US09509133B2
A protection circuit may be configured for detecting electrical power of downlink radio frequency (RF) signals, and diverting a substantial portion of the downlink RF signals away from a downlink RF interface of a distributed antenna system DAS in response to the detected electrical power being equal to or greater than a predetermined electrical power. The downlink RF signals diverted away from the downlink RF interface may be routed to an electrical load. The protection circuit may include hysteresis.
US09509125B2
A system and method of treating air. Bipolar ionization is delivered to an airflow within a conduit from a tubeless ion generator. The ionized airflow may be delivered to a conditioned airspace by an HVAC system. In alternate applications, the airflow delivers ionized combustion air to an engine. The invention also includes a mounting assembly for positioning one or more ion generators into an airflow.
US09509122B1
Embodiments of the invention describe apparatuses, optical systems, and methods related to utilizing optical cladding layers. According to one embodiment, a hybrid optical device includes a silicon semiconductor layer and a III-V semiconductor layer having an overlapping region, wherein a majority of a field of an optical mode in the overlapping region is to be contained in the III-V semiconductor layer. A cladding region between the silicon semiconductor layer and the III-V semiconductor layer has a spatial property to substantially confine the optical mode to the III-V semiconductor layer and enable heat dissipation through the silicon semiconductor layer.
US09509118B2
The invention relates to an optoelectronic assembly. The optoelectronic assembly comprises one or more optoelectronic components and a housing. The housing comprises an outer wall electrically connected to the one or more optoelectronic elements. The housing is configured to provide an electrical interface between the one or more optoelectronic components and an external electronic device. The electrical connection between the outer wall and the one or more optoelectronic components comprises an electrically conductive element. The electrically conductive element is supported on a dielectric material, such that the dielectric material provides structural support to the electrically conductive element between the one or more optoelectronic components and the outer wall.
US09509102B2
A pluggable module includes a pluggable body extending between a mating end and a cable end. The pluggable body has a first end and an opposite second end with sides extending therebetween along a length of the pluggable body. The first end, second end and sides define a cavity. An internal circuit board is held in the cavity. The internal circuit board is provided at an end of a cable communicatively coupled to the internal circuit hoard. The pluggable body is configured to be plugged into a receptacle assembly such that the internal circuit board is communicatively coupled to a communication connector of the receptacle assembly. The pluggable body includes a plurality of fins extending outward from at least one of the first end, the second end and the sides. The fins are provided proximate to the cable end of the pluggable body.
US09509099B2
An electrical connector (100) with an end connected with a cable (200) includes: an insulative housing (10) including a front face (102), a rear face (103), and a number of side faces (101); a number of contacts (20) mounted to the insulative housing; and a metal shell (30) enclosing the insulative housing. The metal shell includes a first metal shell (31), a second metal shell (32), and a third metal shell (3) cooperated to seal gaps between the insulative housing and the cable.
US09509092B2
Embodiments relate generally to network system and apparatus for heat management of high volume network devices. More specifically, disclosed are system and apparatus that provide for improving heat dissipation of the network devices through improved air circulations, including a PCB with at least one slot and a connector cage mounted on the printed circuit board, the connector cage being within a certain distance from the at least one slot in the PCB.
US09509090B2
A plug comprising: a housing (210); an ejector (220); an inner core (230) comprising at least two pins (232); wherein: the inner core (230) is slidably mounted within the ejector (220) while the ejector (220) is slidably mounted in the housing (210); the housing (210) comprises a fixedly mounted first bracket (211) configured to guide a first end of a lever (240); the ejector (220) comprises a fixedly mounted second bracket (221) configured to guide a second end of the lever (240); the lever (240) has a middle mounting element (242B), shifted from the center of the lever (240) towards one of its ends, configured to guide a rod (243) attached to the inner core (230); wherein the lever (240) is configured within the housing (210) such that when the ejector (220) slides out of the housing (210) to a first extent, due to the movement of the lever (240), the inner core (230) slides within the ejector (220) to a second extent, which is lower than the first extent.
US09509089B2
A latch for securing and ejecting a mating connector from a connector housing includes a hinge portion configured to pivotably attach the latch to a connector housing, an arm portion extending from a first side of the hinge portion along a first direction, and a pair of discrete spaced apart hinge arms extending from an opposite second side of the hinge portion along a second direction different than the first direction. The hinge arms are configured to eject the mating connector through a pair of corresponding spaced apart latch openings extending through a bottom wall and through side walls of the connector housing.
US09509085B2
A wire with corrosion-resistant terminal (60) includes an aluminum wire (40) and a corrosion-resistant terminal (10) is formed from a base material made of copper alloy. The terminal (10) includes a wire connecting portion (30) connected to an end of the aluminum wire (40). The copper alloy exposed on an end part of the wire connecting portion (30) is covered with an anticorrosive (50). End parts of the base material in the wire connecting portion (30) face inward on an upper surface of the wire connecting portion (30) while winding around the end of the aluminum wire (40). A storage portion (33, 34) is surrounded by the end parts of the base material, and the anticorrosive (50) is stored in the storage portion (33, 34) in a region (R1, R2) narrower than a maximum width region (W1, W2) on the upper surface of the wire connecting portion (30).
US09509081B2
Provided is a connector that has a male connector that includes a male terminal and a locking section, an aligning plate that engages with the male terminal in order to protect the male terminal, that is freely movable with respect to the male terminal, that is provided with an engaged portion and a locked portion that is provided to a surface on the proximal end side of the male terminal, and that is configured so that movement toward the proximal end side of the male terminal is blocked in a state in which the aligning plate is provisionally mounted on the male connector; and a female connector that has an engaging portion that engages with the engaged portion of the aligning plate when the female connector is removed from the male connector, and that moves together with the aligning plate in a direction leading away from the male connector.
US09509077B2
A connector includes a pressure receiving surface (16) on a front of a locking lance (12) and a lock (36) on a terminal (30) is configured to lock the pressure receiving surface (16). An inclined surface (15) on a facing surface (13) of the locking lance (12) faces the terminal (30) and is inclined to be more separated from the terminal fitting (30) toward the back. A guiding surface (18) on the pressure receiving surface (16) is configured to deflect the locking lance (12) toward the terminal (30) when the lock (36) presses the pressure receiving surface (16). A contact surface (21) behind the pressure receiving surface (16) on the locking lance (12) faces the terminal (30). A deflection regulating portion (38) behind the lock (36) on the terminal (30) faces the contact surface (21) while being spaced apart parallel to a resilient deflecting direction of the locking lance (12).
US09509052B1
An antenna comprising: a transceiver; a current probe operatively coupled to the transceiver, wherein the current probe comprises an outer conductive non-magnetic housing, a toroidal magnetic core having a central aperture, wherein the core is insulated from the housing, and a primary winding wound about the core; and an animal body, a portion of which is positioned within the aperture such that incoming and outgoing electromagnetic signals are transferred between the portion of the animal body and the current probe by magnetic induction.
US09509047B2
A self-configurable resonance antenna includes a main antenna for transmitting and receiving radio waves of a plurality of mutually different frequency bands, a coupling element having at least two radiating patches with different effective electrical lengths for configuring the impedance of the self-configurable resonance antenna, and a matching circuit disposed between the main antenna and the coupling element. The matching circuit has a filter, a RF detector, a switching logic and a RF switch, the RF switch switching between at least the two radiating patches with different effective electrical lengths for adjusting the main antenna operating in different frequency bands.
US09509046B2
One or more beamsteering matrices are applied to one or more signals to be transmitted via multiple antennas. After the one or more beamsteering matrices are applied to the one or more signals, the plurality of signals is provided to a plurality of power amplifiers coupled to the multiple antennas. Signal energies are determined for the plurality of signals provided to the plurality of power amplifiers, and relative signal energies are determined based on the determined signal energies. Output power levels of the plurality of power amplifiers are adjusted based on the determined relative signal energies.
US09509037B2
A method of raising an antenna includes decoupling an antenna pedestal from an antenna pedestal mounting structure. The method additionally includes separating the antenna pedestal from the antenna pedestal mounting structure using one or more lifting rods. The method further includes inserting one or more antenna lifting fixtures between a first surface of the antenna pedestal and a first surface of the antenna pedestal mounting structure. The method also includes operating the one or more antenna lifting fixtures to move the first surface of the antenna pedestal away from the first surface of the antenna pedestal mounting structure. A corresponding system and antenna lifting fixture is also provided.
US09509035B2
An indoor antenna having a cover body with a panel cover, a coax cable panel, and a coax cable. The panel cover has an edge and at least one first coax cable channel formed in a side of the coax cable panel and is formed through the edge of the panel cover. The coax cable panel is mounted in the cover body. The coax cable is electrically connected with the coax cable panel, inserted through the panel cover, mounted in one of the at least one first coax cable channel, and extending out of the edge of the panel cover. Therefore, when the indoor antenna is assembled, the coax cable can be arranged firmly without over-bending, such that the indoor antenna sustains good performance and be assembled easily.
US09509026B2
A power station arrangement is provided having an energy generation unit for generating useful thermal energy on the basis of physical and/or chemical processes, a high-temperature storage unit to be at least partially supplied with heat for regular operation, particularly a metal oxide/air storage unit, and a piping system for thermally coupling the energy generation unit to the high temperature storage unit.
US09509020B1
Techniques, apparatuses, and systems for monitoring battery pack health based on detection of dimensional changes in the battery pack are provided. A sensor may be configured to detect dimensional change in a battery pack in at least one dimension beyond a first threshold amount. Detection of such dimensional change may cause a notification to be provided that indicates that the battery pack is potentially degraded.
US09509018B2
A battery assembly includes a plurality of battery cells and a plurality of fins arranged in an array. Each of the cells has a side portion disposed against the fins. Each fin defines a serpentine fluid channel having an inlet and an outlet, and a plurality of parallel sections extending across the cells such that lengths of the sections increase from the inlet to the outlet. The length of at least one of the sections near the outlet is greater than the width of the cells and the length of at least one of the sections near the inlet is less than the width of the cells.
US09509004B2
Fuel cell system mounting fuel cell vehicle including: fuel cells having platinum-containing catalyst as electrode catalyst; cell voltage meter configured to measure cell voltage of fuel cells; and controller controlling fuel cell system, wherein (a) cell voltage meter obtains first cell voltage in predefined idling state of fuel cells, (b) in response to changing operation state of fuel cell vehicle from driving state to stop state, controller changes operation state of fuel cells to idling state, and cell voltage meter obtains second cell voltage of fuel cells in idling state, (c) controller uses difference between first and second cell voltages to obtain recovery process voltage for recovering catalyst of fuel cells and recovery process time duration wherein cell voltage of fuel cells is kept at recovery process voltage, and (d) controller reduces voltage of fuel cells to recovery process voltage for recovery process time duration, preforming recovery process of catalyst.
US09508994B2
A current collector, an electrode structure, a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, and an electrical storage device capable of providing superior shut down function are provided. According to the present invention, a current collector having a resin layer on at least one side of a conductive substrate, wherein: the resin layer has a thermoplastic resin dispersed in a thermosetting resin base material, the thermoplastic resin encapsuling a conductive agent; a value given by (average thickness of the conductive agent)/(average thickness of the thermoplastic resin) is 0.5 to 3; the conductive agent is formulated so that a value of volume % given by (conductive agent)/(conductive agent+thermoplastic resin) is 10 to 50%; and formulation ratio of the thermoplastic resin is 10 to 65%, is provided.
US09508991B2
A rechargeable battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode including active material; and an electrolytic solution, in which the active material is capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions and includes Si and O as constituent elements, and an atomic ratio (Si/(Si+O)) of Si with respect to Si and O is 30 atomic % to 75 atomic % in a surface of the active material.
US09508986B2
The present invention provides an electrode mixture paste containing an electrode active material, a conductive material, a binder, and an organic solvent. The electrode active material has a sodium-containing transition metal compound, the binder has a polymer soluble to the organic solvent, and the polymer does not have a structural unit derived from vinylidene halide.
US09508985B2
Battery electrodes are provided that can include a conductive core supported by a polymeric frame. Methods for manufacturing battery electrodes are provided that can include: providing a sheet of conductive material; and framing the sheet of conductive material with a polymeric material. Batteries are provided that can include a plurality of electrodes, with individual ones of the electrodes comprising a conductive core supported by a polymeric frame.
US09508983B2
A method for modifying graphite particles having a prismatic shape or a cylindrical shape characterized by an edge function fe and a basal function fb, said method providing increase of the edge function and lowering of the basal function, wherein the method includes submitting the graphite particles to at least one physical means selected from attrition, jet mill, ball mill, hammer mill, or atomizer mill, in the presence of at least one chemical compound chosen from the group of compounds of the formula MFz, in which M represents an alkaline or alkaline-earth metal and z represents 1 or 2, NaCl and NH4F or a mixture thereof, said compound or compounds being added in solid form, at the beginning of the step using the physical means.
US09508969B2
A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having an electrode tab; an electrode lead attached to the electrode tab and having at least one lead hole; a pouch case for accommodating the electrode assembly so that the electrode lead is drawn out; and a sealing tape interposed between the electrode lead and the inner surface of the pouch case and having a venting pattern portion formed at a region corresponding to the lead hole. Therefore, when gas is generated inside a pouch case of a secondary battery due to an abnormal circumstance, for example when an overcurrent flows at the secondary battery since a protective circuit does not operate normally, a sealed state of the pouch case is rapidly released, thereby ensuring the safety of the secondary battery in use.
US09508968B2
In a method for manufacturing a battery safety valve according to the present invention, a stainless steel metal sheet is used, and an thin annular portion constituting an edge portion of a safety valve is formed in a lid by simultaneously pressing annular projecting portions provided respectively on a punch and a die so as to oppose each other, against respective surfaces of the lid.
US09508966B2
A battery pack according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a tray, an array frame positioned above the tray and that houses at least one battery cell and a retention clip mounted to the tray and engageable with a portion of the array frame. One of the portion and the retention clip is flexible and the other of the portion and the retention clip is rigid.
US09508965B1
The disclosed technology is directed to a housing structure with a battery cover. The housing structure enables a user to easily swap a battery positioned therein. The housing structure includes a housing, a push button, a push button cover, and a torsion spring. The housing defines a battery chamber that can accommodate a battery. The push button is positioned adjacent to the housing and supported by the push button cover and the torsion spring. The push button is coupled to a battery cover positioned adjacent to the housing. When a user pushes the push button from the outside of the housing, the battery cover can be moved and/or rotated accordingly such that a gap is formed between the battery cover and the housing. Through the gap, the user can insert a battery into the battery chamber or remove one therefrom.
US09508959B2
An organic Electro Luminescence device that equalizes heat generated in an organic EL element while preventing the intrusion of moisture. A light emitting element is covered with an inorganic sealing layer, an adhesive layer, an insulating resin film, and a metallic foil. The organic EL device includes a current carrying area located outside and along an edge of an emission area. A heat-conductive sealing stacked layer structure is formed in the current carrying area and includes the following layers in direct contact with each other in the following order: a first electrode layer extended from the emission area, auxiliary electrode layers having heat conductivity larger than that of the first electrode layer, the inorganic sealing layer, the adhesive layer, and a heat-conductive sealing layer. The heat-conductive sealing stacked layer structure having a linear shape is located near at least one side of a transparent substrate.
US09508958B2
The present invention discloses a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The display substrate comprises a base substrate and color matrix patterns and photo spacers provided on the base substrate, edges of the adjacent color matrix patterns are overlapped, and the photo spacers are provided above the overlapped parts of the adjacent color matrix patterns. By adopting such a structure, the thickness of the photo spacers can be reduced, the purpose of increasing the cell gap of the display device is achieved while providing thinner photo spacers, and the cell gap of the display device is increased.
US09508950B2
The present specification discloses an organic electroluminescent device including an anode, a cathode, a light emitting layer provided between the cathode and the anode, a first p-type organic material layer provided between the cathode and the light emitting layer, and a first n-type organic material layer provided between the first p-type organic material layer and the light emitting layer.
US09508948B2
Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device. The organic light emitting display device includes a substrate in which at least three pixel areas are defined, a first electrode and a hole transporting layer formed on the substrate, an light-emitting material layer formed on the hole transporting layer in each of the pixel areas, and an electron transporting layer and a second electrode formed on the light-emitting material layer. An optical assistant transporting layer is formed on the light-emitting material layer at a position corresponding to one of the pixel areas, and formed of an electron transporting material. Accordingly, provided can be a high-resolution organic light emitting display device that solves an imbalance of electric charges and has an excellent light output efficiency and an enhanced service life.
US09508944B2
A hybrid organic-inorganic thin film is provided. The hybrid organic-inorganic thin film comprising: an organic-phase comprising a porous organic nanostructure comprised of an interpenetrating network having at least one dimension between 0.1 and 100 nm; and an inorganic phase at least partially distributed within the porosity of the organic phase. In a first aspect, the organic phase has a first band gap and the inorganic phase has a second band gap different from the first band gap. A method of producing an organic-inorganic energy harvesting device and a device therefrom comprising the hybrid organic-inorganic thin film is provided.
US09508940B2
Organic light emitting devices are disclosed which are comprised of a heterostructure for producing electroluminescence wherein the heterostructure is comprised of an emissive layer containing a phosphorescent dopant compound. For example, the phosphorescent dopant compound may be comprised of platinum octaethylporphine (PtOEP), which is a compound having the chemical structure with the formula:
US09508937B2
Novel acenaphthylene imide-derived semiconductor materials, including small molecule compounds, polymers and oligomers. Also provided are methods for making the novel semiconductor materials and the use of the novel semiconducting materials in electronic or optoelectronic device. In some embodiments, the novel semiconducting materials are used as n-channel component in organic field-effect transistors as well as complementary electronic circuits including inverters. High mobility can be achieved.
US09508934B2
An organic film transistor containing a compound, which is composed of n repeating units represented by Formula (101-1), in a semiconductor active layer is an organic film transistor using a compound having high carrier mobility and high solubility in an organic solvent; where each of R111 to R114 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; each of Ar101 and Ar102 independently represents a heteroarylene group or an arylene group; V101 represents a divalent linking group; m represents an integer of 0 to 6; when m is equal to or greater than 2, two or more groups represented by V101 may be the same as or different from each other; and n is equal to or greater than 2.
US09508932B2
Laser crystallization system, laser crystallization method, and method of fabricating display device
A laser crystallization system, including an output unit configured to generate output laser light, an optical unit configured to split the output laser light into a first laser light and a second laser light, and to process the first laser light to have a crystallization energy density, a moving unit configured to move a target object to be irradiated with the first laser light and the second laser light, a detection unit configured to detect surface information of the target object utilizing the second laser light, and an input unit configured to receive the detected surface information and to transmit a control signal to the output unit and the moving unit, wherein the laser crystallization system is configured to detect the surface information of the target object and to crystallize the target object utilizing only the output laser light.
US09508930B2
The present invention relates generally to high current density access devices (ADs), and more particularly, to a structure and method of forming tunable voltage margin access diodes in phase change memory (PCM) blocks using layers of copper-containing mixed ionic-electronic conduction (MIEC) materials. Embodiments of the present invention may use layers MIEC material to form an access device that can supply high current-densities and operate reliably while being fabricated at temperatures that are compatible with standard BEOL processing. By varying the deposition technique and amount of MIEC material used, the voltage margin (i.e. the voltage at which the device turns on and the current is above the noise floor) of the access device may be tuned to specific operating conditions of different memory devices.
US09508924B2
A magnetic junction usable in a magnetic device and a method for providing the magnetic junction are described. The magnetic junction includes a free layer, a pinned layer and nonmagnetic spacer layer between the free and pinned layers. The free layer is switchable between stable magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic junction. The free and pinned layers each has a layer perpendicular magnetic anisotropy energy greater than an out-of-plane demagnetization energy. At least one of the pinned layer and the free layer includes a multilayer. The multilayer includes at least one bilayer. Each of the bilayer(s) has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes an alloy of a magnetic transition metal and a rare earth. The second layer includes an amorphous magnetic layer. The multilayer has a nonzero perpendicular magnetic anisotropy up to at least four hundred degrees Celsius.
US09508905B2
The inventions relates to a method of manufacturing a circuit incorporating a solid state light emitting component, the method including providing an insulating layer, producing at least one through hole in the insulating layer, providing a conductive layer, bonding a main surface of the conductive layer to the insulating layer, and positioning at least one solid state light emitting component in the hole of the insulating layer and connecting this component to the conductive layer.
US09508901B2
A light-emitting device comprises: a first semiconductor layer; a transparent conductive oxide layer including a diffusion region having a first metal material and a non-diffusion region devoid of the first metal material, wherein the non-diffusion region is closer to the first semiconductor layer than the diffusion region; and a metal layer formed on the transparent conductive oxide layer, wherein the metal layer is pervious to a light emitted from the active layer and comprises a pattern.
US09508900B2
A light-emitting device has a current blockage layer formed between a p-layer and a transparent electrode. A region of the transparent electrode on the current blockage layer has a higher sheet resistance as compared with the remaining region. The current blockage layer has a circular planar pattern containing a contact portion of a p-electrode. A straight line L passing through an arbitrary position in the contact portion and extending to a contact portion of an n-electrode with the shortest distance is defined. The center O′ of the width of the current blockage layer in the direction of the straight line L is located more remote from the contact portion of the n-electrode than is the center O of the width of the contact portion of the p-electrode in the direction of the straight line L. This structure can suppress an increase in drive voltage.
US09508899B2
A light emitting element manufacturing method includes a wafer preparing process of preparing the semiconductor wafer, and a wafer dividing process of dividing the semiconductor wafer. In the wafer dividing process, in a vertical dividing region, a line position shifted by a predetermined distance from a center line of the vertical dividing region in a width direction to one side in the width direction is taken as the cutting start point to divide the semiconductor wafer.
US09508896B2
A light emitting diode (LED) chip includes a first semiconductor layer, a first light emitting layer formed on the first semiconductor layer, a second light emitting layer formed on the first light emitting layer, and a second semiconductor layer formed on the second light emitting layer. The first light emitting layer emits light having a first color. The second light emitting layer emits light having a second color different from the first color.
US09508895B2
The present invention provides a Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device exhibiting improved emission performance. A light-emitting layer has a MQW structure in which a plurality of layer units are repeatedly deposited, each layer unit comprising a well layer, a protective layer, and a barrier layer sequentially deposited. The protective layer has a layered structure comprising a second protective layer disposed in contact with and on the well layer, and a first protective layer disposed in contact with and on the second protective layer. The second protective layer is formed of GaN. The first protective layer is formed of AlGaInN. The first protective layer has a bandgap larger than that of the well layer and not larger than that of the barrier layer. Moreover, the first protective layer has an In composition ratio of more than 0% and not more than 4%.
US09508890B2
Structures including crystalline material disposed in openings defined in a non-crystalline mask layer disposed over a substrate. A photovoltaic cell may be disposed above the crystalline material.
US09508883B2
Rectangular conductor for solar battery, method for fabricating same and lead wire for solar battery
A rectangular conductor for a solar battery and a lead wire for a solar battery, in which warping or damaging of a silicon crystal wafer is hard to occur at the time of bonding a connection lead wire even when a silicon crystal wafer is configured to have a thin sheet structure, can be provided. A conductor 1 having a volume resistivity equal to or less than 50 μΩ·mm, and a 0.2% yield strength value equal to or less than 90 MPa in a tensile test is formed into a rectangular conductor 10 for a solar battery having a rectangular cross section, and a surface of the rectangular conductor 10 for a solar battery is coated with a solder plating film 13, to provide a lead wire 20 for a solar battery.
US09508879B2
An apparatus according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a substrate, at least one semiconductor light-detector on the substrate and an optical waveguide on the substrate. The optical waveguide is configured to guide light to the at least one light-detector, one or more vias in a surface of the substrate or one or more ridges on the surface of the substrate. The one or more vias or ridges are configured to at least partially interrupt light propagating along the surface toward the at least one semiconductor light-detector from outside the optical waveguide.
US09508871B2
A solid-state image sensing device is provided including a first semi-conducting layer of first conductivity, a second semi-conducting layer of first conductivity disposed on the first semi-conducting layer, a semiconductor region of second conductivity different from the first conductivity disposed in the second semi-conducting layer, a deep trench configured to isolate a plurality of neighboring pixels from each other, and an electrode implanted into the deep trench, where the semiconductor region of second conductivity, the second semi-conducting layer, and the first semi-conducting layer are disposed in that order from a proximal side to a distal side, the second semi-conducting layer is split by the deep trench into sections that correspond to the pixels, an impurity concentration of first conductivity of the first semi-conducting layer is higher than an impurity concentration of first conductivity of the second semi-conducting layer, and the deep trench contacts the first semi-conducting layer.
US09508867B2
A thin film transistor, an array substrate, a method of fabricating the same, and a display device are provided. The thin film transistor includes a substrate plate, and an active layer, a source, and a drain which are arranged on the substrate plate. The thin film transistor also includes an inclined portion which is arranged on the substrate plate in an inclined manner. The active layer is at least partially arranged on the inclined portion. The source and the drain are arranged over the active layer and at least partially overlap the active layer. In this manner, the size of the thin film transistor in a direction parallel with the substrate plate can be effectively reduced.
US09508860B2
A lateral gate electrode TFT switch and a liquid crystal display device are disclosed. The lateral TFT switch has a substrate, a source-drain area, a gate insulation layer and a gate electrode. The source-drain area is disposed on the substrate and has a source electrode, a drain electrode and a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer is disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The source electrode and the drain electrode are vertically disposed on the substrate. The gate insulation layer is disposed adjacent to the source-drain area. The gate electrode is disposed adjacent to the gate insulation layer. The gate insulation layer is used to separate the source-drain area from the gate electrode.
US09508858B2
A semiconductor device and methods of forming the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, first and second source/drain (S/D) regions, a channel between the first and second S/D regions, a gate engaging the channel, and a contact feature connecting to the first S/D region. The contact feature includes first and second contact layers. The first contact layer has a conformal cross-sectional profile and is in contact with the first S/D region on at least two sides thereof. In embodiments, the first contact layer is in direct contact with three or four sides of the first S/D region so as to increase the contact area. The first contact layer includes one of a semiconductor-metal alloy, an III-V semiconductor, and germanium.
US09508847B2
A semiconductor device including a substrate in which a trench is formed, a first impurity region and a second impurity region formed in the substrate separated from each other by the trench, a gate electrode formed to fill a lower part of the trench, and a capping layer formed over the gate electrode to fill an upper part of the trench. The gate electrode includes a first work function liner formed over a bottom surface and sidewalls of the lower part of the trench without overlapping with the first impurity region and the second impurity region, and including an aluminum-containing metal nitride; and a second work function liner formed over the sidewalls of the lower part of the trench over the first work function liner, overlapping with the first impurity region and the second impurity region, and including a silicon-containing non-metal material.
US09508846B2
Vertical MOS semiconductor device for high-frequency applications, and related manufacturing process
A MOS semiconductor device of a vertical type has: a functional layer, having a first type of conductivity; gate structures, which are formed above the functional layer and have a region of dielectric material and an electrode region; body wells, which have a second type of conductivity, are formed within the functional layer, and are separated by a surface separation region; source regions, which have the first type of conductivity and are formed within the body wells. Each gate structure extends laterally above just one respective body well and does not overlap the surface separation region of the functional layer. The device may further have: at least one shield structure, arranged between adjacent gate structures above the surface separation region; and/or at least one doped control region, having the second type of conductivity, arranged within the surface separation region, which are both set at the source potential.
US09508842B2
A semiconductor device includes a buffer layer, a channel layer, a barrier layer, and agate electrode over a substrate, the gate electrode being disposed in a first opening with a gate insulating film in between, the first opening running up to the middle of the channel layer through the barrier layer. The concentration of two-dimensional electron gas in a first region on either side of a second opening that will have a channel is controlled to be lower than the concentration of two-dimensional electron gas in a second region between an end of the first region and a source or drain electrode. The concentration of the two-dimensional electron gas in the first region is thus decreased, thereby the conduction band-raising effect of polarization charge is prevented from being reduced. This prevents a decrease in threshold potential, and thus improves normally-off operability.
US09508841B2
A power transistor assembly and method of operating the assembly are provided. The power transistor assembly includes integrated transient voltage suppression on a single semiconductor substrate and includes a transistor formed of a wide band gap material, the transistor including a gate terminal, a source terminal, and a drain terminal, the transistor further including a predetermined maximum allowable gate voltage value, and a transient voltage suppression (TVS) device formed of a wide band gap material, the TVS device formed with the transistor as a single semiconductor device, the TVS device electrically coupled to the transistor between at least one of the gate and source terminals and the drain and source terminals, the TVS device including a breakdown voltage limitation selected to be greater than the predetermined maximum allowable gate voltage value.
US09508833B1
A method for forming a semiconductor device comprises, forming a fin on a semiconductor substrate, forming spacers adjacent to the fin, etching to remove exposed portions of the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the spacers to form a trench adjacent to the spacers, removing the spacers, implanting dopants in the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the fin and in the trench, and performing an annealing process to diffuse the dopants in the semiconductor substrate and form a punch through stopper region below the fin that includes the dopants.
US09508824B2
A method of producing a semiconductor device, comprising a substrate layer made of a semiconductor material of a first conductivity type and having a first insulation region, and a vertical bipolar transistor having a first vertical portion of a collector made of monocrystalline semiconductor material of a second conductivity type and disposed in an opening of the first insulation region, a second insulation region lying partly on the first vertical portion of the collector and partly on the first insulation region and having an opening in the region of the collector, in which opening a second vertical portion of the collector made of monocrystalline material is disposed, the portion including an inner region of the second conductivity type, a base made of monocrystalline semiconductor material of the first conductivity type, a base connection region surrounding the base in the lateral direction, a T-shaped emitter made of semiconductor material of the second conductivity type and overlapping the base connection region, wherein the base connection region, aside from a seeding layer adjacent the substrate or a metallization layer adjacent a base contact, consists of a semiconductor material which differs in its chemical composition from the semiconductor material of the collector, the base and the emitter and in which the majority charge carriers of the first conductivity type have greater mobility compared thereto.
US09508812B2
A semiconductor device is provided that comprises a semiconductor substrate comprising an active area and a peripheral region adjacent the active area and structure positioned in the peripheral region for hindering the diffusion of mobile ions from the peripheral region into the active area.
