US09629289B2
A wire harness includes an electric wire portion in which three electric wires are collected in the same direction, a braided wire which surrounds the outer circumferential side of the electric wire portion in a bundle, and an electric wire holding member which maintains the arrangement of the electric wires about a center axis line of the electric wire portion. The electric wire holding member includes a plurality of braided correction portions which protrudes in the direction of the center axis line from an inner circumferential surface of the outer shape holding portion between two adjacent electric wires of the electric wire portion in the circumferential direction about the center axis line, and is formed so that the braided wire approaches the center axis line in relation to outer circumferential tangential lines connecting conductor portions of the two electric wires in a cross-section perpendicular to the center axis line.
US09629287B2
An electronic display assembly is disclosed herein. An electronic display may be positioned within a housing where the display is cooled by a combination of airflows. A closed loop of isolated gas may be used with an open loop of ambient air which passes through the housing in order to cool the display. Preferably, the closed loop of isolated gas cools the front surface of the display while the open loop of ambient air cools the rear surface of the display. Preferably, the closed loop of isolated gas is not permitted to mix with the open loop of ambient air.
US09629286B2
Thermoelectric-enhanced, rack-level cooling of airflow entering an electronics rack is provided by a cooling apparatus, which includes: an air-to-liquid heat exchanger; a coolant loop coupled to the heat exchanger, the coolant loop including a first loop portion and a second loop portion, where the heat exchanger exhausts heated coolant to the first loop portion and receives cooled coolant from the second loop portion. The cooling apparatus further includes a heat rejection unit and a thermoelectric heat pump(s). The heat rejection unit is coupled to the coolant loop between the first and second loop portions, and provides partially-cooled coolant to the second loop portion. The thermoelectric heat pump is disposed with the first and second loop portions coupled to opposite sides to transfer heat from the partially-cooled coolant within the second loop portion to provide the cooled coolant before entering the air-to-liquid heat exchanger.
US09629280B2
The present invention relates to liquid cooling systems and more particularly to a liquid cooling system for an electrical system on an air-cooled platform. In one embodiment of the invention, a liquid-cooled system for a platform with air cooling includes an electrical system comprising first and second electrical components; a cooling unit comprising an air flow path, a first heat exchanger in the air flow path, and a second heat exchanger in the air flow path downstream of the first heat exchanger; a first liquid loop passing through the first heat exchanger and the first electrical component; and a second liquid loop passing through the second heat exchanger and the second electrical component. The first liquid loop is substantially thermally isolated from the second liquid loop.
US09629278B2
A panel structure is removably connected with a main housing of an electronic device. The panel structure comprises a panel body, two movable members and at least two elastic members. The panel body comprises two fixing parts; each movable member is movably connected with the panel body, and each movable member comprises a pivoting part and a corresponding fixing part, wherein the two movable members are movably apart from each other in a first axial direction such that each movable member is fixed with each fixing part with each corresponding fixing part, making each pivoting part which moves along with each movable member pivotally connected to the main housing. Each elastic member has two ends respectively connected to the movable members and the panel body.
US09629273B2
A display device includes a supporting member, and a display member detachably joined to the supporting member. The display member includes a first case 20, first connecting terminals 23, and a first joint surface 31. The supporting member includes a second case 36, second connecting terminals 38, and a second joint surface 40. The first case 20 has a terminal mounting hole 42 formed. The first connecting terminal 23 is inserted into the terminal mounting hole 42. The first case 20 has a first seal member 47 that seals a gap between the first connecting terminal 23 and the terminal mounting hole 42. The distal end of the first seal member 47 is exposed on the first joint surface 31, comes into contact with the second joint surface 40, and surrounds the distal ends of the first and second connecting terminals 23 and 38 to each other.
US09629270B2
A vehicle data recording unit for installation in a motor vehicle having a housing. Within the housing is an electronic memory and control unit and a battery receptacle for receiving a buffer battery for the memory and control unit. The battery receptacle has a battery compartment delimited by a first stop and a second stop, situated opposite the first stop, for holding a first buffer battery between the first stop and the second stop. To make it easy to use buffer batteries of different physical sizes, a third stop is arranged between the first stop and the second stop, which has a smaller length than the first buffer battery, in the battery compartment between the third stop and the first stop, such that optionally the first buffer battery or the second buffer battery can be held in the battery compartment.
US09629263B2
An apparatus includes a multifunction shelf rotatably coupled to a chassis at one or more pivot points. The chassis includes a sub-chassis mounted in a first end of the chassis and connected to one or more connectors within the chassis. The multifunction shelf includes one or more first lever arms extending away from a pivot point. The multifunction shelf also includes one or more second lever arms, each second lever arm connecting to a first lever arm and extends in a direction at a first angle to the connected first lever arm. The multifunction shelf also includes one or more camming features each coupled to a second lever arm and the sub-chassis. Rotating the one or more first lever arms away from the chassis applies a force through each corresponding camming feature to the sub-chassis to disconnect the sub-chassis from the chassis.
US09629261B2
A unit display screen, a splice display screen and a display device are provided. The unit display screen comprises a display panel and a frame surrounding the display panel, wherein the frame comprises a first frame which includes a first part (21a) and a second part (22a) sequentially in a direction away from the display panel, the second part (22a) protruding towards an outer side of the display panel with respect to the first part (21a) and having a chamber for accommodating a circuit board (41) and a wire (51). The unit display screen can solve the problem of widening the splicing seam in prior art caused by shielding the circuit board and the wire.
US09629260B2
Disclosed herein are a printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same. The printed circuit board according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a base substrate; a through via formed to penetrate through the base substrate; and circuit patterns formed on one side and the other side of the base substrate and formed to be thinner than an inner wall of the through via.
US09629259B1
A disposable apparatus with a plurality of preloaded pins such as solder columns, micro-coil springs, or other cylindrically shaped metallic parts (solder columns, et al.) in an array pattern is provided for aligning and dispensing onto a column grid array (CGA) substrate. The apparatus includes a carrier plate with a pattern of holes that is covered by removable covers to retain, position and hold an array of solder columns, et al. Alignment features on the top of the carrier plate plugs into a jig-alignment fixture or frame that precisely positions the solder columns, et al. over a CGA substrate. After inverting (flipping over) the apparatus and jig-fixture or frame upside down, the payload of solder columns, et al. detaches and transfers by gravity onto a pattern of metal pads on the CGA substrate, without the use of vacuum or vibration.
US09629253B2
Provided are a method for forming a high-definition metal pattern which including the steps of (1) forming a receiving layer on a substrate by coating the substrate with a resin composition including a urethane resin having a weight-average molecular weight of five thousand or more or a vinyl resin and a medium, (2) forming a plating-core pattern on the receiving layer by printing an ink including a particle that serves as a plating core on the receiving layer by reverse offset printing, and (3) depositing a metal on the plating-core pattern by electroless plating, a high-definition metal pattern formed by the above-described method, and an electronic component including the high-definition metal pattern.
US09629237B2
A rollable display device includes a display panel for displaying an image, a printed circuit board connected to an edge of the display panel, and a roller which the display panel is rolled onto or unrolled from. The roller has a cylindrical shape having an inner space, and the printed circuit board is disposed in the inner space.
US09629235B2
Provided is a touch panel including a cover substrate including an active area and an unactive area, and a printing layer on the unactive area. The printing layer has surface roughness in a range of 0.4 μm to 0.6 μm. The printing layer has straightness in a range of ±0.1 μm to ±10 μm.
US09629230B1
A method of controlling e-beam transport where electron bunches with different characteristics travel through the same beam pipe. An RF kicker cavity is added at the beginning of the common transport pipe or at various locations along the common transport path to achieve independent control of different bunch types. RF energy is applied by the kicker cavity kicks some portion of the electron bunches, separating the bunches in phase space to allow independent control via optics, or separating bunches into different beam pipes. The RF kicker cavity is operated at a specific frequency to enable kicking of different types of bunches in different directions. The phase of the cavity is set such that the selected type of bunch passes through the cavity when the RF field is at a node, leaving that type of bunch unaffected. Beam optics may be added downstream of the kicker cavity to cause a further separation in phase space.
US09629224B2
A lighting device may include a tube and end caps located at two ends of the tube, a lighting assembly arranged in the tube, a driver for the lighting assembly, an antenna, and a wireless communication circuit for conducting wireless communication, the antenna being provided in the end cap and the wireless communication circuit being provided in the tube or at least partially provided in the end cap, and one side of the wire communication circuit being connected to the driver and the other side thereof being connected to the antenna.
US09629222B2
A timing circuit may be enabled when a static signal disables communication through a communications bus, the timing circuit producing a threshold level after being enabled for a predetermined time period, and a switch controlled by the timing circuit is configured to disconnect the static signal when the timing circuit produces the threshold level. A static signal may be used to enable a timing circuit upon the static signal disabling communication through a communications bus, and communication may be allowed through the communication bus by disconnecting the static signal using a switch controlled by the timing circuit, after the timing circuit has been enabled for a predetermined period of time.
US09629221B2
An LED fixture comprises: —at least one LED; —an electrical power terminal, electrically connected to the LED, the electrical power terminal for electrically connecting the LED to an LED driver, —a storagedevice for storing datain relation to the LED, and —a data processing device, electrically connected to the storage device for storing data in the storage device and reading data therefrom, the data processing device being arranged and connected for providing data communication via at least one of the electrical power terminal and the LED.
US09629216B2
The disclosure provides an LED tube lamp, comprising a tube, a terminal adapter circuit, a first rectifying circuit, a filtering circuit, an LED lighting module and an anti-flickering circuit. The tube has a first pin and a second pin for receiving an external driving signal. The terminal adapter circuit has two fuses respectively coupled to the first and second pins. The first rectifying circuit is coupled to the first and second pins for rectifying the external driving signal to generate a rectified signal. The filtering circuit is coupled to the first rectifying circuit for filtering the rectified signal to generate a filtered signal. The LED lighting module is coupled to the filtering circuit and the LED lighting module having a LED module, wherein the LED lighting module is configured to receive the filtered signal and generate a driving signal, and the LED module receives the driving signal and lights. The anti-flickering circuit is coupled between the filtering circuit and the LED lighting module, and is configured such that a current higher than a particular anti-flickering current flows through the anti-flickering circuit when a peak value of the filtered signal is higher than a minimum conduction voltage of the LED module.
US09629215B2
An LED tube lamp is disclosed. The LED tube lamp includes a tube, a terminal adapter circuit, a first rectifying circuit, a filtering circuit, an LED lighting module and an anti-flickering circuit. The tube has a first pin and a second pin for receiving an external driving signal. The terminal adapter circuit has two fuses respectively coupled to the first and second pins. The first rectifying circuit is coupled to the first and second pins for rectifying the external driving signal to generate a rectified signal. The filtering circuit is coupled to the first rectifying circuit for filtering the rectified signal to generate a filtered signal. The LED lighting module is coupled to the filtering circuit and the LED lighting module having an LED module, wherein the LED lighting module is configured to receive the filtered signal and generate a driving signal, and the LED module receives the driving signal and emits light. The anti-flickering circuit is coupled between the filtering circuit and the LED lighting module, and a current higher than a set anti-flickering current flows the anti-flickering circuit when a peak value of the filtered signal is higher than a minimum conduction voltage of the LED module.
US09629211B2
A light emitting diode (LED) tube lamp includes a lamp tube; a first external connection terminal coupled to the lamp tube and for receiving an external driving signal; a second external connection terminal coupled to the lamp tube and for receiving an external driving signal; a first rectifier coupled to the first external connection terminal and configured to rectify the external driving signal to produce a rectified signal; a second rectifier coupled to the second external connection terminal for rectifying the external driving signal; a filtering circuit coupled to the first rectifier and the second rectifier and configured to filter the rectified signal to produce a filtered signal; an LED lighting module coupled to the filtering circuit and configured to receive the filtered signal for emitting light; and a first bypass circuit coupled between the first rectifying circuit and the second external connection terminal. The first external connection terminal is an input terminal for the first rectifier and a first node is directly electrically connected to an output terminal for the first rectifier. In addition, the second external connection terminal is an input terminal for the second rectifier and a second node is directly electrically connected to an output terminal for the second rectifier. Further the first bypass circuit includes a first terminal connected to second external connection terminal and a second terminal connected to the first node, and the first bypass circuit is configured such that when the external driving signal is initially input between the first external connection terminal and the second external connection terminal, the first bypass circuit initially conducts current bypassing the LED lighting module to prevent the LED tube lamp from emitting light, until the bypass circuit enters an open-circuit state, allowing a current to flow through the LED lighting module and thereby allowing the LED tube lamp to emit light.
US09629210B2
A control chip of a driving circuit for driving a LED array shares a ground terminal with the LED array so that, without an additional winding, the driving circuit can provide a supply voltage for the control chip, implement a zero-current switching function, and implement an over-voltage protection function. Since no additional windings are needed, the related costs and the size of the driving circuit are decreased.
US09629208B2
Control circuits (1) bring power converters (4) in different modes in response to detection results. The power converters (4) exchange possibly rectified first voltage/current signals with electronic halogen transformers (2) and supply second voltage/current signals to light emitting diode circuits (5). The first current signals have, in different modes, different amplitudes. The different amplitudes have different constant values and/or different derivative values. As a result, the first current signal has become a relatively varying first current signal. Then, the halogen transformers (2) no longer experience problems that occur when smaller amounts of power need to be provided than designed to. The detections may comprise polarity detections of and/or zero-crossing detections in the first voltage signals. The halogen transformers (2) comprise self-oscillating switched mode power supplies designed to provide first amounts of power at their outputs. The light emitting diode circuits 5) are designed to consume second amounts of power smaller than the first amounts.
US09629207B2
Intelligent control of a solid state lamp when coupled to a trailing edge phase cut dimmer switch is provided. On and off cycles of the lamp's power stage switch are enabled during a period when the energy in the bulk capacitor is at its highest levels. During this period a bleeder circuit does not have to be enabled, which results in a greater operational efficiency as compared with normal switching schemes for trailing edge dimmers.
US09629206B1
An isolated buck converter protects inverter switches during non-zero voltage switching and reduces output ripple current by maintaining operation of an output inductor of the isolated buck converter in a continuous current mode. Continuous current mode operation is maintained by various combinations of: shifting the frequency of operation of the inverter switches of the isolated buck converter as a function of output current of the isolated buck converter; employing pulse density modulation to decrease the off time of the isolated buck converter which will decrease the magnitude of the current ripple; and use a step gap core (i.e., a swinging choke) for the output inductor that saturates to a lower value of inductance for high load current and a higher value of inductance at low load current.
US09629193B2
Systems and methods are provided for efficient communication through a fabric network of devices in a home environment or similar environment. For example, an electronic device may efficiently control communication to balance power and reliability concerns, may efficiently communicate messages to certain preferred networks by analyzing Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) packet headers that use an Extended Unique Local Address (EULA), may efficiently communicate software updates and status reports throughout a fabric network, and/or may easily and efficiently join a fabric network.
US09629192B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, device, and system for realizing device to device communication. The communication method includes: acquiring a wireless network temporary identifier used for device to device communication; receiving transmission grant information scrambled through the wireless network temporary identifier used for the device to device communication; and performing the device to device communication according to descrambled transmission grant information. In the present invention, by sending, to the terminal, the wireless network temporary identifier used for performing the device to device communication and the transmission grant information, the terminal may realize the D2D communication according to the wireless network temporary identifier used for performing the device to device communication and the transmission grant information, thereby satisfying a requirement of D2D data transmission between terminals.
US09629190B1
Systems and methods permit a wireless device to receive data wirelessly via an infrastructure wireless network, without physically connecting the wireless device to a computer in order to configure it, and without having an existing infrastructure wireless network for the wireless device to connect to. A remote server hosts a website that permits a user of the wireless device to input via a computer credential data for at least one infrastructure wireless network. The content access point transmits the credential data for the at least one infrastructure wireless network to the wireless device via the ad hoc wireless network, such that, upon receipt of the credential data for the at least one infrastructure wireless network, the wireless device is configured to connect to the at least one infrastructure wireless network.
US09629188B2
A mobile communication method and a mobile station appropriately use equivalent band indicators. The mobile communication method includes: a step of broadcasting, by a radio base station BS, a band indicator indicating a band 19 and an equivalent band indicator indicating bands 5 and B26 overlapping the band 19; and a step of performing, by a mobile station UE, an connection process in a band 5 or B26 when the mobile station is not compatible with the band 19 indicated by the received first band indicator and is compatible with the band 5 or B26 indicated by the received equivalent band indicator.
US09629187B1
A method and system for dynamically selecting call setup procedure based on channel quality. While a wireless communication device (WCD) is being served by a first radio access network (RAN), a network node receives an indication of a communication quality of the at least one channel used by the first RAN to serve the given WCD. Then, the network node selects a call setup procedure for establishing a call to be served by a second RAN based on the received indication of the communication quality of the at least one channel, where the selected call setup procedure comprises the given WCD transitioning to be served with the call by the second RAN. Next, the network node signals to invoke setup of the call using the selected call setup procedure.
US09629185B1
Systems and methods for establishing text communication sessions between wireless mobile devices and emergency call centers are presented herein. The text communications may be established by effectuating changes to a media type specified in session invitation messages, response messages, and/or other messages that are relayed between a given wireless mobile device and an emergency call center.
US09629181B1
A pair of Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) rules are presented that protect an initiator's transmission at the responder, and the responder's transmission at the initiator, using additional fields transmitted in a preamble (header) of a Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (PLCP) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) or in a Media Access Control (MAC) header, if unencrypted and robustly modulated. These techniques enable more parallel/simultaneous transmissions between devices that might otherwise interfere with each other, subject to ensuring an adequate Signal-to-Interference and-Noise Ratio (SINR) for the initiator's transmission at the responder and ensuring an adequate SINR for the responder's transmission at the initiator.
US09629174B2
A method for avoiding a collision between a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission and a device to device (D2D) transmission by a base station (BS) in a communication system supporting a D2D scheme is provided. The method includes determining whether a user equipment (UE) is a legacy UE or a non-legacy UE, determining non-D2D sub-frames which will collide with D2D sub-frames if the UE is the non-legacy UE, determining whether the non-D2D sub-frames are available, and scheduling a new HARQ packet for the UE in the determined non-D2D sub-frames if the determined non-D2D sub-frames are available.
US09629173B2
Herein are described a number of network nodes and methods therein for handling radio resources. The method to be performed by a base station, BS, comprises receiving an Initial Context Setup message from an MME as part of a Service Request procedure, where the Initial Context Setup message comprises information indicating which at least one EPS bearer, out of a number of EPS bearers associated with a UE, that has triggered initiation of the Service Request procedure. The method further comprises deciding whether or not to allocate radio resources for the requested service based on a priority value associated with the at least one indicated EPS bearer; and allocating radio resources for the requested service in accordance with the decision.
US09629170B1
In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for adapting data rate in a communication system. A receiving device receives a data transmission at an initial data rate. The device determines, based on an error rate of the data transmission at the initial data rate, that a first criterion is satisfied for requesting an increase in the data transmission. The device requests that a transmitting device increase the data transmission from the initial data rate to the first subsequent data rate. The device determines, based on an error rate of the data transmission at the first subsequent data rate, whether a second criterion is satisfied for maintaining the first subsequent data rate. The device maintains, if the second criterion is determined to be satisfied, a state of the device for receiving the data transmission at the first subsequent data rate.
US09629169B2
A presence of interference between a first wireless network and a second wireless network is determined. Transmissions in the first wireless network are coordinated with transmissions in the second wireless network to reduce interference between the first wireless network and the second wireless network. Transmissions in the first wireless network are scheduled based on the coordinating to reduce interference between the first wireless network and the second wireless network.
US09629166B2
A method of wireless communication occurs in a frequency band having a first set of resources associated with a first carrier type and a second set of resources associated with a second carrier type. In one configuration, the first carrier type is a new carrier type and the second carrier type is a legacy carrier type. Legacy UEs may only receive signals from the second carrier type. However, new UEs may receive signals from both the first carrier type and the second carrier type. Therefore, to provide backward compatibility while supporting new UEs, an eNodeB may signal support of the first carrier type to a new UE while maintaining signaling with legacy UEs. Additionally, the eNodeB may restrict operations of a UE to the first set of resources or second set of resources.
US09629162B2
The present invention is designed to allow effective use of frequency resources even when a plurality of user terminals of varying capabilities coexist. A radio base station, which communicates with a user terminal by using a plurality of component carriers, has a configuration section that configures a subframe of a first carrier type, which a plurality of user terminals of varying capabilities each can receive, and a subframe of a second carrier type, which part of the plurality of user terminals can receive, in component carriers, and a transmission section that transmits downlink signals to the user terminal by using the first carrier type and the second carrier type, and the configuration section configures the subframe of the first carrier type and the subframe of the second carrier type, on a dynamically changing basis, in at least one of the plurality of component carriers.
US09629159B2
A mobile communication system supports cellular communication in which data communication is performed between a network and a user terminal and D2D communication in which data communication is directly performed among two or more user terminals. The mobile communication system comprises: a cellular communication terminal that is a user terminal that performs the cellular communication; a D2D communication terminal that is a user terminal that performs the D2D communication; and a base station that assigns a radio resource that is used by the cellular communication terminal for the cellular communication. The base station transmits assignment information indicating a radio resource that may possibly be used by the cellular communication terminal from among D2D radio resources available in the D2D communication to the D2D communication terminal.
US09629156B2
A node of a wireless network transmits information to a user equipment over an aggregated carrier that includes a primary carrier having a first set of primary carrier time/frequency resources and a secondary carrier having a second set of secondary carrier time/frequency resources. Synchronization signals and/or reference symbols are transmitted to the user equipment on the secondary carrier less often than on the primary carrier. An indication of when and/or how often the synchronization signals and/or reference symbols will be transmitted to the user equipment on the secondary carrier may also be transmitted to the user equipment over the primary carrier. By transmitting synchronization signals and/or reference symbols to the user equipment on the secondary carrier less often than on the primary carrier, resources of the secondary carrier may be conserved, energy efficiency of the secondary carrier may be increased, and/or interference with other cells may be reduced or prevented.
US09629135B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for a User Equipment (UE) configured to have multiple cells in a DownLink (DL) of a Time Division Duplex (TDD) communication system so as to determine a power of an acknowledgement signal that the UE transmits in a control channel and to determine a number of acknowledgement information bits that the UE multiplexes with data information bits in a data channel. A transmission power of the control signal is determined based on DL Assignment Index (DAI) Information Elements (IEs) in DL Scheduling Assignments (SAs) that the UE detects through multiple transmission time intervals and through the multiple configured DL cells. The number of acknowledgement information bits in the data channel is determined based on a DAI IE of an UpLink (UL) SA associated with the transmission of the data channel.
US09629134B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for assisting in uplink transmission and a base station. The method for assisting in uplink transmission includes: acquiring, by a first base station, auxiliary uplink control information of a user equipment; sending, by the first base station, the auxiliary uplink control information to a second base station; and performing, by the second base station, uplink data scheduling for the user equipment according to the auxiliary uplink control information. Therefore, a problem in which the second base station cannot acquire or correctly demodulate uplink information sent by the user equipment and consequently cannot schedule uplink data from the user equipment is solved.
US09629132B2
The present invention pertains to a method and device for transmitting a control signal, and a method for a terminal to transmit a control signal according to one embodiment of the present invention can comprise: a step for sensing a forced termination in a first subframe during active time; and a step in which if the forced termination is sensed and if, in a second subframe among a pre-set number of subframes after the first subframe, Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) transmission via a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) is set, and if neither one among Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback transmission and Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission is set in the second subframe, the CQI transmission is executed via the PUCCH. The embodiment of the present invention enables power consumption by the terminal to be reduced.
US09629131B2
Technology to provide is disclosed. In an example, a user equipment (UE) can include computer circuitry configured to: receive a manifest file for an HTTP adaptive stream from a node; identify an energy characterization in the manifest file for a plurality of representations for a selected period; select a representation for the selected period having a desired energy characterization; and request segments from the node that are in the representation having the desired energy characterization.
US09629117B2
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for wireless position determination. According to an example embodiment, location determination of a mobile device may be performed by network elements using RSSI and/or RCPI of a mobile device measured beacon from each of a plurality of access point devices. Location determination of a mobile device may be performed by network elements using WiFi Timing Measurement Action Frames to enable receiving the location of the mobile device, derived from flight times of respective signals over a plurality of the signal paths for a plurality of access point devices connected in a common network. Location determination may be performed by a mobile device using WiFi Timing Measurement Request Frames to enable receiving the location of the mobile device, derived from flight times of signal paths for a plurality of access point devices that are not connected in a common network.
US09629115B2
A method of handling minimization of drive tests, hereafter called MDT, measurement for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes registering to a first public land mobile network, and maintaining MDT measurement configuration when the UE registers to a second public land mobile network belonging to an operator as the first public land mobile network is, or the UE is in coverage of the first public land mobile network but registering to no public land mobile network.
US09629106B2
A method and a user equipment (UE) for receiving a power headroom report in a wireless access system that supports a carrier aggregation are discussed. The method according to an embodiment includes transmitting by an eNB to a UE an uplink transmission grant allocating uplink resources on a predetermined subframe in an anchor uplink component carrier (UL CC); and receiving the power headroom report by the eNB from the UE. The power headroom report includes a power headroom value for the anchor UL CC, when the eNB has configured the UE for a simultaneous physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. The method further includes reporting the power headroom value to a base station. The power headroom value is calculated.
US09629105B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for reporting power headroom of a user equipment (UE). It is determined whether a simultaneous physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission is configured. First power headroom information and second power headroom information are, if the simultaneous PUCCH and PUSCH transmission is configured. The first power headroom information and the second power headroom information are simultaneously transmitted to a base station. The first power headroom information is obtained by subtracting a PUSCH transmit power from a maximum UE transmit power in a subframe, and the second power headroom information is obtained by subtracting a PUCCH transmit power and the PUSCH transmit power from the maximum UE transmit power in the subframe.
US09629103B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for controlling an uplink transmission power in wireless communication system. Information is received indicating a reference downlink carrier among a plurality of downlink carriers for measuring a pathloss. The pathloss of the indicated reference downlink carrier is measured. A transmit power control (TPC) command is received. The uplink transmission power is determined based on the TPC command and the measured pathloss. Data is transmitted using the determined uplink transmission power.
US09629089B2
Method and apparatus for optimizing power consumption of a terminal in a mobile communication system
The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for optimizing the power consumption of a terminal in a mobile communication system. The method for optimizing power consumption of a terminal in a mobile communication system comprises: a determination step of determining whether there is a need for changing a configuration for a discontinuous reception operation of the terminal; and a transmission step of transmitting, to a base station, a request message for a change in the discontinuous reception operation, if it is determined that the change is needed.
US09629084B2
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) stops discontinuous reception (DRX) timers that are running and that are related to uplink and/or downlink transmissions during a DRX time period. The WTRU stops the DRX timers in response to receiving a medium access control (MAC) control element signal from an eNode-B.
US09629082B2
Disclosed is a radio communication system wherein radio terminals can communicate using a plurality of component carriers having different frequencies. The communication system has a reception start timing control means for commonly controlling the cycle of reception start timing for predetermined channels in at least some of the component carriers assigned to the radio terminals; and a reception control means for controlling the reception interval of said predetermined channels, said reception intervals being started at the reception start times in at least some of the component carriers assigned to the radio terminals.
US09629073B2
Provided is a method for communicating with another device through a first device. The communication method includes: receiving a discovery request message including information regarding a mode of a second device; transmitting a discovery response message including information regarding a mode of a first device; receiving a gateway change request message for requesting mode switching to a combined mode from the second device; transmitting a gateway change response message with a result for the requesting to the second device; and changing the mode of the first device to the combined mode if the first device accepts the requesting, wherein the combined mode is a mode in which the first device operates as both a gateway of a first network and a member of a second network simultaneously.
US09629069B2
A communication device serving as a base station configured to notify a mobile station of a warning or an upper device of the base station includes a controller configured to shut down the warning, notified from the base station based on warning information, upon determining the congestion condition of the base station, and a communication part configured to transmit the information regarding a shutdown of warning. Herein, the controller compares a first threshold with a resource usage rate or the amount of resources in the base station, thus determining the congestion condition of the base station. Additionally, the controller compares a second threshold with the warning information so as to determine a shutdown of warning. The second threshold can be set based on the resource usage rate or the type of the base station.
US09629064B2
A mobile content management system includes a plurality of distributed beacon transmitters, each configured to continuously broadcast messages including a URL, the URL having a host domain address and an identifier unique to the respective beacon embedded therein. Client devices proximate to one or more of the beacons, and having appropriate browser applications executed thereon, are able to receive the broadcast messages and subsequently transmit content requests to the host server associated with the URL. The host server is further configured to identify the beacon from the unique identifier, and return an appropriate destination URL to the client device for user selection, at which point the browser may for example be redirected to a content server associated with the destination URL for content presentation. The system may further include a hosted and administrator-facing web portal wherein at least destination URLs associated with the respective beacons may be remotely designated.
