US09531196B2
A wireless power transmission system includes a transmitting antenna, a power supply for supplying power of a resonance frequency f0 to the transmitting antenna, a first capacitor connected in series to the transmitting antenna, a receiving antenna magnetically coupled to the transmitting antenna, a load connected to the receiving antenna, and a second capacitor connected in series to the receiving antenna. Supposing that the coupling factor between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna is represented by k, the internal resistance of the power supply by Rs and the resistance of the load by RL, then the self-inductance LS of the transmitting antenna and the self-inductance LL of the receiving antenna are determined to satisfy an equation: LS×LL=RS×R1/(2πf0k)2. Further, the capacitance CS of the first capacitor and the capacitance CL of the second capacitor are determined to satisfy equations: CS=1/(2πf0)2LS and CL=1/(2πf0)2LL.
US09531195B2
A case for an implantable medical device includes a metal case portion, having an inside and an outside, configured to attach to at least one other case portion to define a biocompatible case for the implantable medical device. The metal case portion has a plurality of grooves disposed on at least one of the inside and the outside, the grooves being oriented substantially perpendicular to an expected direction of eddy currents produced by an inductive recharging coil in proximity thereto.
US09531193B2
A method for determining a limit value of a wind turbine reference operational variable is described The wind turbine being connected to a connection node to which a utility grid is connected. The method includes: obtaining a first input signal indicative of a connection node limit voltage; obtaining a second input signal indicative of a connection node voltage; and determining the limit value of the wind turbine reference operational variable based on the first signal and the second signal. Further a corresponding arrangement is described.
US09531190B2
A bi-directional converter voltage controlled current system and methods are disclosed. A bi-directional converter provides a bi-directional current to an electrical bus according to a variable duty-cycle control signal. Also, a bi-directional current sensing sensor senses the bi-directional current to provide a sensor voltage signal proportional to the converter current. Further, a variable duty-cycle controller controls a duty-cycle of the variable duty-cycle control signal to control a voltage of the electrical bus based on an error signal.
US09531181B2
A current sensing circuit comprises a first input terminal and a second input terminal for introducing a subject current from a device coupled between the first and second input terminals; a first amplifier having a first input node coupled to the first input terminal via a protection resistor, a second input node coupled to the second input terminal, and a first output node coupled to the first input node via a capacitor, wherein the first amplifier has a current sensing path for sensing the subject current and converting the subject current into an output voltage that changes with the subject current; and a protection circuit coupled between the first and second input nodes of the first amplifier, wherein the protection circuit is configured to draw a protection current from the first input terminal through the protection resistor to at least partially offset the subject current.
US09531177B1
A TV bridge kit including an assembly of components for mounting a TV to a wall while minimizing disruption to the wall surface. The kit includes a first and second frame member with cover plates and an electrical cable having a male and a female plug end. Frame members include rotatable clamp arms to enable rapid installation to existing walls. Cover plates include openings and peripheral walls adapted to receive nose portions of the plug ends. Tabs on the plug ends of the electrical cable enable connection to bosses in the peripheral walls of the cover plates. An outer flange on the frame members enable recessed mounting of the cover plates with the front surface of the plug ends flush with the cover plate. After installation on a wall, the TV bridge kit is powered by connection of a conventional electrical cord from an existing outlet.
US09531169B2
Motor control centers have units or buckets with one or more sliding shutters that controllably block access to a stab isolation port based on position of the operator disconnect handle using attached cams that slide the shutter right and left. A front panel of the unit or bucket may also be configured to pivot out about a long axis associated with a bottom long side thereof.
US09531165B2
A method for actuating a spark plug, in which the spark plug is assigned a first ignition coil and second ignition coil. Triggered by a start signal, the primary winding of the first ignition coil is charged, and the primary winding of the second ignition coil is charged with a delay D, for which 0≦D, by supplying a direct current, wherein, while each primary winding, is charged, the respective secondary winding is blocked; the primary current supplied to the primary windings is measured; after a period T, the primary winding of the first ignition coil is discharged, and with the delay D the primary winding of the second ignition coil is discharged; the secondary current flowing through the spark plug is measured; thereafter the primary windings of the first and second ignition coil start to be charged alternately when the secondary current falls below a threshold; the primary windings are discharged alternately when the primary current reaches an upper threshold; the above steps are repeated until the duration of discharge between two electrodes of the spark plug 1 reaches a predefined value Z.
US09531163B2
A semiconductor laser diode includes a substrate. A semiconductor layer sequence on the substrate has at least one active layer designed for generating laser light that is emitted along an emission direction during operation. At least one filter layer has a main extension plane that is parallel to a main extension plane of the active layer and that is designed to scatter and/or absorb light that propagates in the semiconductor layer sequence and/or the substrate in addition to the laser light.
US09531159B2
An optical, directional coupler has a first input, a second input, a first output, and a second output. The coupler is made with a shoulder disposed on a substrate and a first ridge and a second ridge disposed on the shoulder. The first ridge extends from the first input to the first output. The second ridge extends from the second input to the second output. The shoulder, the first ridge, and the second ridge taper to provide coupling and are modified to select a coupling ratio.
US09531154B2
In an optical device wafer, an optical device layer is formed over a front surface of an epitaxy substrate with the intermediary of a buffer layer composed of a Ga compound containing Ga. After a transfer substrate is joined to the optical device layer of the optical device wafer, a separation layer is formed at a boundary surface between the epitaxy substrate and the buffer layer by performing irradiation with a pulsed laser beam having such a wavelength as to be transmitted through the epitaxy substrate and be absorbed by the buffer layer from a back surface side of the epitaxy substrate. Thereafter, an ultrasonic horn that oscillates ultrasonic vibration is brought into contact with an outer circumferential part of the epitaxy substrate to vibrate the epitaxy substrate, and the epitaxy substrate is separated from the transfer substrate to transfer the optical device layer to the transfer substrate.
US09531151B2
Method for generating a series of laser pulses with a laser assembly, the laser assembly at least having two reflecting members, a laser medium and an electro-optical modulator are disclosed. The laser assembly operates in a light amplifying mode and runs a pulse extraction sequence. The pulse extraction sequence is run by applying a defined voltage change with reference to the amplification voltage, wherein changing of the voltage is adjusted such that at least one intermediate switching state is generated on side of the electro-optical modulator, the intermediate switching state providing a particular change of polarization of the amplified laser radiation by the electro-optical modulator, such that a final switching state is generated on side of the electro-optical modulator by applying a final extraction voltage at the end of the time period.
US09531150B2
A method and system for optical systems based on parity-time symmetry and its breaking, and for nonreciprocal light transmission in a parity-time symmetric micro-resonator system are provided. The system includes an optical assembly that includes a first dissipative optical system and a second optical system coupled in energy transfer communication with the first optical system. The second optical system is configured to receive a continuous flow of energy from an external source and to transfer energy to the first optical system through the couple wherein the energy transferred to the first optical system from the second optical system is approximately equal to the energy dissipated in the first optical system, where the energy transferred to the first optical system from the second optical system is selectable using at least one of an amount of couple between the first optical system and the second optical system and a gain of the second optical system.
US09531149B2
An apparatus and method for multipass fiber amplifier comprises: (a) first passing a laser beam having a first linear polarization in the fiber amplifier in a first direction, (b) rotating the first linear polarization of the laser beam to a second linear polarization, the second linear polarization is perpendicular to the first linear polarization, (c) second passing the laser beam having the second linear polarization in the fiber amplifier in a second direction, the second direction is opposite to the first direction, (d) third passing the laser beam having the second linear polarization in the fiber amplifier in the first direction, the laser beam having the second linear polarization is reflected by a polarization separating device and a mirror, (e) rotating the second linear polarization of the laser beam to the first linear polarization, and (f) fourth passing the laser beam having the first linear polarization in the fiber amplifier in the second direction.
US09531139B2
A connector includes a metal terminal part on which conductive wires exposed outside at an end of an electric cable are pressure-contacted; and a housing for accommodating a pressure-contact part A of the end of the electric cable and the metal terminal part. The housing 10 has an electric cable insertion hole, a wall of which is contactable with an outer circumferential surface of an insulating cover of the electric cable. The housing also has a filling space in communication with the electric cable insertion hole. The filling space is located in positional correspondence with the pressure-contact part A; and the filling space is filled with a filler such that the filler covers the pressure-contact part A.
US09531124B2
An electrical socket having an electrical plug removal device for allowing a user to more easily remove an electrical plug from an electrical socket. The electrical socket resembles a traditional electrical socket having openings into which the prongs of an electrical plug can be inserted. A switch is provided adjacent to the electrical socket, wherein the switch can be actuated in order to release the electrical plug from the electrical socket. In a preferred embodiment, the switch is operably connected to an ejecting device that includes one or more levers positioned within the openings of the electrical socket, wherein the levers are adapted to press against the prongs in order to eject the electrical plug from the socket. The levers can be electrically or mechanically operated depending upon the embodiment.
US09531120B2
Electrical connector assemblies are disclosed. An electrical connector assembly comprises a first shell comprising an externally threaded portion, a second shell comprising an outer surface, a coupling nut, and an annular insert secured within the coupling nut and positioned around the second shell. A first shell and a second shell include mating alignment features. An outer surface of a second shell comprises an unthreaded portion, which comprises a plurality of recesses arranged around an annular track. A coupling nut comprises an internally threaded portion, which is configured to threadably engage an externally threaded portion of a first shell. An annular insert is comprised of a plastic material, and comprises an inner surface comprising a plurality of deflectable spring-loaded teeth that extending radially inward. A spring-loaded tooth is positioned around an unthreaded portion of a second shell and can be rotatably aligned with recesses defined therein.
US09531113B2
A flat cable waterproofing connector includes a flat cable having an insulating covering part where conductor wires are covered with an insulating film, terminals bonded to the conductor wires, and a connector housing engaged with a mating connector so that the terminals are connected to terminals of the mating connector. The flat cable waterproofing connector further includes a resin mold part integrally molded on an end part in a longitudinal direction of the flat cable so as to cover a bonding part between the conductor wires and the terminals, and the resin mold part has a waterproofing mold part for covering the bonding part, and a holding mold part for covering the flat cable at a deeper side in the longitudinal direction of the flat cable than the waterproofing mold part.
US09531112B2
A second connector housing connected to a first connector housing includes: a second housing body (31) including a cylinder portion (312) into which a body portion (212) is fitted; an axial groove (315a) formed by a cut in the cylinder portion (312) and allowing a connection pin (214) to enter therein, a circumferential groove (315b) arranged to extend circumferentially in the cylinder portion (312) from a distal end of the axial groove (315a), and allowing the connection pin (214) to move therein when the connector housings are operated and rotated relatively to each other; and a lock spring piece (316) formed integrally with the cylinder portion (312) to extend along the circumferential groove (315b), and restricting the connection pin (214) from moving in a return direction in a state in which the connection piece (214) arrives at distal end of the circumferential groove (315b).
US09531111B2
An audio jack connector including: an insulative housing including a mounting face, a receiving space, an insertion opening communicating with the receiving space, and a number of passageways extending from the mounting face along a bottom-to-up direction, a through hole defined in each of the passageways and communicating to the receiving space; a number of contacts retained in corresponding passageways and extending into the receiving space through the through holes; and a sealing assembly assembled on the mounting face, the sealing assembly including a gasket covering on the mounting face for sealing the passageways and a cover assembled with the gasket to press and hold the gasket, the gasket having a number of passing holes exposing a soldering end of each of the contacts.
US09531106B2
An electronic device comprises a case and a connector mechanism. The case comprises a bottom plate, a lateral plate and a pivoting base. The lateral plate is connected to the bottom plate, the lateral plate has an opening and the pivoting base is connected to the lateral plate. The connector mechanism comprises an electrical connector, a cover member and an elasticity-adjusting member. The electrical connector comprises an insulating base and a plurality of conductive terminals installed in the insulating base. A slot is formed in the insulating base and exposed to the opening. The cover member comprises a cover portion, a pivoting portion and an elastic portion all connected together, wherein the pivoting portion is positioned between the elastic portion and the cover portion while being disposed on the pivoting base.
US09531101B2
The connector comprises a holding member and a contact which is held by the holding member. The contact has a fixed portion, a first spring portion and a second spring portion. The fixed portion is held by and fixed on the holding member. The first spring portion extends from the fixed portion. The first spring portion includes two pressed portions, a movable starting point and a movable end portion which is movable. When an inserting object is moved along a moving direction which is a forward direction or a rearward direction, the pressed portions are pressed by a press portion to be moved downward perpendicular to the moving direction. The inserting object is a card or a card adapter. The inserting object has the press portion. The second spring portion is provided with a free end and a contact point. When the inserting object is moved in the moving direction, the second spring portion is moved downward together with a movement of the movable starting point so that the inserting object is prevented from being brought into contact with the free end of the second spring portion.
US09531089B2
A terminal connection structure is proposed in which a bolt tightening terminal is set on a terminal mounting portion and is fastened with a connecting bolt that is tightened to a nut of the terminal mounting portion. The terminal mounting portion is provided with a displacement limiting portion. If the bolt tightening terminal, set on a terminal mounting portion, is disposed in a proper mounting position in which a bolt insertion hole and a threaded hole are aligned on the same center axis, the bolt tightening terminal is adapted not to interfere with the displacement limiting portion. If the bolt tightening terminal is displaced from the proper mounting position, the bolt tightening terminal is adapted to interfere with the displacement limiting portion to limit the displacement from the proper mounting position.
US09531088B2
A barrel portion which allows the pressure-bonding connection of an aluminum core wire exposed on a distal end of an insulated wire covered with an insulating cover is formed into a cylindrical shape by bending barrel portion corresponding portions of a terminal base material in a terminal developed state about a terminal axis. In abutting end portions where the barrel portion corresponding portions abut each other, a welded part which welds the end portions is formed along a long length direction of the insulated wire. The welded part is formed on an upper surface concave portion and a projecting portion where an amount of plastic deformation of a conductor pressure-bonding section generated along with the pressure-bonding of the conductor pressure-bonding section becomes larger compared to other portions in a circumferential direction of the conductor pressure-bonding section.
US09531086B1
Methods and systems for controlling variable gain amplifiers include setting a phase at a phase shifter in each of multiple of front-ends of a phased array transceiver, accounting for a constant phase shift of a phase-invariant variable gain amplifier. A gain is set at the phase-invariant variable gain amplifier in each of the multiple front-ends to perform tapering of beam pattern side lobes. A resistance in the phase-invariant variable gain amplifier is set to provide a phase shift that is independent of gain.
US09531085B2
A dual-mode feed network for an antenna array or combination antenna is provided. Two transmission line structures propagate signals according to two different electromagnetic propagation modes, such as TE, TM, TEM and quasi TEM modes. The two transmission line structures are operatively coupled to different components of the antenna array. One transmission line structure may be a stripline or microstrip, and the other transmission line structure may be a waveguide such as a Substrate Integrated Waveguide. Both transmission line structures may branch to reach multiple elements of the antenna array. The transmission lines may share common features, for example by embedding the stripline within the waveguide.
US09531078B2
There is provided a wireless communication apparatus that includes (a) a printed circuit board, (b) a radio frequency circuit installed on the printed circuit board, and (c) an antenna element that is integrated onto the printed circuit board and electrically coupled to the radio frequency circuit via a printed conductor.
US09531075B2
An antenna apparatus can include a transmission medium that is positioned within layers of an antenna apparatus that are positioned adjacent to a first upper layer that is configured to include a signal receiving and transmission element (e.g. an antenna, patch antenna, etc.). The transmission medium can include or otherwise be connected to one or more resonators so that only a signal within a pre-selected band is passable through the transmission band. Any signal in a band outside of the pre-selected band may not be passable through the transmission medium due at least in part to the resonators. In some embodiments, the transmission medium may be part of a stripline or a microstrip. Embodiments of the apparatus may also be configured to block backward radiation emittable from the antenna to help prevent a body of a person near that device from absorbing such radiation.
US09531073B2
An antenna device which includes a coil conductor and a booster conductor. The coil conductor is defined by wound loop-shaped conductors and includes a first opening at a winding center and two ends connected to a feeding circuit. The booster conductor includes a coupling conductor portion and a frame-shaped radiation conductor portion. The coupling conductor portion includes a second opening overlapped at least partially by the first opening, is split in a portion thereof by a slit, and is electromagnetically coupled to the coil conductor. The frame-shaped radiation conductor portion includes a third opening and is connected to the coupling conductor portion.
US09531071B2
Electronic devices may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. The antenna structures may include antenna resonating elements such as dual-band antenna resonating elements that resonate in first and second communications bands. The antenna structures may also contain parasitic antenna elements such as elements that are operative in only the first or second communications band and elements that are operative in both the first and second communications bands. The antenna resonating elements and parasitic elements may be mounted on a common dielectric carrier. The dielectric carrier may be mounted within a slot or other opening in a conductive element. The conductive element may be formed from conductive housing structures in an electronic device such as a portable computer. The portable computer may have a clutch barrel with a dielectric cover. The dielectric cover may overlap and cover the slot and the dielectric carrier.
US09531068B2
An antenna including a conductive loop having a first top surface portion, the conductive loop having a first edge portion interrupted by a gap defining a feed point, a conductive strip having a second top surface, the conductive loop lying in a plane defined by the second top surface, the conductive strip having a second edge portion extending between first and second opposing distal ends, the second edge portion being spaced from the first edge portion, and the second edge portion extending along the first edge portion at a substantially constant distance from the first edge portion, and wherein the conductive strip is electrically isolated from the conductive loop and is structurally configured and positioned relative to the conductive loop to adjust an input impedance of the conductive loop.
US09531066B2
There is provided an antenna pattern frame including: a radiator including an antenna pattern part transmitting and receiving signals and a connection terminal part electrically connecting the antenna pattern part and a circuit board to each other; and a radiator frame provided by performing injection molding on the radiator while allowing the antenna pattern part to be exposed to one surface thereof and allowing the connection terminal part to be exposed to the other surface thereof, wherein the antenna pattern part is provided with a support part protruding outwardly from the antenna pattern part and bent in a direction toward the radiator frame to be disposed inwardly of the radiator frame.
US09531062B2
A wearable communication system including an antenna pattern configured to transmit or receive a radio-frequency (RF) signal, a main board configured to control the wearable communication system, and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the main board, wherein the antenna pattern is spaced apart from the main board and the power supply unit.
US09531061B2
An electronic device may be provided with an antenna. The antenna may have an antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. An adjustable inductor may be coupled between the antenna resonating element and the antenna ground. An antenna feed may have a positive feed terminal coupled to the antenna resonating element and a ground antenna feed coupled to the antenna ground. The adjustable inductor may have first and second inductors coupled to respective first and second ports of a switch. The switch may have a third port coupled to the antenna ground. A capacitor may have a first terminal coupled to ground and a second terminal coupled to the first inductor at the first port of the switch. An inductor may be coupled between the antenna resonating element and antenna ground at a location between the adjustable inductor and the antenna feed.
US09531059B2
An antenna assembly includes a portion of the metal computing device case as a primary radiating structure. The metal computing device case includes a back face and four side faces bounding at least a portion of the back face. The metal computing device case further includes a radiating structure having an aperture formed in the back face from which a notch extends from the aperture cutting through the back face and through at least one side face of the metal computing device case. A conductive feed structure is connected to a radio. The conductive feed structure is connected to or positioned proximal to the radiating structure of the metal computing device case and is configured to excite the radiating structure at one or more resonance frequencies.
US09531052B2
Embodiments include package structures having integrated waveguides to enable high data rate communication between package components. For example, a package structure includes a package substrate having an integrated waveguide, and first and second integrated circuit chips mounted to the package substrate. The first integrated circuit chip is coupled to the integrated waveguide using a first transmission line to waveguide transition, and the second integrated circuit chip is coupled to the integrated waveguide using a second transmission line to waveguide transition. The first and second integrated circuit chips are configured to communicate by transmitting signals using the integrated waveguide within the package carrier.
US09531049B2
Systems and methods for RF energy wave switching using asymmetrically wound ferrite circulator elements are provided. In one embodiment, a ferrite circulator waveguide switched system comprises: a plurality of ferrite circulator elements coupled together sequentially, the ferrite circulator elements including: a first ferrite circulator element that defines a first port of the switched system; a second ferrite circulator element that defines a second port of the switch system; and an asymmetrically wound ferrite circulator element coupled between the first and second ferrite circulator elements and to an isolation element; and a latch wire threaded through the first ferrite circulator element and the asymmetrically wound ferrite circulator element, wherein the latch wire is wound through the first ferrite circulator element and the asymmetrically wound ferrite circulator element such that a current pulse through the latch wire magnetizes both the first ferrite circulator element and the asymmetrically wound ferrite circulator element.
US09531045B2
A battery cooler includes at least one support plate and at least one structure plate coupled to the at least one support plate. The at least one structure plate includes a flow channel for receiving a fluid therein. A cross-section of the flow channel has a width greater than a height thereof. The flow channel includes a plurality of webs, wherein one of the webs is disposed adjacent another one of the webs in respect of a direction of flow of the fluid, and the webs decrease the cross-section of the flow channel.
US09531031B2
The invention relates to an article comprising: a) one or more stacks of battery plates comprising one or more bipolar plates; b) located between each plate is a separator and a liquid electrolyte; further comprising one of more of the features: 1) c) the one or more stacks of battery plates having a plurality of channels passing transversely though the portion of the plates having the cathode and/or the anode deposited thereon; and d) i) one or more seals about the periphery of the channels which prevent the leakage of the liquid electrolyte into the channels, and/or posts located in one or more of the channels having on each end an overlapping portion that covers the channel and sealing surface on the outside of the monopolar plates adjacent to the holes for the transverse channels and applies pressure on the sealing surface of the monopolar plates.
US09531028B2
A redox flow battery charged and discharged by supply of a positive electrode electrolyte stored in a positive electrode tank and a negative electrode electrolyte stored in a negative electrode tank to a battery element, in which the positive electrode electrolyte contains a Mn ion as a positive electrode active material, and the positive electrode tank includes a positive electrode charging pipe opening to a position close to a liquid level of the positive electrode electrolyte in the positive electrode tank, and a positive electrode discharging pipe opening to a position close to the bottom of the positive electrode tank. This redox flow battery can include a stirring mechanism for stirring the electrolytes in the tanks, and can include a connection pipe connecting the positive electrode tank to the negative electrode tank.
US09531024B2
A hydrogen extraction system is provided. The extraction system can comprise a compressor for compressing a gas mixture comprising hydrogen and a desulfurization unit for receiving the compressed gas mixture. The system can also comprise a hydrogen-extraction device for receiving a reduced-sulfur gas mixture and a hydrogen storage device for receiving an extracted hydrogen gas. A method of extracting hydrogen from a gas mixture comprising natural gas and hydrogen, and a method of determining an energy price are also provided.
US09531021B2
A fuel cell system comprises a main body including a first partial header and a fastening point. The main body is adapted to be coupled to a plurality of plates forming a fuel cell stack, allowing a single plate design to be used for multiple fuel cell stack lengths having a large differential of energy requirements, affording a durable alignment mechanism for the fuel cell stack, and providing integration flexibility for components and configurations of the fuel cell system.
US09531005B2
A hydrogen storage alloy material includes a primary phase having an ABx type structure and a secondary phase having a B2 structure that enhances the electrochemical properties of the alloy. The A component of the primary phase includes La and Ce, and the B component of the primary phase includes Ni, Co, Al, and Mn. The secondary phase may include Al, Mn, and Ni. Also disclosed are battery systems including the alloy material.
US09531002B2
A method is provided for cycling power in a transition metal cyanometallate (TMCM) cathode battery. The method provides a battery with a TMCM cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte, where TMCM corresponds to the chemical formula of AXM1NM2M(CN)Y-d(H2O), where “A” is an alkali or alkaline earth metal, and where M1 and M2 are transition metals. The method charges the battery using a first charging current, or greater. In response to the charging current, a plating of “A” metal is formed overlying a plating surface of the anode. In response to discharging the battery, the “A” metal plating is removed from the anode plating surface. In one aspect, in an initial charging of the battery, a permanent solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer is formed overlying the anode plating surface. In subsequent charging and discharging cycles, the permanent SEI layer is maintained overlying the anode plating surface.
US09531001B2
A battery system in one embodiment includes a first battery cell including a shell encasing a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator positioned between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and at least one first wireless temperature sensor assembly encased within the first shell.
US09530995B2
This battery module comprises a secondary battery, a battery holder, a cover member and a pair of extended parts. The secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly, a case and an open valve. The cover member has a main body that faces the open valve. The pair of extended parts are provided between the case and the main body of the cover member. The open valve is positioned between the pair of extended parts. The case, the main body of the cover member and the pair of extended parts form a flow path for a gas that is discharged from the open valve. The battery holder has a lock projection that is locked to the main body of the cover member.
US09530987B2
A structure and a method for packaging an organic optoelectronic device are provided. In this method, a first substrate is provided, and a first barrier layer is disposed on the first substrate. An organic optoelectronic device is formed on the first barrier layer, and a first recess is also formed on the first barrier layer, in which the first recess forms a closed loop to surround the organic optoelectronic device. A sealant fills the first recess, and a second barrier layer is disposed on the organic optoelectronic device, in which the sealant attaches the second barrier layer to the first barrier layer to surround the organic optoelectronic device.
US09530986B2
A light-emitting device includes a transparent substrate, a light-emitting element arranged on or above one main surface of the transparent substrate, and a porous layer arranged on or above the other main surface of the transparent substrate, the porous layer being an organic material layer having a plurality of pores. Inner surfaces of some pores among the plurality of pores may be exposed at a main surface of the porous layer opposite to a side on which the transparent substrate lies. A gas may be present in the pores the inner surfaces of which are exposed.
US09530972B2
Photovoltaic devices such as solar cells, hybrid solar cell-batteries, and other such devices may include an active layer disposed between two electrodes, the active layer having perovskite material and other material such as mesoporous material, interfacial layers, thin-coat interfacial layers, and combinations thereof. The perovskite material may be photoactive. The perovskite material may be disposed between two or more other materials in the photovoltaic device. Inclusion of these materials in various arrangements within an active layer of a photovoltaic device may improve device performance. Other materials may be included to further improve device performance, such as, for example: additional perovskites, and additional interfacial layers.
US09530968B2
The present invention provides a light emitting element whose driving voltage is low, and a light emitting element having longer lifetime. Moreover, the invention provides a light emitting element with high manufacturing yield. A light emitting element has a layer containing an organic material and an inorganic material, wherein activation energy of electrical conductivity of the layer containing the organic material and the inorganic material, is 0.01 eV or more and less than 0.30 eV. Preferably, the activation energy of electrical conductivity of the layer containing the organic material and the inorganic material, is 0.01 eV or more and less than 0.26 eV. More preferably, the activation energy of the electrical conductivity of the layer containing the organic material and the inorganic material, is 0.01 eV or more and less than 0.20 eV.
US09530959B2
A method of forming a magnetic electrode of a magnetic tunnel junction comprises forming non-magnetic MgO-comprising material over conductive material of the magnetic electrode being formed. An amorphous metal is formed over the MgO-comprising material. Amorphous magnetic electrode material comprising Co and Fe is formed over the amorphous metal. The amorphous magnetic electrode material is devoid of B. Non-magnetic tunnel insulator material comprising MgO is formed directly against the amorphous magnetic electrode material. The tunnel insulator material is devoid of B. After forming the tunnel insulator material, the amorphous Co and Fe-comprising magnetic electrode material is annealed at a temperature of at least about 250° C. to form crystalline Co and Fe-comprising magnetic electrode material from an MgO-comprising surface of the tunnel insulator material. The crystalline Co and Fe-comprising magnetic electrode material is devoid of B. Other method and non-method embodiments are disclosed.
US09530954B2
A piezoelectric element is a laminated type piezoelectric element including a plurality of piezoelectric layers laminated on each other; and an internal electrode layer disposed between adjacent piezoelectric layers. In the piezoelectric element, coating layers are disposed on a side surface of the piezoelectric element so as to cover at least an effective portion of the internal electrode layer that is exposed at the side surface. The coating layers contiguously extend from the side surface of the piezoelectric element to at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the piezoelectric element. A step is formed at the at least one of upper and lower surface of the piezoelectric element by the coating layers formed at an edge region.
US09530947B2
A light emitting module includes a circuit board, light emitting elements disposed on the circuit board, each light emitting element including light emitting diode chips and a wavelength conversion layer coated on the light emitting diode chips, and a lens disposed on the light emitting elements and configured to diffuse light emitted from the light emitting elements. The lens includes a concave part having a light incident surface and an upper surface through which the light incident on the lens is emitted, and at least one of the light incident surface and the upper surface includes sections disposed at least 15° from a central axis and sequentially connected in a first direction.
US09530931B2
A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body with a semiconductor layer sequence. An active region intended for generating radiation is arranged between an n-conductive multilayer structure and a p-conductive semiconductor layer. A doping profile is formed in the n-conductive multilayer structure which includes at least one doping peak.
US09530929B2
A lift-off method transfers an optical device layer in an optical device wafer to a transfer substrate. The optical device layer is formed on the front side of an epitaxy substrate through a buffer layer. A composite substrate is formed by bonding the transfer substrate through a bonding agent to the front side of the optical device layer, thereby forming a composite substrate. The buffer layer is broken up by applying a laser beam having a wavelength transmissive to the epitaxy substrate and absorptive to the buffer layer from the back side of the epitaxy substrate to the buffer layer after performing the composite substrate forming step, thereby breaking the buffer layer. An optical device layer is transferred by peeling off the epitaxy substrate from the optical device layer after performing the buffer layer breaking step, thereby transferring the optical device layer to the transfer substrate.
US09530920B2
A photoelectric conversion device which is a semiconductor device comprising a first conductive layer having a first conductivity type; a second conductive layer formed on the first conductive layer and having a second conductivity type; and a photosensitizing layer formed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, wherein charge carriers generated by photoelectric conversion in the photosensitizing layer are freely movable to at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
US09530918B2
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.
US09530917B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a polyester film whose wet heat resistance is not reduced even when incorporated into a solar cell backsheet or solar cell. The polyester film according to the present invention has a peak count SPc_L (400 nm) of 100 to 700 and a peak count SPc_H (4,000 nm) of not more than 10 on at least one surface, the polyester film having an amount of terminal carboxyl groups of 0 to 20 eq/ton.
US09530916B2
A mounting bracket (210) for a corrugated panel (202) is disclosed. The mounting bracket (210) includes an upper wall (216) in the form of an at least substantially flat surface for supporting various types of attachments. This upper wall (216) is disposed above and spaced from a panel valley engagement section (232) for engaging a panel valley (208) of the corrugated panel (202). A panel crown engagement section (224) is positioned on each side of the panel valley engagement section (232) for engaging different panel crowns (204) of a corrugated panel (202). An attachment may be secured relative to the mounting bracket (210) utilizing a mounting hole (218) on the bracket upper wall (216).
US09530913B2
Provided is a solar cell having improved photoelectric conversion efficiency. The solar cell (1) contains: a substrate (10) comprising a semiconductor material having one type of conductivity; a first semiconductor layer (12n) having the one type of conductivity; and a second semiconductor layer (17n) having the one type of conductivity. The first semiconductor layer (12n) is arranged on one main surface of the substrate (10). The second semiconductor layer (17n) is arranged on the other main surface of the substrate (10). The solar cell (1) is configured such that the strength of the electric field formed by the second semiconductor layer (17n) is greater than the strength of the electric field formed by the first semiconductor layer (12n).
US09530911B2
In one aspect, optoelectronic devices are described herein. In some implementations, an optoelectronic device comprises a photovoltaic cell. The photovoltaic cell comprises a space-charge region, a quasi-neutral region, and a low bandgap absorber region (LBAR) layer or an improved transport (IT) layer at least partially positioned in the quasi-neutral region of the cell.
