems for providing graphical user interfaces are described. Overlaid, information-bearing windows whose contents remain unchanged for a predetermined period of time become translucent. The translucency can be graduated so that, over time, if the window's contents remain unchanged, the window becomes more translucent. In addition to visual translucency, windows also have a manipulative translucent quality. Upon reaching a certain level of visual translucency, user input in the region of the window is interpreted as an operation on the underlying objects rather than the contents of the overlaying window.
US09507498B2
An approach is provided for discovering similar content or search results. The discovery platform causes, at least in part, presentation of one or more results. Next, the discovery platform receives an input for selecting at least one of the one or more results. Then, the discovery platform process and/or facilitate a processing of the input to determine one or more criteria associated with the at least one of the one or more results. Additionally, the discovery platform causes, at least in part, presentation of one or more other results based, at least in part, on the one or more criteria.
US09507495B2
A method includes displaying a first item on an electronic device and detecting a gesture requesting display of a list. In response to detecting the gesture, a first plurality of representations of items in the list is displayed in a first area while displaying at least a part of the first item in a second area. A characteristic of the gesture that identifies a second item from the list is detected. In response to detecting the characteristic of the gesture, a representation of the second item is displayed as a focused item in the first area. In response to detecting discontinuation of the gesture, the second item is displayed and display of the list is discontinued.
US09507491B2
Provided are techniques for utilizing scrolling fixation. An amount of time a user spends on a portion of a page based on scroll bar usage by the user is monitored. The amount of time the user spends on the portion of the page is aggregated with an amount of time at least one other user spent on that portion of the page based on scroll bar usage by the at least one other user. A scroll bar is displayed with at least one indicator, wherein the at least one indicator represents an aggregated amount of time spent on an associated portion of the page.
US09507478B2
A three-dimensional (3D) display device for providing an input-output interface using a dynamic magnetic field control is disclosed, the device including a display unit to display a 3D image, a magnetic field generation unit to generate a magnetic field, and a control unit to dynamically control the magnetic field generation unit to generate a 3D magnetic field associated with the 3D image.
US09507474B2
An in-cell touch display structure includes: an upper substrate, a lower substrate, a liquid crystal layer configured between the upper and lower substrates; a black matrix layer, and a thin film transistor and sensing electrode layer. The thin film transistor and sensing electrode layer includes a gate line sub-layer having a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of connection segments separated by the gate lines, and a source line sub-layer having a plurality of source lines and a plurality of sensing conductor segments separated by the source lines, wherein part of the sensing conductor segments and part of the connection segments are electrically connected together to form a plurality of sensing conductor blocks.
US09507473B2
The present disclosure provides a method for processing a touch operation, and the method includes: a touch action of a user in a first sensing area is acquired by a mobile terminal, wherein the first sensing area is located in an area other than a display area of the mobile terminal; when it is determined by the mobile terminal that the acquired touch action is a valid touch action, a function key corresponding to the valid touch action is determined according to a correspondence between the touch action of the user acquired in the first sensing area and a function key, and a corresponding processing is performed according to a determined function key. The present disclosure further provides a mobile terminal. With the method and device provided in the present disclosure, the problem of the prior art that the thickness and screen size of a mobile terminal are limited due to an occupation of some area by keys of the mobile terminal when the volume of the mobile terminal is fixed.
US09507466B2
A capacitance sensitive proximity and touch-sensitive detection device having an XY electrode grid sensor, wherein a compensation matrix is created when the capacitance sensitive touchpad is installed within a PIN Entry Device (PED), wherein the compensation matrix enables the capacitance sensitive touchpad to compensate and be balanced for the operating environment of the PED, and wherein physical keys of a keypad can be also be individually identified as an actuated key by using a unique “key profile” for each key, and wherein the insertion of a foreign conductive and/or dielectric material such as an intruding sensor in proximity of the XY electrode grid sensor of the touchpad will cause an imbalance in the electrodes on the capacitance sensitive proximity and touch-sensitive detection device, thereby alerting detection circuitry that tampering has occurred with the PED.
US09507464B2
Systems and related methods providing for touch sensors using high sensitivity Lamb waves are disclosed herein. A touch apparatus may include a substrate having a front surface and a back surface, where the touch region is on the front surface. The touch apparatus may be configured to propagate surface acoustic waves on at least a portion of the back surface and high sensitivity lamb waves, such as near-longitudinal-resonance Lamb waves, in at least a portion of the touch region of the substrate. The touch system may further include circuitry configured to determine a location of a touch on the front surface based on received attenuations in the high sensitivity Lamb waves. Some embodiments may provide for bezel-less touch sensor designs and anti-dispersion techniques that enhance touch sensor reliability.
US09507450B2
To prevent disconnection of a touch panel to which a three-dimensional shape has been imparted, the touch panel includes a first electrode layer that is formed upon a first base material sheet and includes material having flexibility. The first electrode layer has a first electrode part and a first mount part extending from the first electrode part. A first routing circuit layer is formed upon the first mount part. A second electrode layer is formed upon a second base material sheet and includes material which has flexibility. The second electrode layer has a second electrode part and a second mount part extending from the second electrode part. A second routing circuit layer is formed upon the second mount part. A first bonding layer bonds the first base material sheet to the second base material sheet. A second bonding layer bonds the second base material sheet to a protective layer.
US09507447B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a substrate, a flexible printed circuit (FPC), a touch sensor, and an inductive-charging element. The FPC is coupled to the substrate. The touch sensor is disposed on the substrate. The touch sensor includes electrodes made of conductive material. The inductive-charging component is disposed on the substrate or the FPC.
US09507442B2
Disclosed are a system and a device including a motion capture device and an input device, hereafter referred to as a stylus, which has additional functionality. The motion capture device detects the motion of the stylus and the detected motion is used as an input to a computer system. The system is able to differentiate identical movements of a stylus as different inputs by varying a detectable property of the stylus. The stylus may exhibit a variable reflective property that is detectable by the motion capture device. The variable reflective property gives the stylus additional functionality with an extended vocabulary. The extended vocabulary includes supplemental information and/or instructions detected by the motion capture device.
US09507431B2
A user interface suitable for use in cellular phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs), PC Tablets, as well as laptops, PCs, office equipment, medical equipment, or any other hand-held electronic device, that allows control of the image on the device display by tilting the device to either change the view in perspective, change the magnification, or both, concurrently, by moving the device. Thus, the tilt of the device controls the angle of view of the image, and moving the device perpendicular to the screen controls the magnification.
US09507430B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure illustrates a gesture sensing module disposed on a substrate. The gesture sensing module includes at least one light emitting unit, at least one light sensor, and a control circuit. The light emitting unit provides a light to illuminate a sensing area, wherein a central optical axis of the light forms an angle with a normal vector of the substrate, and the angle is not equal to 0. The light sensor senses a reflection light which a target in the sensing area reflects the light, and generate a sensing signal according to the reflection light. The control circuit coupled to the light sensor and the light emitting unit determines a traveling direction of the target according to the sensing signal.
US09507428B2
According to an aspect, an electronic device includes: a display unit for three-dimensionally displaying a first object; a detecting unit for detecting a displacement of a second object in three-dimensional space where the first object is displayed; and a control unit for performing an operation related to the first object according to the displacement of the second object detected by the detecting unit.
US09507425B2
Certain aspects of an apparatus and a method for operating a user interface of a device may comprise a plurality of sensors coupled to a surface. The plurality of sensors may detect a movement of an object within a pre-defined distance from the surface. The one or more sensors may generate one or more signals in response to the detected movement. One or more processors that are communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors may generate a control signal corresponding to the one or more generated signals to operate the user interface of the device.
US09507422B2
An image processing device according to an embodiment of the invention has: a tactile sense generating unit for generating a stimulus which can be perceived by the user who is touching through a portion touched with an input unit, the input unit being provided in correspondence to a display unit for displaying a drawing object; and a control unit for controlling the tactile sense generating unit so as to generate the stimulus when a touch input is performed to a position corresponding to the drawing object of the input unit and an edit process is executed to the drawing object.
US09507420B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing haptic feedback to assist in capturing images are presented. In some embodiments, a method for providing haptic feedback to assist in capturing images includes obtaining, via an image capture device, an ambient light measurement of an environment in which the image capture device is present. The method further includes detecting, via the image capture device, one or more objects within one or more image frames captured by the image capture device. The method also includes changing, via the image capture device, a manner in which haptic feedback is provided to a user of the image capture device, based at least in part on the obtained ambient light measurement and the detected one or more objects.
US09507413B2
Methods and systems for analyzing communication options, including determining one or more driving factors, being provided with one or more HMI tailoring options, and analyzing the one or more driving factors and the one or more HMI tailoring options to determine an optimum HMI tailoring option.
US09507411B2
An apparatus for remote hand control of a computer device, the apparatus comprising: a hand tracker, configured to track movement of a hand of a user of the computer device, an image presenter, associated with the hand tracker, configured to present a first image representative of the hand and a second image to the user, and to move the first image in concert with the tracked movement, and a computer controller, associated with the image presenter and configured to control the computer device in accordance with an interaction between the first image and the second image, thereby allowing the user to control the computer device, by moving the hand for bringing the first image and the second image into the interaction.
US09507410B2
Power gating logic detects a transition of a component of a processing device into an idle state. In response to detecting the transition, the entry/exit power gating logic selectively implements one or more entry prediction techniques for power gating the component based on estimates of reliability of the entry prediction techniques. The entry/exit power gating logic also selectively implements one or more exit prediction techniques for exiting the power gated state based on estimates of reliability of the exit prediction techniques.
US09507393B2
A method comprising flowing a liquid through supply pipe couplings to a fin tube assembly of an air-to-liquid heat exchanger and through the fin tube assembly to return pipe couplings, wherein the fin tube assembly forms a central air flow pathway. The method further comprises passing air through components within a rack secured to the rear door heat exchanger and through the fin tube assembly and detecting an operating condition within the rack. The method then automatically moves the fin tube assembly from a retracted position to an extended position in response to the operating condition, wherein the retracted position directs substantially all of the air to exit the rack through the central air flow pathway, and wherein the extended position allows the air to exit through the central air flow pathway and also through first and second side air flow pathways.
US09507390B2
Provided is a magnetic field shield sheet for a digitizer, which blocks an effect of a magnetic field generated from various components of a main body of the portable terminal device and at the same time improves the sensitivity of an electronic pen when a digitizer feature is implemented in the portable terminal device, while minimizing an influence upon a geomagnetic sensor. The magnetic field shield sheet includes: at least one layer thin magnetic sheet made of a nanocrystalline alloy and flake-treated so as to be separated into a plurality of fine pieces; a protective film that is adhered on one surface of the thin magnetic sheet via a first adhesive layer provided on one side of the protective film; and a double-sided tape that is adhered on the other surface of the thin magnetic sheet via a second adhesive layer provided on one side of the double-sided adhesive tape.
US09507388B1
A portable information handling system has lid and main portions rotationally coupled to each other with a set of hinges having motion managed by rack and pinion gears. The rack translates motion between pinions by moving outward from the housing portions during rotation of the housing portions. A flexible cover over the rack stretches in response to movement of the rack to contain the hinges within the portable information handling system structure.
US09507387B2
A pivot mechanism rotatably coupes a cover to a base of a foldable electronic device. The pivot mechanism includes a connector, a first rotation assembly, and a second rotation assembly. The first rotation assembly is rotatably coupled to the base and fixedly attached to the connector. The second rotation assembly is fixedly coupled to the cover and rotatably coupled to the connector. The first rotation assembly rotates relative to the base and the second rotation assembly remains fixed relative to the connector as the cover is rotated open to a first angle. The second rotation assembly rotates relative to the connector as the cover is rotated further to a second angle.
US09507386B2
Examples include discreet wiring coupling a physical keyboard to a mobile device. The keyboard includes a user interface component including a first housing body aligned substantially along a first axis, a device interface component including a second housing body aligned substantially along a second axis, and one or more conductors coupling the user interface component to the device interface component. A hinge assembly includes a first hinge body coupled to the first housing body such that the hinge assembly is movably coupled to the user interface component and a second hinge body coupled to the second housing body such that the hinge assembly is movably coupled to the device interface component. The conductors include a first segment extending substantially along the first axis and a second segment extending substantially along the second axis. Aspects enable a user to use a physical keyboard to provide input to the mobile device.
US09507375B2
Provided are a display apparatus and method for recognizing locations. The display apparatus recognizes a location, and communicates with an external device having a tag reader. The display apparatus includes a display unit; a plurality of tags disposed on the display unit, each tag having a different identification (ID); a location information storage unit in which location information of each tag is stored; and a control unit which determines a location of the external device by comparing the ID with the location information stored in the location information storage unit, if the tag ID recognized by the external device is received from the external device.
US09507374B1
In an embodiment, a session associated with a first hardware device that sends or receives a first data stream and a second hardware device that sends or receives a second data stream may be provided. The session may be used to access information related to the first hardware device and the second hardware device. The accessed information may be used to identify a strategy from among a plurality of strategies for synchronizing either the first data stream and the second data stream or the first hardware device and the second hardware device. The identified strategy may be applied to synchronize either the first data stream and the second data stream or the first hardware device and the second hardware device.
US09507372B2
A host interface for a storage module may include an out-of-band (OOB) detector that is configured to detect receipt of an OOB signal using a clock signal. The clock signal may be generated by a clock generator that is activated using a counter. When an OOB signal is received, the counter may activate the clock generator. When no OOB signal is being received, the counter may wait for a predetermined time period before deactivating the clock generator.
US09507366B2
An object is to reduce standby power in a data processing device, without loss of convenience, in a structure in which a power supply control device includes the data processing device. In a structure of a power supply control device which supplies power to an external device using a main switch, a data processing device is provided in the power supply control device to control the main switch; a sub-switch supplying power to the data processing device is provided; and a volatile memory unit and a nonvolatile memory unit are provided in the data processing device. Further, the sub-switch is off in a period in which data is stored in the nonvolatile memory unit of the data processing device, so that power supply to the data processing device is intermittently stopped.