US09629062B2
A method of routing calls from a mobile unit to a destination location can include registering the mobile unit with a wireless adjunct, wherein the wireless adjunct is in communication with a switching unit and a packet based network and is operable to receive data from the switching unit and place the data, in packetized form, on the packet based network. The method can further include responding to a call setup request from the mobile unit and querying a subscriber database to determine if the mobile unit is a resident or a guest. If the mobile unit is a resident, communications data can be routed from the mobile unit through the switching unit to a first destination location. If the mobile unit is a guest, communications data can be routed from the mobile unit through an RF source to a second destination location.
US09629061B2
A wireless communication access path exists between an ingress station and an egress station. A logical communication tunnel is established between the ingress and egress stations directly or through any number of intermediate relay stations to handle session flows of PDUs. As PDUs arrive, the ingress station may determine and add information bearing on an identified QoS associated with the PDU to the PDUs before they are delivered to the downstream egress station(s) or intermediate relay station(s). The information may be used by the downstream stations to schedule the PDUs for further delivery. The information may also be used by the egress station to schedule the PDUs for delivery.
US09629059B2
A registration method, intercommunication method, handover method for a mobile node and a network element are provided. The intercommunication method for a mobile node includes: after an enhanced mobile access gateway receives a data packet transmitted by the mobile node to a peer node for the first time, if the enhanced mobile access gateway provides an ePMIP service to the mobile node, the enhanced mobile access gateway judging whether a peer mobile access gateway to which the peer mobile node is currently attached provides an ePMIP service to the peer mobile node, and if so, forwarding the data packet in an ePMIP manner, and creating a local forwarding entry to instruct a subsequent packet to be forwarded in the ePMIP manner, and if not, forwarding the data packet in a PMIP manner, and creating a local forwarding entry to instruct a subsequent packet to be forwarded in the PMIP manner.
US09629050B2
A method of cell detection, for a user equipment, UE, of a first cell, wherein the first cell operates on a first frequency, from a second cell, wherein UE is served by the second cell, and the second cell operates on a second frequency different form the first frequency, is disclosed. The method comprises performing cell detection on the first frequency while the UE is associated with the second cell on the second frequency; detecting at least one cell identification, ID, candidate on the first frequency; determining whether verification of cell ID is to be done prior or after a predetermined event has occurred; and if it is determined that verification is to be done after the predetermined event, postponing the verification and performing the verification after the predetermined event has occurred. Methods of cell identification and handover are also disclosed. A communication apparatus and a computer program are also disclosed.
US09629048B2
The present invention relates to a method for processing information between mobile communication systems in order to prevent the degradation of user-experienced performance when different types of mobile communication networks are used. The method for processing information at user equipment (UE) to improve user-experienced performance of a mobile communication system includes performing a data communication through a first network and receiving, from a policy server, a routing policy including a validity condition which is information about a condition of designating a UE status for handover. The method further includes, in the handover, if a searched second network satisfies the validity condition, performing the data communication through the second network. Accordingly, a network for data transmission can be selected using a routing policy created in consideration of a UE status or a network status, thereby enhancing user-experienced performance.
US09629042B2
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include populating a neighbor list including one or more neighbors for a cell radio using neighbor information gathered for the cell radio; receiving a detected set measurement report from a user equipment (UE), wherein the measurement report includes, at least in part, one or more primary scrambling codes (PSCs) for one or more other neighbors detected by the UE; and updating the neighbor list to include one or more of the other neighbors based, at least in part, on whether any of the one or more PSCs received in the measurement report are included in the previously gathered neighbor information.
US09629039B2
The present invention relates to a radio access arrangement for operating a radio cell (C), and comprising at least one wireless transceiver (210) configured to set up and operate radio communication channels with mobile devices. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the radio access arrangement further comprises speed determination logic (240) configured to characterize a particular mobile device (320) as belonging to a high-speed or lower-speed category (HS; LS) according to speed information of the particular mobile device, and a radio resource controller (250) configured to assign a particular radio communication channel, for communication with the particular mobile device, within a first or second disjoint radio resource partition of the radio cell (B_DL1; B_UL1; B_DL2; B_UL2) if the particular mobile device is characterized as belonging to the lower-speed or high-speed category. The radio access arrangement further comprises a transmit power controller (213) configured to control a transmit power used for communication over the particular radio communication channel as being lower than a first or second substantially higher maximum transmit power level (PTXMAX_DL1; PTXMAX_UL1; PTAX_MAX_DL2; PTXMAX_UL2) if the particular radio communication channel is assigned within the first or second radio resource partition respectively, thereby yielding a long-reach radio coverage area (340) for high-speed mobile devices and a shorter-reach radio coverage area (330) for lower-speed mobile devices. The present invention also relates to a method for operating a radio cell, and to a method for configuring radio resources of radio cells.
US09629034B1
A method and system to help avoid a failed eCSFB call setup in the presence of handover. While a WCD is being served by a base station of a first network, the base station may detect both a fallback trigger and a handover trigger. The fallback trigger may be a trigger to initiate a fallback setup procedure, where the fallback setup procedure involves execution of a sequence of steps including a particular step. The handover trigger may be a trigger to initiate a handover procedure. The base station determines that the handover trigger was detected before execution of the particular step of the fallback setup procedure. Responsive to determining that the handover trigger was detected before execution of the particular step, the base station (a) foregoes the fallback setup procedure and (b) transmits to the WCD a message directing the WCD to establish communication with the second network.
US09629032B2
A method for user relocation triggered by a Home NodeB Gateway (HGW) is provided, which comprises steps of: transmitting, by the HGW, a relocation request message to a Home NodeB (HNB) to which a User Equipment (UE) belongs; triggering, by the HNB, a relocation procedure to relocate the UE to another NodeB; and transmitting, by the HNB, a relocation response message corresponding to the relocation request message to the HGW. With the present invention, it is possible in a HNB system to implement a UE relocation triggered by a HGW for new scenarios. This scheme enhances the Iu-h interface and facilitates the improvement of service quality of users. Additionally, it is capable of providing users with continuous services in different scenarios. The present method is easy to implement and effective in improving the stability and performance of HNB system.
US09629028B2
Techniques for aggregating heterogeneous carriers in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A mobile device may receive a configuration for aggregating a plurality of component carriers including one or more cellular carriers and a wireless local area network (WLAN) carrier. The one or more cellular carriers may include LTE carriers, and aggregation may be performed at a sub-IP protocol layer of operation. In one aspect, protocol entities may be modified to perform quality of service determinations, carrier selection, traffic mapping, or the like, in view of the different capabilities and characteristics of the heterogeneous carriers in the carrier aggregation configuration.
US09629021B2
In a user equipment of a wireless communication system, a method for signal transmission and reception may include: sending a request for a Circuit Switched voice network (CS) service to a Gateway Mobile Switching Center (GMSC) to send and receive data to and from a second user equipment; and receiving a call reject response corresponding to the service request from the GMSC, wherein the call reject response is sent by an entity in a core network of the second user equipment. According to an embodiment, it is possible to provide a suitable service to a sender terminal making a CS service request to a receiver terminal having subscribed only to a PS service without increasing network load.
US09629017B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for performing operations of an eNB and a UE to effectively use a minimization of drive test (MDT) technology in a mobile communication system. The present invention provides a method for transmitting/receiving MDT measurement information of an eNB in a mobile communication system, the method comprising the steps of: configuring an MDT in a UE; collecting MDT measurement information from the UE; determining whether enhanced inter-cell interference coordination (eICIC) is configured in the UE in which the MDT is configured, and, when the eICIC is configured in the UE, reporting indication information indicating that the MDT measurement information is affected by the eICIC together with the MDT measurement information.
US09629011B2
A system for testing a base station apparatus includes a circuit board frame including a plurality of interfaces for a plurality of testing modules, and a central processing circuitry. The plurality of testing modules is detachably attachable to the interfaces, and each testing module comprises hardware that is configured to connect a determined interface of the base station apparatus and a reprogrammable processing circuitry. The central processing circuitry is configured to detect testing modules attached to the circuit board frame, determine a testing program to execute, and to program reprogrammable processing circuitries of the detected testing modules to execute testing functions of the testing program.
US09629008B2
A monitoring device for a distributed antenna system including at least two node units communicatively coupled to each other transmits, to at least one target node unit among the node units, a data dump command for a first target signal passing through a first signal path in the target node unit. The monitoring device receives, from the target node unit, response data corresponding to the data dump command. The monitoring device generates first quality information indicative of the quality of the first target signal by using the response data.
US09629004B2
Techniques for indication of wireless signal quality are described. According to various implementations, attributes of a wireless signal are detected and processed to ascertain a quality of the wireless signal. Based on an ascertained signal quality, indicia of the signal quality can be exposed. For instance, an indication of wireless signal quality is communicated to an application and/or service that manages communication of media data. According to one or more embodiments, an application/service may perform one or more actions based on the indication of signal quality, such as a procedure to improve signal quality, a procedure to optimize wireless performance, and so forth.
US09629002B2
The present invention relates to a method of saving PLMN (public land mobile network) information of a user equipment in a wireless communication system and apparatus therefor. In particular, the present invention includes the step of determining a selected PLMN among at least one PLMN (public land mobile network), detecting a connection problem for the selected PLMN, and if the connection problem is detected, saving an information on the selected PLMN.
US09628996B2
Disclosed herein are a spectrum sensing apparatus and method for a cognitive radio (CCR) network in a non-Gaussian noise environment and an FC apparatus and CCR system using the same. The cooperative cognitive radio (CCR) system includes M cognitive radios (CRs), and a fusion center (FC). Each of the M CRs samples a baseband signal obtained by down-converting a radio signal detected in the corresponding frequency spectrum, and generates spectrum sensing information (SSI) indicating that a PU signal has been detected based on the results of the sampling. The FC determines a joint threshold λFC that can maximize an expected average throughput of a secondary user (SU) signal in a given communication environment including a maximum interference condition, calculates a joint test statistic from received M pieces of SSI, and determines whether the PU signal is present by comparing the calculated joint test statistic with the joint threshold.
US09628990B2
Embodiments of a mobile device and method for secure on-line sign-up and provisioning of credential for Wi-Fi hotspots using SOAP-XML techniques are generally described herein. Techniques for subscription remediation using SOAP-XML techniques are also generally described herein. In some embodiments, the mobile device may be configured to establish a transport-layer security (TLS) session with a sign-up server through a Wi-Fi Hotspot to receive a certificate of the sign-up server. When the certificate is validated, the mobile device may be configured to exchange device management messages with the sign-up server to sign-up for a Wi-Fi subscription and provisioning of credentials, and retrieve a subscription management object (MO) that includes a reference to the provisioned credentials for storage in a device management tree.
US09628981B2
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for managing (mutual authorization with a SIM, secure communication, channel formation, application and data issuance, etc.) an embedded SIM (eSIM or eUICC) by generating and extraditing a security domain using GlobalPlatform technology in which authorized management privilege and delegated management privilege functions are implemented.
US09628971B2
A gateway device is enabled to initiate sending of push notifications to an associated device. The push notifications can be sent even when a gateway device related application is not running on the device. The push notifications can also be sent to the device whenever it has internet connectivity, even if the internet connectivity is not being provided by the gateway device hotspot. In an embodiment, a mobile access gateway system can receive a notification from the gateway device that is directed to another device. The mobile access gateway system can determine whether or not the gateway device and the other device are related to each other and then instruct a push notification server to send the device a push notification.
US09628964B2
The present invention relates to communications systems incorporating peripheral devices such as a push-to-talk (PTT) or similar and interface cables to connect these to a headset and/or a communication device such as a man worn two-way radio, vehicle intercom system, mobile phone, etc. In particular, the invention relates to such interface cable having an integrated functionality. The basic idea of the invention is to use an interface between a first and a second device in a voice communication system, which interface is specific to the second device and holds digital information allowing the first device to identify or adapt to the second device. This allows the first device to automatically adapt its settings and/or functionality to, and thus to function with, several different second devices without any need for updating, re-configuration, or user intervention. Thus the first device can be hot swapped or hot plugged with different second devices simply by using a cable specific to each particular second device.
US09628956B1
This application relates to reporting and monitoring a location of a mobile device. Disclosed is an attendance recording service in which when an employee requests attendance recording using a mobile application installed in a smartphone, the smartphone communicates with a server and records clock-in and clock-out of the employee. When the employee selects an attendance recording request button from the mobile application, an analysis is made as to whether the employee is positioned in a workplace, and clock-in or clock-out of the employee is recorded only when it is determined that the employee is positioned in the workplace, thereby maintaining reliable attendance recording.
US09628952B2
A wireless communications network may include multiple nodes, one of which is selected as a master node. The nodes may take turns broadcasting respective packets according to a predetermined broadcast schedule. During any given broadcast iteration, each node may broadcast a packet while the other remaining nodes receive the broadcast packet in parallel. In response to receiving the broadcast packet, each node may be configured to obtain desired estimated timing values. The estimated timing values may be transmitted back to the master node for use in computing time-of-flight information. Frequency-synchronization operations may be periodically performed to help reduce timing errors. The time-of-flight information, along with other location-based metrics, may be used in determining the relative positions of the multiple nodes in the network.
US09628949B2
An aspect includes providing distributed data in a close proximity notification system using a transceiver that includes an antenna and a processing device. The processing device includes a memory for storing instructions that when executed by the processing device result in the transceiver: discovering wireless mobile devices within a proximity range of the transceiver; initiating communication between the transceiver and one or more of the wireless mobile devices; exchanging data with the one or more of the wireless mobile devices, the exchanging including receiving a request for information from one of the one or more of the wireless mobile devices; based on receiving the request for information, identifying a retrieval location of at least a subset of the requested information; and transmitting the at least subset of the information or an identifier of the retrieval location to the wireless mobile device.
US09628940B2
A mobile communication device for application-based class identification is provided with a wireless module and a controller module. The wireless module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from a service network. The controller module determines a class of a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) application, and determines a priority level corresponding to the class of the M2M application. Also, the controller module initiates the M2M application via the wireless module according to at least one M2M parameter corresponding to the priority level.
US09628937B2
In an approach for determining an unauthorized device, a computer receives detection information from a computing device, wherein the detection information includes a broadcast transmission from one or more devices. The computer creates a state trajectory map based on the received detection information, wherein the state trajectory map identifies connections between at least the computing device and a first device of the one or more devices and the computing device and a second device of the one or more devices. The computer one or more anomalies within the created state trajectory map. The computer determines an unauthorized device based on the determined one or more anomalies.
US09628932B2
The invention relates to a method for processing a multichannel sound in a multichannel sound system, wherein the input signals L and R are decoded, preferably as stereo signals. The aim of the invention is to develop the method such that a further improvement of the spatial reproduction of the input signals L and R is achieved on the basis of an extraction of direction components. According to the invention, this is achieved in that the signals R and L are decoded at least into two signals of the form nL-mR, in which n, m=1, 2, 3, 4.
US09628929B2
An acoustic sensor system has an acoustic sensor with a cavity, a cavity leakage, and a cavity pressure. The acoustic sensor system further has a test controller coupled to the acoustic sensor that causes a change in the cavity pressure. A response of the acoustic sensor to the change in the cavity pressure is used to measure the cavity leakage.
US09628927B2
An audio interface circuit including a processor, an audio jack, a first filter circuit, a second filter circuit, a first clamp circuit, a second clamp circuit, a third filter circuit, and a fourth filter circuit is provided. A first clamp circuit and a second clamp circuit between a third and fourth electrodes and a processor, so that the third and fourth electrodes are allowed to be coupled to a microphone.
US09628924B2
A hearing assistance system includes one or more hearing aids capable of wireless communication and an antenna assembly external to the one or more hearing aids for improving performance of the wireless communication. In various embodiments, the antenna assembly includes one or more fabric patches configured to be worn by a hearing aid user to function as an antenna or an antenna reflector. In various embodiments, the one or more fabric patches are integrated with a garment worn by the hearing aid user.
US09628920B2
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of operating a voltage generator includes providing a bypass switch to bypass a ripple filter coupled to a power converter. A coupling capacitor includes a first plate and a second plate. The first plate is coupled to a control node of the bypass switch. A bypass control signal is received. The control node of the bypass switch is toggled between a first voltage to a second voltage different from the first voltage by toggling the second plate of the coupling capacitor based on the bypass control signal.
US09628918B2
A semiconductor device includes a microphone module implemented on a first semiconductor die and a signal processing module implemented on a second semiconductor die. The microphone module includes a movable microphone element arranged at a main side of the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die is mounted to the main side of the first semiconductor die.
US09628915B2
A circuit design for a portable audio data processing and high fidelity playback device having a multi-core digital signal micro-processor, embedded with a set of digital audio CODECs for encoding and decoding 24 bit audio data in any current format, being mounted onto said PCB board. A set of differential operational audio amplifiers is powered independently with a dual power supply management circuit having a set of low-noise linear regulators.
US09628911B2
An automated process for equalizing an audio system and an apparatus for implementing the process. An audio system includes a microphone unit, for receiving the sound waves radiated from a plurality of speakers, acoustic measuring circuitry, for calculating frequency response measurements; a memory, for storing characteristic data of the loudspeaker units and further for storing the frequency response measurements; and equalization calculation circuitry, for calculating an equalization pattern responsive to the digital data and responsive to the characteristic data of the plurality of loudspeaker units. Also described is an automated equalizing system including a acoustic measuring circuitry including a microphone for measuring frequency response at a plurality of locations; a memory, for storing the frequency responses at the plurality of locations; and equalization calculation circuitry, for calculating, from the frequency responses, an optimized equalization pattern.
US09628909B2
In accordance with methods and systems of the present disclosure, a mobile device may include an enclosure adapted such that the enclosure is readily transported by a user of the mobile device, a speaker associated with the enclosure for generating sound, and a controller within the enclosure, communicatively coupled to the speaker. The controller may be configured to receive a signal from the speaker, the signal induced at least in part by sound incident on the speaker other than sound generated by the speaker and process the signal.
US09628908B2
A sound collection method and an electronic device are disclosed. The method is applicable to an electronic device that includes an image acquisition unit and an audio collection unit. The method includes determining a focus object when the image acquisition unit is acquiring images; obtaining a position relationship information between the focus object and the image acquisition unit based on the focus object; obtaining a first direction information based on the position relationship information; and controlling the audio collection unit to collect the sound from a sound source corresponding to the first direction based on the first direction information.
US09628903B2
An electro-acoustic transducer is provided that comprises a diaphragm and a magnet assembly comprising a magnet and a back plate. The back plate comprises at least one first vent. The diaphragm generates sound during a movement of the diaphragm relative to the back plate. The transducer further comprises a printed circuit board comprising at least one second vent and a cavity between the printed circuit board and the back plate that separates the at least one first vent from the at least one second vent.
US09628897B2
An hearing protection device is provided. The hearing protection device can include a speaker to relay sounds, such as conversations, to the user of the hearing protection. The hearing protection device can include an electronics package that can filter out undesirable sounds, such as to improve the user's ability to hear conversations around them while still protecting the user's ears.
US09628894B2
An audio entertainment system for a vehicle includes a primary audio entertainment source to play a primary audio program and a secondary audio entertainment source to play a secondary audio program. The system has a plurality of front speakers, a left rear speaker, and a right rear speaker. A headphone set is for private listening by a rear seat passenger to the secondary audio program. The headphone set is selectably connectable to the secondary audio entertainment source. The system has a normal mode and a selectable enhanced rear seat entertainment mode. In the enhanced mode, an output sound power frequency spectrum of the rear speakers is automatically adjustable by frequency band to reduce audible interference between the primary program and the secondary program as audibly detected by the rear seat passenger while minimizing a disturbance to the primary audio program audibly detectable at the front seat row.
US09628893B2
A headset includes at least one earpiece, at least one speaker coupled to the at least one earpiece, at least one sensor, and control circuitry. The at least one sensor, in operation, detects whether the at least one earpiece is abutting at least one ear of a person and outputs at least one sensor signal indicating whether the at least one earpiece is abutting the at least one ear of the person. The control circuitry, in operation, receives the at least one sensor signal from the at least one sensor, and causes at least one control signal to be provided to an external device responsive to detecting at least one change in a state of the at least one sensor signal from the at least one sensor. The at least one control signal is configured to cause the external device to pause or un-pause playing of content.
US09628890B2
Fibers may be intertwined to form structures for electronic devices and other parts. Fibers may be intertwined using computer-controlled braiding, weaving, and knitting equipment. Binder materials may be selectively incorporated into the intertwined fibers. By controlling the properties of the intertwined fibers and the patterns of incorporated binder, structures can be formed that include antenna windows, sound-transparent and sound-blocking structures, structures that have integral rigid and flexible portions, and tubes with seamless forked portions. Fiber-based structures such as these may be used to form cables and other parts of headphones or other electronic device accessories, housings for electronic devices such as housings for portable computers, and other structures.
US09628884B2
An electro-acoustic transducer includes a cone, a voice coil connected to the cone, and magnetic circuit that defines a gap within which the voice coil is disposed. The magnetic circuit is configured for creating magnetic flux across the gap for the voice coil to interact with, thereby to drive motion of the cone. A conductor is included for providing an input signal to the voice coil. A first portion of the conductor is fixedly secured to the magnetic circuit such that the first portion of the conductor does not move relative to the magnetic circuit while the cone is in motion.
US09628882B2
A sound apparatus is disclosed. The sound apparatus includes a body, a bracket coupled to a lower portion of a rear surface of the body, a plurality of upper links, one end of each of the upper links being hinge-coupled to the bracket, a middle frame hinge-coupled to the other end of each of the upper links, a plurality of lower links, one end of each of the lower links being hinge-coupled to the middle frame, and at least one speaker module hinge-coupled to the other end of each of the lower links to vertically move according to rotational movement of the upper links and the lower links, wherein a direction of rotation of the upper link is opposite to a direction of rotation of the lower links, and the middle frame moves in a lateral direction during the rotational movement of the upper links and the lower links.
US09628876B2
A mobile monitoring device and related systems and methods for monitoring a condition to which an object is exposed are disclosed. The monitoring device includes a sensor module for monitoring the condition and periodically producing sensor module data relating to the condition and a microcontroller. The microcontroller includes a sensor data component for receiving the sensor module data from the sensor module and a first transceiver component for receiving network manager data from a local network manager local to the monitoring device. The microcontroller further includes an associator component for comparing the network manager data with the sensor module data and, if the network manager data approximates the sensor module data, establishing an association with the local network manager.
US09628871B1
One system herein is operable in a COD environment and includes an audience profiler that generates user profiles based on the demographic characteristics of users selecting COD content to identify a user based on a subsequent COD content selection. An ADS tracks impressions of assets in COD content selections, detects the subsequent COD content selection, and selects from the assets for insertion into that COD content selection. The ADS also processes the user profile of the user to exclude a first portion of the assets from insertion into the subsequent COD content selection. The ADS also excludes a second portion of the assets from insertion into the subsequent COD content selection based on the tracked impressions. The ADS also ranks remaining assets, and directs a COD content provider to insert the ranked assets according to the ranking and a number of available time slots in the subsequent COD content selection.
US09628870B2
A tile processor is configured to analyze sensor data to identify the at least one viewer and to generate tile configuration data in response to the identification of the at least one viewer that indicates a tiled partitioning of a screen display into a plurality of tiled regions. An A/V player generates tiled display data for display of the at least video program on a display device in accordance with the tile configuration data.
US09628866B2
A distribution control system includes a generating unit configured to generate video frame data and sound frame data from content data; a first converting unit configured to convert the video frame data into first transmission data to be transmitted through a communication network by encoding the video frame data; a second converting unit configured to convert the sound frame data into second transmission data to be transmitted through the communication network by encoding the sound frame data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the first transmission data to a first communication terminal connected to the communication network and transmits the second transmission data to a second communication terminal connected to the communication network.
US09628864B2
An interactive television system is provided in which targeted messages may be sent to users. The interactive television system may use an interactive television program guide or other interactive applications to provide interactive television services to users. An e-mail or other messaging application may be used to receive the messages. The messaging application may be separate from the program guide or other interactive television application or may be part of the program guide or other interactive television application. Messages may be targeted based on the television channels to which the user subscribes or based on which settings the user has established in the program guide or other application or based on any other suitable criteria.
US09628857B2
An Internet Protocol television system includes a set-top box that receives requests to display video streams being transmitted to a household. In response to the request, the set-top box provides a list of the video streams to a display device. The list includes options to terminate transmission of one or more of the streams. This allows a user to determine which video streams should be transmitted when bandwidth limitations are reached.
US09628853B2
An electronic device uses one antenna to wirelessly communicate information with two different wireless networks via concurrent connections associated with different radio access technologies. More specifically, the electronic device may receive video via a first of the connections using a multicast communication protocol. In order to maintain the second connection, the electronic device may switch, for a time interval, from the first connection to the second connection during switching events. This switching can disrupt displayed content associated with the video. To prevent this disruption, in response to a trigger that warns of an upcoming switching event, the electronic device accesses a portion of the video in a buffer during the time interval associated with the switching event. When the communication circuit switches back to the first connection after the switching event, the electronic device reverts to the video communication using the multicast communication protocol.
US09628849B2
Systems and methods are described for aggregating media content from multiple sources for viewing on a local display or for placeshifting to a remote display. The aggregation system responds to instructions received from a remote device via the digital network to provide the video output incorporating the media content received from any of the media sources to the locally-connected display. The media aggregation system also simultaneously provides a placeshifted video stream to the remote device via the digital network that incorporates media content received from any of the plurality of media sources selected in response to the instructions received from the remote device.
US09628848B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor that includes a memory and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller can be programmed to receive media content from a set top box where the set top box is a separate device from the media processor and where the media content includes video content. The controller can also be programmed to receive supplemental content from a mobile communication device where the supplemental content is based on reading of a two dimensional bar code by the mobile communication device, and where the supplemental content comprises an image. The controller can further be programmed to generate augmented content by overlaying the supplemental content with the media content and to provide the augmented content to a display device for presentation.
US09628845B2
A method and device for associating a remote with a component. The method and system may include receiving a control command from the remote. Upon receiving the control command, an identification signal may be transmitted to a display. The identification signal may include information for identifying the component. The remote may be associated with the component based on the identification signal.
US09628844B2
This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining an audience's state or interest using passive sensor data. The techniques receive sensor data that measures an audience during presentation of a media program. The techniques, based on this sensor data, then determine a state or interest of the audience members during the media program.
US09628843B2
A system for controlling infrared (IR) enabled devices by projecting coded IR pulses from an active illumination depth camera is described. In some embodiments, a gesture recognition system includes an active illumination depth camera such as a depth camera that utilizes time-of-flight (TOF) or structured light techniques for obtaining depth information. The gesture recognition system may detect the performance of a particular gesture associated with a particular electronic device, determine a set of device instructions in response to detecting the particular gesture, and transmit the set of device instructions to the particular electronic device utilizing coded IR pulses. The coded IR pulses may imitate the IR pulses associated with a remote control protocol. In some cases, the coded IR pulses transmitted may also be used by the active illumination depth camera for determining depth information.
US09628836B1
Methods and apparatus are provided for automatically removing erroneously logged commercials from a listing of commercials that are detected in a video data stream by performing automatic content recognition on the video data stream and detecting the identity of each of the commercials played in a commercial break, temporarily logging the identity and start and end time of each detected commercial in a log of played commercials, forming clusters from commercials that overlap in time and have related content, or have significant overlap in time, forming permutations of commercial break timelines from the detected commercials, ranking the timelines based on best fit criteria and selecting the best fit timeline, permanently logging only the commercials in the best fit timeline, and removing the remaining commercials from the temporary log. The remaining logged commercials are presumed to be either erroneously identified commercials or properly identified commercials with erroneous start and end times.
US09628834B2
Playback of motion video is presented. A method may comprise requesting streaming of a specific motion video sequence from a storage device to a playback device, streaming motion video data of the requested motion video sequence, displaying the streamed motion video data as the streamed motion video data is received, and sending a request of change of playback speed to the data storage device. In response to the request, decoding, in the data storage device, motion video data from a temporal position in the specific motion video sequence that has not yet been streamed to the playback device, compressing, in respect of time, the decoded motion video data, encoding the compressed motion video data using an encoding scheme corresponding to an encoding scheme used to encode the specific motion video sequence, and continue streaming the motion video sequence to the playback device using the compressed and encoded motion video data.