US09530909B2
A p-type semiconductor layer containing a solid solution of NiO and ZnO as a principal component is joined to an n-type semiconductor layer containing ZnO as a principal component, and the p-type semiconductor layer contains a rare earth element R. The content of the rare earth element R is preferably 0.001 to 1 mole with respect to 100 moles of the principal component. Further, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm and Yb can be used as the rare earth element, for example. An internal electrode 4 is preferably principally composed of a composite oxide containing the rare earth element R and Ni. Thereby, photoelectric conversion efficiency can be improved, and ultraviolet light can be directly detected as a photocurrent without externally disposing a power source circuit.
US09530898B2
Semiconductor devices suitable for narrow pitch applications and methods of fabrication thereof are described herein. In some embodiments, a semiconductor device may include a floating gate having a first width proximate a base of the floating gate that is greater than a second width proximate a top of the floating gate. In some embodiments, a method of shaping a material layer may include (a) oxidizing a surface of a material layer to form an oxide layer at an initial rate; (b) terminating formation of the oxide layer when the oxidation rate is about 90% or below of the initial rate; (c) removing at least some of the oxide layer by an etching process; and (d) repeating (a) through (c) until the material layer is formed to a desired shape. In some embodiments, the material layer may be a floating gate of a semiconductor device.
US09530893B2
The field of an oxide semiconductor has been attracted attention in recent years. Therefore, the correlation between electric characteristics of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer and physical properties of the oxide semiconductor layer has not been clear yet. Thus, a first object is to improve electric characteristics of the transistor by control of physical properties of the oxide semiconductor layer. A semiconductor device including at least a gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer, and a gate insulating layer sandwiched between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer, where the oxide semiconductor layer has the relative permittivity of equal to or higher than 13 (or equal to or higher than 14), is provided.
US09530889B2
A fin structure including a well layer, an oxide layer over the well layer and a channel layer over the oxide layer is formed. An isolation insulating layer is formed so that the channel layer protrudes from the isolation insulating layer and at least a part of the oxide layer is embedded in the isolation insulating layer. A gate structure is formed over a part of the fin structure and over the isolation insulating layer. A recessed portion is formed by etching a part of the fin structure such that a surface of the well layer is exposed. An epitaxial layer is formed over the exposed well layer and over the channel layer. The epitaxial layer formed over the exposed well layer is modified such that etching selectivity of the modified layer against an alkaline solution with respect to a non-modified epitaxial layer is increased.
US09530888B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a semiconductor device including layers of group III-V semiconductor materials. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a phosphorous containing layer deposited on a silicon substrate, wherein a lattice mismatch between the phosphorous containing layer and the silicon substrate is less than 5%, a group III-V compound nucleation layer deposited on the phosphorous containing layer at a first temperature, the group III-V compound nucleation layer having a first thickness, a group III-V compound transition layer deposited on the group III-V compound nucleation layer at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, the group III-V compound transition layer having a second thickness larger than the first thickness, and the group III-V compound nucleation layer is different from the group III-V compound transition layer, and an active layer deposited on the group III-V compound transition layer.
US09530887B1
A fin-type field effect transistor device including a substrate, a gate stack structure, spacers and source and drain regions is described. The spacers includes first and second spacers and a first height of the first spacer is larger than a second height of the second spacer. A dielectric layer disposed on the gate stack structure includes a contact opening exposing the source and drain regions, the first and second spacers and a portion of the gate stack structure. A sheath structure is disposed within the contact opening and the sheath structure is in contact with the first and second spacers and the exposed portion of the gate stack structure without covering the source and drain regions. A metal connector is disposed within the sheath structure and connected to the source and drain regions.
US09530886B1
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate structure, a spacer, and a plurality of hyper-sigma (Σ) shaped epitaxial stressors. The substrate includes a first semiconductor material, and the hyper-Σ shaped epitaxial stressors include the first semiconductor material and a second semiconductor material. A lattice constant of the second semiconductor material is different from a lattice constant of the first semiconductor material. The hyper-Σ shaped epitaxial stressors respectively include a first portion, a second portion and a neck physically connecting the first portion and the second portion. The first portion includes a pair of first tips pointing toward the gate structure in a cross-sectional view. The second portion includes a pair of second tips pointing toward the gate structure in the cross-sectional view. The neck includes a first slanted surface in the first portion and a second slanted surface in the second portion.
US09530885B2
In some embodiments, a normally on high voltage switch device (“normally on switch device”) incorporates a trench gate terminal and buried doped gate region. In other embodiments, a surface gate controlled normally on high voltage switch device is formed with trench structures and incorporates a surface channel controlled by a surface gate electrode. The surface gate controlled normally on switch device may further incorporate a trench gate electrode and a buried doped gate region to deplete the conducting channel to aid in the turning off of the normally on switch device. The normally on switch devices thus constructed can be readily integrated with MOSFET devices and formed using existing high voltage MOSFET fabrication technologies.
US09530883B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor region with a charge balance region on a junction blocking region, which has a lower doping concentration. A trench structure having an insulated shield electrode and an insulated gate electrode is provided in the semiconductor region. The semiconductor device further includes one or more features configured to improve operating performance. The features include terminating the trench structure in the junction blocking region, providing a localized doped region adjoining a lower surface of a body region and spaced apart from the trench structure, disposing a notch proximate to the lower surface of the body region, and/or configuring the insulated shield electrode to have a wide portion adjoining a narrow portion.
US09530875B2
A vertical power component includes a silicon substrate of a first conductivity type with a well of the second conductivity type on a lower surface of the substrate. The first well is bordered at a component periphery with an insulating porous silicon ring. An upper surface of the porous silicon ring is only in contact with the substrate of the first conductivity type. The insulating porous silicon ring penetrates into the substrate down to a depth greater than a thickness of the well.
US09530874B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, and a second semiconductor region of a first conductivity type. A third semiconductor region of a first conductivity type is selectively provided on the second semiconductor region. A fourth semiconductor region of the first conductivity type and a fifth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type are selectively provided on the third semiconductor region. A first electrode is provided on a second insulating film within the second semiconductor region. A second electrode is in contact with the fifth semiconductor region and the third semiconductor region. The sixth semiconductor region is provided on the second semiconductor region at least in a portion thereon other than the area where the third semiconductor region is provided. The sixth semiconductor region is not in contact with the second electrode.
US09530871B1
A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a fin-shaped structure thereon; forming an epitaxial layer on the fin-shaped structure; forming a first contact etch stop layer (CESL) on the epitaxial layer; forming a source/drain region in the epitaxial layer; and forming a second CESL on the first CESL.
US09530855B2
This semiconductor device comprises: a gate insulating film provided on a surface of a channel layer; a gate electrode provided on an upper surface of the gate insulating film; and a diffusion layer provided in the channel layer. Furthermore, this semiconductor device comprises: a polycrystalline silicon film provided so as to cover a surface of the gate electrode and the diffusion layer; and an inter-layer insulating film provided so as to cover the gate electrode and the polycrystalline silicon film.
US09530852B2
It is an object to provide a semiconductor device in which a short-channel effect is suppressed and miniaturization is achieved, and a manufacturing method thereof. A trench is formed in an insulating layer and impurities are added to an oxide semiconductor film in contact with an upper end corner portion of the trench, whereby a source region and a drain region are formed. With the above structure, miniaturization can be achieved. Further, with the trench, a short-channel effect can be suppressed setting the depth of the trench as appropriate even when a distance between a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer is shortened.
US09530851B1
The present invention provides a semiconductor device, including at least two gate structures, and each gate structure includes a gate, a spacer and a source/drain region, the source/drain region disposed on two sides of the gate. A first dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate and between two gate structures, where the first dielectric layer has a concave surface, and the first dielectric layer directly contacts the spacer. A floating spacer is disposed on the first dielectric layer and on a sidewall of the gate, and at least one contact plug is disposed on the source/drain region, where the contact plug directly contacts the floating spacer.
US09530844B2
A transistor device having reduced electrical field at the gate oxide interface is disclosed. In one embodiment, the transistor device comprises a gate, a source, and a drain, wherein the gate is at least partially in contact with a gate oxide. The transistor device has a P+ region within a JFET region of the transistor device in order to reduce an electrical field on the gate oxide.
US09530837B2
Some embodiments include integrated circuits having first and second transistors. The first transistor is wider than the second transistor. The first and second transistors have first and second active regions, respectively. Dielectric features are associated with the first active region and break up the first active region. The second active region is not broken up to the same extent as the first active region. Some embodiments include methods of forming transistors. Active areas of first and second transistors are formed. The active area of the first transistor is wider than the active area of the second transistor. Dielectric features are formed in the active area of the first transistor. The active area of the first transistor is broken up to a different extent than the active area of the second transistor. The active areas of the first and second transistors are simultaneously doped.
US09530832B2
An electro-optical device includes a scanning line and a data line intersecting each other, a pixel circuit provided at a position corresponding to an intersection of the scanning line and the data line, and a power supply wiring line that supplies a given potential. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting element and a driving transistor configured to control a current flowing through the light emitting element. A gate electrode of the driving transistor is electrically connected via a first relay electrode to a given node. The first relay electrode is formed in the same layer as the power supply wiring line and the data line. The first relay electrode is surrounded on at least three sides by the power supply wiring line.
US09530830B2
Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device (OELD) includes a first substrate including a pixel region that includes an element region and a light emission region; a storage capacitor disposed at the element region, and including a first storage electrode, a first buffer layer on the first storage electrode, and a second storage electrode on the first buffer layer; a second buffer layer on the storage capacitor; a plurality of TFTs on the second buffer layer at the element region; and a passivation layer on the plurality of TFTs, wherein the storage capacitor overlaps at least one of the plurality of TFTs.
US09530828B2
There is provided an organic EL display unit having superior light emission efficiency and superior display performance. This display unit includes two or more kinds of organic light-emitting devices, each of the organic light-emitting devices having a laminated configuration in which a first electrode layer, an organic layer, and a second electrode layer are laminated in order on a base, and the organic light-emitting devices configured to emit light of different colors. The organic layer includes a common light-emitting layer and an individual light-emitting layer, the common light-emitting layer shared by all of the kinds of organic light-emitting devices, and the individual light-emitting layer provided in only a kind configured to emit specific color light of the kinds of organic light-emitting devices. Some of the kinds of organic light-emitting devices each include a transparent conductive layer between the first electrode layer and the organic layer.
US09530819B2
A solid-state imaging element has problems of occurrence of dark current due to influences of an interface state at an interface between a semiconductor and an insulating film, e.g., between silicon and silicon oxide, and of charges generated in a device manufacturing process, which leads to signal noise, thereby degrading the function of a device, specifically, the imaging quality. The outline of the invention in the present application relates to a manufacturing method of a semiconductor integrated circuit device with a surface-irradiation type image sensor, which includes irradiating a main surface of a semiconductor wafer with photodiodes formed therein, with far-ultraviolet ray after forming a lowermost wiring layer of a multi-layer wiring and before forming a color filter layer, and then applying a heat treatment to the wafer.
US09530817B2
A back side illumination photodiode includes a light-receiving back side surface of a semiconductor material substrate. An area of the light-receiving back side surface includes a recess. The recess is filled with a material having an optical index that is lower than an optical index of the semiconductor material substrate. Both the substrate and the filling material are transparent to an operating wavelength of the photodiode. The recess may be formed to have a ring shape.
US09530812B2
A semiconductor device is provided as a back-illuminated solid-state imaging device. The device is manufactured by bonding a first semiconductor wafer with a pixel array in a half-finished product state and a second semiconductor wafer with a logic circuit in a half-finished product state together, making the first semiconductor wafer into a thin film, electrically connecting the pixel array and the logic circuit, making the pixel array and the logic circuit into a finished product state, and dividing the first semiconductor wafer and the second semiconductor being bonded together into microchips.
US09530801B2
A display may have a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. A layer of liquid crystal material may be located between the color filter layer and the thin-film transistor (TFT) layer. The TFT layer may include thin-film transistors formed on top of a glass substrate. A passivation layer may be formed on the thin-film transistor layers. A first low-k dielectric layer may be formed on the passivation layer. Data line routing structures may be formed on the first low-k dielectric layer. A second low-k dielectric layer may be formed on the first low-k dielectric layer. A common voltage electrode and associated storage capacitance may be formed on the second low-k dielectric layer. The first and second low-k dielectric layers may be formed from material having substantially similar refractive indices to maximize backlight transmittance and may have appropriate thicknesses so as to minimize parasitic capacitive loading.
US09530798B1
Methods and structures for capacitively isolating a heat shield from a handle wafer of a silicon-on-insulator substrate. A contact plug is located in a trench extending through a trench isolation region in a device layer of the silicon-on-insulator substrate and at least partially through a buried insulator layer of the silicon-on-insulator substrate. The heat shield is located in an interconnect structure, which also includes a wire coupling the heat shield with the contact plug. An isolation structure is positioned between the contact plug and a portion of the handle wafer. The isolation structure provides the capacitive isolation.
US09530797B2
A semiconductor switch on a SOI substrate that includes a supporting substrate, an insulating layer on the supporting substrate, and a semiconductor layer provided on the insulating layer, includes a first and a second through FET groups, each including a plurality of field effect transistors connected in series between a common node and a first and second node, respectively. The first through FET group has an area equal to or less than an area Sfet, which is calculated by using an equivalent circuit including a resistance that represents leakage of a high frequency signal from the first through FET group to the supporting substrate.
US09530794B2
An apparatus comprises field-effect transistor (FET) structures stacked horizontally and vertically in a three-dimensional memory array architecture, gates extending vertically and spaced horizontally between the plurality of FET structures, and a ferroelectric material separating the FET structures and the gates. Individual ferroelectric FETs (FeFETs) are formed at intersections of the FET structures, the gates, and the ferroelectric material. Another apparatus comprises a plurality of bit lines and word lines. Each bit line has at least two sides that are coupled with a ferroelectric material such that each bit line is shared by neighboring gates to form a plurality of FeFETs. A method of operating a memory array comprises applying a combination of voltages to a plurality of word lines and digit lines for a desired operation for a plurality of FeFET memory cells, at least one digit line having the plurality of FeFET memory cells accessible by neighboring gates.
US09530792B2
Provided is a semiconductor device including a plurality of pillar columns, each of the plurality of pillar columns including a plurality of pillars arranged in one direction to be offset from each other, wherein an mth pillar and an (m+1)th pillar, among the plurality of pillars included in each pillar column, are aligned with each other (m is an integer of 0 or more).
US09530781B2
A fabrication process is provided for a 3D stacked non-volatile memory device which provides a source contact to a bottom of a memory hole in a stack without exposing a programmable material lining of an interior sidewall of the memory hole and without exposing a channel forming region also lining an interior of the memory hole to an energetic and potentially damaging etch environment. The stack includes alternating control gate layers and dielectric layers on a substrate, and the memory hole is etched through the stack before lining an interior sidewall thereof with the programmable material and then with the channel forming material. The process avoids a need to energetically etch down through the memory hole to open up a source contact hole near the bottom of the channel forming material by instead etching upwardly from beneath the memory hole.
US09530780B2
An approach for providing SRAM bit cells with miniaturized bit cells, without local interconnection layers, with improved lithographic printability, and enabling methodology are disclosed. Embodiments include providing first color structures, in a M1 layer, including a first word line, a first bit line, a second bit line, a first ground line, a second ground line, a second latch line or a combination thereof, wherein the first color structures include side edges longer than tip edges; providing second color structures, in the M1 layer, including a second word line, a first power line, a second power line, a first latch line or a combination thereof, wherein the second color structures include side edges longer than tip edges; and forming a bit cell including the first color structures and the second color structures, wherein adjacent tip edges include a first color structure tip edge and a second color structure tip edge.
US09530775B2
One illustrative method disclosed herein includes forming a plurality of trenches in a plurality of active regions of a substrate that defines at least a first plurality of fins and a second plurality of fins for first and second FinFET devices, respectively, forming liner materials adjacent to the first and second plurality of fins, wherein the liner materials adjacent the first fins and the second fins have a different thickness. The method also includes removing insulating material to expose portions of the liner materials, performing an etching process to remove portions of the liner materials so as to expose at least one fin in the first plurality of fins to a first height and at least one of the second plurality of fins to a second height that is different from the first height.
US09530753B2
A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a first substrate; mounting an integrated circuit structure on the first substrate; mounting a second substrate on the integrated circuit structure; coupling a vertical chip to the first substrate and to the second substrate; and forming a package body for encapsulating the integrated circuit structure, the vertical chip, and a portion of the second substrate.
US09530748B2
Packaged microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing packaged microelectronic devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a packaged microelectronic device can include a support member, a first die attached to the support member, and a second die attached to the first die in a stacked configuration. The device can also include an attachment feature between the first and second dies. The attachment feature can be composed of a dielectric adhesive material. The attachment feature includes (a) a single, unitary structure covering at least approximately all of the back side of the second die, and (b) a plurality of interconnect structures electrically coupled to internal active features of both the first die and the second die.
US09530747B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of fabricating microelectronic packages, wherein cavities are formed in a dielectric layer deposited on a first substrate to maintain separation between soldered interconnections. In one embodiment, the cavities may have sloped sidewalls. In another embodiment, a solder paste may be deposited in the cavities and upon heating solder structures may be formed. In other embodiments, the solder structures may be placed in the cavities or may be formed on a second substrate to which the first substrate may be connected. In still other embodiments, solder structures may be formed on both the first substrate and a second substrate. The solder structures may be used to form solder interconnects by contact and reflow with either contact lands or solder structures on a second substrate.
US09530746B2
Chip mounting is provided in which the pitch between bumps can be further narrowed without establishing contact between bumps. In a chip mounting structure in which a flip-chip bond has been established between a chip and a board via bumps, the bumps are provided so that the height position of the bumps from the connection surface of the chip or the connection surface of the board has a difference in height exceeding the thickness of adjacent bumps. This further narrows the pitch between bumps without establishing contact between the bumps.
US09530744B2
A semiconductor device includes a wiring substrate including a first electrode in which a cross-sectional shape is an inverted trapezoidal shape, a semiconductor chip including a second electrode in which a cross-sectional shape is an inverted trapezoidal shape, a metal bonding material bonding a tip end of the first electrode and a tip end of the second electrode which face each other, and an underfill resin filled between the wiring substrate and the semiconductor chip, the underfill resin covering a side face of each of the first electrode and the second electrode and a side face of the metal bonding material.
US09530742B1
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device with a structural stability. The semiconductor device includes a stack of vertical alterations of conductive layers and insulating layers; supports passing through the stack, each of the supports having a cross-section of an equilateral polygon, the supports being equidistantly arranged in a first direction and a second direction, the first and second directions crossing each other; and contact plugs electrically coupled respectively to the conductive layers, each of the contact plugs being disposed between at least two adjacent supports of the supports.
US09530736B2
A semiconductor device and method of formation are provided. The semiconductor device comprises a metal plug in a first opening over a substrate, the metal plug is over a silicide layer, and the silicide layer is over a metal oxide layer. The metal oxide layer has an oxygen gradient, such that a percentage of oxygen increases from a top surface of the metal oxide layer to a bottom surface of the metal oxide layer. The metal oxide layer unpins the Fermi level of the interface between the metal plug and the substrate, which is exhibited by a lowered Schottky barrier height (SBH) and increased oxygen vacancy states between the V.B. and the C.B. of the metal oxide layer, which decreases the intrinsic resistivity between the metal plug and the substrate as compared to a semiconductor device that lacks such a metal oxide layer.
US09530729B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of pattern structures respectively including a bit line and insulating spacers on sidewalls thereof protruding from a substrate. A plurality of insulating extension patterns are provided on opposing sidewalls of the pattern structures, and respectively extend from upper portions of the opposing sidewalls toward the substrate along the insulating spacers such that lower portions of the opposing sidewalls are free of the extension patterns. A plurality of buried contact patterns are provided on the substrate between the lower portions of the opposing sidewalls of adjacent pattern structures. Related fabrication methods are also discussed.
US09530723B2
On the assumption that a pair of hanging parts is provided in a lead frame and a clip includes a main body part and a pair of extension parts, the pair of the extension parts is mounted and supported on the pair of the hanging parts. Accordingly, the clip is mounted on a lead (one point) and the pair of the hanging parts (two points), and the clip is supported by the three points.
US09530722B2
The present invention relates to a power module obtained by connecting the opposite sides of a chip with solder, and prevents the side surfaces of a base portion from becoming wet with solder, which would otherwise cause connection failures of the solder or chip displacement, and also prevents peeling of molding resin, which would otherwise break the chip or shorten the life of the solder. The base portion is integrally formed with one of lead frames, and the side surfaces of the base portion and the surface of the main body of the lead frame are roughened so as to have reduced solder wettability. Meanwhile, the solder connection surface of the base portion is not roughened so as to ensure the solder wettability. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce failures that may occur during solder connection and obtain a highly reliable power module (FIG. 5).
US09530715B2
A multi-chip semiconductor device comprises a thermally enhanced structure, a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip, an encapsulation layer formed on top of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip. The multi-chip semiconductor device further comprises a plurality of thermal vias formed in the encapsulation layer. The thermally enhanced structure comprises a heat sink block attached to a first semiconductor die. The heat sink block may further comprise a variety of thermal vias and thermal openings. By employing the thermal enhanced structure, the thermal performance of the multi-chip semiconductor device can be improved.
US09530714B2
An integrated circuit system includes a heat spreader that is thermally coupled to a semiconductor chip and has a cavity or opening formed in the heat spreader. The cavity or opening is positioned so that capacitors and/or other passive components mounted to the same packaging substrate as the semiconductor chip are at least partially disposed in the cavity or opening. Because the passive components are disposed in the cavity or opening, the integrated circuit system has a reduced package thickness.
US09530712B2
A switching device having a substrate, a power semiconductor component, a connecting device, load connection devices and a pressure device. Substrate has electrically insulated conductor tracks. A power semiconductor component is arranged on a conductor track. Connecting device is formed as a film composite having an electrically conductive film and an electrically insulating film, and has first and second main surfaces. Switching device is connected in an internally circuit-conforming manner by connecting device. The pressure device has a pressure body with a first recess, a pressure element being arranged so that it projects out of the recess, wherein the pressure element presses onto a section of the second main surface of film composite and, in this case, the section is arranged within the surface of the power semiconductor component in projection along the normal direction of the power semiconductor component.
US09530703B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device capable of preventing an increase in a cost of manufacturing one chip while favorably maintaining forward characteristics of the semiconductor device including (a) inspecting the characteristics of the forward conduction of body diodes as element structures; (b) classifying the body diode and the body diode as either a first group suitable for forward conduction or a second group unsuitable for forward conduction on the basis of an inspection result; and (c) manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor MOSFET that requires forward conduction using the body diode classified into the first group or manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor MOSFET that does not need forward conduction using the body diode classified into the second group.
US09530698B1
A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming a first fin of a first transistor in a substrate; forming a second fin of a second transistor in the substrate; disposing a first doped oxide layer including a first dopant onto the first fin and the second fin, the first dopant being an n-type dopant or a p-type dopant; disposing a mask over the first fin and removing the first doped oxide layer from the second fin; removing the mask and disposing a second doped oxide layer onto the first doped oxide layer over the first doped oxide layer covering the first fin and directly onto the second fin, the second doped oxide layer including an n-type dopant or a p-type dopant that is different than the first dopant; and annealing to drive in the first dopant into a portion of the first fin and the second dopant into a portion of the second fin.
US09530693B2
A semiconductor device having a dummy active region for metal ion gathering, which is capable of preventing device failure due to metal ion contamination, and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes active regions defined by an isolation layer in a semiconductor substrate and ion-implanted with an impurity, and a dummy active region ion-implanted with an impurity having a concentration higher than that of the impurity in the active region and configured to gather metal ions.
US09530691B1
At least one method, apparatus and system disclosed herein for forming an integrated circuit having a dual-orientation self aligned via. A first dielectric layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate. At least one first metal feature is formed in a first metal layer. A first cap feature is deposited over the first metal feature. A manganese silicate etch stop layer is formed above the dielectric layer. An etch process is performed for removing for at least removing the first cap feature. A second metal feature is formed in a second metal layer. A dual-orientation self aligned via connecting a portion of the second metal feature to the first metal feature is formed.
US09530681B2
An electronic device is formed by depositing polyimide on a glass substrate. A conductive material is deposited on the polyimide and patterned to form electrodes and signal traces. Remaining portions of the electronic device are formed on the polyimide. A second polyimide layer is then formed on the first polyimide layer. The glass substrate is then removed, exposing the electrodes and the top surface of the electronic device.
US09530678B2
A substrate carrier system for moving substrates in a vertical oven and a method for processing substrates are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method for oxidizing material or depositing material includes carrying a plurality of substrates by a substrate carrier and inserting the substrate carrier into a vertical oven, wherein the plurality of substrates are held by the substrate carrier in predefined positions, wherein an angle measured between a main surface of a substrate of the plurality of substrates at one of the predefined positions and a vertical direction is less than 20 degrees. The method further includes oxidizing a material on the plurality of substrates or depositing a material onto the plurality of substrates.
US09530676B2
A substrate processing apparatus can prevent photo-corrosion of, e.g., copper interconnects due to exposure of a surface to be processed of a substrate to light, and can perform processing, such as cleaning, of a substrate surface while preventing photo-corrosion of, e.g., copper interconnects due to exposure to light. The substrate processing apparatus includes a plurality of processing areas housing therein processing units which have been subjected to light shielding processing; and at least one transfer area housing therein a transfer robot and disposed between two adjacent ones of the plurality of processing areas. A light shielding wall is provided between the transfer area and each of the two adjacent processing areas, and a light-shielding maintenance door is provided for the front opening of the transfer area. The processing units are coupled to the light shielding walls in a light-shielding manner.
US09530673B2
An approach is provided for aligning and leveling a chip package portion. The approach involves filling, at least partially, a reservoir formed between a first sidewall portion having a first slanted surface and a second sidewall portion having a second slanted surface with a fluid. The approach also involves placing a chip package portion into the reservoir. The approach further involves draining the fluid from the reservoir to cause the chip package portion to align with respect to a center of the reservoir. The chip package portion aligns with respect to the center of the reservoir and levels based on a relationship between the chip package portion, an angle of the first slanted surface, an angle of the second slanted surface, and the fluid. The chip package portion is secured in the aligned and leveled state by a molding compound.
US09530671B2
An etching method for etching an object to be processed in a processing chamber including a first electrode and a second electrode disposed facing the first electrode and configured to receive the object to be processed thereon is provided that includes steps of intermittently supplying first high frequency power to either the first electrode or the second electrode while supplying second high frequency power lower than the first high frequency power to the second electrode, supplying a process gas containing hydrogen bromide HBr and oxygen O2 into the processing chamber, and etching a poly silicon film deposited on the object to be processed into a mask pattern of a silicon-containing oxide film patterned by a spacer double patterning method by plasma generated from the process gas.
US09530668B2
Disclosed are: a thin-film pattern array able to minimize level differences between thin films; and a production method therefor. The thin-film pattern array comprises: a lower thin-film pattern which is positioned on a substrate; an upper thin-film pattern which is positioned on the upper edge of the lower thin-film pattern; and a level-difference attenuating pattern which is positioned between the lower thin-film pattern and the upper thin-film pattern, and has a gentle taper angle so as to be able to reduce the level difference between the lower thin-film pattern and the upper thin-film pattern.
US09530667B2
A method of patterning a silicon containing ARC (anti-reflective coating) layer underlying a patterned layer is described that includes establishing a flow of a process gas to a plasma processing system, selecting a process condition that increases an etch selectivity of the silicon containing ARC layer relative to the patterned layer, igniting plasma from the process gas using a plasma source in accordance with the process condition, and exposing the substrate to the plasma to extend the feature pattern of the patterned layer into the silicon containing ARC layer. The process gas includes a first gaseous molecular constituent composed of C, F and optionally H, a second gaseous molecular constituent composed of C, F, and optionally H, and a third gaseous molecular constituent composed of C and an element selected from the group consisting of H and F.
US09530664B2
A method includes the stage of partially removing a first insulator layer to form an opening passing through the first insulator layer by plasma etching using a gas of a first type, and the stage of partially removing a second insulator layer to form an opening passing through the second insulator layer by plasma etching using a gas of a second type. The gas of a first type contains a first component capable of etching the first insulator layer, and a gas of the second type contains a second component different from the first component, capable of etching the second insulator layer and a third component having a higher deposition ability than the second component.
US09530663B1
A method for forming a pattern includes steps of forming a patterned core layer on a substrate, conformally forming a spacer layer on the patterned core layer to form first concave portions, performing an etch back process to expose the patterned core layer, removing the exposed patterned core layer to form second concave portions, filling up the first concave portions and the second concave portions with a directed self-assembly material, and activating a directed self-assembly process, so that the directed self-assembly material is diffused to the perimeter of the concave portions to form a hole surrounding by the directed self-assembly material in each concave portions.
US09530659B2
A structure for manufacturing a semiconductor device without damaging the insulator layer during creation of fin field effect transistor (FinFET) devices includes an insulator layer; an active semiconductor layer; and an etch stop layer including material resistant to those processes the etch stop layer is exposed to during creation of a FinFET having fins formed from the active semiconductor layer, such that the etch stop layer and the insulator layer are not damaged during creation of the FinFET; wherein, the etch stop layer is between the insulator layer and the active semiconductor layer.
US09530652B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing patterned silver nanowire, comprising: coating a photosensitive polyamide acid polymer solution on a silica substrate and dried; using a photomask to paste on the photosensitive polyamic acid and illuminates by ultraviolet; using a developer to obtain a patterned polyamide acid template; coating a metal nanowire suspension on the patterned template; and removing the metal nanowire outside of the patterned polyamic acid. The present invention also discloses an electrode using the patterned metal nanowire and a transistor using the patterned metal nanowire electrode.
US09530645B2
A photoresist pattern used for forming a pattern of a block copolymer is formed on a substrate, and then an acid solution is supplied and an alkaline solution is further supplied to the photoresist pattern so as to slim and smooth the photoresist pattern. A block copolymer solution is applied to the substrate on which the smoothed photoresist pattern has been formed, to form a film of the block copolymer, and the film is heated.
US09530644B2
The present invention provides a polysilicon manufacturing method that enhances homogeneity of a polysilicon layer, including (1) forming a amorphous silicon layer (30) on a substrate (10); (2) dividing the amorphous silicon layer (30) into a plurality of areas and measuring a film thickness of the amorphous silicon layer (30) in each of the areas: (3) comparing the measured film thickness of each of the areas with a predetermined film thickness so as to identify and define ones of the areas of which the measured film thicknesses are greater than a predetermined film thickness as excessive-film-thickness areas (42); (4) spraying an etchant liquid to rinse the amorphous silicon layer (30) of the excessive-film-thickness areas (42) in order to etch off a portion of the amorphous silicon layer (30) of each of the excessive-film-thickness areas (42) and at the same time, spraying pure water to rinse remaining ones of the areas so as to make the film thickness of each of the areas of the amorphous silicon layer (30′) consistent with each other; and (5) applying a laser annealing operation to the rinsed amorphous silicon layer (30′) so as to cause crystallization of the amorphous silicon layer (30′) to form a polysilicon layer (60).
US09530639B2
A method of preparing a ZnO nanowire, and a ZnO nanowire prepared by the method are provided. The method of preparing a ZnO nanowire includes: preparing a zinc chalcogenide solution by dissolving zinc chalcogenide in a solvent; applying the zinc chalcogenide solution onto a substrate; drying the zinc chalcogenide solution applied onto the substrate; and annealing the substrate in the presence of oxygen after the drying the zinc chalcogenide solution.