US09508811B2
The disclosure, belonging to the technological field of semiconductor memory, specifically relates to a semi-floating-gate device which comprises at least a semiconductor substrate, a source region, a drain region, a floating gate, a control gate, a perpendicular channel region and a gated p-n junction diode used to connect the floating gate and the substrate. The semi-floating-gate device disclosed in the disclosure using the floating gate to store information and realizing charging or discharging of the floating gate through a gated p-n junction diode boasts small unit area, high chip density, low operating voltage in data storage and strong ability in data retain.
US09508808B2
A thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate comprising the thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method of manufacturing the thin film transistor comprises forming an active layer and a source-drain electrode layer, forming a photoresist layer on the source-drain electrode layer and forming a pattern of the photoresist layer by a pattern process; etching the source-drain electrode layer by using the pattern of the photoresist layer as a mask to form a pattern of the source-drain electrode layer including a source electrode and a drain electrode; and removing the photoresist, then etching the active layer by using the pattern of the source-drain electrode layer as a mask to form a pattern of the active layer.
US09508805B2
A termination structure for a semiconductor power device includes a plurality of termination groups formed in a lightly doped epitaxial layer of a first conductivity type over a heavily doped semiconductor substrate of a second conductivity type. Each termination group includes a trench formed in the lightly doped epitaxial layer of the first conductivity type. All sidewalls of the trench are covered by a plurality of epitaxial layers of alternating conductivity types disposed on two opposite sides and substantially symmetrical with respect to a central gap-filler layer disposed between two innermost epitaxial layers of an innermost conductivity type as the first conductivity type.
US09508797B2
A semiconductor device in provided having a substrate and a semiconductor layer formed on a main surface of the substrate. A plurality of first island electrodes and a plurality of second island electrodes are placed over the semiconductor layer. The plurality of first island electrodes and second island electrodes are spaced apart from each other so as to be alternatively arranged to produce two-dimensional active regions in all feasible areas of the semiconductor layer. Each side of the first island electrodes is opposite a side of the second island electrodes. The semiconductor device can also include a plurality of strip electrodes that are formed in the regions between the first island electrodes and the second island electrodes. The strip electrodes serve as the gate electrodes of a multi-island transistor. The first island electrodes serve as the source electrodes of the multi-island transistor. The second island electrodes serve as the drain electrodes of the multi-island transistor. A plurality of connections to the gate electrodes are provided at each interstice defined by corners of the first island electrodes and the second island electrodes.
US09508794B2
A non-planar semiconductor structure includes mixed n-and-p type raised semiconductor structures, e.g., fins, having epitaxial structures grown on top surfaces thereof, for example, epitaxial silicon and silicon germanium, naturally growing into a diamond shape. The surface area of the epitaxial structures is increased by removing portion(s) thereof, masking each type as the other type is grown and then subsequently modified by the removal. The removal may create multi-head (e.g., dual-head) epitaxial structures, together with the neck of the respective raised structure resembling a Y-shape.
US09508789B2
An electronic module includes a substrate including at least one structure that reduces stress flow through the substrate, wherein the structure includes at least one trench in a surface of the substrate, and a plurality of capacitor legs disposed on an upper surface of the substrate.
US09508777B2
Bipolar junction transistors including inorganic channels and organic emitter junctions are used in some applications for forming high resolution active matrix displays. Arrays of such bipolar junction transistors are electrically connected to thin film switching transistors and provide high drive currents for passive devices such as organic light emitting diodes.
US09508772B2
A semiconductor device including a first material layer adjacent to a second material layer, a first via passing through the first material layer and extending into the second material layer, and a second via extending into the first material layer, where along a common cross section parallel to an interface between the two material layers, the first via has a cross section larger than that of the second via.
US09508759B2
To reduce adverse effect of variations in threshold voltage. A semiconductor device includes a transistor including a gate connected to one electrode of a capacitor and one terminal of a SW1, a source and a drain one of which is connected to one terminal of a SW2 and one terminal of a SW3 and the other of which is connected to the other terminal of the SW1 and one terminal of a SW4; a first wiring electrically connected to the other terminal of the SW2; a second wiring electrically connected to the other terminal of the SW4; a load including electrodes one of which is connected to one electrode of the capacitor and the other terminal of the SW3; and a third wiring connected to the other electrode of the load.
US09508757B2
The present invention provides an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel and a display apparatus. The array substrate comprises: a base substrate; and a pixel region and a periphery region formed on the base substrate, wherein the periphery region is located around the pixel region, the pixel region comprises an amorphous silicon thin film transistor, and the periphery region comprises a low temperature poly-silicon structure. As the a-Si thin film transistor is used in the pixel region of the array substrate, the problem that there is a too large leakage current in the pixel region of the LTPS array substrate in the prior art is overcome, the leakage current in the pixel region is reduced, while as the LTPS structure is used in the periphery region of the array substrate, a narrow frame of the display panel and the display apparatus may be achieved.
US09508753B2
Provided is a display apparatus capable of stably repairing a bright spot defect to be a black spot without decreasing an aperture ratio of an array substrate. The display device includes: a substrate having a plurality of semiconductor switching elements disposed thereon; a repair island pattern formed on the substrate; a pixel electrode formed to overlap with the repair island pattern in a plan view and not to come into contact with the repair island pattern; and a common electrode overlapping with the repair island pattern in a plan view and having a connection part for connecting the common electrode to the repair island pattern.
US09508751B2
The present invention provides an arrayed substrate, a method for manufacturing the same and a display device. It relates to a field of display technology. The short-circuit defect between the lead wires may be avoided while reducing a spacing between the adjacent two lead lines in a limited space for wiring. The array substrate comprises a plurality of criss-cross gate lines and data lines within a display area, and the array substrate further comprises a first short-circuiting ring and a second short-circuiting ring within a non-display area, and first data lead wires and second data lead wires connected electrically with the first short-circuiting ring and the second short-circuiting ring respectively; the first data lead wires are provided in the same layer and made from the same material as the gate lines for connecting electrically the first short-circuiting ring with first data lines of the data lines; the second data lead wires are provided in the same layer and made from the same material as the data lines for connecting electrically the second short-circuiting ring with second data lines of the data lines; wherein the first data lines are interleaved with the second data lines.
US09508750B2
A gate wiring, a source electrode, a source-electrode connecting wiring, a pixel electrode, a gate-terminal extraction electrode, and a source-terminal extraction electrode are formed in the same layer on a planarization insulating film. The gate wiring is connected to a gate electrode through a gate-electrode-portion contact hole. The source electrode is connected to a semiconductor film through a source-electrode-portion contact hole. The source-electrode connecting wiring is connected to the semiconductor film and a source wiring through the source-electrode-portion contact hole and a source-wiring-portion contact hole, respectively. The pixel electrode is connected to the semiconductor film through a drain (pixel)-electrode-portion contact hole.
US09508745B1
An array substrate and a fabricating method thereof are disclosed. The array substrate has a transparent substrate, a buffer layer, a first/second gate pattern, a transparent insulating layer and a first/second polysilicon pattern. The buffer layer is located on first/second portions of the transparent substrate. The first/second gate patterns are formed on the buffer layer and located respectively on the first/second portions. The transparent insulating layer covers the first/second gate patterns and the buffer layer. The first/second polysilicon patterns are formed on the transparent insulating layer, and have neighboring first/second regions and neighboring third/fourth regions; the second/fourth regions are first/second lightly doped polysilicon regions respectively; the first region and the first gate pattern have an identical first patterning shape; and the third region and the second gate pattern have an identical second patterning shape. The array substrate has a simple process, low producing cost, and high product yield.
US09508733B1
A method of fabricating an embedded electronic device including charge trap memory cells that includes forming a tunnel insulation layer, a charge trap layer and a sacrificial insulation layer on a substrate having a first region and a second region. The tunnel insulation layer, the charge trap layer and the sacrificial insulation layer which are stacked on the second region of the substrate are selectively removed. A well region is formed in an upper region of the second region of the substrate. The sacrificial insulation layer remaining over the first region is removed to expose the charge trap layer remaining over the first region. A blocking insulation layer and a gate insulation layer are formed on the exposed charge trap layer over the first region and on the second region of the substrate, respectively.
US09508732B2
In a semiconductor device, a first gate structure is provided in a cell transistor region and includes a floating gate electrode, a first dielectric layer pattern, and a control gate electrode including a first metal silicide pattern. A second gate structure is provided in a selecting transistor region and includes a first conductive layer pattern, a second dielectric layer pattern, and a first gate electrode including a second metal silicide pattern. A third gate structure is provided in a peripheral circuit region and includes a second conductive layer pattern, a third dielectric layer pattern including opening portions on the second conductive layer pattern, and a second gate electrode including a concavo-convex portion at an upper surface portion thereof and a third metal silicide pattern. The third metal silicide pattern has a uniform thickness.
US09508727B2
A method includes providing a plurality of active regions on a substrate, and at least a first device isolation layer between two of the plurality of active regions, wherein the plurality of active regions extend in a first direction; providing a gate layer extending in a second direction, the gate layer forming a plurality of gate lines including a first gate line and a second gate line extending in a straight line with respect to each other and having a space therebetween, each of the first gate line and second gate line crossing at least one of the active regions, providing an insulation layer covering the first device isolation layer and covering the active region around each of the first and second gate lines; and providing an inter-gate insulation region in the space between the first gate line and the second gate line.
US09508723B2
A dummy active region is formed in a region in which a gate contact for supplying operation power to the buried gate is formed, and a PN junction diode connected to the gate contact in a reverse bias direction is formed in the dummy active region. Current leakage, in which current flows out toward a substrate, is prevented even when misalignment of the gate contact occurs.
US09508716B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a workpiece including an n-type field effect transistor (N-FET) region, a p-type FET (P-FET) region, and an insulating material disposed over the N-FET region and the P-FET region. The method includes patterning the insulating material to expose a portion of the N-FET region and a portion of the P-FET region, and forming an oxide layer over the exposed portion of the N-FET region and the exposed portion of the P-FET region. The oxide layer over the P-FET region is altered, and a metal layer is formed over a portion of the N-FET region and the P-FET region. The workpiece is annealed to form a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) tunnel diode over the N-FET region and a silicide or germinide material over the P-FET region.
US09508714B2
A method includes oxidizing a semiconductor fin to form an oxide layer on opposite sidewalls of the semiconductor fin. The semiconductor fin is over a top surface of an isolation region. After the oxidizing, a tilt implantation is performed to implant an impurity into the semiconductor fin. The oxide layer is removed after the tilt implantation.
US09508712B2
A nanowire device is disclosed that includes first and second nanowires, a gate structure positioned around a portion of the first and second nanowires and a phase change material surrounding at least a portion of the first nanowire in the source/drain regions of the device but not surrounding the second nanowire in the source/drain regions.
US09508700B2
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device used in power equipment. The semiconductor device includes: a base plate; an insulating substrate mounted on the base plate; a power switching element bonded to the insulating substrate with a solder layer; and the base plate, the insulating substrate, and the power switching element forming a module, a control substrate located above the module. The control substrate includes a variable gate voltage circuit measuring a collector-emitter voltage of the power switching element and changing a gate voltage such that the power switching element is supplied with given target power determined by a product of the collector-emitter voltage and a collector current.
US09508698B2
A light emitting device includes a substrate having a top surface, upper and lower metal layers, multiple LED chips, at least one Zener diode, multiple conductive wires and an encapsulant. The top surface includes a central region bounded by an imaginary boundary with a profile conforming to an outline of a circle stacked with a polygon. The central region has a die bonding area corresponding to the circle, and at least one polygonal extension area formed outside the die bonding area. The upper metal layer includes multiple conducting pads surrounding the central region. The LED chips are disposed on the die bonding area. The Zener diode is disposed on the polygonal extension area. The encapsulant is disposed on the substrate and covers the LED chips.
US09508692B1
A package can include a first, second and third semiconductor devices stacked in a first direction. A first semiconductor device can include a first through via between a first side and a second side opposite the first side of the first semiconductor device and a first circuit that provides a first reference potential at a first circuit output, electrically connected to the first through via in a normal mode of operation. A second semiconductor device can include a second through via, a second circuit, and a third circuit. A second circuit can be electrically connected to the first through via at the second side. A third circuit can provide a second reference potential and can be electrically connected to the second through via at the first side. The third circuit and the third semiconductor device can receive the second reference potential exclusive of the first semiconductor device.
US09508688B2
A semiconductor package may include a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip disposed to overlap with a portion of the first semiconductor chip and connected to the first semiconductor chip through first coupling structures. The semiconductor package may include an interposer disposed to overlap with another portion of the first semiconductor chip and may be connected to the first semiconductor chip through second coupling structures. A first surface of the interposer may face the first semiconductor chip, and the interposer may include second internal interconnectors extending from the second coupling structures on the first surface to a second surface of the interposer opposite to the first face. External interconnectors may be disposed on the second surface of the interposer and are connected to the second internal interconnectors.
US09508686B2
Methods for making semiconductor devices are disclosed herein. A method configured in accordance with a particular embodiment includes forming a spacer material on an encapsulant such that the encapsulant separates the spacer material from an active surface of a semiconductor device and at least one interconnect projecting away from the active surface. The method further includes molding the encapsulant such that at least a portion of the interconnect extends through the encapsulant and into the spacer material. The interconnect can include a contact surface that is substantially co-planar with the active surface of the semiconductor device for providing an electrical connection with the semiconductor device.
US09508677B2
In one embodiment, a chip package assembly can include: a first substrate at a bottom layer, the first substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, where the second surface is provided with a first group of inner leads; at least one chip layer above the first group of inner leads, where each of the chip layers comprises a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, where electrodes on the third surface that that lie at the lowest level are electrically coupled to the first group of inner leads through a first connector; and a second substrate above the fourth surface on the topmost layer and having a fifth surface, and where the fifth surface is provided with a second group of inner leads electrically coupled to the electrodes on the fourth surface on the topmost layer.
US09508676B1
A semiconductor package structure having hollow chamber includes a bottom substrate having a bottom baseboard and a bottom metal layer formed on a disposing area of the bottom baseboard, a connection layer formed on the bottom metal layer, and a top substrate. The bottom metal layer has at least one corner having a first and a second outer lateral surface, and an outer connection surface. A first extension line is formed from a first extreme point of the first outer lateral surface, and a second extension line is formed from a second extreme point of the second outer lateral surface. A first exposing area of the bottom baseboard is formed by connecting the first and second extreme points and a cross point of the first and second extreme points. The top substrate connects to the connection layer to form a hollow chamber between the top and bottom substrates.
US09508670B2
A semiconductor device includes a support body provided with a wiring layer that includes a first pad; a first semiconductor chip; a first relay substrate stacked on the first semiconductor chip through a first non-conductive adhesion layer and including a first conductive portion and a first protruding electrode electrically connected to the first conductive portion; a second semiconductor chip stacked on the first relay substrate through a second non-conductive adhesion layer, the first protruding electrode of the first relay substrate penetrating the second non-conductive adhesion layer to be connected to the second semiconductor chip; and a first metal wire formed at the first relay substrate to be connected to the first conductive portion for electrically connecting the first conductive portion with the first pad of the wiring layer of the support body.
US09508667B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward formation of solder and copper interconnect structures and associated techniques and configurations. In one embodiment, a method includes providing an integrated circuit (IC) substrate and depositing a solderable material on the IC substrate using an ink deposition process, a binder printing system, or a powder laser sintering system. In another embodiment, a method includes providing an integrated circuit (IC) substrate and depositing a copper powder on the IC substrate using an additive process to form a copper interconnect structure. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09508660B2
A microelectronic die may be formed with chamfer corners for reducing stresses which can lead to delamination and/or cracking failures when such a microelectronic die is incorporated into a microelectronic package. In one embodiment, a microelectronic die may include at least one substantially planar chamfering side extending between at least two adjacent sides of a microelectronic die. In another embodiment, a microelectronic die may include at least one substantially curved or arcuate chamfering side extending between at least two adjacent sides of a microelectronic die.
US09508657B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor includes a semiconductor chip, a package substrate, and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding layer. The package substrate, arranged under the semiconductor chip, is electrically connected to the semiconductor chip. The package substrate has a receiving groove. The EMI shielding layer is arranged in the receiving groove to shield EMI propagated from a lower surface of the semiconductor chip through the package substrate.
US09508644B2
A method of forming a pattern includes forming a mask pattern on a substrate; etching the substrate by deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) and by using the mask pattern as an etch mask; partially removing the mask pattern to expose a portion of an upper surface of the substrate; and etching the exposed portion of the upper surface of the substrate. In the method, when a pattern is formed by DRIE, an upper portion of the pattern does not protrude or scarcely protrudes, and scallops of a sidewall of the pattern are smooth, and thus a conformal material layer may be easily formed on a surface of the pattern.
US09508638B2
A method for making an integrated circuit package includes providing a handle wafer having a first region defining a cavity. A capacitor is formed in the first region. The capacitor has a pair of electrodes, each coupled to one of a pair of conductive pads, at least one of which is disposed on a lower surface of the handle wafer. An interposer having an upper surface with a conductive pad and at least one semiconductor die disposed thereon is also provided. The die has an integrated circuit that is electroconductively coupled to a redistribution layer (RDL) of the interposer. The lower surface of the handle wafer is bonded to the upper surface of the interposer such that the die is disposed below or within the cavity and the electroconductive pad of the handle wafer is bonded to the electroconductive pad of the interposer in a metal-to-metal bond.
US09508633B2
A field-effect transistor package includes a leadframe with a first linear thickness (150a) and a leadframe pad (151) of a reduced thickness; a first terminal of a field-effect transistor chip (140) attached to the pad and a second and a third terminal remote from the pad; a metal sheet (110) of a second linear thickness (110a) connecting the second transistor terminal to a package terminal; a metal sheet (112) of a third linear thickness (112a) connecting the third transistor terminal to a package terminal; the sum of the first linear thickness (about 0.125 mm) and the second linear thickness (about 0.125 mm) plus attach material (about 0.05 mm) comprising the package thickness (about 0.3 mm).
US09508632B1
A semiconductor structure includes a lead frame having a flag and a plurality of leads, a semiconductor die attached to a first major surface of the flag, and a plurality of re-routed lead fingers attached to the lead frame. The plurality of leads has a first pitch. The first end of each re-routed lead finger is attached to a lead of the plurality of leads. Each re-routed lead finger extends over the semiconductor die such that a second end of each re-routed lead finger is over and spaced apart from the flag of the lead frame. The second ends of the plurality of re-routed lead fingers has a second pitch different from the first pitch.
US09508631B1
In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a die pad defining multiple peripheral edge segments. In addition, the semiconductor device includes a plurality of leads and lands which are provided in a prescribed arrangement. Connected to the top surface of the die pad is at least one semiconductor die which is electrically connected to at least some of the leads and lands. At least portions of the die pad, the leads, the lands, and the semiconductor die are encapsulated by the package body, with at least portions of the bottom surfaces of the die pad and the lands being exposed in a common exterior surface of the package body.
US09508629B2
A microelectronic package can include a substrate having first and second opposed surfaces, at least two pairs of microelectronic elements, and a plurality of terminals exposed at the second surface. Each pair of microelectronic elements can include an upper microelectronic element and a lower microelectronic element. The pairs of microelectronic elements can be fully spaced apart from one another in a horizontal direction parallel to the first surface of the substrate. Each lower microelectronic element can have a front surface facing the first surface of the substrate and a plurality of contacts at the front surface. A surface of each of the upper microelectronic elements can at least partially overlie a rear surface of the lower microelectronic element in its pair. The microelectronic package can also include electrical connections extending from at least some of the contacts of each lower microelectronic element to at least some of the terminals.
US09508628B2
Semiconductor substrates with unitary vias and via terminals, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A representative method in accordance with a particular embodiment includes forming a blind via in a semiconductor substrate, applying a protective layer to a sidewall surface of the via, and forming a terminal opening by selectively removing substrate material from an end surface of the via, while protecting from removal substrate material against which the protective coating is applied. The method can further include disposing a conductive material in both the via and the terminal opening to form an electrically conductive terminal that is unitary with conductive material in the via. Substrate material adjacent to the terminal can then be removed to expose the terminal, which can then be connected to a conductive structure external to the substrate.
US09508625B2
A semiconductor die package includes first, second and third metal blocks insulated from one another. The first metal block has a thinner inner section, a first thicker outer section at a first end of the thinner inner section and a second thicker outer section at a second end of the thinner inner section opposing the first end. The second metal block has a thicker outer section and a thinner inner section protruding inward from the thicker outer section. The third metal block has a thicker outer section and a thinner inner section protruding inward from the thicker outer section. A semiconductor die has a first terminal attached to the thinner inner section of the first metal block, a second terminal attached to the thinner inner section of the second metal block, and a third terminal attached to the thinner inner section of the third metal block.
US09508623B2
Semiconductor packages and methods for forming a semiconductor package are disclosed. The method includes providing a wafer having first and second major surfaces. The wafer is prepared with a plurality of dies and a plurality of external electrical contacts disposed on the first major surface of the wafer. The method includes processing the wafer. Processing the wafer includes separating the wafer into a plurality of individual dies. An individual die includes first and second major surfaces and first and second sidewalls, and the external electrical contacts are formed on the first major surface of the die. An encapsulant material is formed. The encapsulant material covers at least a portion of the first and second sidewalls of the die.
US09508620B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a peeling method that causes no damage to a layer to be peeled and to allow not only a layer to be peeled with a small surface area but also a layer to be peeled with a large surface area to be peeled entirely. Further, it is also an object of the present invention to bond a layer to be peeled to various base materials to provide a lighter semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. Particularly, it is an object to bond various elements typified by a TFT, (a thin film diode, a photoelectric conversion element comprising a PIN junction of silicon, or a silicon resistance element) to a flexible film to provide a lighter semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof.
US09508618B2
A method of forming a group of probe pads or sets of probe pads and DUTs in a staggered pattern within a portion of a pad row and the resulting device are disclosed. Embodiments include forming a first group of probe pads or sets of probe pads and DUTs in a pad row on a wafer; and forming a second group of probe pads and DUTs in the pad row on the wafer, wherein the probe pads or sets of probe pads of the first group are staggered along the pad row, and each DUT of the first group is aligned with a probe pad perpendicular to the pad row.
US09508616B2
A method for forming a multilayer structure comprises the steps of: depositing a first polymerizable layer on a substrate; applying microwave energy to the polymerizable layer while monitoring at least one property of the layer; and, ending the application of microwave energy when the monitored property indicates that the polymerizable layer has reached a desired degree of cure. The property monitored may be optical, e.g., Raman spectrum, or electrical, e.g., dielectric loss. This process control strategy lowers the overall thermal budget, and is especially suitable for curing polymer films on silicon. The method may be used repetitively to cure multiple layers of polymeric material when a thicker film is needed.
US09508599B2
Low Q associated with passive components of monolithic integrated circuits (ICs) when operated at microwave frequencies can be avoided or mitigated using high resistivity (e.g., ≧100 Ohm-cm) semiconductor substrates and lower resistance inductors for the IC. This eliminates significant in-substrate electromagnetic coupling losses from planar inductors and interconnections overlying the substrate. The active transistor(s) are formed in the substrate proximate the front face. Planar capacitors are also formed over the front face (63) of the substrate. Various terminals of the transistor(s), capacitor(s) and inductor(s) are coupled to a ground plane on the rear face of the substrate using through-substrate-vias to minimize parasitic resistance. Parasitic resistance associated with the planar inductors and heavy current carrying conductors is minimized by placing them on the outer surface of the IC where they can be made substantially thicker and of lower resistance. The result is a monolithic microwave IC previously unobtainable.
US09508597B1
A method for forming a tunneling field effect transistor includes forming gate structures over a semiconductor fin on a substrate having at least two pitches between the gate structures and recessing the fin between the gate structures. A first dielectric layer is deposited over the fin to fill in a first gap between the gate structures having a smaller pitch therebetween. A second gap between the gate structures having a larger pitch is filled with a second dielectric layer. The first gap is opened by etching the first dielectric layer while the second dielectric layer protects from opening the second gap. A source region is formed on the fin in the first gap. A dielectric fills the source region in the first gaps. The second gap is opened by etching the second dielectric layer and the first dielectric layer. A drain region is formed on the fin in the second gap.
US09508593B1
The present invention pertains to methods for forming a metal diffusion barrier on an integrated circuit wherein the formation includes at least two operations. The first operation deposits barrier material via PVD or CVD to provide some minimal coverage. The second operation deposits an additional barrier material and simultaneously etches a portion of the barrier material deposited in the first operation. The result of the operations is a metal diffusion barrier formed in part by net etching in certain areas, in particular the bottom of vias, and a net deposition in other areas, in particular the side walls of vias. Controlled etching is used to selectively remove barrier material from the bottom of vias, either completely or partially, thus reducing the resistance of subsequently formed metal interconnects.
US09508592B2
To improve the reliability of a semiconductor device including a low-resistance material such as copper, aluminum, gold, or silver as a wiring. Provided is a semiconductor device including a pair of electrodes electrically connected to a semiconductor layer which has a stacked-layer structure including a first protective layer in contact with the semiconductor layer and a conductive layer containing the low-resistance material and being over and in contact with the first protective layer. The top surface of the conductive layer is covered with a second protective layer functioning as a mask for processing the conductive layer. The side surface of the conductive layer is covered with a third protective layer. With this structure, entry or diffusion of the constituent element of the pair of conductive layers containing the low-resistance material into the semiconductor layer is suppressed.
US09508583B2
An article transport carriage includes a carriage main body configured to travel along a travel path, a support portion configured to support a bottom surface of an article from below, a projecting and retracting actuator for projecting and retracting the support portion between a projected position and a retracted position, a pressure applying portion located directly above the article supported by the support portion in the retracted position, and a distance changing actuator for changing the distance in the vertical direction between the support portion and the pressure applying portion between a pressure applying distance and a spaced apart distance.
US09508575B2
A method and apparatus for cleaning a substrate after chemical mechanical planarizing (CMP) is provided. The apparatus comprises a housing, a substrate holder rotatable on a first axis and configured to retain a substrate in a substantially vertical orientation, a first pad holder having a pad retaining surface facing the substrate holder in a parallel and space apart relation, the first pad holder rotatable on a second axis rotatable parallel to the first axis, a first actuator operable to move the pad holder relative to the substrate holder to change a distance defined between the first axis and the second axis, and a second pad holder disposed in the housing, the second pad holder having a pad retaining surface facing the substrate holder in a parallel and spaced apart relation, wherein the second pad holder is couple with a rotary arm.
US09508573B2
A processing liquid is supplied onto a substrate rotated by a spin chuck in a coating processing unit so that a film of the processing liquid is formed, and a rinse liquid is supplied to a peripheral edge of the substrate so that a processing liquid on the peripheral edge of the substrate is removed. An edge cut width between a position of an outer peripheral portion of the substrate rotated by the spin chuck in an edge exposure unit and a position of an outer peripheral portion of a film on the substrate is detected. Based on the detected edge cut width, a positional deviation of the center of the substrate held in the spin chuck from a rotation center of the spin chuck in the coating processing unit is determined while a supply state of the rinse liquid by an edge rinse nozzle is determined.
US09508571B2
A method for cleaning a base for supporting an object to process in an apparatus configured to perform a heat process, the method comprising a first step of forming an oxide film on the base including silicon carbide, by subjecting the base to a heat process in a gas atmosphere including oxygen, and a second step of, after the first step, subjecting the base to a heat process in a gas atmosphere including steam, wherein the first step is performed for 10 hours at a temperature of 1000° C. or more.
US09508567B2
Disclosed is a method of cleaning components of a substrate processing apparatus The components of the substrate processing apparatus are cleaned by using a first cleaning jig including a disk-shaped lower member, and a disk-shaped upper member connected to the lower member and forming a gap between the upper member and the lower member. The lower member of the first cleaning jig is held by the substrate holding unit to rotate the first cleaning jig. The cleaning liquid is ejected toward the first cleaning jig from a bottom side of the first cleaning jig while the first cleaning jig is rotated. The cleaning liquid flows out toward outside of the first cleaning jig via the gap between the upper member and the lower member by a centrifugal force, and the components of the substrate processing apparatus are cleaned by the cleaning liquid that has flowed out.
US09508563B2
A method for flip chip stacking includes forming a cavity wafer comprising a plurality of cavities and a pair of corner guides, placing a through-silicon-via (TSV) interposer with solder bumps coupled to a surface of the TSV interposer on the cavity wafer, such that the solder bumps are situated in the plurality of cavities and the TSV interposer is situated between the pair of corner guides, placing an integrated circuit (IC) die on another surface of the TSV interposer, such that the IC die, the TSV interposer, and the solder bumps form a stacked interposer unit, removing the stacked interposer unit from the cavity wafer, and bonding the solder bumps of the stacked interposer unit to an organic substrate such that the stacked interposer unit and the organic substrate form a flip chip.
US09508559B2
A semiconductor wafer including patterns transferred to a plurality of shot regions of the semiconductor wafer respectively, a plurality of chip regions being formed in the plurality of shot regions respectively, a plurality of first dummy patterns being formed respectively in a first chip region of the plurality of chip regions of each of the plurality of shot regions, the plurality of first dummy patterns being arranged repeatedly in a first manner, a plurality of second dummy patterns being formed respectively in a second chip region of the plurality of chip regions of each of the plurality of shot regions, the plurality of second dummy patterns being arranged repeatedly in a second manner different from the first manner.
US09508554B2
To provide a semiconductor device having improved performance while improving the throughput in the manufacturing steps of the semiconductor device. An insulating film portion comprised of first, second, third, fourth, and fifth insulating films is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The second insulating film is a first charge storage film and the fourth insulating film is a second charge storage film. The first charge storage film contains silicon and nitrogen; the third insulating film contains silicon and oxygen; and the second charge storage film contains silicon and nitrogen. The thickness of the third insulating film is smaller than that of the first charge storage film and the thickness of the second charge storage film is greater than that of the first charge storage film. The third insulating film is formed by treating the upper surface of the first charge storage film with a water-containing treatment liquid.
US09508553B2
New photoresists are provided that comprise a multi-keto component and that are particularly useful for ion implant lithography applications. Preferred photoresists of the invention can exhibit good adhesion to underlying inorganic surfaces such as SiON, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, hafnium silicate, zirconium silicate and other inorganic surfaces.
US09508542B2
An arrangement for producing structured substrates is provided, which includes a device for applying layer systems including a device for applying liquid materials to rotating substrates, a housing, a rotating holder for the substrate to be coated, a feeder for liquid materials to be applied, and a collection device having multiple removal contraptions for liquid materials that do not remain on the substrate. The housing of the device is filled with an inert gas, in particular dried, molecular nitrogen, noble gas, or a mixture thereof. The additional receptacles and conduits of the arrangement for producing structured substrates are gas-tight and are designed such that an inert molecular nitrogen or noble gas atmosphere is created above the liquid contents thereof. The collection device has various collection zones in which different liquid materials can be selectively collected and selectively removed via the associated removal contraption.