US09628832B2
Systems and methods for combining a plurality of transport streams into a single transport stream for transmission to, e.g., a single frequency network via a satellite. Embodiments provide receiving a plurality of original, e.g., MPEG-compliant, data streams, where each original data stream has its own timing information, combining the plurality of original data streams into a single combined data stream which is also, e.g., MPEG compliant, modulating the single combined data stream for uplink to a satellite, receiving a downlink transmission from the satellite, where the downlink transmission includes the single combined data stream, de-combining the single combined data stream into the plurality of original data streams, and passing respective original data steams to, e.g., one or more DVB-T modulators for broadcast into a single frequency network.
US09628824B2
A video decoding apparatus and method for enhancing video quality of lower resolution than the resolution of a display of a terminal is provided. The video decoding apparatus includes a quality enhancer and a controller. The quality enhancer includes a resizer and quality enhancement filters, each configured to perform a different video quality enhancement operation, and to perform a quality enhancement process on a decoded video with at least one selected enhancement filter from among the quality enhancement filters and perform upscaling with the resizer. The controller selects at least one of the quality enhancement filters to be involved in the quality enhancement and sets up a processing sequence of the resizer and the at least one selected quality enhancement filter.
US09628820B2
A device for coding video data includes a memory comprising a decoded picture buffer (DPB) configured to store video data, and a video coder configured to code data representative of a value for a picture order count (POC) resetting period identifier, wherein the data is included in a slice segment header for a slice associated with a coded picture of a layer of video data, and wherein the value of the POC resetting period identifier indicates a POC resetting period including the coded picture, and reset at least part of a POC value for the coded picture in the POC resetting period in the layer and POC values for one or more pictures in the layer that are currently stored in the DPB.
US09628814B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding a motion vector and a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video using same. The motion vector encoding method includes selecting a predicted motion vector candidate set including one or more predicted motion vector candidates for a block; determining one or more search ranges for predicted motion vector candidate set; selecting one predicted motion vector candidate among one or more predicted motion vector candidates as predicted motion vector for each search point with respect to each search point within search range by first determination criterion prearranged with video decoding apparatus; selecting one predicted motion vector among the predicted motion vectors for each search point by a second determination criterion not prearranged with the video decoding apparatus, and determining predicted motion vector, differential motion vector, and current motion vector; and generating and encoding the differential motion vector as motion information.
US09628810B1
A web client may receive a run-length encoded packet of graphics data from a Remote Desktop Protocol server via a web-socket server. The web client may determine a run-length encoding algorithm for the packet based on a first color space associated with the packet. The web client may decompress the packet based on the determined run-length encoding algorithm, where decompressing the packet involves determining a plurality of commands to be performed on a canvas associated with the web client. The web client may render the graphics data on the canvas using the plurality of commands, wherein the graphics data is associated with a graphical interface for viewing and interacting with a remote desktop.
US09628808B2
Input VDR images are received. A candidate set of function parameter values for a mapping function is selected from multiple candidate sets. A set of image blocks of non-zero standard deviations in VDR code words in at least one input VDR image is constructed. Mapped code values are generated by applying the mapping function with the candidate set of function parameter values to VDR code words in the set of image blocks in the at least one input VDR image. Based on the mapped code values, a subset of image blocks of standard deviations below a threshold value in mapped code words is determined as a subset of the set of image blocks. Based at least in part on the subset of image blocks, it is determined whether the candidate set of function parameter values is optimal for the mapping function to map the at least one input VDR image.
US09628806B2
Method of differential compression of the values of a matrix, in which the reference cell is chosen in such a way that the difference between the initial value, contained in a cell to be compressed, and the decompressed value of the reference cell is a minimum.
US09628804B2
A decoding method decodes a bit stream in an image decoding apparatus. The method includes receiving a weight parameter that is added to a luma quantization parameter as the bit stream. The method also includes decoding, in a decoding unit in the image decoding apparatus, the bit stream, and generating a luma component of quantized coefficients and a chroma component of quantized coefficients. Further, the method includes performing, in a dequantization unit in the image decoding apparatus, dequantization on the luma component of quantized coefficients using the luma quantization parameter and the chroma component of quantized coefficients using a chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of the luma quantization parameter weighted by an add operation of the weight parameter. In addition, the method includes performing, in a transform unit in the image decoding apparatus, an inverse orthogonal transform.
US09628799B2
A method and a device for encoding/decoding images are disclosed. The method for encoding images comprises the steps of: deriving a scan type of a residual signal for a current block according to whether or not the current block is a transform skip block; and applying the scan type to the residual signal for the current block, wherein the transform skip block is a block to which transform for the current block is not applied and is specified on the basis of information indicating whether or not transform for the current block is to be applied.
US09628786B2
A method of indicating video content quality is disclosed that includes receiving performance data at a video content quality server from a set-top box device. The performance data may include values of a plurality of video content quality parameters. The method also includes generating a graphical user interface indicating a quality of video content received at the set-top box device. The graphical user interface may include the values of each of the plurality of video content quality parameters. Further, the method includes sending data corresponding to the graphical user interface from the video content quality server to the set-top box device. The method may include the video content quality server receiving a request from the set-top box device to send the data corresponding to the graphical user interface.
US09628781B2
A display device comprises a display panel, a driving module coupled to the display device, a parallax baffle arranged at a light-entering side or a light-exiting side of the display panel, and at least one reflective plate arranged outside at least one edge of the display panel. The display panel comprises a plurality of display units, the driving module is configured to drive the plurality of display units of the display panel to display a plurality of images, the parallax baffle is configured to display the plurality of images displayed by the plurality of display units at a plurality of predetermined visual areas, respectively, and the at least one reflective plate is configured to reflect the image displayed at the visual area adjacent to the reflective plate to other predetermined visual area.
US09628777B2
A method of 3D reconstruction of a scene, including the implementation of at least two sensors each having a series of elementary receivers arranged so as to view the scene according to distinct respective solid angles and which are each sensitive to a physical characteristic of a signal received by the receiver originating from the scene. The sensors are adapted for emitting an asynchronous stream of events indicative of a modification of the signal received by one of the elementary receivers at a given instant, as well as the implementation of a 3D reconstruction algorithm having a step of pairing elementary receivers of each of the sensors utilizing signals generated by the sensors, the pairing including pairing between them events generated by each of the sensors and temporarily close together.
US09628774B2
An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus determines whether a first charge quantity of charges stored in a first charge storage is greater than or equal to a predetermined saturation level, the first charge storage among a plurality of charge storages configured to store charges generated by a sensor of a depth camera. According to the determination result, when the first charge quantity is greater than or equal to the saturation level, the image processing apparatus may calculate the first charge quantity from at least one second charge quantity of charges stored in at least one second charge storage which is different from the first charge storage among the plurality of charge storages.
US09628773B2
An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a reception unit and a storing unit. The reception unit receives a capturing instruction to capture a stereoscopic image being displayed stereoscopically. If the reception unit receives the capturing instruction, the storing unit stores a plurality of parallax images used for displaying the stereoscopic image being displayed stereoscopically in a manner associated with one another as captured images in a predetermined storage device.
US09628769B2
An apparatus and method for generating a disparity map in a receiving device, e.g., a set-top box, that enables user control for adjusting image depth in a stereo image set are provided. The apparatus and method provide for receiving a signal comprising a left eye image and a right eye image, encoding the left eye image as a reference image, predictively coding the right eye image using the coded left eye image as the reference image, capturing motion indicators generated during encoding of the right eye image, and generating a disparity map between the left eye image and right eye image using the motion indicators.
US09628761B2
A method for arranging virtual channels and linear channels for a content processing system includes establishing a linear channel number assignment for linear channel, generating a virtual channel assignment and arranging the virtual channel assignments with a predetermined relationship to the linear channel number assignment.
US09628759B1
A system and method for producing a publically viewable video-based group conversation for viewing over a network. The system is configured to generate a display at a first user computer which includes a plurality of sections in a single screen display, including at least a preview section configured for displaying an indicator for each of one or more viewers who are viewing the video-based conversation, and a media player section configured for displaying a video signal including at least some of the video feeds. The creator of the publically viewable video-based group conversation controls which users can participate in the publically viewable video-based group conversation by enabling video streams provided by those users to be displayed on the screen and viewable to other users who access the group conversation.
US09628758B2
Conducting a real time application between a mobile device and a remote device. A first one or more messages may be transmitted to the remote device to establish a primary channel of communication for the real-time application. The primary channel may use a first radio access technology (RAT), such as WiFi or a cellular RAT. A second one or more messages may be transmitted to the remote device to establish a secondary channel of communication for the real-time application. The secondary channel may use a second RAT that is different from the first RAT. Data of the real-time application may be transmitted over both the primary channel and the secondary channel in a concurrent or redundant fashion.
US09628757B2
Technology is disclosed herein that enhances communication and collaboration at a distance. In an implementation, a portal engine provides a communication and content portal through which users situated in different locations may interact and collaborate with each other. The portal includes an always-on, bi-directional video link through which the users may communicate over video. The portal may also include a digital white-board or other surface link over which shared content may be exchanged.
US09628752B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for using a common frequency spectrum for simultaneous upstream and downstream communications in a network by implementing directional diversity techniques. Non-reciprocal coupling devices, such as circulators, may be configured in the network to provide unidirectional transmission of each signal to prevent interference. In some embodiments, feed-forward interference cancellation is utilized to increase signal isolation of upstream and downstream signals.
US09628741B2
A method includes processing media content. The media content includes audio data corresponding to a first audio playback rate and video data corresponding to a first video playback rate. Processing the media content includes identifying a speech portion of the audio data. The speech portion includes a consonant portion. The method further includes producing modified media content. The modified media content is produced based on modifying the video data and modifying the audio data. Modifying the audio data includes applying a non-linear transformation to the speech portion identified in the audio data. The method further includes storing the modified media content.
US09628740B2
An upstream video processor may perform video processing upon video data to created processed video data. The video processing may include at least one of color correction, contrast correction, gamma correction, sharpness enhancement, and edge enhancement. Metadata indicative of the performed video processing may also be generated. The processed video data and metadata may be passed to a downstream video processor, the latter for use in determining what further video processing, if any, to apply. An intermediate video processor may receive video data and metadata indicating video processing performed thereupon by an upstream video processor. Based on the received metadata, additional video processing may be performed, and new metadata indicating the additional video processing may be generated. Composite metadata may be generated from the received and new metadata and may be passed along with the processed video data to a downstream video processor for use in determining what further video processing, if any, to apply.
US09628729B2
An image sensor that has a pixel array section in which pixels are arrayed in a two-dimensional manner in vertical and horizontal directions and that controls an exposure time of each pixel in a rolling shutter method is disclosed. The sensor includes control means for determining an electronic shutter occurrence number within one horizontal scanning period, which is the number of rows where electronic shutters are simultaneously performed in one horizontal scanning period, by an operation based on an address addition amount (P1, P2, P3, . . . , PN) when a vertical address movement amount of the pixel array section for every one horizontal scanning period in an exposure regulation shutter, which is an electronic shutter for regulating exposure, executed corresponding to electric charge reading in each pixel is expressed as repetition of the address addition amount (P1, P2, P3, . . . , PN).
US09628724B2
Methods of and systems for providing temperature data in a video stream are provided. The method includes receiving a video stream having a plurality of video frames with a first frame rate and receiving temperature data having a plurality of temperature frames with a slower second frame rate. To interlace the temperature data, a subset of temperature frames in the plurality of temperature frames can be extracted. The method further includes transmitting each temperature frame in the subset of temperature frames with the plurality of video frames in a data stream. The method may further include identifying missing data in the subset of temperature frames and correlating the missing data with the plurality of video frames. Based on the correlation of the missing data with the plurality of video frames, missing data can be provided to the subset of temperature frames to reconstruct the full plurality of temperature frames.
US09628723B2
A method and apparatus of aligning calibration projection data with object projection data to improve calibration corrections of the object projection data. In a first implementation, the method interpolates and upsamples both the calibration and object data, then shifts the upsampled calibration data to match a sub-view angular offset of the object data, and then performs calibration corrections before down-sampling the corrected object data. In a second implementation, the method continuously scans an object space—with the object absent (present) in the object space—to obtain calibration data (object absent) and object data (object present) both having the same sub-view angular offset. In a third implementation, the method obtains multiple scans having different sub-view angular offsets, organizes the scans into bins according to their respective sub-view angular offsets, and chooses the appropriate sub-view angular offsets bin for calibration corrections of the object data.
US09628716B2
An electronic device and method of operation an electronic device are provided. The method include acquiring, by the electronic device, at least one first image before a focus setup is performed by an image taking module connected to the electronic device, detecting a first content related to the acquired at least one first image, setting a recognition area, based on a result of the detection of the first content, such that the recognition area includes the first content, acquiring a focus-set second image from the image taking module, detecting a second content related to the second image based on the recognition area, and expressing the second content through a display connected to the electronic device.
US09628706B2
A method for processing an image using an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying at least one first object and a first image associated with the at least one first object at a first position on a display unit connected to the electronic device, the at least one first object including information representing a direction of the electronic device, displaying at least one second object and a second image associated with the at least one second object at a second position on the display unit, and capturing at least a portion of the second image when the at least one first object is located within a distance from the at least one second object.
US09628704B2
An image capture accelerator performs accelerated processing of image data. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator includes accelerator circuitry including a pre-processing engine and a compression engine. The pre-processing engine is configured to perform accelerated processing on received image data, and the compression engine is configured to compress processed image data received from the pre-processing engine. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator further includes a demultiplexer configured to receive image data captured by an image sensor array implemented within, for example, an image sensor chip. The demultiplexer may output the received image data to an image signal processor when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in a standard capture mode, and may output the received image data to the accelerator circuitry when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in an accelerated capture mode.
US09628698B2
A gesture recognition system includes an image capturing device, a memory unit and a processing unit. The image capturing device includes a zoom lens and captures an image frame with a focus length. The memory unit previously saves a lookup table of depths versus sharpness associated with at least one the focus length of the zoom lens. The processing unit is configured to calculate a current sharpness value of at least one object image in the image frame and to obtain a current depth of the object image according to the lookup table.
US09628692B2
Systems and methods for detecting an opening and closing of an object, such as a door or window. The methods comprise: causing a piezoelectric transducer to oscillate in response to an opening of the object; harvesting energy generated as a result of the piezoelectric transducer's oscillation to power a transceiver; and transmitting, from the transceiver to a remote device, information indicating that the opening of the object has been detected by a wireless sensor coupled to the object. The information may specify a logical address linked to a physical location of the object (e.g., a MAC address).
US09628690B2
A handheld device is communicatively coupled with a camera. The handheld device includes a mounting feature connecting the camera, or housing thereof, to the handheld device. Specifically, the mounting feature includes inner locking portions to engage with the camera, or housing. The handheld device further includes a handle housing to secure at least a rotating membrane and a communication subsystem. The rotating membrane includes multiple switches. The handheld device receives a selection of a switch from a user of the handheld device. The handheld device conducts a lookup in a lookup table for a setting mapped to the selected switch. The communication subsystem transmits a command to the camera, the command including the setting.
US09628686B2
An image surveillance device includes a casing, a heat dissipating cover, a partition, a lens module, and a light emitting module. The heat dissipating cover covers the casing and has a heat conduction sheet extending inward into the casing. The partition is disposed in the casing to divide an inner space of the casing into an upper space and a lower space. The lens module is disposed in the lower space for capturing images. The light emitting module is disposed on the heat conduction sheet and located in the upper space for emitting light out of the casing when the lens module captures the images. Heat generated by the light emitting module is conducted to the heat dissipating cover via the heat conduction sheet.
US09628674B2
In one method embodiment, receiving at a frame matching module a first frame comprising first plural blocks and plural frames that each comprise a plurality of blocks to be matched to the first plural blocks of the first frame, the first plural blocks and the plurality of blocks comprising luma blocks; for each of the frame pair matchings, selecting one border configuration among a plurality of border configurations, the border configuration selected for the each of the frame pair matchings unique; appending a border of pixels to the frames of the each of the frame pair matchings based on the selected border configuration; and block matching the first plural blocks with the plurality of blocks.
US09628672B2
A content processing apparatus includes a processing information storage unit that stores processing information which is information on processing to be performed on a content, a content accepting unit that accepts an input content, a processing unit that executes, on the input content, processing indicated by the processing information, and obtains an output content, a qualitative information acquiring unit that acquires at least one type of qualitative information from among output qualitative information, which is qualitative information on the output content, and input qualitative information, which is qualitative information on the input content, and an output unit that outputs the qualitative information acquired by the qualitative information acquiring unit.
US09628671B2
The front-end integrated circuit includes a first clock unit receiving a reference clock signal from an oscillator and generating a first clock signal, a first analog front end module receiving and processing a first broadcast signal using the first clock signal, a second clock unit receiving the reference clock signal and generating a second clock signal, and a second analog front end module receiving and processing a second broadcast signal using the second clock signal.
US09628667B2
In a scanning apparatus, a controller is configured to obtain black reference data, compensated data based on digital data (scan data) by scanning a reference member with the light source turned off, and the black reference data. The controller further compares the compensated data with a first particular value. The controller executes the compensated data obtaining process with setting the light amount adjustment value to be a smaller value when the compensated data is greater than the first particular value, while with setting the light amount adjustment value to be a greater value when the compensated data is less than the first particular value. Further, the controller sets the light amount adjustment value to be a scan-time light amount adjustment value when the light amount adjustment value is equal to the first particular value. Then, the controller executes a scanning process according to the scan-time light amount adjustment value.
US09628661B2
A computerized method for authenticating documents having VIZ sections, the method comprising capturing an image of a document to be authenticated from a scanner and enhancing the captured image, and using a processor for identifying and cropping a VIZ section in the image.
US09628658B2
An assembly for transferring information to and/or from flexible sheet media in a highly advantageous curved configuration is disclosed. The sheet material includes a length and a width defining first and second opposing surfaces. The assembly includes support means for supporting the sheet the curved configuration across its width, having the first surface inwardly oriented with respect to the curved configuration. Thereafter, moving means moves the flexible sheet material so supported in a direction along a read/write path generally parallel to the sheet material length and transverse to the direction of curvature. A read/write arrangement is provided which is configured for reading and/or writing information across the width of the first surface of the sheet as the sheet is moved along the path in the curved configuration. In one feature, means is provided for rotationally moving the read/write arrangement in a predetermined way in the housing such that the read/write arrangement is in a confronting relationship with the first, inwardly oriented surface and cooperates with the movement provided by the sheet material moving means so as to cause the read/write arrangement to sequentially read information from and/or write information to the inwardly oriented, first surface of the sheet as the read/write arrangement traverses the width of the flexible sheet material while the latter is on the read/write path in the curved configuration. In another feature, a read and/or write operation may be performed on the second, outwardly oriented surface of the sheet material.
US09628647B2
A screen generating apparatus includes a reference screen information acquiring portion to acquire reference screen information, the reference screen information including a plurality of components classified into one or more sets and layout information for disposing the components in a reference screen, a screen size acquiring portion to acquire a screen size of a display portion, a set area determining portion to determine, for each of the one or more sets, a converted area corresponding to the set in a display screen, on the basis of the acquired screen size and the layout information included in the reference screen information, and a component disposing portion to dispose the components included in the reference screen information, in the converted areas within the display screen corresponding respectively to the one or more sets, each component being disposed in the same size as that in the reference screen.
US09628643B2
A mobile device includes an operation circuit, a display, an operation screen display, and a function execution circuit. The operation screen display displays an operation screen to operate the image forming apparatus on the display. The function execution circuit performs a function other than a function executable by the image forming apparatus alone and a specific function performed using the image forming apparatus. The function execution circuit performs the specific function according to an operation to an operation part in the operation screen displayed on the display via the operation circuit.
US09628642B2
An information processing system comprises: an image processing device; an application server that provides with an application service for cooperation with the image processing device; a communication relay device that relays communications between the image processing device and the application server; a license server managing the communication relay server; and a backup server. The communication relay device includes: a relay information generating part that generates relay information to relay the communications; a storage part in which the relay information is stored; a communication relaying part that relays the communications based on the relay information; a backup part that sends the relay information to the backup server; an identification information transmission part that reads identification information and sends the read identification information to the license server; and a setting applying part that obtains the relay information from the backup server and stores the obtained relay information in the storage part.
US09628630B2
The present document relates to audio conference systems. In particular, the present document relates to improving the perceptual continuity within an audio conference system. According to an aspect, a method for multiplexing first and second continuous input audio signals is described, to yield a multiplexed output audio signal which is to be rendered to a listener. The first and second input audio signals (123) are indicative of sounds captured by a first and a second endpoint (120, 170), respectively. The method comprises determining a talk activity (201, 202) in the first and second input audio signals (123), respectively; and determining the multiplexed output audio signal based on the first and/or second input audio signals (123) and subject to one or more multiplexing conditions. The one or more multiplexing conditions comprise: at a time instant, when there is talk activity (201) in the first input audio signal (123), determining the multiplexed output audio signal at least based on the first input audio signal (123); at a time instant, when there is talk activity (202) in the second input audio signal (123), determining the multiplexed output audio signal at least based on the second input audio signal (123); and at a silence time instant, when there is no talk activity (201, 202) in the first and in the second input audio signals (123), determining the multiplexed output audio signal based on only one of the first and second input audio signals (123).
US09628627B2
A method of managing visual voice mail in a multi-screen environment. The method includes receiving voice mail messages in a server, creating a state machine for each message, pushing a visual voice mail notification to at least three devices, receiving an action command from one of the three devices and updating the state machine responsive to the receiving step.
US09628626B2
A network method for using a network telephone voice-mail service, by which a caller may leave a voice-message that includes the identification of an attachment, which may include, as examples only, audio, video, text, programs, spreadsheets and graphic attachments. A video, text, spreadsheet or graphic attachment may be converted to an audible attachment to the voice-mail at the caller's or the voice-mail subscriber's request. Such entries may be made, after receiving an automated prompt for leaving an attachment identifier or conversion request, audibly or by using a keypad entry. A network method is also provided for using a network telephone voice-mail service, by which the voice-mail service may detect an attachment to a voice-mail message and provide access to the attachment to the voice-mail message.
US09628617B2
An outgoing call control method for an in-vehicle head unit equipped with a voice recognition function includes connecting Bluetooth communication with a user device when a vehicle is powered on. Whether or not an existing voice recognition database is present is checked. Phone book information is downloaded from the user device through the connected Bluetooth communication. Voice recognition for an outgoing call is performed using the existing voice recognition database during download of the phone book information if the existing voice recognition database is present.
US09628615B2
A method includes receiving a call from communication device associated with a caller. The call is directed to a second communication device associated with a callee. The method includes determining whether a caller profile associated with the caller is available. The method includes searching at least two networks in response to determining that the caller profile is not available. The method includes creating the caller profile based on the search of the at least two networks and populating a caller identification portal with at least one of a plurality identification characteristics included in the caller profile.
US09628609B2
A method and system for disabling functions of a movement detection enabled device is provided. The method includes monitoring a movement detection signal of the movement detection enabled device in a vehicle and determining that the vehicle is currently in motion. An electronic tag in the vehicle is detected and instructions associated with the movement detection enabled device are retrieved. It is determined that the movement detection enabled device is located within a specified proximity to a driver location of the vehicle and that a user of the device is a driver of the vehicle. In response, specified functions of the movement detection enabled device are disabled.
US09628608B2
A mobile device with a touch panel and a touch-lock operating method thereof are provided. The mobile device preferably includes an RF communication unit for supporting communication services; a touch panel for sensing input touches; a display unit for displaying a screen, where the screen includes at least one of a preset image, text, and map; and a controller for setting a touch-lock in the touch panel according to a preset condition. The controller also controls the display unit to display at least one of a text and image or at least one particular icon corresponding to the information reception event that occurs, based on the RF communication unit, in the touch-lock state. A portion of the display screen can be locked, or only certain predetermined touch functions permitted.
US09628606B2
A method for operating an electronic device including an electronic cover device is provided. The method includes coupling the electronic cover device to the electronic device, determining a type of the electronic cover device, and setting an interface based on the type of the electronic cover device.
US09628604B2
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a prescribed function can be performed using a more intuitive gesture and voice input. The present invention includes a display unit, a microphone, a sensing unit configured to detect a gesture, and a controller configured to convert voice data, received based on the microphone, to a text in a first language, detect, using the sensing unit, a first gesture, and in response to detecting the first gesture, translate the text in the first language to text in a second language.
US09628596B1
An electronic device may include a housing and a directional microphone. The housing may include a front surface, a rear surface positioned opposite the front surface, and a hollow cavity positioned between the front surface and the rear surface. The hollow cavity may include a front opening defined in the front surface and a rear opening defined in the rear surface. The directional microphone may include a front port and a rear port. The directional microphone may be mounted in the hollow cavity of the housing with the front port oriented toward the front opening and with the rear port oriented toward the rear opening.
US09628586B2
PDCP operations in a wireless communication system supporting dual connectivity are disclosed. According to this scheme, when the PDCP of the UE receives PDCP PDU from two RLCs, the PDCP reordering is performed first on the received PDCP PDU. Then, deciphering and decompressing are performed after the PDCP reordering.
US09628585B2
Described herein are systems and methods for establishing a secure communications channel between electronic devices. In some embodiments, the secure data channel includes a secure layer 2 and a secure layer 3 connection between a client and a server. The secure layer 2 and secure layer 3 connections may be established using information transferred out of band between the client and server.
US09628568B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of supporting streaming over a Protocol Adaptation Layer (PAL). For example, an apparatus may include a first PAL communication unit to communicate PAL traffic with a second PAL communication unit over a communication link, the PAL traffic comprising traffic of a PAL connection, over a PAL, between a first device and a second device, the PAL is above a layer of the communication link, the PAL traffic comprising data to be communicated between the first device and one or more endpoints via the second device, wherein the first PAL communication unit is to communicate an endpoint open stream request and an endpoint open stream response with the second PAL communication unit over the communication link.
US09628567B2
When attempting to establish a peer-to-peer connection, a computing device can quickly discover compatible devices, which are capable of exchanging content, and remember them. When a neighboring device is discovered during a scan, the computing device can determine whether the neighboring device is capable of sharing content. Once it is determine that the neighboring device can share content, the computing device can determine a history of previous connections with the neighboring device. The computing device can determine a priority for sharing content with neighboring device relative to other devices. The computing device can determine the priority based on the history of the neighboring device and the history of other devices so that the devices with a likelihood of new content receive a higher priority.
US09628565B2
Methods for providing a highly assisted driving (HAD) service include: (a) transmitting telematics sensor data from a vehicle to a remote first server; (b) transmitting at least a portion of the telematics sensor data from the remote first server to a remote second server, wherein the remote second server is configured to execute a HAD application using received telematics sensor data, and wherein the HAD application is configured to output a HAD service result; and (c) transmitting the HAD service result from the remote second server to a client. Apparatuses for providing a HAD service are described.
US09628558B2
Systems and methods may provide for receiving a first request from a remote device for access to content on a second remote device, and invoking a proxy server embedded in an HTML5-compliant browser on a local device. Additionally, the first remote device may be provided with access to the content on the second remote device via the proxy server. Moreover, input may be received from a user interface of the local device, wherein a second request may be transmitted to the first remote device for access to content on a third remote device. In one example, the first remote device is unauthorized with respect to the content on the second remote device, and the local device is unauthorized with respect to the content on the third remote device.
US09628555B2
The present disclosure relates to enhancing load processing for facilitated assignment or modification of access-right data. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to enhancing load processing and data storage using hierarchical data structures that can store various iterations of resource objects.
US09628540B2
Systems and methods for handling the processing of multiple SIP transactions that have been requested at substantially the same time can involve establishing a priority order for processing the SIP transactions, and then individually processing the SIP transactions based on the established priority order. One or more SIP transactions having a lower priority can be held in a SIP processing queue of a software application until the processing of SIP transactions having a higher priority has been completed. Each time that the processing of a higher priority SIP transaction is completed, the next-highest priority SIP transaction in the queue is submitted for processing. Also, where possible, two or more SIP transactions in the queue may be consolidated into a single SIP transaction.
US09628538B1
A method and computing system for receiving, using one or more computing devices, a discrete video stream from each of a plurality of users of a social network, resulting in a plurality of discrete video streams. A synchronous communication session is provided for the plurality of users based, at least in part, upon the plurality of discrete video streams. The plurality of discrete video streams are broadcast to one or more broadcast recipients.
US09628536B2
A block-request streaming system provides for improvements in the user experience and bandwidth efficiency of such systems, typically using an ingestion system that generates data in a form to be served by a conventional file server (HTTP, FTP, or the like), wherein the ingestion system intakes content and prepares it as files or data elements to be served by the file server, which might or might not include a cache. A client device can be adapted to take advantage of the ingestion process as well as including improvements that make for a better presentation independent of the ingestion process. In the block-request streaming system, the an ingestion system generates data according to erasure codes and the client device, through various selection and timing of requests for media data and redundant data, can efficiently decode media to provide for presentations.