US09507365B2
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes providing a process controller configured to perform a control algorithm based on at least one first control parameter, providing a parameter controller configured to perform a parameter adjustment algorithm, providing a turbine having an output sensor, providing to the process controller at least one first control parameter and a first input value, controlling the turbine based on the at least one first control parameter and the first input value, receiving a turbine response value provided by the turbine output sensor, determining at least one second control parameter based on the turbine response value and the parameter adjustment algorithm, providing, to the process controller from the parameter controller, the at least one second control parameter, and controlling the turbine based on the at the least one second control parameter and a second input value.
US09507364B2
Methods for reducing solar inverter output volatility are provided. A method for reducing solar inverter output volatility may include determining whether an output fluctuation by a solar inverter is likely, using output data of the solar inverter. Moreover, the method may include curtailing an output of the solar inverter in response to determining that the output fluctuation by the solar inverter is likely. Related solar inverters and solar installation nodes are also described.
US09507362B2
Accessing an energy management policy for a plurality of devices is described, wherein the devices are coupled with a first structure. The energy usage of the devices is monitored. An energy usage rule and energy usage is then compared. The energy management policy and energy usage is also compared. Based on the comparing, an instruction is generated to modify an energy usage profile of said device to correlate with the energy usage rule associated with the devices and the energy management policy, thereby enabling efficient energy management.
US09507350B2
A hydraulic actuator control system for controlling the motion of a master actuator and at least one slave actuator may include an external supervisory computer for sending command signals. A hydraulic control system may be connected to the master actuator and the supervisory computer. The hydraulic control system may include a microprocessor and a master hydraulic control valve for controlling the flow of a pressurized fluid to the master actuator based on the command signals. The hydraulic actuator control system may include at least one slave actuator having at least one slave sensor connected to the microprocessor and having at least one slave control valve for controlling the flow of pressurized fluid to the slave actuator. The slave control valve and the slave sensor may be controlled by the microprocessor.
US09507340B2
A tool path part program modification system of an NC machine tool according to an aspect of the present disclosure, includes: a human-machine interface unit which receives a tool path part program having one or more processing blocks; an NC kernel unit which interprets the part program inputted to the human-machine interface unit for each processing block, and generates each processing block information; a tool path modification module unit which sequentially calls the processing block information interpreted by the NC kernel unit, and modifies a consecutive rapid transfer processing block group such that tool paths are reduced, when the consecutive rapid transfer processing block group is present in which the predetermined reference number or more of processing blocks including rapid transfer commands are consecutively included; and a simulator unit which simulates the part program for each processing block interpreted by the NC kernel unit.
US09507337B2
To execute machining for a front surface while rotating a work and, at the same time, apply machining to an eccentric position on an end face, according to an embodiment of the present invention, an NC device includes an arc-superimposition-interpolation control unit configured to rotate a work rotating shaft based on a command of a base axis program for controlling rotation of the work rotating shaft while performing front surface machining using a first cutter holder and, at the same time, subject a second cutter holder to position control on a second machining route obtained by superimposing the rotation of the work rotating shaft on a first machining route based on a command of a superimposition axis program for performing position control for the second cutter holder.
US09507322B2
An atomic cell manufacturing method includes a preparing process of preparing a structure that includes a wall portion which forms an inner space and a portion thereof is a light transmission portion, and in which liquid or solid alkaline metals are disposed in the light transmission portion, and an adjusting process of adjusting distribution such that alkaline metals are distributed so as to be intensively disposed on an outer circumferential portion side of the light transmission portion compared to a center portion of the light transmission portion, by heating the light transmission portion.
US09507316B2
An image-forming device includes a cartridge and a main body including a cartridge receiving section configured to receive the cartridge. The cartridge includes a first cartridge configured to store developer therein, and a second cartridge configured to detachably accommodate the first cartridge. The first cartridge is attachable to the second cartridge in a state where the second cartridge alone is mounted in the cartridge receiving section, the first cartridge being configured to be restricted from getting detached from the second cartridge in a state where the first cartridge and the second cartridge are both mounted in the cartridge receiving section.
US09507310B2
An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording medium, including: a process unit, which a high voltage is applied to, configured to perform an image forming process; a circuit board configured to generate the high voltage; a holding claw configured to hold the circuit board; a power feed member configured to apply the high voltage to the process unit, the power feed member having an elastic member electrically connected to an output portion of the circuit board from which the high voltage is output in a state in which the circuit board is held by the holding claw; and a silk-printed mark put on the circuit board, the silk-printed mark indicating a portion of the circuit board to be pressed by an operator in order to cause the circuit board to be held by the holding claw.
US09507298B2
To provide an image forming apparatus in which the paper is cooled early by blowing air to the paper in the conveying path so as to prevent a sticking phenomenon on a paper output tray while paper turning, paper folding, paper breakage and paper jamming due to influence on paper conveyance by blowing air onto the paper in the conveying path, can be prevented. At the start of paper conveyance, a gate 73 is turned upwards to a first position to thereby close a sixth conveying path 44 and establish communication between a first conveying path 42 and a second conveying path 43 so that the paper having passed through a fixing unit 21 starts to be conveyed from first conveying path 42 to second conveying path 43. At the same time, air is exhausted from an exhausting mechanism 53 arranged upstream of a cooling mechanism 76. When a first paper sensor 74 detects the leading end of the paper, a cooling fan 77 starts to rotate at a predetermined rotational rate to start blowing air at a predetermined volume of cooling airflow.
US09507281B2
An organic photoconductor including an electrically conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer disposed on the electrically conductive substrate, and a protection layer disposed on the photosensitive layer, wherein the protection layer includes a polymer composition and a plurality of electrically conductive metal oxide particles, and wherein the polymer composition is a product of a curing reaction with a multifunctional spherical dendrimer, a first multifunctional acryl compound having a urethane bond, and a second multifunctional acryl compound having a silicon-containing group and a fluorine-containing group.
US09507276B2
The present invention relates to a positioning device, e.g. for use as a wafer stage, having a very stable temperature, a very low power consumption and a uniform temperature distribution. A long stroke stage (20) and a short stroke stage (50) are stacked upon each other. To initiate a movement of the long stroke stage (20) and the short stroke stage (50) in a desired movement direction (M1) the long stroke stage (20) is first moved in an opposite direction (M2) that is opposite to the desired movement direction (M1) and/or the short stroke stage (50) is first moved in the desired movement direction (M1) for a predetermined time interval and for a distance smaller than the distance (d) between a ferromagnetic center stroke element (52) and the closest one of two actuators (30, 40) in a stationary state of the long stroke stage (20). Subsequently, the long stroke stage (20) is moved in the desired movement direction (M1).
US09507271B1
System and method for manufacturing multiple light emitting diodes in parallel are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes providing an imaging writer system that includes a plurality of spatial light modulator (SLM) imaging units arranged in one or more parallel arrays, providing one or more substrates corresponding to multiple LEDs to be manufactured, receiving mask data to be written to the one or more substrates corresponding to the multiple LEDs, processing the mask data to form a plurality of partitioned mask data patterns corresponding to the plurality substrates of the multiple LEDs, assigning one or more SLM imaging units to handle each of the partitioned mask data pattern, and controlling the plurality of SLM imaging units to write the plurality of partitioned mask data patterns to the plurality substrates of the multiple LEDs in parallel.
US09507270B2
A vacuum system for extracting a stream of a multi-phase fluid from a photo-lithography tool comprises a pumping arrangement for drawing the fluid from the tool, and an extraction tank located upstream from the pumping arrangement for separating the fluid drawn from the tool into gas and liquid phases. The pumping arrangement comprises a first pump for extracting gas from the tank, and a second pump for extracting liquid from the tank. In order to minimize any pressure fluctuations transmitted from the vacuum system back to the fluid within the tool, a pressure control system maintains a substantially constant pressure in the tank by regulating the amounts of liquid and gas within the tank.
US09507267B2
An exposure apparatus comprises a metrology frame that supports a projection optical system, a first drive system that drives a first stage, a second drive system that drives a second stage, a first encoder system that measures positional information of the first stage, a second encoder system having four heads and measures positional information of the second stage, and a controller. The controller controls the first drive system based on measurement information of the first encoder system and the second drive system based on measurement information of the second encoder system for scanning exposure of a substrate. The controller also controls the second drive system based on correction information for compensating for a measurement error of the second encoder system which occurs due to performing drive control of the second stage and positional information.
US09507265B2
An exposure apparatus includes a liquid immersion member including a first member and a second member and configured to form a liquid immersion space of the liquid, a driving apparatus configured to move the second member with respect to the first member; and a controller configured to control the driving apparatus. The controller controls the driving apparatus so that a first operation of the second member in a first movement period of the substrate between exposure termination of a first shot region and exposure start of a second shot region is different from a second operation of the second member in a second movement period of the substrate between exposure termination of a third shot region and exposure start of a fourth shot region, the first and second shot regions being included in the same row, the third and fourth shot regions being arranged in different rows.
US09507260B2
New photoresist compositions are provided that are useful for immersion lithography. In one preferred aspect, photoresist composition are provided that comprise: (i) one or more resins that comprise photoacid-labile groups, (ii) a photoactive component, and (iii) one or more materials that comprise photoacid labile groups and that are distinct from the one or more resins; wherein the deprotection activation energy of photoacid-labile groups of the one or more materials is about the same as or lower than the deprotection activation energy of photoacid-labile groups of the one or more resins. In another preferred aspect, photoresist compositions are provided that comprise (i) one or more resins, (ii) a photoactive component, and (iii) one or more materials that comprise a sufficient amount of acidic groups to provide a dark field dissolution rate of at least one angstrom per second.
US09507251B2
According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a reflective mask. The method can include forming a reflection layer on a major surface of a substrate. The method can include forming an absorption layer on the reflection layer. The method can include forming a pattern region in the absorption layer. In addition, the method can include forming a light blocking region surrounding the pattern region in the absorption layer and the reflection layer. The forming the light blocking region includes etching-processing the reflection layer using a gas containing chlorine and oxygen.
US09507249B2
Exemplary embodiments provide an erasable medium having an overcoat layer on a photochromic layer to provide a non-adhesive surface for the erasable medium when exposed to high temperatures, wherein the overcoat layer can include a latex or a mixture of a latex and a wax.
US09507245B1
Various camera mounts used to attach a camera to a helmet, vehicle, user, or other object are described. In one embodiment, a flexible camera mount deforms under impact, allowing an attached camera to detach without fracturing the mount. In a second embodiment, a non-flexible camera mount fractures under impact, allowing an attached camera to detach. In a third embodiment, a camera mount comprising a ring base and a floating base separates under impact, allowing a camera attached to the floating base to detach. In a fourth embodiment, a non-flexible camera mount including two rigid sections joined in a “V” shape fractures under impact, allowing the camera to detach. In a fifth embodiment, a flexible camera mount comprising two sections connected in a “V” shape separate under impact, allowing the camera to detach.
US09507242B2
An imaging device, comprising an interchangeable lens having a photographing optical system whose focal length can be varied, comprises a zoom position detection section for detecting a zoom position in accordance with focal length of the imaging optical system, and a lens control section for controlling movement of a focus lens contained in the imaging optical system, wherein the lens control section corrects position that the focus lens is moved to in accordance with the zoom position before movement of the focus lens and zoom position during movement of the focus lens.
US09507240B2
A blade drive device includes: a board including an opening; first and second blades opening and closing the opening; and first and second actuators arranged adjacent to each other and respectively driving the first and second blades, wherein the first and second actuators respectively include first and second stators, first and second rotors, and first and second coils, and the first and second rotors is arranged to sandwich at least one of the first and second coils.
US09507226B2
A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes a flexible substrate, a gate line and a data line located on the substrate, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor, a pad located at an end of the gate line and the data line, a driver connected to the pad, and a sealant covering the pad and the driver, wherein the sealant includes air bubbles or particles therein.
US09507223B2
A transverse electric field type liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of substrates opposed with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. A plurality of sub-pixels having at least one curved portion in a display area are provided in a matrix on one side of the pair of substrates, and a pair of electrodes having at least one curved portion are formed in the plurality of sub-pixels. A light shield layer shielding a non-display area positioned on an outer peripheral side of the display area and between the plurality of sub-pixels is formed on the other side of the pair of substrates. The light shield layer of the non-display area is formed in a shape in which the outermost peripheral side of the display area is rectangular.
US09507218B2
A display panel and a display device are disclosed. Each of pixels in the display panel includes a pixel area; a switch element located near an intersection of a data line and a scan line; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the switch element; and a common electrode located on the first substrate. The common electrode comprises first common electrodes superposing data lines or scan lines and having the same first width; and second common electrodes overlapping with respective pixel areas and having the same second width, the first width is the same as the second width. Alternatively, the common electrode comprises first slits, which have the same first slit width, located above data lines and scan lines, and second slits, which have the same second slit width and are located in respective pixel areas. The first slit width is the same as the second slit width.
US09507217B2
An LCD panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided, the panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate is disposed with a pixel electrode, a TFT and a storage capacitor. The pixel electrode includes a main pixel area and a sub-pixel area. A first color resistance thickness of the main pixel area is greater than a second color resistance thickness of the sub-pixel area. The present invention improves the displaying effect of a large view angle via various color resistances thicknesses.
US09507215B2
A liquid crystal polymer composition comprising a liquid crystal, acrylic monomers including an acrylic monomer group (A) including a cyclic ring and an acrylic monomer group (B) including a chain structure or a cyclohexanol, and a photo initiator.
US09507214B2
The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a display panel and a method for manufacturing the same. The array substrate includes a display region and a non-display region. The array substrate includes a glass substrate with a sealant region defined at a portion of the glass substrate corresponding to the non-display region. A plurality of light guide points is provided at the portion of the glass substrate corresponding to the non-display region. The light guide points are configured to change a direction of rays incident at a predetermined angle relative to a surface of the glass substrate and transmit the rays toward the sealant region.
US09507205B2
A display device includes a first cabinet to which a display panel is attached and a second cabinet to which a light source is attached. The first cabinet and the second cabinet are assembled with an optical member, which diffuses light from the light source, held between the cabinets. The optical member includes a first optical member having relatively large weight and a second optical member having relatively small weight. The first optical member is pressed by the top of a projection provided in at least one of the first cabinet and the second cabinet.