US09508541B2
Provided is a substrate treatment apparatus. The substrate treatment apparatus includes a load port on which a carrier accommodating a plurality of substrates to which a back-ground wafer is attached to a mounting tape fixed to a frame ring is placed, a plasma treatment unit supplying plasma to treat a top surface of the wafer, and a substrate transfer unit transferring the substrate between the carrier and the plasma treatment unit.
US09508538B2
An ion transport device can include a plurality of pole rod pairs arranged in parallel, and a controller. The controller configured to can be configured to apply voltages in a repeating voltage pattern of to the pole rod pairs thereby creating a plurality of potential wells capable of capturing ions, and move the repeating voltage pattern along the pole rod pairs to move captured ions along the ion transport device. The ion transport device can be incorporated into a mass spectrometer.
US09508524B2
A radiation generating apparatus of the present invention includes an envelope 1 including a first window 2 allowing radiation to pass; a radiation tube 10 that is accommodated in the envelope 1, and includes a second window 15 allowing radiation to pass, at a position opposite to the first window 2; a radiation passing hole 21 that is thermally connected to the second window 15 and communicates with the second window 15; and a radiation shielding member 16 protruding from the second window 15 toward the first window 2. In this apparatus, a thermally conductive member 17 having a higher thermal conductivity than the radiation shielding member 16 is connected to an outer periphery of the protruding portion of the radiation shielding member 16. The simple configuration can shield unnecessary radiation, and cool the target, while facilitating reduction in weight.
US09508520B2
An integrated vacuum microelectronic device comprises: a highly doped semiconductor substrate, at least one insulating layer) placed above said doped semiconductor substrate, a vacuum aperture formed within said at least one insulating layer and extending to the highly doped semiconductor substrate, a first metal layer acting as a cathode, a second metal layer placed under said highly doped semiconductor substrate and acting as an anode. The first metal layer is placed adjacent to the upper edge of the vacuum aperture and the vacuum aperture has a width dimension such as the first metal layer remains suspended over the vacuum aperture.
US09508519B2
A fuse and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. Since a nonconductive member formed of a ceramic material with excellent mechanical strength and a ceramic tube are used and the ceramic tube is joined to sealing electrodes by use of brazing rings, durability of the fuse is considerably improved. The fuse may be stably used at a high voltage by improving time-lag characteristics.
US09508516B2
A thermal trip device, of a thermal magnet circuit breaker is disclosed for protecting an electrical circuit from damage by overload, a switching device and a thermal magnetic circuit breaker including at least the thermal trip device are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the thermal trip device includes at least a bimetal element arranged with a first end at a current conductive element to conduct electrical current and arranged with a second end at a tripping slide adapted to interrupting a current flow. The at least a bimetal element is connectable with a linking element extending between the bimetal element and the current conductive element to redirect the electrical current at least partially. Furthermore, a method is disclosed for protecting an electric circuit from damage by overload by use of the thermal trip device of a thermal magnet circuit breaker.
US09508511B2
The invention relates to a single-pole switching unit having a housing comprising a moving contact bridge and a pair of fixed contacts cooperating with said moving contact bridge and respectively connected to a current intake conductor, two electric arc cutoff chambers respectively opening onto an open volume of the moving contact bridge, each cutoff chamber being connected to at least one exhaust channel (42). The exhaust channel (42) comprises a rotating gate (48) designed to be rotated around an axis substantially perpendicular to the exhaust channel (42) by the passage of switching gases. The rotating gate (48) comprises an edge (54) positioned across from an inner wall (56) of the exhaust channel, in the first obstruction position. The arrangement of the rotating gate (48) and the inner wall (56) is such that the distance between said edge (54) and said inner wall (56) remains constant and equal to said first distance up to a first threshold value of the angle of rotation of the rotating gate (48), then increases linearly up to a second rotation angle threshold value corresponding to complete opening of the discharge channel. The invention also relates to a switching unit comprising at least one single-pole switching unit.
US09508502B2
The present invention relates to a push button switch 5 comprising a curved deformable contact element 4. The push button switch 5 comprises at least one first terminal point 1, at least one second terminal point 2, and at least one third terminal point 3. The deformable contact element 4 is switched between a first and a second state. In the first state the deformable contact element 4 connects the at least one first terminal point 1 with the at least one second terminal point 2 whereas there is neither contact between the at least one third terminal point 3 and the at least one first terminal point 1 nor between the at least one third terminal point 3 and the at least one second terminal point 2. In the second state the deformable contact element 4 connects the at least one first terminal point with the at least one third terminal point 3, whereas there is neither contact between the at least one second terminal point 2 and the at least one first terminal point 1 nor between the at least one second terminal point 2 and the at 1 least one third terminal point 3. This implies that the push button switch 5 is designed to be both normally closed and normally open.
US09508499B2
A switch assembly (108) includes a housing (202), a switch (204), a lock mechanism (206), and an input element (208). The switch (204) is disposed within the housing (202) and configured to translate, along a first axis (212), between a first switch position and a second switch position. The lock mechanism (206) is disposed within the housing (202) and configured to translate, along a second axis (216) that is parallel to the first axis (212), between an unlock position and a lock position. The input element (208) is coupled to the switch (204) and the lock mechanism (206) and is movable relative to the housing (202). The input element (208) is adapted to receive an input force and is configured, upon receipt thereof to selectively and simultaneously move the switch (204) and the lock mechanism (206) between the first and second switch positions and the unlock and lock positions, respectively.
US09508497B2
An electric switch, in particular for an electric power tool, in particular a hammer drill, comprises a first switching device and a second switching device, wherein the first switching device can be adjusted by adjusting a first mechanical signaling means from a first switched state to a second switched state, wherein the second switching device can be adjusted by adjusting a second electrical or mechanical signaling means from a third switched state in which the electric switch acts as a pushbutton into a fourth switched state in which the switch acts as a rocker switch. The disclosure further relates to an electrical power tool having an electric switch according to the disclosure.
US09508494B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method of carbonaceous material for a negative electrode of lithium ion capacitors, wherein the carbonaceous material is obtained from plant-derived char as a source, potassium and iron are sufficiently removed, and an average particle diameter thereof is small; and a carbonaceous material for a negative electrode of lithium ion capacitors.The object can be solved by a method for manufacturing a carbonaceous material having an average diameter of 3 to 30 μm, for a negative electrode of lithium ion capacitors comprising the steps of: (1) heating plant-derived char having an average particle diameter of 100 to 10000 μm at 500° C. to 1250° C. under an inert gas atmosphere containing a halogen compound to demineralize in a gas-phase, (2) pulverizing a carbon precursor obtained by the demineralization in a gas-phase, (3) calcining the pulverized carbon precursor at less than 1100° C. under a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere.
US09508492B2
A capacitor assembly for use in high voltage and high temperature environments is provided. More particularly, the capacitor assembly includes a capacitor element containing an anodically oxidized porous, sintered body that is coated with a manganese oxide solid electrolyte. To help facilitate the use of the capacitor assembly in high voltage (e.g., above about 35 volts) and high temperature (e.g., above about 175° C.) applications, the capacitor element is enclosed and hermetically sealed within a housing in the presence of a gaseous atmosphere that contains an inert gas. It is believed that the housing and inert gas atmosphere are capable of limiting the amount of moisture supplied to the manganese dioxide. In this manner, the solid electrolyte is less likely to undergo an adverse reaction under extreme conditions, thus increasing the thermal stability of the capacitor assembly. In addition to functioning well in both high voltage and high temperature environments, the capacitor assembly of the present invention may also exhibit a high volumetric efficiency.
US09508481B1
A method and apparatus for providing temporary secure electric cable access to a terminal of a transformer mounted on a pad; the apparatus includes: 1) at least one riser for supporting an end of the transformer a distance above the pad thereby creating a gap between the pad and the transformer, the distance being sufficient to allow axial passage of the cable through the gap; 2) a barrier shaped for abutting engagement with the transformer and sized to cover the gap; 3) a cable access portal disposed through the barrier; the cable access portal being sized to permit axial passage of the cable; and 4) a barrier lock removably mounted to the barrier for removably securing the barrier to the transformer.
US09508480B2
A vertical inductor structure in a semiconductor device includes a plurality of vertically oriented spirals that produce magnetic field in a dielectric material above the surface of a semiconductor substrate thereby preventing any eddy currents from propagating in the substrate. An inductor shield structure is also provided. The inductor shield structure is formed over the substrate surface and between an inductor such as the vertical inductor structure or other inductor types and also prevents eddy currents from being induced in the substrate. The inductor shield may surround the inductor to various degrees.
US09508479B1
A method for in-situ magnetization of a generator rotor is provided. The generator has a stator and the rotor is located inside the stator. An air gap is formed between an outer radial portion of the rotor and an inner radial portion of the stator. The rotor has a plurality of excitation windings and a plurality of permanent magnets. The method includes the step of applying a current to the excitation windings, and the current is greater than a normal excitation current. A maintaining step maintains the current for a time period sufficient to magnetize the permanent magnets. The magnetization of the permanent magnets occurs on the rotor in-situ and while the rotor is inside the stator.
US09508476B2
An electromagnetic coil includes a conductor winding 12a formed by winding a conductor 12b a plurality of times about a predetermined axis, and a ceramic layer 12c formed through thermal spraying on an axial end surface of the conductor winding 12a, and having a flattened surface. A maximal value t12 of thickness of the ceramic layer 12c is set to three times or less a maximal value t11 of depth of the recesses formed at the surface of turns of the conductor 12b at the axial end surface.
US09508472B2
A device connects a wire harness to a structure. A fixation portion of the device is secured to the structure. A spacing portion is connected to the fixation portion and to a connector portion. A retaining clip on the connector portion deforms when a wire harness connector component moves axially toward the fixation portion. The clip opposes an abutment edge against the component into engagement position when the component is past the clip to prevent it from moving back onto the clip. An abutment surface contacts another portion of the component in engagement position to prevent further axial movement of the component toward the fixation portion. The component is held captive between the edge and the abutment surface. Also provided are a cable support for connecting the wire harness to the device, a method for connecting and disconnecting the wire harness to a structure with the device, and an aircraft.
US09508471B2
The invention relates to a material (I) adapted for the production of composite parts by a process in which a thermoplastic or thermosetting matrix is diffused within said material, comprising at least one sheet (1) of unidirectional carbon fibers (2) associated on at least one of its faces with at least one conductive component (5) associated or integrated with a permeable layer (3a, 3b, 10) in a thermoplastic material or in a mixture of thermoplastic or thermosetting materials, said permeable layer being in the form of a fabric, a powder, a porous film, a knit, or, preferably, a non-woven (3a, 3b, 10),a process for fabricating composite parts using such a material and the composite parts that can be obtained by such a process.
US09508470B2
Embodiments of the disclosure can include a method for reducing or repairing vibration-caused damage in a stator bar, and a dynamoelectric machine resulting therefrom. The method for reducing vibration-caused damage in a stator can include applying, from within a ventilation slot of a stator core, a liquid based vibration-absorbing material onto a side ripple spring, the side ripple spring being in contact with a stator bar and the stator core; and allowing the liquid based vibration-absorbing material to cure, wherein the cured vibration-absorbing material remains in contact with the side ripple spring for absorbing stator vibrations.
US09508467B2
A cable for integrated data transmission and power supply includes an insulative tube having a hollow chamber; an outer knitted shield disposed on an inner wall surface of the insulative tube; a first signal wire arranged inside the hollow chamber and including a plurality of first signal core lines and an inner knitted shield covering an outer thereof; a second signal wire penetrating through the hollow chamber and using the first signal wire as a center to be arranged at one side of the first signal wire; and a power wire penetrating through the hollow chamber and using the first signal wire as a center to be arranged at another side of the first signal wire and opposite from the second signal wire.
US09508464B2
An insulating bus bar cover is attachable to a bus bar between cell groups, both ends of the bus bar being respectively fixable to electrode terminals having opposite polarities in order to electrically connect the electrode terminals. The bus bar cover includes a main body portion for covering the bus bar while exposing both ends of the bus bar, hinge portions that are provided at ends of the main body portion, and lid portions that are attached via the hinge portions to the main body portion, and are pivotable by the hinge portions so as to cover or expose the ends.
US09508461B2
An insulated electric conductor and method for making such a conductor are disclosed. The conductor comprises a copper core, a layer of aluminum formed over the copper core, an aluminum oxide dielectric layer formed over the layer of aluminum, and a thin polymeric layer formed over the aluminum oxide dielectric layer. The thin polymeric layer is preferably between about 30 microns (0.001″) and about 500 microns (0.02″) and is more preferably between about 45 microns (0.0015″) and about 250 microns (0.01″). The polymeric layer may be any polymeric material selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins, epoxy resins, polyurethane resins, and silicone resins. Other polymeric materials may be used. The polymeric layer may be formed by a variety of methods including, but not limited to, spraying, brushing, dipping, and powder coating.
US09508457B2
An electronic device comprising a semiconductor memory unit that may include a plurality of data transfer lines; a plurality of columns including a plurality of memory cells; at least one redundancy column including a plurality of redundancy memory cells and configured to replace at least one column among the plurality of columns; a repair select information generation unit configured to store a column address of the at least one column to be replaced among the plurality of columns and generate a plurality of repair select information in response to the stored column address; and a plurality of repair selection units connected with data transfer lines corresponding to them among the plurality of data transfer lines, columns corresponding to them among the plurality of columns and the at least one redundancy column, and each configured to electrically connect a column selected among a column corresponding to it and the at least one redundancy column, to a data transfer line corresponding to it, in response to repair select information corresponding to it among the plurality of repair select information.
US09508456B1
A self repair device may include: an electrical fuse array configured to store bit information of a failed address in a fuse; an electrical fuse controller configured to store a row address or column address corresponding to a failed bit when a failure occurs, generate a repair address by comparing a failed address inputted during a test to the address stored therein, output a rupture enable signal for controlling a rupture operation of the electrical fuse array, and output row fuse set data or column fuse set data in response to the failed address; and a row/column redundancy unit configured to perform a row redundancy or column redundancy operation in response to the row fuse set data or the column fuse set data applied from the electrical fuse array.
US09508455B2
An operating method of a memory device comprises the following steps: a first page buffer receives a first input data to be programed into a first memory cell of the memory cells; a second page buffer receives a second input data to be programed into a second memory cell of the memory cells; and the first page buffer determines whether to shift a program verify (PV) voltage for the first input data according to the first and second input data.
US09508442B2
For data erase from an electrically erasable and programmable non-volatile memory cell, the following operations are performed: an erase operation to apply an erase pulse voltage to a memory cell for data erase, an erase verify operation to verify whether data erase is completed, and a step-up operation to increase the erase pulse voltage by a certain step-up voltage if data erase is not completed. A control unit controls voltages so that at least a first erase pulse voltage initially generated in the erase operation has a longer rise time than that of a second erase pulse voltage generated subsequent to the first erase pulse voltage.
US09508437B2
A die assignment scheme assigns data, in the order it is received, to multiple memory dies with some randomness. Randomization events, such as skipping dies or reversing direction, occur at intervals, with a deterministic assignment scheme used between randomization events. Intervals between randomization events may be of random length, or of fixed length.
US09508433B2
The invention concerns a memory cell comprising: first and second resistive elements (202, 204), at least one of which can be programmed to adopt at least two resistive states (Rmin Rmax); the first resistive element (202) being coupled between a first storage node (206) and a first intermediate node (208), the second resistive element (204) being coupled between a second storage node (210) and a second intermediate node (212); a transistor (220) coupled between the first and second intermediate nodes; and a control circuit arranged to activate the transistor while a second supply voltage (VDD, GND) is being applied to the first or second storage node to generate a programming current in a selected direction through the first and second resistive elements in order to program the resistive state of at least one of the elements.
US09508416B2
A power-up signal generation circuit includes a control signal generation unit suitable for generating first and second control voltages based on a power-up signal, a level tracing voltage generation unit suitable for generating a level tracing voltage whose voltage level varies based on the first and second control voltages, and a power-up signal generation unit suitable for generating the power-up signal based on the level tracing voltage, and providing a feedback on the power-up signal to the control signal generation unit.
US09508415B2
A semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of word lines; a word line driving unit suitable for activating a first word line among the plurality of word lines corresponding to an input address signal; an activation time detection unit suitable for enabling a detection signal by detecting an activation time of the first word line; an address latch unit suitable for latching an address information for a second word line corresponding to the first word line in response to the detection signal; and an address output unit suitable for providing the word line driving unit with the latched address information for the second word line during a refresh operation.
US09508414B2
An integrated circuit device includes a memory cell coupled to a supply voltage line to receive a supply voltage and a voltage control circuit operable to reduce a magnitude of the supply voltage prior to a write cycle to the memory cell. The voltage control circuit includes a first capacitor that is selectively coupled between a supply voltage line and a first reference supply voltage line of the integrated circuit device in anticipation of a write cycle to the memory cell.
US09508411B2
A word line driver circuit according to an embodiment includes a driving unit configured to output a sub word line driving signal in response to a word line select signal and a main word line driving signal, a transmission unit configured to transmit the sub word line driving signal to a word line in response to a first enable signal, and a precharge unit configured to precharge a potential of the word line.
US09508406B2
A driving apparatus includes a control circuit configured to generate a voltage region control signal enabled for a predetermined time according to a command signal; and a driving circuit configured to provide an internal voltage by selecting a dead zone of the internal voltage according to the voltage region control signal.
US09508400B1
A storage device includes a memory controller suitable for outputting a program command or a read command; and a memory device suitable for performing a program operation in response to the program command, and immediately performing a read operation when the read command is received during the program operation.
US09508386B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to synchronize audio signals with video images that are replayed with a modified motion. In a method, a trajectory is determined for each audio object of an audio signal. The method also determines each of the audio objects to be a transient or non-transient object. The method also causes a respective audio object to be differently extended depending upon whether the audio object is determined to be a transient object or a non-transient object, thereby synchronizing video signals that are to be played back with a predefined motion. The method causes the respective audio object to be differently extended by splitting the transient object into transient segments, inserting silent segments therebetween and maintaining the trajectories of the transient object and/or by repeating the non-transient object with a trajectory that varies based on the predefined motion of the video signals.
US09508380B2
Various devices and systems may benefit from enhanced reading of optical media. For example, certain computer systems may benefit from array reading of optical media. An apparatus may include, for example, an array of optical sensors. The array of optical sensors may be configured to read a plurality of parallel linear strips of data from an optical medium.
US09508378B2
An optical disk and an optical disk reproduction device for reproducing the same are provided. The optical disk including at least one layer comprises an information storage area for storing information on the optical disk and a data area for storing data, wherein the information storage area stores information on the amount of reflection and thickness of each of a plurality of layers, and transmission speed information on a plurality of areas which constitute the data area.
US09508371B2
The present disclosure relates to reducing a potential difference among a slider body and a hard disc drive platter by providing a hard disc drive platter and/or slider body with a coating that includes one or more additives that can dissipate electrical charge.
US09508364B1
A PMR writer is disclosed with an all wrap around (AWA) shield design in which one or more of the leading shield, trailing shield, and side shields are comprised of a composite wherein a magnetic “hot seed” layer made of a >19 kG to 24 kG material adjoins a gap layer, and a side of the hot seed layer opposite the gap layer adjoins a high damping magnetic layer made of a 10-16 kG material (or a 16-19 kG material in the trailing shield) having a Gilbert damping parameter α>0.04. In a preferred embodiment, the high damping magnetic layer is FeNiRe with a Re content of 3 to 15 atomic %. One or both of the main pole leading and trailing sides may be tapered. Side shields may have a single taper or dual taper structure. Higher writer speed with greater areal density capability is achieved.
US09508361B2
Transmission signals may generated based on three differential signals and transmitted along a channel. Each of the plurality of transmission signals may include a signal representative of each of the three differential signals. After receiving the transmission signals, the original three differential signals may be generated based on the transmission signals.
US09508359B2
A method for cancelling/reducing acoustic echoes in speech/audio signal enhancement processing comprises selecting a long-term filter based on an echo tail length detection or an echo reverberation time detection of an microphone input signal; a reference signal is pre-processed with the selected long-term filter; the pre-processed reference signal is used to excite an adaptive filter wherein the output of the adaptive filter forms a replica signal of acoustic echo and/or acoustic echo tail; the replica signal of acoustic echo and/or acoustic echo tail is subtracted from a microphone input signal to suppress the acoustic echo and/or acoustic echo tail in the microphone input signal. The echo tail length or the echo reverberation time is detected by analyzing and comparing the microphone input signal and a received signal which is sent to a speaker. A strong long-term filter is selected if the detected echo tail length or the detected echo reverberation time is long; a weak long-term filter is selected if the detected echo tail length or the detected echo reverberation time is not long.
US09508339B2
A method for updating language understanding classifier models includes receiving via one or more microphones of a computing device, a digital voice input from a user of the computing device. Natural language processing using the digital voice input is used to determine a user voice request. Upon determining the user voice request does not match at least one of a plurality of pre-defined voice commands in a schema definition of a digital personal assistant, a GUI of an end-user labeling tool is used to receive a user selection of at least one of the following: at least one intent of a plurality of available intents and/or at least one slot for the at least one intent. A labeled data set is generated by pairing the user voice request and the user selection, and is used to update a language understanding classifier.
US09508322B2
A system, method, and computer readable medium are disclosed for re-sizing input fields and text of a user interface displayed within a touch-sensitive screen. The user interface comprises an initial view with at least one input field. The user interface is provided for display on the screen. A touch interaction is detected on the screen, and it is determined whether the interaction is within a predefined area of an input field. Responsive to determining that the interaction is within the predefined area, a magnified view of the input field is generated. The magnified view increases the proportion of the screen filled by the input field and text relative to the initial view. The magnified view is then presented for display on the screen.
US09508321B2
The present invention relates to a source driver of a display apparatus, and relates to a source driver for display apparatus insensitive to power noise, which forcibly decides an internal operation state as normality in a specific period including a power noise generation period and operates insensitively to the power noise. Accordingly, the display apparatus can normally output an image voltage even though power noise occurs.
US09508319B2
A display and a method for displaying video frames thereof are provided. In the method, a connection state between a first port, a second port and a source device is detected. When only one port is connected to the source device, an original resolution data is provided to the source device through the port and a video streaming transmitted from the source device is received. The video streaming is divided and respectively outputted to the display by a first display controller and a second display controller. When the first port and the second port are both connected to the source device, two adjusted resolution data are provided to the source device through the first port and the second port respectively, and two video streamings transmitted from the source device are received and outputted to the display by the first display controller and the second display controller respectively.
US09508313B2
There is provided a display device including a signal receiving unit for receiving a video signal from an external device via a transmission path through a plurality of channels using a differential signal, an information receiving unit for receiving program information from the external device using a bidirectional communication path including predetermined lines of the transmission path, an image display unit for displaying images on image display elements based on the video signal received by the signal receiving unit, and a program information display unit for displaying the program information on the image display elements based on the program information received by the information receiving unit.
US09508310B2
The present invention extends to a manual switch system for selecting multimedia content from one or various source inputs to be provided to a digital display. The manual switch system of the present invention provides a compact, convenient, and simple to use solution for updating a digital display in many environments. In a particular example, the manual switch can be used within a fast food restaurant to quickly and easily update the menu such as when the restaurant switches from serving breakfast to lunch or dinner.
US09508304B2
A LCD panel and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The LCD panel comprises a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit comprising: a data line, a first scanning line, a second scanning line, a first switch, a second switch, and a pixel electrode. When the first switch is turned on, said pixel electrode receives data signal of said data line and has an electric potential. During the process of said second switch being critically turned on for a certain time period, the electric potential of said pixel electrode decreases gradually through said second switch. At the moment when said second switch is completely turned on, the electric potential of said pixel electrode is changed instantaneously to a reference electric potential of said common electrode through said second switch. According to the present disclosure, one pixel can present different voltages during different time of one frame, and thus the low color shift display effect can be realized. Moreover, the electric potential of the pixel electrode can be changed to the reference electric potential of the common electrode at the set moment, so that the black frame insertion can be realized.
US09508299B2
A method of driving a display panel includes providing a boosting voltage line on the display panel with a boosting voltage, compensating the boosting voltage based on a feedback boosting voltage received from the display panel, and providing the boosting voltage line on the display panel with the compensated boosting voltage. The display panel includes a first sub pixel. The first sub pixel includes a first switching element and a first boosting switching element, the first switching element is connected to a first liquid crystal (LC) capacitor, a gate line, an m-th data line and a first electrode of the first LC capacitor, and the first boosting switching element is connected to the boosted voltage line, and ‘m’ is a natural number.
US09508293B2
A device according to an embodiment includes an array substrate, a color filter substrate including color filters corresponding to pixels, a liquid crystal layer provided between the substrates, a backlight unit, and a controller. The controller controls an application timing of a driving voltage to the pixel electrodes, and a light emission timing of the backlight unit. Each of the pixels has a shape elongated in a lateral direction. Identical colors of the pixels are arranged in the lateral direction, and different colors of the pixels are arranged in a vertical direction. Pixels neighboring in the lateral direction have shapes of line-symmetry with respect to a center line of the neighboring pixels, and liquid crystal molecules of them tilt in directions of the line-symmetry with respect to the center line when the driving voltage is applied to the pixel electrodes corresponding to the neighboring pixels.
US09508290B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device comprises a display panel whose luminance changes from a start luminance to a target luminance lower than the start luminance and which displays an image, wherein the image comprises a start frame having the start luminance and a start gamma, a target frame having the target luminance and a target gamma, and a plurality of intermediate frames sequentially placed between the start frame and the target frame, where a difference in the luminance of the display panel between adjacent frames is reduced.
US09508287B2
A pixel circuit and driving method, display apparatus, the circuit comprises: light-emitting device; driving transistor; first switch-transistor whose source and drain are connected respectively with the gate and drain of the driving transistor; third switch-transistor, whose drain is connected with the light-emitting device, and source is connected with the drain of the driving transistor; storage capacitor, whose first terminal is connected with the gate of the driving transistor; second switch-transistor, whose drain is connected with the second terminal of the storage capacitor, and source is connected with the common connection terminal; fourth switch-transistor, whose source is connected with the second terminal of the storage capacitor; fifth switch-transistor, whose drain is connected with data signal terminal, and source is connected with the drain of the fourth switch-transistor; and first capacitor, whose first terminal is connected with the source of the fifth switch-transistor, and second terminal is connected with the common connection terminal.
US09508272B2
Methods for applying a liner-free, or liner-less label, to a substrate, particularly glass or plastic (e.g., PET) substrates are described herein. The method includes applying an adhesive composition, such as a polymeric coating, to a label face sheet, activating the adhesive composition with an activating fluid, and contacting the label to the substrate. The activating fluid is preferably a mixture of water and one or more organic solvents, such as low molecular weight alcohols. In some embodiments, the labels exhibit a percent fiber tear greater than about 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, or 95% after one, two, three, four, or five minutes. In particular embodiments, the labels exhibits a percent fiber tear greater than 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, or 95% after two minutes.
US09508269B2
A method of providing assistance from an assistant to a user, wherein the user and the assistant are remote from each other, includes obtaining an image of an area adjacent the user, transmitting the image from the user to the assistant, and displaying the image on a display to the assistant. The method also includes transmitting a message generated by the assistant relating to the image from the assistant to the user and audibly outputting the message to the user.
US09508258B2
Intersection guide systems, methods, and programs acquire a degree of approach of a vehicle to an intersection ahead of a vehicle and display a guide image at a position of the intersection superimposed on a forward scene ahead of the vehicle. The systems, methods, and programs set, as a position of superimposition of the guide image, an intersection position within the forward scene when the degree of approach is less than a threshold. The intersection position corresponds to a registered position registered in map information as the position of the intersection. The systems, methods, and programs set, as the position of superimposition, a straight-line position within the forward scene when the degree of approach is equal to or more than the threshold. The straight-line position corresponds to a position on a straight-ahead line that is a straight line extending in a travel direction of the vehicle from the vehicle.
US09508252B2
A system of devices includes a plurality of devices such as a sink device, a source device and an intermediate device. In one embodiment, a first device propagates to a second device, via a multimedia link, an address of the first device in association with an indication that the first device is a master for a remote control command type. The second device responsive to receiving a remote control command from a remote control identifies the remote control command type of the remote control command. Responsive to the command type of the received remote control command being the remote control command type that the first device is the master for, the second device forwards the received remote control command using the address of the first device. The first device upon receiving the remote control command modifies a multimedia output by the first device based on the remote control command received.
US09508245B2
According to some embodiments, sewer alarm devices and apparatus are provided for detecting the presence of liquid within a pipe. In some embodiments, the devices and apparatus include a housing defining an interior volume, the housing including a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion mounted on an exterior surface of the pipe. At least a first mounting portion extends outwardly from the housing and receives at least a first strap securing the housing to the exterior surface of the pipe. A probe housing extends from the interior volume of the housing to an interior of the pipe, and at least a first probe is disposed within the probe housing and exposed to the interior of the pipe along a first direction substantially along a center axis of the pipe.
US09508244B2
An implementation of systems, devices and methods for a sensor to find a hidden element behind a surface are provided. The sensor includes a housing with a radiant indicator in a bottom section of the housing. The radiant indicator is translucent and acts as another indication that the sensor is over the hidden element. The sensor also includes a light source, such as an LED, which lights the radiant indicator with a beam, as well as optionally projecting an image on the surface, for example, formed by the bottom section and a top section of the housing. The same light source may also be used to project a second beam to an indicator on the top section of the housing.
US09508243B1
H2S (hydrogen sulfide) alarm methods include automated systems for creating reports, initiating different safety drills and/or recording certain calibration and bump tests. The methods being automated reduces the chance of human error and falsified records. The H2S alarm methods are particularly useful for ensuring the safety of workers at remote worksites.
US09508240B2
A sound amplification apparatus (10) comprises one or more microphones (11) that convert collected sound into an audio signal and transmit the audio signal by radio and a sound receiving apparatus (13) that receives the audio signal transmitted from the microphone (11) and amplifies and outputs the sound based on the audio signal. The sound receiving apparatus (13) is configured to perform sound output control in an emergency mode upon receiving an emergency signal transmitted in response to operation of an emergency switch (12) of the microphone (11). With this configuration, it is possible to perform appropriate sound control in a dangerous situation such as intrusion of a suspicious person.