US09530628B2
A high-purity titanium target for sputtering, which contains, as additive components, one or more elements selected from Al, Si, S, Cl, Cr, Fe, Ni, As, Zr, Sn, Sb, B, and La in a total amount of 3 to 100 mass ppm, and of which the purity excluding additive components and gas components is 99.99 mass % or higher. An object of this invention is to provide a high-quality titanium target for sputtering, which is free from fractures and cracks during high-power sputtering (high-rate sputtering) and capable of stabilizing the sputtering characteristics.
US09530626B2
A plasma processing method and apparatus are provided in which current spikes associated with application of a voltage to an electrostatic chuck (ESC) are minimized or reduced when the processing plasma is present. According to an example, the voltage is applied to the ESC after the processing plasma is struck, however the voltage is ramped or increased in a step-wise manner to achieve the desired final ESC voltage. In an alternate embodiment, the ESC voltage is at least partially applied before striking of the plasma for processing the wafer. By reducing current spikes associated with application of the voltage to the ESC during the presence of the processing plasma, transfer or deposition of particles on the wafer can be reduced.
US09530625B2
An inductively coupled plasma charged particle source for focused ion beam systems includes a plasma reaction chamber with a removably attached source electrode. A fastening mechanism connects the source electrode with the plasma reaction chamber and allows for a heat-conductive, vacuum seal to form. With a removable source electrode, improved serviceability and reuse of the plasma source tube are now possible.
US09530611B2
The present disclosure relates to a charged particle beam system, comprising a noble gas field ion beam source, a charged particle beam column, and a housing defining a first vacuum region and a second vacuum region. A noble gas field ion beam source is arranged within the first vacuum region. A first mechanical vacuum pump is functionally attached to the first vacuum region, an ion getter pump is attached to the charged particle beam column, and a gas supply is attached to the first vacuum region configured to supply a noble gas to the noble gas field ion beam source.
US09530610B2
A method for fabricating a blanking aperture array device for multi-beams includes forming, using a substrate over which a first insulating film, a first metal film, a second insulating film, and a second metal film are laminated in order, electrodes and pads on the second metal film, removing a part of the second metal film, removing the second insulating film using, as a mask, the electrodes, the pads, and a remaining part of the second metal film, and forming openings each being between a pair of electrodes, wherein, a part of the second metal film is etched such that some part of it remains in regions each connecting one of the electrodes and one of the pads, and a region in which entire openings are formed except the openings themselves is configured by the electrodes, pads, and first and second metal films such that the insulating film is not exposed.
US09530606B2
An articles includes: an ion source configured to provide a first ion beam that has a first brightness; and a cooler configured to receive the first ion beam and to produce a second ion beam from the first ion beam, the second ion beam including a second brightness that is greater than the first brightness. A process for cooling includes receiving a first ion beam that includes a first brightness in a cooler, and the cooler includes a first mirror and a second mirror disposed opposingly to the first mirror; receiving a first laser beam in the cooler; receiving a second laser beam in the cooler; transmitting the first laser beam and the second laser beam through the first ion beam to decrease an emittance of the first ion beam; reflecting the first laser beam from the first mirror and the second laser beam from the second mirror; and transmitting, after being reflected, the first laser beam and the second laser beam through the first ion beam to cool the first ion beam and to decrease the emittance of the first ion beam to produce a second ion beam that includes a second brightness that is greater than the first brightness.
US09530601B2
A thermo magnetic trip unit is disclosed for a circuit breaker, in particular for a molded case circuit breaker. In an embodiment, the thermo magnetic trip unit includes a braid plate, a load plate and a heater arranged between the braid plate and the load plate, whereby the braid plate, the load plate and the heater form a current path. In an embodiment, the thermo magnetic trip unit further includes a bimetal positioned on the heater, a rotatable trip bar and an energy storage spring, whereby the trip bar can release the energy storage spring after being touched by the bimetal with certain power. Further, the bimetal is an arched or curved snap action bimetal which snaps over to an opposite direction as soon as a certain temperature is reached. Further, a circuit breaker, in particular molded case circuit breaker, including such thermo magnetic trip unit, is disclosed.
US09530595B2
A vacuum circuit breaker includes a frame and a vacuum interrupter supported by the frame. A control wiring harness exits from an opening in a top face of a housing portion of the frame and a terminal block is disposed on the top face of the housing portion and includes first terminals connected to wires of the control wiring harness and second terminals configured to be connected to external wires.
US09530589B2
A key board of mobile phone applied in key circuit of mobile phone is provided. A first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode are disposed on a printed circuit board (PCB), the second electrode is disposed around the first electrode in circular form, tooth profile structures disposed matched with the third electrode are extended from an outer side of the second electrode, the third electrode is connected with the first electrode, the setting can be applied to various types of keys. The key board of the mobile phone can not only be applied to the dome keys, but also the carbon granule keys. If customers need different designs of keys, the new keys are needed to be redesign, and a new main board is not necessary to design, which greatly saves development time and lowers the cost.
US09530586B2
A touch switch device with an illuminator for detecting a close approach or contact of a human body to an operation surface includes: a wiring board having a light-emitting device and a detection electrode on a one surface side; a light guide plate located on the one surface side of the wiring board to emit light from the light-emitting device to the outside from the operation surface opposite the wiring board; and a detector connected with the detection electrode to detect change in electrostatic capacity to be generated at the detection electrode when a human body closely approaches or contacts the operation surface to produce a detection signal corresponding to the detected condition. An operation part is displayable on a surface of the light guide plate to serve as the operation surface, and the operation part is positioned corresponding to a position of the detection electrode.
US09530585B2
The invention relates to a switching device (10), in particular in a motor vehicle, having an adjustable touch-sensitive switching element (12) which is switchable by a touch pressure exerted in a direction (s) of actuation. The switching element (12) is adapted to assume a first initial position, in which the switching element (12) bears on an abutment (14) in the direction (s) of actuation. The switching element (12) is adapted to assume a second initial position, in which, compared with the first initial position, the switching element (12) is adjusted by a predeterminable travel (x1) contrary to the direction (s) of actuation.
US09530574B1
A class of materials is provided that has dielectric constants greater than 105. The super dielectric materials (SDM) can be generated readily from common, inexpensive materials. Various embodiments include a porous, electrically insulating material, such as high surface area powders of silica or titantia, mixed with a liquid containing a high concentration of ionic species. In some embodiments, high surface area alumina powders, loaded to the incipient wetness point with a solution of boric acid dissolved in water, have dielectric constants greater than 4*108.
US09530571B2
A novel compound represented by general formula (1), a support supporting this novel compound, and a photoelectric transduction element using this support. (In the formula, Y is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group having 1-20 carbon atoms having —CO—NR4- or —SO2—NR4- in the group; Z is a group of a conjugated system; R1, R2, and R3 represent optionally substituted hydrocarbon groups or optionally substituted hydrocarbon-oxy groups; at least one of R1, R2, and R3 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon-oxy group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group having 1-20 carbon atoms; R4 and Z may join together to form a ring. However, Y excludes groups represented by partial structural formulas (Y-11) and (Y-12).)
US09530570B2
The present description is directed to a manufacturing method of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells and a solid-state electrolyte filling device used in the manufacturing method. The present invention provides a manufacturing method of dye-sensitized solar cells that fills the solid-state electrolyte more uniformly with enhanced efficiency to secure higher light-to-energy conversion efficiency.
US09530561B2
A monolithic ceramic capacitor includes a plurality of first and second inner electrodes in a ceramic body. A direction in which the first and second inner electrodes are stacked is a stacking direction, a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the stacking direction in the ceramic body is a length direction, and a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the stacking direction and the first direction is a width direction. The ceramic body includes an effective portion, a first outer layer portion, a second outer layer portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion. A ratio A/B is about 0.04 or less when a dimension of each of the first side portion and the second side portion in the width direction is A and a dimension of the effective portion in the stacking direction is B.
US09530552B1
A magnetic circuit switching device with single-sided attraction includes a housing with a first side and a second side individually arranged at either side, where the first side has an attraction surface to attract an iron core; a permanent magnet having a first type magnetic pole and a second type magnetic pole individually arranged at inner and outer side with opposite properties; a nonconductive axial tube for the iron core to engage, having an opening at the right side extending to the second side of the housing; and a spring providing elastic force for the iron core to displace. With a magnetic path alteration function and the elastic force from the spring, the structure is able to keep the iron core in a pre-determined position. Therefore the iron core has a wider stretching range for operation, increasing the possibilities of wider application and ensuring in-time adjusting in case of deviation and wear and tear of the device. Also, the present invention requires less power for operation, thus achieving an energy-saving effect.
US09530550B2
A remote control kit includes a magnetic holder and a remote control, wherein the magnetic holder includes a magnet and a non-slip member which covers the magnet. The remote control includes a case and a ferromagnetic member therein. The magnetic holder is fixed on a wall where the remote control is ready to be placed. The ferromagnetic member of the remote control is made of a material selected form the group consisting of iron, cobalt, and nickel, and therefore the remote control can be attached onto the magnetic holder via magnetic force.
US09530547B2
A laminated PTC thermistor element that includes a ceramic substrate including a plurality of ceramic layers, a plurality of internal electrodes within the ceramic substrate, and external electrodes on the surface of the ceramic substrate that provide electrical conduction to the internal electrodes. The ceramic substrate is 0.3 [μm] or more and 1.2 [μm] or less in average porcelain grain size. Furthermore, the relative density of the ceramic substrate has a lower limit of 70 [%], and an upper limit of −6.43d+97.83 [%] when the average porcelain grain size is denoted by d.
US09530540B1
A SATA cable capable of grounding noise, includes a cable body; a lead group embedded in the cable body, having two ends exposed from two ends of the cable body, respectively, and comprising a signal transmitting lead group, a signal receiving lead group, power leads and ground leads, the signal transmitting lead group further comprising a first signal transmitting lead and a second signal transmitting lead, and the signal receiving lead group further comprising a first signal receiving lead and a second signal receiving lead; a first metal shield layer unit disposed on a surface of the cable body; a second metal shield layer unit disposed on another surface of the cable body; and a noise lead embedded in the cable body, electrically connected to ground leads, and having two ends exposed from the cable body to thereby electrically connect with the first metal shield layer unit.
US09530539B2
A cable having conductors that may be easily exposed in preparation for electrical connection, without requiring the use of tools, is provided. The cable has an insulating layer having at least one relatively weak portion that extends along the length of the cable, which allows the insulating layer to split as the wires are pulled apart, thereby exposing the wires without the use of tools. The wires themselves may, similarly, have a weakened portion thus allowing the conductors themselves to be exposed in preparation for electrical connection, without requiring the use of tools.
US09530531B2
A process for producing a transparent conductive film, comprising (a) providing a graphene oxide gel; (b) dispersing metal nanowires in the graphene oxide gel to form a suspension; (c) dispensing and depositing the suspension onto a substrate; and (d) removing the liquid medium to form the film. The film is composed of metal nanowires and graphene oxide with a metal nanowire-to-graphene oxide weight ratio from 1/99 to 99/1, wherein the metal nanowires contain no surface-borne metal oxide or metal compound and the film exhibits an optical transparence no less than 80% and sheet resistance no higher than 300 ohm/square. This film can be used as a transparent conductive electrode in an electro-optic device, such as a photovoltaic or solar cell, light-emitting diode, photo-detector, touch screen, electro-wetting display, liquid crystal display, plasma display, LED display, a TV screen, a computer screen, or a mobile phone screen.
US09530528B2
An x-ray tube electron shield is disclosed for interposition between an electron emitter and an anode configured to receive the emitted electrons. The electron shield includes expansion joints to accommodate thermal expansion.
US09530527B2
A method to perform an analysis of two types of CRUD on a nuclear fuel rod, including providing a nuclear fuel rod with a first and second layer of CRUD on an exterior of the fuel rod; brushing the first layer of CRUD from the fuel rod with a CRUD tool on a selected area; wherein the tool has a brushing device, a force applied to the brushing device on the fuel rod to remove the first layer of CRUD, the force being sufficient enough to perform such removal; collecting the first layer of CRUD from the brushing device, scraping the second layer of CRUD from the fuel rod in the selected area with the tool, wherein the tool has a scraping device and a second force is applied to the tool for scraping, collecting the second layer of CRUD from the scraping device, and analyzing the first layer and second layer of CRUD separately with a scanning electron microscope.
US09530526B2
A nuclear reactor core is disposed in a pressure vessel along with upper internals disposed in the pressure vessel above the reactor core. The upper internals include internal control rod drive mechanisms (CRDMs) mounted on a suspended support assembly. A hollow cylindrical central riser is disposed in the pressure vessel above the nuclear reactor core. A hollow cylindrical section is disposed in the pressure vessel below the hollow cylindrical central riser and surrounding the nuclear reactor core. A riser transition element connects with the hollow cylindrical central riser and the hollow cylindrical section to form a continuous hollow cylindrical flow separator. The suspended support assembly of the upper internals is suspended from the riser transition element. The pressure vessel may comprise upper and lower vessel sections connected by a mid-flange, with the riser transition element welded to the mid-flange by gussets extending outward and upward from the riser transition element to the mid-flange.
US09530525B2
A threaded fastener includes a head, a threaded shank extending from a bottom face of the head along a longitudinal axis of the fastener, and an annular flange oriented transverse to the longitudinal axis and surrounding the bottom face of the head. A surface has a receiving hole in which the shank of the threaded fastener is disposed with the bottom face of the head contacting the surface. The surface further has a crimping recess spaced apart from the receiving hole. A portion of the annular flange overlaps and is deformed into the crimping recess. The fastener may be a screw or bolt. In the case of a bolt, a nut engages the distal end of the threaded shank. The nut also includes an annular flange that is deformed into a crimping recess on a surface proximate to the nut.
US09530523B2
The present disclosure relates to thermal disturb as heater in cross-point memory. An apparatus includes a memory controller. The memory controller is configured to identify a target memory cell in response to at least one of a selection failure and a set fail memory read error associated with the target memory cell. The memory controller is further configured to apply a first sequence of recovery pulses to a first number of selected adjacent memory cells adjacent the target memory cell, the first sequence of recovery pulses configured to induce heating in the target memory cell.
US09530516B2
A method includes storing data in a memory that includes multiple analog memory cells. After storing the data, an interference caused by a first group of the analog memory cells to a second group of the analog memory cells is estimated. The data stored in the first group is reconstructed based on the estimated interference caused by the first group to the second group.
US09530513B1
A disclosed example sense programmed states of memory cells includes starting a counter at a time of activating a plurality of memory cells. Binary values are obtained based on sense amplifiers in circuit with the memory cells in response to the counter reaching a trigger count value. A programmed state of the memory cells is determined based on the binary values.
US09530511B1
An operating method of a memory device includes providing the memory device and performing an erase operation. The memory device includes a substrate, a gate dielectric layer formed on the substrate, a gate conductive layer formed on the gate dielectric layer, a charge trapping layer, a charge blocking layer, a source region, and a drain region. The charge trapping layer has a vertical portion formed on a sidewall of the gate conductive layer and a horizontal portion formed between the substrate and the gate conductive layer. The charge blocking layer is formed between the substrate and the charge trapping layer. The source and drain regions are formed in the substrate and located at two sides of the gate conductive layer respectively. Performing the erase operation includes applying an erase voltage to the gate conductive layer for inducing a BBHH injection and a FN hole tunneling.
US09530510B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a control circuit configured to control a soft program operation of setting nonvolatile memory cells to a first threshold voltage distribution state of the nonvolatile memory cells. When a characteristic of the nonvolatile memory cells is in a first state, the control circuit executes the soft program operation by applying a first voltage for setting the nonvolatile memory cells to the first threshold voltage distribution state to first word lines, and applying a second voltage higher than the first voltage to a second word line. When the characteristic of the nonvolatile memory cells is in a second state, the control circuit executes the soft program operation by applying a third voltage equal to or lower than the first voltage to the first word lines and applying a fourth voltage lower than the second voltage to the second word line.
US09530504B2
A method is provided for programming non-volatile memory cells. The non-volatile memory cells are accessible by a plurality of word lines. The method includes using a four-pass programming technique to program a block of the non-volatile memory cells.
US09530496B2
In order to realize a switching element that is highly reliable and can be highly integrated, in a method for programming a switching element of the present invention, programming of the switching element is performed by increasing or decreasing a resistance value R of a resistive-change film by applying a first pulse voltage to a first electrode or a second electrode, a measurement of the resistance value R is performed, verification in which it is determined whether or not the measured resistance value R is equal to a desired value is performed, and reprogramming of the switching element is performed by applying a second pulse voltage whose polarity is the same as that of the first pulse voltage to the same electrode to which the first pulse voltage is applied on the basis of the resistance value R when the resistance value R is not equal to the desired value.
US09530487B2
A method of writing data to an accessed memory cell of an accessed column of an accessed section of a memory array includes, electrically coupling a first voltage source of at least three voltage sources to a column internal ground node of the accessed column; and electrically coupling the first voltage source of the at least three voltage sources to a column internal ground node of an un-accessed column of an un-accessed segment. The memory array has at least one segment. Each memory cell has an internal ground node. The at least one segment has at least one section, and each section has at least one column and at least one row. Each column has at least three switches and a column internal ground node capable of being electrically coupled to at least three voltage sources through a corresponding one of the at least three switches.
US09530486B1
In one embodiment, a memory array has a pair of bit lines for each column of 1-bit SRAM cells and a word line for each row of cells, where, during a memory read operation, the bit value stored in each cell is detectable by sensing a voltage difference developed between the corresponding bit line pair. A first signal-development circuit is coupled to one bit line to accelerate draining that bit line of charge if a first bit value is stored in the cell, and a second signal-development circuit is coupled to the other bit line to accelerate draining that other bit line of charge if a second, different bit value is stored in the cell. Pulldown devices are provided to ensure that the signal-development circuit operate properly during the pre-charge and voltage difference development phases of the memory read operation, which is now faster due to the signal-development circuits.
US09530483B2
A system and method for retaining dynamic random access memory (DRAM) data when reprogramming reconfigurable devices with DRAM memory controllers such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The DRAM memory controller is utilized in concert with a data maintenance block collocated with the DRAM memory and coupled to an I2C interface of the reconfigurable device, wherein the FPGA drives the majority of the DRAM input/output (I/O) and the data maintenance block drives the self-refresh command inputs. Even though the FPGA reconfigures and the majority of the DRAM inputs are tri-stated, the data maintenance block provides stable input levels on the self-refresh command inputs.
US09530475B2
Examples of the present disclosure provide devices and methods for accessing a memory array address space. An example memory array comprising a first address space comprising memory cells coupled to a first number of select lines and to a number of sense lines and a second address space comprising memory cells coupled to a second number of select lines and to the number of sense lines. The first address space is independently addressable relative to the second address space.
US09530465B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a first global line suitable for inputting/outputting data from/to a first bank, a second global line suitable for inputting/outputting data from/to a second bank, a multi-purpose register (MPR) suitable for loading data having a predetermined value on the first global line in a training mode, a first data input/output (I/O) unit suitable for inputting/outputting data between one of the first and second global lines and a first data pad and selectively transferring data loaded on the first global line to the second global line in response to a bandwidth option in the training mode, and a second data I/O unit enabled in response to the bandwidth option, suitable for inputting/outputting data between the second global line and a second data pad.
US09530463B1
A first input of a sense amplifier is connected to a first bitline, a second input of the sense amplifier is connected to a second bitline, a third input of the sense amplifier is coupled to a third bitline. The sense amplifier provides at an output an indicator of a storage state of a memory cell connected to the first bitline based upon information provided to the sense amplifier via the first, second, and third bitlines.
US09530461B2
Techniques to utilize a very low power state with a memory subsystem that includes one or more non-volatile memory devices and a volatile memory system. A memory controller is coupled with the one or more non-volatile memory devices and the volatile memory system. The memory controller comprising at least an embedded control agent and memory locations to store state information. The memory controller to selectively enable and disable the one or more non-volatile memory devices. The memory controller transfers the state information to the volatile memory system prior to entering a low power state. Control circuitry is coupled with the memory controller. The control circuitry to selectively enable and disable operation of the memory controller.
US09530459B2
A semiconductor memory disclosed in this disclosure includes first and second memory cell arrays, a first main data line that transfers the read data read from the first memory cell array, a second main data line that transfers the read data read from the second memory cell array, a main amplifier coupled to the second main data line, and a repeater circuit coupled to the first main data line and the second main data line.
US09530451B2
Techniques are disclosed for reducing the amount of network bandwidth used by a distributed video editing system. A server dynamically chooses from among several encoding options, depending on the context and network conditions. The server makes every attempt to transmit a given video frame only once over the network. Depending on network performance, the quality of the transmitted video may vary. A frame identification technique is used to improve efficiency to avoid duplication of rendering work. On the client, the frame identity is used by the client to cache the frames individually, at varying qualities. These frames are cached on the client indefinitely. When the client prepares to play a frame, it examines its local cache of frames and chooses either a local cached frame or requests a remote frame at a different quality, based on the context.
US09530450B2
A viewer fovea tracking generator is configured to analyze image data corresponding to a viewing of the video program via an A/V player by at least one viewer, and to generate fovea tracking data corresponding to the at least one viewer. A network interface configured to transmit the fovea tracking data to the video source via a network. The video program is fovea encoded by the video source in accordance with the fovea tracking data.
US09530439B2
A head gimbal assembly for a disk drive includes a flexure tail terminal region having flexure bond pads in electrical communication with the head. Each of the flexure bond pads includes a widened region of a corresponding one of a plurality of electrical traces in a conductive layer, and a discontinuous bond pad backing island in a structural layer that overlaps the widened region. The flexure tail terminal region also includes a plurality of discontinuous edge stiffener islands in the structural layer that do not overlap the widened region of any flexure bond pad, and that are disposed no more than 50 microns from one of the two opposing longitudinal outer edges of the flexure tail terminal region. At least one of the plurality of discontinuous bond pad backing islands is disposed no more than 50 microns from one of the two opposing longitudinal outer edges.
US09530438B1
Apparatus and method for generating supply voltages in a data storage device. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a data transducer adjacent a rotatable magnetic recording medium, the data transducer having a write coil and an electromagnetic source for thermally assisted recording by the write coil. A preamplifier/driver circuit (preamp) has a write driver adapted to supply write currents to the write coil and a source driver adapted to supply source voltage to the electromagnetic source. A voltage regulation circuit applies a first positive supply voltage to the write driver and a different, second positive supply voltage to the source driver.
US09530436B1
A data storage device comprising a storage media and a controller is disclosed. The controller is configured to receive a write command including a logical address and new data associated with the logical address, to write the new data to a new physical address on the storage media, and to remove old data associated with the logical address from an old physical address on the storage media, wherein the new physical address and the old physical address are different.
US09530435B2
The voiced sound interval classification device comprises a vector calculation unit which calculates, from a power spectrum time series of voice signals, a multidimensional vector series as a vector series of a power spectrum having as many dimensions as the number of microphones, a difference calculation unit which calculates, with respect to each time of the multidimensional vector series, a vector of a difference between the time and the preceding time, a sound source direction estimation unit which estimates, as a sound source direction, a main component of the differential vector, and a voiced sound interval determination unit which determines whether each sound source direction is in a voiced sound interval or a voiceless sound interval by using a predetermined voiced sound index indicative of a likelihood of a voiced sound interval of the voice signal applied at each time.
US09530430B2
An input signal analyzer determines a boundary frequency within the limit of a range which does not exceed a first frequency from the mode of an input signal. A spectrum compressor compresses a power spectrum of frequencies in a band higher than the first frequency in a frequency direction. A gain corrector performs a gain correction on the compressed power spectrum. A spectrum synthesizer reflects the power spectrum outputted from the gain corrector in a band determined by both the first frequency and the boundary frequency. A frequency-to-time converter converts both a synthesized power spectrum provided by the spectrum synthesizer and a phase spectrum of the input signal into ones in the time domain, and outputs these spectra.
US09530429B2
A reverberation suppression apparatus includes: an instantaneous value calculation unit that calculates an instantaneous value/instantaneous values in an envelope of values correlating with the absolute value or the square of an input signal; a reverberation estimation unit that calculates an exponential moving average of the instantaneous value(s) as an estimated reverberation component; a gain derivation unit that derives a gain corresponding to the input signal according to the estimated reverberation component and the instantaneous value(s) when the each instantaneous value is larger than the estimated reverberation component, and derives a lower limit of the gain as the gain corresponding to the input signal when the each instantaneous value is smaller than the estimated reverberation component; a smoothing unit that performs a smoothing process on the gain; and a gain processing unit that applies the gain to amplitude adjustment of the input signal thereafter.
US09530416B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for fetching speech processing models based on context changes in advance of speech requests using the speech processing models. An example local device configured to practice the method, having a local speech processor, and having access to remote speech models, detects a change in context. The change in context can be based on geographical location, language translation, speech in a different language, user language settings, installing or removing an app, and so forth. The local device can determine a speech processing model that is likely to be needed based on the change in context, and that is not stored on the local device. Independently of an explicit request to process speech, the local device can retrieve, from a remote server, the speech processing model for use on the mobile device.
US09530401B2
Provided are an apparatus and method for reporting speech recognition failures. The method includes detecting pure speech data from input speech data and outputting the detected pure speech data, determining at least one speech recognition failure for the pure speech data, and ascertaining speech recognition failure reasons from a check result for the speech recognition failures and outputting the ascertained speech recognition failure reasons.
US09530391B2
A music composition, editing, and playback system and method provides a user interface design based on geometric interpretation of music theory replacing traditional modern music notation with geometric shapes including chords represented by polygons that are colored with colors or hues.
US09530389B2
A device configured for holding a plectrum to a user's hand. The device includes a loop end and a pick end, the loop end configured to be disposed over a user's thumb, and the pick end configured to hold at least one pick. The pick end may include adhesive or an area of higher friction by which the pick is coupled with the device. The pick end may include a cavity configured for receiving the pick. The cavity may be substantially rigid, configured to fit a particular shape and size of plectrum. The cavity may be substantially flexible, configured to receive plectra of different shapes and sizes. The pick end and loop end may be a single unit. The pick end may be removably coupleable with the loop end, allowing a user to prepare multiple pick ends or to interchange an adhesive pick end with a cavity pick end.
US09530383B2
A display device includes: a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels coupled to a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, respectively; a gate driver configured to drive the plurality of gate lines; a data driver configured to drive the plurality of data lines; and a timing controller configured to control the gate driver and the data driver and to provide the data driver with a data signal generated by compressing an image signal received from an external device, wherein the timing controller is configured to compress the image signal according to a first compression scheme and a second compression scheme to generate a first compression signal and a second compression signal, respectively, and wherein the timing controller is configured to select whichever one, from among the first compression signal and the second compression signal, that has a relatively narrower bit width as the data signal.
US09530374B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of gate lines on a substrate, a plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines, and a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels being coupled to one of the gate lines and to one of the data lines; a data driver configured to output data signals through a plurality of channel terminals; and a line selector configured to transmit the data signals to a plurality of data line blocks, each of the data line blocks including a plurality of data lines, wherein the line selector includes a plurality of thin-film transistors, and at least two of the thin-film transistors have different sizes.
US09530370B2
The present disclosure relates to a field of display technology. Provided are a shift register unit and a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit and a display device. The shift register unit includes an input module, a pull-up module, a pull-down control module and a pull-down module. The turn-on duty ratio of transistors in the shift register unit may be reduced, and the power consumption of the display device product may be reduced.
US09530368B2
Disclosed is a display device configured to decrease power consumption. The device comprises a display panel having a plurality of data lines and gate lines crossing in a matrix form, wherein a pixel is defined at each crossing thereof; a data driver connected to the plurality of data lines and supplying analog data voltages converted from digital data voltages to odd data lines and even data lines respectively according to an odd gamma reference voltage and an even gamma reference voltage; a gamma generator outputting one of a positive gamma reference voltage and a negative gamma reference voltage as the odd gamma reference voltage, and one of the positive gamma reference voltage and the negative gamma reference voltage as the even gamma reference voltage to the data driver; and a timing controller generating a control signal for driving the display panel.
US09530366B2
The present invention provides a self-compensating gate driving circuit, comprising: a plurality of GOA units which are cascade connected, and a Nth GOA unit controls charge to a Nth horizontal scanning line G(n) in a display area, and the Nth GOA unit controls charge to a Nth horizontal scanning line G(n) in a display area, and the Nth GOA unit comprises a pull-up controlling part, a pull-up part, a transmission part, a first pull-down part, a bootstrap capacitor part and a pull-down holding part; the pull-up part, the first pull-down part, the bootstrap capacitor part and the pull-down holding circuit are respectively coupled to a Nth gate signal point Q(N) and the Nth horizontal scanning line G(n), and the pull-up controlling part and the transmission part are respectively coupled to the Nth gate signal point Q(N), and the pull-down holding part is inputted with a DC low voltage VSS; the pull-down holding part comprises a first pull-down holding part and a second pull-down holding part to alternately work. The present invention is designed to have the pull-down holding part with self-compensating function to promote the reliability of the long term operation for the gate driving circuit. The influence of the threshold voltage drift to the operation of the gate driving circuit is diminished.
US09530363B2
The performance of an electro-optic display, for example, a bistable electro-optic display, can be improved by modifying the frame rate of a base waveform used to drive a transition between gray states. Such modifications permit fine control of gray levels with reduced artifacts. The described methods additionally require less memory to store all of the waveforms needed to achieve good performance of an electro-optic display over a range of temperatures.
US09530362B2
An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels and having display control circuitry that controls the operation of the display. The display control circuitry may operate the display in different modes. In a paper mode, display control circuitry may use stored spectral reflectance data to adjust display colors such that the colors appear as they would on a printed sheet of paper. In a low light mode when the ambient light level is below a threshold, the light emitted from the display may be adjusted to mimic the appearance of an incandescent light source. In a bright light mode when the ambient light level exceeds a threshold, the light emitted from the display may be adjusted to maximize readability in bright light. The target white point of the display may be adjusted based on which mode the display is operating in.
US09530361B2
A driving device includes a drive normalization part configured to calculate a reference light quantity measurement which is estimated when a backlight is driven using the predetermined reference BL-drive value based on a current BL-drive value and a light quantity measurement of the backlight; a low-pass filter configured to calculate a moving average among a plurality of reference light quantity measurements being temporarily held, thus outputting the smoothed reference light quantity measurement precluding noise; and a BL-drive value calculation part configured to calculate a target BL-drive value which allows the smoothed reference light quantity measurement to match the target light quantity corresponding to a user's setting of luminance.
US09530356B2
A source driver may include: a transmission line configured to transmit an output signal of a sample and hold circuit which stores pixel information of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) cell; an amplifier is formed a first offset voltage at an input terminal by a parasitic capacitor of the transmission line; and an offset voltage storage unit configured to store the first offset voltage outputted from the amplifier as a second offset voltage while the transmission of the output signal of the sample and hold circuit through the transmission line is turned off, and offset the first offset voltage by providing the second offset voltage to the input terminal of the amplifier when the output signal of the sample and hold circuit is transmitted through the transmission line.
US09530351B2
Pixel circuit, display device, driving method of pixel circuit, and driving method of display device
A pixel circuit includes a drive transistor that has a gate connected to an input node and a source connected to an output node. The drive transistor supplies a driving current to an electrooptic element via the output node. A sampling transistor is connected between the input node and a signal line and samples an input signal from the signal line, which is retained in a retaining capacitance connected to the input node. The magnitude of the driving current is based on a value of the retained signal. The pixel circuit further includes a compensating circuit which detects a decrease in the driving current attendant on a secular change of the drive transistor from a side of the output node and feeds back a result of the detection to a side of the input node to compensate for the decrease.