US09507199B2
A black matrix is formed to an edge of a counter substrate. Then, a BM slit, which is an area where the black matrix is not present, is formed in the periphery of a seal material in order to prevent water or moisture from penetrating from the interface between the counter substrate and the black matrix. Then, a light shielding metal is formed in a layer other than a lead line layer, on the side of a TFT substrate, in order to prevent light from leaking from the BM slit. With this structure, it is possible to prevent the light from leaking from the BM slit around a screen. As a result, the degradation of the contrast can be prevented in the periphery of the screen.
US09507198B2
Systems and methods for electronically controlling the viewing angle of a display using liquid crystal optical elements are provided. Each liquid crystal optical element may be associated with a respective scattering module and may selectively steer a device generated light beam to one of two or more scattering regions of its associated scattering module. When a scattering region receives a steered light beam, the steered light beam may be scattered into a viewing cone having at least one viewing angle defined by a characteristic of that scatter region. Each liquid crystal optical element may be made from one or more suitable liquid crystal materials that can be controlled electronically to vary the effective index of refraction of one or more different regions of the liquid crystal optical element, thereby steering incoming light towards a particular one of two or more scattering regions of an associated scattering module.
US09507191B2
A window panel includes a plurality of unit patterns arranged along a first direction, each of the plurality of unit patterns having a base surface portion, a plurality of inclined portions, the plurality of inclined portions being inclined upwardly from the base surface portion, and a top portion disposed at a top of the inclined portions, wherein a lower edge of a first inclined portion of each unit pattern of the plurality of unit patterns adjoins a lower edge of a second inclined portion of a neighboring unit pattern.
US09507188B2
Provided is a peep prevention display, wherein a peep prevention film layer is provided on the light exit side of the peep prevention display, and the peep prevention film layer has a mesh structure; meshes of the mesh structure are arranged corresponding to sub-pixel units or pixel units of the display, and the peep prevention film layer comprises a P electrode lead layer, a P type semiconductor layer, an N type semiconductor layer and an N electrode lead layer. Since the peep prevention display has a small display angle of view, it can prevent peep by a person from side angle of view while providing image display for a user viewing from the front, so as to effectively protect personal privacy and business secret. In addition, the light blocked by a peep prevention film layer can be converted to electric energy, thus achieving an effect of self electricity generation.
US09507184B2
The embodiment of present invention provides a display module and a display device. The display module comprises a display panel and a 3D display element. The 3D display element includes a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other. A first common electrode is arranged on the first side of the first substrate, which is the side opposite to the second substrate, and a signal electrode is arranged on the second substrate on the side opposite to the first substrate. A distance between the first substrate and the display panel is less than a distance between the second substrate and the display panel, and the first common electrode is provided with a constant voltage.
US09507183B2
Apparatuses for manipulating a color displayed by an article of wear comprising iron oxide colloidal nanocrystals arranged within chains are described. The apparatus includes (a) a magnetic field source, wherein a strength of a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field source is tunable to control the color displayed by the article of wear, and (b) an energy source, wherein energy generated by the energy source is applied to at least some of the chains of nanocrystals to soften materials within the article of wear immediately surrounding the chains of nanocrystals to which the energy is applied.
US09507179B2
A quantum interference device includes: gaseous alkali metal atoms; and a light source for causing a resonant light pair having different frequencies that keep a frequency difference equivalent to an energy difference between two ground states of the alkali metal atoms, the quantum interference device causing the alkali metal atoms and the resonant light pair to interact each other to cause an electromagnetically induced transparency phenomenon (EIT), wherein there are a plurality of the resonant light pairs, and center frequencies of the respective resonant light pairs are different from one another.
US09507177B2
A backlight assembly and a display including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the backlight assembly includes a light source unit, a light guide plate including a light incident surface and a light facing surface formed on opposing ends thereof. The light incident surface receiving light irradiated from the light source surface. The backlight assembly also includes a first reflective member placed on the light facing surface and including a plurality of first color patterns facing the light facing surface.
US09507175B2
Methods and tools for evaluating fit of eyewear are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes steps of evaluating coverage provided by an eyewear article on the face of the wearer and evaluating a gap formed between a peripheral edge of the eyewear article and the face of the wearer.
US09507172B2
The invention provides silicone hydrogel contact lenses that exhibit reduced back surface debris and reduced incidence of superior epithelial accurate lesions.
US09507171B2
The present invention relates to a method for tinting optical films comprising: (a) coating onto an optical film a liquid coating composition comprising, in a water miscible organic solvent, 1 part of cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB), from 0.1 to 2 parts by weight of dicyclohexyl phthalate, from 0.1 to 1 part by weight of isocyanato-alkyltrialcoxysilane, and at least 0.5 moles of H2O per mole of hydrolysable alcoxy groups of isocyanatoalkyltrialcoxysilane, (b) submitting said coated composition to a drying step so as to form an image-receiving CAB layer on the optical film, (c) printing the dried image-receiving CAB layer with a sublimation dye by means of a thermal transfer printer, (d) submitting the resulting printed film and image -receiving CAB layer to a thermal treatment so as to transfer the printed sublimation dye from the image-receiving layer to the underlying optical film, and (e) removing the image-receiving CAB layer by means of a suitable solvent. The present invention is also drawn to a tinted optical film obtained by such a method, an optical article containing such a film and a liquid coating composition for implementing the method.
US09507168B2
A stereoscopic image display includes a display panel including subpixels, a polarizing plate attached to a display surface of the display panel, a patterned retarder film attached to one surface of the polarizing plate, and a pattern groove including an air layer which is formed on one surface of an upper substrate of the display panel contacting the polarizing plate at a location corresponding to a boundary between the subpixels. The pattern groove includes a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys and forms a triangular cross section along with a portion of the upper substrate contacting the polarizing plate, thereby providing the air layer.
US09507164B2
An apparatus for projecting a space image in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display unit configured to display an image; and an array of prisms having a plurality of prisms connected with one another to have one lateral planes of the respective prisms form one plane and configured to refract light corresponding to the image through the prisms to a predetermined position at which a user can recognize the image.
US09507156B2
The present disclosure provides a light concentrating film and a display device. The light concentrating film has a planar shape, and includes multiple light concentrating units which are connected to each other so as to concentrate the incident light on a light incoming side of the light concentrating film at the light outgoing side of the light concentrating film. The display device of the present disclosure includes a display panel and the light concentrating film of the present disclosure, and the light outgoing side of the light concentrating film faces a light incoming side of the display panel.
US09507154B2
In an optical system having an extremely simple configuration configured by first and second prisms which are prisms in a flat shape and a reflecting surface provided in these prisms, in the first prism which is disposed on a side close to the eyes, that is, on a side apart from a video display element (video element) at a certain distance, a correction lens surface for correcting a chromatic aberration of video light is provided. Accordingly, a virtual image display apparatus is small and light, and has a high performance with a reduced chromatic aberration of magnification.
US09507147B2
A display system. A display device has viewports emitting expanded views of an image, an image receiving area receives the image, and optical conduits with exit pupil expanders expand the image through the viewports. A separate tracking projector has an image projector that projects an image along an axis, a marker search illuminator that projects light into a space including the axis, and an image capture component that captures target images that including at least three reflective marker images associated with the image receiving area. An image processor determines, based the marker images, a distance and an orientation of the image receiving area. A projection controller adjusts image data based upon the distance and the orientation to cause projected images to arrive squarely at the image receiving area.
US09507140B2
A technique for equatorially mounting a telescope includes a right ascension support having a first end coupled to a counterweight assembly and a second end coupled to a declination support. The right ascension support is coupled to a base and extends downwardly and backwardly from the first end to the second end. The resulting arrangement causes the act of balancing the telescope about its right ascension axis also substantially to balance the telescope about its base.
US09507131B2
A teleconverter according to the present invention includes a master lens apparatus side mount portion, an image pickup apparatus side mount portion, and a converter lens section having a negative refractive power as a whole. The converter lens section includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. The second lens unit is a lens unit in which, three lenses are cemented, and which includes in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, and a third lens having a negative refractive power. The teleconverter satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.
US09507126B2
An optical imaging system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in paraxial region. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface are both aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface are both aspheric, and the image-side surface has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region.
US09507125B2
An imaging lens which uses a larger number of constituent lenses for higher performance and features compactness and a wide field of view. The imaging lens is composed of seven lenses to form an image of an object on a solid-state image sensor. The constituent lenses are arranged in the following order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with positive or negative refractive power; a third lens with negative refractive power; a fourth lens with positive or negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens; a meniscus fifth lens having a convex surface on the image side; a sixth lens with positive or negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens; and a seventh lens with negative refractive power, in which an air gap is provided between lenses.
US09507124B2
An optical photographing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, wherein both of an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the third lens element are aspheric. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power, wherein both of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric. The optical photographing lens assembly has a total of four non-cemented lens elements with refractive power.
US09507122B2
Designed for a solid-state image sensor, it includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first positive lens having a convex object-side surface; a second negative lens having a concave image-side surface; a third positive meniscus lens having a convex image-side surface; and a fourth negative lens having concave object-side and image-side surfaces near an optical axis. A first diffraction optical surface is formed on one lens surface of the first to third lenses, and a second one is formed on the fourth lens object-side surface. The imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression below, 0.0
US09507109B2
Provided is an optical module. The optical module includes: an optical bench having a first trench of a first depth and a second trench of a second depth that is lower than the first depth; a lens in the first trench of the optical bench; at least one semiconductor chip in the second trench of the optical bench; and a flexible printed circuit board covering an upper surface of the optical bench except for the first and second trenches, wherein the optical bench is a metal optical bench or a silicon optical bench.
US09507105B2
An optical device for implementing passive alignment of parts and a method therefor, more particularly an optical device and a method therefor that utilize an alignment reference part arranged on the substrate to passively align an optical element part with a lens-optical fiber connection part. For the passive alignment of parts, connection pillars of an alignment reference part are coupled to substrate holes, one or more light-emitting elements and one or more light-receiving elements are aligned in a row in a particular interval with respect to alignment holes arranged opposite each other in the alignment reference part, a lens-optical fiber connection part is aligned with respect to the alignment holes, and an optical fiber is aligned with the optical alignment point at a surface of a prism forming a portion of the lens-optical fiber connection part.
US09507101B2
The present invention provides an optical fiber cable fixing mechanism and method for easy, rapid, and precise installation of an optical fiber in a field-fabricated optical fiber connector without the need for external installation equipment. The optical fiber fixing mechanism comprises a back post, a press ring, and a boot. The back post comprises at least an interior passage allowing the pass-through of the buffered section of the optical fiber cable there within; and at least one clamping latch. When the clamping latch is pressed towards the interior passage of the back post, it clamps on to the optical fiber cable laid there within. The press ring is for hooping around the back post and pressing on the clamping latch. The boot is for securing the press ring around the back post.
US09507100B2
The optical fiber connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes at least two positioning pillars corresponding to the optical fibers. The first connector defines at least two optical fiber holes for receiving and positioning the optical fiber. Each optical fiber hole passes through a distal end of a corresponding positioning pillar. The second connector defines at least two positioning holes corresponding to the positioning pillars. Each positioning hole includes an end surface in the second connector. The second connector includes at least two first lenses corresponding to the optical fibers. Each first lens is positioned on the end surface of a corresponding positioning hole. The optical fibers are respectively aligned with the first lenses by an engagement of the positioning posts and the positioning holes.
US09507098B2
A connector comprising: (a) at least one multi-fiber ferrule having a front face presenting a plurality of fiber end faces, and a back face having a first surface and defining a first orifice through which the fibers pass; (b) a retainer for holding the at least one multi-fiber ferrule, the retainer comprising a front face having a second surface and defining a second orifice through which the fibers pass, the second surface contacting the first surface; wherein at least one of the first or second surface is convex along at least one of an x-axis or a y-axis such that the at least one multi-fiber ferrule is able to move relative to the retainer about at least one of the axes.
US09507092B2
An optical fiber flexible multi-wavelength filter based on a polarization-diversity loop includes a pair of high-birefringence optical fibers, a polarization beam splitter connected to the pair of high-birefringence optical fibers and dividing light incident from a broadband light source into two polarized beams, and a polarization controller connected to the high-birefringence optical fibers or the polarization beam splitter and controlling the two polarized beams divided by the polarization beam splitter. The polarization controller includes a ½ wave plate or a ¼ wave plate, and the polarization controller disposed between the high-birefringence optical fibers controls an angle difference between principal axes of the high-birefringence optical fibers and visibility. Interference in the high-birefringence optical fibers is controlled via changing polarized light incident from the broadband light source using the polarization controller.
US09507078B2
A displaying apparatus includes a back light module and a panel module. The back light module is joined with the panel module and includes a mount, a light bar, a light guiding plate, and an optical film sheet. The mount includes a limiting structure and a holding structure. The light bar is fixed on the mount. The light guiding plate is disposed adjacent to the mount. The limiting structure constrains a stop structure so that a light incident side surface of the light guiding plate and the light bar remain separated at a predetermined interval. The optical film sheet includes a holding structure and is disposed above alight emitting surface of the light guiding plate. The two holding structures are engaged. Thereby, the mount performs limitation to both of the light guiding plate and the optical film sheet.
US09507071B1
A light guide plate has a light incident surface having an arc configuration and also includes upper and lower surfaces that are respectively provided with a first slope surface and a second slope surface, so that light passes through and is converged by the arc light incident surface and is subjected to total internal reflection at the first and second slope surfaces to have the light guided into the light guide plate and then projecting out through a light exit surface. The light guide plate demonstrates an excellent effect of convergence for light of all angles, so that the light guide plate can be structured thinner without deteriorating light coupling efficiency. Also provided is a backlight module, which involves the light guide plate.