US09508230B2
A gaming machine for providing multiple games to a player with the same reel is described herein. The gaming machine displays a first game that includes a first portion of a reel in a first display area and concurrently displays a second game that includes a second portion of the reel being displayed in a second display area. The gaming machine randomly generates an outcome of the first game and spins and stops the at least one reel to display the first game outcome in the first display area and awards the player an award as a function of the first game outcome.
US09508226B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for enabling a player to take a tour of a secondary game at a game machine. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes offering to enable entry of a player into a bonus round of a game machine in exchange for a fee, receiving the fee from the player, and enabling entry of the player into the bonus round. The method further includes receiving an indication of at least one player selection during the bonus round, and determining an outcome based on the at least one player selection. In other embodiments, the method includes providing a prize to the player based on the outcome.
US09508218B2
Download distribution points are geographically distributed throughout the at least one casino property and a download and configuration management server determines relatively optimal download distribution points for downloading to gaming machines and points the gaming machines to the optimal download distribution point. Optimization may be based on one or more of geographic location, network location, availability, connection speed, and/or availability of a given package of gaming machines instructions at the download distribution point. A map, directory or library may be maintained indicative of where specific packages of gaming machine instructions reside.
US09508216B2
Systems and methods for configuring a gaming system. In one such gaming system, a plurality of real world engine modules are provided for a hybrid game, each real world engine module having a gambling game that is triggered by an element of an entertainment game of the hybrid game. A selection is received, from a player of the hybrid game, of a selected real world engine module of the plurality of real world engine modules, and triggering is enabled of the selected real world engine module's gambling game by the element of the entertainment game of the hybrid game.
US09508214B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods for delivering game play, which may include providing wagering game options that may include a two-dimensional option, a three-dimensional option, and/or a combination of both.
US09508210B2
A control method of a vending machine which has a display module to display an image stored therein or inputted from the outside is provided. The control method includes: determining whether a door of the vending machine is open; changing an image mode displayed on the display module if it is determined that the door of the vending machine is open; and displaying a certification mode window to certify a user if the image mode is changed.
US09508203B2
A tactical security system can be used to secure a room. For example, such a security system may be contained in a housing sized for shipment to a location for placement in a room in order to secure the room. Various components may be included in the housing, such as a storage device configured to store data received from one or more audio or video recording devices; an access controller configured to interface with a badge reader associated with one or more access points to the room in order to selectively control access to the room; a switch configured to couple the one or more audio or video recording devices with the storage device and to couple the badge reader with the access controller; and/or a power supply configured to supply power to the devices in the housing.
US09508200B1
A system, method, and computer-readable medium to facilitate treatment of a damaged vehicle by gathering crash information, estimating an extent of vehicle damage, and transmitting information associated with treating the damaged vehicle.
US09508199B2
A vehicle system is in communication with a mobile device. The vehicle system receives information from the mobile device and determines the quality of the information. If the quality of the information is acceptable, the vehicle system may use the information from the mobile device. In addition, the quality of the information may be used to determine if the information should be sent to other vehicles.
US09508194B1
Techniques for enabling an augmented reality system to utilize existing output devices in an environment are described herein. An augmented reality system may include one or more augmented reality functional nodes (ARFNs) that are configured to project content onto different non-powered and/or powered display mediums. In addition to projecting content in this manner, the ARFN may also utilize existing content output devices within the environment to further enhance a user's experience while consuming the content. For instance, the ARFN may identify that a television exists within the environment and, in response, the ARFN may instruct the television to display certain content. For instance, if the ARFN is projecting a particular movie, the ARFN may stream or otherwise provide an instruction to the television to begin displaying the movie if the television would provide a better viewing experience than the projector.
US09508192B2
The invention provides the image processing device that can shorten a time required for setting a parameter. The invention provides the image processing device that searches an input image for a feature amount based on a feature amount included in a model image. The image processing device includes: the hardware for holding a feature amount of a feature portion of the model image; the search-range reception module for receiving a setting value indicating a size of a range of searching the input image for a feature amount corresponding to the feature amount of the model image; the search-range determination module for determining, by using the setting value, a range of searching the input image for a feature amount corresponding to a feature amount of the model image; and the display module, in superposition with the model image, a search range determined by the search-range determination module.
US09508191B2
A computer-animated scene is shaded using a point in a point cloud. The point represents a sample location on a surface primitive of an object in the scene. The surface primitive lies at least partially within a camera viewing frustum of a virtual camera, which has a focal point. A sample location distance, which is a near plane distance of the camera viewing frustum or the length of a line between the sample location on the surface primitive and the focal point of the virtual camera, is determined. A solid angle of the surface primitive subtended at the focal point of the virtual camera is obtained. A desired point area of the point in the point cloud is determined based on the sample location distance and the solid angle. The scene is shaded using the desired point area of the point in the point cloud.
US09508186B2
A method, apparatus, system, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to pre-segment point cloud data. Point cloud data is obtained and segmented. The segment information is stored. An indexing structure is created and instantiated with the point cloud data and the segment information. Based on the segment information, a determination is made regarding points needed for shape extraction. Needed points are fetched from the indexing structure an used to extract shapes. The extracted shapes are used to cull points from the point cloud data.
US09508183B2
A method including acquiring a source image and depth information of the source image, determining, using depth information, an overlapping region in which some pixels of a source image are shifted and a plurality of pixels overlap, calculating a weight for the overlapping region with a processor, using distance information with respect to a foreground region of the source image and a background region of the source image, generating, using the depth information and the overlapping region, a foreground-depth image in which the foreground region is extended and a background-depth image in which the background region is extended, generating a foreground image using the source image and the foreground-depth image, generating a background image using the source and the background-depth image, and generating, using the weight from the overlapping region, at least one of a left-eye image and a right-eye image by synthesizing the foreground image and the background image.
US09508180B2
In a multi-participant modeled virtual reality environment, avatars are modeled beings that include moveable eyes creating the impression of an apparent gaze direction. Control of eye movement may be performed autonomously using software to select and prioritize targets in a visual field. Sequence and duration of apparent gaze may then be controlled using automatically determined priorities. Optionally, user preferences for object characteristics may be factored into determining priority of apparent gaze. Resulting modeled avatars are rendered on client displays to provide more lifelike and interesting avatar depictions with shifting gaze directions.
US09508179B2
A method of generating an animation rig for a three-dimensional (3-D) computing environment may include providing a rig generation environment that includes a library storing a plurality of blocks. Each of the plurality of blocks may represent particular rig elements and include information for generating the rig elements in the 3-D computing environment along with a first icon that is visually representative of the particular rig elements. The method may also include receiving and displaying two or more blocks in the rig generation environment, and receiving one or more graphical connections between the blocks. The method may additionally include generating the animation rig using the information of each of the two or more blocks and sending the animation rig from the rig generation environment to the 3-D computing environment.
US09508176B2
A 3D animation environment that includes an animation object is generated. A movement speed is assigned to object the 3D animation environment. An animation path containing at least first and second waypoints is generated. An animation sequence is generated by identifying a first section of the animation path connected to the first waypoint. A first animation of the animation object is generated in which the animation object moves along the first section of the path at the movement speed. A spatial gap in the animation path is identified between the first and second waypoints. A second animation of the animation object is generated in which the animation object moves, by keyframe animation, from the first waypoint to the second waypoint. A third animation of the animation object is generated in which the animation object moves along at least a second portion of the path at the movement speed.
US09508175B2
Methods and systems for intelligently cropping images, including receiving, over a computer network, a source image, and then associating a first identifier tag with a first object in the source image. A cropped image is generated from the source image wherein the cropping is based on the first object. The system and method then notifying a first user that the first identifier tag is associated with the first object in the cropped image, wherein the notification includes the cropped image.
US09508169B2
A user interface for a map display application used on a computing device includes a strip of photographic images corresponding to objects located within a geographic location represented by a map displayed on a screen. More specifically, the strip of photographic images is responsive to the viewing experience of the user.
US09508166B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for efficient real-time ink stroke smoothing, trajectory prediction, and GPU-leveraged rendering of ink stroke input. First and second ink points are received and an active Bézier approximation is computed based thereupon. Sequentially later in time that the first and second ink points, a third ink point is received. It is determined whether the third ink point adequately fits the active Bézier approximation. Where it is determined that the third ink point adequately fits, an updated active Bézier approximation is computed that includes the first, second and third ink points. Where it is determined that the third ink point fails to adequately fit, a different new Bézier approximation is computed that includes the third ink point but not the first and second ink points. Leveraging a GPU, a smoothed ink stroke based upon the Bézier approximation(s) is rendered.
US09508161B2
A method of generating display objects comprises operating a processor to: detect an occurrence of an event; define a display time associated with a predefined duration following the occurrence of the event; generate a first display object for display for by a display device for the predefined duration, wherein the first display object is representative of the detected event; output the first display object on the display device; generate a second display object for display by a display device for the predefined duration, wherein the second display object is indicative of the display time; output the second display object on the display device; and update the second display object based on an elapsed time of the predefined duration. A device and executable computer program for performing the steps of the method is also provided.
US09508156B1
A method for level-based motion detection in a sequence of pictures is disclosed. Step (A) of the method may compute one or more local tonal values in an area around a sample of a target picture in the sequence of pictures. Step (B) may compare the target picture and a reference picture in the sequence of pictures in the area to compute a motion score. Step (C) generally detects a motion of the sample based on the local tonal values, the motion score and one or more gain settings with a circuit.
US09508149B2
A method and device for assisting reduction for complex fractures includes the steps of receiving an x-ray image of a fractured bone having a plurality of bone fragments, identifying structural aspects of at least one of the bone fragments, adapting a virtual bone model to the imaged bone based on the identified structural aspects, and generating an overlay of the virtual bone model onto the x-ray image, with the virtual bone model aligned to the identified structural aspects. The device is adapted to perform the method.
US09508142B2
An X-ray detector (320), configured to have X-ray detecting elements (322) arranged in array, detects the intensity of X-rays that are radiated from the X-ray tube (311) and have passed through a subject (500). A data processing device (420) executes steps of: arranging scan data, which is based on the intensity of X-rays, in an array sequence of the X-ray detecting elements (322) or in a time sequence, to detect an anomalous scan data; associating a weight greater than “1” with scan data adjacent to the anomalous scan data, and associating a weight of “1” with other imaging data; calculating an update amount of a pixel vector that reflects these weights; and performing an iterative operation using the update amount to generate an X-ray CT image of the subject (500).
US09508139B2
An inspection apparatus includes an imaging unit producing image signals; a processing unit for receiving the image signal; the imaging unit producing a stack of images of an article at different focal lengths in response to the processing unit; the processing unit generating a depth map from the stack of images; the processing unit analyzing the depth map to derive a depth profile of an object of interest; the processing unit determining a surface mean for the article from the stack of images; and the processing unit characterizing the article as degraded or contaminated in response to the depth profile and the surface mean.
US09508137B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises determining, by a first access network computing node at a venue, a position of a person based on an image of the person captured with at least one camera at the venue; controlling rendering, by the first access network computing node, of an icon moving toward a destination in response to a determined movement of the person; and handing-off, by the first access network computing node, the controlling rendering of the icon to a second access network computing node in response to the position of the person moving from a first domain zone associated with the first access network computing node to a second domain zone associated with the second access network computing node.
US09508136B2
Provided is an image fusing apparatus for fusing a thermal image and a visible image of a subject. The image fusing apparatus includes: a determination processor configured to determine importance of each pixel, based on a luminance value thereof, of the thermal image and the visible image; a pixel coefficient setting processor configured to set a pixel coefficient for each pixel of the thermal image based on the importance of each pixel of the thermal image and the visible image; a thermal image processor configured to generate another thermal image by applying the pixel coefficient to the luminance value of each pixel of the thermal image; and an image fusing processor configured to fuse the other thermal image and the visible image to generate a fused image.
US09508123B2
In one example embodiment, a device includes an object detector configured to: rotate an image multiple times in increments of a predetermined number of degrees, detect upright occurrences of at least one object from the image at each incremental rotation of the image, and divide the detected occurrences of the at least one detected object, at each incremental rotation of the image, into a corresponding classification; and a direction manager configured to: determine a normal direction of the image, based on a number of detected occurrences of the at least one detected object, at each incremental rotation of the image, for each corresponding classification.
US09508120B2
A system for recognizing objects under different environmental conditions by manipulating an original image with light and animation effects in real time and comparing the result with an input frame. This improves the ability of the system to detect and recognize a matching real world object in a variety of conditions. 3D rendering techniques are used to create a new and more accurate reference model as compared to current static object descriptions. The system is implemented on a computer with GPU capabilities. The real world object to be recognized is configured in the system as a 3D object, and is manipulated to create custom environmental conditions that can be adjusted by the user to optimize detection and recognition in an environment appropriate for each user.
US09508114B2
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to utilize a distributed scene graph. A database of hashes and corresponding location identifiers (for asset locations) is maintained. An export of a scene (including scene assets) is initiated and hash values for the scene assets are computed. If the hash value is not in the database, it is added to the database. If the hash value is in the database, the corresponding location identifier is used to identify the location of the scene asset. The hash value and corresponding location identifier are stored in a scene graph file that is traversed. During the traversal, for each hash value in the scene graph file, the scene asset is retrieved from the location identified in the scene graph file and processed.
US09508110B2
A method for providing audio messages includes receiving a first image set and a second image set. The first image set includes visually encoded audio data for rendering audio on an electronic computing device. The method also includes displaying images from the first and second image sets interspersed in an image sequence. In the image sequence, a time interval between each image from the first image set and at least one image from the second image set is less than a critical flicker interval (CFI) for a human eye.
US09508106B1
The present invention relates to a system and method for dental implant and restorative services. By locating the key functions at one physical location, dental implant services are efficiently provided to patients. These functions include a treatment coordinator, a direct marketer, a restorative doctor/prosthodontist, a surgeon, an imaging area, and a dental laboratory, Further, services for dentate patients are improved by utilizing advanced dental implant methods and systems. These methods and systems include both model-based services and CT (computed tomography) guided surgery services. Using these services, improved surgical guides for dental implants are constructed.
US09508105B2
A method for configuring a Home Energy Management System (HEMS) in a Home Area Network (HAN) is provided. The method includes registering the HEMS to a smart meter, and managing an energy profile of an HAN device including the smart meter connected to the HAN. Accordingly, a Demand Response (DR) may not normally operate between devices even if energy profile differs from one device to another.
US09508099B2
A computer-implemented method for using a mobile computing device corresponding to a user to purchase a product being offered for sale by a user includes, when the mobile computing device has selected an item indicating the product, obtaining item information related to the item. Item display data is generated based on the item information and transmitted to the mobile computing device. The item display data prompts the mobile computing device to display the item information and an operational input in a graphical user interface of the mobile computing device. A command is received in response to a prescribed number of actions input by the user to the operational input. The command causes a purchasing server to perform one or more operations.
US09508098B2
A system receives context data associated with a context and a user. The system then associates the context data to a user identifier and retrieves data associated with the context. The system then filters the data according to the context data to create result data. In another embodiment, the system also receives context data from a plurality of users, where the context data pertains to one or more attributes of a context. The system then using the context data ranks the one or more attributes of the context to create ranked data and generates a user interface based on the ranked data. In yet another embodiment, the system communicates context data associated with a context and a user to a server, and receives result data created by the server filtering data retrieved based on the context data. The system then generates a user interface based on the result data.
US09508096B2
A method for processing a personalized gift card transaction includes: receiving a gift card request from a consumer associated with a payment account, the request including a usage amount, a plurality of merchant identifiers, an account identifier associated with the payment account, and a message; identifying a personalized gift card number; storing a gift card data entry including the personalized gift card number, usage amount, plurality of merchant identifiers, account identifier, and message; transmitting the personalized gift card number; receiving an authorization request for a financial transaction not involving the consumer, the request including the personalized gift card number, a transaction amount, and at least one merchant identifier of the plurality of merchant identifiers; processing the financial transaction including updating, in the database, the usage amount of the gift card data entry based on the transaction amount; and transmitting the message to a recipient of the personalized gift card.
US09508091B2
Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for interactive property communication. In various embodiments, an interactive property communication system includes two or more property communication nodes (PCNs) each adapted for coupling to an electrical service. PCNs include a radio transceiver for communications with a broker service adapted for controlling communications with one or more PCNs.
US09508089B2
An automatic system facilitates selection of media properties on which to display an advertisement, responsive to a profile collected on a first media property, where a behavioral-targeting company calculates expected profit for an ad correlated with the profile and arranges for the visitor to be tagged with a tag readable by the selected media property. The profit can be calculated by deducting, from the revenues that are expected to be generated from an ad delivered based on the collected profile, at least the price of ad space at a media property where the BT company might like to deliver ads to the profiled visitor. When the calculated profit is positive (i.e., not a loss), the BT company arranges for the visitor to be tagged with a tag readable by the selected media property through which the BT company expects to profit.
US09508087B1
Apparatus and method for identifying similar publisher display items for potential placement of content items therein. In accordance with some embodiments, a population of publisher display items is provided each adapted to be respectively displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a network accessible device. The display items are sorted into sets of similar display items responsive to user interactions with said display items so that, for each display item in the population, a number of similar display items is associated therewith. A content item is received for potential display in conjunction with the display of a first selected display item in the population of display items. The content item is thereafter displayed in one of the other display items of the set of similar display items associated with the first selected display item.
US09508085B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a process in which a gas comprising biomethane having a heating value of less than about 925 BTU/cubic foot is introduced to a pipeline system that is connected to at least one source of natural gas having a heating value of at least about 950 BTU/cubic foot. The gas comprising biomethane combines with natural gas in the pipeline system to produce a mixed gas having a heating value below about 925 BTU/cubic foot. An amount of natural gas at least equal to the amount of gas comprising biomethane is withdrawn from the pipeline system for use as a transportation fuel, a fuel intermediate or as a feedstock for producing a fuel. The process can enable fuel credit generation and/or reductions in life cycle greenhouse gas emissions.
US09508081B2
A method for tracking an activity of a user. The method includes receiving, by a tracking element, compressed user activity information representative of activities performed by the user during a visit to a web page; receiving, by the tracking element, web page content information representative of web page content displayed to the user during the visit; decompressing the compressed user activity information; and generating user visit information by the tracking element.
US09508080B2
In a commerce system, a commercial product is presented by transmitting a video stream through a communication link to present as an image on a video display. The image including a representation of the commercial product. An interactive device is used by a consumer to select a portion of the image on the video display representing the commercial product. The information related to the commercial product, such as product description, price, and ordering, is retrieved from a database or electronic search based on the selected portion of the image on the video display. Digital content containing the information related to the commercial product is generated by an adverting agent, manufacturer, or retailer. The digital content is inserted into the video stream to form composite video. The composite video is displayed on the video display to assist the consumer in completing a transaction to acquire the commercial product.
US09508073B2
Configuring a shareable widget interface to mobile wallet functions includes disposing a wallet module in a memory of a client device, and disposing a wallet companion applet in a secure element accessible by the client device, wherein the wallet companion applet facilitates access by at least one other applet and at least one wallet module to content that is stored in the secure element via a mobile wallet function sharable interface.
US09508072B2
A method for providing secure payment instructions includes verifying a payer device for use in a transaction with a payee device. When a request is received from the payee device for payer information associated with a payment account being used by the payer device in the transaction, a security font is generated and associating in a database at least one payer information font character with payer information that is associated with the payer account. The at least one payer information font character is then provided to the payee device, and when a request for the security font is received and determined to be from the verified payer device, the security font is provided to the verified payer device such that the at least one payer information font character may be converted to the payer information for display on the payer device.
US09508065B2
A method for using a smartcard is provided. The smartcard may include a microprocessor chip, a button, a dynamic transaction authorization number, a Bluetooth low energy (“BLE”) device, and a battery. The battery may power the BLE and the microprocessor chip. The smartcard may also include memory. The memory may store the dynamic transaction authorization number. The smartcard may also include a dynamic magnetic strip. The dynamic magnetic strip may include a digital representation of the dynamic transaction authorization number. The method may include pressing the button. The method may also include transmitting an instruction to a smartphone for a request for a dynamic transaction authorization number. The transmission of an instruction may be in response to the pressing of the button. The method may also include receiving a dynamic transaction authorization number from a smartphone.
US09508061B2
A method for an out-of-office message notification system to notify at least one sender who has sent an email in a pre-defined time span prior to a start time associated with an out-of-office notification being set by a user is provided. The method may include identifying an unresponded email within a plurality of unresponded emails in an inbox received within the pre-defined time span prior to the start time associated with the out-of-office notification being set by a user. The method may also include sending an out-of-office message notification to the sender associated with the unresponded email.
US09508058B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing an interactive conference, such as a video conference. The system, methods, and computer program products determine that an operative connection is being established between a user device of a user and a system associated with a representative of a financial institution, such that the user and the representative may conduct a conference; provide a document viewable by both the user and the representative during the conference; and enable the document to be edited by at least one of the user and the representative during the conference. The document may be an uploaded document or an account view. The system, method, and computer program product provide augmented service to customers of financial institutions when the customers are participating in a conference with a representative of the financial institution.
US09508054B2
Product order and shipping information received via email messages is automatically aggregated for ready user review. Once the user is authenticated, authorization to access their email mailbox is obtained and the email message headers of their emails are analyzed to identify those messages of interest. The bodies of the email messages of interest are parsed to extract the product order and shipping information which is stored and presented for display to the user typically grouped by individual product thus greatly simplifying user review of orders. The aggregated product order and shipping information can be augmented with additional information such as shipping status, delivery status, a product image, and/or a last date that the product can be returned.
US09508052B1
Aspects include a computer-implemented method of generating client applications for a set of business processes management engines. A set of model definition files representing business process models is obtained, where each business process model describes the operation of a corresponding business processes management engine of the set of business processes management engines. A plurality of client applications are generated using the obtained model definition files. At least one client application of the plurality of client applications is arranged to communicate directly with two or more of the business processes management engines.
US09508050B2
Various embodiments of systems and methods for executing a customized business process in a business process framework are described herein. A user selection of a solution type corresponding to a business process is received from a user interface. In response to the user selection, a query is executed to retrieve application types and corresponding sub-application types from a business logic stored in a database. Configurable attributes are generated based upon the application types and the corresponding sub-application types. Based upon the application types, the sub-application types and the configurable attributes, the business process is customized to create a customized business process. Based upon a configuration information, a user input to the customized business process is captured from the user interface. The user input is validated by comparing the user input with the business logic. The customized business process that is validated is further executed in the business process framework.
US09508048B2
Embodiments of the present invention may provide a system and method for providing real time analytics and reporting across networked applications. The real time analytics and reporting across networked applications may be provided by extending the reporting metadata and the corresponding design- and runtime-tools. Based on a cross NWAs MDAV-Definition, the corresponding metadata (subview and subquery definitions) may be generated and assigned to the corresponding NWA-Layer (NWA software component). At deployment and configuration time, the relevant views may be activated depending availability of underlying data. At runtime, an MDAV executer (e.g., a MDAV runtime engine) may run a distributed and optimized provisioning of reporting and analytics data. The data provisioning scheme may depend on selection parameters, filters, join conditions between parts in different NWAs, analytical functions defined in the report, and the locality of the data (local or remote).
US09508042B2
A virtual metrology based method for predicting machining quality of a machine tool is provided. In this method, each product accuracy item is correlated with operation paths of the machine tool. During a modeling stage, the machine tool is operated to process workpiece samples, and sample sensing data of the workpiece samples associated with the operation paths are collected during the operation of the machine tool. The sample sensing data of each workpiece sample is de-noised and converted into the sample feature data corresponding to each feature type. The workpiece samples are measured with respect to the product accuracy item and integrated into the feature data for building a predictive model, thereby obtaining quality predicted data for each product accuracy item. During a usage stage, accuracy item values of a workpiece are predicted using the feature data during processing the workpiece in accordance with the predictive models.
US09508032B2
A three-dimensional code is generated by adding a time dimension in a two-dimensional code so as to form the three-dimensional information structure, so that a three-dimensional code flow with time continuity is generated. The basic unit of the three-dimensional code flow is a two-dimensional code having time information. An encrypted three-dimensional code is able to represent multiple aspects of user behavior including time, place, location, instruction, operation device and etc. Through the three-dimensional code technique, the three-dimensional code content is implanted into a display scene of a client display screen. The user is able to interact with the display device through the three-dimensional code. Through the present invention, a screen without any interactive function can display the interactive media on the screen.
US09508030B2
An information processing apparatus includes: an image data generation unit that generates image data of a gloss control plane including a type of a surface effect given to at least a region of a recording medium, coordinates to identify the region, and designation to emphasize, among a first region and a second region adjacent to each other, a surface effect of the first region as compared with a surface effect of the second region; a change unit that changes the surface effect of the second region when the designation to emphasis is given to the first region; a print data generation unit that generates print data on the basis of the image data of the gloss control plane in which the surface effect of the second region has been changed by the change unit; and an output unit that outputs the print data.
US09508028B2
System and methods are provided for detecting numerical text strings within a text string and converting those numerical text strings into digit strings. The digit strings may be reflected in real-time, such as when the user is typing a text message. If more than one possible format of the digit string is determined, the system may then provide a selection of the various formats for selection. Once the proper format for the digit string is determined, that digit string may replace the numerical string previously detected in the text string. The text to digit conversion and associated formatting expedites user text entry such that the user is not required to switch keyboard views, (e.g., virtual keyboards). Additionally, converting to digit strings compresses message length, as well as provide other benefits.
US09508026B2
In the event that a moving body (e.g. a person, a car, etc.) is outfitted with a video camera or with a camera-equipped device (e.g. a tablet or a mobile phone), the system described in one aspect is able to understand the motion of the moving by analyzing the video frame sequence captured by the camera. This means that the system can categorize the motion of the body-carrying camera to one of several types (e.g., is this a person walking? is this a person running? etc.), understand the nature of the moving body holding the camera-equipped device (e.g. Is this a car?, Is this a person? etc.) and even to identify the moving body (which car?, which person? etc.).
US09508023B1
This disclosure relates to transformation invariant media matching. A fingerprinting component can generate a transformation invariant identifier for media content by adaptively encoding the relative ordering of interest points in media content. The interest points can be grouped into subsets, and stretch invariant descriptors can be generated for the subsets based on ratios of coordinates of interest points included in the subsets. The stretch invariant descriptors can be aggregated into a transformation invariant identifier. An identification component compares the identifier against a set of identifiers for known media content, and the media content can be matched or identified as a function of the comparison.
US09508012B2
An extraction device includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes identifying, as a video data portion including a scene of interest in a sports game, a portion of, or all of, captured images of the sports game that correspond to a period in which audio data obtained by collecting sound from the sports game exhibits relatively loud sound, or a period in which the audio data exhibits sound louder than a specific loudness.
US09508005B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for warning a user about a distance between the user's eyes and a screen. The method includes: acquiring an image containing the user's eyes; obtaining the number of pixels between the user's eyes from the image; comparing the number of the pixels between the user's eyes with a preset value; and warning the user if the number of the pixels between the user's eyes is larger than the preset value.
US09507999B2
An information processing system that acquires image data corresponding to a target object that is a target for gesture recognition captured by an imaging device; determines whether a distance between the target object and the imaging device is inadequate for recognition of a gesture made by the target object; and outputs a notification when the determining determines that the distance between the target object and the imaging device is inadequate for recognition of a gesture made by the target object.
US09507994B1
An electronic device and fingerprint-recognition method are provided. The method includes: transmitting first part registered fingerprint datasets to the first processing unit; obtaining second part registered fingerprint datasets; obtaining a verification fingerprint image; transmitting the verification fingerprint image to the first processing unit to generate verification fingerprint data; dividing the verification fingerprint data into first part and second part verification fingerprint data; comparing the verification fingerprint data with the registered fingerprint datasets to generate a first matching result and matching information; transmitting the first matching result, the first part verification fingerprint data and the matching information to the second processing unit; comparing the first part verification fingerprint data with one of the first part registered fingerprint datasets to generate a second matching result according to the matching information; and comparing the first matching result and the second matching result to verify the verification fingerprint data.
US09507989B2
A method of decoding a barcode includes determining number of barcode candidates in the image captured and processing the image captured in accordance with the number of barcode candidates found. If the number of barcode candidates is one, the image captured is processed to decode the only one barcode candidate in the image captured. If the number of barcode candidates is larger than one, the image captured is processed to find a barcode candidate that overlays with an aiming location between a first location and a second location on a scan line and to decode the barcode candidate that is found that overlays with the aiming location.
US09507988B2
A wearable device is worn on the back of a user's hand such that the act of pointing the user's index finger is sufficient to align the device and trigger a process. Triggering is achieved by sensing the user's finger in an image or by breaking a light path in a photogate.
US09507983B2
An electronic baggage tag is self-reliant and self-regulating and provides the underlying foundation for a baggage tracking and management system, the center of which operates one or more tag service provider servers. The tag is attached to a baggage and is loaded with various data, including passenger itinerary, GPS data, and journey profile data. The tag has sensors, such for detecting different vibrations, electro-magnetic sensor, GPS, and others. As the baggage to which the tag is attached goes on its journey, the sensors detect stimuli and ascertain where in the journey the baggage is and use itinerary and other data to determine where the baggage should be. The tag service provider server communicates with the tag at various stages in the journey, providing up-to-date itinerary data to the tag. The tag automatically shuts off to be compliant with government regulations for devices in flight.
US09507971B2
Methods and systems for barcode integration in packaging design and printing are described. The method includes receiving a request for a For Position Only (FPO) image file which is a placeholder for a final barcode. The method includes accessing barcode data, wherein the barcode data contains information usable to produce the final barcode, generating the FPO image file including an FPO image and including metadata containing the barcode data, and sending the FPO image file including the metadata to a second computer device. A final barcode can be generated from the metadata and by accessing at least one printing parameter of a prepress system, and the final barcode can be used to replace the FPO image file.
US09507970B2
The CMOS current-mode squaring circuit includes a translinear loop. A rectifier is used to produce the absolute value of the input current. Carrier mobility reduction is taken into consideration to compute the drain current for short channel MOSFETs. Careful selection of CMOS aspect ratios provides error compensation due to carrier mobility reduction.