US09628531B2
System and method embodiments are provided for controlling end client behavior in dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) (DASH). In an embodiment, the method includes receiving, at the end client, a DASH Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG)-2 stream (TS) segment, wherein the DASH MPEG-2 TS segment includes segmentation descriptors, and performing, with the end client, an action, such as a media presentation description (MPD) reload, indicated by the segmentation descriptor. In an embodiment, the segmentation descriptor conforms to a Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) 35 protocol or a HTTP live streaming (HLS) protocol.
US09628529B2
In one implementation, a presentation includes multiple regions of interest or multiple views. The presentation is viewed by local users at the same location as the presentation and remote users at locations different from the presentation. A device receives orientation data from one or more local users that indicates the viewing angle of the one or more local users. The device selects a view including one of plurality of regions of interest based on the orientation data and sends a media stream including the view to the one or more remote users.
US09628514B2
A method of associating a first device with a second device is disclosed. The first device through its speaker broadcasts a request for association using an audio signal. The broadcasted audio signal is received by the second device through its microphone. The first and second devices then cooperatively verifies a security code and upon a successful verification of the security code, the first and the second devices are enabled to communicate with each other.
US09628512B2
A system and method for detecting malicious relay communications is disclosed. Network communications can be received and analyzed using such network components as a network switch. The received traffic can be parsed into sessions. Relay metadata can be extracted from the sessions and further be used to categorize the sessions into one or more types of relay metadata behaviors. Once a significant amount of sessions are detected an alarm may be triggered and/or alarm data may be generated for analysis by network security administrators.
US09628509B2
A cloud-based proxy service identifies a denial-of-service (DoS) attack including determining that there is a potential DoS attack being directed to an IP address of the cloud-based proxy service; and responsive to determining that there are a plurality of domains that resolve to that IP address, identifying the one of the plurality of domains that is the target of the DoS attack. The domain that is under attack is identified by scattering the plurality of domains to resolve to different IP addresses, where a result of the scattering is that each of those domains resolves to a different IP address, and identifying one of those plurality of domains as the target of the DoS attack by determining that there is an abnormally high amount of traffic being directed to the IP address in which that domain resolves.
US09628503B2
Embodiments are directed towards network address based flood attack mitigation methods. A PTMD disposed between one or more computers may monitor several network flows and generate metrics associated with malicious network activity, such as, flood attacks. If flood attacks are determined to be occurring, the PTMD may determine the network addresses targeted by the flood attack. Further, the PTMD may activate flood attack mitigation procedures for the targeted network addresses such that other network addresses associated with the monitored network flows are excluded from the flood attack mitigation procedure. The PTMD may monitor the network traffic subsequently communicated to the targeted network addresses. Accordingly, the PTMD may determine if the flood attack has ceased based on characteristics of the monitored network traffic. If the flood attack has ceased, the flood attack mitigation procedures for the targeted network addresses may be deactivated.
US09628502B2
A method and system of detecting security attacks on a wireless networked computer system includes a remote sensor having a wireless adapter, processor, storage and memory, the remote sensor configured and arranged to emulate a client workstation that is activated and instructed to connect to a wireless computer network having an unknown security status. A secure communications tunnel is established via wired or wireless means between the remote sensor and a server. The server is configured to issue commands to the remote sensor and receive alert information from the remote sensor which detects security events on the wireless computer network. The server determines the threat level the security event poses to a user of the wireless computer network and issues a threat assessment to the user.
US09628498B1
Exemplary systems and methods for detecting a communication channel of a bot. In exemplary embodiments, presence of a communication channel between a first network device and a second network device is detected. Data from the communication channel is scanned and used to determine if a suspected bot communication exists. If a bot communication is detected, then a recovery process may be initiated.
US09628497B2
An intrusion detection method for detecting an intrusion in data traffic on a data communication network parses the data traffic to extract at least one protocol field of a protocol message of the data traffic, and associates the extracted protocol field with a model for that protocol field. The model is selected from a set of models. An assessment is made to determine if a contents of the extracted protocol field is in a safe region as defined by the model, and an intrusion detection signal is generated in case it is established that the contents of the extracted protocol field is outside the safe region. The set of models may comprise a corresponding model for each protocol field of a set of protocol fields.
US09628489B2
Systems and techniques are provided for controlling requests for resources from remote computers. A remote computer's ability to access a resource is determined based upon the computer's operating environment. The computer or computers responsible for controlling access to a resource will interrogate the remote computer to ascertain its operating environment. The computer or computers responsible for controlling access to a resource may, for example, download one or more interrogator agents onto the remote computer to determine its operating environment. Based upon the interrogation results, the computer or computers responsible for controlling access to a resource will control the remote computer's access to the requested resource.
US09628487B2
A partial URL signing scheme for controlling access to content provided in adaptive streaming such as DASH is disclosed herein. Partial URL signing and verifying algorithms act as extensions to existing URL/URI signing techniques (e.g., IETF URI Signing). Partially signed URLs are signaled in an MPD and may take the form of a prefix, a suffix, or a substring of a URL. Individual segments of the content are requested by the client using URLs constructed based on a URL segment template with partial URL signing information provided as a query parameter for verification.
US09628475B2
In one embodiment, a first computing device receives an access token from a second computing device, the access token being generated by the second computing device for a specific software application executing on a specific computing device; stores the access token; receives a request for the access token from a software application executing on a third computing device; verifies whether the software application is the same as the specific software application and the third computing device is the same as the specific computing device for which the access token is generated; and sends the access token to the third computing device only when the software application is the same as the specific software application and the third computing device is the same as the specific computing device for which the access token is generated.
US09628473B1
A system, method, and device includes a platform data storage that stores a wrap that secures an executable controller and executable sensors. The wrap is verified, optionally through a downloaded authentication driver. After verifying the wrap, the wrap is opened and a sister of the executable controller is installed into the platform memory to cooperate with the executable controller. Additionally or alternatively, the authentication driver may cooperate with the executable controller. The executable controller allows the platform processor to access data secured in a vault and/or verify the platform to create a connection to an application server.
US09628468B2
Web-based single sign-on can enable a user to log in to a single interface (such as through a web browser or thin client) and then provide SSO services to the user for one or more web applications. The web-based SSO system can be extended to support one or more different access control methods, such as form-fill, Federated (OIF), SSO Protected (OAM), and other policies. The web-based SSO system can include a user interface through which the user can access different web applications, systems, etc. and manage their credentials. Each SSO service can be associated with a web interface allowing the SSO services to be accessed over the web. The web interfaces can provide CRUD (create, read, update, delete) functionality for each SSO service. To support different access policy types, the web-based SSO system can include an extensible data manager that can manage data access to different types of repositories transparently.
US09628465B2
Methods and systems are described for state driven orchestration of authentication components to access a resource protected by an access manager framework. In response to a client request for a protected resource, relevant authentication components and their respective order are determined. Upon successful authentication of the first authentication component, proper state information of the authentication process is stored by the client indicating the next authentication component. In response to a request for additional credential information for the authentication process from the next authentication component, the client provides the stored state information so that the authentication process continues with the second authentication component according to the determined order of the authentication components within an authentication process.
US09628462B2
Techniques for electronic signature process management are described. Some embodiments provide an electronic signature service (“ESS”) configured to manage electronic identity cards. In some embodiments, the ESS generates and manages an electronic identity card for a user, based on personal information of the user, activity information related to the user's actions with respect to the ESS, and/or social networking information related to the user. The electronic identity card of a signer may be associated with an electronic document signed via the ESS, so that users may obtain information about the signer of the document. Electronic identity cards managed by the ESS may also be shared or included in other contexts, such as via a user's profile page on a social network, a user's email signature, or the like.
US09628460B2
A novel method of dealing with the problem of phishing, pharming, key-logging and man-in-the-middle attacks on internet-based applications which require the submission of valid login credentials, by permitting a user to control access to an internet-based application (3) (such as an internet banking website) by the simple transmission of a command via the internet to allow access to the internet-based application (3) whenever the user wishes to access the application, and by transmitting a command via the internet to deny access to the internet-based application at all other times, to prevent unauthorized access by any unscrupulous parties.
US09628459B2
A method includes receiving a request to initiate secure communications from a first client and authenticating the first client. The authenticating includes communicating with a second client using a second communication channel, and receiving a response from the first client, the response being transmitted over a first communication channel. The method also includes receiving a first set of message data from the first client, the first set of message data being transmitted over the first communication channel, and receiving a second set of message data from the second client, the second set of message data being transmitted over the second communication channel. The method additionally includes constructing the message using the first set of message data and the second set of message data.
US09628457B2
Systems, methods, apparatus and other mechanisms for authenticating wireless customer premises equipment (CPE) at a service location by transmitting an authentication trigger signal via a first communication mechanism associated with the service location toward CPE associated with the service location; monitoring a second communication mechanism associated with the service location to detect therefrom any received authentication trigger response signals; and authenticating only CPE associated with a received authentication trigger response signal, wherein at least one of the first and second communication mechanisms comprises a local infrastructure element.
US09628456B2
An access manager manages access to a resource. At a first time, the access manager designates a variable attribute associated with a recurring public event as a shared secret between the access manager and a user. At a second time occurring after the first time, the access manager receives a shared key from the user. As received, the shared key is based on a value of the variable attribute associated with the recurring public event at a most recent recurrence of the recurring public event relative to the second time. The access manager evaluates the shared key. In response to the evaluation, the access manager grants or denies the user access to the resource.
US09628448B2
Methods and systems for authenticating users of client devices to allow access of resources and services in enterprise systems are described herein. An authentication device may validate a user based on authentication credentials received from a client device. Validation data stored by the authentication device, and a corresponding access token transmitted to the client device, may be used to authenticate the user for future resource access requests. A user secret also may be stored by the authentication device and used to validate the user for future resource access requests. Additionally, after validating a user with a first set of authentication credentials, additional sets of credentials for the user may be retrieved and stored at an access gateway for future requests to access other services or resources in an enterprise system.
US09628447B2
Methods, devices, apparatus, computer-readable media and processors are provided that protect the distribution of media content. Media content is encrypted and the associated cryptographic mechanisms are stored and accessible either remotely at a networked database or internally within a data storage device memory. Access to the cryptographic mechanisms is granted by associating the cryptographic mechanisms with a data storage device identification and, optionally, a computing device identification.
US09628445B2
Two endpoint devices communicate with one another in a secure session using a secure protocol. Trusted control messages are passed upstream from one of the endpoint devices through one or more additional secure sessions to a centralized managing server. Additionally, trusted control messages are passed downstream from the centralized manager server through secure sessions to one or more of the endpoint devices. Each endpoint device is integrated into a terminal device.
US09628444B1
Systems and methods provide for scaling and management of a gateway. In one embodiment, a method includes: in response to a request from a client device, establishing, by a computer system implementing a gateway to a private network, a network tunnel between the client device and the gateway; and after establishing the network tunnel, starting a separate firewall service with a separate set of firewall rules on the computer system for selectively blocking and allowing network traffic between the client device and one or more network devices in the private network.
US09628442B2
At a network device through which client devices communicate with a network, a database is created that maps Internet Protocol (IP) addresses each to a respective trust metric for a domain name associated with the IP address. An IP packet sent from a client device to the network and that indicates a destination IP address for a network-accessible resource associated with a domain name is intercepted. Using the destination IP address in the intercepted IP packet, the domain name trust metric mapped to the destination IP address is retrieved from the database. IP packets received from the destination IP address are processed based on the retrieved domain name trust metric and a predetermined trust metric criterion.
US09628440B2
An integrated security system is described comprising a gateway located at a first location. The gateway includes a takeover component that establishes a coupling with a first controller of a security system installed at the first location. The security system includes security system components coupled to the first controller. The takeover component automatically extracts security data of the security system from the first controller. The gateway automatically transfers the security data extracted from the controller to a second controller. The second controller is coupled to the security system components and replaces the first controller.
US09628435B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises: generating, by a first network device in a network, a Bloom filter bit vector representing device addresses of devices having attached to at least one of the first network device or a second network device in the network; and determining whether a new device address is not a duplicate of any of the device addresses in the network based on the Bloom filter bit vector.
US09628431B2
A system and method supporting instant messaging which removes many of the problems and harriers to the use of instant messaging through the use of universally unique identifiers to web pages for instant messaging sessions, with recipients invited to the instant messaging session via email.
US09628421B2
Disclosed is a method of communicating a message thread, comprising: receiving a message thread at a first device, the message thread comprising existing sub-messages; receiving input of a newly composed sub-message associated with the message thread; delineating each of the respective existing sub-messages from one another within the message thread; receiving selection of at least one delineated existing sub-message from the message thread through a selection interface for one of inclusion in and exclusion from a modified message thread; creating a modified message thread in accordance with the selection of at least one delineated existing sub-message, the modified message thread further comprising the new sub-message; and initiating communication of the modified message thread to a second device.
US09628416B2
In one implementation, endpoint computing devices communicate using one or more instant messages. A user interface of an endpoint receives text input from a user for an instant message. The endpoint generates a trigger command in response to the instant message. A camera captures an image in response to the trigger command. The image may depict the user that entered the text input but other images are possible. The endpoint sends the image with the instant message to a recipient of the instant message.
US09628415B2
A target travel destination is configured with a topic of conversation planned by a user to occur with at least one person at the target travel destination. A selection by the user of the target travel destination is detected within a user interface. Updated information about the topic of conversation configured with the target travel destination is obtained. The updated information about the topic of conversation configured with the target travel destination is provided to the user during the user's travel to the target travel destination.
US09628412B2
A system and method for detecting generic loops is described. In one example, an inbound email is inspected for a loop token. If a loop token is found, then an event identification and a sender identification is extracted. The extracted sender identification and event identification is applied to a loop token record, and the inbound email is conditionally discarded based on the application to the loop token record.
US09628400B2
In one embodiment, an intermediate node in a communication network receives a client interest with an indication of a client-requested reverse private path. The reverse private path is a label switched path toward a corresponding client with encrypted client information. In response to receiving the client interest, the intermediate node allocates a label for the reverse private path. The allocated label is mapped to a node from which the client interest is received. The intermediate node then forwards the client interest with the allocated label toward a server. In another embodiment, the server receives a client interest including a client-requested reverse private path from a particular intermediate node and determines a server interest. The allocated label for the client interest is inserted into the server interest which is forwarded toward the client via the particular intermediate node using the allocated label for the reverse private path.
US09628394B2
Data packets are received from a plurality of communication nodes within a local Ethernet network, the data packets including a media access control address (“MAC address”) are indicative of a destination and a data packet traffic class. Based upon the traffic class of each data packet, each of the received data packets are assigned in to one of the plurality of queues of a memory circuit. Based upon the MAC address of each data packet, the data packets within at least one of the queues are sorted. Each queue is then serviced and the data packets within are transmitted based upon the sorting.
US09628392B2
A method for forwarding message, comprising: receiving, by a forwarding plane device, a first message, and looking up a first entry matched with the first message in a flow table of the forwarding plane device, wherein the forwarding plane device is a device compliant with a network architecture in which control and forwarding are separated; performing, by the forwarding plane device, a first operation on the first message for limiting its message forwarding rate according to the first entry. Further, a corresponding device is also provided in an embodiment of this disclosure. With the technical solutions provided in embodiments of this disclosure, the forwarding plane device can put limits on its message forwarding rate.
US09628391B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises creating, in a computing network, a loop-free routing topology comprising a plurality of routing arcs for reaching a destination device, each routing arc comprising a first network device as a first end of the routing arc, a second network device as a second end of the routing arc, and at least a third network device configured for routing any network traffic along the routing arc toward the destination device via any one of the first or second ends of the routing arc; and load balancing the network traffic along the routing arcs based on traffic metrics obtained at the first and second ends of the routing arcs, including selectively sending a backpressure command to a first one of the routing arcs supplying at least a portion of the network traffic to a congested one of the routing arcs.
US09628376B2
The controller sets control information in a switch over a control channel to control the switch. The switch includes a packet processing unit that processes a packet received based on control information as set from the controller, and a Layer-2 forwarding unit that learns an input port of a control packet between the controller and a neighboring switch or switches and that forwards the control packet on the basis of learned results. The switch also includes an alternative control channel construction unit that, on detecting a disconnection of the control channel, sends a packet requesting a resolution of a Layer-2 address of the controller to the neighboring switch or switches. The alternative control channel construction unit acquires the Layer-2 address from the controller via the neighboring switch or switches and transmits the control packet to the controller using the Layer-2 address acquired to construct a second control channel between the switch and the controller.
US09628365B2
The Wireless Integrated Network Sensor Next Generation (WINS NG) nodes provide distributed network and Internet access to sensors, controls, and processors that are deeply embedded in equipment, facilities, and the environment. The WINS NG network is a new monitoring and control capability for applications in transportation, manufacturing, health care, environmental monitoring, and safety and security. The WINS NG nodes combine microsensor technology, low power distributed signal processing, low power computation, and low power, low cost wireless and/or wired networking capability in a compact system. The WINS NG networks provide sensing, local control, remote reconfigurability, and embedded intelligent systems in structures, materials, and environments.
US09628347B2
In a content delivery network (CDN a method includes: receiving a request for a CDN service of a particular type, wherein a CDN service of said particular type defines a fixed number of configurable layers of request processing, sequentially from a first layer to a last layer; and processing said request, starting at said first layer, said processing being based on a modifiable runtime environment, said processing continuing conditionally through each of said layers in turn until either said request is terminated by one of said layers or said last layer processes said request. The CDN service may be selected from: delivery services, collector services, reducer services, rendezvous services, configuration services, and control services.
US09628344B2
A framework includes a plurality of devices, each device configured to run at least one content delivery (CD) service of a plurality of CD services. The plurality of CD services include reducer services forming one or more reducer service networks.
US09628340B2
A computer-implemented method, a system, and a network include receiving network data from a network and non-network sourced data from one or more external sources relative to the network; performing data mining on the network data and the non-network sourced data; developing a predictive analytics model based on the data mining; and performing predictive analytics on the network data and the non-network sourced data using the predictive analytics model to detect likely future failures in the network. The network can include a Software Defined Network (SDN) operating at any of Layers 0, 1, 2 and/or 3.
US09628334B2
VLAN tagging in a virtual environment is described, including configuring a set of VLAN tagging parameters for each virtual network device to be used by the virtual network device to correctly perform VLAN tagging of frames in response to configuration changes with respect to the virtual network device. A first example of a configuration change with respect to the virtual network device comprises the virtual network device being transitioned from being attached to a virtual switch tagging (VST) port group to being attached to a virtual guest tagging (VGT) port group. A second example of a configuration change with respect to the virtual network device comprises the virtual network device being migrated from a first host to a second host.
US09628332B2
Embodiments of the present invention monitor and dynamically allocate computing resources to a game service. A game service provides a remote gaming environments to which users connect over a wide area network, such as the internet. A game session runs a single instance of a game title. The game session runs the video game code responsible for creating the playing experience for the users. In another embodiment, the number of active game sessions is monitored and computing resources are allocated dynamically as the number of sessions increases or decreases.
US09628329B2
Methods and systems for an ubiquitous collaboration feature in a managed application environment are described herein. The collaboration service and/or server may store session information and one or more configuration files for use in rendering the collaboration features in combination with managed applications executing on a user's computing device.
US09628328B2
A system for providing network control and resource management includes a database storing a plurality of network resources. The system also includes a network controller that receives a request for a network resource. The network controller may include an resource manager that determines, based on the request, a set of available network resources from the plurality of network resources. The resource manager may provide the set of available network resources to a client and update the database based on providing the set of available network resources.
US09628327B2
The invention relates to a method for the redundant transmission of messages in a distributed real-time system, wherein the real-time system comprises two or more computing nodes (101-108) and one or more star couplers (201-209), wherein the computing nodes (101-108) are connected to the star couplers (201-209) by means of bidirectional communication lines (301, 302, 303) and the star couplers (201-209) are interconnected by bidirectional communication lines (310), and wherein the star couplers (201-209) connected by the communication lines (310) form a network infrastructure (200), wherein one or more star couplers (201-209) of the network infrastructure (200) perform one or more activity rasters (1000), wherein an activity raster (1000) consists of alternating active phases (502) and rest phases (501), and wherein any message sent in the network infrastructure is assigned to precisely one activity raster (1000). The invention also relates to a network infrastructure and also a real-time system comprising a network infrastructure of this type.
US09628320B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a Web service using unit configured to have a Web browser function supporting a cookie and use a Web service provided by a Web server, a URL acquiring unit configured to acquire a URL to use a Web service in a different device, and a URL transferring unit configured to transfer the URL acquired by the URL acquiring unit to the different device. The URL acquiring unit acquires a one-time URL to make an access request to a Web service requesting authentication, from the Web server.
US09628313B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The method includes encoding service data, mapping the encoded service data, wherein at least one Forward Error Correction (FEC) block of the mapped service data is grouped into at least one interleaving frame, and time interleaving the mapped service data based on the at least one interleaving frame. The time interleaving further includes block interleaving the mapped service data by writing cells of the mapped service data in a memory and reading the cells in the memory, wherein virtual cells belonging to virtual FEC blocks are skipped during the reading; spreading out the block interleaved service data over at least one signal frame; building a signal frame including the time interleaved service data; modulating data in the built signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) scheme; and transmitting the broadcast signals.
US09628310B2
In wireless communications, a first device may determine a channel bandwidth and a high efficiency long training field (HE-LTF) mode. The first device may generate an HE-LTF symbol by using an HE-LTF sequence corresponding to the determined channel bandwidth and HE-LTF mode. The first device may transmit, in the determined channel bandwidth, a high efficiency physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (HE PPDU) that includes the HE-LTF symbol. A second device may receive, in a channel bandwidth, a downlink HE PPDU that includes an HE-LTF symbol. The second device may obtain, from the HE-LTF symbol, an HE-LTF sequence corresponding to the channel bandwidth and an HE-LTF mode of the HE-LTF symbol. The downlink HE PPDU may be the HE PPDU from the first device. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09628309B1
A method performed by a wireless device includes receiving a first signal that contains one or more modulated symbols and determining a signal strength of the first signal. The method also includes adjusting a remembrance factor based on the signal strength of the first signal and demodulating the one or more modulated symbols based on the first signal and based on a number of previously demodulated symbols. The number of previously demodulated symbols utilized in the demodulation is based on the remembrance factor.
US09628305B2
A system for mitigating non-linearity distortions from a memory effect is disclosed. The system includes an enhanced predistortion component, a power amplifier, and a lookup table. The enhanced predistortion component is configured to receive an input signal, to obtain a plurality of enhanced memory polynomials based on a plurality of samples of the input signal and to generate a pre-distorted signal from the input signal according to the enhanced memory polynomials and the plurality of samples of the input signal. The power amplifier is configured to receive the pre-distorted signal and to generate an output signal.
US09628299B2
A data migrating system and method are provided in which a Burst Buffer Network Aggregator (BBNA) process is configured either on the File Servers or on the File System's dedicated I/O nodes to coalesce data fragments stored in participating Burst Buffer nodes under the direction of a primary BB node appointed by a data generating entity prior to transfer of the full data stripe into the File System. The “write” request in the form of a full data stripe is distributed into a plurality of data fragments among participating BB nodes along with corresponding metadata. The primary BB node gathers the metadata from the participating BB nodes, sends the metadata list to the BBNA unit, responsive to which the BBNA unit allocates a buffer sufficient to store the full data stripe, and transfers data fragments from participating BB nodes into the full data stripe buffer, thereby coalescing the data fragments into the full data stripe, which is subsequently transferred from the buffer in the BBNA unit into the File System.
US09628296B2
Facilitating replying to received email messages includes presenting a selectable set of fast reply tokens that correspond to snippets of multimedia content, providing a mechanism to superimpose a selected subset of the fast reply tokens on to different portions of the received email message to compose an annotated email messages, wherein the fast reply tokens are separate from any reply email text, and sending the annotated email message. The fast reply tokens may include action icons, status icons, emoticons, emojis, expressive elements, clip art, highlighters, geometric shapes, arrows, short tunes, audio clips, video clips, abbreviated standard texts, and freehand notes. Facilitating replying to received email messages may also include providing cultural adaptations and localization of fast reply tokens based on a setting provided by a recipient of the annotated email message.
US09628292B2
Wi-Fi flows are intelligently bridged in a software-defined network (SDN) controller of a wireless communication network that centrally coordinates data plane behavior. A default mode tunnels packets received at an access point to the SDN controller for layer 2 routing decisions. A bridging policy concerning bridging of specific types of traffic flows for the wireless communication network is received at the SDN. Data plane traffic flow for each of a plurality of access points distributed around the wireless communication network is centrally monitored. New data streams tunneled to the SDN controller are matched to bridging policies with deep packet inspection. Responsive to matching, the tunnel mode is converted to a bridge mode by sending a rule concerning the new data stream to the access point. As a result, subsequent packets of the new data stream are transferred at the access point without tunneling additional packets to the SDN controller).
US09628270B2
A label includes a first readable object encoding a trust anchor. The trust anchor is encrypted with a cryptographic key. The attestation label further includes a second readable object encoding attestation service information and encoding an identification code. The identification code is encrypted using the trust anchor. The attestation label further includes a non-encoded representation of the identification code.
US09628268B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for facilitating remote key management services in a collaborative cloud-based environment. In one embodiment, the remote key management architecture and techniques described herein provide for local key encryption and automatic generation of a reason code associated with content access. The reason code is used by a remote client device (e.g., an enterprise client) to control a second (remote) layer of key encryption. The remote client device provides client-side control and configurability of the second layer of key encryption.
US09628266B2
A method for encoding encrypted data for further processing includes: receiving an input data vector of length m; splitting the input data vector to k multiple vectors; multiplying each of the multiple vectors by a power of 2 to obtain k number of intermediate vectors; summing the k number of intermediate vectors to obtain a single summed vector; encrypting the single summed vector to obtain an encrypted vector; sending the encrypted vector to an operational unit to have the encrypted vector operated on to obtain a processed encrypted vector; receiving the processed encrypted vector; decrypting the received encrypted vector; dividing the processed decrypted vector by a power of 2, modulus a power of 2 to obtain multiple transitional vectors of the same dynamic range and the same length; and concatenating the multiple transitional vectors to obtain a recovered vector of length m.
US09628262B1
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a phase locked loop. A controllable oscillator generates a radio frequency (RF) signal. A divider is configured to produce a divided RF signal by dividing the RF signal by a division factor. A phase detection circuit is configured to receive a dithered reference signal and the divided RF signal and to produce a phase error signal for controlling the oscillator. A dithering module is configured produce the dithered reference signal and the division factor, in which the dithered reference signal has a randomly changing frequency selected from a plurality of dither frequencies, and in which the division factor is synchronously selected to match a ratio between each selected dither frequency and a target frequency of the RF signal.
US09628254B2
Systems and methods are provided for managing faults at the tail end of the user plane associated with an MBMS bearer. A fault detection time interval associated with the MBMS bearer can be defined and monitored. A fault can be detected in response to determining that the defined time interval has elapsed without receipt of a synchronization packet. Mechanisms for detecting, indicating, localizing and repairing MBMS bearer faults are described.
US09628250B2
An advanced digital beam forming technique is achieved that is capable of simultaneously forming multiple beams and attenuating the cross-pol component at multiple locations. The proposed invention, comprising a series of signal inputs, optimization loops and weighting processes, successfully eliminates the side effect of an increase of the cross-pol in the process of beam-forming, thus reducing potential interference. This technique utilizes the orthogonally polarized signal component which is already available and can minimize both the horizontally polarized and vertically polarized cross-pol at the same time. The complexity of computation can be reduced by using only part of the orthogonal polarized components in the optimization.
US09628248B2
The invention relates methods for triggering channel quality feedback for at least one of plural component carriers of a communication system available for downlink transmission. The invention suggests a mechanism for triggering channel quality feedback from a terminal where the downlink control signaling overhead for the selection of component carrier(s) to be reported on is minimized. One aspect of the invention is a new interpretation of a predetermined format for dedicated control information comprising a CQI request flag, which is depending on the status of the CQI request flag. In case the CQI request flag is set at least one further bit of the dedicated control information is interpreted as information indicative of the one or more component carriers available for downlink transmission to the terminal and the terminal is providing channel quality feedback on the channel quality experienced on the indicated component carrier or component carriers.
US09628237B2
A method and device for monitoring a control channel in a wireless communication system are provided. In particular, in consideration of multiple carrier aggregation, indication information is provided which includes information on a cell for monitoring a downlink control channel and information on a channel type defined to identify whether a downlink control channel to be transmitted from a corresponding cell is a legacy PDCCH (LPDCCH) or an enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH). The indication information may be set in consideration of whether to arrange cross carrier scheduling. Thus, a terminal uses the indication information to adaptively monitor LPDCCH and/or EPDCCH through a predetermined search section of a corresponding cell. Thus, it is possible to adaptively schedule a downlink control channel and an enhanced downlink control channel.