US09507069B2
A system for obtaining spectral images from polarized light comprising a polarization sensitive filter; the polarization sensitive filter being configured to receive light at at least one predetermined polarization orientation; and an achromatic waveplate operatively associated with the polarization sensitive filter; the achromatic waveplate being rotatable; whereby rotation of the achromatic waveplate enables light to enter the polarization sensitive spectral filter at at least two predetermined polarization orientations. A method comprising providing a polarization sensitive filter; the polarization sensitive filter being configured to receive light at at least one predetermined polarization orientation; providing an achromatic waveplate operatively associated with the polarization sensitive filter; the achromatic waveplate being rotatable; whereby rotation of the achromatic waveplate enables light to enter the polarization sensitive spectral filter at the at least two predetermined polarization orientations.
US09507052B2
An automatic recognition method of foot point of continental slope based on topography grid, comprising the steps of cutting a topography grid model through a straight line or a broken line to generate a two-dimensional topography section line, then carrying out first derivation on the two-dimensional topography section to generate a slope section line and a second derivative section line, then obtaining an extreme point of the second derivative section line, using a D-P algorithm to obtain a D-P topography section after second simplification, then carrying out second derivation on the D-P topography section and using a topography and slope judgment method to recognize and eliminate concave hull topography in the D-P section, and finally using judgment methods as slope, water depth, second derivation, concavity and convexity, continuity and segmentation based on the D-P topography, slope and second derivative section to form a recognition method.
US09507049B2
An object detection method comprises transmitting a plurality of signals from a transmitter into a region; measuring a plurality of signals, each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of the transmitted signals, received by a sensor; determining whether each of the plurality of received signals satisfies a condition (such as that a received signal is above a threshold level for indicating that an object is located in the region, or below a threshold level for indicating that an object is not located in the region); determining whether noise of at least a threshold amount is present; and determining whether an object is located within the region depending on whether at least a number of received signals meet the condition, the number being different when noise of at least a threshold amount is determined to be present than not present. For example, the required number of received signals that meet the condition when noise is present can be higher than when noise is absent. A device for detecting object according to the method is also disclosed.
US09507046B2
An arrangement and an associated method are described in which a boring tool is moved through the ground within a given region along a path in which region a cable is buried. The boring tool and the cable transmit a boring tool locating signal and a cable locating signal, respectively. Intensities of the boring tool locating signal and the cable locating signal are measured along with a pitch orientation of the boring tool. Using the measured intensities and established pitch orientation, a positional relationship is determined to relative scale including at least the boring tool and the cable in the region. The positional relationship is displayed to scale in one view. The positional relationship may be determined and displayed including the forward locate point in scaled relation to the boring tool and the cable. Cable depth determination techniques are described including a two-point ground depth determination method.
US09507045B2
A well-logging tool for a geological formation includes a housing to be positioned in a borehole and an antenna assembly carried by the housing. The antenna assembly includes an antenna housing having a recess therein. A dielectric material layer comprises a basalt fiber composite and is within the recess. At least one antenna coil is supported by the dielectric material layer. An electrical connector is coupled to the at least one antenna coil. Resistivity processing circuitry is coupled to the electrical connector to determine an electrical resistivity of the geological formation based on the at least one antenna coil.
US09507040B2
A device includes a housing in which a seismic sensor module is at least partially housed, a cable connected to the seismic sensor module, and, a takeout through which the cable extends from the housing. The takeout is operable between a first configuration in which the cable extends vertically from the housing and a second configuration in which the cable extends horizontally from the housing.
US09507037B2
Embodiments relate to the restriction of gas flow in a piston-type marine vibrator to compensate for air-spring effects. An embodiment provides marine vibrator comprising: a containment housing; a piston plate; a fixture coupled to the containment housing; a mechanical spring element coupled to the piston plate and to the fixture; a driver coupled to the piston plate and to the fixture; and a variable gas flow restrictor disposed in an interior volume of the marine vibrator, wherein the marine vibrator has a resonance frequency selectable based at least in part on the variable gas flow restrictor.
US09507023B2
An operation unit calculates a position of an obstacle with respect to a vehicle using a first distance and a second distance. The first distance is a distance to the obstacle measured by a first ultrasonic sensor (ultrasonic sensor) having a first microphone (microphone) at a first timing. The second distance is a distance to the obstacle measured by a second ultrasonic sensor (ultrasonic sensor) having a second microphone (microphone) at a second timing which is later than the first timing.
US09507014B2
A method is described for detecting a rotating wheel of a vehicle that is travelling on a roadway in a travel direction, the wheels of which are at least partially exposed laterally, the method comprising: emitting an electromagnetic measurement beam having a known temporal progression of its frequency onto a first section above the roadway in a direction in a slant with respect to the vertical and normally or at a slant with respect to the travel direction; receiving a reflected measurement beam and recording the temporal progression of its frequencies, relative to the known progression, as a reception frequency mixture progression; and detecting a frequency band, which is continuously inclining or declining over a period of time, in the reception frequency mixture progression as a wheel. A device for conducting the method is also described.
US09507011B2
Some embodiments include a wireless sensor network system. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed.
US09507010B2
A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for determining a frequency drift of clock of a mobile communication device is disclosed. A first positioning signal, such as M-LMS signals, is received at a first positioning engine of the mobile communication device controlled by the clock. A second positioning signal, such as GNSS signals, is received at a second positioning engine of the mobile communication device controlled by the clock. A first position is determined from the first positioning signal, and a second position is determined from the second positioning signal. A difference between the first position and the second position is determined, and the frequency drift of the clock is determined from the difference between the first position and the second position. The frequency drift determined may be subsequently applied to the clock, and thus enhance the accuracy of M-LMS positioning when GNSS signals are unreliable.
US09507008B1
Systems and methods for receiving a plurality of wireless communication signals and identifying an antenna occlusion condition from the received plurality of wireless communication signals is disclosed. A correction factor may be determined based at least in part on determined signal strength corresponding to each of the received wireless communication signals. The correction factor may be used to determine a location based at least in part on the signal strength corresponding to each of the received communication signals and the determined correction factor.
US09506999B2
Method and magnetic resonance system to generate raw data sets in a double echo acquisition sequence
In a method, a magnetic resonance apparatus and non-transitory, a computer-readable storage medium, two raw data sets are created using at least one double-echo acquisition of an imaging area located in a measurement volume of the magnetic resonance apparatus. In the acquisition and storage of two echo signals in the form of raw data sets at different times, a second echo signal is not acquired after each and every radiated RF excitation pulses.
US09506997B2
In a magnetic-field angle detection device and a rotation angle detection device in which the accuracy of the measured angle is not degraded even if the MR ratio of the tunneling magnetoresistance element is increased. In a magnetic-field-angle measurement apparatus including a magnetic-field-angle detection circuit and a magnetic sensor having a tunneling magnetoresistance element with a pinned magnetic layer, the magnetic-field-angle detection circuit has a power-supply unit that outputs a constant voltage as a bias voltage to the tunneling magnetoresistance element of the magnetic sensor and a current-detection unit that detects an output current of the tunneling magnetoresistance element. The accuracy of the measured angle of the magnetic-field angle detection device and the rotation angle detection device is improved by measuring the tunneling magnetoresistance element current while maintaining the terminal voltage of the tunneling magnetoresistance element constant with input impedance of the current-detection unit as zero.
US09506995B2
The present invention provides a magnetic field analysis program and a magnetic field analysis method for calculating inductance related to an AC magnetic field superimposed on a DC magnetic field with a high degree of accuracy at high speed. The magnetic field analysis program is a program for analyzing an AC magnetic field through a frequency response analysis, and causes a computer to carry out: a process of inputting a DC magnetic flux density or a DC magnetic field strength, the amplitude and the frequency of an alternating current, and the initial magnetization curve of the magnetic material of an analysis object, calculating a DC magnetic field strength when a DC magnetic flux density is input, and calculating a DC magnetic flux density when a DC magnetic field strength is input (S100); a process of calculating an AC magnetic flux density and an AC magnetic field strength by carrying out the frequency response analysis using the amplitude and the frequency of the alternating current (S104); and a process of finding such a solution that the sum of the maximum value of the AC magnetic flux density obtained through the frequency response analysis and the DC magnetic flux density becomes equal to the magnetic flux density determined from the sum of the maximum value of the AC magnetic field strength obtained through the frequency response analysis and the DC magnetic field strength, and the initial magnetization curve, with a desired degree of accuracy (S105, S106).
US09506990B2
An apparatus and method for identifying a presence of a short circuit in a battery pack. A fault-detection apparatus for a charging system that rapidly charges a collection of interconnected lithium ion battery cells, the safety system includes a data-acquisition system for receiving a set of data parameters from the collection while the charging system is actively charging the collection; a monitoring system evaluating the set of data parameters to identify a set of anomalous conditions; and a controller comparing the set of anomalous conditions against a set of predetermined profiles indicative of an internal short in one or more cells of the collection, the controller establishing an internal-short state for the collection when the comparing has a predetermined relationship to the set of predetermined profiles.
US09506980B2
In accordance with one aspect of the present description, an interface between an integrated circuit device and a test controller for testing the integrated circuit device includes a plurality of boards coupled together. In one embodiment, the test interface includes a plurality of interchangeable auxiliary boards, each having test circuitry, which may be coupled to a primary board and reused as appropriate to test various integrated circuits. Other aspects are described.
US09506978B2
An apparatus for probing die electricity includes a substrate, a converting plate, a needle module and a reinforcement structure. The converting plate includes two opposite surfaces respectively having a plurality of first and second conductive elements. The needle module has a plurality of needles respectively and electrically connected to the plurality second conductive elements. The reinforcement structure is made from a polymer gel and disposed between the converting plate and the substrate.
US09506975B2
The invention relates to a method for measuring the high-voltage induced degradation (PID) of at least one solar cell. According to the invention, a conductive plastic material is pressed on the upper side or bottom side of the respective solar cell, in particular on the front side thereof, and a DC voltage greater than 50 V is applied between the plastic material and the respective solar cell. Alternatively, corona discharges may be applied to solar cells or photovoltaic modules. In one embodiment, a characteristic electric parameter of the respective solar cell or of the photovoltaic module is repeatedly measured at time intervals. The method according to the invention can be carried out on individual solar cells, which can be further processed directly after passing the test and without further complex processing, e.g. to a photovoltaic module. In principle, the method is also suitable for measurements on complete photovoltaic modules.
US09506972B2
A system and method for detecting and locating an insulation flaw in a solar generator on a spacecraft. The solar generator comprises a plurality of flaps. Each flap bears at least one solar cell that is connected to an electrical distribution network and electrically insulated from the flap. Each flap is connected, by a first load and by a second load, to a first electrical line and a second electrical line, respectively. The ratio of the impedances of the first load and of the second load of a flap being denoted as an impedance ratio of the flap. The solar generator comprises at least two flaps exhibiting different respective impedance ratios. The system comprises a component for evaluating the currents flowing in the first and second electrical lines, and a detector for detecting and locating an insulation flaw in the solar generator based on the evaluations of the currents.
US09506970B2
A method for characterizing the sensitivity of an electronic component with respect to a natural radiating environment. The safe operating area (SOA) voltage range beyond which destructive events occur is determined for the electronic component for given characteristics of a particle or incident beam. The electronic component is turned on and energized with the particle or incident beam having the given characteristics under the operating conditions that are close to the highest voltage value of the determined SOA voltage range. An efficient section of amplified transient events, which corresponds to an estimation of the destructive occurrences for the electronic component is determined. The characteristics of the particle or beam is modified and the method is repeated with the modified characteristics.
US09506966B2
In embodiments of an off-center sensor target region, a capacitive sensor can include a target region that is located off-center relative to a center of the sensor. A touch input to the target region of the capacitive sensor can be determined to be valid sensor input and a touch contact that correlates to the center of the capacitive sensor can be determined to be false sensor input. The target region of the capacitive sensor can correspond to a selectable control that is selectable by a user to initiate a device function.
US09506963B2
Systems and methods are provided for estimating power breakdowns for a set of one or more appliances inside a building by exploiting a small number of power meters and data indicative of binary power states of individual appliances of such set. In one aspect, a breakdown estimation problem is solved within a tree configuration, and utilizing a single power meter and data indicative of binary power states of a plurality of appliances. Based at least in part on such solution, an estimation quality metric is derived. In another aspect, such metric can be exploited in a methodology for optimally placing additional power meters to increase the estimation certainty for individual appliances to a desired or intended level. Estimated power breakdown and energy breakdown—individually or collectively referred to as consumption breakdown—rely on measurements and numerical simulations, and can be evaluated in exemplary electrical network utilizing binary sensors.
US09506961B2
A power supply detection apparatus including a base, a couple of longitudinal motion mechanisms, a couple of lateral motion mechanisms, a couple of pin bases and a couple of vertical motion mechanisms is provided. Each lateral motion mechanism is movably arranged on the corresponding longitudinal motion mechanism and thereby driven to move horizontally. Each pin base is driven to move horizontally by the corresponding lateral motion mechanism and a probe is arranged on each pin base. The probe and the perpendicular lateral motion mechanism are moved along respective directions perpendicular with each other. Each vertical motion mechanism is arranged on the corresponding pin base for driving the probe to move vertically. The probes can be thereby moved to automatically detect an electric power status of an electronic component on a circuit board of a power supply.
US09506959B2
The total electric power that is supplied to a house, the electric power P21 to P24 that is consumed by electrical equipment that is used in the house, and electric power that is generated by an electric power generator 60 are automatically displayed together with weather information WR1 that indicates the weather every hour. As a result, a user is able to check the amount of electric power consumed by the electrical equipment 50 according to the weather, or check the amount of electric power that is generated according to the weather. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently operate the electrical equipment 50 according to the weather.
US09506955B2
A dc input circuit receives a dc input voltage. At least four rectification elements are coupled to each other in a diode bridge configuration, where an input of the diode bridge configuration is coupled to the dc input circuit to receive the dc input voltage. At least one of the rectification elements includes a transistor. A decision circuit indicates, as a function of one of collector current and emitter current of the transistor, that the received dc input voltage has normal or reversed polarity. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09506947B2
A system for performing sample probing. The system including an topography microscope configured to receive three-dimensional coordinates for a sample based on at least three fiducial marks; receive the sample mounted in a holder; and navigate to at least a location on the sample based on the at least three fiducial marks and the three-dimensional coordinates.