US09507967B2
A hardware sensor and a hardware user-input component are integrated in a portable electronic device. The hardware sensor is operable to produce hardware sensor output indicative of orientation or motion or both of the device within its environment. The hardware user-input component has multiple elements operable to accept user input through touch. A user-input driver and the device's operating system are jointly operable to detect touch events involving the elements. A software application stored in the device's memory is executable by the device's processor as a process. A sensor driver or the operating system or both are configured to control what hardware sensor output, if any, is receivable by the process. This control may thwart an attack based on analysis of the hardware sensor output, the attack designed to deduce what user input has been made via multiple elements of the hardware user-input component.
US09507956B2
A stored data access controller, configured to control access to data items, stored in a data storage apparatus, composed of data values encoding a labelled link between a subject graph node and an object graph node. The stored data access controller comprising: a query module, configured to receive a query requesting a specified subset of the data items and further configured to obtain the specified subset of the data items as a preliminary query result. The stored data access controller further comprising: a suppression module, configured to obtain the preliminary query result from the query module, and to generate a revised version of the preliminary query result by selectively suppressing the data value of one or more graph nodes in accordance with access control information attributed to the label of a labelled link between the subject graph node and the object graph node.
US09507953B2
An information processing system includes one or more information processing apparatuses that implement an output data reception unit that receives sets of output data via a network, an identification unit that identifies a user identifier to be associated with the received sets of output data by referring to user information stored in a user information storage unit, a storage processing unit that stores the sets of output data in a data storage unit in association with individual identifiers and a common identifier when the user identifier is not identified by the identification unit, a reporting unit that reports the common identifier via the network, and a transmission unit that receives the user identifier or a combination of an individual identifier and the common identifier via the network, and sends output data associated with the received user identifier or the received combination via the network.
US09507949B2
A device and method for provided access to distributed data sources includes a cloud security server configured to associate any number of data sources and client devices with a cloud security server account. The cloud security server assigns trust levels to the data sources and the client devices. A client device requests data from the cloud security server. The cloud security server authenticates the client device and verifies the trust levels of the client device and the requested data. If verified, the cloud security server brokers a connection between the client device and the data source, and the client device accesses the requested data. Data sources may include cloud service providers and local storage devices. The cloud security server may assign a trust level to a client device for a limited time or revoke a trust level assigned to a client device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09507946B2
In one embodiment, a system for identifying and tracking application vulnerabilities includes an interface, a processor, and a memory. The interface is operable to receive a plurality of applications from one or more business units, each of the plurality of applications including source code. A process is communicatively coupled to the interface and is operable to identify a vulnerability associated with the source code of each of the plurality of applications. A memory is communicatively coupled to the interface and the processor and operable to store the vulnerability and the source code associated with the vulnerability in a vulnerability database. The processor is further operable to create a vulnerability tag for the vulnerability stored in the vulnerability database. The memory may also store the vulnerability tag for the vulnerability in a reporting database.
US09507945B2
A method executable via operation of configured processing circuitry to identify vulnerabilities in program code may include receiving a program and employing a disassembler to disassemble the program, generating a function call tree for the program based on disassembly of the program, receiving an indication of a post condition for which analysis of the program is desired, transforming program statements into logical equations, simplifying the logical equations, propagating post conditions backwards via Dijkstra's weakest precondition variant, analyzing aliases and processing loops to generate a precondition, and using an automated solver to determine whether the precondition is realizable and, if so, providing program inputs required to realize the precondition.
US09507944B2
A method for simulation aided security event management, the method comprises: generating attack simulation information that comprises multiple simulation data items of at least one data item type out of vulnerability instances data items, attack step data items and attack simulation scope data items; wherein the generating of attack simulation information is responsive to a network model, at least one attack starting point and attack action information; identifying security events in response to a correlation between simulation data items and event data; and prioritizing identified security events.
US09507939B1
Described systems and methods allow conducting computer security operations, such as detecting malware and spyware, in a bare-metal computer system. In some embodiments, a first processor of a computer system executes the code samples under assessment, whereas a second, distinct processor is used to carry out the assessment and to control various hardware components involved in the assessment. The described computer systems may be used in conjunction with a conventional anti-malware filter to increase throughput and/or the efficacy of malware scanning.
US09507932B2
A capability for providing policy enforcement in a topology abstraction system is presented. The capability for providing policy enforcement in a topology abstraction system may support use of topology abstraction policies to control abstraction of topology information of a topology (e.g., a network topology of a communication network or any other suitable type of topology). The capability for providing policy enforcement in a topology abstraction system providing an abstract representation of a topology may support use of topology abstraction policies to control selection (or acceptance) of topology elements for inclusion within the abstract representation of a topology and filtering (or rejection) of topology elements from being included within the abstract representation of a topology. The capability for providing policy enforcement in a topology abstraction system providing an abstract representation of a topology may support use of topology abstraction policies to control clustering of topology elements selected for inclusion within the abstract representation of the topology.
US09507926B2
A mobile, wireless biometric identification system includes a biometric capture device which enables a smartphone, using a commercially established wireless communication networks, to capture a digital image of a human biometric (iris, fingerprint, etc.) for transmission to a central server. The biometric capture device captures a high quality image for encoding, while the overall system leverages the existing cellular communication network. The server receives the image, encodes the image to a biometric template, and compares the encoded template to reference templates stored in a database to identify the individual. Identification data is transmitted back to the smartphone device and displayed. Additionally, the device includes at least one other data capture device which can read, capture and transmit at least one of a variety of other data types from a variety of different government issued credentials, such as passports, driver's licenses, green cards, visas and/or other identity cards.
US09507923B2
A triggering mechanism may provide a user of a device the ability to send a multimedia message and/or capture multimedia information via the device without the user unlocking the device, without the user opening a messaging application and/or without the user opening an information capturing application on the device. In an example configuration, an emergency call button, or the like, on the device may provide a user several options for sending a message and/or capturing information. Upon selecting one or more of the options, applications for effectuating the selected option(s) may be automatically initiated without user intervention.
US09507922B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for conditionally implementing protected content. In use, protected content is identified. Additionally, one or more elements associated with the protected content are verified. Further, the protected content is conditionally implemented, based on the verifying.
US09507921B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance licensing in multi-user computing environments. In an implementation, for each user of a plurality of users engaged with an application installed in a multi-user computing environment, a user-specific license state is maintained for the user with respect to the application. In addition, for each of the plurality of users engaged with the application installed in the multi-user computing environment, the application is delivered in accordance with the user-specific license state for the user.
US09507920B2
A novel code signing system, computer readable media, and method are provided. The code signing method includes receiving a code signing request from a requestor in order to gain access to one or more specific application programming interfaces (APIs). A digital signature is provided to the requestor. The digital signature indicates authorization by a code signing authority for code of the requestor to access the one or more specific APIs. In one example, the digital signature is provided by the code signing authority or a delegate thereof. In another example, the code signing request may include one or more of the following: code, an application, a hash of an application, an abridged version of the application, a transformed version of an application, a command, a command argument, and a library.
US09507919B2
To communicate requirements for a digital license from a receiver of corresponding digital content to a computing device upon which the digital content is to be rendered, the receiver tunes the content and locates within the content information relating to the requirements for the license, constructs the requirements from the located information, and sends such constructed requirements to the computing device. The computing device upon receiving the sent requirements constructs the license based on such received requirements, stores such constructed license in a license store of such computing device, and thereafter renders the content only in accordance with the license. Thus, the receiver need not communicate the license itself to the computing device.
US09507917B2
Monitoring system and method for use with diabetic treatment management. The system comprises: a communication interface configured to permit access to stored raw log data, obtained over a certain time, being indicative of glucose measurements, meals consumed and insulin delivery; and a control unit comprising an unsupervised learning controller configured to receive and process said raw log data and determine at least one global insulin pump setting of basal rate, correction factor, carbohydrate ratio and insulin activity curve parameters. The system may comprise a processing unit comprising a first processor for processing measured data indicative of blood glucose level and generating first processed data, a second processor comprising at least one fuzzy logic module which receives input parameters corresponding to the measured data, the first processed data and a reference data, and processes the data to produce a qualitative output parameter to determine whether any treatment parameter should be modified.
US09507916B2
A container may include a secure chamber to hold a medication, a lockable lid that covers an opening of the secure chamber, a dispensing device, and one or more processors. The container may receive prescription information indicating a frequency to dispense the medication and indicating a dose of the medication to dispense at a dispense time. The container may determine the dispense time based on the frequency to dispense the medication. The dispense time may be a time to dispense a dose of the medication. The container may cause the dispensing device to dispense the dose of the medication from the secure chamber at the dispense time.
US09507915B2
A healthcare system includes an event notification system (ENS) and a real-time location (RTL) system. The ENS operates to receive event messages from an event generation device that includes the identity of a clinical event instance, the location of the clinical event source and timestamp information associated with the event, and it operates to receive tag message information that includes the identity of a caregiver associated with the tag, the current location of the tag and timestamp information. Alert message logic operates on the clinical event information and the tag information to determine whether an alert message should be sent to a caregiver currently attending to a patient.
US09507913B2
A method of computing physiological measurements resulting from a multi-scale physiological system using a data-driven model includes generating a database of physiological measurements associated with a multi-scale physiological system. A computer uses dimensionality reduction techniques on the database to identify a reduced set of components explaining the multi-scale physiological system. The computer learns a data-driven model of the multi-scale physiological system from the database. Then, new input parameters are received by the computer and used to compute new physiological measurements using the data-driven model. New derived physiological indicators are computed by the computer based on the reduced set of components. Once computed, the new derived physiological indicators may be displayed along with the new physiological measurements.
US09507907B2
Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented defect prediction method for a device manufacturing process involving processing a portion of a design layout onto a substrate, the method comprising: identifying a hot spot from the portion of the design layout; determining a range of values of a processing parameter of the device manufacturing process for the hot spot, wherein when the processing parameter has a value outside the range, a defect is produced from the hot spot with the device manufacturing process; determining an actual value of the processing parameter; and determining or predicting, using the actual value, an existence, a probability of existence, a characteristic, or a combination selected therefrom, of a defect produced from the hot spot with the device manufacturing process.
US09507904B2
A circuit layout method comprises inputting layout data into a circuit layout system. The layout data represents a plurality of patterns in a plurality of cells. Each pattern of the plurality of patterns has a plurality of runs, ends, and corners. The method also comprises specifying a plurality of G1-rule criteria. The method further comprises reviewing a representation of G0-space and G0 rule violations for each cell of the plurality of cells. The method additionally comprises inputting an adjustment to the layout data. The method also comprises reviewing a representation of adjusted cell edge spacings, and selecting to output a final layout.
US09507898B2
A computer identifies a storage element in a simulation model of an integrated circuit design that, during simulation of the integrated circuit design using the simulation model, is subject to having its value forced. In response to identifying the storage element, an indication of the storage element and the associated clock signal are stored in a database. In response to receiving an input indicating the value of the storage element is to be forced during simulation, a determination is made by reference to the database whether or not forcing of the value is mistimed with reference to the associated clock signal. In response to a determination that the forcing of the value as indicated by the input is mistimed with reference to the associated clock signal, an indication that forcing of the value is mistimed is output.
US09507893B2
System and method for extraction and processing of river bank coordinates from imagery, generation of an unstructured mesh of the river using river bank positions and available or synthetic bathymetry, application of upstream and downstream boundary forcing data, contingencies for handling missing data, and configuration of multiple realizations of the developed river model.
US09507885B2
System and method for realizing a building using automated building massing configuration generation
Computer based methods and systems for evaluating different building designs are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method involves generating a first set of different building massing configurations using a shape grammar, storing the generated first set of different building massing configurations in a building massing library, reducing the first set of different building massing configurations according to a parameter search to form a second set of different building massing configurations, the second set being a subset of the first set, and using the second set of different building massing configurations to evaluate an aspect of a building system.
US09507881B2
A search unit 60 calculates a character-string similarity by acquiring expansion source document data partially matching a search query 70 from a character-string search index 40, determines a relational-data expansion similarity by acquiring expansion destination document data defined to have a relationship with the expansion source document data from a relational-data expansion index 50 and correcting the acquired data by the character-string similarity of the expansion destination document data and relation weight data 80, and outputs a search result 90 arranged in an order of the relational-data expansion similarity.
US09507876B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first search query including a selection of a first query-domain. The first query-domain may correspond to a first object-type. The method includes identifying a first set of objects of the plurality of objects matching the first object-type. The method includes sending a first search-results page responsive to the first search query. The first search-results page may include references to one or more of the identified objects from the first set of objects and one or more query-filter elements. Each query-filter element may correspond to a query-filter associated with the first query-domain. Each query-filter element may be activatable to apply the associated query-filter to the identified objects. The method includes receiving a second search query including a selection of one or more of the query-filters in response to the first user activating the corresponding query-filter elements.
US09507866B2
A geographical location rendering method executed in a geographical location rendering system for identifying at least one semantic region is provided. A density clustering is performed on a plurality of user generated contents of respective geographical location name information to generate a plurality of region candidates. A name extraction is performed on the region candidates to extract and confirm a common region name of the region candidates as a name of the semantic region. A region scope of the region candidates is detected as a location scope of the semantic region according to a spatial density analysis.
US09507865B2
Disclosed herein, among other things, is a system comprising a content repository, a communication portal developer, a content manager, and an analytic engine. The content repository is adapted to store electronic content in a computer-readable storage medium. The communication portal developer includes at least one wizard to create a plurality of customizable portals without coding software. Each customizable portal is accessible to one or more selected visitors through a web browser. The content manager is adapted to publish selectable electronic content to selectable portals. The content manager includes at least one wizard to populate and manage the electronic content within the content repository. The analytic engine analyzes electronic content use and visitor behavior while logged into their customizable portal. In various embodiments, the analytics are provided in real time or near real time. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US09507857B2
According to an embodiment, a document classification apparatus includes an extraction unit, a clustering unit, a classification unit, and a label assignment unit. The extraction unit is configured to extract feature words from documents. The clustering unit is configured to cluster the feature words into clusters so that a difference between the number of documents each including any one of the feature words belonging to one cluster and the number of documents each including any one of the feature words belonging to another cluster is equal to or less than a predetermined reference value. The classification unit is configured to classify the documents into the clusters so that each document belongs to the cluster to which the feature word included in the each document belongs. The label assignment unit is configured to assign a classification label to each cluster as a word representative of the corresponding feature words.
US09507850B1
A method and system for searching databases uses query catching and/or metadata exploration features to analyze the search terms entered and present suggestions displayed on the initial search results page, together with the traditional search results. The method and system simplifies and improves the user's experience by mapping user queries to relevant methods for accessing content based on string similarity measures, term relationships, and editorial assertions. The method and system uses an underlying search engine that enhances search results and suggests topics, dates, and/or publications, displayed as links on the results page, to help focus the search using automatic indexing.
US09507848B1
Generating an inverted index is disclosed. Semi-structured data from a plurality of sources is parsed to extract structure from at least a portion of the semi-structured data. The inverted index is generated using the extracted structure. The inverted index includes a location identifier and a data type identifier for one or more entries of the inverted index.
US09507843B1
A distributed database system may efficiently replicate distributed storage system changes on one or more read-only nodes. Storage metadata that indicates an access scheme for obtaining data for a particular view of the database from a distributed storage system may be maintained at a read-only node. An update to the storage metadata may be received that indicates a change to the distributed storage system that affects the validity of read requests for a different particular view of the database. In some embodiments, the change may indicate which storage nodes may be storing data according to the different particular view of the database, such as a change in membership of a protection group for the data at the distributed storage system. The storage metadata at the read-only node may be updated according to the received update such that a subsequent read request for the different particular view of the database is sent to the distributed storage system according to the updated access scheme.
US09507842B2
A distributed cache invalidation system operating on multiple data centers utilizes metadata, read from a replication stream transmitted between data centers, to identify cached items to be invalidated.
US09507835B2
A processor-implemented method for accessing data from a data source includes using search-on-the-fly to displaying an initial view of the data source. The initial view includes, as a first data field result list, a dynamically-determined set of first available data fields upon which a data query may be run. The method further includes executing data queries by executing a search-on-the-fly operation. The search-on-the-fly operation includes receiving a first selection of one of the first available data fields and displaying as a first data element result list, a first set of available data elements of the selected first available data field. The method still further includes executing a sort-on-the-fly operation by receiving a sort-on-the-fly command and displaying a second view of the data source. The second view includes as a second data field result list of all data fields from the initial view except the selected first available data field. Finally, the method includes repeating search-on-the-fly and sort-on-the-fly operations until a desired data query result is achieved.
US09507829B1
Systems and methods are provided for optimizing allocation of storage resources for computing systems. For example, a method includes performing a storage allocation process to optimize storage of user data in data centers of a computing system. The storage allocation process includes determining a ranking of each data center in the computing system for a given user, and selecting a data center to store user data of the given user, based at least in part on the determined rankings of the data centers for the given user. The data centers are ranked using a ranking function which includes an access ratio that is determined as ratio of (i) a number of times that each of a total number of users in the given data center have accessed shared data of the given user to (ii) a number of data uploads that the given user has made to the computing system.
US09507824B2
A computer system processes a plurality of unrelated database tables to create a join graph where each node in the join graph represents a table. The nodes in the join graph are connected by weighted, directed edges, where each directed edge represents a join from a first column in a first table to a second column in a second table and where the weight of the directed edge represents a predicted level of success in performing the join. The edge weights can be based on a likelihood of finding a value from the first column in the second column. A user selects a subset of the tables, and the system creates a join tree with recommended joins between the tables selected by the user. The recommended joins are used to create a structured query language statement which is executed to return a result to the user.
US09507813B1
The present disclosure describes techniques and apparatuses for hardware-implemented AVL tree updates. In some aspects, records are accessed as part of a search performed to update an AVL tree. The update may involve inserting a new node into, or removing a node from, the AVL tree. The AVL tree is represented by records stored in memory, each of which represents a node of the AVL tree. During the search, each of the records accessed is read from memory. The records read from memory are then written to an AVL tree rebalancing component implemented in hardware. Once the records are written to the hardware-implemented AVL tree rebalancer, it can modify, without subsequently accessing the memory, those records corresponding to the nodes affected by the update. After those records are modified by the hardware-implemented AVL tree rebalancer, the modified records are written back to the memory effective to update the AVL tree.
US09507801B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for enforcing category diversity of points of interest (POIs). In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request to identify POIs, obtaining data identifying (i) POIs that satisfy the request, (ii) a category associated with each POI, and (iii) a non-scaled score associated with each POI, and ranking, for each category, the POIs based on the non-scaled scores. The method also includes scaling, for each of one or more categories, the non-scaled scores of the ranked POIs associated with the category, ranking the POIs using the scaled scores, for the POIs that are associated with the one or more categories, and the non-scaled scores, for the POIs that are not associated with the one or more categories, and providing data that identifies the POIs, as ranked according to the scaled and the non-scaled scores.
US09507796B2
The information processing device may determine a file type of a send file which is a file to be sent to the storage device and to be stored in the storage device. The information processing device may acquire a plurality of stored tag information from the storage device. The stored tag information may be tag information associated with a stored file which is a file stored in the storage device. The information processing device may cause a display unit to display one or more stored tag information among the acquired plurality of stored tag information. The information processing device may store, in association with the send file, at least one selected tag information into the storage device. The information processing device may cause the display unit to display a first group of stored tag information in preference to a second group of stored tag information.
US09507793B2
Managing file distribution in an online file sharing system implemented by at least one server includes inviting a first entity to access a shared file hosted by the online file sharing system, and allowing the first entity to reshare the shared file through the online file sharing system with at least a second entity only to an extent permitted by a resharing policy stored by the online file sharing system.
US09507790B2
Various embodiments present file indexes within a file managing and navigation interface. In one embodiment, a set of files is presented within a user interface of a file managing and navigation application. A visual indicator is associated with at least one file in the set of files. The visual indicator indicates to a user that the at least one file is associated with an index. The index includes a set of index components associated with a content set of the at least one file. A request from the user to is received to display the index. The index is presented to the user within the user interface based on receiving the request.
US09507783B1
A file system storage device includes a memory storing instructions and at least one processor. The processor is configured to: execute the instructions to create a storage area symbolic name in the file system storage device, generate a core table data structure, generate an ancillary table data structure, cache partitioning rule paths for the file system storage device based on the storage area symbolic name, compare property values for a document with the cached partitioning rule paths, dynamically select the storage device symbolic name for the document, store the document into a partition of the file system storage device, store metadata for the document into a partition of the core table, and store ancillary objects for the document into a partition of the ancillary table.
US09507782B2
Technologies are generally described for generating a preview of a content file dynamically based at least in part on content features of the content file. In some examples, a content preview system may include a content feature analysis unit configured to analyze one or more content features of a content file, and a preview type determination unit configured to determine a preview type for the content file based at least in part on the content features analyzed by the content feature analysis unit.
US09507780B2
Management or coordination of playback of digital media assets by an electronic device (e.g., a computing device), that supports media playback is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the electronic device can be controlled such that a user is able to schedule playback of distinct digital media assets.
US09507760B2
A method for electronic document handling utilizing a browser apparatus communicatively coupled to a document execution server comprises downloading an unsigned electronic document from the document execution server to the browser apparatus and downloading a front-end program including zoom instructions from the document execution server to the browser apparatus. The front-end program may be separate from or part of the unsigned electronic document. The method also includes displaying the unsigned electronic document on the display screen of the browser apparatus. This displaying includes displaying fields to be filled in by the operator of the browser apparatus using the pointing apparatus and the data entry apparatus. The method also includes running the front-end program downloaded from the document execution server to zoom into or out of at least one of the displayed fields.
US09507755B1
In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes identifying, at a computer system, a plurality of users who are located within a threshold distance of a display device; selecting, by the computer system, a subset of the plurality of users based, at least in part, on location information that indicates current locations of the plurality of users relative to a location of the display device; identifying, by the computer system, roles within one or more organizations of individual users within the subset of the plurality of users; selecting content to present on the display device based, at least in part, on identities of the individual users within the subset of the plurality of users and the roles of the individual users within the subset of the plurality of users; and causing, by the computer system, the selected content to be presented on the display device.
US09507754B2
In modeling passage of an elongate well tool through an interval of a well an adaptive machine learning model executed on a computing system receives a first set of inputs representing a plurality of characteristics of the well tool and a second set of inputs representing a plurality of characteristics of the well. The adaptive machine learning model also receives historical data representing a plurality of other well tools passed through a plurality of other wells and a plurality of characteristics of the other well tools and the other wells. The adaptive machine learning model matches the historical data with at least a portion of the first and second sets of inputs, and determines, based on the matching whether the well tool can pass through the interval of the well.
US09507753B2
Provided is a processor with a data transfer structure that is excellent in performance and efficiency. According to an aspect, the processor may include a plurality of processing elements, a plurality of routers respectively connected to the processing elements, and a plurality of connection links formed between the routers such that data is transferred between the processors via a network.
US09507745B1
Communicating among cores in a computing system comprising a plurality of cores, each core comprising a processor and a switch, includes: routing a packet from a core or from a device coupled to at least one core to a destination over a route including one or more cores, with an order of dimensions associated with the route being selected dynamically upon construction of the packet; routing the packet to a first core in the route over the first selected dimension; and routing the packet from the first core to the destination over the second dimension.
US09507726B2
A method and apparatus of a device that manages virtual memory for a graphics processing unit is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device manages a graphics processing unit working set of pages. In this embodiment, the device determines the set of pages of the device to be analyzed, where the device includes a central processing unit and the graphics processing unit. The device additionally classifies the set of pages based on a graphics processing unit activity associated with the set of pages and evicts a page of the set of pages based on the classifying.
US09507707B2
A data storage device including a first nonvolatile memory device having a first state information transmission block, a second nonvolatile memory device having a second state information transmission block, which shares a state information line with the first state information transmission block, and a controller having a state information reception block which is suitable for transmitting a control signal for controlling the first state information transmission block and the second state information transmission block to transmit a state information frame, and sequentially receiving a first state information frame transmitted from the first state information transmission block and a second state information frame transmitted from the second state information transmission block, through the state information line.
US09507705B2
A method of managing a non-volatile memory system is described where data elements stored in a buffer are characterized by attributes and a write data tag is created for the data elements. A plurality of write data tag queues is maintained so that different data attributes may be applied as sorting criteria when the data elements are formed into pages for storage in the non-volatile memory. The memory system may be organized as a RAID system and a write data tag queue may be associated with a specific RAID group such that the data pages may be written from a buffer to the non-volatile memory in accordance with the results of sorting each write data queue. The data elements stored in the buffer may be received from a user, or be read from the non-volatile memory during the performance of system overhead operations.
US09507700B1
An application comprising pages and navigations between the pages is parsed into a DOM for each page. A determination is made whether each page creates, updates or deletes an object of the application based on the DOM for the page. If the page does not create, update or delete, the DOM for the page is traversed to collect navigation links to other pages. If the page does create, update or delete, the DOM for the page is traversed to collect, input nodes, buttons for creating, updating or deleting and navigation links to other pages. Each page of the application is visited and tested. A navigation test of each of the collected links of the page is performed with one forward and one backward navigation of the link. A function test of each collected button of the page is performed by using the button and evaluating results based on specified rules.
US09507697B2
The Functional Tester Plug-in (FTP) extracts information from a data base to enhance automated testing tools to accommodate changes to the computer environment and so that a simulation can be fully executed even if an exception occurs. The FTP accesses the test script and static data store created by a developer using the automated testing tool, wherein the test script and static data store indicate a first resource to be tested at a verification point and a first expected result. The FTP identifies the first resource used by the test script at a first verification point and accesses the data base. The FTP identifies the status and configuration of the first resource in the data base. The FTP calculates an optimal expected result based on any changes in the status and configuration of the first resource.
US09507693B2
A method for closure testing is disclosed. The method includes: acquiring an identification of a closure to be tested; generating code to be inserted based on the identification of the closure to be tested; searching and obtaining a corresponding annotation based on the identification of the closure to be tested, and determining a closure corresponding to the identification of the closure to be tested based on the annotation; adding the generated code to be inserted to the searched closure; and testing the closure added the code to be inserted. In addition, the present disclosure also discloses a device for closure testing. For the above method and device for closure testing, it reduces the burden of the tester and improves testing efficiency, and the source code published to the network need not to make an internal interface in a closure be exposed for testing, which improves the security of the program.
US09507690B2
The functionality of simulated, virtual hardware units is varied during the execution of a program flow on the virtual hardware units, for example via an interface device of a simulation device, in such a manner that the execution behavior changes of a program flow can be identified by using at least one faulty, physical hardware unit. A method and a device are used for analyzing an execution of a predetermined program flow on a physical computer system. The method and the device are used to determine execution behavior changes of software products which changes are due to faulty hardware components. The method and device allow execution behavior changes to be identified systematically, using an operating system and eliminates the need for expensive, physical hardware components and for modifications to a physical computer system.
US09507675B2
Systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for recovering from dynamic random access memory (DRAM) defects. One method comprises determining that an uncorrected bit error has occurred for a physical codeword address associated with a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) device coupled to a system on chip (SoC). A kernel page associated with a DRAM page comprising the physical codeword address is identified as a bad page. Recovery from the uncorrected bit error is provided by rebooting a system comprising the SoC and the DRAM device. In response to the rebooting, the identified kernel page is excluded from being allocated for DRAM operation.
US09507674B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and host device that receives one or more transactions. A state is stored in a transaction log in a volatile memory wherein the state includes information associated with the one or more transactions. The transaction log is stored in a stable storage device when a failure is determined to a have occurred. The transaction log can then be retrieved and replayed subsequent to a reboot. Thereby, state can be preserved and transactions pending, but not yet committed to storage server devices, can be replayed and proceed with minimal or no impact on the client devices originating the write transactions.
US09507672B2
A method for generating and recovering a memory snapshot of a virtual machine is provided. The method includes: obtaining a current Sth memory page of the virtual machine; identifying a page type of the current Sth memory page, where the page type includes an invalid data page and a valid data page; and recording the page type of the current Sth memory page in a memory snapshot file when the page is an invalid data page; and recording the page type and page data of the current Sth memory page in the memory snapshot file when the page is a valid data page, so that only valid data is stored according to the embodiments of the present invention, thereby reducing backup of invalid data, greatly shortening the generation time of the memory snapshot, reducing the size of the memory snapshot file, and saving storage resources.
US09507671B2
For write cache protection of purpose built backup appliances in a computing environment, backup data of the write cache is created using a server memory that includes the write cache in a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) system. The server memory is not controlled by a failing RAID card and/or NVRAM card that controls the write cache. The backup data in the server memory is flushed to a persistent storage device subsequent to detecting a failure of the write cache for enabling recovery of the backup data using the persistent storage device during a reboot operation.
US09507662B2
In some examples, a memory device may be configured to store data in either an original or an inverted state based at least in part on whether the majority of bits are set to a high state or a low state. For instance, the memory device may be configured to set each bit in the memory array to a low state when the data is read. The memory device may then be configured to store the data in the original state when a majority of the bits to be written to the array are in the low state and in the inverted state when the majority of the bits to be written to the array are in the high state.
US09507654B2
A processing system includes a first processing system element, and a second processing system element configured to communicate with the first processing system. The second processing system element includes a set of messaging queues. Each of the messaging queues includes one or more entries for storing data, a set of delegate queue addresses associated with one of the set of messaging queues; and a delegate queue associated with the set of messaging queues. The delegate queue includes a set of entries corresponding to the delegate queue addresses, and each of the entries of the delegate queue indicates whether a corresponding one of the set of messaging queues is storing data.
US09507652B2
Two threads may communicate via shared memory using two different modes. In a polling mode, a receiving thread may poll an indicator set by the sending thread to determine if a message is present. In a blocking mode, the receiving thread may wait until a synchronization object is set by the sending thread which may cause the receiving thread to return to the polling mode. The polling mode may have low latency buy may use processor activity of the receiving thread to repetitively check the indictor. The blocking mode may have a higher latency but may allow the receiving thread to enter a sleep mode or perform other activities.
US09507640B2
Multicore processor and method of use that configures core functions based on executing instructions
A multiprocessor system having plural heterogeneous processing units schedules instruction sets for execution on a selected of the processing units by matching workload processing characteristics of processing units and the instruction sets. To establish an instruction set's processing characteristics, the homogeneous instruction set is executed on each of the plural processing units with one or more performance metrics tracked at each of the processing units to determine which processing unit most efficiently executes the instruction set. Instruction set workload processing characteristics are stored for reference in scheduling subsequent execution of the instruction set.
US09507638B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for managing the allocation and release of resources during multi-threaded program execution. Programmable reference counters are initialized to values that limit the amount of resources for allocation to tasks that share the same reference counter. Resource parameters are specified for each task to define the amount of resources allocated for consumption by each array of execution threads that is launched to execute the task. The resource parameters also specify the behavior of the array for acquiring and releasing resources. Finally, during execution of each thread in the array, an exit instruction may be configured to override the release of the resources that were allocated to the array. The resources may then be retained for use by a child task that is generated during execution of a thread.