US09628235B2
The present invention is designed to provide a communication system, a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus and a communication method that can support the diversification of communication. In the communication system of the present invention, in which a terminal apparatus receives a downlink data signal transmitted from a base station apparatus (eNB) in a radio resource region for a downlink data signal, the base station apparatus transmits a terminal-specific reference signal in the radio resource region for the downlink data signal to the terminal apparatus (UE), and the terminal apparatus measures channel quality information based on the terminal-specific reference signal and transmits the measured channel quality information to the base station apparatus.
US09628234B2
A reference signal transmission method in a downlink MIMO system is disclosed. The downlink MIMO system supports a first UE supporting N transmission antennas among a total of M transmission antennas (where M>N) and a second UE supporting the M transmission antennas. The method includes transmitting, by a base station (BS), subframe-associated information which designates a first subframe in which data for the first UE and the second UE is transmitted and a second subframe in which data only for the second UE can be transmitted within a radio frame having a plurality of subframes, and transmitting the first subframe and the second subframe. Reference signals corresponding to antenna ports ‘0’ to ‘N−1’ of the N antennas are mapped to the first subframe, and reference signals corresponding to antenna ports ‘0’ to ‘M−1’ of the M antennas are mapped to the second subframe.
US09628224B2
A device for optimizing a data compression level when processing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) signal includes a combiner which receives a log likelihood ratio (LLR) signal, determines whether the LLR signal is a new or retransmitted signal, and generates a composite signal by combining the LLR signal with a related signal received and previously stored when the LLR signal is the retransmitted signal; a compression level decision unit which calculates a first compression level based on quality of a received signal, calculates a second compression level based on an available memory size, and decides a final compression level according to the first compression level and the second compression level; a compressor which compresses the LLR signal according to the final compression level; a HARQ memory which stores the compressed signal; and a decompressor which decompresses a signal read from the HARQ memory.
US09628215B2
A method includes receiving, at a user equipment, a signal including cell-specific reference signals from a number of cells. Cell-specific reference signal(s) are measured from one of the cells to determine measured result(s). The user equipment, based on the measured result(s) meeting first criteria, performs interference cancelation to cancel the cell-specific reference signal(s) corresponding to the one cell from the signal. The user equipment performs the measuring and the performing the interference cancelation for additional ones of the cells until second criteria are met. The user equipment uses measured cell-specific reference signals having their interference canceled to reduce an effect of interference from corresponding cells on communications between the user equipment and a base station. A base station may store cell search information that can be sent to the user equipment to help the user equipment perform the previous method. Apparatus, systems, computer programs, and program products are also disclosed.
US09628204B2
A communication device system includes a communication device (1) and a reception power monitoring device (2). The communication device (1) includes a reception processing unit (10) that outputs a signal intensity voltage (Vin) in accordance with a signal level of a received signal, and a monitoring terminal signal generator circuit (30) that generates a monitoring terminal signal (Vout) by current amplification of a level shift voltage generated by shifting a level of the signal intensity voltage (Vin) by an offset voltage (Voff) corresponding to a voltage value of a power supply voltage of an external device. The reception power monitoring device (2) includes a constant voltage generator circuit that outputs a constant voltage from the monitoring terminal signal (Vout), and a voltage converter circuit that operates based on the constant voltage and outputs a display level indication signal reflecting a voltage level of the monitoring terminal signal (Vout).
US09628191B2
The present application discloses a method and circuitry that improves the monitoring and/or reporting accuracy and of a TOSA transmitter output power. In the method, the output power of an optical transmitter is measured at 25° C. and at N individual temperatures to obtain N tracking error (TE) values corresponding to the N individual temperature values, then a lookup table covering an operating temperature range of the transmitter is created based on a one-to-one mapping relationship between the TE values and the N individual temperatures and a line fitting process. The transmitter output power is reported at an interface of the transmitter according to the TE value at the transmitter operating temperature in the lookup table. The present application also discloses optical modules and optical communication systems. The present method and transmitter effectively improve the monitoring and/or reporting accuracy of the transmitter output power.
US09628174B2
A multiport optical switch (such as an N×1 switch) is used to controllably select a specific incoming optical signal that is to be processed by an associated optical channel monitor (OCM). The OCM includes a tunable optical filter and photodetector arrangement, and is configured to measure the optical spectrum of the incoming optical signal and extract information associated with the various optical channels (wavelengths) forming the incoming optical signal (i.e., power, wavelength, OSNR and the like for each channel). The OCM also includes a signal processing component that generates a pair of output control signals, a first signal to control the wavelength scanning process of the tunable optical filter and a second signal to control the setting of the multiport optical switch.
US09628171B2
A mobile station in a communications system includes hardware and software stored on a tangible computer readable medium that, during operation, cause the mobile station to receive a timeslot assignment from a wireless network and operate based on the received timeslot assignment. The timeslot assignment may be based on whether a timing advance offset is used by the wireless network. The mobile station may also receive an indication from the wireless network, indicating whether a timing advance offset is used by the wireless network. The mobile station may subsequently operate based on the received indication.
US09628170B1
A device is provided that includes a first platform having a first side, and a second platform having a second side positioned within a predetermined distance to the first side. The device also includes an actuator configured to cause a relative rotation between the first platform and the second platform such that the first side of the first platform remains within the predetermined distance to the second side of the second platform. The device also includes a probe mounted to the first platform, and a plurality of probes mounted to the second platform. The device also includes a signal conditioner coupled to the plurality of probes. The signal conditioner may select one of the plurality of probes based on an orientation of the first platform relative to the second platform. The signal conditioner may then to use the selected probe for wireless communication with the probe on the first platform.
US09628165B2
A transmission method for transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal in the same frequency at the same time. Each signal has been modulated according to a different modulation scheme. The transmission method applies precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix, applies different power change to each signal, and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.
US09628164B1
A system for beamforming employing true time delay. The system includes a deserializer configured to receive a serial data stream and to convert the serial data stream into a plurality of parallel data streams, a zero-insertion block configured to insert zeroes into each of the parallel data streams, and a crossbar switch having a plurality of inputs and an equal number of outputs. The inputs are connected to the zero-insertion block, each of the outputs corresponding to one of the inputs. The crossbar switch is configured, in a first state, to connect each output to the corresponding input, and in a second state, to connect each output to an input different from the corresponding input, the set of outputs being a circular shift of the set of inputs.
US09628162B1
A phased array receiver for use with a first received analog signal and a second received analog signal, the phased array receiver including: a first analog to digital converter to generate a first received digital signal; a second analog to digital converter to generate a second received digital signal; a first down-sampler to generate a first down-sampled digital signal; a second down-sampler to generate a second down-sampled digital signal; a first polyphase low pass filter to generate a first filtered down-sampled received digital signal; a second polyphase low pass filter to generate a second filtered down-sampled received digital signal; and a beamforming core to generate a beamformed signal, wherein the first received signal is related to the first filtered down-sampled received digital signal, and wherein the second received signal is related to the second filtered down-sampled received digital signal.
US09628154B2
An apparatus and method for a transceiver are provided. The apparatus for the transceiver includes a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna; a transceiver connected to the MIMO antenna; and a processor configured to measure channel gain Hk, based on the received signal, where k is a sample index from 1 to K, Hk is an m×n matrix of complex channel gain known to the transceiver, measure noise variance σ2 of a channel, calculate a per-sample channel quality metric q(Hk, σ2) using at least one bound of mutual information; reduce a dimension of a channel quality metric vector (q(H1, σ2), . . . , q(HK, σ2)) by applying a dimension reduction function g(.); and estimate a block error rate (BLER) as a function of a dimension reduced channel quality metric g(q(H1, σ2), . . . , q(HK, σ2)).
US09628153B2
Systems and methods for closed loop MIMO (multiple input and multiple output) wireless communication are provided. Various transmit formats including spatial multiplexing and STTD are defined in which vector or matrix weighting is employed using information fed back from receivers. The feedback information may include channel matrix or SVD-based feedback.
US09628148B2
An electronic device with modulization parts includes a first main body, a first wireless transmission port having a first circuit board and a first induction pad, a second main body detachably coupled to the first main body, and a second wireless transmission port having a second circuit board, a second induction pad, an induction cap and an elastic conductive member electrically conducted to the second induction pad and the induction cap. The first circuit board is disposed on the first main body. The first induction pad is electrically connected to the first circuit board. The second circuit board is disposed on the second main body. The elastic conductive member physically supports the induction cap so that the first induction pad induces the second induction pad through the induction cap.
US09628143B2
A waveguide includes: a dielectric including two surfaces, an electric field intersecting with the two surfaces; metal-plating layers coating the two surfaces of the dielectric, the electric field intersecting with the two surfaces; and a protective layer coating a periphery of the dielectric including the two surfaces coated with the metal-plating layers. A wireless transmission system includes: a sender configured to send a high-frequency signal; and a receiver configured to receive the high-frequency signal. The waveguide is used as a waveguide configured to transmit the high-frequency signal between the sender and the receiver in the wireless transmission system.
US09628138B2
A processor is configured to control a first communication module and a second communication module by executing a control program stored in a memory module such that communication at a first frequency included in a first frequency band or a second frequency included in a second frequency band is carried out using the first communication module, and such that communication at a third frequency included in a third frequency band is carried out using the second communication module. The first communication module includes an adjustment module. The adjustment module is configured to reduce interference between the first antenna and the second antenna when the communication at the third frequency is carried out.
US09628136B2
A method for disabling multiple-input and multiple-output operation in a communication device includes communicating data using multiple-input and multiple-output operation, wherein the data is communicated using multiple transceiver paths. Further, the method includes receiving position sensor input and disabling at least a portion of one or more transceiver paths, of the multiple transceiver paths, based on the position sensor input.
US09628133B2
A case having a protective film for an electronic device includes a soft protective shell having a bottom and a side wall, a hard protective frame configured to removably mount over the bottom and side wall of the protective shell, and a protective film for covering the front portion of the electronic device. The soft protective shell significantly covers hack and side portions of the electronic device, but does not significantly covers a front portion of the electronic device. The protective shell further includes an inverted “L”-shaped recess for receiving and holding in place edges of the protective film. The case may further include a film frame for covering the protective film.
US09628125B2
A device is provided for correlating at least one noisy analog signal which is one of a plurality of signals obtained by a plurality of receivers. The device comprises a 1-bit quantization element to which the noisy signal is supplied; a comparator configured to compare the quantized signal with a reference signal which is a consensus signal obtained by averaging data from the plurality of receivers; and an up/down counter that is configured to be incremented by a subset of the comparison signal.
US09628124B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and configurations for an apparatus for mitigating interference in sensor signals. In one instance, the apparatus may include sensors and a processing block couplable with the sensors. The processing block may include a front end block to receive sensor signals, and tunable filter block to filter the sensor signals. The apparatus may further include a correction block. The correction block may include a replica of the front end block, and may be configured to receive interference information. A controller may operate the correction block to adjust the tunable filter block, based on interference information, and connect the sensors with the processing block after adjustment. The controller may operate the processing block, in response to connection of the processing block with the sensors, to initiate processing of sensor signals filtered by the filter block, to mitigate interference. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09628120B2
A system includes a crest-factor reduction circuit, a signal analyzer, and a pre-distortion circuit. The crest-factor reduction circuit reduces a crest factor of a baseband signal and generates a feedforward signal. The signal analyzer generates parameters based on the feedforward signal and an output signal from a power amplifier. The pre-distortion circuit generates a pre-distorted baseband signal based on the parameters for input to the power amplifier.
US09628118B2
An RF PA is designed to operate efficiently for average powers when biased at the system supply voltage, and uses an envelope tracking power supply to boost the bias voltage to maintain good efficiency at higher powers. As a result, for a majority of the time when transmitting average power signals, the RF PA bias voltage is the system-wide supply voltage (e.g. 3.4V in cell phones), which eliminates the need for stepping down voltages. The bias voltage is boosted during the less frequent times when higher power is needed. As a result, only a boost type of DC voltage converter is needed. The efficiency of the RF PA is therefore increased because voltage conversion is required less frequently and only when higher power RF signals are transmitted.
US09628113B2
An encoding method for encoding input information bits using an encoder implemented with concatenation of a CRC-α coder and a polar coder is provided. The method includes performing Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) coding on as many information bits as a determined number of CRC coding bits among input information bits and performing polar coding on the CRC-coded information bits and other information bits than the CRC-coded information bits.
US09628106B1
Embodiments of the invention include an oversampling Analog to Digital Converter that uses uneven non-overlapping clock phases to reduce switched capacitor circuit power consumption. A return-to-zero sub phase of one of the clock phases may also be used for feedback reference capacitors. A delay lock loop may be combined with the non-overlapping clock phase generator to control accurate timing.
US09628105B1
The present disclosure provides a delta-sigma modulator circuit for use in a pixelated image sensor or a readout integrated circuit. In one aspect, the modulator circuit includes a dynamic resistance element configured to have a variable resistance that changes in accordance with a voltage difference across the dynamic resistance element.
US09628099B2
Systems and methods for load current compensation for analog input buffers. In various embodiments, an input buffer may include a first transistor (Q1) having a collector terminal coupled to a power supply node and a base terminal coupled to a first input node (vinp); a second transistor (Q2) having a collector terminal coupled to an emitter terminal of the first transistor (Q1); a third transistor (Q3) having an emitter terminal coupled to an emitter terminal of the second transistor (Q2) and to a ground node, a collector terminal coupled to a current source (Ibias), and a base terminal coupled the collector terminal and to a base terminal of the second transistor (Q2); and a capacitor (C1) coupled to the base terminals of the second and third transistors (Q2 and Q3) and to a second input node (vinn), wherein the first and second input nodes (vinp and vinn) are differential inputs.
US09628084B2
A reconfigurable logic device includes logic units and allows logic circuits to be formed according to configuration data. The logic units each include a configuration memory that stores first and second configuration data, a first address input line through which a clock is inputted as a first address for the configuration memory, a second address input line through which an input of a data input line is inputted as a second address for the configuration memory, a register unit that, according to the clock, reads the second configuration data specified by the first address from the configuration memory and retains the second configuration data, and outputs the first configuration data in a previous state, and a multiplexer that, according to the first or second configuration data outputted from the register unit, selectively combines a data input from the data input line and a data output to a data output line.
US09628082B1
An apparatus includes a plurality of adjustable driver circuits having output nodes coupled to a signal line. Each adjustable driver circuit is configured to drive the signal line with a portion of a total drive strength indicated by a value of a binary control signal. The apparatus also includes a delay circuit configured to delay the binary control signal provided to each adjustable driver circuit by a respective time period unique to the adjustable driver circuit.
US09628071B2
A power-on reset circuit includes a voltage detector unit to output an electrical signal in response to a power supply voltage received from a power supply terminal, an inverter to output a reset signal according to a level of the electrical signal from the voltage detector unit, a first switch unit to be turned on or off in response to the reset signal from the inverter; a first discharge unit to discharge the electrical signal in response to the power supply voltage from the first switch unit, a second switch unit to be turned on according to a start pulse signal from an external device and to receive the power supply voltage from the power supply terminal, and a second discharge unit to discharge the electrical signal in response to the power supply voltage from the second switch.
US09628070B2
A radio frequency switch circuit may include a first switch circuit unit connected between a signal port and an antenna port, a second switch circuit unit connected between the signal port and a ground, and a third switch circuit unit connected between the antenna port and the ground. An operation reference voltage of the third switch circuit unit is lower than an operation reference voltage of the first switch circuit unit.
US09628069B2
A transmission circuit includes: a first transistor, having a source terminal coupled to a first reference voltage terminal of the transmission circuit and a drain terminal coupled to a first output terminal of the transmission circuit; a second transistor, having a source terminal coupled to a gate of the first transistor, and a drain terminal coupled to the first output terminal of the transmission circuit; and a third transistor, having a drain terminal coupled to the first output terminal of the transmission, a source terminal coupled to a second reference voltage terminal of the transmission, and a gate terminal for receiving a first input signal; wherein the first and second transistors are of a first conducting type, and the third transistor is of a second conducting type different from the first conducting type.
US09628064B2
A multiphase pulse width modulator (PWM) producing N mutually phase shifted PWM signals, which is well-suited for class D audio amplifier applications. The multiphase PWM includes (a) N+1 (N ≧2) analog triangular waveform generators producing N+1 mutually phase shifted triangular waveforms, and (b) N+1 comparators each having a first input coupled to each of the N+1 triangular waveforms and a second input coupled to an audio signal to generate N+1 mutually phase shifted PWM phase signals. A crosspoint switch includes N+1 inputs coupled to the N+1 PWM phase signals, and N outputs to supply the N PWM signals. A crosspoint switch controller selectively connects each of the N+1 inputs to each of the N outputs for a duration of a cycle time in a time sequence to simultaneously generate the N PWM signals such that each signal has interleaved time segments of the N+1 PWM phase signals.
US09628063B2
An asymmetric modulation scheme may be used to drive two output nodes coupled to a load. The asymmetric modulation scheme may be one-sided such that the switching rate of a first output node is lower than the switching rate of a second output node. The first output node may be switched only to change a direction of current between the first output node and the second output node, while the second output node is switched to convey the information of an input signal. The asymmetric modulation scheme may be used to drive a speaker to reduce noise at the first output node to improve accuracy of current monitoring through the speaker by a current monitor coupled at the first output node.
US09628058B2
A skew correction circuit includes: a phase-difference detection circuit that generates a phase difference signal indicating a phase difference between an edge of a first signal that is one signal of differential signals and an edge of a second signal that is another signal of the differential signals; and a correction-signal generation circuit that generates a correction signal having an inverted phase of the second signal by combining the phase difference signal and the first signal.
US09628055B1
An SR latch circuit with single gate delay is provided. The circuit has an enable input and an SR latch. There is first input stage having an input for receiving a set input and having an output for producing a first component of the SR latch circuit output, the first input stage having only one transistor that receives the enable input, the first input stage becoming transparent while enabled, the first input stage having a single gate delay between the input of the first input stage and the output of the first input stage. There is a second input stage having an input for receiving a reset input and having an output for producing a second component of the SR latch circuit output, the second input stage having only one transistor that receives the enable input, the second input stage becoming transparent while enabled, the second input stage having a single gate delay between the input of the second input stage and the output of the second input stage.
US09628044B2
Generally discussed herein are techniques, software, apparatuses, and systems configured for tuning an antenna. In one or more embodiments, a method can include sending, by processing circuitry, one or more signals to an antenna tuner to sweep the tuner through a plurality of tuner states, determining a plurality of power values, each power value corresponding to a signal received from an antenna and each power value corresponding to the tuner being in a state of the plurality of tuner states, and sending one or more signals to the tuner to set the tuner to a tuner state of the plurality of tuner states, the tuner state determined using the determined powers.
US09628040B2
This application relates to Class D amplifier circuits (200). A modulator (201) controls a Class D output stage (202) based on a modulator input signal (Dm) to generate an output signal (Vout) which is representative of an input signal (Din). An error block (205), which may comprise an ADC (207), generates an error signal (ε) from the output signal and the input signal. In various embodiments the extent to which the error signal (ε) contributes to the modulator input signal (Dm) is variable based on an indication of the amplitude of the input signal (Din). The error signal may be received at a first input (204) of a signal selector block (203). The input signal may be received at a second input (206) of the signal selector block (203). The signal selector block may be operable in first and second modes of operation, wherein in the first mode the modulator input signal is based at least in part on the error signal; and in the second mode the modulator input signal is based on the digital input signal and is independent of the error signal. The error signal can be used to reduce distortion at high signal levels but is not used at low signal levels and so the noise floor at low signal levels does not depend on the component of the error block (205).
US09628029B2
Systems, circuits and methods related to dynamic error vector magnitude (DEVM) corrections. In some embodiments, a power amplifier (PA) system can include a PA circuit having a plurality of amplification stages, and a bias system in communication with the PA circuit and configured to provide bias signals to the amplification stages. The PA system can further include a first correction circuit configured to generate a correction current that results in an adjusted bias signal for a selected amplification stage, with the adjusted bias signal being configured to compensate for an error vector magnitude (EVM) during a dynamic mode of operation. The PA system can further include a second correction circuit configured to change the correction current based on an operating condition associated with the PA circuit.
US09628028B2
A common-mode feedback circuit includes a transconductor input stage with differential input terminals, and a frequency-compensated gain stage coupled to the transconductor input stage with differential output terminals. The common-mode feedback circuit also includes a feedback loop having a comparator configured to produce a feedback error signal for the transconductor input stage by comparing with a reference a common-mode sensing signal indicative of a common-mode voltage level sensed at the differential output terminals. In addition, the common-mode feedback loop includes a converter for converting the common-mode voltage level sensed at said differential output terminals into a current signal coupled to the comparator.
US09628020B2
A semiconductor circuit includes an oscillation circuit; an output circuit that receives a first oscillation signal from the oscillation circuit and outputs a second oscillation signal; a DC circuit that receives a voltage based on a power supply voltage and outputs at least one of a DC voltage and a DC current; and a semiconductor substrate on which the oscillation circuit, the output circuit, and the DC circuit are formed. In a plan view of the semiconductor substrate, the DC circuit is disposed between the oscillation circuit and the output circuit.
US09628017B2
In order to highly accurately estimate a temperature of a permanent magnet to be used for a rotor of a motor, provided is a motor control device for a vehicle including a motor as a drive power source, in which an estimation mode setting section sets, when a predetermined condition for estimating the temperature of the permanent magnet to be used for the rotor of the motor is established under a state in which the motor generates drive power to run the vehicle, a current flowing through the motor to 0, and a permanent magnet temperature estimation section estimates the temperature of the permanent magnet based on an induced voltage of the motor in a period during which the current flowing through the motor is 0.
US09628015B2
A system and method are provided for saving energy for an electric motor having periodic load variations by reducing the supply voltage to the motor during an open loop mode. The motor and system will speed up, allowing the natural kinetic energy of the cyclic motion to perform part of the pumping action. A closed loop controller computes information from the observed phase angle between the voltage and current supplied to the motor. By reducing the supply voltage to the motor, the observed phase angle may be reduced to a target phase angle value. By allowing some current flow, primarily of a reactive nature, an observable feedback parameter may be used in the closed loop control system as an indication of the load condition, to which the closed loop motor controller may react, supplying power when needed, such as in the energy consumption mode.
US09628012B2
In an αβ coordinate system, vectors of currents flowing in three-phase AC motor are set in directions fixed relative to a zero vector current according to a voltage applied in six non-zero vector switching modes of an inverter. A current vector closest to a command current value is specified from those current vectors. Then, only a non-zero vector current when operating the inverter in the non-zero vector switching mode corresponding to the specified current vector is calculated.
US09628006B2
An apparatus includes a motor driver configured to drive a motor across a pair of input terminals to the motor and a current sense unit configured to sense the motor's electrical current amplitude. Further, an angular frequency extractor is operatively coupled to the motor driver and the current sense unit and configured to detect discontinuities in the motor's electrical current amplitude. The angular frequency extractor also is configured to determine a time period for one complete revolution of a rotor of the motor and to generate a feedback signal based on the determined period to control an angular frequency of the motor. The feedback signal may be used to adjust how the motor is being driven (e.g., to slow the motor down or speed it up).
US09628004B2
A motor drive device includes: an inverter circuit that has three switching elements corresponding to three phases of a three-phase motor coil, converts a DC applied voltage of a power source to an AC voltage by a PWM, and output the AC voltage to the motor coil; a voltage detection device for the DC applied voltage; and a control device that controls the PWM. The control device selects a first modulation method, for fixing the on/off-state of a part of the switching elements and for switching the on/off-state of the other part of the switching elements, or a second modulation method, for switching the on/off-state of the switching elements corresponding to three phases. The control device switches from the first modulation method to the second modulation method when the DC applied voltage is equal to or greater than a predetermined voltage, and the first modulation method is selected.
US09627996B1
A present invention provides a device capable of controlling a variable stiffness mechanism, which has a dielectric elastomer interposed between two members, so as to suppress an increase in the strain of the dielectric elastomer caused by the creep phenomenon. A power source control unit 21 corrects a reference supply voltage Vbase of an output voltage of a power source 10, which is determined on the basis of a desired degree of stiffness of a dielectric elastomer 1, by a feedback manipulated variable determined on the basis of a difference between a desired value of the capacitance of the elastomer 1 and an estimated value thereof, thereby setting a desired value for controlling the output voltage of the power source 10 in order to control the power source 10 according to the desired value for control.
US09627994B2
Cascade H-Bridge inverters and carrier-based level shift pulse width modulation techniques are presented for generating inverter stage switching control signals, in which carrier waveform levels are selectively shifted to control THD and to mitigate power distribution imbalances within multilevel inverter elements using either complementary carrier or complementary reference modulation techniques.
US09627987B2
The present invention discloses a flyback converter, a primary side control circuit therein, and a control method thereof. The flyback converter includes: a transformer circuit, a power switch circuit, a primary side control circuit, a synchronous rectification (SR) switch, and a synchronous rectification (SR) control circuit. When a feedback signal indicates that a difference between a target output voltage and an actual output voltage increases, the primary side control circuit increases an operation frequency of an operation signal by step-wisely reducing a cycle period of the operation signal in response to the increase of the difference, wherein the cycle period of the operation signal is reduced by a predetermined unit of time in each step, such that the cycle period of the operation signal is a step function of the increase of the difference.
US09627985B2
A secondary control circuit includes a voltage regulator circuit coupled to an output of the power converter to provide a regulated power supply. One or more switched loads are coupled between a first terminal and an output ground terminal. The first terminal is coupled to the output of the power converter. Each switched load is coupled to draw a respective current from a load current to clamp the output of a power converter. One or more comparator circuits are coupled to a second terminal. The second terminal is coupled to receive an output sense signal. Each comparator circuit is coupled to receive a reference signal that is a scaled representation of a first reference signal. Each switched load is switched in response to a respective comparator circuit to draw a respective current from the load current of the power converter to clamp the output of the power converter.
US09627983B2
A control circuit and the control method for controlling the current voltage converter of a power conversion system in the start-up phase are disclosed. A first voltage is applied to the non-inverting input terminal of the comparator and a reference voltage is applied to the inverting input terminal of the comparator. When the first voltage exceeds the reference voltage, the comparison result from the comparator triggers the frequency of the clock signal generated by the oscillator to reduce preventing the primary current flowing through the primary winding of the transformer exceeding a pre-set value.
US09627982B2
A flyback power converter includes a transformer which has a primary winding, a secondary winding, and an auxiliary winding; a power switch controlling the conduction of the primary winding; and a control circuit generating a control signal to control the power switch, wherein the control circuit is an integrated circuit having a current sensing pin for obtaining a current sensing signal of a current through the power switch. The flyback power converter further includes a temperature-sensitive resistor or a mode detection resistor coupled between the auxiliary winding and the current sensing pin. The temperature-sensitive resistor provides a temperature-related signal for the control circuit to perform an over-temperature protection, or the temperature-sensitive resistor provides a mode detection signal for the control circuit to determine an operation mode of the flyback power converter.
US09627981B2
Invention is related to a bidirectional switched mode power supply for elevator power systems. The bidirectional switched mode power supply comprises an input for selecting power supply direction of the bidirectional switched mode power supply and a switch having an control pole coupled to the input. The switch is adapted to change the main circuit of the bidirectional switched mode power supply based on the selected power supply direction.
US09627980B2
Disclosed are a power conversion apparatus and a photovoltaic module. The power conversion apparatus includes a converter unit configured to convert a direct current (DC) voltage from a solar cell module, a clamp unit configured to limit a surge voltage in the converter unit, and a controller configured to control the converter unit. Through this configuration, the power conversion apparatus is capable of limiting a surge voltage depending on operation of the converter unit.
US09627978B2
A circuit arrangement is disclosed for ascertaining switching times for a DC-DC voltage converter which has an actuating unit, configured to actuate circuit breakers in a full bridge which are arranged on a high-voltage side of the DC-DC voltage converter. In addition, the circuit arrangement has at least one comparison unit which is configured to compare a first voltage U dropping across a circuit breaker arranged on a low-voltage side of the DC-DC voltage converter with a first predetermined reference voltage U. In addition, the circuit arrangement has a first measuring unit, configured to start a first time measurement when a pair of the circuit breakers in the full bridge is switched on by the actuating unit and to terminate the first time measurement when U>U. The first measuring unit is also configured to output an ascertained first measurement period for the first time measurement to the actuating unit, and the actuating unit is configured to actuate the circuit breakers on the basis of the ascertained first measurement period.
US09627975B2
The present disclosure provides a modulated power supply system having a switching converter with an output terminal for supplying modulated power to a load. The modulated power supply system also includes a controller adapted to transition the switching converter between a buck mode and a boost mode in response to a detection of at least one predetermined condition associated with the output terminal.