US09506935B2
This method for estimating the quantity of an analyte contained in a liquid includes the following steps: introducing the liquid into a fluid chamber; mixing the liquid with a bi-specific reagent, the bi-specific reagent being configured for grafting on both a particle and an analyte present in the liquid; lighting the fluid chamber using an excitation beam emitted by a light source, the beam extending through the fluid chamber; acquiring at least one image using a matrix photodetector, the image being formed by radiation transmitted by the lighted fluid chamber; and estimating, from at least one acquired image, the quantity of said analyte in the liquid.
US09506934B2
A multiple polymer layer test cartridge includes an input to receive a sample containing cells, multiple lysing channel structures on alternate layers of the multiple layer test cartridge coupled to each other to pass the sample in sequence between the lysing channel structures, and a test chamber to receive the sample from the multiple lysing channel structures.
US09506927B2
Conventional CTC detection methods have been problematic in that 1) there is no technique for automatically determining and counting live CTCs in a brief period of time, 2) no process has been developed for detecting, counting, and thereafter collecting and culturing live CTCs, and 3) there exists no flow cytometer that is contamination free and is capable of measuring an entire sample. Provided is a CTC detection method which comprises a pre-treatment step for concentrating and fluorescence staining CTCs, and a step for identifying and counting CTCs. The pre-treatment step includes attaching magnetic beads to EpCAM antibodies expressed by epithelial cell-derived CTCs and concentrating the CTCs through the use of a magnet, fluorescently labeling an epithelia cell surface marker of the CTCs through the use of EpCAM antibodies or 5E11 antibodies, and performing two types of nuclear staining, one being cell membrane-permeable and the other being cell membrane-impermeable. The identifying and counting step includes evaluating the respective absolute concentrations of live and dead CTCs in a volume of blood by automatically identifying CTCs by the ratio of a plurality of fluorescence signal intensities using a flow cytometer, and differentiating between and counting the live CTCs and the dead CTCs. In the cytometer, an entire liquid-feeding system that includes a flow cell can be replaced for each sample, and the total amount of a liquid sample can be measured.
US09506924B2
The invention provides compositions, methods, and kits for diagnosing, monitoring, and otherwise characterizing a myopathy and for detecting the presence of autoantibodies in a biological sample.
US09506910B2
In a urine component analysis device, a correlation storage section stores data indicating a correlation between a measured concentration in one urine and in total urine in one day for each of a first and second specific component in the urine excreted by a human. A data input section inputs data indicating a concentration of the first specific component and of the second specific component in one urine of a subject. A concentration of the first specific component and of the second specific component in total urine in one day are determined by performing conversion using the correlation stored in the correlation storage section based on the concentration of the first specific component and the second specific component in the one urine. A concentration ratio between the first specific component and the second specific component in total urine in one day is determined based on the results of conversion.
US09506909B2
The present invention relates to the field of laboratory diagnostics. Specifically, means and methods for determining the risk of mortality in a patient based on homoarginine and to reduce the risk of mortality by administration of homoarginine are disclosed. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of homoarginine for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of a patient having an increased risk of mortality caused by stroke or a cardiac cause. Furthermore, the present application relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising homoarginine and a composition for foodstuff supplement comprising homoarginine.
US09506907B2
The present invention relates to methods of manufacture and utility of an artificial trabecular meshwork [TM] that utilizes micro- and nanofabricated materials bioengineered to mimic the structure and function of native outflow system of the eye.
US09506892B2
A sensor capable of detecting detection targets that are necessary to be detected with high sensitivity is provided.It comprises a field-effect transistor 1A having a substrate 2, a source electrode 4 and a drain electrode 5 provided on said substrate 2, and a channel 6 forming a current path between said source electrode 4 and said drain electrode 5; wherein said field-effect transistor 1A comprises: an interaction-sensing gate 9 for immobilizing thereon a specific substance 10 that is capable of selectively interacting with the detection targets; and a gate 7 applied a voltage thereto so as to detect the interaction by the change of the characteristic of said field-effect transistor 1A.
US09506889B2
A biosensor manufacturing method including a sheet material forming process and a dicing process. In the sheet material forming process a sheet material with plural biosensor forming sections is formed. Each of the biosensor forming sections includes a first base plate, a second base plate stacked on the first base plate and forming a capillary between the second base plate and the leading end portion of the first base plate for sucking in sample liquid, and a hydrophilic layer formed on the second base plate at least in a region facing the capillary. In the dicing process plural biosensors are obtained by dicing the sheet material with a blade from the first base plate side at the leading end of each of the biosensor forming sections, such that the leading end of the capillary opens onto the leading end face of the first base plate and the second base plate.
US09506885B2
A sensor chip comprises a substrate (1) with a front side (11) and a back side (12), and an opening (13) in the substrate (1) reaching through from its back side (12) to its front side (11). A stack (2) of dielectric and conducting layers is arranged on the front side (11) of the substrate (1), a portion of which stack (2) spans the opening (13) of the substrate (1). Contact pads (32) are arranged at the front side (11) of the substrate (1) for electrically contacting the sensor chip. A sensing element (4) is arranged on the portion of the stack (2) spanning the opening (13) on a side of the portion facing the opening (13).
US09506883B2
A scale deposition testing device, which is capable of precisely evaluating the state of scale deposition in consideration of an effect of retained geothermal water that occurs in an actual geothermal power plant, includes a plurality of scale deposition containers filled with particulates; hot water supply means for causing hot water to flow through each of the scale deposition containers; a retention unit for retaining the hot water; hot water condition change means for changing at least one of the flow rate, temperature, pressure, and composition of the hot water for each of the scale deposition containers; measuring means for measuring at least one of the flow rate, temperature, and pressure of the hot water flowing through each of the scale deposition containers; and a recorder for receiving data from the measuring means, the retention unit being capable of changing the hot water retention time.
US09506882B2
A system for processing real-time fluoroscopy image sequences. A first image frame is loaded into an upper level memory of a hierarchical memory system that is coupled to at least one processing core. The first image frame is processed with an object detection filter to form a likelihood image frame. The first image frame and the likelihood image frame is spatially filtered using a spatial filter look up table (LUT) stored in an L1 level memory of the processing core. The likelihood image frame is temporally filtering using a temporal filter LUT stored in the L1 level memory.
US09506879B2
A method and system are provided for non-destructively evaluating a workpiece hidden by an overlying structure. In the context of a method, a workpiece is interrogated with radiation, such as x-ray radiation, that also propagates through the overlying structure. The method further includes collecting data representative of radiation backscattered from the workpiece. Based upon a thickness and material of the overlying structure, the method compares the data that has been collected from the workpiece with reference data representative of radiation backscattered from a standard that includes different respective material loss indicators hidden by an overlying structure of the same thickness and material. Each material loss indicator is a physical representation of a different amount of material loss. As a result of the comparison, the method estimates the material loss of the workpiece.
US09506870B2
The present invention provides a flow-channel device for detecting light emission, which suppresses a noise originating in unnecessary light emission, and can be simply bonded with the use of an organic material. The flow-channel device having a flow channel is structured by the bonding of at least two substrates, wherein at least any one substrate has a first groove which constitutes the flow channel, and a second groove for arranging an adhesive therein which contains an organic material, and a light-shielding layer is provided on an inner wall of the second groove so as to block a light emitted from the second groove from penetrating into the first groove.
US09506868B2
The invention relates to a method of analyzing particles, in particular particles of diameter less than 1 μm, the method comprising the following steps: firing laser shots into a cold plasma (45) at low pressure; using an optical spectrometer device (60) to acquire emission spectra of the light emitted by the plasma as a result of the laser shots, in such a manner that for each acquired spectrum, an acquisition period begins no later than 100 ns after firing the laser shot; and analyzing the particles present in the plasma on the basis of the emission spectra. A system for detecting and/or analyzing particles by performing the method.
US09506867B2
In some embodiments, aspects of the disclosure relate to methods of evaluating cell culture materials, for example, nutrient materials, or other materials that can be used in cell culture media.
US09506865B2
An instrument is disclosed with a lens system including an objective lens system. The objective lens system is disposed between a light source and the plurality of reaction regions. The objective lens system includes a field lens array, and a pupil plane, wherein the pupil plane and the light source are located on opposite sides of the field lens array. The field lens array is disposed between the light source and the plurality of reaction regions, the field lens array including a plurality of field lens array elements, wherein the radius of the curvature, the thickness and the position of the center of the curvature of any one field lens array element in the field lens array is variable and is disposed in a light beam path between the light source and the reaction regions such that any one of the field lens array elements is capable of imaging a pupil stop located between the light source and the field lens array to a pupil located on the pupil plane, wherein an array of pupils located on the pupil plane is generated by the field lens array.
US09506856B2
An method and system for detecting color changes in fluids detects the color intensities, and includes a white light emitter and a detector that generates signals representing the detected intensity of red, blue, green, and white light. A processor receives the generated signals and calculates values representing the ratio of detected red to white light, blue to white light, and green to white light. The processor further compares the calculated ratios with reference values and generates a signal when the results of the comparison indicate that the ratios differ from the reference values. By generating the ratio of intensity of each received color to the intensity of received white light, the values are rendered virtually self-compensating and thus largely insensitive to variations in temperature and in intensity that may occur over time with aging of the components.
US09506849B2
When a crosshead descends after a specimen is loaded, pins attached to link members contact seat surfaces formed on seat members, and then contact side walls of the seat surfaces. As the crosshead descends further, the pins contacting the seat surfaces press the seat members 31. This pressing force moves a pair of first slide members away from each other as guided by a first rail, and moves a pair of second slide members away from each other as guided by a second rail 24. Consequently, tension loads in biaxial directions perpendicular to each other are applied to the specimen gripped by four chucks 25.
US09506846B2
A microfluidic device for manipulating particles can include a substrate and one or more obstacles, each obstacle comprising a plurality of aligned nanostructures including a plurality of nanoparticles or a plurality of polymer layers, or a combination thereof. The obstacle on a substrate can be forests with intra-carbon nanotube spacing ranging between 5-100 nm for isolation of particles such as very small viruses and proteins.
US09506838B2
There is provided a bi-directional optical reflectometric method for characterizing an optical fiber link. The method comprises: performing at least one forward-direction light acquisition from one end of the optical fiber link and performing at least one backward-direction light acquisition from the opposite end, wherein each light acquisition is performed by propagating at least one test light signal corresponding to given spatial resolution and detecting corresponding return light so as to obtain a reflectometric trace representing backscattered and reflected light as a function of a distance on the optical fiber link, and wherein said forward-direction light acquisition and said backward-direction light acquisition are performed with mutually different spatial resolutions; and deriving a value of at least one parameter characterizing an event at a location along said optical fiber link at least using the forward-direction light acquisition and the backward-direction light acquisition performed with mutually different spatial resolutions.
US09506837B2
An apparatus for determining the angular error in the placement of fiducial marks on a toric intraocular lens with respect to the true location of a meridional axis of the intraocular lens, the fiducial marks defining an estimate of the angular orientation of the meridional axis of the intraocular is disclosed. The apparatus includes a rotatable intraocular lens holder coupled to drive assembly and an actuator which are mounted into an optical measurement cell receptacle of a wavefront measuring instrument or an angular error measuring instrument. A method for determining the angular error in the placement of fiducial marks on a toric intraocular lens with respect to the true location of a meridional axis of the intraocular lens is also disclosed.
US09506828B2
A pressure sensor for sensing pressure of a fluid includes a diaphragm separator and a flexure structure. The diaphragm separator exerts an imparted force on the flexure structure, where the imparted force is proportional to fluid pressure exerted on the flexure structure. The pressure sensor further includes a piezoelectric resonator. A first resonator interface section of the flexure structure is in contact with a first edge of the piezoelectric resonator. A second resonator interface section of the flexure structure is in contact with a second edge of the piezoelectric resonator. The first edge and the second edge are opposite narrow edges of the piezoelectric resonator. The flexure structure exerts a load proportional to the imparted force onto the first edge of the piezoelectric resonator.
US09506826B2
What is described is a system for determining a force applied to an outer disc of an aircraft brake by an actuator motor. The system includes a current sensor coupled to the actuator motor and configured to detect an amount of current applied to the actuator motor. The system also includes a controller coupled to the current sensor. The controller is configured to determine an estimate of the force applied to the outer disc based on the detected amount of current and predetermined input parameters.
US09506822B2
A double-side-coated surface stress sensor includes a sensing membrane structure portion where at least two ends opposite each other are fixed on a mounting portion; a receptor layer that coats both surfaces of the sensing membrane structure portion; and an element detecting a stress, which is provided in the vicinity of at least one of the fixed two ends, opposite each other, of the sensing membrane structure portion or at least one of the fixed two ends, opposite each other, of the mounting portion, in which in a detection output is obtained from the element based on the stress which is applied onto the receptor layer coating both of the surfaces of the sensing membrane structure portion. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a double-side-coated surface stress sensor which coats both surfaces of the sensing membrane structure portion by the receptor layer, thereby obtaining a sufficiently large detection output.
US09506820B1
Apparatus and method are provided for the detection of melt adjacent to the exterior of a bushing in an induction channel furnace. An electrically conductive mesh is disposed around the exterior surface of the bushing facing a refractory that separates the bushing from a channel in which molten metal (melt) flows. The mesh is connected to a grounded voltage source so that when an electrically conductive melt at ground potential in the channel breaches the refractory and penetrates the electrically conductive mesh an electrical circuit is completed through the melt and the grounded voltage source.
US09506819B2
A fast response temperature probe which may be used for a method for measuring an instantaneous temperature of a periodically changing fluid flow within a gas turbine is proposed. The temperature probe includes a substrate and a resistive element arranged at a surface of the substrate. Therein, at least at a surface of the substrate contacting the resistive element, the substrate comprises an insulating material having a thermal product of less than 1.5 kJ/(m2K sqrt(s)). The substrate or at least its surface is made from polyamide-imide such as for example fiber-reinforced Torlon© 5030. The temperature probe may allow measurements of instantaneous local temperatures of very fast fluctuations of more than 50 kHz at high spatial resolutions of, e.g., less than 0.5 mm2. The instantaneous temperature of a periodically changing fluid flow may be determined by correlating first and second sets of temperature measurements taking into account the periodicity of the periodically changing fluid flow.