US09507634B1
A method and system is disclosed for providing a distributed technical computing environment for distributing technical computing tasks from a technical computing client to technical computing workers for execution of the tasks on one or more computers systems. Tasks can be defined on a technical computing client, and the tasks organized into jobs. The technical computing client can directly distribute tasks to one or more technical computing workers. Furthermore, the technical computing client can submit tasks, or jobs comprising tasks, to an automatic task distribution mechanism that distributes the tasks automatically to one or more technical computing workers providing technical computing services. The technical computing worker performs technical computing of tasks and the results of the execution of tasks may be provided to the technical computing client.
US09507620B2
A method and system for the display device configuration in a VM environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes determining one or more devices in a display system of a client and transmitting client display system information to a host running one or more VMs. Further, a notification is received by the client from the host indicating that display settings of the VM were configured based on the client display system information.
US09507617B1
Communication between software components in different virtual machines may be made through a hypervisor between pseudo-devices that have no corresponding physical device. A software component in a virtual machine transfers data to a pseudo-device in the virtual machine. The pseudo-device is connected to another pseudo-device in another virtual machine, and the connection is through the hypervisor. The data from the software component is transferred from the pseudo-device to the other pseudo-device over the connection through the hypervisor. The other pseudo-device in the other virtual machine receives the data and provides the data to another software component in the other virtual machine.
US09507616B1
According to one aspect, the disclosed subject matter describes herein a method for emulating computer processing usage patterns on a virtual machine that includes generating a usage pattern specification based on a plurality of computer processing usage patterns provided by a user and receiving, by a virtual machine hosted by a device under test (DUT), the usage pattern specification containing the plurality of computer processing usage patterns. The method also includes generating a plurality of pattern instruction sequences using execution parameters included in each of the plurality of computer processing usage patterns and distributing each of the plurality of pattern instruction sequences among a plurality of virtual processing cores of the virtual machine. The method further includes emulating the operation of the application on the virtual machine by executing the pattern instruction sequences on the virtual processing cores in a manner specified by the execution parameters.
US09507613B2
A class preloading mechanism that dynamically preloads classes at runtime in a virtual machine (VM) environment. Data structures representing preloaded classes may be stored in a persistent module corresponding to a classloader. A persistent module can be directly mapped or copied into a memory region at runtime so that the classes may not have to be loaded from the class file container. The preloaded classes are not fully linked and resolved. When a classloader receives a class request, the classloader looks up the preloaded class in the memory region and completes linking and resolution of the class. Persistent modules may be pre-generated and, for example, installed with an application. Alternatively, a persistent module for a class file container may be generated at runtime by preloading classes from the class file container into a memory region and storing data structures representing the classes as a persistent module.
US09507610B2
Methods and systems present commands to a user within a software application program by determining the user's context within the application program and automatically presenting in a user interface commands that pertain to the user's current context. When the user's context changes, the context-sensitive commands are automatically removed from the user interface. In one implementation context blocks and context panes are employed to present the commands.
US09507606B2
An object class (Class1) in a computer system is dynamically created by creating a global generic class (GenericClass) having two possible members, wherein at least one member is an instance of a generic class (GenericAttribute, GenericMethod), and by instantiating the global generic class.
US09507605B1
A method, computer program product, and system identify a low-cost time to re-boot a system. The method includes a processor obtaining a request for a re-boot of a system. The processor obtains identifiers of uncompleted tasks executing in the system. Based on obtaining the identifiers, the processor obtains a task cost of each task of the uncompleted tasks, where a value of the task cost of each task relates to a portion of each task completed by the processor at a given time. The processor determines, based on the task costs associated with the uncompleted tasks, a re-boot cost for re-booting the system at the given time. The processor determined a system cost for not re-booting the system at the given time. The processor compares the re-boot cost to the system cost to determine whether to re-boot the system at the given time in response to the request.
US09507603B2
A system for pipelining signal flow graphs by a plurality of shared memory processors organized in a 3D physical arrangement with the memory overlaid on the processor nodes that reduces storage of temporary variables. A group function formed by two or more instructions to specify two or more parts of the group function. A first instruction specifies a first part and specifies control information for a second instruction adjacent to the first instruction or at a pre-specified location relative to the first instruction. The first instruction when executed transfers the control information to a pending register and produces a result which is transferred to an operand input associated with the second instruction. The second instruction specifies a second part of the group function and when executed transfers the control information from the pending register to a second execution unit to adjust the second execution unit's operation on the received operand.
US09507599B2
A method and circuit arrangement selectively source and/or write data from/to extended registers of an extended register file based in part on whether an operand address of an instruction references a primary register of primary register file configured to store a pointer to the extended register. Control logic connected to the primary register file and the extended register file determines whether the operand address references a primary register configured to store a pointer, and responsive to the determination, the control logic causes execution logic to selectively source and/or write data from/to the extended register pointed to by the pointer stored in the referenced primary register.
US09507598B1
According to an aspect, management of auxiliary branch prediction in a processing system including a primary branch predictor and an auxiliary branch predictor is provided. A congruence class of the auxiliary branch predictor is located based on receiving a primary branch predictor misprediction indicator corresponding to a mispredicted target address of the primary branch predictor. An entry is identified in the congruence class having an auxiliary usefulness level set to a least useful level with respect to one or more other entries of the congruence class. Auxiliary data corresponding to the mispredicted target address is installed into the entry. The auxiliary usefulness level of the entry is reset to an initial value based on installing the auxiliary data.
US09507590B2
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 plurality of snapshots of a code base, including data representing a revision graph of the snapshots of the code base and data representing respective violations in each of the plurality of snapshots. A plurality of transitively matched violations in the code base are generated, wherein each transitively matched violation represents a respective sequence of matching violations from a first violation of a first snapshot to a second violation of a second snapshot, wherein each transitively matched violation identifies a respective first violation representing an initial occurrence of a coding defect in the code base and a respective second violation representing a last occurrence of the coding defect in the code base.
US09507588B2
[Object] To enable a user to simply and easily confirm update information of a plurality of pieces of content data handled by a plurality of various application programs without any troublesome operation. [Solving Means] A plurality of update information display cards (51) are aligned and displayed on a display screen (50). The update information display cards (51) displayed on the display screen (50) are associated with different pieces of content data, and update information of the content data is individually arranged on the corresponding update information display card (51). Moreover, the update information display cards (51) on which the update information of the different types of content data are arranged are aligned and displayed on the display screen (50) in a chronological order of the updates of the content data.
US09507587B2
In various exemplary embodiments, a system and associated method to provide application-centric resource management of a plurality of functional units in an enterprise environment is disclosed. The system, in an exemplary embodiment, comprises a deploy service module to determine whether one or more of the plurality of functional units within the enterprise environment is added or removed, an information model repository to provide information related to the plurality of functional units, a functional unit container to store a listing of resource services related to the plurality of functional units, and a managed resources container to associate each of the plurality of functional units with one or more development components in the enterprise environment. A user-interface is configured to display non-technical management information relating to each of the plurality of functional units.
US09507582B2
Embodiments are directed towards managing application delivery over a network. Change information that corresponds to changes to an application may be provided to a delivery pipeline. The change information may be verified in part based on a static analysis of the content of the change information, compiling, and unit testing. Reviewers may be notified to approve the change information. A version of the application that includes the change information may be generated. Acceptance testing may be performed that includes provisioning computing resources in an acceptance computing environment. And, deploying a version of application that includes the change information into the acceptance computing environment. If the acceptance testing passes, a shipping operation may be enabled pausing the delivery pipeline until an authorized user activates the shipping operation restarting the delivery pipeline and deploying the application to one or more computing environments.
US09507578B2
An application instance staging method comprises installing a runtime environment for an application program pushed to a cloud client; installing dependency of the application program; reading an environment variable of the application program to identify a functional service bound to the application program; modifying the application program based on the functional service bound to the application program; and packaging the modified application program, runtime environment, and dependency into an executable droplet.
US09507576B2
A method for optimizing if statements in a program includes obtaining, by a processing device, for each of conditional expressions of a plurality of if statements in the program, a set of conditional expressions having an inclusion relation; computing, for each of the set, a position with low execution frequency in the program as a move destination of a conditional expression having an inclusion relation, using information of the set in which the conditional expression is included; and moving the conditional expression to the computed move destination of the conditional expression.
US09507574B2
Expressions are selectively retrieved from memory during compilation by scanning code for expressions that can be effectively accessed directly from highly cached memory without needing to be loaded into a register, e.g., expressions that are not modified by the rest of the code. The scanning may include examining the use of the expression. Those expressions may be retrieved directly from the highly cached memory rather than being loaded into registers. This reduces compilation time.
US09507571B2
Embodiments of a system and method are described for generating and distributing programming to mobile devices over a network. Devices are provided with Players specific to each device and Applications that are device independent. Embodiments include a full-featured WYSIWYG authoring environment, including the ability to bind web components to objects.
US09507568B2
A high level programming language provides a nested communication operator that partitions a computational space. An indexable type with a rank and element type defines the computational space. The nested communication operator partitions a specified dimension of an index indexable type into segments specified by a segmentation vector and returns an output indexable type that represents the segments. By doing so, the nested communication operator allows data parallel algorithms to operate on the segments as individual units.
US09507565B1
Configurable specialized processing blocks, such as DSP blocks, are described that implement fixed and floating-point functionality in a single mixed architecture on a programmable device. The described architecture reduces the need to construct floating-point functions outside the configurable specialized processing block, thereby minimizing hardware cost and area. The disclosed architecture also introduces pipelining into the DSP block in order to ensure the floating-point multiplication and addition functions remain in synchronicity, thereby increasing the maximum frequency at which the DSP block can operate. Moreover, the disclosed architecture includes logic circuitry to support floating-point exception handling.
US09507552B2
A printing control apparatus includes a setting unit that sets a location of a delimitation in a print instruction, a buffer unit that buffers image data generated in response to the print instruction, and a transfer unit that transfers the image data buffered on the buffer unit to a printer that prints on a continuous-feed paper sheet. The transfer unit inserts blank sheet data at the location of the delimitation set by the setting unit when an amount of the image data buffered by the buffer unit becomes equal to or below a first threshold value and transfers the image data to the printer.
US09507547B1
Systems and methods are provided for print verification. One embodiment is a Print Verification System (PVS) that includes an imaging device which image pages of physical print media that were marked by a printer for a print job. The PVS also includes an interface that receives rasterized logical pages representing the pages of physical print media, and a controller that correlates images of the physical pages with the rasterized logical pages. The controller identifies discrepancies between images of physical pages and correlated rasterized logical pages. The controller also identifies a first mark on an image of a physical page that flags the page for special processing, identifies, in response to identifying the first mark, a second mark on the image that indicates a type of special processing for the page, and performs the indicated type of special processing upon the page at the PVS based on the second mark.
US09507543B2
A hybrid circuit includes a system-in-a-package (SIP) and an integrated circuit. The SIP includes a solid-state memory, and a first control module. The first control module controls access to the solid-state memory based on a first control signal. The integrated circuit includes an embedded multi-media card (eMMC) module, a second control module, and a management module. The eMMC module is in communication with the SIP according to an eMMC standard. The first eMMC module transfers the first control signal to the first control module to access the solid-state memory. The second control module controls access to a magnetic storage device based on a second control signal. The management module generates the control signals to transfer first data between a host and the SIP via the eMMC module and transfer the first data or second data between the host and the magnetic storage device via the second control module.
US09507539B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product for performing authorization control in a cloud storage system. The method comprises: receiving an access request to a file block, wherein the file block is embedded with tag data comprising at least file block authorization information; retrieving the file block; extracting the file block authorization information from the tag data; determining whether the access request matches the file block authorization information; and performing the access request if the access request matches the file block authorization information. Effective authorization control may be performed in a cloud storage system.
US09507538B2
A device comprising a file management system that includes a plurality of first entries and second entries. The first entries are configured function as a logical block address mapping table for data searching operations on data files stored in data blocks of the device, and the second entries are configured to organize the plurality of data blocks into separate logical groups.
US09507537B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving a write request that includes data and a client address at which to store the data. The data is segmented into the one or more storage units. A storage unit identifier for each of the one or more storage units is computed that uniquely identifies content of a storage unit. A mapping between each storage unit identifier to a block server is determined. For each of the one or more storage units, the storage unit and the corresponding storage unit identifier is sent to a block server. The block server stores the storage unit and information on where the storage unit is stored on the block server for the storage unit identifier. Multiple client addresses associated with a storage unit with the same storage unit identifier are mapped to a single storage unit.
US09507528B2
An apparatus for processing data from a host storage device includes a client processing device configured to be connected by a communication channel to the host storage device. The client processing device includes: a processor configured to request a data set stored at the host storage device, the data set associated with a globally unique identifier; and a cache configured to store a copy of the data set and the globally unique identifier based on the processor receiving the data set from the host storage device, the cache being a persistent storage configured to retain the copy of the data set until the processor stores a new data set in the cache, the cache configured to retain the copy of the data set independent of an amount of time that the data set is stored in the cache.
US09507526B2
A just-in-time storage allocation is initiated for storage at a remote storage device having storage disks. Each of multiple containers comprises a grouping of one or more of the storage disks. The just-in-time storage allocation includes an application profile that includes a priority criteria for the storage of either a priority of performance over efficiency or a priority of efficiency over performance A determination is made of whether at least one container of the multiple containers satisfies the priority criteria based on at least one attribute of the at least one container. The storage is allocated in the at least one container, in response to the at least one container satisfying the priority criteria.
US09507510B2
An electronic apparatus has a touch sensor provided with a first touching zone including at least a second touching zone and a third touching zone, the second and third touching zones being allocated with different functions. The electronic apparatus is controlled to perform a specific function assigned to a specific touching zone that is the second or the third touching zone when there is a first touch input at first through the specific touching zone and continuously perform the specific function even if there is a second touch input that follows the first touch input, through either the second or the third touching zone that is not the specific touching zone, as long as there is a continuous touch input through the first touching zone from the first to the second touch input with no intermission.
US09507509B2
Various embodiments related to a hand-held mobile computing device are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises a hand-held mobile computing device having a touch-sensitive display forming a surface of the hand-held mobile computing device configured to receive touch input. The hand-held mobile computing device further comprises a processor and memory comprising code executable by the processor to display a scrollable list of items in a first content viewing mode having a first set of content for each of the items in the scrollable list, to detect a dynamic multi-touch gesture over the scrollable list of items, and to change the scrollable list of items to a second content viewing mode responsive to detection of the dynamic multi-touch gesture, wherein the second content viewing mode comprises a second set of content for each item in the scrollable list of items.
US09507497B2
An in-vehicle apparatus and a control method of an in-vehicle apparatus, which is applied to a multimedia terminal having, for example, a function of navigation equipment and a function of video playback so as to improve usability to a user in a case of accepting an operation through a touch panel and a remote commander. A touch panel menu screen suitable for an operation through a touch panel and a remote commander menu screen suitable for an operation through a remote commander are switched to be displayed so as to accept an operation by a user.
US09507496B2
The present invention comprises methods and user interfaces for organizing data displayed within a data application. Specifically, the present invention provides methods and systems for arranging the display of the data by a format applied to one or more portions of the data. The formats comprise different visual characteristics of the displayed data. In exemplary embodiments, the data application organizes the data by the fill color of the cell, the font color of the data within the cell, or the type of icon inserted into the cell. The organizations comprise any type of rearrangement of the data. In exemplary embodiments, the data application sorts or filters the displayed data according to the format.
US09507493B2
In the case where selection of a device icon that represents an air conditioner and that is displayed in a region corresponding to one room on a floor plan is sensed in the region corresponding to the one room, an operation screen for operating the air conditioner corresponding to the selected device icon is displayed. In the case where a temperature is set on the basis of an operation of the operation screen, a control command for setting to the air conditioner the set temperature is output to the network, and information related to an operation state of the air conditioner is displayed in the region corresponding to the one room based on the operation of the operation screen.
US09507492B2
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.
US09507485B2
An electronic device, a displaying method and a file saving method are described. The electronic device is in a first state and has a display area. The displaying method includes obtaining an image; obtaining an information entry; displaying the image in the display area; and displaying a first type information entry from the information entry in a first region of the display area with a first display effect, and displaying a second type information entry from the information entry in a second region of the display area with a second display effect; wherein the first type information entry is different from the second type information entry.
US09507483B2
In one embodiment, a series of photos and a map are displayed on an electronic device. In response to a user viewing a first photo, indicating a first location on the map where the first photo is taken. In addition, in response to the user viewing a second photo, indicating a second location on the map where the first photo is taken.
US09507481B2
A method comprising determining to provide a notification to a user, the notification being associated with notification content, determining a cognitive load associated with the notification content, and determining an invocation input associated with the notification based, at least in part on the cognitive load is disclosed.
US09507479B2
A display device with a touch detection function includes a display function layer, a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged side by side to extend in a first direction, and a plurality of drive electrodes arranged side by side to extend in a second direction, electrostatic capacitance being formed at intersections of the touch detection electrodes and the drive electrodes. The plurality of drive electrodes extends to a first position or a second position outside of the first position, the first position being away from a center of an outermost touch detection electrode by a half length of an arrangement pitch of the touch detection electrodes, the outermost touch detection electrode being defined as outermost one of touch detection electrodes included in an effective display region of the display function layer, and an outer edge of the effective display region is located on or inside the first position.
US09507475B2
A touch panel device includes a controller controlling the coordinate detection circuit, the coordinate detection circuit comprising: a first baseline value manager, which generates first baseline values and performs updating according to a rule, a first touch detector, which performs touch detection based on the measurement values and the first baseline values, a second baseline value manager that generates second baseline values and performs updating according to a different rule, and a second touch detector, which performs touch detection based on the measurement values and the second baseline values, and the controller outputs a detection result of the first touch detector, and in a case where the second touch detector detects a touch, after the touch disappears, the controller controls the first baseline value manager to regenerate the first baseline value.
US09507471B2
The disclosure provides an array substrate and a color filter substrate of a capacitive touch control screen, a touch control display device and a method for driving the touch control display device, so as to achieve the self-capacitive multi-point touch. The array substrate of the capacitive touch control screen includes: a peripheral area and a display area; a plurality of pixel units with pixel electrodes arranged in the display area; a plurality of touch control electrodes; and touch control electrode lead wires connected with a module configured to detect a touch control signal, wherein each of the touch control electrodes is connected respectively with one of the touch control electrode lead wires.
US09507470B2
Embodiments of the present invention can be configured to recognize and/or track certain types of touch input detected by a touch sensor, such as stylus input, during the performance of standard “full” touch scans in which each drive line of the touch sensor is generally scanned. Upon detection of these input types, “partial” touch scan operations can advantageously be performed which can dynamically reduce the number of lines scanned in a power-saving manner. These partial scans can be configured to intelligently initially scan the area where these input types were last detected so that there is minimal need to return to a previous “full” scan mode. If these specified touch inputs types are not detected during a “partial” scan mode, the touch sensor can be restored to a “full” scan mode until a subsequent detection of the touch input is determined, in which the touch sensor can be returned to a “partial” scan mode. Each time a partial scan is used, power is saved.
US09507468B2
An electromechanical polymer (EMP) sensor includes (a) a first set of EMP layers provided between a first electrode and a second electrode forming a capacitor, the first set of EMP layers having one or more EMP layers capable of being activated by application of a voltage across the first and second electrodes; and (b) a sensing circuit coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode for detecting a change in capacitance or a change in voltage across the first and second electrodes. The EMP sensor may further include means for disconnecting the second electrode from a ground reference after the pre-determined voltage is applied, such that the sensing circuit senses a change in capacitance. The sensing circuit may be capable of detecting a noise portion of a voltage across the first and second electrode.
US09507465B2
A technique for operating a capacitive sensor array. The technique includes logically grouping capacitance sensors of an array of capacitance sensors into sensor groups. The sensor groups each include at least two capacitance sensors of the array of capacitance sensors. Values indicative of a capacitance for each of the sensor groups are measured. The measured values are then analyzed to determine a location of a user interaction with the array of capacitance sensors.
US09507459B2
An electronic device displays a user interface that includes a first display region and a second display region. The device detects a first intensity of a touch input at a first location on a touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the first display region; detects a movement of the touch input to a second location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the second display region; after detecting the movement, detects a second intensity of the touch input at the second location; and, in response, in accordance with a determination that the first intensity does not satisfy a first intensity threshold, processes the second intensity using one or more intensity thresholds associated with the second display region; and, in accordance with a determination that the first intensity satisfies the first intensity threshold, processes the second intensity using one or more intensity thresholds associated with the first display region.
US09507458B2
According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a plurality of pixel circuits arrayed two-dimensionally. Each of the pixel circuits comprises a display element and a pixel memory configured to store a signal to drive the display element. An X-directional driver and a Y-directional driver can select arbitrary pixel circuits and drive the pixel circuits. A touch panel controller converts a sensing output of a touch-type input panel to coordinate data. A display controller receives the coordinate data and partially rewrites the coordinate data in units of pixel circuits of the display device via the X-directional driver and the Y-directional driver.
US09507455B2
A portable input device is described. The portable input device can wirelessly send control signals to an external circuit. The control signals can derive from touch or gestures applied to a touch sensitive surface. The control signals can also include a mouse click equivalent control signal generated by mechanical manipulation of the portable input device.
US09507453B2
A proximity detection device includes a display unit which has a display image surface in which a plurality of pixel electrodes are arranged in a matrix shape and a proximity operation detecting unit in which a transparent electrode for proximity operation detection is arranged to form an operation surface at a position superposed on the display image surface and a conductive film pattern forming the transparent electrode has a pitch of a linear pattern which is equal to or smaller than an arrangement pitch in one direction of the pixel electrodes.
US09507451B2
A file selection method and a terminal are disclosed. The file selection method, applied to a terminal with a touchscreen, includes obtaining, by the terminal, a touch track of a user on the terminal, determining, by the terminal, that an area bounded by the track is a selection area when a distance between a starting point of the track and an ending point of the track is less than or equal to a set distance, and selecting, by the terminal according to the determined selection area, a file within the selection area.
US09507448B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal in which a touch input is possible and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal includes a display unit, a grouping unit and a control unit. The display unit enables a touch input thereon, and allows a plurality of objects to be displayed thereon. When a touch input for at least one of a plurality of objects is sensed, the grouping unit detects attribute information of the sensed touch input, and groups the touched object into a group corresponding to the detected attribute information. The control unit displays, on the display unit, an indicator indicating that the touched object has been grouped into the group corresponding to the detected attribute information, together with the object.
US09507444B2
A method for operates an operator control device for a motor vehicle. The operator control device has a rotary actuator which is rotatably mounted on a holding element, and a coding element, by detecting a first actual sensor value using coding of the coding element in the current rotational position of the rotary actuator. The method involves determining a current rotational angle between the rotary actuator and the holding element on the basis of the detected first actual sensor value, respectively providing at least one setpoint sensor value at predetermined rotational angles between the rotary actuator and the holding element, assigning the detected first actual sensor value to one of the at least one setpoint sensor valves, and adapting the first actual sensor value to the setpoint sensor value, assigned thereto, for the determination of the current rotational angle.
US09507440B2
An apparatus to detect coordinates in a pen-based display device is provided. When an electronic pen is placed at a specific position on a display, an image of a pixel group corresponding to a specific position is captured through a camera, a reference point is detected in the pixel group by processing the captured image of the pixel group, values of a plurality of coordinate indications and a plurality of parity indications, it is determined whether an error has been detected by calculating a predetermined error detection formula using the determined values of the coordinate indications and the parity indications, and final coordinates of the electronic pen are determined by applying a predetermined coordinates calculation rule to the determined values of the coordinate indications and the parity indications, if no error has been detected in the determined values of the coordinate indications and the parity indications.
US09507436B2
An exemplary information processing apparatus performs predetermined information processing in accordance with an attitude of an input member having an imaging device and an attitude sensor. The information processing apparatus calculates a first position according to the attitude of the input member by using imaging information based on an image including a predetermined imaging target captured by the imaging device. Further, the information processing apparatus calculates a second position according to the attitude of the input member, which position is on a predetermined straight line or a predetermined plane, by using a result of detection of the attitude sensor. When the first position is calculable, the predetermined information processing is performed by using a control position based on at least the first position. When the first position is incalculable, the predetermined information processing is performed by using a control position based on at least the second position.
US09507435B2
As a user writes using a handheld writing device, such as an electronic pen or stylus, handwriting input is received and initially displayed as digital ink. The display of the digital ink is converted to recognized text inline with additional digital ink as the user continues to write. A user may edit a word of recognized text inline with other text by selecting the word. An enlarged version of the word is displayed in a character correction user interface that allows a user to make corrections on an individual character basis and also provides other correction options for the word.
US09507432B2
A representation of a user can move with respect to a graphical user interface based on input of a user. The graphical user interface comprises a central region and interaction elements disposed outside of the central region. The interaction elements are not shown until the representation of the user is aligned with the central region. A gesture of the user is recognized, and, based on the recognized gesture, the display of the graphical user interface is altered and an application control is outputted.
US09507427B2
A method and system may provide gesture recognition techniques. An energy aggregation value may be determined for data corresponding to a gesture using principal component analysis. Based at least in part on the energy aggregation value, it may be determined whether the gesture is a one or two dimensional gesture.
US09507424B2
A user location-based display method and apparatus are provided. The display method includes the steps of determining a location of a user relative to a display apparatus, configuring and displaying a screen based on the location of the user, selectively extracting user information based on the location of the user, and changing the displayed screen based on the extracted user information. As a result, a realistic interaction is possible between the display apparatus and the user, and the user is provided with contents in a very effective manner. The user location-based display apparatus includes a location recognizing unit which determines a location of a user relative to the display apparatus. A control unit causes a screen to be configured and displayed based on the location of the user; causes user information to be selectively extracted based on the location of the user, and is configured to cause a displayed screen to be changed based on the extracted user information.
US09507421B2
A signal associated with multiple haptic effects is received, each haptic effect from the multiple haptic effects being associated with a time slot from multiple time slots. Each haptic effect from the multiple haptic effects is associated with an effect slot from multiple effect slots at least partially based on the time slot associated with that haptic effect. An output signal is sent for each effect slot from the multiple effect slots, when the associated haptic effect is scheduled for its time slot.
US09507417B2
Embodiments in accordance with this invention disclose systems and methods for implementing head tracking based graphical user interfaces that incorporate gesture reactive interface objects. The disclosed embodiments perform a method in which a GUI includes interface objects is rendered and displayed. Image data of an interaction zone is captured. A targeting gestured targeting a targeted interface object is detected in the captured image data and a set of 3D head interaction gestures are enabled. Additional image data is captured. Motion of at least a portion of a human head is detected and one of the 3D head interactions is identified. The rendering of the interface is modified in response to the detection of one of the 3D head interactions and the modified interface is displayed.
US09507416B2
A mobile platform displays a corrected view of an image and/or augmented reality (AR) data based on the position of the user with respect to the mobile platform. The corrected view is produced by determining a position of the user with respect to the mobile platform using an image of the user from a backward facing camera. The display information is provided in the form of an image or video frame of the environment captured with a forward facing camera or AR data. The position of the user with respect to the mobile platform is used to determine the portion of the display information to be displayed that is aligned with the line of sight between the user and the mobile platform so that the displayed information is aligned with the real world environment.
US09507415B2
The invention enables users to virtually attach information to situations in the real world, and also enables users to quickly and easily find out desired information. An IR sensor receives an IR signal transmitted from an IR beacon, and supplies the received signal to a sub-notebook PC. A CCD video camera takes in a visual ID from an object, and supplies the inputted visual ID to the sub-notebook PC. A user inputs, through a microphone, a voice to be attached to situations in the real world. The sub-notebook PC transmits position data, object data and voice data, which have been supplied to it, to a server through a communication unit. The transmitted data is received by the server via a wireless LAN. The server stores the received voice data in a database in correspondence to the position data and the object data.
US09507408B2
Power gating control architectures. A memory device having at least a memory array and input/output (I/O) lines terminated on the memory device with termination circuitry coupled to receive a termination supply voltage (Vtt) with power gating circuitry to selectively gate the termination supply voltage in response to a power gating control signal (VttControl) is coupled with a processing core coupled with the memory device, the processing core to selectively assert and deassert the VttControl signal.
US09507406B2
A microcontroller system is organized into power domains. A power manager of the microcontroller system can change the power configuration of a power domain in response to event from an event generating module without activating a processor of the microcontroller system.
US09507405B2
A system includes a power management unit that may monitor the power consumed by a processor including a plurality of processor core. The power management unit may throttle or reduce the operating frequency of the processor cores by applying a number of throttle events in response to determining that the plurality of cores is operating above a predetermined power threshold during a given monitoring cycle. The number of throttle events may be based upon a relative priority of each of the plurality of processor cores to one another and an amount that the processor is operating above the predetermined power threshold. The number of throttle events may correspond to a portion of a total number of throttle events, and which may be dynamically determined during operation based upon a proportionality constant and the difference between the total power consumed by the processor and a predetermined power threshold.
US09507399B2
An accelerometer or other motion sensor is used to provide power to an entire processor system such that the processor does not need to be powered to process the motion signals for initial power-on control. After the processor system is powered on, the processor system may receive and process motion signals as normal, including, for example, performing various power-control functions such as power-down of certain components or the entire system upon detection of a lack of motion for a predetermined amount of time.
US09507394B2
A monolithically integrated circuit with one or more supply overrides without need of an override control pin to the IC is presented. The internal circuitry to control such an override is presented and various override conditions are also presented.
US09507392B2
Pieces of working information on workloads, positions of the workloads, pieces of environmental information on cooling facilities, and positions of the cooling facilities are stored as arrangement information. The pieces of working information on the workloads are estimated, and allocation of tentative workloads is deduced for fear the pieces of working information may exceed the performances of a group of information processing devices. Tentative power consumptions and arrangement information resulting from the allocation of the tentative workloads, and tentative power consumptions and arrangement information necessary for the allocation of the tentative workloads are calculated. Tentative cooling powers required to control the cooling facilities are calculated. Allocation of the tentative workloads minimizing the sum total of the tentative power consumptions of the information processing devices and the tentative cooling powers of the cooling facilities is searched. Based on the searched allocation, the workloads are allocated to the information processing devices.