US09530341B2
The present invention provides an array substrate, a driving method of the array substrate and a display device comprising the array substrate. The array substrate comprises a display region and a non-display region, multiple groups of source lines and a plurality of gate lines are arranged in the display region, the multiple groups of source lines and the plurality of gate lines are intersected with each other to divide the display region into a plurality of pixel regions, and each pixel region corresponds to a group of source lines, wherein a first electrode and a second electrode are arranged in each pixel region, and the first electrode and the second electrode are adjacent and electrically isolated from each other.
US09530340B2
There is disclosed a calibrator configured to calibrate a color of a screen of a display device includes an absorption plate formed of a transformable material, comprising a bottom surface attached to the screen of the display device in a vacuum absorption method; a control portion configured to leave space a first portion of the absorption plate from the screen of the display device; a fixed portion configured to press a second portion of the absorption plate to the screen of the display closely; a rotary portion configured to rotatably coupled to the fixed portion in a horizontal direction and to move the control portion in a vertical direction of the display device, when it is rotated; and a circuit unit mounted in the fixed portion to calibrate the color of the display device, such that the calibrator may be fixed in a precise position of the screen and that the screen calibration can be performed precisely and that the calibrator can be attached even to a tilted screen and used widely.
US09530323B1
An aircraft system for an own-ship aircraft includes an ADS-B unit configured to receive ADS-B messages with flight information from other aircraft over a plurality of time periods, the other aircraft including a first aircraft. The system further includes a database configured to store at least a portion of the flight information associated with the other aircraft over the plurality of time periods. The system further includes a processing unit configured to compare the flight information for a current time period to the flight information for a previous time period to identify missing flight information from the current time period relative to the previous time period, the missing flight information including the flight information associated with the first aircraft, and initiate an annunciation to an operator of the own-ship aircraft based on the missing flight information associated with the first aircraft.
US09530310B2
Methods and systems for detecting a vehicle of interest utilizing one or more traffic image-capturing units and a centralized server. A request from an authority to detect a vehicle of interest with respect to an incident can be verified based on particular criteria. One or more of the image-capturing units can be selected along with location information stored in a database in order to enable a search. A notification can be sent to the authority upon identification of the vehicle of interest by the image-capturing unit(s). An area or radius of search can be calculated to alert one or more other image-capturing units for use in tracking the vehicle of interest. Data regarding the vehicle of interest can then be transmitted to an incident management module to dynamically update details regarding detection of the vehicle of interest.
US09530308B2
A system and method used to configure a smart device to command functional operations of a target appliance. The smart device retrieves from a controllable appliance, such as a settop box, data indicative of a codeset identity of the target appliance wherein the codeset identity was determined during a process used to configure a conventional universal remote control to command functional operations of the target appliance and wherein the process used to configure the conventional universal remote control is performed in cooperation with the controllable appliance. A remote control application resident on the smart device then uses the data indicative of the codeset identity retrieved from the controllable appliance to also configure the smart device to command functional operations of the target appliance.
US09530299B2
In one embodiment, a method for assisting a visually-impaired user is provided. The method includes determining, based upon an input from at least one sensor, a body position or posture of a user. The method also compares, using a processor, the determined body position to a plurality of body positions or postures to identify whether the determined body position or posture is acceptable. The method further includes providing a feedback signal indicating a change in body position or posture to assist the visually impaired user.
US09530298B2
An apparatus and method for detecting a pattern warning signal from a hazard alarm. In one embodiment, a buffer memory is used to store filtered, digitized information from an audio or optical detection device. A processor evaluates the information in the buffer memory to determine when a long lull time occurs between energy peaks present in a sampling of information from the analog-to-digital converter. The results are compared to at least one temporal pattern characteristic to determine if the hazard alarm has detected a hazardous condition.
US09530294B2
An item of value comprises an assembly of parts. The parts comprise a component that has value independent of the item, and an assembly security system that is operable to communicate with a central security system via a wide area network. The component comprises a component security system that is operable to communicate with the assembly security system. The assembly security system is operable to perform operations comprising (a) saving component data that identifies the component as part of the item; (b) after saving the component data, monitoring the component, via the component security system, to automatically determine whether the component has left a predetermined zone of proximity, relative to the item; and (c) in response to determining that the component has left the predetermined zone of proximity, automatically notifying the central security system that the component has left the predetermined zone of proximity. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09530293B2
An acoustic glass breakage detector including a pulsating current-powered microphone and operable for generating pulsed signal data corresponding to sound waves detected thereby, a sample and hold circuit operable for converting the pulsed signal data into a voltage level signal and storing the voltage level signal, a sound frequency band pass amplifier operable for ascertaining whether the voltage level signal corresponds to an explosion-like sound typical of an initial glass-breakage sound, a flex wave band pass amplifier operable for ascertaining whether the voltage level signal corresponds to a flex wave typical of an initial glass-breakage sound, and circuitry operable, responsive to ascertaining that the voltage level signal corresponds to an explosion-like sound typical of an initial glass-breakage event and that the voltage level signal corresponds to a flex wave typical of an initial glass-breakage sound, for ascertaining that the pulsed signal data is indicative of a glass-breakage event.
US09530291B2
A mobile computing system for providing qualitative indication of vibration recordings of a vibrating machine to a user includes a memory, a display device, and at least one processor configured to receive a vibration recording including a vibration level from a sensor computing device. Collection of the vibration recording is initiated by the user while at the vibrating machine. The processor is also configured to determine a plurality of threshold sets applicable to the vibration recording and select, by the processor, a first available threshold set from the plurality of threshold sets. The processor is also configured to compare the vibration level of the vibration recording to the first threshold set and display to the user a visual qualitative indication of the vibration recording using the display device, thereby enabling the user to determine a quality of the vibration recording while at the vibrating machine.
US09530288B2
A method and apparatus of reducing heat loss and cooling loss from a bank building caused by automatic teller machines, night drop vaults, and cash deal drawers. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
US09530271B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a banknote handling apparatus and a banknote handling method capable of dealing currencies of a number of nations, and handling them at a predetermined speed or more. A banknote handling apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a reception unit configured to take in, one by one, a banknote put thereinto; a transport unit configured to transport the taken-in banknote; a memory unit storing a plurality of banknote recognition data elements corresponding to currencies of a plurality of nations; a selection unit configured to select and group a plurality of the banknote recognition data elements stored in the memory unit, such that a predetermined criterion is met; and a recognition unit disposed on the transport unit, and configured to recognize the banknote taken in by the reception unit, based on the grouped banknote recognition data elements.
US09530263B1
The present invention relates generally to a system and method of verification for access within site access areas using a wearable security device that includes one or more scannable frames displayed on the security device's exterior, wherein the wearer's identification information and assigned access for access to varied site access areas are electronically stored within the at least one scannable frame as embedded security clearance in multimedia format, which is verifiable when the at least one scannable frame is scanned by at least one image scanning device so that authorization to navigate within the premises is seamless within areas of authorized access while still allowing security to contain an individual in unauthorized locations.
US09530256B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating wear-based indicators are provided herein. A method includes assigning a failure label to each data point associated with a component associated with a failure-caused component replacement within a pre-specified number of runtime hours of the failure-caused component replacement; assigning a non-failure label to each data point associated with a failure-caused component replacement and not within the pre-specified number of runtime hours; assigning a non-failure label to each data point associated with a scheduled component replacement; assigning a non-failure label to each data point associated with an actively running instance of the component as yet to be replaced; estimating a failure probability for the component over a pre-specified future runtime; determining a cumulative hazard function for the component based on the failure probability; and generating a cumulative wear-based indicator for the component by executing a regression function based on the cumulative hazard function.
US09530253B2
A system or computer usable program product for dynamically managing parking space utilization including receiving a dynamic feed of available parking spaces across a set of sectors, each parking space associated with a parking control device, each sector having a preferred utilization rate; utilizing a processor to determine that a parking utilization rate of a first sector exceeds a preferred utilization rate for the first sector; upon receiving a location based parking space reservation request from a user, the request capable of being fulfilled from a plurality of sectors, providing a list of available parking spaces meeting the request including associated prices dynamically generated, wherein parking spaces in the first sector are priced higher than parking spaces in other sectors; and upon selection of one of the provided list of available parking spaces by the user, allocating the selected parking space to the user at the provided associated price and notifying the parking control device associated with the selected parking space.
US09530250B2
A system and method updates Computer Aided Design (CAD) models. An augmented reality view of a subject asset is displayed. User interaction therewith causes a CAD model updater to search a CAD database for corresponding CAD model of the subject asset. The CAD model updater displays the CAD model view of the subject asset overlayed on the augmented reality view. With the mashed-up display of these two views, the CAD model updater enables user interaction therewith to update the corresponding CAD model. The updates to the CAD model are made to the CAD file of the model's originating CAD modeling application.
US09530246B2
A collision determination device includes a target cell designation unit that designates a target cell for a voxel model which represents the shape of a first object. A determination test point generation unit generates determination test points for the target cell. A spatial curve creation unit creates a spatial curve as the trajectory curve of a determination test point. A curve intersecting determination unit determines whether or not each boundary element of a boundary representation model representing the shape of a second object is intersecting the spatial curve. A distance computation unit computes the closest distance from the spatial curve to the boundary surface of the boundary representation model. A collision determination unit determines, based on the determination result and the computation result, whether there is a possibility of collision between both objects.
US09530231B2
A method for generating masking image using general polygonal mask includes receiving a pixel of a raw image and a polygon vertices array corresponding to a polygonal mask, determining whether the pixel is inside the polygonal mask, labeling the pixel to be a masked pixel if the pixel is inside the polygonal mask, or labeling the pixel to be a visible pixel if the pixel is outside the polygonal mask, and outputting the masked pixel or the visible pixel to generate the masking image.
US09530230B2
A method and system render rasterized data by receiving non-rasterized page description language data and a corresponding transformation matrix representing transformation operations to be performed. The non-rasterized page description language data is rasterizing to create rasterized data. The corresponding transformation matrix is decomposed into a plurality of individual transformation operation matrices and a discrete transformation operation value, from a corresponding individual transformation operation matrix, is generated for each transformation operation to be performed upon the rasterized data. The transformation operations are performed upon the rasterized data based upon the generated discrete transformation operation values.
US09530228B1
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that processes data. During operation, the system obtains a data set and metadata corresponding to a data model. Next, the system displays, within a user interface, a visualization of the data model to a user independently of a domain of the data set. The system then uses the metadata to provide a glossary of terms related to the data model in the user interface without requiring configuration of the glossary for use with the data model.
US09530227B2
Computer implemented methods for constructing dynamic relationships between data for presentation on a display are provided. The data is obtained from one or more data sources and managed as a plurality of nodes. The nodes increase or decrease in number over time. One method includes setting a point of view from one of the nodes of the plurality of nodes, and the setting of the point of view acting to order certain ones of the plurality of nodes to produce a representation from the point of view. The method generates visual data that illustrates the representation of the plurality of nodes from the set point of view and provides the visual data for rendering on a display of a device. Certain ones of the nodes contain unique identity data for individuals, and the nodes are associated with other nodes based on relationships between the individuals.
US09530215B2
Systems and method for generating depth maps using active sensing technology, for scenes with moving objects, is disclosed. One aspect provides for a method that includes estimating areas in adjacent frames that correspond to a moving object by generating a probability map for each received frame, the probability map comprising a probability value at each pixel. The method also includes computing a convex temporal average map using a plurality of the reflected structured light frames including at least the prior frame received at time t−1, the received frame received at time t, and the next frame received at time t+1, the value at each pixel of the convex temporal average map weighted and normalized by the probability map at each pixel at each time. The method also includes determining the codewords at each pixel in the convex temporal average map, and generating a depth map from the determined codewords.
US09530198B2
To provide a method for controlling an X-ray image diagnostic apparatus and an X-ray generation device equipped with an ABS system tracking movement of an object position without an operator performing setting operation for a region of interest (ROI), the determination condition storage unit (6i) storing ROI position determination conditions in which image statistical information is used for defining conditions to determine a position of an ROI in an X-ray image out of plural blocks generated by dividing the X-ray image into plural regions, the first block statistical information calculation unit (6f) calculating the image statistical information for each of plural blocks, and the region-of-interest position selection unit (6g) selecting a block that serves as an ROI from among plural blocks using the ROI position determination conditions and the image statistical information of each block are provided. A feedback value to be used in controlling the brightness value of the ROI is calculated based on the brightness value of the ROI, and irradiation conditions are determined so that the feedback value reaches a target brightness value.
US09530197B2
Techniques for generating and superimposing digital signage onto an immersive view. In an exemplary embodiment, certain entities are occluded or otherwise unviewable in an immersive view of an environment. For such entities, digital signage may be generated and superimposed in a suitable area of the immersive view, and further indicating, e.g., directions to such entities from a viewing location, as well as other metadata, such as business name, website, etc. To determine whether a nearby entity is displayed in the immersive view, a planar layout storing geometrical data associated with entities in the vicinity may be loaded and processed.
US09530155B2
A method includes receiving a payment object for payment of a certain amount owed by a first party to a second party. The payment object carries sufficient account information for the payment from an account associated with the payment object. The second party communicates the account information from the payment object and an identification of the second party for receipt by a third party; and receives in return data that is indicative of a gratuity to be charged against the account. The second party prints a document that includes the certain amount owed and the gratuity, as indicated by the data received by the second party, and presents the document for signature by the first party. The printed document preferably includes the total of the amount owed and the gratuity. The payment object may be a credit card, charge card, debit card, rebate card, or stored-value card.
US09530150B2
A compensation model is disclosed for compensating a network service provider. A networked system is also disclosed for presenting advertising during on-line interactions between a user and a service of a network (e.g., the Internet, interactive cable, and/or a LAN). Advertisements (ads) are presented to a networked user unrequestedly during user interactions with the service. The user can activate the ads (via hyperlinks) for receiving additional advertising. The system gathers user data and/or develops user profiles for selectively presenting ads, promotionals, discounts, etc. targeted to receptive users. In exchange for viewing such selective presentations, on-line access to the service is provided, the service including, e.g., (a) playing on-line interactive games (e.g., blackjack and poker), (b) providing access to the network itself (e.g., an Internet service provider), and/or (c) providing access to substantially any interactive service accessible via (b). The system can provide free/reduced cost network services to the user for viewing unrequested advertising. The system can be provided for a casino.
US09530147B2
A system may include a database configured with individual partitions, one of the partitions corresponding to a sponsored content campaign of a social network. The system may further include multiple servers each communicatively coupled to the database, and each configured to implement a campaign having a campaign termination criterion. Each of the servers may include a processor configured to track sponsored content event data received from a user device based on the campaign and transmit the event data to the database and terminate the campaign based on a comparison of the event data as received from a partition of the database corresponding to the campaign and an estimation of event data not received from the database. The database may be configured to store the event data as received from the servers in the partition corresponding to the campaign upon receipt of the event data.
US09530136B1
A system, apparatus, and method for verifying that a consumer seeking to conduct a transaction with a merchant is authorized to use an associated account. An exemplary embodiment of the apparatus may include a voice response unit, a storage medium, and a voice print comparator The voice response unit may be configured to obtain a test voice print during a transaction between the consumer and the merchant. The storage medium may be configured to store information associated with the consumer, and a control voice print associated with the information. Also, the voice print comparator may be configured to receive the control voice print, compare the test voice print to the control voice print, and to return a match level signal indicating a degree of match therebetween.
US09530135B2
The present disclosure discloses a method, an apparatus, and a network system for displaying a security identifier on a page. The method includes: receiving a display request for a numerical value transfer page, where the display request at least carries link information of the numerical value transfer page and a numerical value transfer object identifier of the numerical value transfer page, and the link information of the numerical value transfer page includes domain name information of a domain name to which the numerical value transfer page belongs; determining, according to a preset correspondence between a transfer object identifier and domain name information, whether the link information of the numerical value transfer page matches domain name information corresponding to the transfer object identifier; if yes, when displaying the numerical value transfer page, displaying a security identifier in a page function type identifier column on an interface of a client.
US09530133B2
An authentication challenge system for performing secondary authentication for an account associated with an online store is described. In one embodiment, the authentication challenge system includes a question generation engine, which can derive a series of questions based upon activity associated with a user account of an online store; a network interface, which can transport the series of one or more questions derived by the question generation engine to authenticate the user to the online store; a confidence engine, which can determine a required confidence level for a successful authentication, and can compute a confidence score of the user identity; and a quality engine, which can adjust the question generation engine and the confidence engine based upon an analysis of question and answer metrics across multiple accounts of the online store. The online store can include digital media, such as music, movies, books or applications for electronic computing devices.
US09530130B2
In one aspect, a method for processing a card-not-present account-on-file transaction is provided. The transaction involves a cardholder using payment card information stored by a merchant. The method includes receiving an authorization request message for the transaction, the authorization request message received at a payment network from an acquirer associated with the merchant and receiving an authorization response message, the authorization response message received at the payment network from an issuer. The authorization response includes a denial indicator indicating that the transaction has been denied. The method further includes querying a database coupled to the payment network to determine whether the database includes updated payment card information for a payment card associated with the transaction. The method additionally includes transmitting the updated payment card information associated with the payment card account identifier associated with the transaction to the acquirer for the acquirer to communicate to the merchant.
US09530129B2
The present invention provides a service for allowing secure financial transactions to be carried out, the service involving authenticating a user's identity and/or status as part of a financial transaction with another party and in the event that the user is authenticated arranging for the transaction to be completed without revealing the user's financial details and/or other personal details to that other party. Authentication data and transaction data may be communicated over any suitable communications channel(s). The invention provides a trusted authentication and payment environment that protects a user's financial details, but allows them to be securely authenticated and arranges for transactions to be fulfilled, while providing other parties with reassurance that transactions will be completed. In this way, fraud and theft due to misappropriation of financial details can be minimized.
US09530127B2
Using cryptographic techniques, sensitive data is protected against disclosure in the event of a compromise of a content delivery network (CDN) edge infrastructure. These techniques obviate storage and/or transfer of such sensitive data, even with respect to payment transactions that are being authorized or otherwise enabled from CDN edge servers.
US09530125B2
A method for facilitating the widespread use of the PIN-Debit payment method for Internet “eCommerce” and mobile payments sales which requires little or no change for the cardholders, merchants, debit networks and card issuers based primarily on the introduction of a layer of middleware and wherein the Debit Networks and Issuing Banks may customize the implementation of the services based on individual strategy and cardholder preferences.
US09530119B1
A system and methods for establishing and enforcing an electronic messaging budget. In at least one embodiment, the inventive method involves identifying a set of users of an electronic message system. Next, an electronic message budget for the set of users is calculated or otherwise determined, and a portion of the budget is allocated to each user, group of users, department, or other suitable element, etc. In response to one of the users attempting to send an electronic message, a cost of the message is calculated and compared to that user's (or group's) available messaging budget. If the cost exceeds the budget, then the message may not be delivered or its delivery may be conditioned on some action of the user.
US09530116B2
Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory storage media provide a web-based graphical user interface to allow a user to control a softphone of a user device. A context handler operates on the user device and manages a page context of the web-based graphical user interface. A call manager operates as a RESTful web service on the user device. The context handler and the call manager communicate using JavaScript Object Notation with Padding (JSONP) messages. The call manager includes a finite state machine that indicates a current state of the softphone. The call manager generates application programming interface calls to the softphone in response to receiving JSONP messages. The user interface is updated to reflect the current state of the softphone based on execution of user selections by the softphone. The context handler chunks data into multiple JSONP messages if data exceeds a data size limitation of the JSONP.
US09530115B2
In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may include configuring, at a message evaluator, one or more factors to enable monitoring of a plurality of messages exchanged between a sending object and a receiving object, the one or more factors including a key generated based on a plurality of attributes obtained by accessing at least one of the sending object or the receiving object, the plurality of attributes representing data fields in at least one of the sending object or the receiving object; selecting, by the message evaluator, at least one of the plurality of messages, when at least one of a match or a substantial match exists between the generated key and a portion of the at least one of the plurality of messages; and presenting, by the message evaluator, the selected at least one of the plurality of message.
US09530109B2
A method to generate a plurality of groups each including at least one of a plurality of elements. The method includes selecting at least one candidate element from the plurality of elements as a candidate to be included in a group, determining whether or not to generate the group including the at least one candidate element selected in the selecting step, based on an element evaluation value associated with each of the at least one candidate element selected in the selecting step, provided that a determination is made to generate the group in the determining step, generating the group including the at least one candidate element selected in the selecting step, and weighting the element evaluation value of each of the at least one element according to how many times the each element is included in already-generated groups to reflect the weighted element evaluation value in next group generation.
US09530102B2
Exemplary embodiments described herein provide methods, mediums, and systems for recognizing a formalism type present in an input and generating an output that is consistent with the formalism type. In order to generate an output that is consistent with the formalism type, exemplary embodiments analyze elements of the input together. Such a holistic analysis determines or uses a likelihood that the different elements coexist together in a given formalism type. Based on this holistic analysis, an appropriate formalism type that is consistent with the coexistence of the elements may be selected. After the appropriate formalism type is selected, the input may be processed to generate an output consistent with the formalism type. The output may be computer-based representations of the input defined according to a program associated with the identified formalism type, and/or the input may be translated or transformed into another representation.
US09530101B1
A technique is provided for determining expected maximum probability of detection of targets moving through a sensor grid to maximize performance of the sensor grid by changing the sensor grid variables. Non-spatial variables from a plurality of sensors of the sensor grid are removed to provide that sensor performance of the plurality of sensors is a function of spatial variables. A selection is made for the desired description of flow of targets such as pedestrians through the sensor grid between restricted stochastic flow and unrestricted stochastic flow. The specific technique and related equations for determining expected maximum probability of detection for each sensor depends on whether restricted stochastic flow or unrestricted stochastic flow is selected.
US09530093B2
According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for solving combinatorial optimization problems is provided. The method may include receiving a plurality of problem instance parameters associated with a graph. The method may also include determining a dynamic path change indicator exists. The method may then include initializing the graph based on the determining the dynamic path change indicator does not exist. The method may further include inserting a placeholder node and at least one placeholder node edge based on the determining the dynamic path change indicator exists. The method may also include reinitializing the graph with the inserted place holder node and the at least one placeholder node edge. The method may then include initializing the reinitialized graph. The method may further include executing a hybrid algorithm on the initialized graph or on the reinitialized graph, wherein the hybrid algorithm comprises an ant colony optimization algorithm and a genetic algorithm.
US09530089B2
A wearable device is provided with a wearable device structure. The wearable device has a first end and a second end, each with a plurality of magnets. The first and second ends are coupled by overlapping at least a portion of the first end magnets to at least a portion of the second end magnets. A size of the magnets is: (i) length, 0.5 mm to 30 mm; (ii), width, 0.5 mm to 30 mm; and (iii) thickness or depth, 0.5 mm to 10 mm. ID circuitry is provided at a surface or an interior of the wearable device.
US09530083B2
A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job data stream, selecting an appropriate input tray from which to print the print job based on a set of rules indicated in one or more tables and performing an action indicated in the one or more tables.
US09530081B2
In order to detect similar data from a great deal of data at high speed, a similarity detecting apparatus includes a random number generating unit 3 which calculates random number data based on a parameter list, a table managing unit 5 which calculates a plurality of key calculation functions based on the random number data, calculates a plurality of tables based on input data, and calculates a candidate data list based on a query shown by a search condition, and a data processing unit 6 which calculates search result data from the candidacy data list to satisfy the condition shown a search condition. Each table is calculated for a value corresponding to a key to show a data list of data in which the data substituted into a key calculation function is equal to the key. A candidate data list contains a plurality of search data list and a search data list corresponding to the table shows the value corresponding to a query value obtained by substituting the query into the key calculation function.
US09530072B2
Embodiments are disclosed for detecting duplicate and near duplicate images. An exemplary method includes receiving an original image, preparing the image for fingerprinting, and calculating an image fingerprint, the fingerprint expressed as a sequence of numbers. The method further includes comparing the image fingerprint thus obtained with a set of previously stored fingerprints obtained from a set of previously stored images, and determining if the original image is either a duplicate or a near duplicate of an image in the set if the dissimilarity between the two fingerprints is less than a defined threshold T. Once a duplicate or near duplicate is detected, various defined actions may be taken, including culling the less desirable image or referring the redundancy to a user.
US09530060B2
A method and system for monitoring buildings (including houses and office buildings) by performing video content analysis based on two-dimensional image data and depth data are disclosed. Occupation and use of such buildings may be monitored with higher accuracy to provide higher energy efficiency usage, to control operation of components therein, and/or provide better security. Height data may be obtained from depth data to provide greater reliability in object detection, object classification and/or event detection.
US09530058B2
In one embodiment, a visual-assist robot includes a housing defining a base portion, an imaging assembly, a motorized wheel assembly positioned at the lower surface of the base portion, a processor disposed within the housing and communicatively coupled to the imaging assembly and the motorized wheel assembly, and a non-transitory memory device disposed within the housing. The imaging assembly generates image data corresponding to an environment, and at least a portion of the imaging assembly is configured to be disposed above the upper surface of the base portion. The non-transitory memory device stores machine-readable instructions that cause the processor to provide a drive signal to the motorized wheel assembly such that the motorized wheel assembly moves the visual-assist robot to a desired location within the environment, determine objects from the image data received from the imaging assembly, and transmit message data for receipt by a user.
US09530054B2
A scene recognition method includes acquiring an image and sensor data corresponding to the image and determining, in accordance with the sensor data, whether a scene of the image is a non-high-dynamic range (HDR) scene. The method also includes extracting an image feature of the image when it is not determined whether the scene of the image is the non-HDR scene and determining, in accordance with the image feature, whether the scene of the image is an HDR scene.
US09530051B2
There is provided a pupil tracking device including an active light source, an image sensor and a processing unit. The active light source emits light toward an eyeball alternatively in a first brightness value and a second brightness value. The image sensor captures a first brightness image corresponding to the first brightness value and a second brightness image corresponding to the second brightness value. The processing unit identifies a brightest region at corresponding positions of the first brightness image and the second brightness image as an active light image.
US09530050B1
A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system and associated techniques are disclosed. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types (e.g., printed paper as a first medium and digital content and/or web link as a second medium). The present invention provides a system, method, and computer program product for annotating unindexed documents. Captured digital images of unknown paper documents or portions associated with a user are received with annotations. Features are extracted from the captured digital image and are stored, along with the captured digital image and the annotations.
US09530047B1
A method for face image recognition is disclosed. The method comprises generating one or more face region pairs of face images to be compared and recognized; forming a plurality of feature modes by exchanging the two face regions of each face region pair and horizontally flipping each face region of each face region pair; receiving, by one or more convolutional neural networks, the plurality of feature modes, each of which forms a plurality of input maps in the convolutional neural network; extracting, by the one or more convolutional neural networks, relational features from the input maps, which reflect identity similarities of the face images; and recognizing whether the compared face images belong to the same identity based on the extracted relational features of the face images. In addition, a system for face image recognition is also disclosed.
US09530034B2
A portable device (10, 20) includes at least a control element (14, 24, 34) for receiving command signals and a reader (12, 22, 32). A detection element (18, 28, 38) is connected with the control element (14, 24, 34) and they communicate with each other. Operation of the reader (12, 22, 32) in relation to the object to be identified is controlled through command signals so that at least one of the command signals received by the control element (14, 24, 34) is based on information indicating movement or position received from the detection element (18, 28, 38). The reader (12, 22, 32) is easy to use and quick to operate in its operating environment as no separate actions are required of the user in order to initiate operations.
US09530033B2
A wireless transponder unit having a maximum operating temperature and being structured to be disposed on an electrical joint includes: an integrated circuit configured to store identification information; and a resonant circuit electrically connected to the integrated circuit, the resonant circuit having a damping factor. The resonant circuit includes a capacitor, an antenna, and a resistor having a resistance and a positive thermal coefficient. A change in temperature of the wireless transponder unit causes a change in the resistance of the resistor and the damping factor of the resonant circuit. The maximum operating temperature of the wireless transponder unit is based on the damping factor of the resonant circuit.
US09530024B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing application command recommendations to a privacy-sensitive client device. The technique includes receiving a command log from each general client device included in a plurality of general client devices and analyzing the command logs to generate a command recommendation file. The command recommendation file may indicate a relationship between one or more application commands executed by at least one of the general client devices and one or more application commands that are available for execution by the privacy-sensitive client device. The technique further includes transmitting the command recommendation file to the privacy-sensitive client device.
US09530014B2
In one embodiment, a security method for making secure a computer application being executed on a terminal is disclosed. In one embodiment the security method comprises obtaining information to the effect that the application is about to invite a user of the terminal to input data, accessing a binary file representative of a secret image known to the user of the terminal, the binary file being stored in a secure element of the terminal, constituting a complex image in the secure element, the complex image being obtained from the secret image and from dynamic data that is inaccessible to said terminal, and displaying the complex image on a screen of the terminal.
US09530009B2
A dynamic root of trust can be injected in an application module on a client device using a backend server and can be continuously monitored to ensure authenticity, integrity and confidentiality at load time, run time and update time of the application module. The dynamic root of trust can be updated directly from the backend server and can be used to establish a time bound trust chain for the other software modules loaded and executed as part of the application module.
US09530007B1
Techniques for identifying tamper-resistant characteristics for kernel data structures are disclosed herein. A set of kernel data structures is received, the set based on an operating system kernel. A plurality of virtual machines are instantiated based on the operating system kernel, each virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machine instances based on one or more modifications to one or more values to the virtual machine, the modifications based on the kernel data structures. Those modifications which cause virtual machine failures indicate which kernel data structures may be tamper-resistant.
US09530002B1
Systems and techniques are described for verifying the integrity of a computing platform. Specifically, a software image can be generated that, when executed at a computing platform, verifies integrity of the computing platform. Next, the software image can be sent to the computing platform. The computing platform can execute the software image, thereby enabling the verification of the integrity of the computing platform.
US09529994B2
Computer systems and methods in various embodiments are configured for improving the security and efficiency of client computers interacting with server computers through supervising instructions defined in a web page and/or web browser. In an embodiment, a computer system comprising one or more processors, coupled to a remote client computer, and configured to send, to the remote client computer, one or more instructions, which when executed by the remote client computer, cause a run-time environment on the remote client computer to: intercept, within the run-time environment, a first call to execute a particular function defined in the run-time environment by a first caller function in the run-time environment; determine a first caller identifier, which corresponds to the first caller function identified in a run-time stack maintained by the run-time environment; determine whether the first caller function is authorized to call the particular function based on the first caller identifier.
US09529982B2
A method and apparatus to manage a user account. The method includes: setting a plurality of authorization accounts defining usage right regarding functions of the device; mapping at least one of the plurality of authorization accounts to a user authentication account of the device, based on an input of a user; and executing an application installed in the device using a result of the mapping the authorization account and the user authentication account, without stopping running of an operation system of the device.
US09529977B1
A computer-implemented method for performing data-loss-prevention scans may include identifying a subset of data-storage locations on a first computing system that are likely to contain sensitive information. The method may also include performing a quick scan on the first computing system by scanning the subset of data-storage locations that are likely to contain sensitive data and excluding other locations from the quick scan. The method may further include identifying sensitive data during the quick scan and applying a data-loss-prevention policy to the sensitive data. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09529972B2
An indication that a patient event occurred may be used to evaluate the efficacy of at least one therapy program and/or adjust therapy delivery to the patient. In some examples, the patient event indication includes patient input that may be received via an event indication button of a programming device. In addition to or instead of the patient input, the patient event indication may be generated based on a physiological parameter of the patient. In some examples, therapy delivery may be adjusted by adjusting at least one therapy parameter value, switching therapy programs or therapy program groups or restarting a therapy cycle of a medical device. The patient input via an event indication button may also help evaluate whether a therapy system is useful for the patient.