US09506818B2
The invention provides a thermocouple assembly for use with a thermocouple harness in a gas turbine engine, comprising a thermocouple connected to a resistor, the resistor comprising a conductor, a mineral insulating material surrounding the conductor, and a metal sheath surrounding the conductor.
US09506812B2
There is disclosed a temperature indicator (10) in the form of a substrate (12) with multiple coating layers (14-22). Each coating layer (14-22) is visually or chemically distinct from the substrate (12). The material makeup of each coating layer (14-22) is different such that each coating is tailored to undergo failure at a different temperature. The presence or absence of coating layers (14-22) can provide a lasting visual indication of a temperature experienced by the indicator (10) in use. The temperature indicator (10) may be beneficial where the use of conventional temperature sensors is problematic, such as within reactor vessels or other sealed enclosures.
US09506811B2
Methods and systems for determining a temperature of goods in a temperature controlled unit are disclosed. Raw temperature data is received for a first iteration. The raw temperature data indicates an air temperature inside the temperature controlled unit at the first iteration. A property value for a good stored in the temperature controlled unit is obtained. Based on the raw temperature data for the first iteration and the property value for the good, a first adjusted stored goods temperature is determined for the good. The first adjusted stored goods temperature for the good represents a first internal temperature of the good. Additional iterations are performed, where raw temperature data is received for a second iteration. Based on the raw temperature for the second iteration and the property value for the good, a second adjusted stored goods temperature is determined.
US09506802B2
The present disclosure relates to an optical sensor module, an optical sensing accessory, and an optical sensing device. An optical sensor module comprises a light source, a photodetector, and a substrate. The light source is configured to convert electric power into radiant energy and emit light to an object surface. The photodetector is configured to receive the light from an object surface and convert radiant energy into electrical current or voltage. An optical sensing accessory and an optical sensing device comprise the optical sensor module and other electronic modules to have further applications.
US09506801B2
A prover includes a measurement cylinder; a hydraulic cylinder coupled with a side of a downstream end of the measurement cylinder; a measuring piston that moves through a predetermined distance from an upstream side toward a downstream side through the measurement cylinder to eject a reference volume of fluid; and a piston rod that is movably accommodated in the hydraulic cylinder, and has the measuring piston and the piston rod separately constructed. The prover includes measurement standby position stop means, and when returning the measuring piston to a predetermined measurement standby position, the piston rod moves the measuring piston from the downstream side to the upstream side and the measurement standby position stop means stops the measuring piston at the predetermined measurement standby position, after which only the piston rod is caused to move from the upstream side to the downstream side and is accommodated in the hydraulic cylinder.
US09506792B2
A Coriolis mass flowmeter having at least one curved measuring tube having an inlet end, outlet end and a central curved section between the inlet end and outlet end, a carrier bridge extending between the inlet end and outlet end of the measuring tube and fixing the measuring tube ends, at least one oscillation generator attached to the measuring tube, at least one oscillation sensor for detecting measuring tube oscillations, an evaluation unit for evaluating detected measuring tube oscillations, and wherein the measuring tube extends through at least one opening from an inner area of the carrier bridge out of the carrier bridge into the outer area of the carrier bridge, the central curved section running outside of the carrier bridge. A conductor guiding structure is arranged on the carrier bridge extending toward the oscillation sensor and the conductor arrangement fixed on the conductor guiding structure.
US09506790B2
A monolithic matching structure for use in an ultrasonic transducer. The matching structure includes a mini-horn array. The mini-horn array includes a back plate, a plurality of horns, and a front plate. The plurality of horns extend from the back plate. Each of the horns includes a base and a neck. The base is adjacent the back plate. The neck extends from the base. Transverse area of the base is larger than transverse area of the neck. The front plate is adjacent the neck of each of the horns.
US09506789B2
An ultrasonic transducer apparatus is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an outer housing, an inner housing disposed within the outer housing, and an ultrasonic transducer disposed within the inner housing. The outer housing has an aperture that enables pressurized fluid to enter the outer housing while allowing the outer housing to acoustically isolate the inner housing and the ultrasonic transducer from an additional component when the outer housing is connected to the additional component. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
US09506779B2
A system including an optical waveguide having a length extending from an optical interrogator at a first end, a plurality of light-modulating sensor nodes disposed at predetermined locations along the length of the optical waveguide, each of the plurality of light-modulating sensor nodes having an optical modulator for modulating an optical signal propagating from the optical interrogator in the optical waveguide, and for returning the modulated optical signal to the optical interrogator in an opposite direction along the same optical waveguide path.
US09506776B2
In an approach for adaptive sampling of smart meter data, a computer retrieves one or more balancing constraints associated with one or more smart meter sensors. The computer retrieves meter sensor data from the one or more smart meter sensors according to the one or more balancing constraints. The computer determines a subsample of the meter sensor data, and then transmits the subsample of the meter sensor data to an optimization engine for use in solving an optimization problem.
US09506770B2
A method for recommending a candidate path includes, in response to receiving a query from a user, looking up a plurality of paths that conform to the query; with respect to a current path among the plurality of paths, obtaining behavior data of the user and behavior data of at least one other user associated with the current path; determining a recommendation indicator associated with the current path, based on the behavior data of the user and the behavior data of the at least one other user; and recommending the candidate path to the user based on at least a recommendation indicator associated with at least one of the plurality of paths.
US09506752B2
An explosion-proof dust of electromechanical level measuring device includes: a explosion proof enclosure (100), formed with a safe chamber area (101) and a hazardous chamber area (102) and a power shaft sleeve (120) is provided for communicating the above two; a power unit (200) disposed inside the safe chamber area (101); a control module (300) disposed inside the safe chamber area (101) and electrically connected to the power unit (200); a capstan (400) disposed in the hazardous chamber area (102); a power shaft (500) sleeved in the power shaft sleeve (120) and two ends thereof are respectively connected to the power unit (200) and the capstan (400); and a pair of bearings (610, 620) disposed in the power shaft (120) and spaced with an interval thereby forming a fireproof path (601).
US09506749B2
A surface measurement module for 3-D triangulation-based image acquisition of a surface-under-inspection and under observation by at least one camera. The module having: (a) a casing housing an optical system comprising a plurality of lens elements positioned between a fixed-pattern optic and a light source; (b) an output of said fixed-pattern optic comprising a multi-frequency pattern comprising a plurality of pixels representing at least a first and second superimposed sinusoid projected simultaneously, each of the sinusoids represented by the pixels having a unique temporal frequency and each of the pixels projected to satisfy I n p = A p + ∑ k = 1 K B k p cos ( 2 π f k y p + 2 π k n N ) Eq . ( 1.1 ) (c) a shifting element to spatially shift said output of said fixed-pattern optic during projection onto the surface-under-inspection; and (d) a plurality of images captured of said output of said fixed-pattern optic during projection onto the surface-under-inspection are used for the image acquisition.
US09506743B2
An apparatus to measure the position of a mark, the apparatus including an objective lens to direct radiation on a mark using radiation supplied by an illumination arrangement; an optical arrangement to receive radiation diffracted and specularly reflected by the mark, wherein the optical arrangement is configured to provide a first image and a second image, the first image being formed by coherently adding specularly reflected radiation and positive diffraction order radiation and the second image being formed by coherently adding specularly reflected radiation and negative diffraction order radiation; and a detection arrangement to detect variation in an intensity of radiation of the first and second images and to calculate a position of the mark in a direction of measurement therefrom.
US09506742B2
The invention relates to a method for photoacoustic tomography of a sample, deformations on a measurement surface of the sample being measured as a function of location and time, the deformations resulting from the absorption of a pulsed excitation radiation on at least one spectrally addressable target structure in the sample interior while emitting thermomechanical pressure waves in the direction of the measurement surface, and the measured deformations being fed to a reconstruction method for determining the position of the target structure in the sample interior.
US09506737B2
A device for detecting a banknote thickness includes a transmission electrode and a reception electrode facing one another at a predetermined interval and forming an electric field when a driving voltage is applied thereto; a driving voltage applying unit configured to apply a driving voltage having a pre-determined frequency and form an electric field between the transmission electrode and the reception electrode; a current detecting unit configured to detect a current when a banknote is between the transmission electrode and the reception electrode; an antistatic device configured to remove static electricity from the banknote; and a controller configured to detect at least one of a changed current (e.g., when the banknote is present) and a corresponding voltage waveform, and to detect one or more of a state, a thickness and a type of the banknote based on the detected current change or voltage waveform.
US09506731B2
A multiple projectile fixed cartridge includes a casing, a retention insert arranged in the casing, and a plurality of projectiles arranged proximate the retention insert. The retention insert is configured to align and support at least a first projectile of the plurality of projectiles, and the casing is configured to align and support a second projectile of the plurality of projectiles.
US09506728B2
Systems (100) and methods (1200) for recoil absorption. The methods comprising: causing a moving carrier (102) to freely travel linearly in a first direction by discharging at least one recoil producing device (110-114); absorbing an impulse force resulting from discharging the recoil producing device using a spring (122, 124) having a first end coupled to the moving carrier and a second end (130) coupled to a fixed frame member (132); and applying a pulling force by the spring to the moving carrier in a second direction opposed from the first direction at an end of spring travel, whereby a uni-directional force transfer mechanism (610) is caused to engage an elongate latching element so as to latch the moving carrier in position and prevent the moving carrier from freely traveling in the second direction.
US09506724B1
A downrange wind measurement system includes an aerial vehicle with a global positioning system and a communication device; and a remote computer with a display for viewing access and a transceiver. A method to assist a shooter adjust for a wind speed and a wind angle of a wind prior to make a downrange shot includes creating a flight path for an aerial vehicle to fly alongside a projectile path; determining locations for a circular flight path via the flight path; measuring the wind speed and the wind angle along the circular flight path; transmitting the wind speed and the wind angle to a remote computer; and computing via the remote computer scope adjustments with the wind speed and wind angle.
US09506720B1
A shotgun may comprise a barrel, a chamber configured to receive a shell prior to being fired from the shotgun, and a magazine tube configured to hold shells to be introduced into the chamber. The shotgun may further comprise a shell follower configured for insertion into the magazine tube axially forward of the shells with respect to the long axis of the magazine tube. In addition, the shotgun may further comprise an obstruction associated with the magazine tube that is adjustable between a first position in which the obstruction blocks a travel of the shell follower axially forward of the obstruction, and a second position in which the obstruction allows the travel of the shell follower axially forward of the obstruction. The shell loading capacity of the shotgun may be lower when the obstruction is in the first position than when the obstruction is in the second position.
US09506716B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a crossbow may include a main beam; a compound bow assembly mounted to the main beam; and, a trigger mechanism mounted to the main beam for use in holding a bowstring in a cocked position. The crossbow may include wheels at opposite ends of the bow that operatively receive the bowstring. The wheels may be separated by a wheel distance (WD) when the crossbow is in an un-cocked position. The crossbow may also have a power stroke distance (PD) and the ratio WD/PD may be less than 2.0.
US09506712B2
A firearm with tubular handguard mounting system is provided. The firearm includes receiver, a barrel having a breech threadably engaging the receiver, and a handguard. A primary barrel nut threadably engages the breech end of the barrel and is moveable into abutting contact with the receiver to form a tightened barrel to receiver connection. A secondary barrel nut threadably engages the primary barrel nut and is tightened thereto to trap an external annular barrel flange between the primary barrel nut and an annular abutment surface on the secondary barrel nut. The secondary barrel nut provides a free float tubular handguard, such as an AR-15 type handguard. Additionally, the primary barrel nut and secondary barrel nut provide a dual locking feature which resists loosening of the barrel connection.
US09506706B2
A magazine for a firearm comprises a tubular body defining a cavity for holding cartridges, a spring, and a follower biased by the spring for dispensing cartridges from the magazine. In one embodiment, the follower includes lateral guide projections which engage corresponding slots in the sidewalls of the magazine body. This guides movement of the follower and maintains a substantial horizontal orientation as it travels vertically in the magazine by preventing twisting/tilting which might otherwise create potential cartridge feeding jams. In some embodiments, the follower may include front and rear stabilizer projections to further guide movement of the follower in the magazine cavity.
US09506701B2
A cold and/or heat accumulator has a first heat exchanger and preferably a second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger may, in particular, be provided to be perfused by a refrigerant while the second heat exchanger is preferably perfused by brine. The first heat exchanger and preferably also the second heat exchanger are engaged in a heat-exchanging relationship with carrier elements charged with a cold or heat storage medium and may, in particular, be formed by graphite strips.
US09506699B2
A heat pipe structure includes a main body having a chamber. The chamber has a first side and a second side. A first capillary structure and a second capillary structure are respectively disposed on the first and second sides. A working fluid is filled in the chamber. The first capillary structure has a radial extension range larger than or equal to one half of a circumference of inner wall face of the chamber and larger than a radial extension range of the second capillary structure. The first and second capillary structures are connected with each other. The first and second capillary structures and the inner wall face of the chamber together define at least one vapor passage. By means of the heat pipe structure, the amount of transferred heat is increased and the heat transfer efficiency is greatly enhanced.
US09506691B2
A drying system includes a fluidized bed dryer and fluidizing gas loop. The system is a closed loop so that fluidizing gas used to dry particulate matter can be reconditioned and recycled to fluidize and dry additional particulate matter. The fluidizing gas is reconditioned by removing fine particulates and water vapor. The drying system includes oxygen control features to prevent oxygen from entering the system. A method for drying particulate matter includes fluidizing the particulate matter in a dryer with a fluidizing gas, heating the particulate matter to remove water, removing water vapor and fluidizing gas from the dryer, removing fines and water vapor from the fluidizing gas, recirculating the fluidizing gas to the dryer to fluidize additional particulate matter and removing dried particulate matter from the dryer. A modular drying system reduces the amount of construction necessary at the installation site.