US09507391B2
A heat sink comprises a plurality of fins that may be positioned in a plurality of orientations relative to a heat-generating electronic component to which the heat sink is thermally coupled. A controller may be used to detect an elevated processor temperature and to activate a drive member to automatically adjust the orientation of fins on the heat sink. The fins may be moved and aligned with an air flow made over the heat sink. The adjustable-fin heat sink affords added flexibility in arranging a processor or other heat-generating electronic component on a circuit board. The orientation or position of the heat sink fins may also be automatically changed in response to a change in the air flow direction as manifested by a rise in the temperature of the heat sink or the heat-generating member.
US09507376B2
An apparatus including a first electrical display; and a second electrical display movably connected to the first electrical display between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration the first and second electrical displays generally face each other. In the second configuration the first and second electrical displays do not generally face each other and are viewable from a same direction. The first and second electrical displays are sized and shaped such that in the first configuration a portion of the second electrical display is visible.
US09507373B2
An oscillator circuit of the type comprising a flip-flop for generating a clock signal and two comparators for comparing a reference voltage with the voltage across a first capacitor which is charged during a first cycle of the clock signal and the voltage across a second capacitor which is charged during a second cycle of a clock signal provides a means for removing the effects of any offset in either comparator. This is achieved by reversing the inputs of the comparators for each cycle of the output frequency. Thus an offset in a comparator which would increase the clock period on one cycle will reduce the period of the next cycle by the same amount. As a net result, the period of time over two clock periods will stay constant regardless of any offset drift in a comparator.
US09507371B1
A rotatable handle assembly attachable to a generally tubular object has an auxiliary handle circumscribing a hand passageway configured to receive a user's hand therein. A clutch biased in an engaged position operatively couples a shank extending from the upper end of a hook attachable to the object to a collar integrally formed as a portion of the auxiliary handle and releasably prevents the shank from rotating relative to the collar. A ratchet on the upper end of the hook cooperates with a pawl on a pivot arm which is attached to the lower end of the hook and which extends toward the ratchet and is rotatable about a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shank to adjust the size of the object passageway receiving and releasably retaining the object therein.
US09507369B2
In an embodiment, a method includes monitoring a temperature of a semiconductor chip and adjusting a supply voltage to the semiconductor chip based on the monitored temperature. The temperature may be monitored by a temperature sensor located on-chip or off-chip. Adjusting the supply voltage includes increasing the supply voltage as a function of the monitored temperature decreasing. The increase to the supply voltage occurs only if the monitored temperature is below a threshold temperature. The supply voltage adjustment is determined by a linear relationship having a negative slope with temperature.
US09507367B2
A dynamic stochastic optimal power flow (DSOPF) control system is described for performing multi-objective optimal control capability in complex electrical power systems. The DSOPF system and method replaces the traditional adaptive critic designs (ACDs) and secondary voltage control, and provides a coordinated AC power flow control solution to the smart grid operation in an environment with high short-term uncertainty and variability. The DSOPF system and method is used to provide nonlinear optimal control, where the control objective is explicitly formulated to incorporate power system economy, stability and security considerations. The system and method dynamically drives a power system to its optimal operating point by continuously adjusting the steady-state set points sent by a traditional optimal power flow algorithm.
US09507363B2
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.
US09507361B2
The initialization signal generation circuit includes a first driver and a second driver. The first driver includes at least one passive element and drives an initialization signal while a level of an external voltage signal reaches an initial level. The second driver drives the initialization signal in response to a control signal from a point of time that a level of the external voltage signal reaches the initial level.
US09507351B2
A mass flow controller includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a conduit defining a flow path along which the fluid flows through the mass flow controller. The mass flow controller includes an inlet block having an inlet aperture, an inlet channel fluidly coupled to the conduit, and one or more restrictors positioned along the flow path between the inlet aperture and inlet channel to minimize flow perturbations when a rate of decay measurement is taken or when flow the amount of pressure supplied to the valve inlet is otherwise interrupted.
US09507348B2
A working machine such as a road milling machine of an asphalt paving machine has an automatic grade and slope control system that causes the machine to maintain a pre-selected grade and slope with respect to a reference without significant operator input. A calibration system employs a calibration controller to calibrate the automatic grade and slope control system. The calibration controller causes a current to be sent to a valve that operates a linear actuator that may be employed to change the attitude of the frame of the working machine. The calibration controller uses feedback from at least one sensor, such as a height-measuring sensor or a slope-measuring sensor, in an iterative process that determines the minimum current necessary to cause a change in the attitude of the frame of the working machine. Once this minimum value is determined, the system will establish the optimum settings for the automatic grade and slope control system to improve its efficiency and cause it to operate more smoothly.
US09507347B1
An autonomous vehicle is configured to detect an active turn signal indicator on another vehicle. An image-capture device of the autonomous vehicle captures an image of a field of view of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle captures the image with a short exposure to emphasize objects having brightness above a threshold. Additionally, a bounding area for a second vehicle located within the image is determined. The autonomous vehicle identifies a group of pixels within the bounding area based on a first color of the group of pixels. The autonomous vehicle also calculates an oscillation of an intensity of the group of pixels. Based on the oscillation of the intensity, the autonomous vehicle determines a likelihood that the second vehicle has a first active turn signal. Additionally, the autonomous vehicle is controlled based at least on the likelihood that the second vehicle has a first active turn signal.
US09507345B2
A vehicle control system and method employs a sensing system and a controller. The sensing system is disposed on a host vehicle and configured to sense a visual condition of a driver of the host vehicle. The controller is configured to control an autonomous vehicle control system on board the host vehicle to stop the host vehicle at a stopping location based on the visual condition and at least one point of interest external to the host vehicle.
US09507343B2
A component service life notifying device configured to notify, beforehand, a service life of a component is provided to prevent the service life of the component from terminating on the sea. The navigation device (component service life notifying device) includes a route setting module, a navigation time calculating module, a service life acquiring module, and a notifying module. The route setting module sets a route for navigation. The navigation time calculating module calculates a scheduled navigation time period of the route. The service life acquiring module acquires an estimated service life of the component. A comparing module outputs a comparison result between the scheduled navigation time period to a predetermined destination of the route set by the route setting module and the estimated remaining service life. The notifying module notifies a situation that the comparison result outputted from the comparing module indicates that the estimated remaining service life is shorter than the scheduled navigation time period when the situation occurs.
US09507341B2
A supply chain management system for controlling component processes includes a computer device that is adapted to: detect a plurality of component processes; create a relative value of each one of the plurality of component processes; prioritize each one of the plurality of component processes according to sibling relationships; and control a flow of the plurality of component processes in a manufacturing line based on the prioritizing.
US09507332B2
A tool assembly incorporating active tool, whereby the assembly can be operated with a variety of machining apparatus but just as well can be manually operated by a user. The tool assembly in some uses can be used for printing, whereby one or more of a power source and an ink source can be configured as insertable/removable cartridges that can be used with the assembly. Additionally, in such case, an ink management module can be used with the tool assembly to regulate the flow of ink from the ink source to a functional head of the assembly. The tool assembly can also include a user interface, which, along with a communication module, can enable the assembly to be actuated directly or via wireless communication.
US09507330B2
In a remote control system that causes a controlled appliance to perform a function specified with use of a terminal device, a function managing device manages functions including a first function and a second function associated with the first function.
US09507323B2
A mechanism (3) for indicating and storing time information, the mechanism including a member (H) for displaying the hours, and/or a member (M) for displaying the minutes, and/or a member (S) for displaying the seconds, and a member (H′) for displaying the stored hours, and/or a member (M′) for displaying the stored minutes, and a member (S′) for displaying the stored seconds.
US09507320B2
The invention relates to a method for transferring surface structures such as interference layers, holograms, and other highly refractive optical microstructures to substrates. The aim of the invention is to devise a method which is used for transferring surface structures such as interference layers, holograms, and other highly refractive optical microstructures to substrates and can also be used in a high temperature range. The aim is achieved by a method comprising the following steps: a) a flexible intermediate support layer is applied to a support film as a release layer; b) an embossed sol is applied to the intermediate support layer and is provided with a surface structure; c) a stack encompassing a binder layer and the surface structure is produced; d) the support film is removed; e) the workpiece is thermally treated.
US09507311B2
There is provided an image forming apparatus including a paper feed tray configured to accommodate at least one sheet, a paper feed roller configured to send the sheet from the paper feed tray, and a cleaning member at the paper feed tray, the cleaning member being configured to clean a surface of the paper feed roller. The paper feed tray is movable between a paper feeding position from which the paper feed roller sends the sheet and a cleaning position at which the paper feed roller comes into contact with the cleaning member.
US09507309B2
There is provided an image forming apparatus including a casing which includes one side wall extending in a vertical direction and has a first opening; and a discharge portion which receives a recording medium having a developer image formed thereon, and a cassette which accommodates recording media and is removably mounted to the casing. The casing further includes a tray which is disposed near the one side wall and receives a recording medium to be transported into the casing through the first opening. The tray is rotatable between a first position where the tray is bent so as to cover at least part of the one side wall and the discharge portion and a second position where the tray extends so as to be separated from the one side wall and receives a recording medium to be supplied into the casing through the first opening.
US09507308B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet based on first image data, an image reader that reads a surface of the sheet having the image formed thereon and generates second image data, and a controller that performs detection to detect a defect of the formed image depending on a difference between the first image data and the second image data. The controller analyzes a setting for the sheet or the second image data to determine a sheet color of the sheet and restricts the detection depending on the sheet color.
US09507306B2
A fixing device for fixing an unfixed image onto a recording medium includes a fixing belt, a nip forming member, an opposing rotary member, a heater, and a temperature detector. The fixing belt is formed into a loop to move endlessly and fix the unfixed image on the recording medium. The nip forming member is disposed inside the loop formed by the fixing belt. The opposing rotary member contacts the nip forming member via the fixing belt to form a nip portion therebetween while rotating. The heater heats the fixing belt at a place other than the nip portion. The temperature detector detects a temperature of the surface of the fixing belt. The temperature detector detects the temperature near a place of the fixing belt that easily deforms as the fixing belt is heated by the heater.
US09507296B2
An intermediate transferer includes a substrate; and a surface layer overlying the substrate. The surface layer includes a crosslinked material, including a polyrotaxane including a circular molecule; a straight-chain molecule including the circular molecule in a skewering form; and a block group located at both ends of the straight-chain molecule, preventing the circular molecule from releasing, and at least one resin selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins, fluoreresins and silicone resins.
US09507294B2
An image-forming apparatus includes multiple image-forming units capable of forming a full-bleed image with no margin around a recording medium in an image-forming region larger than an image-forming surface region of the recording medium using three or more toners having a volume average particle size of about 2 to about 5 μm, an intermediate transfer member, a transfer device, a fixing device, and an image-forming process unit that, at least if an image to be formed in a peripheral region of the recording medium during the formation of the full-bleed image has a toner layer thickness larger than or equal to a predetermined threshold, converts the image to be formed in the peripheral region of the recording medium into an image having a toner layer thickness smaller than or equal to the threshold while maintaining the image density ratio of the individual toners.
US09507291B2
A magnetic permeability detector includes an LC oscillator circuit including a coil and a capacitor; and a resistor connected in series with the coil.
US09507286B2
An image forming apparatus having a photosensitive member, a charging member that charges the photosensitive member to form a charged surface on a surface of the photosensitive member, an applying unit that applies to the charging member a charging bias composed of a direct voltage superimposed with an alternating voltage, and a toner image forming unit that forms a toner image on the charged surface. A current flowing through the charging member when the charging bias is applied to the charging member is detected by a current detection unit, and currents of different predetermined frequency components are respectively extracted from the detected current by extraction units. Based on the extracted currents, the alternating voltage of the charging bias is adjusted by an adjustment unit.
US09507284B2
The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising an electroconductive support and at least a photosensitive layer formed on the support, wherein the photosensitive layer contains a specific charge transport substance.
US09507282B2
The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising a multilayered photosensitive layer or a monolayer photosensitive layer, wherein the multilayered photosensitive layer comprises at least a charge generation layer containing a charge generation material and a charge transport layer containing a charge transport material that are stacked on a conductive substrate in this order, and the monolayer photosensitive layer contains a charge generation material and a charge transport material that is stacked on a conductive substrate, wherein the electrophotographic photoreceptor contains 5 to 17 wt % of fluorine resin fine particles and their aggregates with respect to all photoreceptor components in a surface layer of the photoreceptor, wherein the fluorine resin fine particles are 0.1 to 0.5 μm in average primary particle diameter, the aggregates are 1 to 3 μm in constant direction tangent diameter, the number of the aggregates is 10 to 40% of the number of the fluorine resin fine particles.
US09507280B2
A printer includes: a mask; a cleaning section configured to perform cleaning of the mask by movement relative to the mask in a predetermined direction parallel with an under surface of the mask; a mask holding section capable of turning the mask about an axis perpendicular to the under surface of the mask while holding the mask; and a control section configured to perform a control such that the cleaning is performed on the mask placed in a predetermined position about the axis.
US09507278B2
A porous member is used in a liquid removal system of an immersion lithographic projection apparatus to smooth uneven flows. A pressure differential across the porous member may be maintained at below the bubble point of the porous member so that a single-phase liquid flow is obtained. Alternatively, the porous member may be used to reduce unevenness in a two-phase flow.
US09507268B2
An illumination optical unit for an EUV projection exposure apparatus has a diaphragm comprising a radiation-transmissive region having a discrete symmetry group. The form of the diaphragm is adapted to the form of the facets of a pupil facet mirror or to the form of the radiation source. The diaphragm is preferably arranged in the region of an intermediate focal plane.
US09507266B2
A system and method are provided for enclosing a plurality of cleaning unit components in a moist cleaning unit environment, the plurality of cleaning unit components cooperating to employ a cleaner roller in an image forming device to facilitate effective cleaning of a reimageable surface in an image forming device using a proposed variable data digital lithographic image forming architecture. A range of solvents may be applied to a hard smooth high surface energy surface of the cleaner roll and a cleaning unit component internally positioned within the cleaning enclosure to clean the surface of the cleaner roll. Mechanical components are properly placed prior to the cleaner roll-reimageable surface nip to ensure that residual liquid on a surface of the cleaner roll is removed.
US09507259B2
A photoresist composition comprises an acid-sensitive polymer, and a cyclic sulfonium compound having the formula: (Ra)1—(Ar)—S+(—CH2—)m·−O3S—(CRb2)n-(L)p-X wherein each Ra is independently a substituted or unsubstituted C1-30 alkyl group, C6-30 aryl group, C7-30 aralkyl group, or combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, Ar is a monocyclic, polycyclic, or fused polycyclic C6-30 aryl group, each Rb is independently H, F, a linear or branched C1-10 fluoroalkyl or a linear or branched heteroatom-containing C1-10 fluoroalkyl, L is a C1-30 linking group optionally comprising a heteroatom comprising O, S, N, F, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing heteroatoms, X is a substituted or unsubstituted, C5 or greater monocyclic, polycyclic or fused polycyclic cycloaliphatic group, optionally comprising a heteroatom comprising O, S, N, F, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, and 1 is an integer of 0 to 4, m is an integer of 3 to 20, n is an integer of 0 to 4, and p is an integer of 0 to 2.
US09507255B2
In a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit (IC) device, a photomask is wet-processed using a cleaning composition comprising an organic acid, an oxidizing agent, and deionized water (DIW).
US09507247B2
A projector includes a discharge lamp and a discharge lamp drive section. The discharge lamp drive section is configured to selectively perform a first drive in which first drive power is supplied and a second drive in which second drive power higher than the first drive power is supplied in a first posture, and supply drive power not lower than third drive power and not higher than fourth drive power in a second posture in which optical axis intersects with horizontal plane, the third drive power is drive power with which one of the electrodes in the second posture is set to temperature corresponding to first temperature in the first drive in the first posture, and the fourth drive power is drive power with which one of the electrodes in the second posture is set to temperature corresponding to second temperature in the second drive in the first posture.
US09507246B2
A semiconductor light source driving apparatus includes a light source unit including plural light source modules connected in series, each light source module including a series circuit including one or more series-connected light source elements and a switching element connected in parallel with the series circuit, a current detection unit for detecting a current flowing into the light source unit, and a controller. The controller identifies a light source module including a light source element which has disconnection failure based on a signal from the current detection unit, and stores information indicating the identified light source module in the memory unit. The controller turns on the switching element of the light source module including the light source element having disconnection failure based on the information stored in the memory unit to solve the disconnection failure.
US09507244B2
A lightweight camera crane has an outer arm pivotally attached to a base. A trim weight tray is rigidly attached to a back end of the outer arm. A moving counterweight carriage is supported on carriage rollers on top of the outer arm. An inner arm is supported on arm rollers within the outer arm. A camera platform is pivotally attached to a front end of the inner arm for tilt axis movement. An electric leveling motor connected to the camera platform via a mechanical linkage keeps the camera platform level regardless of the tilt angle of the camera crane. An electric extension motor drives telescoping extension and retraction movement of the inner arm via chains, belts or cables connected to the counterweight carriage and the inner arm.
US09507237B2
A differential TWE MZM includes a differential driver, first and second capacitors, and first and second terminations. The differential driver includes a first differential output and a second differential output that collectively form a differential pair. The first differential output is DC coupled to a cathode of a first arm optical phase shifter of a TWE MZM. The second differential output is DC coupled to a cathode of a second arm optical phase shifter of the TWE MZM. The first capacitor AC couples the second differential output to an anode of the first arm optical phase shifter. The second capacitor AC couples the first differential output to an anode of the second arm optical phase shifter. The first and second terminations are coupled to the cathode and the anode of, respectively, the first or second arm optical phase shifter.
US09507236B2
An optical module includes: an optical modulator that performs an optical modulation process by using electrical signals input from a plurality of terminals; and a flexible substrate that has flexibility and electrically connects the optical modulator and a predetermined connector to each other via a plurality of wiring patterns formed on first and second surfaces thereof. The flexible substrate includes: a first pad including a first conductor pattern connected, on the first surface, to a wiring pattern, a second conductor pattern formed on the second surface, and a through hole that connects the first conductor pattern and the second conductor pattern to each other; and a second pad including a third conductor pattern connected, on the second surface, to a wiring pattern, a fourth conductor pattern formed on the first surface, and a through hole that connects the third conductor pattern and the fourth conductor pattern to each other.
US09507235B2
An optical module includes: an optical modulator that includes a plurality of electrodes and that performs an optical modulation process by using electrical signals input to the electrodes; and a flexible substrate that has flexibility and has a plurality of wiring patterns used for transferring the electrical signals each of which is input to a different one of the electrodes. The optical modulator includes: a plurality of connecting members that connect together the electrodes and the wiring patterns; and at least one protrusion that has a ground voltage, is connected to the flexible substrate while being positioned on a line segment connecting together two of the connecting members positioned adjacent to each other, and has a cross section of which the size measured in the direction perpendicular to the line segment is larger than the size of the cross section of each of the connecting members.
US09507234B2
A reflection-type light control element according to the present invention is provided with a light control layer configured to exhibit a reversible change between a transparent state and a reflection state in a reversible reaction with a hydrogen and a catalyst layer configured to accelerate the reversible reaction of the light control layer, wherein the reflection-type light control element is such that the light control layer includes an alloy that contains at least one kind of element selected from a group composed of group 2 elements and at least two kinds of elements selected from a group composed of group 3 elements and rare earth elements, or a hydride of the alloy.
US09507228B2
An array substrate belongs to the technical field of display technology and solves the technical problem of low aperture ratio of prior liquid crystal display device. The array substrate includes a plurality of sub pixel units arranged in an array and a plurality of signal lines, wherein one signal line of two adjacent signal lines is arranged in a first side of corresponding sub pixel units, and the other signal line is arranged in a second side of corresponding sub pixel units. The first side and the second side are one of opposite sides of the sub pixel units respectively. The array substrate can be used in liquid crystal television, liquid crystal display, mobile phone, tablet personal computer and other display devices.
US09507224B2
A display panel (01) is provided. The display panel (01) includes a first substrate (10) and a second substrate (20) bonded to each other, and electro-optic material (30) disposed between the first substrate (10) and the second substrate (20). The first substrate (10) includes a thin film transistor (101), a first electrode (102) and a second electrode (103). The second substrate (20) may comprise a resin layer and a plurality of conductive electrodes (202), the resin layer includes a plurality of color filters having different colors and arranged sequentially and alternately. Along a color changing direction of the color filters of the resin layer, at least a part (202a) of one conductive electrode (202) is disposed at an edge of at least one color filter. The conductive electrode (202) may be disposed above or under the resin layer. The conductive electrode (202) may be of the same potential with any one of the first electrode (102) and the second electrode (103).
US09507216B2
Only a first pixel electrode exists just under a first light shielding part of a black matrix, a gate insulating film and an interlayer insulating film exist on the upper layer of the first pixel electrode, and this area is an end area. Just under an opening of the black matrix, a second pixel electrode exists on the uppermost layer of a TFT substrate. The second pixel electrode is formed on the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film except a contact part. An area where the second pixel electrode exists on the uppermost layer of the TFT substrate is a main area. By a combination structure of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, the transmittance of the liquid crystal layer in the end area is made relatively higher than the transmittance in the main area.
US09507211B2
The invention provides a liquid crystal display device which is highly reliable even with a slim frame area. Ina liquid crystal display device having a display area and a frame area, the frame area includes, in an area close to the display area, a flat portion where an organic insulation film, a transparent conductive film, and an alignment film are stacked in this order and, in an area away from the display area, a groove structure formed in the organic insulation film, the groove structure being continuous surrounding the display area. The organic insulation film is less wettable than the transparent conductive film by the alignment film ink.
US09507207B2
When an alignment film is applied to the whole surface of a substrate, adhesion intensity between a sealing material and the alignment film is further deteriorated. A display device includes an array substrate having a first alignment film, a counter substrate having a second alignment film, a liquid crystal layer in contact with the first alignment film and the second alignment film, and a sealing material for bonding the first alignment film and the second alignment film together, wherein the sealing material is provided with a portion adapted to increase the area of the adhered portion.
US09507206B2
A quantum dot color filter, comprising: a base substrate (11); a pixel layer (14) provided on the base substrate (11), comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the pixels comprises a plurality of color sub-pixels (14R, 14G, 14B) of different colors, and at least one of the color sub-pixels (14R, 14G, 14B) is formed of a quantum dot material, and a color of light generated by the quantum dot material after the quantum dot material is excited by incident light (80) is the same as a color of the color sub-pixel (14R, 14G 14B) corresponding to the quantum dot material; an optical filtering layer (12) provided on the base substrate (11), which is disposed to correspond to the color sub-pixel formed of the quantum dot material, and configured to absorb the incident light (80) that fails to excite the quantum dot material but is transmitted through the color sub-pixel (14R, 14G, 14B). The quantum dot color filter has increased transmittance, and improved and enriched brightness and color of a picture. A manufacturing method concerning the quantum dot color filter and a display apparatus are further provided.
US09507201B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a display apparatus using the same. The LCD panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer and quarter wave (λ/4) retarder films. The liquid crystal layer is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second substrate comprises a second electrode, wherein the second electrode comprises a trunk portion and plurality of branch portions, and there are a first angle and a second angle between the trunk portion and the branch portions. The first angle is of 45 degrees, and the second angle is less than or greater than 45 degrees. The λ/4 retarder films are bonded to outer surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate. The present invention can improve the color shift problem and the transmittance of the LCD panel.
US09507196B2
The reliability of a display device with an input device is improved. A plurality of detection electrodes (input position detection electrodes) forming an electrostatic capacity between them and a common electrode of a display device to detect an input position are formed on a different substrate from substrates configuring the display device. Moreover, a polarizing plate and the substrate on which the plurality of detection electrodes are formed are adhesively fixed via, for example, an adhesive layer so that the plurality of detection electrodes are fixed so as to be separated apart from the display device. Thus, a distance between electrodes (the detection electrode and a driving electrode) for detecting an input position can be set separately from a thickness of the display device, and therefore, reduction in detection sensitivity (detection reliability) for the input position due to increase in the electrostatic capacity can be suppressed.
US09507190B2
The invention provides a display panel and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device, belonging to the field of liquid crystal display technology, and can solve the problem existing in the prior art that amount of light absorbed by the solar cell in the display panel is limited. The display panel of the invention includes a light-transmissive region formed of sub-pixels, and at least one solar cell, and the solar cell is at least arranged at a part of the light-transmissive region of the display panel to supply power to the display panel; both a first electrode and a second electrode of the solar cell are made of a transparent conductive material, and at least light with the same color as the sub-pixels at the light-transmissive region can transmit the solar cell.
US09507187B2
The embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for detecting the bright point in the liquid crystal display panel. The method comprises applying a cutoff voltage to a gate, remaining a thin film transistor TFT switch turning-off, applying a voltage higher than the voltage of a common electrode to a data line, and detecting a bright point under a black image based on the voltages applied to the gate and the data line. The present invention realizes the bright point detecting under a black image.
US09507186B2
This image display unit includes an image display panel and a barrier liquid crystal panel. The barrier liquid crystal panel appropriately controls a potential applied to one or the plurality of electrodes forming the scan-side transparent electrode (105) and the common-side transparent electrode (104) according to an operation mode that is specified, changes a slit width and a slit pitch of the slits (100S, and switches a function to one of the three functions of the 2D display function that emits image light for 2D display from the pixels, the 3D display function that emits image light for 3D display from each of pixels for left eye and pixels for right eye of the pixels, and the viewing angle control function that controls a viewing angle of the image light from the pixels.
US09507181B2
A semiconductor electro-optical phase shifter may include an optical action zone configured to be inserted in an optical waveguide, and a bipolar transistor structure configured so that, in operation, collector current of the bipolar transistor structure crosses the optical action zone perpendicular to the axis of the optical waveguide.
US09507173B2
The invention is related to a cost-effective method for making a silicone hydrogel contact lens having a crosslinked hydrophilic coating thereon. A method of the invention involves heating a silicone hydrogel contact lens in an aqueous solution in the presence of a water-soluble, highly branched, thermally-crosslinkable hydrophilic polymeric material having positively-charged azetidinium groups, to and at a temperature from about 40° C. to about 140° C. for a period of time sufficient to covalently attach the thermally-crosslinkable hydrophilic polymeric material onto the surface of the silicone hydrogel contact lens through covalent linkages each formed between one azetidinium group and one of the reactive functional groups on and/or near the surface of the silicone hydrogel contact lens, thereby forming a crosslinked hydrophilic coating on the silicone hydrogel contact lens. Such method can be advantageously implemented directly in a sealed lens package during autoclave.
US09507169B2
A zoom lens includes a first lens group having positive refracting power, a second lens group having negative refracting power, a third lens group having positive refracting power, a fourth lens group having negative refracting power and a fifth lens group having negative refracting power in order from an object side, in which the lens groups move in magnification change from a wide angle end to a telephoto end such that a gap between the first lens group and the second lens group increases and a gap between the second lens group and the third lens group decreases, a negative lens group disposed closer to an image focusing side than a diaphragm among all lens groups is set as a focusing lens group, and the focusing lens group moves toward the image focusing side at focusing from infinity to a close object, the zoom lens satisfies a conditional expression.
US09507157B2
A laser marker/pointer for projecting size-adjustable circular or elliptical laser beam patterns onto a target surface such as a portion of a presentation screen or to assist in the aiming of a firearm, comprises a handheld shell body in which is mounted a laser light source, a rotating wedge prism driven by an electric motor through a belt pulley or a gear system, two convex lenses, a DC power unit, and a mechanical and electric control unit. The rotating wedge prism is placed between the two convex lenses to refract the laser beam into an opening-angle adjustable hollow light cone. The projection of the hollow light cone onto a target surface generates circular or elliptical tracing patterns. The mechanical and electric control unit controls the laser pattern generation and its size adjustment through driving the wedge prism rotation around the emitted laser beam direction and its linear movement along the beam direction. The position of the wedge prism along the original emitted laser direction determines the size of the circular or elliptical pattern. A push button switch controlling the power on and off of the device can be slid in two directions to either enlarge or reduce the size of the generated pattern.
US09507152B2
Provided is a head-up display device capable of projecting a virtual image on a curved surface. a curved parallel mirror receives parallel beams from a collimator lens and outputs a plurality of transmitted beams by being configured such that a semi-transparent curved mirror and a curved mirror are arranged opposing each other, said semi-transparent curved mirror reflecting a portion of the parallel beams while allowing the other portion to pass through as transmitted beams, and said curved mirror reflecting parallel beams toward the semi-transparent curved mirror. The curved parallel mirror has a convex curved shape toward the transmission side such that when the outputted plurality of transmitted beams are reflected by a curved surface, the reflected transmitted beams become display beams representing a virtual image substantially parallel to a first plane.
US09507149B2
An image combiner for a viewing device, such as a night vision device, is disclosed for combining a first image, such as generated symbology, with a second image, such as a view of an outside scene in reduced lighting conditions. A waveguide is provided for capturing the first image from a first viewing direction, and for directing the first image in a second viewing direction, the second viewing direction being substantially coincident with a viewing direction of the second image, such that the first image can combine with the second image. At least a portion of the waveguide is arranged to substantially transmit the second image, such that the second image can pass substantially through the waveguide.
US09507146B2
The present invention provides an apparatus for cleaning an optical fiber connector, which includes a case, a tape collecting gear, a tape releasing gear, an operating portion, and a cleaning socket disposed on the case. The tape collecting gear and the tape releasing gear are rotatably accommodated in the case in sequence. The cleaning socket is located at a position between the tape collecting gear and the tape releasing gear. The operating portion includes a push rod, and an elastomer, a stop block, a sliding plate, and a toggling member that are installed in the case. In the case, one end of the sliding plate is connected to the push rod in the case and the other end shields the cleaning socket, the elastomer abuts between the stop block and the push rod.
US09507144B2
An optical deflector includes a mirror unit and a support member. The mirror unit includes a vibration mirror part extending in a main scanning direction and a torsion bar part extending in a direction crossing the main scanning direction and supporting the vibration mirror part. The support member supports the mirror unit. The support member has a pair of solid parts. The pair of solid parts are arranged adjacent to the circumferential side surfaces of both end portions of the vibration mirror part in the main scanning direction and suppress a vortex generated when the vibration mirror part vibrates. The optical deflector further includes a positioning mechanism which performs positioning of the mirror unit for the support member so that a clearance distance between each solid part and the circumferential side surfaces of both end portions of the vibration mirror part becomes a preset setting distance.