US09529971B2
A method and apparatus are provided for electronically authenticating a handwritten signature of a user, entered on a writing surface via a writing instrument. The method includes acquiring, by the writing surface, at least one instant during the entering of the signature, of at least one piece of data representing the altitude z of the writing instrument relative to the writing surface, in an area of proximity to the writing surface; and authenticating the entered handwritten signature by taking account of at least the altitude z.
US09529967B2
A system, method and apparatus for executing a sequence analysis pipeline on genetic sequence data includes a structured ASIC formed of a set of hardwired digital logic circuits that are interconnected by physical electrical interconnects. One of the physical electrical interconnects forms an input to the structured ASIC connected with an electronic data source for receiving reads of genomic data. The hardwired digital logic circuits are arranged as a set of processing engines, each processing engine being formed of a subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits to perform one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline on the reads of genomic data. Each subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits is formed in a wired configuration to perform the one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline.
US09529965B2
A system and method for transferring torque from a prime mover to a transmission includes a coupling device, a hydraulic control system and a control module. The coupling device includes a torque converter clutch (TCC), where the coupling device is located between an output of the prime mover and an input of the transmission. The TCC is actuated between a fully engaged position, a slip mode where slip occurs, and a fully disengaged position. The hydraulic control system includes a controller device that communicates an actuation pressure to the TCC. The actuation pressure actuates the TCC between the fully engaged position, the slip mode, and the fully disengaged position. The controller is in communication with the TCC, the output of the prime mover, the input of the transmission, and the controller device of the hydraulic control system. The controller regulates the actuation pressure.
US09529956B2
The integrated circuit (IC) device includes a substrate, an isolation feature, a first gate structure, a second gate structure, a first contact feature and a first supplementary active region. The isolation feature is disposed in the substrate, and the isolation feature defines a boundary between a first active region and a second active region of the substrate. The first gate structure is disposed over the first active region. The second gate structure is disposed over the second active region. The first contact feature is disposed over the first active region, in which a portion of the first active region is disposed between the first gate structure and the isolation feature. The first supplementary active region is disposed adjacent to the portion of the first active region, in which a thickness of the first supplementary active region is substantially in a range from 5 nm to 10 nm.
US09529951B2
In one aspect, a method for tuning input parameters to a synthesis program is provided which includes the steps of: (a) selecting a subset of parameter settings for the synthesis program based on a tuning optimization cost function; (b) individually running synthesis jobs in parallel for each of the parameter settings in the subset; (c) analyzing results from a current iteration and prior iterations, if any, using the cost function; (d) using the results from the current iteration and the prior iterations, if any, to create combinations of the parameter settings; (e) running synthesis jobs in parallel for the combinations of the parameter settings in a next iteration; and (f) repeating the steps (c)-(e) for one or more additional iterations or until an exit criteria has been met.
US09529944B2
A corridor modelling system models a corridor to be constructed along an existing terrain. The system obtains an electronic representation of the existing terrain, an electronic representation of a typical cross-section of the corridor, and an electronic representation of a 3D baseline of the corridor that aligns the typical cross-section relative to the existing terrain. The system also generates a digital surface model of the corridor based on the electronic representations. The system does so by extruding the typical cross-section along the 3D baseline and fundamentally modeling continuous surfaces of the corridor resulting from the extrusion as a collection of non-planar parametrically defined surfaces, rather than as a group of discrete facets formed from a triangulated irregular network.
US09529942B1
A method for rendering data of a 3D CAD assembly includes a parsing step for creating an array storing the size and location of the data, a sorting step of sorting the array in decreasing order of the size of the data, a loading step of sequentially loading the data of as many parts as will fit into memory, a rendering process of sequentially rendering the data of the parts from memory, an update process executed concurrently with the rendering process of removing from memory the data of parts loaded earlier by the update process that have already been rendered in the current rendering pass and loading into memory data of parts yet to be rendered in the current rendering pass, and an auto-optimize process of removing, after each rendering pass, the data of a subset of the parts loaded into the available memory by the loading process.
US09529937B2
The invention provides, in one aspect, a method of searching an RDF triples data store of the type in which the triples are maintained in accord with a first storage schema. The method includes inputting a first query specifying RDF triples that are to be identified in the data store. That first query assumes either (i) that the triples are stored in a schema-less manner (i.e., with no storage schema) or (ii) that the triples are maintained in accord with a second storage schema that differs from the first. The method further includes generating, from the first query, a second query that specifies those same RDF triples, yet, that reflects the first storage schema. That second query can be applied to the RDF triples data store in order to identify and/or retrieve the desired data.
US09529934B2
XPath evaluation in an XML data repository includes parsing an input XPath query using a simple path file to generate an execution tree about the XPath query, where the simple path file includes an XML file that is generated based on the hierarchical architecture of a plurality of XML files in the data repository, and the names of the nodes in the generated XML file are generated by recording the tag information of respective nodes in the plurality of XML files in the data repository. Execution of an execution tree for the data repository generates a final evaluation result.
US09529932B2
A method includes labeling XML document and determining the relationship between the nodes in the document by inputting data from a XML tree structure, visiting the nodes of the XML document by breath-first traversal in level order, assigning a label to each node in the form of
US09529930B2
A unified ID system implementing a “single point” account in the Internet to allow a user to enter, aggregate, manage and control personal data is disclosed.
US09529922B1
A method of retrieval of items of particular relevance from a particular domain. A processor receives from a remote computing device a resource-identifying string that has a combination of a predefined notation and a resource-related sub-string. The processor uses the resource-identifying string to retrieve a subset of data items from within a data set, the subset of data items relating to a subset of resources within a set of resources available to be served by the particular domain over a distributed network. The processor uses the subset of data items to generate a list of the subset of resources and serves the list to the remote computing device.
US09529918B2
A method and system for downloading at least one application via a communication network are provided. The method comprises receiving an input search query from a user device; determining the search intent respective of the input search query, wherein the search intent indicates a topic of interest of a user of the user device; selecting, based on the search intent, at least one application from at least one applications central repository; creating a display segment over a display of the user device; displaying an icon corresponding to the at least one selected application in the display segment; establishing a direct communication link between the user device and a location hosting the at least one selected application in response to an input received from the user device; and downloading the application to the user device.
US09529912B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a metadata querying method and apparatus. The method includes: sampling at least one piece of first metadata from to-be-searched-for metadata; using at least a part of feature values in each piece of the sampled first metadata as an index, and searching a sparse index table preset in a memory for a corresponding container identifier; selecting, according to the number of times that a same container identifier is found, a container corresponding to a container identifier that meets a set condition; loading metadata in the selected container into a metadata cache; and searching the metadata cache for a data block that is the same as the to-be-searched-for metadata. In the embodiments of the present invention, querying performance can be improved and occupied memory space can be reduced.
US09529906B2
Low-latency audio networking is disclosed. In one embodiment, an example playback device includes a processor and memory having stored thereon instructions executable by the processor. The example instructions are to cause the first playback device to perform functions comprising: receiving audio information; selecting a first frequency channel of a first spectrum based on a threshold latency associated with the audio information; transmitting to the second playback device via a second frequency channel of a second spectrum, control information that identifies the first frequency channel of the first spectrum; and transmitting to the second playback device via the first frequency channel of the first spectrum, the audio information to be played by the second playback device.
US09529904B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for updating an ontology when a set of evidences and a set of constraints are given as inputs. Exemplary embodiments categorize concepts into three sets, a definitely relevant set, a possibly relevant set, and an irrelevant set. Exemplary embodiments store the concepts from the definitely relevant set in the ontology and the concepts from the possibly relevant set in a residual ontology. Exemplary embodiments match concepts in the set of evidences to the concepts in the ontology or the concepts in the residual ontology. Exemplary embodiments determine to enhance the strength of the existing concepts in the ontology or the existing concepts in the residual ontology. Exemplary embodiments determine to expand the ontology or the residual ontology. Exemplary embodiments remove the concepts from the ontology or the residual ontology utilizing the set of constraints.
US09529896B2
A system and method identifies structures within a presentation and detects undesired content in those structures. A decision is made whether to remove portions of the presentation containing the undesired content or the entire presentation, based on determining the domination of the undesired content within the structures of the presentation. The presentation can be reconstructed by being rendered without the undesired content or the structures containing the undesired content.
US09529890B2
An event clustering system includes an extraction engine in communication with an infrastructure. The extraction engine receives data from the infrastructure and produces events. An alert engine receives the events and creates alerts mapped into a matrix, M. A sigalizer engine includes one or more of an NMF engine, a k-means clustering engine and a topology proximity engine. The sigalizer engine determines one or more common steps from events and produces clusters relating to the alerts and or events.
US09529885B1
In one aspect, a method includes pausing write I/Os for a second virtual machine running at a second site, generating a snapshot of a first virtual machine running at a first site after pausing the write I/Os for the second virtual machine, generating a bookmark for the second virtual machine, resuming the write I/Os for the second virtual machine after generating the bookmark, rolling a journal for the second virtual machine to a point-in-time of the bookmark and generating, at the first site, a second snapshot of the second virtual volume for the point-in-time of the bookmark using the journal.
US09529884B2
Methods are disclosed for, within a note-taking application, selectively synchronizing different notebook components with a centralized server. In one particular embodiment, different notebook components are assigned different synchronization rates based on usage characteristics. The different notebook components are synchronized more or less frequently relative to each other based on the assigned synchronization rates.
US09529880B2
A method and associated systems for synchronizing a disaster-recovery system of a database. A processor identifies transactions that affect data blocks of a database and records each change in a vector form. For each block, the processor determines a more efficient way to communicate changes made to the block by a subset of the identified transactions. If fewer resources are needed to communicate an updated image of the entire changed block than would be needed to instead communicate a related set of change vectors that identify changes made to the block by the subset of transactions, then the processor communicates the updated image to the disaster-recovery system. Otherwise, the processor instead communicates the related change vectors to the disaster-recovery system. The processor repeats these determinations and communications for each block of the database that was changed by an identified transaction.
US09529859B2
Node sequence data, such as website visitation records, are filtered, analyzed, and summarized in reports. An administrator can designate particular target paths of interest in terms of a checkpoint node sequence. Node sequences are filtered based on the checkpoint node sequence, without regard to any additional or tangential nodes appearing in the sequences. In addition, node sequences can be specified in terms of specific nodes of interest along with wild cards. Reports depict the relative frequency of occurrence of node sequences using visual indicators such as line thickness and/or color.
US09529851B1
In one embodiment, a server architecture is disclosed that provides for processing and analyzing data received from data furnishers to evaluate quality of the provided data. The system may format the data received from the data furnishers into standardized form. Based on configuration information and rules for the data furnishers and the provided data, the system may analyze the data set to calculate one or more data quality indicators.
US09529848B2
Techniques for reducing query response time are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system can organize data into a plurality of buckets, where the data is ordered according to a dimension, and where each bucket includes a subset of data that corresponds to a range within the dimension. The computer system can then precompute, for one or more buckets in the plurality of buckets, query results for one or more queries against the bucket, and can store the precomputed query results in a cache.
US09529844B2
A method, system, and a computer program product for querying a database. The system includes: a storage means; a processor communicatively coupled to the storage means; and a feature selection module communicatively coupled to the storage means and the processor, wherein the feature selection module is configured to perform the steps of a method including: storing a database in the storage means, the database including a time field; extracting data in a predetermined period from a current time from the database; sorting the data by the time field; buffering the sorted data in a main memory; receiving a query including time; and outputting the data buffered on the basis of the time field as a stream.
US09529834B2
A method begins by a processing module of a dispersed storage network (DSN) concatenating a plurality of independent data objects into a concatenated data object and performing a dispersed storage error encoding function on the concatenated data object to produce a set of data-based encoded data slices and a set of redundancy-based encoded data slices. The method continues with the processing module outputting the set of data-based encoded data slices to a first set of storage units for storage and outputting the set of redundancy-based encoded data slices to a second set of storage units for storage.
US09529807B2
A host server hosting one or more virtual machines can back up host volumes and the one or more virtual machines installed thereon in an application-consistent manner. In one implementation, a host-level requestor instructs a host-level writer to identify which virtual machines qualify for application-consistent backups. The host-level requestor then instructs the host-level writer to initiate virtual machine backups through guest-level requesters in each appropriately-configured virtual machine, wherein the virtual machines create application-consistent backups within the virtual machine volumes. The host-level requester then initiates snapshots of the server volumes on the host-level. The virtual machine-level snapshots can thus be retrieved from within the host-level snapshots of the server volumes.
US09529806B1
A method and apparatus for performing granular restoration from machine images stored on sequential backup media is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method for performing granular restoration from machine images stored on sequential backup media includes processing at least one machine image file to identify at least one database file and at least one data object that is arranged within the at least one database file and generating mapping information regarding the at least one data object within the at least one machine image file, wherein the at least one machine image is to be stored on the sequential backup media.
US09529802B2
A method according to one embodiment includes determining the presence of pre-existing metadata associated with at least one local media content file. The method of this embodiment may also include determining at least one data field contained within the pre-existing metadata and generating a homogeneous metadata file for the at least one local media content file by mapping data contained within the at least one data field of the pre-existing metadata into at least one defined data field of the homogeneous metadata file.
US09529801B2
A computer program product, tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, includes instructions, which when executed by a data processor of a multimedia player, cause the data processor to determine first media content characteristics that characterize a user-specific collection of media content; compare the first media content characteristics with second media content characteristics that characterize a first set of external media content channels; and based on the results of the comparison, present identifiers of a subset of the first set of external media content channels on an interface of the multimedia player.
US09529798B2
A document management system according to the present invention manages a plurality of documents in which attribute names and attribute values corresponding to the attribute names are set as attributes. The document management system displays the attribute names and the attribute values set for a document selected from the plurality of documents, and selects at least one attribute value from the displayed attribute values. When an instruction to display a search screen is issued, the search screen is displayed, and a search conditional expression of an attribute search is set in the search screen, wherein if the instruction to display the search screen is issued in a state where the at least one attribute value is selected, the search screen is displayed in which the selected at least one attribute value is set for the search conditional expression.
US09529796B2
A method for translation using a translation tree structure in a portable terminal includes inputting, by a user speaking in a first language, one or more first language words to a first portable terminal; translating the inputted first language words into one or more second language words using a database of the first portable terminal; displaying the translated second language words according to the translation tree structure; selecting one of words of the second language words displayed in the translation tree structure; and transmitting the selected second language words to a server and a second portable terminal which uses the second language.
US09529795B2
A method includes receiving a corpus comprising a set of pre-segmented texts. The method further includes creating a plurality of modified pre-segmented texts for the set of pre-segmented texts by extracting a set of semantic terms for each pre-segmented text within the set of pre-segmented texts and applying at least one domain tag for each pre-segmented text within the set of pre-segmented texts. The method further includes clustering the plurality of modified pre-segmented texts into one or more conceptual units, wherein each of the one or more conceptual units is associated with one or more templates, wherein each of the one or more templates corresponds to one of the plurality of modified pre-segmented texts.
US09529794B2
The customization of language modeling components for speech recognition is provided. A list of language modeling components may be made available by a computing device. A hint may then be sent to a recognition service provider for combining the multiple language modeling components from the list. The hint may be based on a number of different domains. A customized combination of the language modeling components based on the hint may then be received from the recognition service provider.
US09529774B2
An interconnection network comprising a plurality of nodes arranged in a ring topology, wherein the nodes comprise a first node and a second node, and wherein the first node is not adjacent to the second node, a plurality of base links coupled to the nodes and configured to interconnect adjacent nodes to provide point-to-point communications between the adjacent nodes, and a first shortcut coupled to the first node and the second node, wherein the first shortcut is configured to provide a point-to-point communication between the first node and the second node, wherein the first node and the second node comprise gray code encoded addresses that are differed by 1-bit at a particular bit position, and wherein the gray code encoded addresses are node addresses of the first node and the second node encoded by a gray code algorithm that provides a 1-bit difference between successive integer values in a binary format.
US09529773B2
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support elastic (extensible/flexible) storage access in real time by mapping a plurality of remote storage devices that are accessible over a network fabric as logical namespace(s) via a logical storage controller using a multitude of access mechanisms and storage network protocols. The logical storage controller exports and presents the remote storage devices to one or more VMs running on a host of the logical storage controller as the logical namespace(s), wherein these remote storage devices appear virtually as one or more logical volumes of a collection of logical blocks in the logical namespace(s) to the VMs. As a result, each of the VMs running on the host can access these remote storage devices to perform read/write operations as if they were local storage devices via the logical namespace(s).
US09529767B2
A simplified host accesses SATA and SAS storage media devices by abstracting the SATA and SAS protocols with one full duplex protocol that supports full command queuing to each storage media device, whether SATA or SAS, where the abstraction protocol is performance-centric and supports common high-level read and write access to a pool of storage media devices, each of which may have a SATA or SAS interface. The abstraction protocol is link-agnostic and may be carried via a multiplicity of direct attach or networked interfaces, including but not limited to PCIe, Ethernet (e.g., 1GbE, 10GbE, 40GbE, or 100GbE), Infiniband, ThunderBolt, Firewire, USB, and/or custom interfaces.
US09529764B1
Provided is an apparatus which includes a near-to-eye display, a microcontroller, a hot shoe interface with an external port configured to communicate with an external mounting device for the near-to-eye-display, a hot shoe interface line between the external port and the microcontroller, and a communication line between the external port and the microcontroller. The communication line is configured to share at least a portion of the hot shoe interface line, and is also configured to transmit and receive external communications through the external port. The microcontroller is configured to activate and inactivate transmission over the communication line in response to predetermined signals received over the communication line within a first predetermined time period of at least one of the near-to-eye display being powered-on or the mounting device transitioning from one of an active orientation or a stowed orientation to the other.
US09529754B1
Assigning port names based on port name characteristics to multiple universal serial bus (USB) devices where session-level restriction is enabled permits multiple users to connect multiple USB devices to ports using the particular devices preferred port name. Characteristics of a USB device are stored, including a preferred port name. When a user requests connection to a USB device that has been redirected or virtualized, the filter driver at the server attempts to assign the USB device to the preferred port name according to one or more stored characteristics. In this way, multiple users may assign multiple USB devices to the same preferred port name.
US09529750B2
Certain aspects direct to systems and methods to perform service processor (SP) initiated data transaction with a host computer utilizing interrupts. In certain embodiments, the system includes a SP, which includes a processor, a non-volatile memory and a communication interface. The SP generates a first system management interface (SMI) message, and sends the first SMI message to the host computer to initiate a data transaction. The OS, in response to the first SMI message, execute a SMI handler in a system management random access memory (SMRAM) area at the CPU to enter a system management mode (SMM). The SMI handler then sends the notification to the SP via the communication interface. In response to receiving the notification from the SMI handler, the SP starts performing the data transaction with the host computer.
US09529742B2
An indicia reading apparatus includes an NFC module and an indicia reading device. The indicia reading device is configured so that, if the indicia reader device is not configured to any NFC module and detects an indicia which does not contain one of a plurality of specified sequences of data elements that the indicia reading device will recognize and use to configure itself to operate with the NFC module, the indicia reading device will indicate to the user of the indicia reading device that the indicia reading device needs to be configured to operate with the NFC module.
US09529740B1
A method and apparatus may be configured to create setup information, and perform the initialization and performance of an installation of a peripheral device of an electronic device. One example method may include storing a device identification (ID) of the peripheral device, extracting data and creating a data structure from existent setup information. The method may also include replacing a device ID in the data structure with the device ID of the peripheral device, and creating and storing a setup information file from content of the data structure. The method may also include creating and passing a request to at least one of a device driver of an interface of the peripheral device and a bus that initiates the installation of the peripheral device. The peripheral device may not be connected to the electronic device.
US09529739B2
The present invention relates to a cable (physical) tethering of a two computer related devices that are not specifically designed to communicate with each other, and, more particularly, to a man-portable and ruggedized physical tether device with hardware and software components for physical tethering and effectuation of data exchange (and subsequent processing of the exchanged data) between, e.g., a data visualization/mobile device and a network data collection device/equipment, without the need to retrofit/redesign any aspect of the visualization/mobile device or the a network collection device/equipment to accomplish the data exchange and subsequent processing of the exchanged data.
US09529735B2
A data storage device in a distributed computing system has physical block addresses that are each allocated to multiple namespaces. To access the data storage device, a host system issues a command to the data storage device that includes an access key and a virtual block address to be accessed. The data storage device converts the virtual block address to a physical block address of the data storage device using a mapping associated with the access key. Access to a physical data block associated with a particular namespace is granted only if an access key for that namespace is provided to the data storage device.
US09529723B2
A scheme referred to as a “Region-based cache restoration prefetcher” (RECAP) is employed for cache preloading on a partition or a context switch. The RECAP exploits spatial locality to provide a bandwidth-efficient prefetcher to reduce the “cold” cache effect caused by multiprogrammed virtualization. The RECAP groups cache blocks into coarse-grain regions of memory, and predicts which regions contain useful blocks that should be prefetched the next time the current virtual machine executes. Based on these predictions, and using a simple compression technique that also exploits spatial locality, the RECAP provides a robust prefetcher that improves performance without excessive bandwidth overhead or slowdown.
US09529719B2
Apparatus and method embodiments for dynamically allocating cache space in a multi-threaded execution environment are disclosed. In some embodiments, a processor includes a cache shared by each of a plurality of processor cores and/or each of a plurality of threads executing on the processor. The processor further includes a cache allocation circuit configured to dynamically allocate space in the cache provided to each of the plurality of processor cores based on their respective usage patterns. The cache allocation unit may track cache usage by each of the processor cores/threads using subsets of usage bits and counters configured to update states of the usage bits. The cache allocation circuit may track the usage of cache space by the processor cores/threads and may allocate more space to those that exhibit more usage of the cache.
US09529717B2
A technique for operating a memory system for a node includes interrogating, by a cache, an associated cache directory to determine whether a shared cache line to be installed in the cache is associated with an invalid global state in the cache. The invalid global state specifies that a version of the shared cache line has been intervened off-node. In response to the shared cache line being in the invalid global state the cache spawns a castout invalid global command for the shared cache line. The shared cache line is installed in the cache. A coherence state for the shared cache line is updated in the associated cache directory to indicate the shared cache line is shared.
US09529714B2
An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory, and the semiconductor memory includes a first magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction; a second magnetic layer having a pinned magnetization direction; and a tunnel barrier layer interposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer, wherein the second magnetic layer includes a ferromagnetic material with molybdenum (Mo) added thereto.
US09529711B2
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for automatic system cleaning, and a storage medium. The method includes obtaining a triggering occasion and a triggering condition which are selected by a user; determining whether the triggering occasion and the triggering condition are satisfied; and if yes, cleaning a system according to a preset running manner and a preset running policy. Through combination of system cleaning functions and scheduled task functions, and expansion of existing triggering conditions of a tasks scheduler, a user can self-define a triggering occasion, a triggering condition, a running manner and a running policy of system cleaning. When the triggering occasion and the triggering condition designated by the user are satisfied, system cleaning is automatically performed according to the selected running manner and policy, thereby improving the system performance and the system cleaning efficiency, and protecting the computer security and the individual privacy.
US09529709B2
A method for maintaining address mapping for a flash memory module is disclosed including: recording a first set of addresses corresponding to a first set of sequential logical addresses in a first section of a first addressing block; recording a second set of addresses corresponding to a second set of sequential logical addresses in a second section of the first addressing block; recording a third set of addresses corresponding to a third set of sequential logical addresses in a first section of a second addressing block; and recording a fourth set of addresses corresponding to a fourth set of sequential logical addresses in a second section of the second addressing block; wherein the second set of logical addresses is successive to the first set of logical addresses, and the third set of logical addresses is successive to the second set of logical addresses.
US09529703B2
A system and method for generating a file that includes a name that hashes directly to a request block is provided. The request block includes instructions describing how to generate or validate data corresponding to the request block. The system and method can further for a data manipulation program that executes in accordance with instructions of the request block.
US09529701B2
Identifying performance issues in an application under test (AUT). The AUT executes on a system under test (SUT) in a test environment, and uses one or more context parameters of the SUT and/or the test environment. A rule engine identifies performance antipatterns in trace data generated by the AUT when executing a set of test suites, based on a set of performance antipattern definition rules, each performance antipattern associated with one or more context parameters. One or more performance test suites are identified that cause the AUT to use at least one of the one or more context parameters associated with the identified antipatterns. The list of identified performance test suites is ranked, based on respective priority values associated with each identified antipattern.
US09529683B2
A redundancy method, system, and apparatus, which can acquire first description information of a cloud application needing redundancy, where the first description information includes information about a source virtual machine and a source network which are used at a production site by the cloud application needing redundancy; and can generate second description information of the cloud application needing redundancy at a redundancy site based on the first description information that gives an overall description about the cloud application needing redundancy, where the second description information gives an overall description about the deployment of the cloud application needing redundancy at the redundancy site; and the redundancy site is capable of acquiring the second description information, to recover the cloud application needing redundancy at the redundancy site, thereby implementing redundancy based on a cloud application.
US09529681B2
A microprocessor system (50) for controlling or regulating at least partly safety-critical processes, comprising two central processing units (1, 2) integrated in a chip housing, a first and a second bus system, at least one full memory (7) on the first bus system, at least one test data store (51) on the second bus system, which has a reduced store coverage compared to the full memory on the first bus system and in which test data are stored which are connected to data of the memory (7) on the first bus system, and the bus systems comprise comparison and/or driver components which allow the data interchange and/or comparison of data between the two bus systems, and a hardware test data generator (4) is arranged at least on the second bus system, in which case at least part of the full memory on the first bus is additionally backed up using another test data store (5) and test data on the first bus. The invention further relates to the use of the above microprocessor system in motor vehicle controllers.
US09529678B2
An apparatus and a method for monitoring and auditing activity of a legacy environment. The apparatus includes an analyzer and a mirror manager. The analyzer is operative to analyze intercepted packets conveyed by entities in a network and to generate analyzed data based on information associated with at least some of the packets. The analyzed data is indicative of sessions. The mirror manager is responsive to the analyzed data for generating data representative of mirror sessions, each mirror session corresponding to a session.
US09529673B2
A memory device includes a plurality of rows of memory cells, a refresh period determination unit, and a refresh control unit. The plurality of rows of memory cells includes a first row and one or more second rows. The refresh period determination unit is configured to set a refresh period according to read data from the first row. A refresh control unit is configured to control refreshing the one or more second rows based on the refresh period and to control obtaining the read data from the first row based on an adjustment interval.
US09529667B2
A method in a memory device implementing error correction includes setting an error correction event register to a first value; accessing a memory location in the first memory array in response to a memory address; retrieving stored memory data from the accessed memory location in the first memory array and retrieving error correction check bits corresponding to the accessed memory location from the second memory array; checking the retrieved memory data for bit errors using the retrieved check bits; in response to a bit error being detected in the retrieved memory data, generating corrected memory data using the retrieved check bits and asserting an error correction event signal; and in response to the error correction event signal being asserted, setting the error correction event register to a second value.
US09529658B2
Techniques are described for determining diagnostic information (e.g., a diagnostic identifier) for one or more requests in a cloud computer system. A diagnostic identifier may be generated based on parameter data corresponding to one or more parameters in a request. A computing operation may be performed to generate a code (e.g., a hash code) for each parameter in the parameter data. The generated code(s) may be combined to form a diagnostic identifier to identify the parameter data. A comparison may be performed by comparing each code in one diagnostic identifier to a code in another diagnostic identifier corresponding to a parameter for which the codes were generated. A measure of a match between the two identifiers may be determined using a result of the comparison. The measure of the match may enable tracing and analysis of one or more requests in the cloud computer system.
US09529653B2
Processor register protection management is disclosed. In embodiments, a method of processor register protection management can include determining a sensitive logical register for executable code generated by a compiler, generating an error-correction table identifying the sensitive logical register, and storing the error-correction table in a memory accessible by a processor. The processor can be configured to generate a duplicate register of the sensitive logical register identified by the error-correction table.
US09529651B2
Methods for processing a one-directional message transmitted by a currently running agent for an agent transaction context (ATC) are presented, the ATC configured to process a transaction utilizing any of a number of active agents in a multiagent system using a computing device including: causing the computing device to determine whether a destination agent designated as a destination for the one-directional message is present in an agent list corresponding with the ATC, where the agent list includes the active agents required for executing a number of threads; and if the destination agent is present in the agent list, storing the one-directional message in an intramessage queue, where the intra-transaction message queue corresponds with the ATC and is configured to store a number of one-directional messages, and where the number of one-directional messages are associated with the transaction.
US09529624B2
A method, system and computer program product for determining a relative priority for a job. A “policy” is selected based on the job itself and the reason that the job is being executed, where the policy includes a priority range for the job and for an application. A priority for the job that is within the priority range of the job as established by the selected policy is determined based on environmental and context considerations. This job priority is then adjusted based on the priority of the application (within the priority range as established by the policy) becoming the job's final priority. By formulating a priority that more accurately reflects the true priority or importance of the job by taking into consideration the environmental and context considerations, job managers will now be able to process these jobs in a more efficient manner.
US09529620B1
Aspects relate to offloading virtual machines (VMs). Aspects include identifying a VM for offload from a mainframe processor of a heterogeneous processor to a specialty processor of the heterogeneous processor. The mainframe processor is emulated by the specialty processor. The VM is migrated from the mainframe processor to the specialty processor, and the VM is activated on the specialty processor.
US09529619B2
A physical computing device that operates in a network. The device includes a group of tenant virtual machines (VMs). Each VM is hosted on a host machine that includes a virtualization software. The device receives network bandwidth allocation policies for the group of VMs. The device determines a set of potential communication peers for each VM. The device sends the network bandwidth allocation policy of each VM to the virtualization software of the host machines of each potential communication peer of the VM.
US09529604B2
A method, device and system for pushing information is disclosed by the present disclosure. The method comprises, obtaining and storing a microblog message published though an Instant Messaging client by a user; scanning the stored microblog message published by the user and obtaining keywords of the microblog message according to a preset extracting policy; and determining an application scene of the user according to the obtained keywords, matching the application scene with the corresponding prestored help information, and obtaining and pushing the matched help information.
US09529594B2
A multi-threaded processor configured to allocate entries in a buffer for instruction cache misses is disclosed. Entries in the buffer may store thread state information for a corresponding instruction cache miss for one of a plurality of threads executable by the processor. The buffer may include dedicated entries and dynamically allocable entries, where the dedicated entries are reserved for a subset of the plurality of threads and the dynamically allocable entries are allocable to a group of two or more of the plurality of threads. In one embodiment, the dedicated entries are dedicated for use by a single thread and the dynamically allocable entries are allocable to any of the plurality of threads. The buffer may store two or more entries for a given thread at a given time. In some embodiments, the buffer may help ensure none of the plurality of threads experiences starvation with respect to instruction fetches.
US09529571B2
An apparatus and method for creation of reordered vectors from sequential input data for block based decimation, filtering, interpolation and matrix transposition using a memory circuit for a Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD) Digital Signal Processor (DSP). This memory circuit includes a two-dimensional storage array, a rotate-and-distribute unit, a read-controller and a write to controller, to map input vectors containing sequential data elements in columns of the two-dimensional array and extract reordered target vectors from this array. The data elements and memory configuration are received from the SIMD DSP.
US09529563B2
A tileable display panel includes an array of display pixels including central display pixels near a center of the array having a center pixel pitch and perimeter display pixels along a perimeter of the array. A perimeter region surrounds the array. The perimeter region includes a first side that is joinable to a second side of another instance of the tileable display panel to form a multi-panel display. The perimeter region has a width that is greater than at least half the center pixel pitch such that a gap between adjacent perimeter display pixels of the tileable display panel and the other instance of the tileable display panel when forming the multi-panel display is greater than the center pixel pitch. The gap is visually masked by increasing a characteristic of the perimeter display pixels adjacent to the gap relative to the same characteristic of the central display pixels.