US09506689B2
A pivoting mullion for a temperature-controlled storage device is provided. The pivoting mullion includes a mullion body pivotally attached to a display case door of the temperature-controlled storage device. The mullion body is rotatable relative to the display case door between a first position when the display case door is open and a second position when the display case door is closed. The mullion body is configured to provide a support surface against which the display case door rests when the mullion body is in the second position and the display case door is closed. The pivoting mullion further includes a lighting element fixed to the mullion body and configured to activate when the display case door is closed. Activation of the lighting element illuminates items within the temperature-controlled storage device such that the items are visible through the display case door when the display case door is closed.
US09506681B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for generating a positive pressure in a tank for liquefied gas on a refrigerated vehicle with an evaporator for the liquefied gas, in conjunction with which the evaporator is connected in a fluid-conducting fashion to the tank via a line for liquefied gas, and in conjunction with which a valve is arranged in the line, comprising the following method steps: opening the valve so that liquefied gas exits from the tank and into the line; closing the valve in such a way that a quantity of the liquefied gas remains in the line and is able to flow back into the tank; heating the quantity in the line. The invention also relates to a method for the supply of liquefied gas, and a device for generating a positive pressure in a tank for liquefied gas in a cooling system, in conjunction with which the method according to the invention for generating a pressure is utilized. The invention permits a particularly efficient and reliable cooling of products in a refrigerated vehicle.
US09506670B2
A method for buffering thermal energy comprises a thermal buffering medium contained by a thermal energy buffer. The volume of the thermal buffering medium is subdivided in one or more parts such that the different parts of the volume of the thermal buffering medium together form the total thermal buffering medium. The thermal energy buffer comprises a temperature sensor for each part. A controller has at least one signal representing at least one thermal energy value related to the thermal energy buffer. The thermal energy values comprise a predetermined minimum amount of thermal energy present in the thermal energy buffer. The controller controls a heater such that the amount of thermal energy present in the thermal energy buffer is higher than or equals the predetermined minimum amount of energy present in the thermal energy buffer.
US09506663B2
A light-emitting heat-dissipating device includes a base, a light-emitting annular set, a fan and a cover. The base has an annular frame and a pivotal connection portion. The light-emitting annular set is annularly disposed at the annular frame of the base. The fan is pivotally disposed at a pivotal connection portion of the base. The cover is disposed on the annular frame of the base. The light-emitting annular set is annularly disposed between the cover and the base such that the light-emitting annular ring is not subjected to any external force or weight and thereby not predisposed to damage. The light-emitting annular set enables a halo with uniformly-distributed brightness to be formed above the light-emitting heat-dissipating device.
US09506657B2
An oven range appliance is provided with features for locking out one or more cooktop elements of the oven range to boost preheat performance and thereby decrease the time required to preheat the cooking chamber of the oven range. A method for operating an oven range appliance also is provided. The method includes features for locking out one or more cooktop elements of the oven range to boost preheat performance and thereby decrease the time required to preheat the cooking chamber of the oven range.
US09506654B2
A system for reducing combustion dynamics in a combustor includes an end cap that extends radially across the combustor and includes an upstream surface axially separated from a downstream surface. A combustion chamber is downstream of the end cap, and tubes extend from the upstream surface through the downstream surface. Each tube provides fluid communication through the end cap to the combustion chamber. The system further includes means for reducing combustion dynamics in the combustor. A method for reducing combustion dynamics in a combustor includes flowing a working fluid through tubes that extend axially through an end cap that extends radially across the combustor and obstructing at least a portion of the working fluid flowing through a first set of the tubes.
US09506651B2
Methods for producing a glow plug having a housing, a ceramic glow pin and a protective tube from which a section of the glow pin projects which is thinner than a thicker section arranged in the protective tube. The thinner section leads to a glow tip. The glow pin is inserted into the protective tube and the protective tube is inserted into the housing. A securing element is placed onto the first end of the glow pin. The internal diameter of the securing element is smaller than the maximum diameter of the glow pin. The securing element is fastened on the protective tube. Alternatively, the protective tube is heated locally at a section of the protective tube surrounding the thinner section, and there the interior width of the protective tube is reduced to a value smaller than the diameter of the thicker section of the glow pin.
US09506640B1
Switches, devices, systems, and methods for using a conductive pull chain on an overhead light where physically touching the chain can turn on and off the light as well as provides dimming levels of the overhead light, and for converting overhead light fixtures to have a pull chain that can become touch sensitive to turn on and off and have different light dimming levels. The pull chains can also be consecutively pulled to different brightness levels with three switch controls. The overhead lights can be wall mounted lights, ceiling mounted lights and/or ceiling fans with light fixtures.
US09506633B2
In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include flexible light sheets and one or more sealed regions containing light-emitting elements, the sealed regions defined by seals between a top housing and a bottom housing and/or the light sheet.
US09506629B2
Electronic devices are provided with housing components that have improved aesthetics. One or more holes may be formed through an extruded portion of the housing.
US09506627B2
The invention provides a lighting device (1) comprising (i) a light source (10) configured to generate light source light (11), and (ii) a light converter (100) configured to convert at least part of the light source light (11) into visible converter light (121), wherein the light converter (100) comprises a polymeric host material (110) with light converter nanoparticles (120) embedded in the polymeric host material (110), wherein the polymeric host material (110) is based on radical polymerizable monomers, and wherein the polymeric host material (110) contains equal to or less then 5 ppm radical initiator based material relative to the total weight of the polymeric host material (110).
US09506618B2
An automotive lamp system adapted for providing illumination for a vehicle includes an LED, a controlling motor and a reflecting mirror module. The reflecting mirror module is connected to the controlling motor via a driving shaft. The reflecting mirror module includes a first reflecting mirror and a second reflecting mirror. The first reflecting mirror is configured for reflecting the light generated from the LED to the second reflecting mirror. The second reflecting mirror is configured for reflecting the light reflected by the first reflecting mirror outside the vehicle. An angle of the reflecting mirror module relative to the LED is varied via the controlling motor. Thus, a direction of the light reflected outside the vehicle is varied.
US09506616B2
A vehicle headlamp is provided with: a reflector having reflecting surfaces made of a parabola-based free curved face; and semiconductor-type light sources having a light emitting chip shaped like a planar rectangle. The reflecting surfaces 2U, 2D are made up of: a first reflecting surface forming a high luminous intensity zone; a second reflecting surface forming a middle luminous intensity zone; and a third reflecting surface forming a low luminous intensity zone. As a result, the vehicle headlamp allows downsizing, weight reduction, and cost reduction. In addition, precision of assembling optical elements can be improved.
US09506601B2
An adapter device for radiation protective garments includes a user engagement unit that is interposed between a lower member and an upper member via a connector. The lower member includes a generally curved main body having one or more shafts extending upward. The user engagement unit includes an upper shoulder strap having one or more shaft apertures. The upper member includes a generally curved main body having one or more shaft apertures and a protrusion extending from the top surface of the upper member. The lower member, upper member and user engagement unit are functionally secured by shaft connectors.
US09506600B1
The invention discloses a guide rail for solar mounting, comprising a main body; the main body is provided with a first slotted rail on the top, a nut rail on one sidewall, and a second slotted rail on the other sidewall; the first slotted rail has an upward opening; the second slotted rail has an opening perpendicular to that of the first slotted rail and with the back against the main body; the nut rail has an opening perpendicular to that of the first slotted rail and with the back against the main body; the second slotted rail has an opening opposite to that of the nut rail. The guide rail for solar mounting can be fixed in diversified ways, i.e, by an outer-hexagonal part or a fixture block, meeting operating requirements under different conditions.
US09506592B2
An apparatus for assembling or disassembling a pipe in a pipe holder, includes: a washer having a body having an annular portion and an extended portion having central bore passing therethrough, the body made of a memory material; a compression fitting for insertion into the pipe holder, the extended portion fitting in the compression fitting; and, a lock for insertion into the pipe holder. The lock is for moving the compression fitting to deform the annular portion against the holder if inserted to form a seal between the pipe, the compression fitting and the holder. The lock also is for allowing the annular portion to reform and move against the holder if the lock is removed such that the compression fitting may be removed if the lock is removed.
US09506584B2
A hose line for a fluid, with an exterior support layer; a homogeneous barrier layer arranged within the support layer to prevent diffusion of the fluid; and an electrically conductive strip arranged on the internal side of the barrier layer to discharge electrical charges.
US09506567B2
A thickness dimension of a peripheral edge of a seal element held by an inner brim wall portion of an outer case and an inner brim wall portion of an inner case is set to be larger than a thickness dimension of a remaining portion of the seal element, and a ring concave groove is formed on the peripheral edge of the seal element.
US09506558B2
A vehicle control system to prevent a vehicle stopped in the autonomous mode from being started undesirably is provided. The vehicle control system is configured to select an operating mode from an autonomous mode and a manual mode, and to select a drive range from a drivable range and a non-drivable range. A controller is configured to detect a fact that a door is opened, that a door lock is unlocked, or that a seatbelt is unfastened. If at least any of those facts is detected, the controller shifts the drive range to the non-drivable range or shifts the operating mode to the manual mode.
US09506555B2
A hollow-type planet speed reducer includes a body. The body includes at least one driving gear driven by a power input source. The driving gear is connected to a transmission gear, and the transmission gear is connected to a first gear. Based on this, the output rotation speed can be reduced by the incorporation of the driving gear, the transmission gear and the first gear. Besides, a tubular member passes though the body and has an accommodating space to receive wires of the hollow-type planet speed reducer.
US09506548B2
A motor vehicle includes a transmission having a control valve and a torque converter with a lock-up clutch. The control valve is configured to control both a mode and an apply pressure of the lock-up clutch. The control valve includes a valve body and a plunger moveable within the valve body. When the plunger is in a first position, the lock-up clutch is in a release mode and, when the plunger is in a second position, the lock-up clutch is in an apply mode and movement of the plunger relative to the second position controls the apply pressure.
US09506546B2
Nozzle arrangement for fluid applications, in particular for a hydraulic circuit of a motor vehicle drive train. A nozzle body has a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end. The nozzle body has a first longitudinal section having a cylindrical outer circumference, which has a first outside diameter. The nozzle body has a blind hole starting from the first longitudinal end. In the region of the second longitudinal end, the nozzle body has a second longitudinal section having a second outside diameter, which is smaller than the first outside diameter. A third longitudinal section is formed between the first longitudinal section and the second longitudinal section. A substantially radially aligned nozzle bore connects the outer circumference of the third longitudinal section to the blind hole. The outer circumference of the first longitudinal section is designed as a press-fitting surface, allowing the nozzle body to be pressed into a bore and allowing the second longitudinal section to form an annular gap with an inner circumference of the bore.
US09506539B2
An actuator for a vehicle door lock mechanism has a motor, a first gear, a second gear and a third gear. The motor has a shaft to which the first gear is connected. The motor rotates the first gear, which in turn drives the second gear and the third gear. A non-tooth part is formed on the second gear. A projection is formed on the third gear. Stops are arranged for stopping rotation of the third gear. When the second gear rotates to a position where the non-tooth part corresponds to the third gear, the projection is spaced from one stop by an angle. When the second gear rotates further, the gears re-mesh and the third gear rotates till the projection contacts the stop.
US09506531B2
A power-shiftable multi-stage transmission in planetary design, between a drive shaft and an output shaft, in particular an automatic transmission for a vehicle. The multi-stage transmission has two parallel shaft sections, six shift elements, at least two spur-gear stages and three planetary gear sets, each of which has one sun gear, one ring gear, and one planet carrier having a plurality of planetary gears. The planet carrier is united in a carrier, and the two shaft sections can be connected to one another via the at least two spur-gear stages. Different transmission ratios between the drive shaft and the output shaft can be implemented by selective engagement of the six shift elements such that a plurality of forward gears, in particular nine forward gears, and at least one reverse gear, can be implemented.
US09506529B2
The lifting assembly includes a cable end housing defining an inner cavity. The lifting assembly also includes a retainer ring disposed in the inner cavity at an end thereof. The lifting assembly further includes a cable retainer disposed in the inner cavity of the cable end housing and operative to retain a cable end fitting of a cable, the cable retainer extending from a first end to a second end and defining a helical slot extending from the first end to the second end to provide installation and removal access of the cable end fitting.
US09506527B2
A power transmission belt comprising a body comprising a first elastomeric material and having tensile members running in a longitudinal direction, the body having a pulley engaging region having a profile; characterized in that the pulley engaging region comprises a surface region and a subsurface region; the subsurface region comprising a second elastomeric material having a friction modifying agent; and the surface region comprising a nonwoven fabric material co-mingled with the second elastomeric material.
US09506521B2
A shock absorber system, including: a hydraulic shock absorber configured to generate a damping force with respect to a relative movement of a sprung portion and an unsprung portion; a damping-force changer configured to change the damping force; and a controller configured to determine a damping-force index and to control the damping-force changer, wherein the controller is configured to determine, as the index, a required application force to be applied to the sprung portion for damping its movement in an up-down direction, according to a determination rule in which the required application force has the same direction as a direction of a speed of the sprung portion in the up-down direction when the sprung speed is relatively small and acceleration of the sprung portion in the up-down direction is relatively large in a situation in which the direction of the speed and a direction of the acceleration are mutually different.
US09506520B2
A damping force variable valve assembly includes a spool (144) which is moved by a magnetic force, a spool guide (145) which surrounds the spool (144), valve bodies (151, 152), a main valve (150), a back pressure chamber (160) which is formed at the back of the main valve (150), and an elastic opening/closing portion which is installed in the valve body to open and close a pressure adjustment passage (180) communicating the inside of the back pressure chamber (160) with the outside of the back pressure chamber (160). Due to the interaction between the spool (144) and the spool guide (145), the damping force of the shock absorber is variable between a hard mode in which the back pressure of the back pressure chamber (160) is increased and a soft mode in which the back pressure of the back pressure chamber (160) is decreased. In a case where a flow velocity of a working fluid is low in the hard mode, the elastic opening/closing portion opens the pressure adjustment passage (180) when an internal pressure of the back pressure chamber (160) exceeds a preset pressure.