US09507143B2
An illumination system includes a light source arranged for emitting non-collimated light towards a reflective surface of a scanning mirror assembly such that the light source occludes a region of the light reflected from the reflective surface. The scanning mirror assembly includes the reflective surface, which is arranged to be rotationally displaced around at least one rotation axis. The illumination system also includes an optical element for changing the propagation direction of the said reflected light so as to illuminate at least a part of the said occluded region.
US09507138B2
A microscope system as an optical microscope system for observing a specimen includes: an imaging optical system that forms an image of transmitted light or reflected light from the specimen; an illumination light source that illuminates illumination light on the specimen; an illumination optical system that has a first spatial light modulation element, which changes intensity distribution of the illumination light at a conjugate position of a pupil of the imaging optical system, and illuminates light, which is originated from the illumination light source, on the specimen; an image sensor that detects light through the imaging optical system; and a calculation section that calculates the intensity distribution of the illumination light appropriate for observation of the specimen on the basis of the intensity distribution of the illumination light formed by the first spatial light modulation element and output data detected by the image sensor.
US09507128B2
A lens assembly includes lenses and a lens barrel accommodating lenses. At least one of the lenses is a non-contact lens coupled to the lens barrel, in non-contact with the lens barrel.
US09507123B2
An imaging apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes an optical system, an image sensor, an optical element array which is positioned between the optical system and the image sensor, a memory that stores a group of coefficients configured with a matrix of n rows and n columns in which elements are expressed by Rik (i and k being integers that satisfy 1≦i≦n and 1≦k≦n), and a processor that receives the group of coefficients from the memory and calculates n converted pixel signals x′1, x′2, . . . , x′n from n pixel signals x1, x2, . . . , xn by the following equation. ( x 1 ′ x 2 ′ ⋮ x n ′ ) = ( R 1 , 1 R 1 , 2 … R 1 , n R 2 , 1 R 2 , 2 … R 2 , n ⋮ ⋮ ⋱ ⋮ R n , 1 R n , 2 … Rn , n ) ( x 1 x 2 ⋮ x n )
US09507119B2
A vibrator including an electro-mechanical transducer and an elastic body that is fixed to the electro-mechanical transducer and that is provided with a projection, the projection having a hollow structure. The projection includes a contact portion having a first surface at a tip, the first surface being parallel to a first plane, a wall portion projecting towards an opposite side with respect to the electro-mechanical transducer, and a connection portion connecting the wall portion and the contact portion to each other. The connection portion having a spring property, and the contact portion includes a portion of which a cross-sectional area in a second plane that is parallel to the first plane increases as an increase of a distance between the portion and the first surface.
US09507113B2
An exemplary optical distribution frame includes a frame structure defining multiple positions into which multiple chassis can be inserted and a frame controller unit attached to the frame structure. The frame structure includes a frame controller and a switch communicatively coupled to the frame controller, wherein the switch includes a multiple ports. The frame structure including multiple cables, each cable being attached to a respective one of the ports of the switch and routed and attached to the optical distribution frame so that each cable can be attached to a chassis inserted into a predetermined one of the positions in the optical distribution frame, wherein the frame controller is configured to communicate port mapping information to a management entity that is communicatively coupled to the frame controller for use by the management entity in associating location information with a chassis inserted into the optical distribution frame.
US09507112B2
A photoelectric conversion module includes: a photoelectric conversion element and an IC chip mounted on a mounting surface of a substrate; and an electrode provided on a side surface of the substrate, electrically connected to the IC chip, and having a concave shape sunk deeper than other portions of the side surface of the substrate.
US09507111B2
An optical interposer comprising an array of first order diffraction grating couplers arranged to couple light emitted by an array of single mode Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) into optical waveguides, the light being emitted in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical waveguides; a device for refracting the light over at least 4 degrees; an array of output ports arranged to optically couple light from the optical waveguides into an array of optical fibers or other optical elements; and the optical waveguides connecting the array of first order diffraction grating couplers and the array of output ports to route the light from the diffraction gratings into the output ports.
US09507094B2
An optical connector is provided with a first housing, a first optical fiber accommodated in the first housing, a second housing to which the first housing fits, and a second optical fiber accommodated in the second housing. An end face of the first optical fiber abuts on an end face of the second optical fiber due to fitting the first housing to the second housing so that the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber are optically connected.
US09507087B2
Provided is a wavelength combiner including a slab waveguide; an output waveguide extended from the slab waveguide in a first direction; and at least one rib waveguide disposed at an interval horizontally from the output waveguide and extended from the slab waveguide in the first direction, wherein the rib waveguide is tapered in the first direction.
US09507081B2
The invention relates to a sensor system comprising a waveguide, which waveguide comprises a grating in at least a part of the waveguide, which waveguide further comprises a coating, the coating comprising a polymer, which polymer comprises a chain, in which chain are present an aromatic group and a chemical group selected from the group of sulfonyl groups, carbonyl groups, carbonate groups, fluorocarbon groups, siloxane groups, pyridine groups and amide groups.
US09507079B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel displaying an image, a backlight unit, and a top cover. The backlight unit includes a bottom cover including a first bottom cover as a bottom surface and a second bottom cover extending from the first bottom cover. The top cover includes first and second top covers. The first top cover covers an edge of an upper surface of the display panel and the second top cover is connected to the first top cover and extends in a direction inclined with respect to a direction in which the first top cover extends. An edge of the backlight unit is more outwardly protruded than an edge of the first top cover when viewed in a plan view, and the second bottom cover extends in a direction substantially parallel to the second top cover.
US09507077B2
A resin composition for a light guide article-preform is described, which enables the formation of a foamed layer having a large light scattering effect on the surface of a shaped article by laser irradiation processing at low cost. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a resin composition for a light guide article-preform, which contains a resin having a mass average molecular weight of 60,000 to 150,000, and has a 30% thermal mass reduction temperature of 310° C. or lower and a difference between a 40% thermal mass reduction temperature and a 20% thermal mass reduction temperature of 7° C. or less when a thermal mass measurement is performed with starting from the state at 100° C. under air at a temperature rising rate of 5° C./min.
US09507072B2
Provided is a plate-type light guide (4) in which two opposing main surfaces are set as light emitting surfaces (6A, 6B) and at least one side-edge surface is set as a light incidence surface (5). In such a light guide, a light emitting mechanism (6) is provided in at least one region of at least one main surface; the haze value is 3% or lower in the region where the light emitting mechanism is provided; when a perfect diffuse light enters through at least one light incidence surface (5), a maximum emission angle (θA, θB), at which maximizes the intensity of emitted light (8) from the main surface is in a range from −60 degrees to +60 degrees with respect to a normal line to the main surface; and the utilization efficiency of emitted light is 15% or greater.
US09507070B2
A lighting guide is disclosed for a lighting apparatus, which comprises an elongate and substantially transparent member having opposed ends. A longitudinal portion of an outer surface of the member is linearly recessed symmetrically about a transversal main axis of the member. A transversal distance of the recessed portion relative to a longitudinal portion of the outer surface opposed to the recessed portion increases progressively in either direction away from the transversal main axis of the member. A lighting apparatus is also disclosed, which comprises the lighting guide and two light sources located adjacent respective and opposed ends of the member.
US09507062B2
In a method for solid body joining of a carrier body (10) and a cover layer (20), in particular by anodic bonding, the cover layer (20) is pressed with a pressing force against a curved carrier body surface (11), wherein the pressing force during the solid body joining is distributed by way of a pressure intermediary device (30) areally and simultaneously over the whole cover layer (20) and is directed perpendicularly to the curvature of the carrier body surface (11). A composite component comprising a carrier body (10) and a cover layer (20) is also disclosed, wherein a curved areal joining region (13) is formed between a cover layer surface (21) and a carrier body surface (11).
US09507055B2
The present invention relates to a process comprising the steps of reacting a reactive mixture comprising at least one silicone-containing component, at least one hydrophilic component, and at least one diluent to form an ophthalmic device having an advancing contact angle of less than about 80°; and contacting the ophthalmic device with an aqueous extraction solution at an elevated extraction temperature, wherein said at least one diluent has a boiling point at least about 10° higher than said extraction temperature.
US09507048B2
A pendulum arm flexure which supports a pendulum bob for oscillation has predictable and reproducible characteristics. Holders retain a specific predetermined length of uniform diameter elongated fiber at ends of the fiber and permit flexing only along a defined length of the fiber between the holders during oscillation. Energy conserving material of the fiber temporarily stores and releases energy when flexing.
US09507044B2
A method for measuring the resistivity of geologic formations is described. An electromagnetic field may be generated using at least one stationary long-range transmitter. The frequency of the electromagnetic field may be between and/or including the ULF/ELF range. At least one component of the electromagnetic field may be measured by land, marine, submarine, and/or airborne receiver. A conductivity distribution may be determined based on the at least one measured component. The determined conductivity distribution may be correlated with geological formations and/or hydrocarbon deposits.
US09507043B2
Embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and apparatus for conserving power while conducting an ocean bottom seismic survey. Sensor nodes placed on an ocean floor may be configured to operate in at least an idle mode and an active mode. Each node may adjust its mode of operation from idle mode to active mode.
US09507038B2
Method, source and shuttle configured to generate acoustic waves under water. The shuttle includes a firing piston closing a firing chamber and contributing to holding the compressed gas, and a transitional region connected to the firing piston. The firing chamber and the transitional region define a most restrictive area through which the compressed gas is released toward the at least one exhaust port, the most restrictive area is substantially smooth while the movable shuttle moves toward the open position, and a profile of the transitional region is selected to reduce a high-frequency content of the acoustic waves.
US09507033B2
A process for operating a PET scanner includes acquiring, at a plurality of detector blocks of the PET scanner, emission data of gamma photons of a first energy level originating from annihilation events associated with radioactivity of a phantom in a field of view of the PET scanner. Based on the emission data, an emission block-pair scattering model is generated. The process includes acquiring counts of gamma photons of a second energy level originating from intrinsic background radiation of scintillator crystals of the detector blocks, without any phantom in the field of view, to provide blank scan data for the second energy level. A sinogram is generated based on the blank scan data for the second energy level. The emission block-pair scattering model is added to a scaled version of the sinogram to yield a composite model.
US09507032B1
In one embodiment, a material comprises a crystal comprising strontium iodide providing at least 50,000 photons per MeV, where the strontium iodide material is characterized by a volume not less than 1 cm3. In another embodiment, a scintillator optic includes europium-doped strontium iodide providing at least 50,000 photons per MeV, where the europium in the crystal is primarily Eu2+, and the europium is present in an amount greater than about 1.6%. A scintillator radiation detector in yet another embodiment includes a scintillator optic comprising SrI2 and BaI2, where a ratio of SrI2 to BaI2 is in a range of between 0:1 and 1.0, the scintillator optic is a crystal that provides at least 50,000 scintillation photons per MeV and energy resolution of less than about 5% at 662 keV, and the crystal has a volume of 1 cm3 or more; the scintillator optic contains more than about 2% europium.
US09507031B2
A radiation detector according to this invention has a first reflector frame and a second reflector frame. Each of scintillation counter crystals is inserted in a direction through the first reflector frame and the second reflector frame, whereby two or more scintillation counter crystals are arranged in a first direction and a second direction to form a scintillation counter crystal layer. A position of the first reflector frame provided, in the scintillation counter crystal layer differs from a position of the second reflector frame provided in the scintillation counter crystal layer. With such construction, the radiation detector may be provided of significantly suppressed manufacturing costs without reducing spatial resolution and detecting sensitivity.
US09507030B2
This application describes a radiation detector apparatus comprising: at least one optical fiber (104) suitable for distributed fiber optic acoustic/vibration sensing adjacent at least a first electrode (201) spaced apart from a second electrode (202) with a gas between the first and second electrodes.
US09507029B2
The present invention aims to provide a photostimulable phosphor for obtaining a two-dimensional or three-dimensional dosimeter, the photostimulable phosphor exerting superior handleability, exhibiting superior biological equivalence, and having superior precision. The present invention also aims to provide a laminate using the photostimulable phosphor.The aforementioned objects are achieved by means of a method for producing a photostimulable phosphor, the method comprising a step A for mixing lithium tetraborate, boron oxide and silver oxide and a step B for obtaining the photostimulable phosphor comprising lithium heptaborate as a base material and silver as a luminescent center present in the base material by firing the aforementioned mixture at 820 to 860° C., wherein the molar ratio between the lithium tetraborate and the boron oxide in the step A is X:1 (X>1), and the amount of the silver oxide is 0.06 to 1.0 mass % relative to the total mass of the lithium tetraborate and the boron oxide.
US09507025B2
A GPS positioning method for a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: after GPS positioning is started, acquiring a first cell identifier of a first cell in which the mobile terminal is located; acquiring, according to the first cell identifier, first latitude and longitude information corresponding to the first cell identifier from a correspondence table stored on the mobile terminal, where the correspondence table includes a cell identifier and latitude and longitude information corresponding to the cell identifier; and with reference to the first latitude and longitude information, and time information and ephemeris information that are acquired in advance, performing GPS positioning on the mobile terminal by using a GPS receiver of the mobile terminal.
US09507021B2
A forward facing sensing system for a vehicle includes a radar sensor device disposed within the vehicle and having a sensing direction forward of the vehicle. An image sensor is disposed behind and views through the vehicle windshield. A control includes an image processor that analyzes captured image data to, at least in part, detect a pedestrian present exterior of the vehicle in its direction of forward travel. The control, responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data and to sensing by the radar sensor, determines that a potentially hazardous condition may exist in the vehicle's path of forward travel. The radar sensor device and the image sensor collaborate in a way that enhances determination of existence of the potentially hazardous condition in the vehicle's path of forward travel. The control at least in part controls an adaptive cruise control system of the vehicle.
US09507018B2
An apparatus includes a first array including sensors; a second array including sensors that are not collinear with the sensors of the first array except for a sensor that defines the origin of a spatial phase; and a signal processing unit that generates covariance matrices including a first covariance matrix and a second covariance matrix based on reflected waves received by the first and second arrays from targets, estimates first angles of the targets based on the first covariance matrix, reproduces an angle matrix based on the estimated first angles, performs triangular decomposition on the product of a generalized inverse matrix of the angle matrix and the second covariance matrix to obtain a matrix, constructs a similarity transformation problem from submatrices of the obtained matrix, and estimates second angles of the targets based on the estimated first angles and solutions of the similarity transformation problem.
US09507012B2
Examples of determining the position of a mobile device within a structure are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computing device may include a processor and a memory. The computing device may further include an extraction module stored in the memory and executing on the processor to extract from a location-based service data stream a signal measurement of the path loss between a mobile device and a plurality of radio nodes distributed throughout a structure. The computing device may also include a positioning determining module stored in the memory and executing on the processor to determine the position of the mobile device within the structure using a known location for each of the plurality of radio nodes distributed throughout the structure by performing a linear optimization using the extracted signal measurement of the path loss.
US09507006B2
An exemplary method for calibrating a current transducer of the Rogowski type including a Rogowski coil sensor and an electronic device is performed by determining and correcting the sensitivity of the current transducer of the Rogowski type through the measurement of the self-inductance LRCCT of the coil using the electronic device.
US09507005B2
An example of a device comprises a signal generator to generate a signal causing a magnetic self test field for a magneto-resistive sensing element. A signal input is configures to receive a first sensor signal at a first time instant before the magnetic self test field is applied and a second sensor signal at a second time instant after the magnetic self test field is applied. An evaluation circuit is configured to determine information indicating a safe operation based on an evaluation of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal.
US09507000B2
A magnetic resonance system comprises a magnetic resonance scanner (10) including a main magnet (12) generating a static magnetic field biasing nuclear spins toward aligning along a direction of the static magnetic field, magnetic field gradient coils (14), a radio frequency coil (16), and a controller (20, 22) configured to: (a) drive the radio frequency coil to selectively tip spins predominantly of short T2* out of the direction of the static magnetic field; (b) drive at least one of the magnetic field gradient coils and the radio frequency coil to dephase said spins predominantly of short T2* tipped out of the direction of the static magnetic field; and (c) drive the magnetic field gradient coils and the radio frequency coil to acquire magnetic resonance data that is predominantly T2* weighted due to preceding operations (a) and (b).
US09506998B2
Method and magnetic resonance apparatus to generate raw data sets from double echo data acquisitions
In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus to create two raw data sets from double echo exposures of an imaging area located in a measurement volume of the magnetic resonance system, two echo signals are acquired in the form of raw data sets at different times, and k-space corresponding to the imaging area is either scanned completely only for the first raw data set and incompletely for the second raw data set, or is scanned completely only for the second raw data set and incompletely for the first raw data set. The completion of the incomplete raw data set takes place using a model that is based on the completely scanned raw data set.
US09506996B2
Embodiments relate to an apparatus comprising a first measurement bridge circuit. The first measurement bridge circuit comprises a first half bridge for providing a first half bridge signal in response to a quantity to be measured and a second half bridge for providing a second half bridge signal in response to the quantity. The apparatus further comprises a second measurement bridge circuit. The second measurement bridge circuit comprises a third half bridge for providing a third half bridge signal in response to the quantity and a fourth half bridge for providing a fourth half bridge signal in response to the quantity. The apparatus also comprises an error detector. The error detector is configured to determine an error signal indicative of an error of the measurement of the quantity based on a combination of the first, the second, the third and the fourth half bridge signal.
US09506987B2
A system for tracking the capacity of a battery in a portable electronic device is described. While plugged in-to a power adapter, the system measures a first open-circuit voltage for the battery while the battery rests at a first state of charge. Next, the system causes the battery to transition to a second state of charge. During the transition, the system integrates a current through the battery to determine a net change in charge. Next, the system measures a second open-circuit voltage while the battery rests at the second state of charge. Finally, the system estimates a capacity for the battery based on the first and second open-circuit voltages and the net change in charge. This capacity measurement is repeated and the multiple results are fitted to a line. The slope of fitted line is used to estimate how the battery capacity has faded since last measured using traditional techniques.
US09506984B1
Some forms relate to a SOC testing apparatus. The example SOC testing apparatus includes an input interface and a protocol decode agent that receives transmission signals through the input interface. The protocol decode agent generates testing stimuli for a SOC based on the transmission signals. The SOC testing apparatus further includes an output interface and a test vector generator that receives the testing stimuli from the protocol decode agent and supplies the testing stimuli as digital signals to the output interface. The protocol decode agent decodes the traffic received from the input interface. The protocol decode agent then determines the correct testing stimuli to be applied to the SOC. The protocol decode agent may be a software model of the IO protocol being used to interact with the DUT. The protocol decode agent may determine what type of protocol is included in the signals received from the SOC.
US09506973B2
A chuck for testing an integrated circuit includes an upper conductive layer having a lower surface and an upper surface suitable to support a device under test. An upper insulating layer has an upper surface at least in partial face-to-face contact with the lower surface of the upper conductive layer, and a lower surface. A middle conductive layer has an upper surface at least in partial face-to-face contact with the lower surface of the upper insulating layer, and a lower surface.
US09506968B2
Disclosed are systems, devices and methods related to scanners that are utilized for multiple electrical and/or magnetic field measurements at different locations of a radio-frequency (RF) module. In some embodiments, a scanning system can includes a miniature probe such as a magnetic probe, a fixture system configured to hold a device under test (DUT) such as an RF module, an operating system configured to operate the DUT, and a measurement system configured to obtain field strength measurements through the miniature probe at different locations of the DUT. Such measurements can yield a near-field distribution over a plurality of selected areas of the DUT, with each of the selected areas being smaller than an overall lateral area of the DUT. In some implementations, such a scanning system is utilized to facilitate applications such as electromagnetic (EM) shielding designs.
US09506964B2
The disclosure comprises: linking a first terminal of the capacitance to the mid-point of a first voltage divider bridge, applying a first voltage to a second terminal of the capacitance, maintaining a voltage of a mid-point of the first divider bridge near a reference voltage, and discharging a mid-point of a second divider bridge with a constant current. When a voltage of the mid-point of the second bridge reaches a first voltage threshold, applying a second voltage to the second terminal of the capacitance, and measuring the time for the voltage to reach a second threshold.
US09506953B2
A measuring system includes an input that emulates a bandpass filter with no signal reflections. A directional coupler connected to the input passes the filtered input to electrically isolated measuring circuits. Each of the measuring circuits includes an amplifier that amplifies the signal through logarithmic functions. The output of the measuring system is an accurate high dynamic range measurement.
US09506951B2
Digital signal acquisition system is triggered when an input waveform matches a known reference waveform. This is achieved by calculating a stream of error metric values defined as a sum of absolute values of differences between incoming and reference samples. An error metric is calculated using only byte operations, which is advantageous for hardware implementation. A waveform trigger is determined by a sample index corresponding to a minimum value of the error metric and corresponds to a best match between input and reference waveforms. A waveform trigger is used for synchronous averaging and estimating time domain noise voltage. A reference waveform updates in poor SNR conditions to provide robust estimates of time domain noise by reducing reference waveform jitter.
US09506949B2
A spring probe includes a spring sleeve and a needle having a body located inside the spring sleeve and a head protruded out of a lower non-spring section of the spring sleeve and having a stopping block. The lower non-spring section is abutted against and fixed to the stopping block, facilitating assembly of the spring probe. A method for manufacturing the spring probe is disclosed including the steps of forming a spring sleeve having a lower non-spring section with a slot and a guiding sheet adjacent to the slot by photolithography technique, manufacturing a needle having a stopping block with a bonding pad and an engagement rib by MEMS manufacturing process, sleeving the spring sleeve onto the needle to engage the engagement rib into the slot, and fixing the guiding sheet and the needle together by reflow soldering the bonding pad.
US09506945B2
An aircraft is provided and includes an airframe. The airframe includes first and second rotor apparatuses at upper and tail portions of the aircraft, respectively, to provide for control and navigational drive. The aircraft further includes a stabilizer component disposed at the tail portion in a position displaced from downwash of the first and second rotor apparatuses at airspeed ranges and a control system configured to apply a dither actuation signal to the stabilizer component at the airspeed ranges by which an aircraft response to a stabilizer component input is measurable for airspeed estimation purposes.
US09506941B2
A rotating holder to invert Petri dishes by 180° and to loosen the bottom from the cover, which has two positions to accommodate Petri dishes. By inverting the rotating holder around a rotation axis, the Petri dishes are reversed and inverted in the two positions. Thus the bottom of the upper Petri dish will be lowered and be engaged by a gripper.
US09506922B2
Methods for producing an immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) are disclosed herein. In several examples, the immune response is a protective immune response. In additional embodiments, methods are disclosed for inhibiting an infection with Mtb, preventing an infection with Mtb, or treating an infection with Mtb. Pharmaceutical compositions for the inhibition, prevention and/or treatment of tuberculosis are also disclosed.
US09506921B2
A method of determining the presence or absence in a sample of a biomarker indicative of exposure to mycobacteria, the method comprising: (a) providing a substrate carrying a mycolic acid derived antigen; (b) contacting the substrate with the sample; (c) contacting the substrate with a fluorophore species; (d) creating an evanescent wave at the boundary of the substrate and the sample; (e) detecting the presence or absence of fluorescence.
US09506915B2
The present invention encompasses methods of identifying proteins and protein modifications of proteins specifically associated with a chromatin.
US09506908B2
Embodiments provide analyte detection systems for detecting the presence of one or more analytes in one or more samples. An exemplary detection system includes at least one channel for accommodating a sample and a sensor compound, the channel having a width and a length that is significantly greater in dimension than the width. An exemplary detection system includes an analyte detection circuit programmed or configured to detect one or more electrical properties along at least a portion of the length of the channel to determine whether the channel contains an analyte of interest.
US09506903B2
A pharmaceutical verification (PV) camera system that captures an image of the contents of a vial on an automated dispensing line is closed. Faster image processing time is achieved by utilizing a learning algorithm that stores camera parameters for a successful image associated with data for a prescription processed on the automated dispensing line. During processing of a prescription order, when the vial contents and availability of stored parameters is confirmed, the stored parameters are transmitted to the camera and an image of the vial contents is captured and stored. When a previously un-encountered or un-trained vial is detected, the camera engages the autofocus feature to capture an image. The learning algorithm evaluates the image based on feedback from one or more metric. Upon agreement with the metric standards, an image is accepted and archived and the camera parameters associated with that vial prescription are stored for later use.
US09506902B2
Methods for the detection of spoilage of oils containing unsaturated fatty acids is disclosed. Specific methods include the determination of p-anisidine in oils containing unsaturated fatty acids using high performance liquid chromatography after p-anisidine is added to the oil containing unsaturated fatty acids, and allowed to react with oxidation products.
US09506896B2
A method and apparatus for envelope detection are disclosed. An envelope detection method according to an embodiment of the invention can include: receiving ultrasonic signals reflected off a target object; detecting peaks by using differences in pulses in the received signals; and generating an envelope by connecting the detected peaks with straight or curved lines.
US09506888B2
A vapor sensor includes a capacitance-related property sensor element (110), a heater circuit element (170), a capacitance-related property measurement circuit element (180), and at least one switch member (190). The capacitance-related property sensor element includes a dielectric substrate (120), a first conductive electrode (130), a second conductive electrode (140), and a layer of dielectric microporous material (150) disposed between and contacting the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode. The at least one switch member is capable of interrupting electrical communication between the first conductive electrode and the heater circuit element, and between the capacitance-related property measurement circuit element and the first conductive electrode.
US09506884B2
A planar sensor having a conductor pattern for electric field sensing and its manufacturing method, the planar sensor comprising arrays of planar electrically conductive sensor areas (2) arranged to follow each other in a successive manner along the longitudinal direction, and conductors connecting electrically conductive sensor area to at least one connector, wherein the sensor further comprises a first elastic flooring layer (3) and at least one of the following: a second elastic flooring layer (4) or a flexible circuit board, and the electrically conductive sensor areas (2) and the conductors are attached between the first elastic flooring layer (3) and the second elastic flooring layer (4) or between the first elastic flooring layer (3) and the flexible circuit board to form a unitary floor sensor structure.
US09506881B2
A lithography system (10) comprising a radiation projection system (20) for projecting radiation onto a substrate, a substrate transport system (30) for loading and positioning the substrate to be processed in the path of the projected radiation, a control system (40) for controlling the substrate transport system to move the substrate, and a resist characterization system (50) arranged for determining whether a specific type of resist is suitable to be exposed by radiation within the lithography system. The resist characterization system (50) may be arranged for exposing the resist on a surface of the substrate with one or more radiation beams, measuring a mass distribution of molecular fragments emitted from the resist, predicting a growth rate of deposited molecular fragments on the basis of a growth rate model and the measured mass distribution, and comparing the expected growth rate with a predetermined threshold growth rate.
US09506877B2
An X-ray photographing apparatus and a method of operating the X-ray photographing method are disclosed. The X-ray photographing apparatus includes an X-ray generator configured to generate an X-ray; an X-ray detector configured to detect the X-ray that is transmitted through an object; and a panel that is provided between the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector and configured to contact the object, wherein a distance between a center axis of the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector is maintained to be uniform during a time period, and a radiation angle of the X-ray generated by the X-ray generator with respect to the object changes over the time period.
US09506858B2
Methods and apparatus for obtaining an image of light scattering biological tissue. A series of pulses of substantially monochromatic light of a first wavelength is generated and split into two parts, of which one part illuminates a scattering biological tissue at an intensity too low to damage the tissue, while a second part is upconverted to generate a pump beam. Sample light from the biological tissue, which may be scattered (or transmitted) light, or fluorescence, or Raman scattering, etc., is collected and directed from the scattering biological tissue, along with the pump beam, into a non-linear optical element, in a single pass or multiple passes. Parametrically amplified sample light emerging from the non-linear optical element is detected and analyzed or displayed.
US09506836B2
Methods and apparatus for structural health monitoring are described. In one example, a method for use in designing a structural health monitoring (SHM) system for use in monitoring a host structure is described. The method includes one or more of a process for designing SHM systems for any given piece of structural hardware, a process for evaluating a given SHM system, a method to quantify the performance of a given SHM system in comparison to current inspection processes, a finite element modeling approach to determining excitation frequencies to detect damage and for selecting the best time window to use for sensed excitation signals, a Bayesian Network based data fusion technique that fuses in environmental information (load cycles induced on the structure) with a damage index (DI) to produce crack detection and estimation of crack length, and a damage location and sensor selection technique.
US09506830B2
The invention prevents a pressure receiving space of a pressure sensor from being electrically charged. In a pressure sensor, a diaphragm is attached to a base which is fixed within a cover and a pressure receiving space in which an oil is sealed is formed. A semiconductor type pressure detecting device is connected to a plurality of terminal pins by a bonding wire. A neutralization plate attached to a periphery of the semiconductor type pressure detecting device or a part of the periphery thereof is connected to an earth terminal pin by an earth bonding wire, or is connected to the earth terminal pin by a soldering so as to prevent an insulative medium sealed within the pressure receiving space from being electrically charged.
US09506825B1
In examples, methods and systems for sensing tension in a timing belt are provided. In one example, a transmission device is provided that comprises a timing belt transmission configured to cause rotation of an output hub, and the timing belt transmission includes a timing belt with markings. The transmission device also includes a detector for detecting the markings on the timing belt as the timing belt is placed under a tension due to a load at the output hub, and a distance between the markings on the timing belt changes as the timing belt is placed under the tension. The transmission device also includes one or more processors for determining output torque of the timing belt transmission based on the distance between the markings on the timing belt or based on a time between detected markings.
US09506817B2
Temperature accuracy is improved, conversion gain is increased without increasing current density and parasitic resistance errors and other problems with conventional bandgap reference temperature sensors are eliminated by generating a signal proportional to temperature from four samples, where the signal is defined as a difference between a first difference and a second difference, the first difference comprising a difference between the second sample and the first sample, the second difference comprising a difference between the fourth sample and the third sample, and where the signal is defined to cancel parasitic components in the first, second, third and fourth samples.
US09506813B2
An integrated temperature sensor device has a temperature sensor configured to provide an analog signal corresponding to an ambient temperature, an analog-to-digital converter receiving the analog signal and a programmable digital filter coupled to the analog-to-digital converter.
US09506810B2
The inventions herein include a measuring transducer, having a first transmission channel which conditions an analogue measurement input signal in an analogue manner and makes it available as a conditioned measurement signal. In addition, the measuring transducer may have a second transmission channel which conditions the analogue measurement input signal and makes it available as an influencing signal, wherein the conditioned measurement signal and the influencing signal are combined and made available as a measurement output signal. In a further embodiment of the inventions herein, a measuring system has a temperature sensor and a measuring transducer according to the present innovations.