US09529557B2
An apparatus determines, when values of at least three items are mutually in a restriction relationship where applying the values concurrently are prohibited, avoidance processing for avoiding the restriction relationship. The apparatus includes a storage portion for storing degree of importance of each of at least three items; and a determination portion configured to set one item of at least three items at a trigger item, determine whether the restriction relationship is to be avoided by changing the value of a lower item to another value, the lower item being an item given the degree of importance lower than or equal to that of the trigger item, and determine, when the restriction relationship is determined to be avoided, processing of changing the value to that another value as the avoidance processing used when the value is to be set for the trigger item.
US09529553B2
A print job management apparatus includes a storage device that stores a data storage time associated with each of a plurality of user identifications. The data storage time indicates a period of time for storing a print job. An interface receives a print job including a user identification. A controller controls the storage device to store the received print job in association with the data storage time corresponding to the user identification included in the print job. The controller determines whether the period of time for the print job has passed since the print job is received. The controller removes from the storage device the print job for which the corresponding period of time has passed.
US09529552B2
Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include identifying, by a first computer in communication with a storage system having one or more storage devices, storage resources on the storage system, and defining multiple resource packs, each of the resource packs comprising respective multiple attributes for the storage resources. In response to an inventory request from a second computer in communication with the first computer, each of the resource packs can be conveyed to the second computer. Additionally, upon receiving, from the second computer, an allocation request to allocate a portion of a given resource pack, the portion of the given resource pack can be allocated in response to the request.
US09529550B2
Techniques are described for managing access of executing programs to non-local block data storage. In some situations, a block data storage service uses multiple server storage systems to reliably store network-accessible block data storage volumes that may be used by programs executing on other physical computing systems. A group of multiple server block data storage systems that store block data volumes may in some situations be co-located at a data center, and programs that use volumes stored there may execute on other physical computing systems at that data center. If a program using a volume becomes unavailable, another program (e.g., another copy of the same program) may in some situations obtain access to and continue to use the same volume, such as in an automatic manner in some such situations.
US09529541B2
A nonvolatile storage device in accordance with the inventive concepts includes a nonvolatile memory device comprising a first memory area, a second memory area, and a memory controller. The memory controller includes a first register configured to store reliable mode information, and a second register configured to store operating system (OS) image information. The memory controller is configured to receive a command from a host based on the reliable mode information; determine whether the command is a write request for an OS image and whether OS image information accompanying the command matches the OS image information stored in the second register; write the OS image to the first memory area if the OS image information accompanying the command matches the OS image information stored in the second register, and block data migration of the OS image from the first memory area to the second memory area.
US09529539B1
A data allocating apparatus, a signal processing apparatus, and a data allocating method thereof are provided. A plurality of storage units sequentially arranged is provided. A control unit of the data allocating apparatus determines whether the single period output data has the longest storing time in Real-valued Fast Fourier transform (RFFT) output data according to a lifetime analysis, wherein the storing time is a time that the RFFT output data is stored in storage units. The single period output data having the longest storing time is inputted into first storage units of the storage units, and the single period output data not having the longest storing time is inputted into second storage units of the storage units by the control unit. The first storage units are arranged at the last of the storage units, and the second storage units are arranged in front of the first storage units.
US09529530B2
An electronic device utilizes gesture input method of item selection to perform various input actions. An item of a plurality of items may represent, for example and without limitation, a character, a symbol, or an icon. One or more input sensors of the electronic device capture gesture navigation input and an item selection routine converts the input into a standard, magnitude independent pointer, and then determines the corresponding item. Since the selection is not determined by the exact direction and magnitude of the gesture input, selection accuracy can be greatly enhanced. By employing the item selection routine and standard pointers, item selection traverse paths can be cycled within a confined sensing region, thus selection speed can be improved and device size can be reduced. By memorizing the traverse paths, user can select a desired item without looking at the display, thereby being accessible to visually impaired users.
US09529528B2
A method enables a user to fill an input field on a single display. An input field is generated on a user interface, wherein the input field has a plurality of character entry subfields and at least one constraint for at least one of said plurality of character entry subfields. A set of characters selected for input from said input field according to said at least one constraint of at least one of said plurality of character entry subfields is received, and a virtual keyboard on a single display is generated and presented, wherein only said set of characters are presented on said virtual keyboard.
US09529522B1
A gesture-based search interface is provided on a client device. A concept interface is displayed within the search interface, the concept interface including a plurality of selected concept tabs. A content interface is also displayed within the search interface, the content interface configured to, in response to a selection of a concept tab, display content associated with a concept represented by the selected concept tab. A gesture input is received at the client device, for instance a touch input received at a touch-screen of the client device. A concept input mechanism is presented in response to the gesture input, and an additional concept tab is presented within the concept interface in response to receiving a concept via the concept input mechanism. The content interface displays content associated with the received concept when the additional concept tab is selected.
US09529521B2
The present invention discloses a gesture detecting apparatus which includes an image capturing device and a processing unit. The image capturing device is for capturing an object light beam reflected by an object and outputting corresponding image information accordingly. The processing unit is for processing the image information and generating a first command or a second command accordingly. The steps of generating the first command and the second command by the processing unit include: outputting a first command if an image size of the image information increases with a relatively higher velocity and decreases with a relatively lower velocity in a sequential time series; and outputting a second command if the image size of the image information increases with a relatively lower velocity and decreases with a relatively higher velocity in the sequential time series.
US09529517B2
Various techniques, methods and apparatus are disclosed. In some example embodiments, a movable information panel may be moved to be displayed as a tabbed web page, moved to a different application window, or docked to a horizontal or vertical panel bar. Other example embodiments are also disclosed.
US09529516B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for scrolling a virtual keyboard on a touch screen device including a display. A first aspect allows detecting a user contact swipe motion in a predetermined direction along said keyboard, scrolling said keyboard across said display in accordance with said motion, and stopping said scrolling upon termination of user contact swipe motion. A second aspect allows scrolling of a virtual keyboard to snap to an intelligent position based on a song key or relative minor of the song key. A third aspect allows a note to be held when a user's finger remains in contact with the display even though the finger is no longer in contact with a key linked to the note on the keyboard as a result of scrolling. A fourth aspect displays a second musical instrument keyboard adjacent to a first musical instrument keyboard, wherein said second musical instrument keyboard is linked to said first musical instrument keyboard such that scrolling of one keyboard causes automatic scrolling of the other keyboard.
US09529515B2
Methods and systems for accelerated scrolling and zooming of content. A method may include receiving an indication of a scroll action. The scroll action indicates a direction to scroll and a user's intent to scroll a significant distance. The method further includes evaluating the direction and a length of the scroll action. The method still further includes providing a scroll widget, for example by an operating to an application. The widget is to be presented relative to a location of where the indication was received. The scroll widget then allows a user to jump to a top or an end of a content displayed at the location.
US09529512B2
A wireless server access control system comprising a wireless server generating a local wireless communications network, the wireless server having a processor and a plurality of redundant data memory devices. A first wireless device coupled to the wireless server through the local wireless communications network. An access control system operating on the wireless server, the access control system configured to generate a user control on a user interface of the first wireless device to allow a user to permit or deny access to the processor and the data memory devices of the wireless server by a second wireless device through the local wireless communications network.
US09529510B2
A method comprising causing display of at least one frame of video information, receiving information indicative of a scrub input associated with the video information, such that the scrub input comprises a movement portion and a termination portion, causing display of a progression of frames of the video information in correspondence with the movement portion of the scrub input determining share video information that comprises at least part of the video information based, at least in part, on a speed of the movement portion of the scrub input, and sending the share video information to a separate apparatus is disclosed.
US09529509B1
A method, computer readable medium and computing system for rendering an initial viewing field including a plurality of thumbnail images, wherein each of the plurality of thumbnail images is associated with a computer object. A portion selection input is received from a user identifying a portion of the initial viewing field, defining a selected portion of the initial viewing field. In response to the portion selection input, a spherical magnified viewing field of the selected portion of the initial viewing field is rendered. The spherical magnified viewing field includes one or more magnified thumbnail images that are magnified views of one or more of the plurality of thumbnail images included within the initial viewing field.
US09529506B2
An information processing apparatus including a plurality of feature amount extraction parts which extract, from content, a plurality of feature amounts containing that contain information concerning a camera motion in a frame of the content. A display control part displays frames of the content and a GUI on the displayed frame. The GUI corresponds to an operation concerning the camera motion on the basis of the extracted camera motion information.
US09529505B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for an integrated user interface an interface that receives user input through the user interface. Output is provided through the user interface, and all user input received through the user interface is interpreted as explicitly being separated input into one of three classes, namely, pointing input, content input, and command input.
US09529503B2
An analyte measurement system includes a processor connected to a biosensor providing analyte data corresponding to an analyte level of a fluid sample. A user interface provides a menu of functions to a user and successively receives a plurality of menu choices, which the processor records. A storage device holds data defining a first action criterion. The processor compares the menu choices to the first action criterion. When the stored menu choices satisfy the first action criterion, the processor can automatically add a first additional function to the menu of functions, or can automatically presents a reward token via the user interface. The system can also include a housing holding the user interface, the storage device, and the processor. Methods are also disclosed.
US09529501B2
A method for generating an on-screen menu comprising menu buttons and other menu items, e.g. help text, is characterized in that one or more groups of menu buttons or menu items are defined, wherein a group comprises one or more menu buttons or menu items and has associated a defined area on the screen. A state is assigned to a button, the state being “enabled” or “disabled”, wherein only an enabled button or item may be displayed, and wherein within a group not more than one button or item may be enabled. The state of a button can be changed by commands associated with other buttons.
US09529495B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for dynamically and statically managing information elements on axes thereof, the method comprising defining a logical operation applicable to a plurality of computer-readable files, the logical operation being adapted to be dynamically applied to the plurality of computer-readable files, applying the logical operation to the plurality of computer-readable files to define operation-selected computer-readable files, providing a group of operation-selected computer-readable files on a basis of the logical operation, displaying at least a portion of the group of the operation-selected computer-readable files in an array of computer-readable files and dynamically updating the displayed group of operation-selected computer-readable files on a basis of an event effecting the plurality of computer-readable files.
US09529490B2
The present disclosure involves a method of improving one-handed operation of a mobile computing device. A first visual content is displayed on a screen of the mobile computing device. The first visual content occupies a substantial entirety of a viewable area of the screen. While the first visual content is being displayed, an action performed by a user to the mobile computing device is detected. The first visual content is scaled down in response to the detected action and displayed on the screen. The scaled-down first visual content occupies a fraction of the viewable area of the screen. A user interaction with the scaled-down first visual content is then detected. In response to the user interaction, a second visual content is displayed on the screen. The second visual content is different from the first visual content and occupies a substantial entirety of the viewable area of the screen.
US09529487B1
Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing fast switching to web applications are disclosed. In one method embodiment, a browser application may be determined to be operating on a computing device, the browser application including one or more tabs wherein one of the tabs is associated with a web application. The method may further include the actions of determining that the computing device includes a fast-switch list including one or more applications operating on the computing device, and adding the web application to the fast-switch list.
US09529475B2
A method for calibration of a capacitive touch screen and a capacitive touch apparatus are disclosed. The calibration method includes obtaining a temporary reference capacitance value of a touch detection point of the capacitive touch screen when the capacitive touch screen powers up. A first difference between a backup reference capacitance value of the touch detection point and the temporary reference capacitance value of the touch detection point is obtained and a reference capacitance value of the touch detection point is determined according to the first difference and a first preset threshold.
US09529470B2
A touch-sensitive interface module that is able to provide 3-dimensional information about a touch by a user is disclosed. The touch-sensitive interface can detect the x-y position and the amount of the force applied on the interface. It comprises of a flexible display panel, an array of MEMS capacitive force sensors, each of which is electrically addressable and/or a circuit board of electrical connections. The force sensors comprise of a piston-tube electrode configuration that allows for easy to detect capacitive changes even when a small force is applied.
US09529462B2
A touch panel (2) includes: a glass substrate (4); X-direction electrodes and Y-direction electrodes (14) provided above the glass substrate (4); lines (15) provided above the glass substrate (4) and electrically connected with the X- and Y-direction electrodes (14); an insulating resin layer (12) covering the X- and Y-direction electrodes (14) and lines (15); and a conductive layer (23) provided above the insulating resin layer (12) to allow static electricity entering the panel from the outside to flow therethrough.
US09529459B2
A navigation device having a small navigation sensor pixel array capable of ultra high speed imaging is proposed. A first image and a second image of a plurality of images are selected according to a predetermined difference between the corresponding acquisition times of the first image and the second image. The first image and the second image are compared to determine an amount of overlap between the first image and the second image. The predetermined difference is adjusted for subsequent image comparisons according to the amount of overlap between the first image and the second image.
US09529458B2
A position pointer is disclosed, in which an electronic ink cartridge of an electromagnetic induction type is accommodated. The electronic ink cartridge includes a resonance circuit having a coil and a capacitor circuit, and is configured to detect pressure applied to a core member accommodated in the position pointer based on a variation of a resonance frequency of the resonance circuit. The cartridge includes a tubular member, in which the core member and the coil are accommodated such that the coil is positioned between the core member, which extends outwardly from one end of the tubular member, and the capacitor circuit along a direction of a center axis of the tubular member. The cartridge also includes a connection member in the tubular member, which electrically connects a first end and a second end of the coil to a first terminal and a second terminal of the capacitor circuit, respectively.
US09529457B2
A coordinates input system includes a coordinates input apparatus and a pointing device. The coordinates input apparatus includes a detector detecting a voltage value of each intersection point between electrodes in an electrode part, and a determination part determining whether coordinates are input by the pointing device based on the detected voltage. The pointing device includes a switching part switching conductivity between a contact part and a gripper, and a controller switching the conductivity between the contact part and the gripper at a switching period longer than a detection period in the detector. The determination part determines whether the coordinates input into the electrode part are made by the pointing device based on a change in the voltage values of the intersection points within a time corresponding to the switching period.
US09529455B2
A method of detecting a point of contact between a tip of an instrument and a writing support, the instrument being one of a pen and an eraser, and the method comprising determining, with the aid of a magnetic object fixed without any degree of freedom on the instrument, the height of a point of the instrument with respect to a bearing face of a tablet. The bearing face constituting the writing support or supporting the writing support. The method further includes: comparing the height determined with a preconfigured contact threshold, and detecting a point of contact between the tip of the instrument and the writing support if the height determined is less than the contact threshold and, in the converse case, detecting no point of contact between the tip of the instrument and the writing support.
US09529454B1
Examples are disclosed herein that relate to processing three-dimensional user input. One example provides a method of processing user input in a three-dimensional coordinate system, comprising receiving a user input of an origin reset for the three-dimensional coordinate system, responsive to receiving the user input of the origin reset, resetting an origin of the three-dimensional coordinate system, receiving three-dimensional user input in the three-dimensional coordinate system, while the origin remains set, measuring at least one three-dimensional displacement of the three-dimensional user input relative to the origin, and causing movement of a user interface element displayed in a user interface, the movement based on the at least one measured three-dimensional displacement.
US09529451B2
Methods and apparatus to monitor environments are disclosed. An example method includes analyzing, with a processor, a plurality of three-dimensional data points having respective depth values representative of distances from a sensor of an environment; when a first set of the three-dimensional data points has a first depth value satisfying a threshold, executing, with the processor, a first type of recognition analysis on a first area of the environment corresponding to the first set of the three-dimensional data points; and when a second set of the three-dimensional data points has a second depth value not satisfying the threshold, executing, with the processor, a second type of recognition analysis different than the first type of recognition analysis on a second area of the environment corresponding to the second set of the three-dimensional data points.
US09529450B2
The invention concerns an infrared sensor, in particular an optical finger navigation module, with a component used as a cover glass for the sensor, the component comprising a sensor region and a transparent region, the transparent region comprising a thin layer system which is at least partially transparent for visible light and comprises at least one layer, and the at least one layer being a metal layer, a semiconductor layer and/or a combination of a plurality of metals and/or a plurality of semiconductors, or comprising a combination of at least one metal and at least one semiconductor, characterized in that both the sensor region and the transparent region are covered with a UV-hardening hardened lacquer layer.
US09529440B2
A multitouch device can interpret and disambiguate different gestures related to manipulating a displayed image of a 3D object, scene, or region. Examples of manipulations include pan, zoom, rotation, and tilt. The device can define a number of manipulation modes, including one or more single-control modes such as a pan mode, a zoom mode, a rotate mode, and/or a tilt mode. The manipulation modes can also include one or more multi-control modes, such as a pan/zoom/rotate mode that allows multiple parameters to be modified simultaneously.
US09529436B2
Disclosed is a haptic actuator integrated with a sensor electrode and a wearable device including the haptic actuator. The haptic actuator integrated with a sensor electrode comprises a case having a skin contact surface made of a conductive material; a vibration generation means installed in the case; a driving signal transmitting means of which the one end is connected electrically to the vibration generation means; and a sensor signal transmitting means of which the one end is connected electrically to the skin contact surface.
US09529420B2
Systems, methods, and machine-readable media transitioning between two power states based on user-related signals are provided. A computing device in a first power state may monitor multiple sensors and receive first sensor signals from a first group of the sensors. One or more radio frequency (RF) signals may be received from one or more nearby communication devices. The first sensor signals may be used to determine that the computing device has been picked up and, in response, an application processor maybe activated. The application processor may select a second power state based on the first power state and the first sensor signals. The second power state includes a power on state when the first power state is a suspended power state and the first sensor signals indicate that the computing device has been picked up while being touched on a screen. The computing device is transitioned to the second power state.
US09529417B2
In one embodiment, a first computing device receives a communication from a second computing device; and if the communication is a ping from the second computing device, then sends a response to the ping to the second computing device using a secondary processor of the first computing device.
US09529413B2
Methods and articles of manufacture for hosting a safety critical application on an uncontrolled data processing device are provided. Various combinations of installation, functional, host integrity, coexistence, interoperability, power management, and environment checks are performed at various times to determine if the safety critical application operates properly on the device. The operation of the SCA on the UDPD may be controlled accordingly.
US09529410B2
Certain aspects direct to systems and methods to perform service processor (SP) initiated data transaction with a host computer utilizing power off commands. In certain embodiments, the system includes a SP, which includes a processor, a non-volatile memory and a communication interface. The SP generates a first power off command for a data transaction purpose, and sends the first power off command to the host computer to initiate a data transaction. The OS, in response to the first power off command, calls an Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) Machine Language (AML) code, which execute a system management interface (SMI) handler at the CPU to enter a system management mode (SMM). The SMI handler then sends a notification to the SP via the communication interface. In response to receiving the notification from the SMI handler, the SP starts performing the data transaction with the host computer.
US09529401B2
A power device may automatically disconnect a wired connection in response to received weather alert data based on a configuration file including one or more user preference settings. The power device may include an input to receive power from an external power source, and an output to provide the wired connection to an electronic device by providing the power received from the input to the electronic device. The power device may also include a receiver to receive the weather alert data. The power device may process the received weather alert data and disconnect the wired connection based on the one or more user preference settings. A timer function may define a time period that the power device monitors its receiver for weather alert data and automatically disconnects and reconnects the wired connection.
US09529399B2
The present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet, a control panel having a power key and a display panel provided to one side of the cabinet, a display MICOM for controlling a frame to be displayed on a display of the display panel, a main MICOM for putting a load into operation according to a washing stroke applied thereto, and a standby power MICOM for generating a power supply signal to supply power to the display MICOM and the main MICOM in response to a power key applied signal generated as the power key is operated.
US09529394B2
An electronic device enclosure which is fireproof and shielded against electromagnetic radiation includes a base plate, a front plate, a rear plate, a first plate, a second plate, a case configured to be secured on the base plate, and a protective film of aluminum. The case can be opened and closed like the lid of a box and the base plate, the first side plate, the second plate, and the case are made of non-metallic material. The front plate and the rear plate are made of metal. The protective film is attached to the surfaces of the base plate, the first side plate, the second plate, and the case.
US09529392B2
A waterproof door assembly of an electronic device having an opening with an annulus wall includes a fastening element formed on the electronic device, a waterproof door having a door panel pivotally coupled to the electronic device and a replaceable ring, and a switch flipping element. A bump and an engaging portion are extended from opposite sides of the door panel respectively. The replaceable ring is sheathed on the periphery of the bump; the switch flipping element slides on the door panel. The switch flipping element has a snapping portion and a fastening portion for performing a multi-stage position adjustment to latch the fastening portion to the corresponding fastening element. The bump is inserted into the opening, and the replaceable ring is clamped between the annulus wall and the bump to maintain high sealing performance and long service life of the waterproof door.
US09529391B2
A sealed physical button for use with a portable electronic device that effectively presents ingress of liquids. Embodiments include a button cap having flange portions that interlock with complementary flanges from a button retainer. The button cap may also include a downward oriented central post, proportioned and oriented to interface with the top surface of a button attached to a bracket. The button retainer may include an aperture sized and positioned to receive the central post of the button cap. The button retainer may rest on a shelf within the electronic device housing such that the shelf interposes the bracket and the retainer to form a rigid seal.
US09529390B2
A computer apparatus includes a base and a display device. The base includes a first casing and a ferromagnetic unit fastened to the first casing. The display device includes a second casing having a connecting side portion and a magnetic unit. In a first use state, the connecting side portion of the second casing is adjacent to the first casing of the base, and an angle formed therebetween is adjustable. The magnetic unit is fastened to the connecting side portion of the second casing, and magnetically attracts ferromagnetic unit of the base, thereby permitting sliding of the display device relative to the base without separating therefrom.
US09529385B2
This invention is a device and system for monitoring a person's food consumption comprising: a wearable sensor that automatically collects data to detect probable eating events; a voluntary human-to-computer interface that is used by the person to enter food consumption data wherein the person is prompted to enter food consumption data when an eating event is detected by the wearable sensor; and a data analysis component that analyzes food consumption data to estimate the types and amounts of ingredients, nutrients, and/or calories that are consumed by the person. In an example, the wearable sensor can be part of a smart watch or smart bracelet. In an example, the voluntary human-to-computer interface can be part of a smart phone. The integrated operation of the wearable sensor and the voluntary human-to-computer interface disclosed in this invention offers accurate measurement of food consumption with low intrusion into the person's privacy.
US09529378B2
A shift lever assembly may be used to shift among gears of a vehicle transmission. The shift lever assembly may be of a so-called shift-by-wire type where a shift lever is not directly mechanically coupled to the transmission but is electrically communicated with the transmission to effect transmission gear changes. A driver may move the shift lever through a shift stroke to cause a transmission gear change, and, for example, when the driver releases the shift lever, an actuator may automatically return the shift lever to a home position during a return stroke. The shift lever assembly may include feedback features that provide feedback to the driver that the shift lever is moving among various positions during the shift stroke, and the assembly may be configured so that the shift lever returns to the home position with less or no feedback features being encountered during the return stroke.
US09529377B2
The present invention discloses an adaptive voltage scaling circuit and a chip. The adaptive voltage scaling circuit includes a performance classification monitor and an adaptive controller, where the performance classification monitor is disposed inside the chip, and is configured to detect working performance of the chip at a current working voltage, and output a detection result signal to the adaptive controller; and the adaptive controller is connected to the performance classification monitor, and is configured to output a control signal to a power management module of the chip according to the detection result signal output by the performance classification monitor, where the control signal is used to control the power management module to adjust a working voltage of the chip. In embodiments of the present invention, test workload can be reduced.
US09529368B2
A pressure-reducing valve for fluid and gaseous media, more particularly for regulating the pressure in pipeline systems, preferably in buildings, containing a housing preferably consisting of at least one upper and lower part, an interior housing wherein the interior housing has a poppet bore, a diaphragm for dividing the housing into a fluid-free and fluid-flowing area, a pressure adjustment unit, wherein the pressure adjustment unit comprises a spindle, a spring valve, a spring holder and at least one spring, a fastening means and a poppet, wherein the poppet and the diaphragm are connected to one another by fastening means, wherein the poppet is disposed in the poppet bore and at least one sealing element is arranged between the poppet and poppet bore for sealing action, wherein the poppet is formed in one piece and the sealing element is disposed integrally on the poppet or integrally on the interior housing.
US09529365B2
An apparatus controller for prompting a rider to be positioned on a vehicle in such a manner as to reduce lateral instability due to lateral acceleration of the vehicle. The apparatus has an input for receiving specification from the rider of a desired direction of travel, and indicating means for reflecting to the rider a propitious instantaneous body orientation to enhance stability in the face of lateral acceleration. The indicating may include a handlebar that is pivotable with respect to the vehicle and that is driven in response to vehicle turning.
US09529362B1
A system, device, and method for operating an aircraft autonomously are disclosed. The widget creating system may include a plurality of aircraft systems and autonomous pilot processing unit (APPU). The APPU may be configured to acquire first model data representative of either a combined strategic/operational behavior model or an operational behavior model; acquire second model data representative of an execution behavior model; acquire third model data representative of a strategic behavior model when a combined strategic/operational behavior model is not employed; acquire input data representative of at least one aircraft system parameter of each aircraft system of the plurality of aircraft systems, where the input data is acquired through the execution behavior model; monitor each aircraft system of the plurality of aircraft systems for an expected operation; and generate output data representative of at least one command provided to at least one aircraft system of the plurality of aircraft systems.
US09529361B2
An apparatus and method for managing failure in an autonomous navigation system are provided. The method includes collecting, by a controller, failure information in the autonomous navigation system and a monitoring a driver condition. The controller is configured to collect the failure information in the autonomous navigation system, and determine whether to switch control from the autonomous navigation vehicle to a manual driving mode based on the driver condition.
US09529360B1
The invention is directed to a system for detecting and defeating a drone. The system has a detection antenna array structured and configured to detect the drone and the drone control signal over a 360 degree field relative to the detection antenna array including detecting the directionality of the drone. The system also includes a neutralization system structured and configured in a communicating relation with the detection antenna array. The neutralization system has a transmission antenna structured to transmit an override signal aimed at the direction of the drone, an amplifier configured to boost the gain of the override signal to exceed the signal strength of the drone control signal, and a processing device configured to create and effect the transmission of the override signal. The invention is also directed to a method for detecting and defeating a drone.
US09529355B2
An automation control system is provided that includes a first component that stores state information of an object of the automation control system. Additionally, the first component generates one or more delta scripts that describe one or more changes of the stored state information. Further, the first component transmits the one or more delta scripts to one or more other components of the control system and the one or more other components apply the one or more delta scripts to update state information stored on the one or more other components based upon the one or more changes.
US09529352B2
A numerical control device has: a program reading unit reading a machining program; an inclined-surface setting unit setting an inclined-surface coordinate system regarding an inclined surface; an indexing-angle generating unit calculating an indexing angle where a tool used for machining of the inclined surface is oriented perpendicular to the inclined surface, and generating a move command. The program reading unit outputs an inclined-surface setting command instructing setting of the inclined-surface coordinate system, an inclined-surface indexing command instructing calculation of the indexing angle, and a tool selection command instructing selection of any of tools respectively having different mounting angles. The inclined-surface setting unit sets the inclined-surface coordinate system according to the inclined-surface setting command. The indexing-angle generating unit calculates, according to the inclined-surface indexing command, the indexing angle regarding the tool that is selected according to the tool selection command.
US09529347B2
A system for assisting an operator to maneuver a machine on a worksite is provided. The system includes a rotation sensor associated with a transmission assembly of the machine. The rotation sensor is configured to generate a signal indicative of a rotation of a ground engaging member of the machine. The system includes a controller communicably coupled to the rotation sensor. The controller is configured to receive the signal indicative of the rotation of the ground engaging member of the machine. The controller is configured to determine if the machine is on a reverse traversal. The controller is configured to estimate a number of rotations of the ground engaging member based on the determination of the reverse traversal of the machine. The controller is configured to compare the estimated number of rotations with a predetermined threshold. The controller is further configured to alert the operator based on the comparison.
US09529339B2
A radio receiver receives transmitted radio waves from positioning satellites, and includes: a signal amplification unit configured to amplify a received signal; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a satellite signal from the amplified signal; and a control unit configured to obtain predetermined information from the acquired satellite signal, determine a reception condition of transmitted radio waves based on the processing condition of at least one of the obtainment and the acquisition unit, and performs operation setting of a gain of the signal amplification unit according to the determined reception condition, wherein the control unit performs the operation setting so that the gain set in the operation setting when the reception condition is determined to be a first reception condition is smaller than the gain set in the operation setting when the reception condition is determined to be a second reception condition inferior to the first reception condition.
US09529335B2
An elapsed timer device includes a timer element comprising a timer chamber, a timer chamber conditioning material disposed within the timer chamber, and a sensor arranged to sense a timer chemical within the timer chamber. The sensor indicates elapsed time in response to a threshold level of the chemical being present within the timer chamber. The timer chamber, timer chemical adsorption/desorption characteristics of the timer chamber conditioning material, and the sensor are configured so that an amount of the timer chemical within the timer chamber reaches the threshold level within a predetermined time after initialization of the timer element.
US09529334B2
Described examples include a millimeter wave atomic clock apparatus, chip scale vapor cell, and fabrication method in which a low pressure dipolar molecule gas is provided in a sealed cavity with a conductive interior surface forming a waveguide. Non-conductive apertures provide electromagnetic entrance to, and exit from, the cavity. Conductive coupling structures formed on an outer surface of the vapor cell near the respective non-conductive apertures couple an electromagnetic field to the interior of the cavity for interrogating the vapor cell using a transceiver circuit at a frequency that maximizes the rotational transition absorption of the dipolar molecule gas in the cavity to provide a reference clock signal for atomic clock or other applications.
US09529329B2
A display mechanism displaying plural mutually different horometric items of information, including: plural information supports on each of which appears one of the horometric items of information; a magazine, in which the information supports are stored; a platform arranged to receive, in a movable manner according to the horometric items of information to be displayed, the selected information support; a first displacement mechanism moving the selected information support between an inactive storage position in the magazine and an active operating position on the platform, the first displacement mechanism being mounted between the magazine and the platform; and a controller controlling the first displacement mechanism.
US09529328B2
Timepiece brake wheel assembly, including an arbor comprising a first surface cooperating, to guide pivoting, with a second surface of a wheel pivotally mounted on the arbor around a pivot axis, this second surface including one braking surface comprised in a brake shoe subjected to the action of a first spring, in one-piece with the wheel, and arranged to exert a radial force with respect to the pivot axis on the first surface, this assembly including notches forming a comb or a toothing, arranged to retain a finger-piece for discrete value adjustment of the friction exerted by the braking surface on the first surface, this assembly being arranged to be included in a timepiece mechanism or in a timepiece.
US09529324B2
A main object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing a volume hologram laminate which can regenerate a hologram image in an arbitrary wavelength by a simple process. To attain the object, the present invention provides a method of producing a volume hologram laminate using a volume hologram forming substrate which comprises: a substrate, a volume hologram layer formed on the substrate and containing a photopolymerizable material, a resin layer, formed on the substrate so as to contact to the volume hologram layer, containing a resin and a polymerizable compound, characterized in that the producing method comprises processes of: a hologram recording process to record a volume hologram to the volume hologram layer, a substance transit process of transiting the polymerizable compound to the volume hologram layer, and an after-treatment process of polymerizing the polymerizable compound.
US09529317B2
An elastic blade includes an edge layer and at least one backup layer laminated on the edge layer. The edge layer includes a contact edge to contact a contact object and an opposing face to oppose the contact object, and the backup layer is greater in elastic power than the edge layer.