US09627967B2
One embodiment of a power management system includes a reservoir configured to collect energy. The system also includes a voltage regulator coupled to the reservoir via an input terminal and configured to convert the energy to an output voltage via an output terminal when enabled. A threshold detector is coupled to the reservoir and is configured to sense the energy and enable the voltage regulator when the energy exceeds a threshold. The system further includes a feedback circuit coupled between the output terminal and the threshold detector, and configured to feedback the output voltage to the threshold detector to compensate for a voltage drop across the threshold detector due to an output current drawn by the load.
US09627964B1
A voltage recovery circuit in an integrated circuit is provided. The voltage recovery circuit includes a bootstrap circuit coupled to a cascode switch circuit. The bootstrap circuit includes a first transistor coupled in series to a second transistor, a resistive element is coupled between the second transistor and an output of the voltage recovery circuit, and a capacitive element is coupled between control electrodes of the first and second transistors and the output. The cascode switch circuit includes a third and fourth transistor coupled in series. The third transistor includes a current electrode coupled to receive a first input voltage, and a control electrode coupled to the control electrodes of the first and second transistors. The fourth transistor includes a current electrode coupled to the output, and a control electrode coupled to a current electrode of the second transistor and a terminal of the resistive element.
US09627960B2
A load voltage control device, comprising: a load disposed in a tip portion; a power supply circuit and a controller disposed in a proximal end portion; and a cable connecting the tip portion with the proximal end portion, the cable comprising a first and second power supply lines, the power supply circuit comprising at least one power supply, wherein the controller operates to: obtain a voltage applied to the load based on a voltage applied to an input point of the first power supply line, a current flowing through the first power supply line, a voltage applied to an input point of the second power supply line and a current flowing through the second power supply line; and adjust the power supply voltage by controlling the at least one power supply so that the voltage applied to the load becomes substantially equal to a predetermined reference voltage.
US09627959B2
A switch power converter and method of testing and adjusting is provided. A switch power unit comprises at least a power switch for transform of the power. A controller is configured to generate a control signal for the power switch. A detector is configured to detect an output voltage signal and/or an output current signal of the switch power unit and output a sampling signal. A testing and adjusting unit is configured to receive the sampling signal and output a testing signal to the controller. The testing and adjusting unit comprises a compensator. The compensator attends the testing and adjusting of the switch power converter. An AC disturbing signal various in frequency causes the difference in the sampling signal and the testing signal so as to test open-loop transfer function of the switch power converter, the compensator compensates frequency response characteristic of the switch power converter, when the frequency response characteristic of the switch power converter doesn't match a target frequency response characteristic.
US09627957B2
A power conversion device implementing an electrical-path-cutoff only if a power semiconductor element short-circuits, and to implement the cutoff at a timing earlier than when a battery fuse fuses, includes a pair of power semiconductor elements configured to be an upper arm element and a lower arm element, being connected in series between a positive-polarity electrode and a negative-polarity electrode; a short circuit detection circuit configured to detect a short circuit in the lower arm element; switching element for fusing, configured to be disposed between positive-polarity-side terminal of upper arm element on the positive-polarity electrode side, and negative-polarity-side terminal of lower arm element on the negative-polarity electrode side, and to be driven to have the positive-polarity-side terminal connected with the negative-polarity electrode when the short circuit is detected; and a cutoff part configured to be made of thin metallic wire for having the negative-polarity-side terminal connected with the negative-polarity electrode.
US09627944B2
Provided is an electric drive apparatus in which a detected portion (10) of a rotation angle sensor is disposed at an end of a shaft (7) of a motor, and a sensor portion (300) as a detection portion of the rotation angle sensor is disposed coaxially with the rotating axis of the shaft. In a control unit (200), an inverter circuit portion with a drive element (SW) for driving the motor, and a control substrate (17) which is separate from the sensor portion and controls the output of the inverter circuit portion are disposed. The sensor portion and the control substrate are electrically connected, with the control substrate disposed along a plane perpendicular to the rotating axis of the shaft.
US09627943B2
A motor cooling structure for cooling a motor, which includes a shaft transmitting power and a rotor core attached to an outside of the shaft, by a cooling medium, includes: a cooling medium supply passage that extends to an inside of the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft and passes the cooling medium through the cooling medium supply passage; and a plurality of cooling medium passages that are branched from the cooling medium supply passage to cool the rotor core while flowing the cooling medium without branching the cooling medium in the axial direction and then eject the cooling medium from a plurality of ejection holes opened to a surface of the rotor core, wherein distances from a cooling medium inlet, through which the cooling medium flows into the cooling medium supply passage, to the respective ejection holes are equal between the plurality of cooling medium passages.
US09627937B2
A stator for an electric motor includes a plurality of pole pieces and a plurality of electrical windings associated with the pole pieces. Each winding includes a cable having an electrically conductive element. A lossy insulative material is located between the electrical windings and the associated pole pieces.
US09627929B2
There is provided a frequency controller apparatus for use in a wireless power transmitter apparatus configured to wirelessly transmit an inputted power from a power transmitting antenna that includes a first resonant circuit, toward a power receiving antenna that includes a second resonant circuit and is electromagnetically coupled to the power transmitting antenna at a predetermined transmission frequency. The frequency controller apparatus includes a controller for changing the transmission frequency during a power transfer, and the controller sets a decrease amount when decreasing the transmission frequency, so that the decrease amount is smaller than an increase amount when the transmission frequency is increased.
US09627923B2
An apparatus and method for backfeed detection in, and control of, an uninterruptible power system is disclosed. An adaptive controller in an uninterruptible power system enables delivery of power from a second, backup, power source, to loads connected to an output of the system, when a first, primary, input source is detected to be in a fault condition. Subsequent to enabling the second power source, and within a time interval that is less than one AC period following the detection of the input fault, the controller may sense and measure a backfeed of energy from the second source to the first source and may adapt a subsequent fault response based upon the measurement of the backfeed. Adapting the subsequent response may comprise adapting a response to a fault at the output. The subsequent response may comprise disabling or enabling delivery of energy from the second source.
US09627919B2
An electroacoustic portable device charger and direct power adaptor. Ultrasonic transducers transmit acoustic energy which is converted into electrical power for the purposes of charging portable device batteries. Specifically, a wireless personal data device (such as a mobile phone) charging pad is disclosed. Feedback control loop and phased piezo array steer acoustic wavefronts into receiver transducers without the threat of electromagnetic interference. Parameters are monitored to maximize power efficiency and transmission. Device cradles and covers can be retrofitted to accommodate piezo electronics or integrated therein.
US09627908B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for a combined battery/capacitor energy storage device. The device includes a first device terminal, a second device terminal, a battery connected between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a capacitor connected in parallel with the battery. In one aspect, a rectifier is connected between the first terminal and the capacitor, the rectifier configured to allow substantially unidirectional current flow from the first terminal to the capacitor. In another aspect, a switch is between the capacitor and the first terminal. In another aspect, a current limiter extends between the first terminal and the capacitor.
US09627906B2
Disclosed are a load/charger detection circuit, a battery management system comprising the same and a driving method thereof. The load/charger detection circuit includes a current source; a current mirror connected to the current source to copy a current of the current mirror; at least two resistors connected between a first terminal providing a corresponding voltage to a charger or a load and a power supply; and a zener diode connected between the first terminal and the current mirror.
US09627904B2
A charging method and a charger are provided that relate to the field of electronics, and can adjust a charging current of the charger in real time and avoid a short circuit of the charger. The method in the present invention includes setting a multi-level charging current; when a terminal is charged at a present charging current, acquiring a real-time charging voltage corresponding to the present charging current; determining whether a difference between the real-time charging voltage corresponding to the present charging current and an ideal charging voltage exceeds a voltage drop threshold; when the difference does not exceed the voltage drop threshold, boosting a charging current to a next-level charging current; and when the difference exceeds the voltage drop threshold, reducing the charging current to a previous-level charging current, so as to select an appropriate charging current to charge the terminal.
US09627903B2
A device and method are provided for saving power and electricity in a charging device including external power supplies and battery chargers having a primary circuit and a secondary circuit where a switch is located in the primary circuit and a current sensing device in the secondary circuit to sense when there is a drop in current in the secondary circuit or no current in the secondary circuit because the load such as a cell phone or tablet is charged and when this occurs the switch in the primary circuit is opened and the primary circuit no longer draws power from the source of power until the switch in the primary circuit is closed by activation of a user of the charging device.
US09627898B2
In a device and a method for transmitting energy and data between a control unit and a position-measuring device via a line pair, the energy transmission takes place in a charge mode and the data transmission takes place in a communication mode, and an energy storage device is provided in the position-measuring device, which is able to be charged in the charge mode via the line pair, and which is able to supply energy to the position-measuring device in the communication mode, and a charge unit and a switching device are provided in the control unit. The switching unit is adapted to the charge unit to the line pair in two-pole manner.
US09627885B2
An ESD protection circuit includes a plurality of resistors, at least a capacitor, a driving circuit and an ESD clamping device, wherein a first node of each resistor is connected to a first supply voltage, and a second node of each of at least a portion of the resistors is selectively connected to an input node via a corresponding switch respectively, and a first node of the capacitor is connected to a second supply voltage, and a second node of the capacitor is connected to the input node; the driving circuit is arranged to generate a driving signal according to a voltage on the input node; and the ESD clamping device is coupled to the driving circuit, and connected between the first supply voltage and the second supple voltage, and the ESD clamping device is arranged to selectively bypass an ESD current according to the driving signal.
US09627881B2
The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for detecting faults in an electric power delivery system. In one embodiment, a system may include a data acquisition subsystem configured to receive a plurality of representations of electrical conditions. The system may also include a traveling wave differential subsystem configured to determine an operating quantity based on the plurality of representations of electrical conditions. The traveling wave differential subsystem may also determine a restraint quantity based on the plurality of representations of electrical conditions. The traveling wave differential subsystem may detect a traveling wave generated by the fault based on the plurality of representations. A fault detector subsystem may be configured to declare a fault based on a comparison of the operating quantity and the restraint quantity. A protective action subsystem may implement a protective action based on the declaration of the fault.
US09627879B2
An apparatus (100) for protecting a circuit (200) from an input volume comprises a switchable element (10) arranged to couple the input voltage (VIN) to the circuit (200) in response to a first control signal (DRV1) having a first value and to decouple the input voltage (VIN) from the circuit (200) in response to the first control signal (DRV1) having a second value. A monitor stage (20) compares a monitored voltage (VMON) to a threshold (VIN). A controller (30) provides the first control signal (DRV1) to the switchable element (10), the first control signal (DRV1) having the first value when the monitored voltage (VMON) is on one side of the threshold (VTH) and the second value when the monitored voltage (VMON) is on the other side of the threshold (VTH), wherein the first value is independent of the input voltage (VIN) and the second value is equal to the input voltage (VIN).
US09627870B2
The electrical box (100) includes: a body (110) that presents a side wall (111) that is closed at the rear by a rear wall (112) so as to define an inside volume for receiving at least one electrical accessory. The electrical box further includes at least one metal electrical-connection element (130, 140, 150) that is fastened to the body and that includes an inside terminal for connecting the electrical accessory, and an outside terminal (132, 142, 152) that is situated outside the body for connecting an electrical conductor, the rear wall being arranged so as to provide access, via the inside volume, to the inside terminal of the metal electrical-connection element.
US09627865B2
The invention relates to a transmission station for feeding locally provided electrical energy, in particular provided by one or more wind power installations, into a grid. According to the invention, it is proposed for a housing of the transmission station to feature a first, accessible room and a second room that is connected to the outside world by means of an exhaust pipe, with such first room and second room being connected to each other by means of a joint recess, with such control unit closing the joint recess, and with one casing of the control unit being open in the area where the recess is closed and/or showing a predetermined breaking point that is adapted to fail if an electric arc occurs inside the control unit.
US09627864B2
A detachable high powered electronic module of a high powered electronic system capable of receiving high power is disclosed. In one embodiment, the detachable high powered electronic includes a sub-array of the high powered electronic module, a heat exchanger assembly, a power converter module, and a mechanical interface. The mechanical interface is configured to detachably couple the sub-array and the power converter module via the heat exchanger assembly. Further, the detachable sub-array assembly is configured to deliver power received from the power converter module to the sub-array and also to substantially simultaneously extract heat away from the detachable sub-array.
US09627863B1
The electrical panel barricade is a three sided cabinet that prevents unauthorized access to electrical panels that are uncovered for maintenance purposes. The electrical panel barricade is attached directly to the uncovered electrical panel using two adjustable clamping bars. The electrical panel barricade can be installed to protect an uncovered electrical panel that needs to be left unattended. The electrical panel barricade can be installed as a temporary closure to accommodate electrical testing equipment that may not fit into the original electrical panel. The electrical panel barricade comprises a door, a left panel, a right panel, a left locking wing, a right locking wing, a top member, and a bottom member.
US09627860B2
An assembly for the frame of a switchboard is disclosed, which can include a hollow member which extends lengthwise along a reference axis and which has at least one slot. The assembly can include at least one connecting element for connecting the assembly to a corresponding corner joint element of the frame, and the connecting element can include an insulating body and a fixing metal plate which is associated to a carrying part of the insulating body. The carrying part can be at least partially inserted transversally with respect to the reference axis into the hollow member through the slot, so as to arrange at least a portion of the associated fixing metal plate into the hollow member transversally with respect to the reference axis.
US09627846B2
A light-emitting element module includes a temperature adjustment element, a light-emitting element arranged on a temperature adjustment surface of the temperature adjustment element, a metal layer arranged on the temperature adjustment surface, a relay member arranged on the temperature adjustment surface through the metal layer, a wiring layer arranged on a surface of the relay member at an opposite side to the temperature adjustment surface, a wiring to electrically connect the light-emitting element and the wiring layer, and a wiring to electrically connect a connection electrode and the wiring layer. The wiring layer has an area smaller than an area of a region where the metal layer overlaps the relay member in a plan view.
US09627842B2
The present invention relates to an optical amplifier arrangement and a method of amplifying an optical signal. The optical amplifier arrangement (20) comprises an optical dividing device (21) arranged to divide an optical input pulse into a plurality of non-overlapping pulses forming a pulse train, an optical amplifier (22) arranged to amplify the pulse train, and an optical aligning display (23) arranged to temporally align the plurality of amplified pulses in the amplified pulse train into a single output pulse having the same temporal width as the input pulse.
US09627841B2
Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for correcting lateral and angular displacement of laser beams within a laser cavity. For some embodiments, such systems and methods are used to correct angular displacement of laser beams within a laser cavity that result from varying the lasing wavelength in a tunable laser system.
US09627833B2
A lead frame for attaching leads to a hermetic feedthrough includes a cross-member and a plurality of leads. Each of the leads has an elongate body extending from the cross-member in a direction substantially parallel with one another, and each lead includes at least one of a notch on an end thereof opposite to the cross-member or a hole proximate to the end.
US09627831B1
A rotating contact device is described. The rotating contact device can include a contact ring and a pair of legs extending from a lower ring surface of the contact ring. Along an upper ring surface of the contact ring can be disposed one or more raised contacts. The rotating contact device can also include an inside contact held within an inside of the contact ring. Application of a downwards force on the upper ring surface of the contact ring causes the pair of legs to deflect and the contact ring and the inside contact to rotate and translate. When mated with opposing contacts, this rotation can function to radially wipe the opposing contacts and the upper ring surface.
US09627829B2
The present invention relates to an adapter system for busbars, having an adapter for busbars and an adapter connection module, which can be connected together to provide an operating position of the adapter system. The adapter for busbars has contact connections, a housing and a cable connection arrangement, the adapter connection module has a housing, an interruptible bridge circuit, a primary switch and an activation lever for actuating a lever switch of the adapter for busbars.
US09627825B2
Provided is a large current female connector for high-speed transmission, comprising a case, an insulating body, and an upper terminal group and a lower terminal group disposed in the insulating body. The insulating body is disposed in the case. A power terminal in the upper terminal group and a corresponding power terminal in the lower terminal group are connected to form a big power terminal. An insulating body trench for accommodating the big power terminal is disposed on the insulating body. The present invention has advantages in that the fabrication process is simple and cost effective, and a large current transport is possible.
US09627821B1
A power connector having an observation portion includes a housing, a live wire conductive member, a live wire contact plate and a neutral wire conductive member. The live wire contact plate has an elastic force to move away from the live wire conductive member. The live wire conductive member and the live wire contact plate contact with each other by a first limiting element damaged at a temperature of 80°˜299° C., separating the live wire contact plate from the live wire conductive member by that elastic force. The housing includes a transparent observation portion, allowing a user to see through partial or whole part of the first limiting element, of the live wire conductive member and of the live wire contact plate, enabling the observation of whether the live wire conductive member and the live wire contact plate are limited by the first limiting element to remain contacted.
US09627820B2
Power entry and distribution for network communication systems are disclosed. For certain embodiments depicted, a power distribution board with an open-grid configuration receives power feed/return lines from a power entry connector and distributes the power feed/return lines for a network processing system. The open-grid configuration facilitates airflow through a chassis and thereby provides improved cooling. Further, a modular power entry connector can be used to facilitate connection of power feed/return cables to the chassis for the network processing systems while improving safety for high power implementations.
US09627797B2
Disclosed herein is a plug feature for an electronic device. More specifically, the plug feature described herein is used to plug, fill or otherwise seal an aperture associated with a SIM tray of an electronic device. The plug feature may be coupled to an ejection mechanism and may extend at least partially into an aperture defined by the SIM tray and/or an aperture defined by the housing of the electronic device.
US09627788B2
An electrical assembly is disclosed in which two flexible printed circuits are electrically joined. This allows greater lengths of flexible printed circuits to be provided, for example for gas turbine engine harnesses. Each flexible printed circuit has a terminating region having electrically conductive through holes that are connected to respective electrical tracks of the flexible printed circuit. The terminating regions are adjacent each other in the electrical assembly, and an electrically conductive pin is passed through the aligned through holes, then permanently bonded in position, for example by welding. This results in a robust, reliable connection of two flexible printed circuits.
US09627774B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose an antenna device and system. The antenna device includes: an antenna array, configured to radiate or receive an electromagnetic wave signal; a feed network, configured to connect the antenna array and a signal multiplexer; at least one signal multiplexer, configured to divide one path of signal from the feed network into at least two paths of signal, or combine at least two paths of signal to one path of signal and transmit the one path of signal to the feed network; and at least two interface modules connected to a passive module or an active module, is configured to receive a signal sent from the passive module or the active module, or send a signal to the passive module or the active module. The present application can be used for sharing the antenna array and other parts in the active and passive antenna systems.
US09627767B2
Antenna designs are disclosed that exhibit both high bandwidth and efficiency. A first aspect of the invention concerns the form factor of the antenna; a second aspect of the invention concerns the ease with which the antenna is manufactured; and a third aspect concerns the superior performance exhibits by the antenna across a large bandwidth.
US09627765B2
Embodiments of an optically transparent antenna are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the optically transparent antenna may comprise a plurality of electrically-isolated conductive patches arranged on a non-conductive surface. A combination of a size of the conductive patches and a spacing between the conductive patches is less than a human visual acuity for a predetermined viewing distance so that the patches are not be visible or perceptible to a human. In some embodiments, optically transparent antenna may serve as one or more antennas on a mobile platform.
US09627761B2
An antenna coil includes a first conductor pattern defining a first side, a second conductor pattern defining a second side, a third conductor pattern defining a third side, and a fourth conductor pattern defining a fourth side in each turn when viewed from a laminating direction of insulation layers, the first conductor pattern is provided on a first layer, the second conductor pattern is provided on a second layer, which differs from the first layer, and the third conductor pattern and the fourth conductor pattern extend across the first layer and the second layer, and the first through fourth conductor patterns are disposed on the respective insulation layers so that the direction of a line obtained by sequentially connecting, on a turn-by-turn basis, centers of gravity of winding shapes each of which is configured by the conductor patterns defining one turn is slanted relative to the laminating direction of the insulation layers.
US09627746B2
A wireless communication apparatus and an antenna system therein are provided. The antenna system includes a grounding portion and an antenna body. The grounding portion includes a ground plane and a conducting element. The conducting element is perpendicular to the ground plane and is connected to the ground plane to provide a first current path. The antenna body includes a main radiating portion and a short circuit portion. The main radiating portion is parallel to the ground plane and provides a second current path. An end of the main radiating portion is electrically connected to a signal source. The short circuit portion is electrically connected between the main radiating portion and the conducting element and provides a third current path. The directions of the first current path, the second current path and the third current path are perpendicular mutually.
US09627741B2
As a wireless module which is capable of improving heat dissipation while suppressing degradation of antenna characteristics, there is provided a wireless module including: a first substrate having a first surface on which a plurality of antennas and a ground portion are disposed; and a heat dissipating member disposed opposite the first surface of the first substrate. The heat dissipating member includes a plurality of openings corresponding to the plurality of antennas respectively and an intervening portion which intervenes between the plurality of openings. The ground portion is disposed between the first substrate and the heat dissipating member.
US09627725B2
A battery pack having a battery module, a thermoelectric heat pump, and a cooling manifold is provided. The battery module has a first battery cell, a housing, and a first solid cooling fin. A first panel portion of the first solid cooling fin is disposed against the first battery cell. A second panel portion of the first solid cooling fin is disposed on an outer surface of the housing and is coupled to an end portion of the first panel portion. A first side of the thermoelectric heat pump is disposed against the second panel portion, and a second side of the thermoelectric heat pump is disposed against the cooling manifold. The thermoelectric heat pump transfers heat energy from the first solid cooling fin to the cooling manifold in response to a first electrical current flowing through the thermoelectric heat pump in a first direction, to reduce a temperature level of the first battery cell.
US09627716B2
An example electrolyte includes a solvent mixture, a lithium salt, a non-polymerizing solid electrolyte interface (SEI) precursor additive, and a solvent additive. The solvent mixture includes dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) present in a volume to volume ratio ranging from 20 to 1 to 1 to 20. The non-polymerizing SEI precursor additive is present in an amount ranging from greater than 0 wt % to about 10 wt % of a total wt % of the electrolyte, and the solvent additive is present in an amount ranging from greater than 0 wt % to about 10 wt % of the total wt % of the electrolyte.
US09627711B2
A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode of this secondary battery contains a positive electrode active substance having a hollow structure, which has a shell portion and a hollow portion formed inside the shell portion. In addition, a heat-resistant barrier layer is disposed between the positive electrode and the separator.
US09627709B2
A method of fabricating a multilayered thin film solid state battery device. The method steps include, but are not limited to, the forming of the following layers: substrate member, a barrier material, a first electrode material, a thickness of cathode material, an electrolyte, an anode material, and a second electrode material. The formation of the barrier material can include forming a polymer material being configured to substantially block a migration of an active metal species to the substrate member, and being characterized by a barrier degrading temperature. The formation of cathode material can include forming a cathode material having an amorphous characteristic, while maintaining a temperature of about −40 Degrees Celsius to no greater than 500 Degrees Celsius such that a spatial volume is characterized by an external border region of the cathode material. The method can then involve transferring the resulting thin film solid state battery device.
US09627699B2
A gaseous fuel catalytic partial oxidation (CPOX) reformer can include a plurality or an array of spaced-apart CPOX reactor units, each reactor unit including an elongate tube having a wall with internal and external surfaces, the wall enclosing an open gaseous flow passageway with at least a portion of the wall having CPOX catalyst disposed therein and/or comprising its structure. The catalyst-containing wall structure and open gaseous flow passageway enclosed thereby define a gaseous phase CPOX reaction zone, the catalyst-containing wall section being gas-permeable to allow gaseous CPOX reaction mixture to diffuse therein and hydrogen-rich product reformate to diffuse therefrom. At least the exterior surface of a CPOX reaction zone of a CPOX reactor unit can include a hydrogen barrier. The gaseous fuel CPOX reformer also can include one or more igniters, and a source of gaseous reformable fuel.
US09627698B2
The gas distribution element for a fuel cell or an electrolyzing device including a first layer and a second layer, the first and second layers are disposed with a gas distribution structure forming a pattern for a fluid flow of a first reactant fluid. The second layer is a homogenizing element, which has first apertures, wherein at least some of the first apertures have a length and a width, with the length being greater than the width and the length extending in a transverse direction to the main direction of fluid flow.
US09627694B2
Systems for batteries or galvanic cells are disclosed. The system comprises a mixing chamber. The system further comprises a first reservoir, in fluid communication with a mixing chamber, the first reservoir configured to store a concentrated electrolyte. Additionally the system comprises a pump configured to pump a fluid into the mixing chamber. The system further comprises an electrochemical energy cell in fluid communication with the mixing chamber wherein the mixing chamber is configured to receive the fluid and concentrated electrolyte and mix the fluid and the concentrated electrolyte to produce a diluted electrolyte. Finally the system comprises the electrochemical energy cell configured to receive the diluted electrolyte, use the received diluted electrolyte for an electrochemical reaction and remove the used electrolyte solution from the cell.
US09627693B2
This disclosure relates to energy storage and generation systems, e.g., combination of flow battery and hydrogen fuel cell, that exhibit operational stability in harsh environments, e.g., both charging and discharging reactions in a regenerative fuel cell in the presence of a halogen ion or a mixture of halogen ions. This disclosure also relates to energy storage and generation systems that are capable of conducting both hydrogen evolution reactions (HERs) and hydrogen oxidation reactions (HORs) in the same system. This disclosure further relates to energy storage and generation systems having low cost, fast response time, and acceptable life and performance.
US09627687B2
An exemplary embodiment provides a lithium ion secondary battery using a high energy type anode, which enables long-life operation thereof. A secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment comprises an electrode element in which a cathode and an anode are oppositely disposed, an electrolytic solution, and an outer packaging body which encloses the electrode element and the electrolytic solution inside; wherein the anode is formed by binding an anode active material, which comprises carbon material (a) that can absorb and desorb a lithium ion, metal (b) that can be alloyed with lithium, and metal oxide (c) that can absorb and desorb a lithium ion, to an anode collector with an anode binder; and wherein the electrolytic solution comprises a liquid medium which is hard to generate carbon dioxide at a concentration of 10 to 80 vol %.
US09627686B2
To simply manufacture a lithium-containing oxide at lower manufacturing cost. A method for manufacturing a lithium-containing composite oxide expressed by a general formula LiMPO4 (M is one or more of Fe (II), Mn (II), Co (II), and Ni (II)). A solution containing Li and P is formed and then is dripped in a solution containing M (M is one or more of Fe (II), Mn (II), Co (II), and Ni (II)) to form a mixed solution. By a hydrothermal method using the mixed solution, a single crystal particle of a lithium-containing composite oxide expressed by the general formula LiMPO4 (M is one or more of Fe (II), Mn (II), Co (II), and Ni (II)) is manufactured.
US09627684B2
An anode active material for a lithium-ion battery cell comprises low density silicon. The anode active material is provided in an anode for a lithium-ion battery. Also disclosed are methods of making the anode active material.
US09627673B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a secondary battery that is able to inhibit the growth of a dendrite that can generate from an electrode comprising alkali metal and a separator used therein.A secondary battery, comprising:a positive electrode;a negative electrode comprising alkali metal;a separator comprising a layer of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) polymer or copolymer that reacts with a dendrite of the alkali metal, the separator being hydrophilized at a rate of not less than 10% and not more than 80%; anda layer that does not react with a dendrite of the alkali metal located between the separator and the negative electrode, and a separator used therein.
US09627669B2
A separator which includes a covering layer in which a fine framework of polyolefin resin is coated with a glass layer and an exposed layer in which the polyolefin resin is exposed is provided. A battery is provided having a cathode and an anode, an electrolyte, and a separator where the separator has the covering layer in which the fine framework of polyolefin resin is coated with the glass layer.
US09627654B2
An OLED display includes a first substrate, a first electrode on the first substrate, a pixel defining layer having a first aperture exposing the first electrode, an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode, a second electrode on the organic light emitting layer, a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, a black matrix disposed on the second substrate and having a second aperture, and a lens disposed to cover at least a part of the second aperture and protruding toward the first substrate.
US09627645B2
A mask plate for manufacturing an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) transparent display panel, the OLED transparent display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The mask plate includes a substrate and a plurality of hollowed-out areas and a plurality of opaque areas disposed on the substrate, and a pattern of the hollowed-out areas correspond to a pattern of a cathode of the OLED transparent display panel to be manufactured; and all the hollowed-out areas are communicated with each other.
US09627644B2
In an aspect, an organic light emitting diode device including a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an emission layer positioned between the first electrode and second electrode, wherein the first electrode includes samarium (Sm) is provided.