US09506518B2
A centrifugal pendulum vibration absorber (CPVA) absorbs vibration and transmits a torque between an output of an engine and an input of a transmission of a vehicle. The CPVA includes a plate with at least one retaining member and a first set of vibration absorbers with at least one mass supported by the at least one retaining member. The at least one mass has a predefined movement path with respect to the plate. The CPVA further includes a first torsion vibration damper assembly that connects the CPVA to a turbine of a torque converter that is selectively engaged with engine, and a second torsion vibration damper assembly that connects the CPVA to the transmission. The at least one mass absorbs a vibration of a harmonic order generated by the engine.
US09506510B2
The embodiments herein disclose a braking system with high brake efficiency comprises a retainer main shaft, a retainer chassis, a brake assembly, a turbine assembly, a locker assembly and a buffer. The retainer main shaft is shaft provided in the vehicle for power transfer from the engine onto the wheels. The retainer chassis is perpendicularly connected to the retainer main shaft and provides a rigid support to the retainer main shaft. The brake assembly is connected to the retainer main shaft through a plurality of ball bearings. The turbine assembly is mounted over the brake assembly. The locker assembly is connected to the brake assembly through a plurality of cams. The locker assembly is further connected to the turbine assembly through a locker base. The buffer is connected between the brake assembly and the turbine assembly to redistribute an excess pressure exerted on the turbine assembly.
US09506509B1
During state transitions, a clutch actuator position command includes an oscillating component called a dither. This dithering helps avoid jumps in the actuator position due to friction when the commanded position is changed gradually. Also, dither during a transition from fully released to slipping causes the natural frequency of the system to change gradually rather than abruptly. This permits use of another slipping clutch for active damping based on a measured oscillation.
US09506508B2
A one-way transmission module includes two rings and at least one catch. The first ring is used for connection to a hub. The second ring is used for connection to a flywheel-bearing drum. The catch is arranged between the first and second rings to allow the first ring to rotate the second ring in a first direction but prevent the first ring from rotating the second ring in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first or second ring includes a non-circular profile while the second or first ring includes a non-circular opening.
US09506500B2
A wear-indicating bearing and method of detecting wear in a bearing are disclosed. The bearing includes a bearing stack having a first end and a second end with a longitudinal axis defined between the first and second ends. The bearing stack includes a plurality of elastomeric layers sandwiched between non-elastomeric shim layers, where each layer is concentric about the longitudinal axis. At least one elastomeric layer is a marker layer configured to indicate wear of the bearing. The marker layer is made up of a first elastomeric composition and a second elastomeric composition, wherein the first and second elastomeric compositions have optically different characteristics. Upon fatigue of the bearing, the first elastomeric composition is detectable through a fracture extending from an exterior surface of the bearing stack.
US09506497B2
A lightweight drive axle includes an elongate, tubular body having a first longitudinal end configured for coupling to a side gear in a differential and a second longitudinal end configured to support a vehicle wheel. The shaft further includes a screw disposed at the first longitudinal end of the body. The screw comprise a shank configured to be received within a bore in the body and a head having first and second portions. The first portion is disposed at one longitudinal end of the screw, has a first diameter and is spaced from the first longitudinal end of the body. The second portion is disposed between the first portion and the shank and has a second diameter less than the first diameter such that the first longitudinal end of the body and the first and second portions of the head define a groove configured to receive a shaft retainer.
US09506494B2
Fasteners are generally described. In some examples, a fastener can be secured to a first member or it can secure a second (or further) member to the first member. The example fastener can include a body for location with respect to the first member. The example fastener can also include at least one latch which can be located with respect to the body. The latch can move laterally with respect to the body from a non-latching position to a latching position. The example fastener can also include an actuator. The actuator can protrude from the body as the actuator moves from an inactive position to an active position. When the actuator is in the inactive position and the at least one latch is in the non-latching position, the body can be located with respect to the first member. When the actuator is moved to the active position, a part of the actuator which protrudes from the body can cause the at least one latch to move laterally to the latching position such that it is able to latch behind the first member (or behind second or further members) to facilitate securement of the fastener thereto.
US09506488B2
A clamp assembly is provided for securing a panel or fairing to an I-beam, and comprises a pair of side blocks and a clamping block, together with a single bolt to secure them in place. Each of the side blocks as an inclined wedge surface, and the T-shaped clamping block has similarly sloped wedge surfaces along the sides of the leg of the T. When a bolt this passed through side legs of the side blocks, and through or under the clamping block, a sliding and wedging action between the inclined and sloped wedge surfaces occurs. Moreover, a clamping action between the top surface of the clamping block and the lower surface of the lower flanges of the I-beam is also induced.
US09506487B1
An attaching clamping mechanism which is clamped onto an existing pole of a hospital bed and retains the unsupported short pole adjacent the hospital bed. Through the clamp apparatus the short pole is used to retain sterile bags of medicine with fluid transportation lines which are connected to the sterile bag at one end and at the opposite end may be directly connected to a needle inserted into a patient for intravenous administration of medicine or alternatively connected to a motorized dispensing machine which regulates the dosage of medicine and period of time for intravenous medicine administration with a separate fluid transportation line extending from the dispensing machine to a needle inserted into a patient. The short pole is only between twenty-four (24) inches and thirty-six (36) inches.
US09506480B2
Provided is a driving device for a working machine, which can drive one or more hydraulic pumps in a large capacity range of as high efficiency as possible. In a driving device for a hydraulic excavator, a controller (41) is provided with a first target delivery-flow-rate setting unit (41a) that computes a first target delivery flow rate of pressure oil, which is to be delivered from at least one of variable displacement hydraulic pumps (2a-2f) to a hydraulic actuator, according to a lever stroke from one of control devices 40a,40b and corresponding one of preset efficiency values set beforehand for the hydraulic pumps.
US09506474B2
Methods and systems are provided for adapting a compressor surge line in real-time. In one example, a method may include retarding a surge line in response to a number of surge events greater than a threshold number of surge events, and advancing the surge line in response to a number of aggressive tip-out events, that do not result in surge, greater than a threshold number of tip-out events.
US09506468B2
A progressive cavity pump comprising a casing, a helical stator including a helical cylinder and a helical rotor capable of rotating inside said helical cylinder. The helical stator also comprises at least one compensator arranged in said casing, between the casing and said helical cylinder; said helical cylinder and said compensator being deformable in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the casing.
US09506463B2
A dual-cavity pump having a pump body with a substantially elliptical shape including a cylindrical wall closed at each end by end plates is disclosed. The pump further comprises a pair of disc-shaped interior plates supported within the pump by a ring-shaped isolator affixed to the cylindrical wall of the pump body. The internal surfaces of the cylindrical wall, one of the end plates, one of the interior plates, and the ring-shaped isolator form a first cavity within the pump. The internal surfaces of the cylindrical wall, the other end plate, the other interior plate, and the ring-shaped isolator form a second cavity within the pump. The interior plates together form an actuator that is operatively associated with the central portion of the interior plates. The illustrative embodiments of the dual-cavity pump have three valves including one located within a common end wall between the cavities of the pump. Methods for fabricating the pump are also disclosed.
US09506451B2
The present invention describes a floating yawing spar buoy current/tidal turbine. The spar includes a spreader above the rotor(s) with the spreader tips connected to fore and aft cable yokes that transition to opposing mooring lines connected to anchors on the seabed. The spreader comprises a yaw motor, which drives gears that engage with a ring gear fixed to the outer perimeter of the spar. Flow direction sensors activate the yaw motor for automatic yaw adjustments of the spar turbine. As tidal direction changes, the entire spar and turbine are yawed to maintain the rotor plane facing the tidal flow. The bottom end of the spar extends to approximately the bottom sweep of the rotor plane and contains a winched vertical mooring line, extending to the seabed and attached to a gravity or suction pile anchor. The turbine drive train can be accessed for servicing from the surface via hatches and ladders within the spar to enter the drive train and generating system vessel. The spar turbine is deployed by towing it in a horizontal position. At the operating site, the yokes are connected to the forward and aft mooring lines and the winch line is connected to the gravity anchor. The winch inside the keel draws the bottom end of the spar down and may be assisted by flooding the keel to reach a vertical position for the spar. The winch is then locked to retain required operating depth, or can actively control operating depth in areas of wide tide level range.
US09506450B2
A submersible power generator with an inner/outer double rotational armatures-type power generation mechanism provided with an outer rotational armature and an inner rotational armature opposing the outer rotational armature and rotatable in a direction opposite of the outer rotational armature, and a pair of propellers disposed coaxially with blades of each of the pairs of propellers twists in opposite directions relative to an extending direction of a central axis of the pair of propellers, and a casing for accommodating and shielding the inner/outer double rotational armatures-type power generation mechanism. The submersible power generator, as installed under water to operate in a current, has a buoyancy F acting thereon that is larger than gravity W acting thereon during operation of the submersible power generator due to gravity acting on the mooring wire, so that F>W+gravity acting on the mooring wire−buoyancy acting on the mooring wire.
US09506447B2
An engine control device 13 that cannot output a control signal to an electromagnetic wave emission device 30 is used to emit electromagnetic wave at an appropriate timing from the device 30 to a combustion chamber 10. A signal processing device 40 is connected to the engine control device 13 that outputs an ignition signal for instructing an ignition device 12 of the engine 20 to ignite fuel air mixture in the combustion chamber 10 of the engine 20. The signal processing device 40, upon receiving the ignition signal, outputs to the electromagnetic wave emission device 30 an electromagnetic wave drive signal that determines based on the ignition signal an emission period, which is a period for the electromagnetic wave emission device 30 to emit an electromagnetic wave to the combustion chamber 10, so that an ignition operation is performed during the emission period of the electromagnetic wave.
US09506432B2
A sealing device that is capable of suppressing the generation of unusual noise by guiding a gas flow and suppressing the generation of unusual noise caused by resonance between the gas flow and a pipe. An intake noise reduction portion (20) includes a flow-guiding net portion (21) for guiding a gas flowing in an intake pipe, an annular frame body portion (22) for supporting the flow-guiding net portion (21), a cylindrical portion (23) that extends from the frame body portion (22) in a direction in which the pipe extends, and is fitted into an inner circumferential surface of a second pipe (220) and a flange portion (24) that extends from an end portion of the cylindrical portion (23) toward an outer circumferential surface side, and is disposed in a space between an end surface of a first pipe (210) and an end surface of the second pipe (220). A gasket portion (10) is provided on both surfaces of the flange portion (24).
US09506429B2
The present disclosure provides an improved system and method of operating a fuel injector of an engine to provide at least two different types of fuel spray in a combustion chamber of the engine by application of ultrasonic pulses to fuel in the fuel injector during an injection event. A first type of spray includes larger droplets that reduce the effective diffusion combustion area around the droplets and a second type of spray includes relatively small droplets that increase the effective diffusion combustion area around the droplets.
US09506428B2
A system which includes a turbo bypass switching valve (BSV) positioned at a beneficial location as a direct mount on an air box to achieve compliance to OBD hose-off requirement via electronic actuation of the BSV and monitoring of the fuel tank pressure sensor for pressure change. When the turbocharger unit is generating pressurized air, the turbo BSV is open, and vapor is passing through the purge valve, some level of vacuum in the fuel tank is sensed. By closing the BSV, flow through the venturi is reduced, producing both less vacuum and a change in fuel tank pressure. The pressure change does not occur if any of the hoses become disconnected. This results in a simple OBD “venture hose off” check without additional components.
US09506420B2
An engine control system for a vehicle includes an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) rate-estimation module and a control module. The EGR rate-estimation module receives a first signal indicating a first relative humidity of a flow of air and a second signal indicating a second relative humidity of a mixed flow of air and exhaust gas. The EGR rate-estimation module determines an estimated EGR rate based on the first relative humidity and the second relative humidity, wherein the estimated EGR rate corresponds to a flow rate of a flow of exhaust gas to an engine. The control module selectively adjusts an engine operating parameter based on the estimated EGR rate.
US09506415B2
A control device is interposable between an oxygen sensor and an electric control unit of a motor vehicle to receive a voltage signal of the oxygen sensor, alter the voltage signal, and output an altered voltage signal. The altered voltage signal is received by the electronic control unit and causes the electronic control unit to produce fuel injector control signals that provide a richer fuel mixture to the internal combustion engine than what would be provided in the absence of said controller.
US09506409B2
A method of switching between liquefied gas fuel and liquid fuel consuming modes of a direct injection combustion engine including pumping liquefied gas fuel to a high pressure, pump for pumping the liquefied gas fuel to a high pressure rail of the engine during the liquefied gas fuel consuming mode, switching to the liquid fuel consuming mode, pumping the liquid fuel to the high pressure pump, flushing liquefied gas fuel via a return line between the high pressure pump and a fuel tank, controlling pump operation, controlling flow through the return line, and controlling the pressure of the fuels.
US09506403B2
The present invention provides a fastener for securing two pipe adapters within a casing such as a gas turbine casing. The fastener comprises a fastener body having a central bore for receiving the pipe adapters and having a first engagement portion, e.g. a radial projection extending into said central bore, for engagement with a first pipe adapter. The central bore has a second engagement portion, e.g. a threaded portion, for engagement with a second pipe adapter. The fastener further comprises an outer wall at least partly surrounding and spaced from the fastener body in a concentric arrangement. The outer wall comprises a fastener flange extending radially in a direction away from the fastener body for overlaying the casing. At least a portion of the outer wall is deformable (e.g. formed as bellows) so that, in use, axial and/or radial movement of the pipe adapters is dampened.
US09506401B2
A method of detecting shaft break in a gas turbine engine having a shaft system. The shaft system including a shaft that couples a compressor and a turbine. First construct a frequency model of the shaft system. Then determine a notch frequency and a first torsional frequency for the shaft system from the model. Then in real time measure a rotational speed of the shaft; detect the presence or absence of a feature at least one of the notch frequency and the first torsional frequency in the measured speed; and generate a shaft break signal in response to the absence of at least one of the features.