US09529303B2
A toner container includes a cylindrical container body, having a first opening in a first end thereof and a notch in a circumferential surface thereof continuous with the first opening in the first end, a flange member to engage the first opening and the notch in the container body and having a toner outlet therein through which toner in the container body is discharged, a shutter member disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the container body, a conveyance member, rotatably installed inside the container body to convey the toner from a second end of the container body opposite the first end to the toner outlet in the flange member, and a recessed portion in the container body that projects inward into the interior of the toner container 5 mm or less from an inner surface of the container body.
US09529300B2
In a developing device, a rotation shaft is provided with a developer feeding member, a cleaning member, and a receiving portion. The receiving portion is provided downstream of the developer feeding member and upstream of a light transmitting member, provided to a wall surface of a developer accommodating chamber of the developing device, with respect to a rotational direction of the rotation shaft when the cleaning member has passed through the light transmitting member.
US09529295B2
An optical writing control device and method are provided, for controlling light emission of a plurality of light sources to form an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive element, the light sources including a plurality of light emitting elements disposed in a line, including frequency converter circuitry configured to acquire image information to be formed as the electrostatic latent image; and a light source controller configured to control the plurality of light sources based on pixel information generated from the acquired image information, the light source controller being further configured to control the light emission of the plurality of light sources by classifying the light emitting elements into a plurality of groups, and shifting the timing of light emission from one group of the plurality of groups to a next group of the plurality of groups, and determine an illuminating period for each light source of the plurality of light sources based on the shifted timing of light emission among the plurality of groups.
US09529294B2
In accordance with various embodiments of the invention, a method of forming an ultraviolet security toner for use in printing hardware originally designed to use chemically prepared toner includes melt-blending binder resin particles and optionally a charge-control agent, a colorant and a releasing agent. The fluorescent pigment is then admixed to the melt-blended particles to form a fluorescent pre-toner. A first inorganic material is then blended with the fluorescent pre-toner, coating the particles of the fluorescent pre-toner with the first inorganic material. A second inorganic material is then blended with the coated pre-toner, adding another layer of coating to the fluorescent pre-toner. The first inorganic material has an average particle diameter size that is less than the average particle diameter size of the fluorescent pigment particles and the second inorganic material has an average particle diameter size less than that of the first inorganic material.
US09529292B2
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle including a binder resin containing a polyester resin, a release agent containing hydrocarbon wax, and a styrene (meth)acrylic resin, wherein 70% or more of the release agent of the entire release agent is present in a portion within 800 nm from the surface of the toner particle, and wherein the styrene (meth)acrylic resin forms a domain having an average diameter of smaller than 0.3 μm in the toner particle.
US09529288B1
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a toner particle containing a binder resin, a release agent, and an inorganic mineral, wherein 80% or more of the entire release agent is present in a portion within 400 nm from the surface of the toner particle and 80% or more of the entire inorganic mineral is present in a portion within 400 nm from the surface of the toner particle.
US09529285B2
A polycarbonate copolymer, a coating liquid and an electrophotographic photosensitive body are provided. The polycarbonate copolymer has good abrasion resistance and stable solubility in an organic solvent. The copolymer comprises a repeating unit A of formula (1); a repeating unit B of formula (2); and a repeating unit C of formula (3), in which: the polycarbonate copolymer has a presence ratio represented byAr1/(Ar1+Ar2+Ar3) of from 50 to 65 mol %, a presence ratio represented byAr2/(Ar1+Ar2+Ar3) of from 25 to 45 mol %, and a presence ratio represented byAr3/(Ar1+Ar2+Ar3) of from 3 to 25 mol %: Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 are each independently a divalent aromatic group, and X1 and X2 are each independently a single bond or —NH—, provided that Ar1 and Ar2 are not identical to each other. In the copolymer the repeating units B are not directly bonded to each other.
US09529278B2
A system detects targets located within patterns. It operates in the pupil plane by filtering the received signal from the surrounding pattern. A method includes illuminating a target and a surrounding pattern with radiation, detecting the radiation reflected by the target and the surrounding pattern and forming a first set of data based on the detected radiation, removing portions of the first set of data which correspond to the target to form reduced data, interpolating the remaining portions of the reduced data over the removed portions to form product data, and subtracting the product data from the first set of data to form target data.
US09529275B2
A method for use in the manufacture of a microelectronic apparatus, the method comprising exposing a dummy field on a substrate by utilizing a lithographic scanner at a first speed, and exposing a production field on the substrate by utilizing the lithographic scanner at a second speed, where the first speed is substantially greater than the second speed. In a related embodiment, a method for use in the manufacture a microelectronic apparatus comprises exposing a non-critical layer of the apparatus by utilizing a lithographic scanner at a first speed, and exposing a critical layer of the apparatus by utilizing the lithographic scanner at a second speed, where the first speed is substantially greater than the second speed.
US09529274B2
In an imprint lithography system, a recessed support on a template chuck may alter a shape of a template positioned thereon providing minimization and/or elimination of premature downward deflection of outer edges of the template in a nano imprint lithography process.
US09529267B2
A method for processing a substrate includes arranging the substrate on which a photoresist layer is formed and providing a treatment liquid for removing the photoresist layer on the substrate. The method also includes providing a mist including deionized water or hydrogen peroxide on the substrate to make contact with the treatment liquid so as to increase a temperature of the treatment liquid. Therefore, efficiency of removing the photoresist layer may be improved.
US09529246B2
A camera module is disclosed including an image sensor having an associated optical filter configured to receive a first set of one or more wavelengths of light, and a housing around the image sensor. The housing has an associated optical filter configured to allow a second set of one or more wavelengths of light to pass through the housing and to block the first set of one or more wavelengths of light from passing through the housing. In examples, the second set of one or more wavelengths of light may be light in the visible range of wavelengths, and the housing may be transparent.
US09529244B2
The present invention relates to a system and a method for processing electromagnetic radiation. In particular, the present invention relates to conversion of light, such as light (28) comprising image information (34), from one wavelength interval to another wavelength interval. More in particular, the present invention relates to wavelength conversion of incident light (28) by means of optical mixing with a laser beam in a non-linear crystal (14). The method according to the present invention comprises receiving incoming electromagnetic radiation (28) and a laser beam (12) in a non-linear crystal, setting a plurality of phase match conditions within the non-linear crystal (14), obtaining a plurality of images of the processed electromagnetic radiation (30), and providing a first combined image (42) comprising a first part of a first image and comprising a second part of a second image. The wavelength conversion is realized in an intra-cavity arrangement by for example sum-frequency generation between the intra-cavity laser light (12) and the in-coupled radiation (28).
US09529236B2
A pixel structure includes a gate line, a first data line, first and second pixel electrodes, first and second active devices, an insulation layer, and first and second connection electrodes. The first and second pixel electrodes are respectively disposed aside a first edge and a second edge of the gate line. The first drain electrode and second drain electrode of the first and second active devices both extend toward the second pixel electrode. The first connection electrode is electrically connected to the first drain electrode through a first contact hole and connected to the first pixel electrode; the first connection electrode and the first data line overlap in the vertical projection direction. The second connection electrode is disposed aside the second edge, and the second connection electrode is connected to the second pixel electrode and electrically connected to the second drain electrode through a second contact hole.
US09529235B2
A liquid crystal display for improving transmittance includes: a first substrate; and a pixel electrode provided on the first substrate and including a first sub-pixel electrode and second sub-pixel electrode configured to receive different voltages, wherein the first sub-pixel electrode includes a T-shaped stem including a first horizontal stem and a first vertical stem and a first fine branch extending from the T-shaped stem, and the second sub-pixel electrode includes a cross-shaped stem including a second horizontal stem and a second vertical stem and a second fine branch extending from the cross-shaped stem.
US09529231B2
The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display that can improve an aperture ratio and liquid crystal control ability. A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first substrate and a second substrate which face each other; a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate; a common electrode disposed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which the common electrode has a first cutout having a cross shape, and the pixel electrode includes a first subpixel electrode having a rhombus shape, a second subpixel electrode surrounding the first subpixel electrode, a second cutout disposed close to and along at least one of the edges of the second subpixel electrode, and a third cutout spacing the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode.
US09529230B2
A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel to display images; a backlight unit disposed behind the liquid crystal display panel; and a chassis unit configured to accommodate the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit, and to emit at least some of light provided by the backlight unit behind the liquid crystal display apparatus.
US09529224B2
A liquid crystal display includes a display substrate, an opposite substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a main spacer, and a sub-spacer. The display substrate includes a plurality of pixel areas and a light blocking area, and at least one thin film transistor is disposed in the light blocking area. The opposite substrate is coupled to the display substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the display substrate and the opposite substrate. The main spacer is disposed on the display substrate, includes a light blocking material, and makes contact with the opposite substrate to maintain a cell gap between the display substrate and the opposite substrate. The sub-spacer is disposed on the display substrate, includes the light blocking material, and is spaced apart from the opposite substrate. The sub-spacer has a size corresponding to the light blocking area, and the main spacer is protruded from the sub-spacer.
US09529215B2
An optical network element has a light source which provides an optical signal that is fed to at least two modulators. Each modulator provides an optical carrier signal that is conveyed to a receiving unit. The receiving unit is configured to determine a deviation signal between the optical carrier signal and a carrier conveyed via an incoming signal and to feed the deviation signal to the modulator for adjusting the frequency and/or the phase of the optical carrier signal. Also, a corresponding method for processing data and a communication system with at least one optical network are described.
US09529208B2
An image stabilizer applicable to a monocular or binocular optical system. The stabilizer includes an erecting prism placed between an objective lens and an eyepiece to compensate for deterioration in a quality of an observed image caused by hands movement. The image stabilizer includes a gimbal suspension system having pivot shafts respectively extending to left and right sides of the optical axis of the optical system. The pivot shafts have a common pivot axis perpendicular to the optical axis. The gimbal suspension system has an erecting-prism holder supported by the pivot shafts, an angular velocity detector for detecting an angular displacement of the erecting prism, and a voice coil motor for pivoting the erecting-prism holder.
US09529200B2
A system or apparatus for reducing motion blur includes an active shutter system, shutter control and processing components, an optional optical sensor, one or more optional movement sensors, and a power source, and can cooperate with a virtual or augmented reality system and display. The shutter system is optimally positioned between a user and the display so that one or more shutters of the system can be activated to block a user's view of the display. The shutter system is activated to block refresh lines or other artifacts present when the display refreshes. The shutter system also can be activated according to movement of the user. The shutter system can be one or more independent shutters and each shutter can have one or more shutter segments. Additionally, the shutter system can include multiple cooperating layers of shutters. The shutter system further can be incorporated in a multi-lens optical system.
US09529198B2
Opto-mechanical systems, methods of assembly, and devices utilizing opto-mechanical systems are disclosed. One example opto-mechanical system includes an optics housing; an optics display; and a display module. The optics display can extend away from a first open end of the optics housing to display images to a user. A display module is positioned adjacent a second open end of the optics housing. The display module may be constructed and arranged to project images onto the optics display. The display module further comprises a display module housing, as well as module displays that are positioned within the display module housing. The optics housing may be constructed and arranged to join the display module to the optics housing. The display module can be positioned within the optics housing and is spaced a predetermined distance away from the first surface of the optics display.
US09529189B1
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to improving luminance and reducing color shifts in electrowetting displays. The electrowetting display comprises a plurality of electrowetting elements separated by partition walls and spacers. The spacers and/or partition walls are reflective. When incident light that enters a pixel or subpixel is reflected and encounters a spacer and/or partition wall, the light is reflected such that the reflected light exits the pixel or subpixel into which the incident light entered. This improves luminance and reduces color shifts of the electrowetting display.
US09529186B1
An electrowetting display device includes a first support plate including a first wall and a second support plate including a spacer. The spacer protrudes from the second support plate towards the first support plate. The device includes a spacer contact surface for contact by a surface of the spacer, which at least partly overlaps the spacer contact surface. The spacer contact surface is at least partly formed by an enlarged wall portion of the first wall. The enlarged wall portion is enlarged compared with a different portion of the first wall.
US09529173B2
A furcation assembly for use with multi-fiber optical fiber cable comprises a housing having a first housing piece and a housing cover. The first housing piece has a furcation block at which a plurality of furcation tubes are terminated and which is configured to receive an end portion of the optical fiber cable such that respective optical fibers thereof may be inserted into a selected furcation tube. The housing cover is received over the first housing piece so as to be locked in a closed position. When the housing cover is in the closed position, the multi-fiber cable is axially retained with respect to the housing.
US09529169B2
A cable that includes a first optical fiber in a center, a first layer with a plurality of metal wires and a stainless steel tube surrounding the first optical fiber, a second optical fiber inside the stainless steel tube, and a second layer with a plurality of metal wires surrounding the first layer, wherein the first optical fiber is directly exposed to the outside environment.
US09529167B2
An optical cable module and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The optical cable module comprises a connector and an optical cable, and the optical cable is connected to the connector. A wavelength of at least one optical signal emitted from a laser of the connector is in a range of 380 nm to 980 nm. The optical cable comprises at least one optical fiber and an outer cladding layer, and the outer cladding layer surrounds the optical fiber, and the outer cladding layer includes at least one transparent portion, and at least one portion of the optical signal is leaked from the optical fiber and passes through the transparent portion to the surrounding environment.
US09529164B1
A beam-splitting integrated optical element including a shell, at least one first lens, and at least one second lens is provided. The shell includes a first lens surface, a second lens surface, at least one first reflective surface, and at least one second reflective surface. A bottom edge of each first reflective surface and a bottom edge of each second reflective surface are not connected to each other. The at least one first lens is disposed on the first lens surface. The at least one second lens is disposed on the second lens surface, and each second lens has a second optical axis. Each second reflective surface is located at at least one side of the corresponding second optical axis and located on a transmission path of only a portion of a first beam. An optical transmitter module incorporating said beam-splitting optical element is also provided.
US09529162B2
An optical fiber connector includes a fiber alignment body including a continuous optical fiber guide channel extending therethrough. The continuous optical fiber guide channel has a lead-in channel portion, a lead-out channel portion and a turn portion that connects the lead-in channel portion and the lead-out channel portion. The fiber alignment body has a reflective surface formed of metal that receives light traveling from an optical fiber located within the lead-in channel portion of the continuous optical fiber channel and reflects the light into the lead-out channel portion of the continuous optical fiber channel.
US09529159B2
Optical fiber ferrules with complementary mating geometry that are suitable for making optical connections are disclosed along with fiber optic connectors and cable assemblies using the same. In one embodiment, the fiber optic ferrule includes a body having a plurality of optical pathways and a mating geometry that includes at least one slot monolithically formed in the body of the fiber optic ferrule. The slot of the ferrule permits a relatively high number of mating/unmating cycles without generating excessive wear and debris, thereby making it suitable for consumer electronic devices or the like. The disclosure is also directed to fiber optic connectors and cable assemblies using the ferrule.
US09529156B2
Disclosed herein are techniques, methods, structures and apparatus for providing photonic structures and integrated circuits with optical gratings disposed within cladding layer(s) of those structures and circuits.
US09529153B2
Apparatuses that include an input and output waveguide; and a nested resonator including at least an external loop and a nested loop positioned entirely inside the external loop, each loop independently having a length that supports a single resonant wavelength, the external loop further including: an input interface configured to couple energy between the input waveguide and the nested resonator, an output interface configured to couple energy between the nested resonator structure and the output waveguide, and an internal interface, the external loop and the nested loop configured to couple energy there between via the internal interface.
US09529151B2
A polarization conversion element is disclosed in which an optical waveguide formed on a substrate sequentially includes a first waveguide portion, a polarization rotation portion, and a second waveguide portion, an effective refractive index of a TE mode having the highest effective refractive index in an eigen mode of waveguide light on a sectional surface of the first waveguide portion is higher than an effective refractive index of a TM mode having the highest effective refractive index, an effective refractive index of the TM mode having the highest effective refractive index on a sectional surface of the second waveguide portion is higher than an effective refractive index of the TE mode having the highest effective refractive index, and heights of waveguide structures (for example, cores) of the first waveguide portion and the second waveguide portion are equal to each other.
US09529145B2
An optical element device and method of fabrication thereof are described herein. An example optical device may include an optical element (100). The optical element (100) may have an optical path material (105) to allow a light to pass therethrough. The optical path material (105) may have a first end portion (110) with a first end surface (112), a second end portion (110) with a second end surface (112), and a middle portion (115) between the first and second end portions (110) with an interior (116) and an exterior surface (117). A coating (120) may be disposed along the exterior surface (117) and diffused into the optical path material (105). The coating (120) may minimize leakage of the light from the interior (116) through the exterior (117) surface.
US09529136B2
A backlight unit includes a light source unit having a light source configured to emit a first light, a quantum dot sheet configured to emit a second light having a different color from the first light, a light guide plate configured to guide a light exiting from the light source unit or the quantum dot sheet, and an optical member including a prism sheet and configured to control the light exiting from the light guide plate. The quantum dot sheet includes a polymer resin and a plurality of first and second quantum dots, which are dispersed in the polymer resin. The second light is a white light obtained by mixing a red light, green light, and a blue light, and the second light has a concordance rate with an Adobe RGB color space which is no less than by about 99.9%.
US09529130B2
Optical film having a first phase difference layer and a second phase difference layer, wherein the second phase difference layer having an optical property represented by the formula (3), and the optical film has optical properties represented by the formula (1) and the formula (2). Re(450)/Re(550)≦1.00(1)1.00≦Re(650)/Re(550)(2)nx≈ny
US09529119B2
A method permits the fabrication of a silicone-containing copolymer molded article having a hydrophilic surface by cast molding and without employing a high-molecular-weight hydrophilic polymer even when employing a polypropylene mold. The method polymerizes a monomer solution containing a silicone monomer having a (meth)acryloyl group; a hydrophilic monomer having a vinyl group; a crosslinkable monomer; and a polymerization initiator in a cavity of a mold having a hydrophobic cavity surface. The polymerization initiator has a 10-hour half-life temperature of 70° C. or higher and 100° C. or lower, and the polymerization is conducted by maintaining a temperature within a range of from the temperature of the polymerization initiator contained in the monomer solution to 35° C. below the temperature for one hour or more; and maintaining a temperature higher than the temperature of the polymerization initiator contained in the monomer solution for one hour or more.
US09529118B2
A composition for optical materials of the present invention includes a polyolefin (A) obtained by (co)polymerizing at least one kind of olefin selected from α-olefins having 3 to 20 carbon atoms and a photochromic compound (B).
US09529114B2
Systems, methods, and instructions encoded in a computer-readable medium can perform operations related to evaluating surface data. Geodetic data for a plurality of surface locations are received. The geodetic data may include surface gradient information and/or surface elevation information for multiple surface locations. A set of constraining relationships is generated based on the geodetic data. The set of constraining relationships relates undetermined values of surface elevation movement and/or undetermined values of surface gradient movement to measured surface elevation changes and/or measured surface gradient changes. Some or all of the constraining relationships include multiple undetermined values. Particular values for surface elevation movements and/or particular values for surface gradient movements are calculated for multiple surface locations based on determining a solution to the set of constraining relationships. In some implementations, a minimum curvature surface may be generated deterministically based on the geodetic data and the particular values identified using the constraining relationships.
US09529113B2
Various embodiments include apparatus and methods of operation with respect to well logging. Apparatus and methods include a tool having an arrangement of transmitters and receivers that are operated at different positions downhole and a processing unit to process collected signals such that the arrangement of transmitters and receivers provides measurements that mimic operation of a different arrangement of transmitters and receivers. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US09529106B2
Methods and systems for improving azimuth distribution in a seismic acquisition system are described. A survey acquisition system includes a plurality of streamers towed by a plurality of streamer vessels, including a first streamer vessel and a second streamer vessel and a plurality of sources towed by a plurality of source vessels. The plurality of streamer vessels and plurality of source vessels are configured relative to one another such that the plurality of source vessels are positioned at one or more predetermined inline distances behind a portion of the first streamer vessel and are also positioned at one or more predetermined inline distances in front of a portion of the second streamer vessel. The plurality of streamer vessels and plurality of source vessels are also spaced apart from one another in a cross-line direction.
US09529104B2
In some aspects, a closed boundary is computed based on locations of microseismic events associated with a stimulation treatment of a subterranean region. Based on the boundary, a stimulated reservoir volume (SRV) for the stimulation treatment is identified. The boundary encloses a first subset of the locations and a second, different subset of the locations reside outside the boundary.
US09529096B2
A radiation detector includes: a first scintillator; a second scintillator; a first photodetector; a second photodetector; a first light quantity adjusting member; a second light quantity adjusting member; and a position specifying unit specifies each radiation incident position in each of the first and second scintillators. Optical transmittance of the first light quantity adjusting member is smaller than optical transmittance of an optical path between the second end surface of the first scintillator and the second photodetector. Optical transmittance of the second light adjusting member is smaller than optical transmittance of an optical path between the first end surface of the second scintillator and the first photodetector.
US09529092B2
A method for detecting and mitigating errors in a positioning system includes receiving a first signal from a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) indicative of a first position and a second signal from the GNSS indicative of a second position of a machine, determining a difference between the first position and the second position, detecting an error in a current position of the machine when the difference between the first and the second position exceeds a threshold of one of (a) a maximum distance given a maximum velocity, and (b) an actual distance determined based on an output of an inertial sensor on the machine, and mitigating the detected error in the current position of the machine by switching from an output of the positioning system to a position output determined based upon the output of the inertial sensor to update the current position.
US09529081B2
Technologies for detecting a passive object through the use of frequency diversity to find at least a resonant peak are disclosed. For example, a radar system may illuminate a suspect area with a pulsed radio wave based on a large number of frequency bands and based on parameters associated with the passive object. The reflected radio wave may be processed to generate synthetic aperture radar (SAR) maps associated with the frequency bands. The SAR maps may be analyzed and compared to determine large deviation amplitudes that may indicate a location of the passive object.
US09529075B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a mobile device having a receiver and an orientation determiner. The receiver has a plurality of antennas for receiving a signal from a stationary transmitter. Each antenna of the plurality of antennas is arranged to have a different receiving direction. The receiver is configured to detect a signal strength of the signal received with each antenna in order to obtain a plurality of detected signal strengths. The orientation determiner is configured to determine an orientation of the mobile device relative to the stationary transmitter based on the plurality of detected signal strengths.
US09529070B2
A radionavigation signal tracking device comprises a first and a second tracking stage for radionavigation signals. The first tracking stage comprises a first carrier phase-locked loop. The latter produces a first error signal arising from a phase difference between the first carrier and its replica. The phase of the replica of the first carrier is adjusted with the first error signal. The second tracking stage comprises a second carrier phase-locked loop. The latter produces a second error signal arising from a difference between the first phase difference and a phase difference between the second carrier and the replica thereof. The phase of the replica of the second carrier is adjusted with the first and second error signals.
US09529067B2
An arrangement for the transmission of magnetic resonance signals that are received with the aid of local coils is provided. The magnetic resonance signal is fed to an analog/digital converter and digitized by the analog/digital converter. The magnetic resonance signal is compressed in amplitude before being fed to the analog/digital converter, is low-pass filtered or band-pass filtered, and is expanded after digitization by the analog/digital converter. A clock rate that is higher by a factor 2n than a sampling rate n of the analog/digital converter (ADC) is used for the digital expander. A digital equalizing filter for compensating for a filter transmission function in a transition range may also be used.
US09529063B2
A subject support (22) of a magnetic resonance (MR) system (10) includes a table top (20) supported by a support structure (24) and configured to move in and out of an examination volume (14). The subject support (22) further includes a coil connector (34) connected with a local receive coil (32). The coil connector (34) moves between an engaged position in which the coil connector (34) and the local receive coil (32) engage and move with the table top (20) in and out of the examination volume (14) and a disengaged position in which the coil connector (34) and the local receive coil (32) remain stationary out of the examination volume (14) as the table top (20) moves in and out of the examination volume (14).
US09529057B2
Various embodiments are described herein for a device and method for predicting an out-of-step or transient instability condition in a power system due to a disturbance, such as a fault, where the power system comprises a power generator. The method comprises determining values for a state plane trajectory for the power generator during the disturbance based on using an internal voltage angle of the power generator or an equivalent power generator and a during fault rotor speed of the power generator or equivalent power generator as state variables, determining time scale values; determining values for a critical state plane trajectory for the power generator after clearing the fault, determining values for a state plane trajectory for the power generator after clearing the fault, determining a critical clearing angle and a critical clearing time, and predicting that the power generator will be stable or unstable by comparing the time to clear the fault with the critical clearing time.
US09529056B2
A battery system includes a secondary battery and a controller. A battery voltage of the secondary battery is more susceptible to a positive electrode potential than to a negative electrode potential. The controller acquires a relationship between a resistance change rate and a current value in the secondary battery in a less charged state and determines the deterioration state of the secondary battery based on the acquired relationship. The controller determines the deterioration state of the secondary battery by using a first correlation and a second correlation. In the first correlation, the resistance change rate is reduced as the current value is increased when only deterioration due to wear of the secondary battery (wear deterioration) occurs. In the second correlation, the resistance change rate is increased as the current value is increased when only deterioration due to a salt concentration distribution within the secondary battery (high rate deterioration) occurs.
US09529048B2
A system and method for identifying and responding to exceptional charge events of series-connected energy storage elements.
US09529039B2
The semiconductor transporting and testing fixture according to the present invention comprises: a frame portion (21) adapted to receive therein an IC (5) having an external connection terminal, the frame portion having an inner peripheral wall; a bottom surface sheet (25) pasted on a bottom surface of the frame portion, the bottom surface sheet having an IC side pad (26) formed on a front surface thereof and a socket side pad (27) formed on a rear surface thereof, the IC side pad being adapted to contact the external connection terminal, the socket side pad electrically connected with the corresponding IC side pad and being adapted to contact a testing socket, wherein the frame portion (21) is provided with a retaining latch (23) protruding therefrom toward above the IC (5) when the IC (5) is received in the inner peripheral wall (22) of the frame portion (21).
US09529037B2
The invention regards an method for estimating the end of lifetime for a power semiconductor device, such as an IGBT power module, comprising the steps of; establishing the temperature of the power semiconductor device, determining the voltage drop over the power semiconductor device for at least one predetermined current where the current is applied when the power semiconductor device is not in operation, wherein the end of lifetime is established dependent on the change in a plurality of determined voltage drops.
US09529033B2
A ground leakage detector for detecting a ground leakage in an electric vehicle including a battery, and a charging connector which is electrically connectable to a terminal member formed at one end of an outside electric wire through which electric power is supplied from outside to the battery, includes a connector connection section electrically connectable to the charging connector; a contactor configured to contact a vehicle body ground location in the electric vehicle; and a detecting circuit for detecting whether or not there is a ground leakage from the battery to the vehicle body ground location, based on a current flowing between the connector connection section and the contactor.
US09529030B2
A capacitance sense system can include a capacitance sense input configured to receive an input signal that varies according to a sensed capacitance; an integrator/discharge circuit configured to integrate the input signal and discharge the integrated input signal toward the reference level in conversion operations; and a remainder retainer section configured to quantize the discharging of the integrated input signal, and retain any remainder of the integrated input signal that follows a quantization point for a next conversion by the integrator/discharge circuit.
US09529023B2
A signal analysis circuit and a signal analysis method thereof are disclosed. The signal analysis circuit includes a peak detector, a subtraction amplifying unit, and a compare unit. The peak detector obtains a peak value of a first voltage signal to generate a second voltage signal. The subtraction amplifying unit generates a compare voltage signal according to the second voltage signal, and amplifies a voltage value difference between the second voltage signal and the compare voltage signal to generate a third voltage signal. A peak-to-peak value of the third voltage signal is larger than a peak-to-peak value of the second voltage signal. The compare unit compares the voltage value of the third voltage signal and the voltage value of the compare voltage signal to generate an output voltage signal. In such a manner, a new signal analysis circuit can be realized.
US09529021B2
Methods, systems, and devices for determining current are described herein. One method includes receiving power from a current conductor using a first quantity of coils of a wire around a magnetic core at least partially surrounding a portion of the current conductor, receiving an indication associated with a determined current through the current conductor from a current sensor associated with the wire, and receiving power from the current conductor using a second quantity of the coils of the wire, wherein the second quantity is determined based, at least in part, on the determined current.
US09529019B2
An impedance detector includes a current application portion, a detection portion, a calculation portion and a changing portion. The current application portion applies an impedance detection current for detecting an impedance of an element of an oxygen sensor to the element. The detection portion detects a difference between a current application prior voltage and a current application subsequent voltage of the element. The calculation portion calculates the impedance of the element based on the difference detected by the detection portion and a value of the impedance detection current applied by the current application portion. The current application portion can change the value of the impedance detection current applied to the element. The changing portion determines to change the value of the impedance detection current according to the difference detected by the detection portion.
US09529015B2
A dual power-source testing apparatus for testing a communication board and communication testing method thereof are disclosed. The communication testing apparatus comprises a main body, a first power supply module, and a second power supply module. The main body has a communication testing area with a first port and a second port for supplying power, wherein the board is to be placed in the communication testing area. The first power supply module is configured to provide first power to the communication board through the communication testing area while performing a charging operation to the second power supply module. The communication testing method is to be performed similarly in a communication testing apparatus using dual power sources. Using the present invention may keep good qualities of communication testing operations being performed to the communication board.
US09529012B2
A micro-electro mechanical apparatus with interdigitated spring including a substrate, at least one first mass, a movable electrode, a stationary electrode, an anchor and an interdigitated spring is provided. The movable electrode is disposed on the mass along an axial direction. The stationary electrode is disposed on the substrate along the axial direction, and the movable electrode and the stationary electrode have a critical gap there between. The interdigitated springs connects the mass and the anchor along the axial direction. The interdigitated spring includes first folded portions, first connecting portions, second folded portions, and second connecting portions. Each first folded portion includes two first spans and a first head portion. Each second folded portion includes two second spans and a second head portion. A width of the first span and a width of the second span are greater than the critical gap respectively.
US09529000B2
The test of the invention comprises the measuring the total amount of xylose in urine and/or its concentration in blood following oral administration of 4-Oβ-D-galactopyranosyl-D-xylose (4-GX) to the patient. It is a non-invasive test that is based on the direct evaluation of the global enzyme activity in the whole individual, not on measuring the metabolic consequences derived from its deficiency. It does not require specialised equipment, does not cause apparent discomfort in patients with lactase deficiency and is very reliable, thus overcoming the drawbacks of the diagnostic tests currently in use and is a statistically significantly better test in terms of its reliability; consequently it should become the reference or gold standard test for the indication of hypolactasia.
US09528999B1
This invention provides biosensors, cell models, and methods of their use for monitoring heme, oxygen or ATP. Biosensors can include targeting domains, sensing domains and reporting domains. Biosensors can be introduced into cells reprogrammed to represent experimental or pathologic cells of interest. Model cells expressing the biosensors can be contacted with putative bioactive agents to determine possible activities.
US09528987B2
The present technology describes various embodiments of devices for processing, analyzing, detecting, measuring, and separating fluids. The devices can be used to perform these processes on a microfluidic scale, and with control over fluid and reagent transport. In one embodiment, for example, a device for performing chemical processes can include a porous wick comprising a pathway defined by an input end, an output end, and a length between the input end and the output end. The pathway is configured to wick fluid from the input end to the output end by capillary action. The device can further include a reagent placed on the pathway. The reagent can be placed in a pattern configured to control a spatial or temporal distribution of the reagent along the pathway upon wetting of the pathway.