US09627639B2
Disclosed are an organic light emitting display device and lighting apparatus for vehicles using the same. The organic light emitting display device includes a first layer including a first organic layer and a first emission layer on a first electrode, a second layer including a second emission layer and a second organic layer on the first layer, a second electrode on the second layer, and a third organic layer between the first layer and the second layer. A thickness of the first emission layer is equal to or greater than a thickness of each of the first organic layer and the second organic layer.
US09627637B2
A flexible display device includes: a flexible panel having a bending portion that is configured to bend about a radius with respect to an inner peripheral surface of the bending portion, and a housing supporting the flexible panel. The bending portion has one or more recesses at the inner peripheral surface of the bending portion, and an entry width of each of the recesses, a number of the recesses, and a thickness of the flexible panel meet the relation equation of πd=nG, where G denotes the entry width of each of the recesses, n denotes the number of the recesses, and d denotes the thickness of the flexible panel.
US09627634B2
Provided is a heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1 and an organic light-emitting diode including the same:
US09627632B2
An uncharged compound of the formula (1) M(L)n(L′)m(L″)o Formula (1) containing a substructure M(L)n of the formula (3) or (4) M is a transition metal; E is identical or different on each occurrence and is in each case a sp2-hybridized carbon or nitrogen atom; Z is identical or different on each occurrence and is in each case C(R)2 or NR; Cy1 and Cy2 are identical or different on each occurrence and are in each case a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle which coordinates to M via the N atom and may have a bond to the group Z. The compound can also be used in an oligomer, polymer, dendrimer or an electronic component.
US09627627B2
A phosphine oxide-based compound represented by Formula 1, and an organic light-emitting device including the phosphine oxide-based compound. wherein Ar1 through Ar3, and a, b, and c are defined as in the specification.
US09627624B2
A compound for an organic optoelectronic device is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1. wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, L1, L2, L3, n1, n2, and n3 are further defined in the specification.
US09627619B2
A thin film forming apparatus includes: a thin film source including a thin film on one surface of the thin film source to be transferred to a substrate; and a light emitter configured to apply light energy to the thin film source to transfer the thin film to the substrate.
US09627612B2
Non-volatile memory cell having small programming power and a reduced resistance drift are provided. In one embodiment of the present application, a non-volatile memory cell is provided that includes a layer of dielectric material that has a via opening that exposes a surface of a bottom electrode. A metal nitride spacer is located along a bottom portion of each sidewall surface of the layer of dielectric material and in the via opening. A phase change material structure is present in the via opening and contacting a top portion of each sidewall surface of the layer of dielectric material and a topmost surface of each metal nitride spacer. A top electrode is located on a topmost surface of the phase change material structure.
US09627609B2
A method of manufacturing a magnetic memory device may include forming a lower magnetic layer, a tunnel barrier layer, and an upper magnetic layer on a substrate, forming a magnetic tunnel junction pattern by etching a stacked structure including the lower magnetic layer, the tunnel barrier layer, and the upper magnetic layer, forming a boron-absorption layer covering the magnetic tunnel junction pattern, and performing a heat treatment process so that boron included in the upper and lower magnetic layers may be absorbed by the boron-absorption layer. The heat treatment process may be undertaken in a gaseous atmosphere including at least one of hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
US09627603B2
A quartz vibrator that includes a substrate, a quartz vibrating element, and a dome-shaped cap. The quartz vibrating element is mounted on the substrate. The cap is bonded to the substrate. The cap defines and forms a sealed space that seals the quartz vibrating element along with the substrate. The cap has a side wall portion, a ceiling portion, and a connecting portion. The side wall portion encloses the quartz vibrating element. The ceiling portion is positioned above the quartz vibrating element. The connecting portion connects the side wall portion and the ceiling portion. The connecting portion is thinner than the side wall portion and the ceiling portion.
US09627599B2
Provided is an LED light which may include a base plate, an LED module disposed under the base plate, a plurality of heat pipes provided over the base plate, and a plurality of heat dissipation fins provided over the base plate. The plurality of heat pipes may include a first portion thermally coupled to the base plate and a second portion that extends from the first portion. The plurality of heat dissipation fins may be spaced apart from each other and thermally coupled to the second portion of the heat pipes to dissipate heat from the LED module. The LED light may include an upper bracket provided over the plurality of heat dissipation fins and fastened to a hanger, and a plurality of studs that connect the base plate to the upper bracket.
US09627598B2
A light emitting device has: a plurality of light emitting elements, a base having a first main surface and a second main surface on the opposite side from the first main surface, the base having conductive patterns disposed on the first main surface on which the light emitting elements are mounted, conductive patterns disposed on the second main surface, and a groove provided on the second main surface of the base corresponding to a space between the light emitting elements, and a light reflecting member that integrally covers side surfaces of the plurality of light emitting elements.
US09627595B2
Provided is a lighting device, comprising: a light source module comprising: at least one light source disposed on a printed circuit board; and a resin layer disposed on the printed circuit board so that the light source is embedded; an indirect light emission unit which is formed in at least any one of one side and another side of the light source module and which reflects light irradiated from the light source; and a diffusion plate having an upper surface which is in contact with an upper part of the light source module, and a side wall which is integrally formed with the upper surface and formed to extend in a lower side direction and which is adhered onto an outer side surface of the indirect light emission unit, whereby flexibility of the product itself can be secured, and durability and reliability thereof can be also improved.
US09627583B2
There is provided a light-emitting device comprising a light-emitting element. The light-emitting device of the present invention comprises an electrode part for the light-emitting element; a reflective layer provided on the electrode part; and the light-emitting element provided on the reflective layer such that the light-emitting element is in contact with at least a part of the reflective layer, wherein the light-emitting element and the electrode part are in an electrical connection with each other by mutual surface contact via the at least a part of the reflective layer, wherein the electrode part serves as a supporting layer for supporting the light-emitting element, and wherein the electrode part extends toward the outside of the light-emitting element and beyond the light-emitting element.
US09627582B2
The present invention relates to light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and related components, processes, systems, and methods. In certain embodiments, an LED that provides improved optical and thermal efficiency when used in optical systems with a non-rectangular input aperture (e.g., a circular aperture) is described. In some embodiments, the emission surface of the LED and/or an emitter output aperture can be shaped (e.g., in a non-rectangular shape) such that enhanced optical and thermal efficiencies are achieved. In addition, in some embodiments, chip designs and processes that may be employed in order to produce such devices are described.
US09627576B2
Monolithic tandem chalcopyrite-perovskite photovoltaic devices and techniques for formation thereof are provided. In one aspect, a tandem photovoltaic device is provided. The tandem photovoltaic device includes a substrate; a bottom solar cell on the substrate, the bottom solar cell having a first absorber layer that includes a chalcopyrite material; and a top solar cell monolithically integrated with the bottom solar cell, the top solar cell having a second absorber layer that includes a perovskite material. A monolithic tandem photovoltaic device and method of formation thereof are also provided.
US09627571B2
An optical fiber is provided between a photodiode and a semiconductor active portion of a wide gap semiconductor element forming portion such that emitted light at the time of light emission of the semiconductor active portion of the wide gap semiconductor element forming portion is incident from an incident surface of the optical fiber, and is received from an emitting surface to the photodiode through the optical fiber. Specifically, the incident surface of the optical fiber is arranged so as to be opposed to a side surface portion of the wide gap semiconductor element forming portion, so that the emitted light at the time of light emission of the wide gap semiconductor element is incident on the incident surface.
US09627565B2
A photovoltaic solar cell assembly includes a bypass diode, a first and a second planar solar cell. Each of the first and the second solar cell includes a front facing side and a rear facing side, each rear facing side including a respective conductive surface, each front facing side including a respective current collector bar, and corresponding grid of metallic lines conductively coupled with the current collector bar. A first terminal of the bypass diode is electrically coupled with the conductive surface of the first solar cell. A second terminal of the bypass diode is electrically coupled with the current collector bar of the second solar cell. Electrical coupling of the bypass diode with the first solar cell and the second solar cell excludes any external wiring or busbar.
US09627564B2
An optoelectronic device comprising: a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, an active layer between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, wherein the active layer comprises a submicrometer size structure of hexagonal type crystals of an element or alloy of elements selected from the carbon group.
US09627558B2
Methods and apparatuses for manufacturing self-aligned integrated back contact heterojunction solar cells are provided. In some embodiments, systems for forming a solar cell on a substrate are provided, the systems comprising: a master shadow mask positioned adjacent to the substrate on a first side of the master shadow mask; a first blocking mask placed adjacent to a second side of the master shadow mask; and a deposition machine that deposits material on the substrate through holes in the master shadow mask and the first blocking mask.
US09627557B2
The solar cell (1) of the present invention is provided with an n-side electrode (14), a p-side electrode (15), and a photoelectric conversion unit (20) having a first main surface (20a) and a second main surface (20b). The first main surface (20a) includes an n-type surface (20an) and a p-type surface (20ap). The photoelectric conversion unit (20) has a semiconductor substrate (10) and a semiconductor layer (12n). The semiconductor substrate (10) has first and second main surfaces (10b, 10a). The semiconductor layer (12n) is arranged on a portion of the first main surface (10b). The semiconductor layer (12n) constitutes either the n-type surface (20an) or the p-type surface (20ap). The semiconductor layer (12n) includes a relatively thick portion (12n1) and a relative thin portion (12n2). The n-side electrode (14) or the p-side electrode (15) is arranged on at least the relatively thin portion (12n2) of the semiconductor layer (12n). The solar cell of the present invention, by means of the aforementioned configuration, is able to extend the lifetime of the minor carriers by means of the relatively thick portion (12n1), to maintain low resistance between the semiconductor substrate (10) and the n-side electrode (14) by means of the relatively thin portion (12n2), and to increase hole and electron collection efficiency.
US09627548B2
A thin film transistor array panel that includes: a substrate; a gate electrode disposed on the substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; a gate insulating layer disposed between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer; a source electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer and a drain electrode facing the source electrode; a metal oxide layer covering the source electrode and the drain electrode; and a passivation layer covering the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the metal oxide layer, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode include a first material and a second material which is added to the first material and metal included in the metal oxide layer is formed by diffusing the second material.
US09627544B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device is disclosed. At least one suspended first semiconductor nanowire and two first semiconductor blocks at two ends of the first semiconductor nanowire are formed in a first area, and at least one suspended second semiconductor nanowire and two second semiconductor blocks at two ends of the second semiconductor nanowire are formed in a second area. A transforming process is performed, so the first semiconductor nanowire is transformed into a nanowire with stress, and the second semiconductor blocks are simultaneously transformed into two blocks with stress. First and second gate dielectric layers are formed respectively on surfaces of the nanowire with stress and the second semiconductor nanowire. First and second gates are formed respectively across the nanowire with stress and the second semiconductor nanowire.
US09627540B1
A semiconductor device includes first channel layers disposed over a substrate, a first source/drain region disposed over the substrate, a gate dielectric layer disposed on each of the first channel layers, a gate electrode layer disposed on the gate dielectric. Each of the first channel layers includes a semiconductor wire made of a first semiconductor material. The semiconductor wire passes through the first source/drain region and enters into an anchor region. At the anchor region, the semiconductor wire has no gate electrode layer and no gate dielectric, and is sandwiched by a second semiconductor material.
US09627533B2
A silicon nitride cap on a gate stack is removed by etching with a fluorohydrocarbon-containing plasma subsequent to formation of source/drain regions without causing unacceptable damage to the gate stack or source/drain regions. A fluorohydrocarbon-containing polymer protection layer is selectively deposited on the regions that are not to be etched during the removal of the nitride cap. The ability to remove the silicon nitride material using gas chemistry, causing formation of a volatile etch product and protection layer, enables reduction of the ion energy to the etching threshold.
US09627531B1
A semiconductor device includes an n-type vertical field-effect transistor (FET) that includes: a first source/drain feature disposed in a substrate; a first vertical bar structure that includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall disposed over the substrate; a gate disposed along the first sidewall of the first vertical bar structure; a second vertical bar structure electrically coupled to the first vertical bar structure; and a second source/drain feature disposed over the first vertical bar structure; and a p-type FET that includes; a third source/drain feature disposed in the substrate; a third vertical bar structure that includes a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall disposed over the substrate; the gate disposed along the third sidewall of the third vertical bar structure; a fourth vertical bar structure electrically coupled to the third vertical bar structure; and a fourth source/drain feature disposed over the third vertical bar structure.
US09627526B2
A semiconductor device having a plurality of transistors includes a termination area that features a transistor with an asymmetric gate.
US09627524B2
The present invention discloses a high voltage metal oxide semiconductor (HVMOS) device and a method for making same. The high voltage metal oxide semiconductor device comprises: a substrate; a gate structure on the substrate; a well in the substrate, the well defining a device region from top view; a first drift region in the well; a source in the well; a drain in the first drift region, the drain being separated from the gate structure by a part of the first drift region; and a P-type dopant region not covering all the device region, wherein the P-type dopant region is formed by implanting a P-type dopant for enhancing the breakdown voltage of the HVMOS device (for N-type HVMOS device) or reducing the ON resistance of the HVMOS device (for P-type HVMOS device).
US09627518B2
A power integrated device includes a gate electrode on a substrate, a source region and a drain region disposed in the substrate at two opposite sides of the gate electrode, a drift region disposed in the substrate between the gate electrode and the drain region to be spaced apart from the source region, and a plurality of insulating stripes disposed in an upper region of the drift region to define at least one active stripe therebetween. Related electronic devices and related electronic systems are also provided.
US09627512B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor structure, including a substrate having a top surface; a first doped region in proximity to the top surface; a non-doped region positioned in proximity to the top surface and adjacent to the first doped region, having a first width; a metal gate positioned over the non-doped region and over a portion of the first doped region, having a second width. The first width is smaller than the second width, and material constituting the non-doped region is different from material constituting the substrate.
US09627504B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer over the first semiconductor layer, source and drain electrodes over the second semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, and a first field plate electrode. The second semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor portion and a second semiconductor portion thinner than the first semiconductor portion. The source and drain electrodes are electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer. The gate electrode is provided over the second semiconductor layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The first field plate electrode is provided over the second semiconductor layer and includes a portion that extends from a location over the gate electrode toward the drain electrode and has an end portion that is positioned over the second semiconductor portion.
US09627502B2
A circuit arrangement may be provided. The circuit arrangement may include a semiconductor substrate including a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first doped region of a first conductivity type extending from the first surface into the semiconductor substrate. The circuit arrangement may include at least one capacitor including a first electrode including a doped region of the first conductivity type extending from the second surface into the semiconductor substrate, a dielectric layer formed over the first electrode extending from the second surface away from the semiconductor substrate, and a second electrode formed over the dielectric layer opposite the first electrode. The circuit arrangement may further include at least one semiconductor device monolithically integrated in the semiconductor substrate. The first doped region of the first conductivity type may extend from the first surface into the semiconductor substrate to form an electrically conductive connection with the first electrode.
US09627499B2
A nonvolatile three-terminal element is provided that operates by controlling a bandgap in an electron state of a graphene-based material. An ion conductor (5) having hydrogen ion or oxygen ion conductivity is provided between graphene oxide or graphene (hereinafter, referred to as GO) (6), and a gate electrode (1). In addition, a drain electrode (2) and a source electrode (3) are provided on a GO (6) side.
US09627491B2
A semiconductor structure including a III/V layer on a SiGe layer, edges of the SiGe layer are relaxed, the III/V layer is a semiconductor in a III/V semiconductor group, the SiGe layer is directly on an insulator layer, barrier layers on two adjacent sides of the SiGe layer and the III/V layer, and the barrier layer is directly on the insulator layer.
US09627482B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device may include receiving a gated substrate comprising a substrate with a channel layer and a gate structure formed thereon, over-etching the channel layer to expose an extension region below the gate structure, epitaxially growing a halo layer on the exposed extension region using a first in-situ dopant and epitaxially growing a source or drain on the halo layer using a second in-situ dopant, wherein the first in-situ dopant and the second in-situ dopant are of opposite doping polarity. Using an opposite doping polarity may provide an energy band barrier for the semiconductor device and reduce leakage current. A corresponding apparatus is also disclosed herein.
US09627479B2
In some embodiments, a semiconductor structure includes first and second GAA structures configured to form corresponding similar first and second circuits. At least one of the first or second GAA structure includes at least one GAA device. A GAA device of the at least one GAA device includes at least one nanowire and a gate region. A nanowire of the at least one nanowire has a cross-section asymmetrical with respect to a middle line of the cross-section. The cross-section has first and second end lines substantially parallel the middle line. The first end line is shorter than the second end line. The gate region wraps all around part of the nanowire. The first and second GAA structures have substantially a same of a number of GAA devices in the at least one GAA device configured to have current flow from the first end line to the second end line.
US09627478B1
A nanowire structure includes successive crystalline nanowire segments formed over a semiconductor substrate. A first crystalline segment formed directly on the semiconductor substrate provides electrical isolation between the substrate and the second crystalline segment. Second and fourth crystalline segments are each formed from a p-type or an n-type semiconductor material, while the third crystalline segment is formed from a semiconductor material that is oppositely doped with respect to the second and fourth crystalline segments.
US09627477B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an element isolating trench structure that includes an element isolating trench formed in one main surface of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating material that is formed within the element isolating trench, element formation regions that are surrounded by the element isolating trench, and semiconductor elements that are respectively formed in the element formation regions. The element isolating trench includes first element isolating trenches extending in a first direction, second element isolating trenches extending in a second direction that are at a right angle to the first direction, and third element isolating trenches extending in a third direction inclined at an angle θ (0°<θ<90°) from the first direction.
US09627473B2
III-nitride materials are generally described herein, including material structures comprising III-nitride material regions and silicon-containing substrates. Certain embodiments are related to gallium nitride materials and material structures comprising gallium nitride material regions and silicon-containing substrates.
US09627468B2
Provided is a capacitor structure including a substrate, a dielectric layer, a first conductive layer, and a cup-shaped capacitor. The dielectric layer is located on the substrate. The first conductive layer is located in the dielectric layer. The cup-shaped capacitor penetrates through the first conductive layer and is located in the dielectric layer. The cup-shaped capacitor includes a bottom electrode, a capacitor dielectric layer, and a top electrode. Two sidewalls of the bottom electrode are electrically connected to the first conductive layer. The capacitor dielectric layer covers a surface of the bottom electrode. The top electrode covers a surface of the capacitor dielectric layer. The capacitor dielectric layer is located between the top electrode and the bottom electrode. A top surface of the bottom electrode is lower than a top surface of the top electrode. Also the invention provides a method of manufacturing the capacitor structure.
US09627465B2
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a substrate and an active pattern formed over the substrate and including first to fourth regions. A gate insulation layer is formed over the active pattern and the substrate, and a first gate electrode is formed over the gate insulation layer and partially overlapping the active pattern. The first gate electrode, the first region and the second region define a first transistor. A second gate electrode is formed on the same layer as the first gate electrode. The second gate electrode, the third region and the fourth region define a second transistor, and the second gate electrode, the second region and the fourth region define a third transistor. A first insulating interlayer is formed over the first gate electrode, the second gate electrode, and the gate insulation layer.
US09627463B2
There is provided a flexible display having a plurality of innovations configured to allow bending of a portion or portions to reduce apparent border size and/or utilize the side surface of an assembled flexible display.
US09627430B2
A method and apparatus for a low resistance image sensor contact, the apparatus comprising a photosensor disposed in a substrate, a first ground well disposed in a first region of the substrate, the first ground well having a resistance lower than the substrate, and a ground line disposed in a region adjacent to the first ground well. The first ground well is configured to provide a low resistance path to the ground line from the substrate for excess free carriers in the first region of the substrate. The apparatus may optionally comprise a second ground well having a lower resistance than the first ground well and disposed between the first ground well and the ground line, and may further optionally comprise a third ground well having a lower resistance than the second ground well and disposed between the second ground well and the ground line.
US09627424B2
Ambient light sensing and proximity sensing is accomplished using pairs of stacked photodiodes. Each pair includes a shallow diode with a shallow junction depth that is more sensitive to light having a shorter wavelength and a deeper diode with a deeper junction depth more sensitive to light with longer wavelengths. Photodiodes receiving light passed through cyan, yellow, and magenta filters and light passed without a color filter are used to generate red, green, and blue information through a subtractive approach. The shallow diodes are used to generate lux values for ambient light and the deeper diodes are used for proximity sensing. One or more of the deep diodes may be used in correction to lux determinations of ambient light.
US09627423B2
Provided is a solid-state image pickup apparatus, including: a pixel region, in which a plurality of pixels each including an amplifier transistor are arranged two-dimensionally in rows and columns, and which includes an n-row signal mixing region in which outputs of n amplifier transistors are mixed, where n is a natural number of 1 or more, and an m-row signal mixing region in which outputs of m amplifier transistors are mixed, where m>n; a column signal line to which a voltage from the amplifier transistor is output; and a clipping circuit, which is configured to clip a voltage in the column signal line, and is arranged at a position that is closer to the n-row signal mixing region than to the m-row signal mixing region.
US09627421B2
An array substrate and manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The display device includes a pixel electrode (8), including a first portion (b) in a non-display region and a second portion (a) in a display region; a first electrode (6) formed on the first portion (b) of the pixel electrode (8); a passivation layer (9) formed on the pixel electrode (8) and the first electrode (6), the passivation layer (9) includes a via hole (11) located over the first electrode (6); an active layer (4) and a second electrode (7) that are formed on the passivation layer (9), the active layer (4) being connected to the first electrode (6) through the via hole (11) of the passivation layer (9). With the array substrate and the manufacturing method thereof, the manufacturing cost is reduced, materials of the electrodes are less subjected to corrosion, and quality of the array substrate is enhanced.
US09627414B2
Metallic oxide thin film transistor, array substrate and their manufacturing methods, display device
The present invention provides a metallic oxide thin film transistor and its manufacturing method, an array substrate and its manufacturing method, as well as a display device, which is belong to the field of thin film transistor manufacturing technology. The method for manufacturing the metallic oxide thin film transistor comprises a step of forming patterns of an oxide active layer and an etch stopping layer through a one-time patterning process.
US09627413B2
The semiconductor device includes a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, a first gate electrode overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film, a gate insulating film between the oxide semiconductor film and the first gate electrode, a first insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film, a pair of electrodes that are over the first insulating film and electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film, a second insulating film over the first insulating film and the pair of electrodes, and a second gate electrode that is over the second insulating film and overlaps with the oxide semiconductor film. The first insulating film includes a region having a thickness of 1 nm or more and 50 nm or less, and the pair of electrodes includes a region in which a distance between the electrodes is 1 μm or more and 6 μm or less.
US09627411B2
Three-dimensional (3D) transistors and methods of manufacturing thereof include a first semiconductor fin extending over a substrate. The first semiconductor fin has a vertical recess extending from a first sidewall of the first semiconductor fin toward a second sidewall of the first semiconductor fin opposite the first sidewall. A distance between two opposing sidewalls of the vertical recess decreases as the vertical recess extends toward the second sidewall of the first semiconductor fin. The device further includes a vertically recessed channel region between the second sidewall of the first semiconductor fin and a bottom of the vertical recess, source/drain (S/D) regions at opposite ends of the vertically recessed channel region, and a gate stack over the vertically recessed channel region.
US09627410B2
FinFET devices are provided wherein the current path is minimized and mostly limited to spacer regions before the channel carriers reach the metal contacts. The fins in the source/drain regions are metallized to increase the contact area and reduce contact resistance. Selective removal of semiconductor fins in the source/drain regions following source/drain epitaxy facilitates replacement thereof by the metallized fins. A spacer formed subsequent to source/drain epitaxy prevents the etching of extension/channel regions during semiconductor fin removal.
US09627408B1
A library of a DFM-improved standard logic cells (including D flip-flop cells) that avoid pattern-degrading configurations in the M0 and/or V0 layer(s) is disclosed, along with wafers, chips and systems constructed from such cells.
US09627405B1
A semiconductor device may include a multi-layered source layer, conductive patterns, interlayer insulating layers, and a channel pillar. The multi-layered source layer may include a lower source layer, an interlayer source layer, and an upper source layer. The conductive patterns and interlayer insulating layers may be alternately disposed on the multi-layered source layer. The channel pillar may penetrate the conductive patterns. The interlayer insulating layers, the upper source layer, and the interlayer source layer, the channel pillar may extend into the lower source layer. The channel pillar may be in contact with the interlayer source layer. Doped regions having various structures can be formed at a lower portion of the channel pillar, thereby improving the operational reliability of the semiconductor device.
US09627399B2
An alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers is formed on a substrate. Separator insulator structures can be optionally formed through the alternating stack. Memory opening are formed through the alternating stack, and the sacrificial material layers are removed selective to the insulating layers. Electrically conductive layers are formed in the lateral recesses by deposition of at least one conductive material. Metal-semiconductor alloy regions are appended to the electrically conductive layers by depositing at least a semiconductor material and inducing reaction of the semiconductor material with the material of the electrically conductive layers and/or a sacrificial metal layer. Memory stack structures can be formed in the memory openings and directly on the metal-semiconductor alloy regions of the electrically conductive layers.
US09627395B2
A stack including an alternating plurality of first material layers and second material layers is provided. A memory opening is formed and at least a contiguous semiconductor material portion including a semiconductor channel is formed therein. The contiguous semiconductor material portion includes an amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor material. A metallic material portion is provided at a bottom surface of the semiconductor channel, at a top surface of the semiconductor channel, or on portions of an outer sidewall surface of the semiconductor channel. An anneal is performed to induce diffusion of a metal from the metallic material portion through the semiconductor channel, thereby inducing conversion of the amorphous or polycrystalline semiconductor material into a crystalline semiconductor material. The crystalline semiconductor material has a relatively large grain size due to the catalytic crystallization process, and can provide enhanced charge carrier mobility.
US09627386B2
A selection operation is performed for individual memory cells. A device includes a first memory cell and a second memory cell provided in the same row as the first memory cell, each of which includes a field-effect transistor having a first gate and a second gate. The field-effect transistor controls at least data writing and data holding in the memory cell by being turned on or off. The device further includes a row selection line electrically connected to the first gates of the field-effect transistors included in the first memory cell and the second memory cell, a first column selection line electrically connected to the second gate of the field-effect transistor included in the first memory cell, and a second column selection line electrically connected to the second gate of the field-effect transistor included in the second memory cell.
US09627360B2
An electronic device having a printed circuit board is provided. In one embodiment, the printed circuit board includes a plurality of external pads to be coupled with an external device and a plurality of bypass pads for testing an electric circuit. The external pads are exposed and at least one of the plurality of bypass pads are not exposed from an outer surface of the PCB. A system using the electronic device and a method of testing an electronic device are also provided.
US09627356B2
A semiconductor module includes a first semiconductor switch, a second semiconductor switch, a circuit carrier arrangement and a non-ceramic dielectric isolation layer. The first semiconductor switch and the second semiconductor switch have a first load terminal and a second load termina. The current path of the first semiconductor switch and the current path of the second semiconductor switch are electrically connected in series between a first circuit node and a second circuit node. A circuit carrier arrangement includes a dielectric first isolation carrier section, a dielectric second isolation carrier section, a first upper metallization layer, a second upper metallization layer and a third upper metallization layer, a first lower metallization layer, and a second lower metallization layer. The non-ceramic dielectric isolation layer is applied to the first lower metallization layer and the second lower metallization layer, and its underside forms a heat dissipating contact area of the semiconductor module.
US09627352B2
Devices and methods for processing singulated radio-frequency (RF) units. In some embodiments, a device for processing singulated RF packages can include a plate having a plurality of apertures. Each aperture can be dimensioned to receive and position a singulated RF package to thereby facilitate processing of the singulated RF packages positioned in their respective apertures. In some embodiments, such a device can be utilized to batch process high volume of RF packages as if the RF packages are still in a panel format.
US09627348B2
Laser assisted bonding for semiconductor die interconnections is disclosed and may, for example, include forming flux on a circuit pattern on a circuit board, placing a semiconductor die on the circuit board where a bump on the semiconductor die contacts the flux, and reflowing the bump by directing a laser beam toward the semiconductor die. The laser beam may volatize the flux and make an electrical connection between the bump and the circuit pattern. A jig plate may be placed on the semiconductor die when the laser beam is directed toward the semiconductor die. Warpage may be reduced during heating or cooling of the semiconductor die by applying pressure to the jig plate. Jig bars may extend outward from the jig plate and may be in contact with the circuit board during the application of pressure to the jig plate. The jig plate may comprise one or more of: silicon, silicon carbide, and glass.