US09528984B2
Methods are disclosed for identifying one or more proteins or polypeptides comprised by a sample. The methods comprise determining binding of each polypeptide with respect to each binding pool of a plurality of binding pools, wherein each binding pool comprises one or more probes which bind a structure comprised by a protein or polypeptide. In some aspects, polypeptides can be denatured and separated into individual polypeptide strands and immobilized on a solid support prior to determining binding of the binding pools. A protein, polypeptide or polypeptide strand can be identified by searching, in at least one database, for a protein or polypeptide sequence comprising binding pool targets either identical to or most similar to the binding pool targets comprised by the protein, polypeptide or polypeptide strand to be identified. Kits for identifying proteins, polypeptides and polypeptide strands are also disclosed.
US09528981B2
The invention proposes a novel therapeutic and diagnostic methodology based on the use of effector cells (for example CTL and NK cells) selected for being able to induce lysis in target cells. In particular, the invention teaches how to select strains of effector cells of the immune system according to their lytic properties. It also teaches how diagnostic procedures for checking the activity of therapeutic vaccines can be improved with respect to what shown. Finally, it shows how cell therapies used at present can be improved by using this approach.
US09528976B2
This invention relates is a label-free, enzyme-free, aptamer-free method for simultaneously measuring adenosine, and its intracellular metabolites, e.g., AMP, ADP and ATP, using high pressure liquid chromatography coupled to electrochemical detector (HPLC-ECD).
US09528956B2
Methods and apparatus for measuring the cleanliness of molten metals. Direct current is passed between electrodes through molten metal advancing through a passage in an electrically resistive wall. A voltage signal is analyzed for the presence of solid generally non-metallic inclusions in the metal. Direct current is supplied by one or more ultra-capacitors and the decay in discharge voltage of the capacitor(s) is compensated for by passing the current from each capacitor through a resistor ladder network circuit having resistors connected in parallel. Individual resistors are switched on or off in a sequence effective to change the resistance of the circuit and maintain the current within a predetermined range. Heat generation and noise pick-up are minimized by maintaining a low discharge voltage and measurement current while using FETs only in the fully ON or OFF conditions to switch the resistors into or out of the circuits.
US09528951B2
A method to determine a concentration of a target element in a sample is provide. The method comprises (i) positioning a sample containing a target element with respect to a reference material containing a reference element, (ii) simultaneously irradiating the sample and the reference material with Bremsstrahlung X-rays to thereby produce activated nuclei in the target element and to produce activated nuclei in the reference element, (iii) detecting deactivation gamma-rays' from the irradiated sample and deactivation gamma-rays from the irradiated reference material, (iv) determining a first number of detected deactivation gamma-rays from the irradiated sample and a second number of detected deactivation gamma-rays from the reference material, and (v) determining the concentration of the target element in the sample by first normalising the first number of detected deactivation gamma-rays from the irradiated sample by the second number of detected deactivation gamma-rays from the reference material. The variation of the reference element to target element cross section ratio over a range of electron beam energies is less than a predetermined measurement accuracy.
US09528944B2
A monitoring system (2) for monitoring the number and/or concentration of particles and/or micro organisms (12, 22) in a fluid (10). The monitoring system (2) generates an alarm if a predefined criterion is met. The monitoring system (2) includes a micro processer (6) which executes programmed instructions in order to identify and classify particles (12), a storage member (8), and an optical sensor member (40) having a 2-D optical sensor (4) and a light source (36). The optical sensor member (40) records an image of a part of the fluid (10) and the monitoring system (2) determines the number and/or concentration of particles (12) in the fluid (10) on the basis of the optical response of single particles (12) in a sample zone (38) in the fluid (10). The fluid (10) in the sample zone (38) is kept stationary relative to the optical sensor member (40) during the image recording.
US09528942B2
A surface inspection system, as well as related components and methods, are provided. The surface inspection system includes a beam source subsystem, a beam scanning subsystem, a workpiece movement subsystem, an optical collection and detection subsystem, and a processing subsystem. The optical collection and detection system features, in the front quartersphere, a light channel assembly for collecting light reflected from the surface of the workpiece, and a front collector and wing collectors for collecting light scattered from the surface, to greatly improve the measurement capabilities of the system. The light channel assembly has a switchable edge exclusion mask and a reflected light detection system for improved detection of the reflected light.
US09528939B2
A scanning sensor system, methods of use and kits for detecting a biologically active analyte are provided. The scanning senor system includes a light source, a detector, a substrate comprising a plurality of waveguides and a plurality of optical sensing sites in optical communication with one or more waveguide of the substrate, and at least one adapter configured to couple with the substrate and provide optical communication between the light source, the waveguides of the substrate, and the detector.
US09528934B2
A measuring apparatus includes an illumination device including a surface light source, a detector configured to detect a light intensity distribution formed on a light-receiving surface by reflected light, and a processor configured to obtain the reflection characteristic based on first data of the light intensity distribution detected by the detector. The processor is configured to estimate, based on the first data, second data of a light intensity distribution formed by specular reflected light and third data of a light intensity distribution formed by diffuse reflected light in a case where a point light source is disposed at each position in a light-emitting region of the surface light source, and to estimate, based on the second data and the third data, a light intensity distribution formed by reflected light from the surface.
US09528923B2
There is provided optical analysis techniques in the scanning molecule counting method using the light measurement with a confocal or multiphoton microscope in which the measuring unit time in the light measurement is set to an appropriate value in order to surely detect an approximately bell shape profile of the signal of a light-emitting particle and avoid excessive increase data volume of time series light intensity data. The inventive optical analysis technique of detecting light of a light-emitting particle in a sample solution generates time series light intensity data of light from a light detection region detected during moving the position of the light detection region of a microscope in the sample solution and detects in the data a signal indicating light from each light-emitting particle individually. The measuring unit time is determined based on the size and the moving speed of the light detection region.
US09528921B2
Germania-based sol-gel organic-inorganic hybrid coatings were prepared for on-line coupling of capillary microextraction with high-performance liquid chromatography. A germania-based sol-gel precursor, tetra-n-butoxygermane and a hydroxy-terminated triblock copolymer, poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(propylene oxide)-block-poly(ethylene oxide), were chemically anchored to the inner walls of a fused silica capillary (0.25 mm I.D.). Scanning electron microscopy images of the sol-gel germania triblock polymer coating were obtained to estimate the coating thickness. The analyte distribution constants between a sol-gel germania organic-inorganic hybrid coating and the samples (Kcs) were determined. For a variety of analytes from different chemical classes, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), ketones, alcohols, phenols, and amines, the Kcs values ranged from 1.8×101 to 2.0×104. The sol-gel germania triblock polymer coatings survived exposure to high temperature solvent conditions (200° C.) with little change in extraction capabilities. Reproducibility of the method for preparation of the sol-gel germania triblock polymer coatings was also evaluated, and the capillary-to-capillary RSD values ranged from 5.3% to 6.5%. The use of higher flow rates in extraction was found to significantly reduce the time required (from 30-40 minutes to 10-15 minutes) to reach equilibrium between the sol-gel germania triblock polymer coating and the analytes in the sample solution.
US09528919B2
A sample preparation device and associated method is provided for preparing samples according to an assay protocol. A cell deposition module deposits a sample on each a plurality of assay devices supported by a support device. An epitope retrieval module deposits a reagent on each of the samples. Each of the samples is brought to a selected temperature. A heating device, corresponding to each of the assay devices, directly interacts with the corresponding assay device may be used to heat each assay device to the selected temperature, in conjunction with the epitope retrieval module depositing the reagent on each of the samples. A staining module deposits a staining reagent on each of the samples, and removes excess staining reagent. The staining, epitope retrieval, and cell deposition modules cooperate with the support device and heating devices to form a unitary sample preparation device.
US09528918B2
An automated system is provided for performing slide processing operations on slides bearing biological samples. In one embodiment, the disclosed system includes a slide tray holding a plurality of slides in a substantially horizontal position and a workstation that receives the slide tray. In a particular embodiment, a workstation delivers a reagent to slide surfaces without substantial transfer of reagent (and reagent borne contaminants such as dislodged cells) from one slide to another. A method for automated processing of slides also is provided.
US09528910B2
Checking continuity along an optical fiber includes mounting an inspection attachment member to a smart phone; inserting a first end of the optical fiber into a receiving arrangement of the inspection attachment member to align the first end with a light source of the smart phone; activating the light source of the smart phone to shine a light along the optical fiber; and determining whether the light is visible at an opposite end of the optical fiber. Certain types of inspection attachment members also are configured to align an end of an optical fiber with a camera lens of the smart phone.
US09528898B2
A probe is provided for measuring high frequent pressure oscillations of hot gases that combines redundancy of the output signals with high quality of the output signals.
US09528897B2
A pressure indicator: a body having a pressure chamber which has an inlet for communication with a fluid; a resilient diaphragm having a periphery sealed against the body and having one side thereof exposed to the fluid within the chamber; an indicating arm having an inner end which is integrally formed with the other side of the diaphragm and an outer end arm which is adjacent to a scale, the arrangement being such that pressure of the fluid within the chamber causes resilient deformation of the diaphragm which in turn causes the outer end of the arm to move relative to the scale thereby indicating the pressure of the fluid in the chamber.
US09528890B2
A pressing force sensor that includes an expandable and contractible film, pressing force detecting resistor membranes formed on a portion of a main surface of the film, and a support disposed along the main surface of the film. The support is provided with recesses or holes with openings located in areas where the pressing force detecting resistor membranes on the main surface of the film are located. In the pressing force sensor, when a pressing force is exerted on the main surface of the film, the film is expanded with a pressing force detecting resistor membrane. As a result, the pressing force detecting resistor membrane is deformed, and a change in resistance value of the pressing force detecting resistor membrane corresponding to the deformation is detected.
US09528882B2
A rotor temperature detecting device in an electric motor of the present invention includes: a power calculator configured to calculate power of an electric motor; a rotational speed detector configured to detect rotational speed of the electric motor; a storage configured to store coefficients depending on the rotational speed; and, a rotor temperature estimator configured to estimate temperature of a rotor of the electric motor, based on the power and the coefficient.
US09528878B2
Disclosed is an imaging apparatus including: a spectroscopic measurement section configured to measure a spectral characteristic of a subject; a spectral image capture section configured to capture a subject image separated into a plurality of colors through color separation to create a plurality of spectral images; and a color separation characteristic determining section configured to determine a color separation characteristic to be used for image capturing of the spectral image capture section, based on the spectral characteristic of the subject measured by the spectroscopic measurement section. The color separation characteristic determining section determines a count of color separations in the image capturing of the spectral image capture section and spectral bands corresponding to each of the color separations.
US09528873B2
A liquid level sensing module for sensing a high liquid level in a sump container rising comprises a first liquid-actuated switch which provides a first output signal upon the liquid level reaching a first level, and a second liquid-actuated switch which provides a second output signal upon the liquid level reaching a second level above the first. A delay circuit delays the first output signal by a period if time sufficient for the liquid to rise from the first switch level to the second switch level to produce a delayed output signal. An alarm circuit produces a fault signal indicating a switch module fault upon the occurrence of the second output signal. An alarm circuit produces a fault signal upon the occurrence of the second output signal in the absence of the first output signal, or upon the occurrence of the delayed output signal in the absence of the second output signal, and the occurrence of either the delayed output signal or the second output signal, producing an alarm signal indicative of the pump failing to function.
US09528864B2
The invention relates to a method of detecting a buildup of silt in a pipe or open channel of a fluid flow network. The pipe or open channel has a system with at least one set of velocity sensors to measure flow velocities at predetermined horizontal levels. The method includes the steps of computing flow using measured flow velocities and cross-sectional areas for each flow layer, summing the flows to provide a total flow, monitoring the measured flow velocities and storing the measured flow velocities to detect any ongoing reduction in flow velocity of at least a lowermost velocity sensor to provide an indication of a buildup of silt in the pipe or open channel.
US09528862B2
A flame resistant fabric with tracing yarns includes a flame resistant fabric with a first non-tracing yarn, and a second tracing yarn. The first non-tracing yarn and/or the second tracing yarn include flame resistant fibers being selected from the group consisting of inherently flame resistant fibers and treated fibers. When the flame resistant fabric is exposed to heat, flames, long-term excessive UV light, or the like, the first non-tracing yarn is adapted to hold its color and the second tracing yarn is adapted to change colors.
US09528861B1
A remote location monitoring system, for example, a home monitoring or weather monitoring system may include one or more sensors and/or receivers at a remote location such as a residence or business to be monitored. The sensors and receivers may communicate with a central server via a gateway device, and may be controlled by users locally or remotely via the server. Users may register to receive remote notifications of weather events and other home monitoring events. Users may also access remotely sensors and receivers to configure alerts, notifications, and automatic responses for the devices and integrated appliances at the remote location.
US09528852B2
Various methods are described for generating an audio summary representing a location on a place exploration service. One example method may comprise receiving at least one audio file. The method may further comprise dividing the at least one audio file into one or more audio segments. Additionally, the method may comprise determining a representative audio segment for each of the one or more audio segments. The method may further comprise generating an audio summary of the at least one audio file by combining one or more of the representative audio segments of the one or more audio segments. Similar and related methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are also provided.
US09528844B2
An information processing apparatus includes a three-dimensional map data storage unit for storing three-dimensional map data for use in projecting a three-dimensional space on a map onto a plane, a location information storage unit for storing location information including a type of geographical objects at points spaced at predetermined intervals on the map, a present position storage unit for storing a present position on the map, an operation input receiving unit for receiving an operation input, a collision determination unit for determining the possibility of occurrence of collision in a course from the present position to an end point, a correction unit for correcting the end point based on the determined possibility of occurrence of collision and shifting the present position to the corrected end point, and a drawing unit for drawing a three-dimensional image, the three-dimensional image produced by projecting onto the plane the three-dimensional space on the map.
US09528825B2
A method is provided for calibrating a position-measuring system which includes the following steps: a) multiple measurements of positions of a structure of a sample held by a sample stage at different pressures of the gaseous medium in which the sample stage is arranged, b) ascertaining the pressure dependence when determining actual positions by use of an evaluation unit, c) establishing a calibration rule based on the ascertained pressure dependence, and d) applying the calibration rule when determining the actual positions.
US09528813B2
Apparatus, methods and systems for obtaining one or more dimensions of an object employing, at least in part, touch sensors.
US09528811B2
A measurement device (100 . . . 103) for measuring the thickness (d) of a plate-shaped object (7) is indicated, which comprises a first measurement sensor (21 . . . 23) for being set onto a first surface (9) of the plate-shaped object (7) and a second to fourth measurement sensor (31 . . . 53) for being set onto a second surface (10), opposite to the first surface (9) of the plate-shaped object (7). Furthermore, the measurement device (100 . . . 103) comprises means for calculating the thickness (d) of the plate-shaped object (7), using the positions (81 . . . 84) at which the measurement sensors (21 . . . 53) touch the plate-shaped object (7). Furthermore, a measurement method for measuring the thickness (d) of a plate-shaped object (7) is also indicated.
US09528810B1
A method and apparatus for inspecting a surface. A type of the surface to be inspected may be identified. A stability device may be selected from a set of stability devices in a tool kit for use in stabilizing a tool relative to the type of surface identified. The tool may be stabilized relative to the surface using a stabilizing feature of the stability device selected. The surface may be inspected using the tool.
US09528804B2
Firearm cartridges, firearm projectiles, and/or projectile components formed at least in part from a disclosed ballistic zinc alloy. These ballistic zinc alloys overcome shortcomings of other lead substitutes for firearm projectiles, including Zamak alloys and other conventional zinc alloys. In some embodiments, and as compared to a firearm projectile formed from a conventional zinc alloy, a ballistic zinc alloy firearm projectile has at least one of an increased ductility, an increased frangibility, and/or a decreased tendency to smear or gall within a rifled firearm barrel. In some embodiments, the ballistic zinc alloy is a zinc-aluminum alloy that includes additional alloy components that collectively enhance the properties of the ballistic zinc alloy for use in firearm projectiles.
US09528802B1
An indirect fire munition non-lethal cargo carrier mortar deploys non-lethal sub-munitions to an intended target. The cargo carrier mortar includes a deceleration system which allows for the discarded mortar to descend at a controlled non-free fall velocity thereby minimizing the risk of injury or collateral damage from the mortar. The cargo carrier mortar is adapted to be compatible with existing standard military equipment such as standard mortar caliber sizes.
US09528800B2
Herein we describe shotgun shells each having a degradable wad comprising a polyhydroxyalkanoate polymer, as well as methods for ensuring that such wad degrades quickly after landing in an aquatic environment. Plastic, aquatic debris has a negative economic and ecological impact, and thus it is advantageous to use implements that will degrade into environmentally benign compounds. Incorporating a degradable wad into shotgun shells provides an effective, economical solution. Suitable degradable shotgun wads and methods are described herein.
US09528797B2
An anti-ballistic barrier comprising at least one furniture unit including: a top; a base; an anti-ballistic arrangement including an anti-ballistic material, the anti-ballistic arrangement having at least a portion extending between the top, and the base; and a mobility arrangement which, in use, enables each furniture unit to be moved between at least two positions, comprising a utility position, in which each furniture unit can be used in its typical furniture usage, and a defense position, in which each furniture unit can be used as a barrier to obstruct an opening such as a doorway, a passageway, a window or a service opening.
US09528793B1
An anti-rotation handguard system, including a barrel nut having a barrel nut aperture formed therethrough, along a longitudinal axis of the barrel nut, wherein the barrel nut includes a registration groove defined around the outer periphery of the barrel nut; and an anti-rotation ring having a barrel nut aperture formed therethrough, wherein the anti-rotation ring further comprises a first anti-rotation tab extending from the anti-rotation ring, wherein the first anti-rotation tab is formed so as to be received within a gas tube channel of a handguard, and wherein the anti-rotation ring further comprises a second anti-rotation tab extending from the anti-rotation ring, wherein the second anti-rotation tab is formed so as to be received within at least a portion of a compression/registration slot of the handguard.
US09528781B2
An anti-microbial heat transfer apparatus comprises a hybrid coil with multiple rows of fins and tubes. The fins and tubes have an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion comprises fins that include copper and has a height that is different than the height of the second portion. A chilled medium inside the tubes makes the surface of the fins and tubes colder than the temperature of the dew point of the surrounding air such that a condensate is formed on the surface of the fins. Gravity causes the condensate to drip copper ions from the upper portion to the lower portion of the coil resulting in the inhibition of microbial growth on the coil.
US09528773B2
A plate heat exchanger may include a plurality of plates stacked one upon each other forming a stack. Each plate may alternately span a first and a second flow space forming a first and second medium respectively. Each plate may have a circumferential edge and a basin-shaped design. Two adjacent plates may be connected to each other via the circumferential edges. An end plate may be connected to at least one adjacent plate at least one end of the stack, wherein the circumferential edge of the at least on adjacent plate is supported on the end plate by a wall face of the end plate. The edge of the at least one adjacent plate may be formed parallel and fixedly connected to the wall face. The end plate may include an aluminium alloy, wherein the wall face is formed between two flat, generally parallel surfaces of the end plate.
US09528772B2
The present invention concerns a novel thermal sheet, which is divided into at least two passages by means of rolling or welding seams, and thermal sheet modules constructed thereof, wherein the passages are connected through common feed and discharge lines for a cooling or heating agent supply. Such thermal sheets are referred to as multi-passage thermal sheets.The present invention concerns further a heat exchanger having an outer cover, at least two heat transfer modules, at least one of which represents a multi-passage thermal sheet module according to the invention, and feed and discharge lines for a cooling or heating agent supply which are connected with the heat transfer modules, wherein the feed and discharge lines within the outer cover of the heat exchanger are brought together.
US09528759B2
An LNG facility employing an enhanced nitrogen removal system that concentrates the amount of nitrogen in the feed stream to a nitrogen removal unit (NRU) to thereby increase the separation efficiency of the NRU. In one embodiment, the nitrogen removal system comprises a multistage separation vessel operable to separate nitrogen from a cooled natural gas stream. At least a portion of the resulting nitrogen-containing stream exiting the multistage separation vessel can be used as a refrigerant, processed to a nitrogen removal unit, and/or utilized as fuel gas for the LNG facility.
US09528755B2
A refrigeration device has at least one storage chamber, a cold generator which refrigerates the storage chamber, and a regulating unit which regulates the performance of the cold generator and can be switched between an operating state of low average performance in which the performance of the cold generator is regulated in order to maintain the temperature of the storage chamber within a desired range, and an operating state of high average performance of the cold generator in which the temperature of the storage chamber falls below the desired range. A timer is designed to switch the refrigeration device periodically into the operating state of high average performance at times that can be set by the user.
US09528752B2
The present disclosure relates to pressure control in a vegetable room of a refrigerator, and particularly, to a vegetable room of a refrigerator in which pressure is controlled according to vegetable, fruit, and mixture modes. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a vegetable room of a refrigerator in which different pressures are applied according to vegetable, fruit, and mixture modes such that each pressure corresponds to storage conditions of storage items such as vegetable and fruit stored in an airtight state therein, whereby each storage item is maintained with optimal freshness.
US09528751B2
A structure includes an upstanding wall that has a first surface that is located at the exterior of the upstanding wall and a second surface that is located at the interior of the upstanding wall. A free edge of the upstanding wall joins the first surface and the second surface of the upstanding wall. A storage assembly is supported at the free edge of the upstanding wall. The storage assembly includes at least one of a first storage unit that is located at the exterior surface of the upstanding wall and a second storage unit that is located at the interior surface of the upstanding wall.
US09528750B2
A refrigeration device having a first component and a second component, wherein the first component has an elongated seal element in form of a hollow profile to thermally seal the first component against the second component. The seal element also has an elongated materially-rigid first seal base and an elongated materially-elastic first seal head that is attached to the first seal base. At least one open end of the seal element is closed off by a terminating element. The terminating element has a materially-rigid second seal base and a materially-elastic second seal head that is attached to the second seal base. The first seal base and the second seal base are joined to one another.
US09528745B2
Disclosed is a system for and a method of reducing and/or avoiding ice formation inside a cooling space (41) of a refrigerated transport container (1) comprising at least a cooling unit (40) and an evaporator (16) located in the cooling space (41), where the cooling unit (40) comprises at least an intermittently operated compressor (6) operated between a first active state and a second less active state, and wherein the method comprises: reducing and/or avoiding ice formation inside the cooling space (41), when the system is operated at a temperature setpoint where a potential risk of ice build-up on the external surface of the evaporator exists, by altering a cycling of the compressor (6) between the first active state and the second less active state such that the number of melting-refreezing cycles at an external surface of the evaporator is reduced. In this way, ice formation in the cooling space is reduced and/or avoided, which helps to maintain a clean external evaporator surface area and open condensate collection guide(s) (20). This in turn helps to ensure the proper drain off of melting water to outside the container and the persistent proper functioning of the cooling unit.
US09528738B2
The disclosure includes a water tray member receiving raw water for ice-making from a water tank, an ice making unit cooling the raw water received in the water tray member and forming ice, a heating unit heating the raw water received in the water tray member, and a control unit controlling an operation of the heating unit such that the raw water received in the water tray member is heated before the ice making unit cools the raw water in the water tray member. According to the ice maker, the temperature of the raw water received in an ice-making water tray is raised to a preset temperature at the initial stage of an ice making process, thereby preventing the formation of an opaque layer in the central portion of ice.
US09528737B2
An ice making and harvesting apparatus includes a mold, and bottom and top plates. The mold includes a plurality of cells. Each cell includes side walls and defines bottom and top openings. The bottom plate is configured to move relative to a bottom surface of the mold. An upper surface of the bottom plate includes a first sealing component. A bottom side of the mold includes a second sealing component. The second sealing component is configured to form a seal with the first sealing component of the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes an inlet and a plurality of channels. Each channel is configured to supply water from the bottom plate to a corresponding cell of the mold. The top plate includes a plurality of pushing rods, each rod configured to move relative to the top opening of a corresponding cell.
US09528731B2
A solar powered cooling system that obtains a plurality of cooling temperatures in a simultaneous fashion. The system includes a heliostat field, a steam-Rankine cycle (SRC), absorption-refrigeration cycle (ARC), an ejector-refrigeration cycle (ERC) and a cascaded-refrigeration cycle (CRC). The heliostat field directs solar energy to a receiver included in the SRC to heat molten-salt. The heated molten salt transfers heat energy to form vapors of a first refrigerant. A steam turbine transfer the power to drive the vapor compression system (CRC) system and vapor at the turbine exit is fed to the ERC cooling system. The ERC achieves a first cooling temperature range by driving an ejector-nozzle by the vapors of the first refrigerant. The steam turbine drives a first compressor and a second compressor included in the CRC to obtain a second cooling temperature range. A condenser included in the ARC portion condenses the vapors of the first refrigerant to obtain a third cooling temperature range.
US09528729B2
A temperature adjustment device includes: at least one first Peltier unit having a heat absorption surface and a heat release surface; at least one second Peltier unit having a heat absorption surface and a heat release surface; a controller which controls the drive currents of the first Peltier unit and the second Peltier unit; a primary circulation mechanism which circulates a primary refrigerant between a first heat release block and a heat absorption block; at least one second heat release block which has a flow path through which a secondary refrigerant flows, receives heat from the heat release surface of the second Peltier unit and transmits the heat to the secondary refrigerant; a heat exchanger which receives the secondary refrigerant discharged from the second heat release block and releases heat; and a secondary circulation mechanism which circulates the secondary refrigerant between the second heat release block and the heat exchanger.
US09528722B1
A fluid heater for heating fluid at high pressure may comprise a containment vessel with a base portion having a primary face with a peripheral surface section having a substantially frusta-conical shape. The vessel may comprise an elongated main portion having a perimeter wall with a thickness and terminating with a base edge surface. The base edge surface may have a substantially frusta-conical shape such that the base edge surface and the peripheral surface section collectively form a weld receiving groove. A width of the peripheral surface section of the primary face of the base portion may be greater than the thickness of the perimeter wall of the main portion.
US09528715B2
In a demand control ventilation (DCV) system, ID codes of tags worn by occupants are detected in each room by a tag detector and wirelessly communicated to a zonal occupancy compiler. The zonal occupancy count arrived at by the compiler is transmitted to a DCV microprocessor, which interfaces with the ventilation controller of the building's HVAC system and sets the zonal ventilation rate based on the occupancy count and applicable ASHRAE standards.
US09528709B2
An oven appliance including a cabinet having a first wall at least partially defining a cooking chamber configured for receipt of items to be cooked is provided. The oven appliance also includes a lighting system positioned adjacent to an opening defined by the first wall of the cabinet. The lighting system includes an optical feature and a light source positioned outside the cooking chamber and spaced from the opening in the first wall. The optical feature extends between the light source and the opening defined by the first wall to direct light from the light source into the cooking chamber when the lighting system is activated.
US09528707B2
A biomass-burning fireplace assembly with a hopper and an outlet adjacent to the hopper outlet. A fuel metering assembly is adjacent to the hopper outlet and the barrier member. The fuel metering assembly has a fuel metering receptacle that receives the biomass fuel from the hopper. The fuel metering receptacle is moveable relative to the hopper between first and second positions on opposite sides of the barrier member. The barrier member is a physical barrier between the fuel metering receptacle and the hopper outlet when in the second position. A fuel feed assembly receives fuel from the fuel metering receptacle when is in the second position. The fuel feed assembly moves the fuel onto a burn platform assembly coupled to the firebox adjacent to the fuel inlet opening.
US09528706B2
A gas turbine engine can-annular combustion arrangement (10), including: an axial compressor (82) operable to rotate in a rotation direction (60); a diffuser (100, 110) configured to receive compressed air (16) from the axial compressor; a plenum (22) configured to receive the compressed air from the diffuser; a plurality of combustor cans (12) each having a combustor inlet (38) in fluid communication with the plenum, wherein each combustor can is tangentially oriented so that a respective combustor inlet is circumferentially offset from a respective combustor outlet in a direction opposite the rotation direction; and an airflow guiding arrangement (80) configured to impart circumferential motion to the compressed air in the plenum in the direction opposite the rotation direction.
US09528705B2
A trapped vortex fuel injector includes a main body having an annular portion and a semi-annular portion coaxially aligned with the annular portion. The semi-annular portion extends downstream from the annular portion. An inner wall and an opposing outer wall of the main body extend between the annular and semi-annular portions. The annular portion at least partially defines a combustion air flow passage through the trapped vortex fuel injector. The semi-annular portion defines a trapped vortex pre-mix zone downstream from the combustion air flow passage. The main body further defines a fuel circuit that is fully circumscribed within the main body and that extends between the annular portion and the semi-annular portion. A plurality of fuel injection ports provide for fluid communication between the fuel circuit and the trapped vortex pre-mix zone. The main body may be fabricated using an additive manufacturing process.
US09528704B2
A system includes a a combustor cap configured to be coupled to a plurality of mixing tubes of a multi-tube fuel nozzle, wherein each mixing tube of the plurality of mixing tubes is configured to mix air and fuel to form an air-fuel mixture. The combustor cap includes multiple nozzles integrated within the combustor cap. Each nozzle of the multiple nozzles is coupled to a respective mixing tube of the multiple mixing tubes. In addition, each nozzle of the multiple nozzles includes a first end and a second end. The first end is coupled to the respective mixing tube of the multiple mixing tubes. The second end defines a non-round outlet for the air-fuel mixture. Each nozzle of the multiple nozzles includes an inner surface having first and second portions, the first portion radially diverges along an axial direction from the first end to the second end, and the second portion radially converges along the axial direction from the first end to the second end.
US09528696B2
An appliance and a user interface assembly configured to provide a uniform user interface background appearance when features of the user interface are not illuminated are provided. More specifically, an ink may be applied to a component of the user interface assembly such that when light is directed toward the ink to illuminate the features, the light passes through the ink to the user interface and the illuminated features of the user interface are clearly visible against the background of the user interface. However, when light is not directed toward the ink to illuminate the features, the user interface appears to be a substantially opaque, uniform color. Thus, the user interface may have a dead front appearance.
US09528693B2
A lighting device includes a heat sink including a first heat radiation part and a second heat radiation part; a light source module including a substrate disposed on the first heat radiation part, and a light emitting device disposed on the substrate; and a power supply unit which is disposed within the second heat radiation part and supplies power to the light source module. The second heat radiation part includes an inner portion receiving the power supply unit therewithin, an outer portion enclosing the inner portion, and a first receiver disposed between the inner portion and the outer portion. The first heat radiation part includes an upper portion which is disposed on the inner portion of the second heat radiation part and on which the substrate of the light source module is disposed, and a lower portion disposed in the first receiver of the second heat radiation part.
US09528692B2
A compact portable path illuminating light can be coupled to mobility assisting devices such as walking sticks, canes and wheelchairs. A night beacon can automatically illuminate at timed intervals to assist a user in locating the light in the dark. This night beacon can be selectively enabled and disabled by a user. The status of various operating modes of the light are visually confirmed through illumination of several different colored lights.
US09528689B2
A light emitting diode (LED) lighting device includes at least one LED assembly comprising a substrate and two or more LEDs configured to generate light spaced apart along the substrate. A cured structural coating is disposed on at least a portion of the LED assembly, wherein the cured structural coating is configured to maintain the LED assembly in a predetermined shape. The substrate of the LED assembly may comprise an elongated and/or flexible substrate.
US09528687B1
Transmission apparatus for beam expansion are disclosed. A transmission apparatus includes a light source configured to emit an optical signal, a first feature comprising a diffractive element and a reflective element, and a second feature that is substantially aligned with the first feature. The diffractive element is substantially aligned with the light source to receive the optical signal. The second feature includes an inner surface that is partially reflective and partially transmissive. The first feature is located between the light source and the second feature. The diffractive element is configured to diffract the optical signal, the second feature is configured to: (a) reflect a first portion of the diffracted optical signal and (b) transmit a second portion of the diffracted optical signal to a destination balloon; and the second feature is further configured to transmit at least part of the first portion of the diffracted optical signal to the destination balloon.