US09627347B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises: a bump forming step of forming a bump electrode 100 on a semiconductor chip 1, the bump electrode 100 protruding in a substantially conical shape; a pad forming step of forming a pad electrode 200 on a substrate 10, the pad electrode 200 having a recess 210 with inner lateral surfaces thereof defining a substantially pyramidal shape or a prism shape; a pressing step of pressing the bump electrode 100 and the pad electrode 200 in a direction which brings them closer to each other, with the bump electrode 100 being inserted in the recess 210 so that the central axis of the bump electrode 100 and the central axis of the recess 210 coincide with each other; and an ultrasonic joining step of joining the bump electrode 100 and the pad electrode 200 by vibrating at least one of the bump electrode 100 and the pad electrode 200 using ultrasonic waves.
US09627346B2
An embodiment is a structure comprising a package, a substrate, and external electrical connectors mechanically and electrically coupling the package to the substrate. The package contains a die. The external electrical connectors are between the package and the substrate. An underfill material is around a periphery region of the package and between the periphery region and the substrate. A gap is between a central region of the package and the substrate, and does not contain the underfill material. The underfill material may seal the gap. The gap may be an air gap. In some embodiments, the underfill material may fill greater than or equal to 10 percent and no more than 70 percent of a volume between the package and the substrate.
US09627342B2
Plating pre-processing is carried out before carrying out a plating process on the surface of a conducting section provided on a semiconductor wafer. A first metal film is formed on the surface of the conducting section by NiP alloy plating process. A second metal film is formed on the surface of the first metal film by immersion Ag plating process. The semiconductor wafer is diced and cut into semiconductor chips. A conductive composition containing Ag particles is applied to the surface of the second metal film which is on the front surface of the semiconductor chip. A bonding layer containing Ag particles is formed by sintering the conductive composition through heating. A metal plate is then bonded to the surface of the second metal film via the bonding layer containing Ag particles. The electronic component has high bonding strength, excellent thermal resistance and heat radiation properties.
US09627338B2
A semiconductor device has a plurality of semiconductor die. A first prefabricated insulating film is disposed over the semiconductor die. A conductive layer is formed over the first prefabricated insulating film. An interconnect structure is formed over the semiconductor die and first prefabricated insulating film. The first prefabricated insulating film is laminated over the semiconductor die. The first prefabricated insulating film includes glass cloth, glass fiber, or glass fillers. The semiconductor die is embedded within the first prefabricated insulating film with the first prefabricated insulating film covering first and side surfaces of the semiconductor die. The interconnect structure is formed over a second surface of the semiconductor die opposite the first surface. A portion of the first prefabricated insulating film is removed after disposing the first prefabricated insulating film over the semiconductor die. A second prefabricated insulating film is disposed over the first prefabricated insulating film.
US09627329B1
A TSV interposer having a reinforced edge and methods for fabricating an IC package utilizing the same are provided. In one embodiment, a chip package includes an interposer having a wiring layer and a die disposed on a surface of the interposer. The die is electrically connected to the wiring layer of the interposer. A die underfill material is disposed between the interposer and the die. The die underfill material at least partially covers a side of the die that extends away from the surface of the interposer. Stiffening material is disposed in contact with the interposer and the die underfill material.
US09627327B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package. The method includes mounting a semiconductor device on a substrate; disposing a mold on the substrate, wherein the mold is formed to cover the semiconductor device such that at least one inner side surface of the mold has a slope; providing a molding material into the mold to encapsulate the semiconductor device; removing the mold from the substrate; and forming an electromagnetic shielding (EMS) layer to cover a top surface and side surfaces of the molding material.
US09627322B2
A semiconductor device including at least one self-aligned contact has at least one gate electrode on a bulk substrate layer of the semiconductor device. A gate cap encapsulates the at least one gate electrode. The semiconductor device further includes at least one contact separated from the at least one gate electrode via a portion of the gate cap. The at least one contact includes a metal portion that directly contacts the gate cap.
US09627316B1
A field effect transistor comprising a substrate, at least one gate stack structure, source and drain regions and an interconnect structure is described. The interconnect structure comprises a metal interconnect connected to a conductive region, an adhesion sheath structure and a cap layer. The adhesion sheath structure is disposed between the metal interconnect and inter-dielectric layers and surrounds the metal interconnect. The cap layer is disposed on the metal interconnect and covers a gap between the metal interconnect and the inter-dielectric layer.
US09627315B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, and a multi-level interconnection structure that is provided on the semiconductor substrate and that has a plurality of interconnection layers stacked one on another. Each interconnection layer includes a real interconnection and a dummy interconnection covered with an insulative film. The interconnection layers include a first interconnection layer including a first real interconnection, a second interconnection layer stacked on the first interconnection layer and including an overlapping dummy interconnection that overlaps the first real interconnection in a stacking direction of the plurality of interconnection layers in a sectional view, and a third interconnection layer stacked on the second interconnection layer and including a second real interconnection that overlaps the overlapping dummy interconnection in the stacking direction of the plurality of interconnection layers in the sectional view.
US09627302B2
An object is to provide a technique in which a cost reduction in a power semiconductor device can be achieved while maintaining heat dissipation performance as much as possible. A power semiconductor device includes a leadframe, a power semiconductor element disposed on an upper surface of the leadframe, and an insulating layer disposed on a lower surface of the leadframe. At least a partial line of a peripheral line of a region where the insulating layer is disposed, on the lower surface, is aligned, in top view, with at least a partial line of an expanded peripheral line obtained by shifting outwardly, by the amount corresponding to the thickness of the leadframe, the peripheral line of the region where the power semiconductor element is disposed, on the upper surface.
US09627299B1
A semiconductor device (100) comprising a leadframe with a pad (101) and elongated leads (103) made of a base metal plated with a layer enabling metal-to-metal bonding; a semiconductor chip (110) attached to the pad, the chip having terminals. A metallic wire connection (130) from a terminal to a respective lead, the connection including a first ball bond by a first squashed ball (131) attached to the terminal, and a first stitch bond (132) attached to the lead. A second squashed ball (150) of the wire metal attached to the lead as a second ball bond adjacent to the first stitch bond (132). A package (170) of a polymeric compound encapsulating the chip, wire connection, second ball and at least a portion of the elongated lead, the compound adhering to the materials of the encapsulated entities.
US09627291B2
A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor chip mounted over the substrate and having a solder bump coupled by soldering with an electrode over the substrate; and a heating unit for locally generating heat in a corner part within the horizontal plane of the semiconductor chip when an operating temperature of the semiconductor chip is equal to or less than a prescribed temperature.
US09627287B2
A method of forming a thinned encapsulated chip structure, wherein the method comprises providing a separation structure arranged within an electronic chip, encapsulating part of the electronic chip by an encapsulating structure, and thinning selectively the electronic chip partially encapsulated by the encapsulating structure so that the encapsulating structure remains with a larger thickness than the thinned electronic chip, wherein the separation structure functions as a thinning stop.
US09627283B2
In a liquid crystal display device it is desirable to test in the state of TFT substrates, without reducing the number of TFT substrates to be obtained from one mother TFT substrate, and without increasing the overall size of the TFT substrates. Test terminals are formed on the outside of terminals for driving the liquid crystal display device. The test terminals of the specific TFT substrate are formed in another TFT substrate just below the specific TFT substrate. The area in which the test lines are formed is a space in which a sealing material is formed, between the display area and an end of the lower TFT substrate. Thus, the size of the TFT substrates is not actually increased. A test line area is not separately formed and not discarded, so that the number of TFT substrates to be obtained from one mother TFT substrate is not reduced.
US09627279B2
An apparatus for manufacturing an light emitting diode (LED) package, includes: a heating unit heating an LED package array in a lead frame state in which a plurality of LED packages are installed to be set in an array on a lead frame; a testing unit testing an operational state of each of the LED packages in the LED package array by applying a voltage or a current to the LED package array heated by the heating unit; and a cutting unit cutting only an LED package determined to be a functional product or an LED package determined to be a defective product from the lead frame to remove the same according to the testing results of the testing unit.
US09627277B2
A method and structure to enable reliable dielectric spacer endpoint detection by utilizing a sacrificial spacer fin are provided. The sacrificial spacer fin that is employed has a same pitch as the pitch of each semiconductor fin and the same height as the dielectric spacers on the sidewalls of each semiconductor fin. Exposed portions of the sacrificial spacer fin are removed simultaneously during a dielectric spacer reactive ion etch (RIE). The presence of the sacrificial spacer fin improves the endpoint detection of the spacer RIE and increases the endpoint signal intensity.
US09627275B1
A semiconductor structure includes a first device and a second device. The first device has a first surface. The first device includes a first active region defined by a first material system. The second device has a second surface. The second surface is coplanar with the first surface. The second device includes a second active region defined by a second material system. The second material system is different from the first material system.
US09627271B1
A method is provided in which a III-V compound semiconductor channel material is grown from at least one exposed sidewall of a semiconductor mandrel that is present in an NFET device region. The III-V compound semiconductor channel material is grown after formation of any PFET devices and after formation of a middle-of-the-line (MOL) dielectric material within the NFET device region.
US09627268B2
A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate having a fin-shaped structure thereon and a shallow trench isolation (STI) around the fin-shaped structure, in which the fin-shaped structure has a top portion and a bottom portion; forming a first doped layer on the STI and the top portion; and performing a first anneal process.
US09627266B2
A method of forming an active device on a semiconductor wafer includes the steps of: forming a plurality of semiconductor fins on at least a portion of a semiconductor substrate; forming a dielectric layer on at least a portion of the semiconductor substrate, the dielectric layer filling gaps between adjacent fins; forming a plurality of gate structures on an upper surface of the dielectric layer; forming a channel region on the dielectric layer and under at least a portion of the gate structures, the channel region comprising a first crystalline semiconductor material; forming source and drain epitaxy regions on an upper surface of the dielectric layer and between adjacent gate structures, the source and rain regions being spaced laterally from one another; and replacing the channel region with a second crystalline semiconductor material after high-temperature processing used in fabricating the active device has been completed.
US09627260B2
A workpiece cutting method of cutting a workpiece having a front side on which a plurality of crossing division lines are formed to define a plurality of separate regions where a plurality of devices are each formed is disclosed. The workpiece cutting method includes a workpiece cutting step of cutting the workpiece held on a first chuck table along the division lines by using a cutting blade, a dummy wafer cutting step of cutting a dummy wafer held on a second chuck table by using the cutting blade, a dummy wafer imaging step of imaging a cut groove formed on the dummy wafer in the dummy wafer cutting step, by using an imaging unit to thereby obtain a detected image, and a determining step of determining the condition of the cutting blade from the condition of chippings formed on both sides of the cut groove in the detected image.
US09627259B2
A device manufacturing method according to an embodiment includes forming a film on the second surface side of a substrate having a first surface and the second surface, forming a trench in part of the substrate from the first surface side, while leaving the film to remain, and injecting a substance onto the film from the second surface side, to remove the film at the portion on the second surface side of the trench.
US09627257B2
A method for forming a gate tie-down includes opening up a cap layer and recessing gate spacers on a gate structure to expose a gate conductor; forming inner spacers on the gate spacers; etching contact openings adjacent to sides of the gate structure down to a substrate below the gate structures; and forming trench contacts on sides of the gate structure. An interlevel dielectric (ILD) is deposited on the gate conductor and the trench contacts and over the gate structure. The ILD is opened up to expose the trench contact on one side of the gate structure and the gate conductor. A second conductive material provides a self-aligned contact down to the trench contact on the one side and to form a gate contact down to the gate conductor and a horizontal connection within the ILD over an active area between the gate conductor and the self-aligned contact.
US09627255B1
A method for forming a semiconductor device package substrate including a fiducial mark is provided. The method of forming the package substrate includes forming a dielectric layer over a lower portion of the package substrate. A metal layer is formed over a fiducial region of the package substrate. The metal layer is etched to form a first signal line in the fiducial region. A passivation layer is formed over the first signal line. The passivation layer is etched over the first signal line to form a fiducial mark.
US09627253B2
A semiconductor device including air gaps and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor device in accordance with an embodiment may include a bit line structure having a bit line formed over a first contact plug, a second contact plug formed adjacent to the first contact plug and the bit line structure, an air gap structure comprising two or more air gaps to surround the second contact plug and have an outer sidewall in contact with the bit line structure, and one or more capping support layers separating the air gaps, a third contact plug capping a part of the air gap structure and being formed over the second contact plug, and a capping layer for capping a remainder of the air gap structure.
US09627251B2
Array contacts for semiconductor memories may be formed using a first set of parallel stripe masks and subsequently a second set of parallel stripe masks transverse to the first set. For example, one set of masks may be utilized to etch a dielectric layer, to form parallel spaced trenches. Then the trenches may be filled with a sacrificial material. That sacrificial material may then be masked transversely to its length and etched, for example. The resulting openings may be filled with a metal to form array contacts.
US09627237B2
A substrate accommodating and processing apparatus is provided with a cassette mounting table, a processing part, a substrate transfer mechanism, a partition wall, a cassette stage, and a lid attaching/detaching mechanism. The lid attaching/detaching mechanism is provided with a key configured to be engaged with a key hole installed in the lid, and configured to switch a latch between locking and unlocking positions. The mechanism is also provided with a lid abnormality detecting sensor, a lid attaching/detaching mechanism closing sensor, a lid attaching/detaching mechanism opening sensor, a pressure sensor and a control part.
US09627230B2
Shielded electronic packages may have metallic lead frames to connect an electromagnetic shield to ground. In one embodiment, a metallic lead frame of the electronic package and a surface of the metallic lead frame defines a component area for attaching an electronic component. The metallic lead frame includes a metallic structure associated with the component area that may have a grounding element for connecting to ground and one or more signal connection elements, such as signal leads, for transmitting input and output signals. The electromagnetic shield connects to the metallic lead frame to safely connect to ground while maintaining the signal connection elements isolated from the shield.
US09627229B2
A semiconductor device has a substrate including an opening. A trench is formed over the substrate around the opening. An interconnect structure is formed in the trench. An underfill material is disposed over the interconnect structure. A first semiconductor die is disposed over the underfill material prior to curing the underfill material. An active region of the first semiconductor die is disposed over the opening in the substrate. The trench contains the outward flow of underfill material. Underfill material is blocked from flowing over unintended areas on the surface of substrate, into the opening in the substrate, and over sensors of the first semiconductor die. A second semiconductor die is disposed over the substrate. The trench is formed by a first and second dam or a first insulating layer. A second insulating layer is formed over the first insulating layer. A dam is formed over the second insulating layer.
US09627227B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of fabricating microelectronic packages and the fabrication thereof, wherein a microelectronic device may be formed within a bumpless build-up layer coreless (BBUL-C) microelectronic package and wherein a warpage control structure may be disposed on a back surface of the microelectronic device. The warpage control structure may be a layered structure comprising at least one layer of high coefficient of thermal expansion material, including but not limited to a filled epoxy material, and at least one high elastic modulus material layer, such as a metal layer.
US09627222B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device including: forming a silicon layer on an upper face of a nitride semiconductor layer including a channel layer of a FET; thermally treating the nitride semiconductor layer in the process of forming the silicon layer or after the process of forming the silicon layer; and forming an insulating layer on an upper face of the silicon layer after the process of forming the silicon layer.
US09627221B1
A method of continuous fabrication of a layered structure on a substrate having a patterned recess, includes: (i) forming a dielectric layer on a substrate having a patterned recess in a reaction chamber by PEALD using a first RF power; (ii) continuously after completion of step (i) without breaking vacuum, etching the dielectric layer on the substrate in the reaction chamber by PEALE using a second RF power, wherein a pressure of the reaction chamber is controlled at 30 Pa to 1,333 Pa throughout steps (i) and (ii); a noble gas is supplied to the reaction chamber continuously throughout steps (i) and (ii); and the second RF power is higher than the first RF power.
US09627218B2
According to one embodiment, a mask material is formed on a processing layer, a mask pattern with a top surface and a bottom surface is formed on the mask material, a protective film is formed on the top surface of the mask pattern, and after the formation of the protective film, the bottom surface of the mask pattern is etched in a depth direction.
US09627208B2
According to an embodiment, a semiconductor switch includes a first insulating film on a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor layer on the first insulating film, a semiconductor switch circuit on the first semiconductor layer, and a wiring on the first insulating film. The first insulating film being between the wiring and the substrate. The wiring connects the semiconductor switch circuit and a terminal. A polycrystalline semiconductor layer is between the wiring and the first insulating film.
US09627196B2
According to various embodiments, a method for processing a carrier may include: co-depositing at least one metal from a first source and carbon from a second source over a surface of the carrier to form a first layer; forming a second layer over the first layer, the second layer including a diffusion barrier material, wherein the solubility of carbon in the diffusion barrier material is less than in the at least one metal; and forming a graphene layer at the surface of the carrier from the first layer by a temperature treatment.
US09627188B2
This invention relates to systems and methods for measuring quantitatively multiple species or heavy metals, including mercury, and other toxic pollutants. More specifically, the systems and methods of the invention allows for determination of the analytes even at very low concentration, through concentration on a collection interface, desorption and analysis by mass spectrometry. The invention also provides for a portable device or kit for modifying an existing mass spectrometer.
US09627182B2
Systems and methods for tuning a parameter associated with plasma impedance are described. One of the methods includes receiving information to determine a variable. The information is measured at a transmission line and is measured when the parameter has a first value. The transmission line is used to provide power to a plasma chamber. The method further includes determining whether the variable is at a local minima and providing the first value to tune the impedance matching circuit upon determining that the variable is at the local minima. The method includes changing the first value to a second value of the parameter upon determining that the variable is not at the local minima and determining whether the variable is at a local minima when the parameter has the second value.
US09627181B2
There is provided an inductively coupled plasma etching apparatus capable of suppressing a wavelength effect within a RF antenna and performing a plasma process uniformly in both a circumferential and a radial direction. In the plasma etching apparatus, a RF antenna 54 is provided on a dielectric window 52 to generate inductively coupled plasma. The RF antenna 54 includes an inner coil 58, an intermediate coil 60 and an outer coil 62 in the radial direction. The inner coil 58 includes a single inner coil segment 59 or more than one inner coil segments 59 connected in series. The intermediate coil 60 includes two intermediate coil segments 61(1) and 61(2) separated in a circumferential direction and electrically connected with each other in parallel. The outer coil 62 includes three outer coil segments 63(1), 63(2) and 63(3) separated in a circumferential direction and electrically connected with each other in parallel.
US09627178B2
A charged particle beam drawing apparatus of an embodiment includes: a graphic information file for storing graphic information for each of elements (for example, patterns) at a level underlying an element (for example, a cell) at a particular level in hierarchically-structured drawing data which has elements at each level; and an attribute information file for storing attribute information to be given to each of the elements at the underlying level in association with information (for example, an index number) on the element at the particular level.
US09627176B2
Provided are methods to improve tomography by creating fiducial holes using charged particle beams, and using the fiducial holes to improve the sample positioning, acquisition, alignment, reconstruction, and visualization of tomography data sets. Some versions create fiducial holes with an ion beam during the process of milling the sample. Other versions create in situ fiducial holes within the TEM using the electron beam prior to acquiring a tomography data series. In some versions multiple sets of fiducial holes are made, positioned strategically around a region of interest. The fiducial holes may be employed to properly position the features of interest during the acquisition, and later to help better align the tilt-series, and improve the accuracy and resolution of the final reconstruction. The operator or software may identify the holes to be tracked with tomography feature tracking techniques.
US09627173B2
To attain the above object, in the present invention, proposed are a stage apparatus including a sample stage that mounts a sample, a first position detection device that detects a position of the sample stage, a second position detection device that detects a position of the sample stage when the sample stage is positioned in a part of a stage movement range that the first position detection device is capable of detecting, and a control device that adjusts an offset amount of the first position detection device on the basis of a position detection result obtained by the second position detection device, and a charged particle beam apparatus using the stage apparatus.
US09627169B2
An inductively coupled plasma source having multiple gases in the plasma chamber provides multiple ion species to a focusing column. A mass filter allows for selection of a specific ion species and rapid changing from one species to another.
US09627163B2
One embodiment of the disclosure includes an input module. The input module includes a switch, a rotatable and translatable input member operably connected to the switch and configured to actuate the switch, and an electrical contact operably connected to the switch and in electrical communication with the input member. During operation, the electrical connection between the input member and the electrical contact is maintained during translation and rotation of the input member. The input module may be used with a variety of electronic devices and can be used by a user to provide input to those devices.
US09627157B1
A keyboard including a fixing plate, a base plate, and a plurality of keys is provided. The base plate includes a plurality of magnetic elements, and each magnetic element corresponds to one key. Each key further includes a first support element and a second support element, and the first support element is made of a magnetic material. The key is disposed on the fixing plate, and the base plate may move relative to the fixing plate, so that the magnetic element is displaced and attracts the first support element to ascend or descend, so as to adjust the height of the key.
US09627145B2
An electrolytic capacitor according to the present invention employs a capacitor element wherein an anode foil having an anode internal terminal and a cathode foil having a cathode internal terminal are wound or laminated through a separator. The end of the anode foil faces with the cathode foil through the separator and the surface area of the cathode internal terminal is provided with an enlargement treatment, whereby the small area portion of the cathode foil that faces with the anode foil is eliminated, and the charge/discharge characteristics are thus improved. Furthermore, in the electrolytic capacitor provided with the capacitor element wherein the anode foil having the anode internal terminal and the cathode foil having the cathode internal terminal are wound or laminated through the separator, the capacitor element being impregnated with an electrolyte, the cathode internal terminal is composed of an aluminum material, the surface of the cathode internal terminal is etched and the concentration of iron in the etching layer is less than 300 ppm.
US09627140B2
The invention relates to a capacitor component having a first integrated capacitor (C1) and an integrated Y capacitor, wherein the Y capacitor has a second capacitor (C2) and a third capacitor (C3), and the second and third capacitor (C2, C3) are connected in series with one another and in parallel with the first capacitor (C1). The invention further relates to a method for producing such a capacitor component.
US09627134B2
A ceramic dielectric composition contains a base material powder represented by one or more of (Ca1−xSrx)(Zr1−yTiy)O3, Ca(Zr1−yTiy)O3, Sr(Zr1−yTiy)O3, (Ca1−xSrx)ZrO3, and (Ca1−xSrx)TiO3, in which x and y satisfy 0≦x≦1.0 and 0.2≦y≦0.9, respectively. The ceramic dielectric composition may have high room-temperature permittivity and excellent ESD protection characteristics and may secure withstand voltage characteristics while implementing relatively high capacitance.
US09627132B2
Improved method steps for making a multilayer electronic components are disclosed. Monolithic components are formed with plated terminations whereby the need for typical thick-film termination stripes is eliminated or greatly simplified. Such termination technology eliminates many typical termination problems and enables a higher number of terminations with finer pitch, which may be especially beneficial on smaller electronic components. Electrodes and insulating substrates are provided in an interleaved arrangement and selected portions of the electrodes are exposed along selected edges of the substrates. Anchor tabs, which are not in direct contact with the electrodes and offer additional nucleation points for plated structures, may also optionally be provided and exposed in some embodiments. Termination material is then plated to the exposed portions of the electrodes and optional anchor tabs, such as via electroless and/or electrochemical processes, until exposed portions of selected groups thereof are connected.
US09627121B2
An electromagnetic solenoid is disclosed. The solenoid includes a coil, a bobbin, a flux sleeve, an armature, and a pole piece, arranged in such a way that the solenoid is robust against misalignment of the pole piece with the flux sleeve. The configuration facilitates the integration of either the pole piece or the flux sleeve into a hydraulic circuit.
US09627119B2
A superconducting magnet and method for making a superconducting magnet, are presented. The superconducting magnet is made by forming a coil from windings of a first wire comprising a reacted MgB2 monofilament, filling a cavity of a stainless steel billet with a Mg+B powder. Monofilament ends of the first wire and a similar second wire are sheared at an acute angle and inserted into the billet. A copper plug configured to partially fill the billet cavity is inserted into the billet cavity. A portion of the billet adjacent to the plug and the wires is sealed with a ceramic paste.
US09627118B2
A gapped core leg for a shunt reactor, comprising magnetic core elements separated by spacers cast directly between the core elements. Accordingly, a rigid core leg construction is achieved.
US09627114B2
Described embodiments include a system, method, and apparatus. The apparatus includes a magnetic substrate at least partially covered by a first negative-permittivity layer comprising a first plasmonic outer surface. The apparatus includes a plasmonic nanoparticle having a magnetic element at least partially covered by a second negative-permittivity layer comprising a second plasmonic outer surface. The apparatus includes a dielectric-filled gap between the first plasmonic outer surface and the second outer surface. The first plasmonic outer surface, the dielectric-filled gap, and the second plasmonic outer surface are configured to support one or more mutually coupled plasmonic excitations.
US09627108B2
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a metal material. The method comprises a temperature increasing step of increasing the temperature of a silver material having undergone final plastic working to 700° C. or more and less than a melting point of the silver material in a vacuum or a helium gas atmosphere, a heating step of maintaining the silver material at 700° C. or more and less than the melting point, and a cooling step of cooling the silver material to room temperature in a vacuum or a helium gas atmosphere. For a part of the period of the heating step, the silver material is heated in a mixed atmosphere in which hydrogen gas is mixed with helium gas.
US09627104B2
A harness exterior protection member with an electric wire bundle inserted therein includes a bent portion and a straight portion which are formed in a cylindrical shape in an integrated manner formed of a flame-retardant polyamide resin composition. A thickness of the straight portion is set to be twice to four times of a thickness of the bent portion. A bending radius of the bent portion is 10 mm or larger, and a bending strength of the straight portion is 15 to 25 N.
US09627101B2
A cover assembly for covering an elongate substrate includes a holdout device and a resilient, elastically radially expanded sleeve member. The holdout device includes a core having an axially extending slit defined therein and defining a core passage to receive the substrate, and a designated target region. The sleeve member defines an axially extending sleeve passage. The sleeve member is mounted on the core such that the core is disposed in the sleeve passage and the sleeve member exerts a radially compressive recovery force on the core. When the substrate is disposed in the core passage and a radially directed release force is applied to the target region, the core will reduce in circumference and collapse around the substrate under the recovery force of the sleeve member to a collapsed position.
US09627097B2
Systems, apparatus and methods are provided through which an injector system automates a process of injecting an individual dose from a multiple dose of a radiotracer material. In some embodiments, the injector system includes a first dose calibrator system that receives a multidose vial of a radiotracer, a second dose calibrator system, an injection pump and an intravenous needle. In some embodiments, the first dose calibrator system and the multidose vial have an integrated shape. In some embodiments, the first dose calibrator system includes a pneumatic arm that receives the multidose vial.
US09627093B2
A device includes a storage region, and a resistive-read-access-memory-based (RRAM-based or ReRAM-based) non-volatile storage array is disclosed herein. The storage region includes a first storage array and a second storage array. The first storage array includes a plurality of first storage cells. The second storage array includes a plurality of second storage cells. The second storage cells are configured to be in place of the first storage cells. The RRAM-based non-volatile storage array is configured to record at least one corresponding relationship between the first storage cells and the second storage cells.
US09627086B2
A method of operating a non-volatile memory device includes performing an erasing operation to memory cells associated with a plurality of string selection lines (SSLs), the memory cells associated with the plurality of SSLs constituting a memory block, and verifying the erasing operation to second memory cells associated with a second SSL after verifying the erasing operation to first memory cells associated with a first SSL.
US09627085B2
A refresh method for a flash memory includes at least the following steps: performing a write operation to store an input data into a storage space in the flash memory; checking reliability of the storage space with the input data already stored therein; and when the reliability of the storage space meets a predetermined criterion, performing a refresh operation upon the storage space based on the input data. For example, the write operation stores the input data into the storage space through an initial program operation and at least one reprogram operation following the initial program operation; and the refresh operation is an additional reprogram operation applied to the storage space for programming the input data recovered from the storage space into original storage locations in the storage space.
US09627082B2
Serial NAND flash memory may be provided with the characteristics of continuous read of the memory across page boundaries and from logically contiguous memory locations without wait intervals, while also being clock-compatible with the high performance serial flash NOR (“HPSF-NOR”) memory read commands so that the serial NAND flash memory may be used with controllers designed for HPSF-NOR memory. Serial NAND flash memory having these compatibilities is referred to herein as high-performance serial flash NAND (“SPSF-NAND”) memory. Since devices and systems which use HPSF-NOR memories and controllers often have extreme space limitations, HPSF-NAND may also be provided with the same physical attributes of low pin count and small package size of HPSF-NOR memory for further compatibility. HPSF-NAND memory is particularly suitable for code shadow applications, even while enjoying the low “cost per bit” and low per bit power consumption of a NAND memory array at higher densities.
US09627079B1
There are provided a storage device, a memory system having the same, and an operating method thereof. A storage device includes a plurality of memory blocks for storing data, a peripheral circuit for selecting multiple memory blocks from among the plurality of memory blocks and simultaneously performing an erase operation on the multiple memory blocks, and a control circuit for controlling the peripheral circuit so that the multiple memory blocks are simultaneously erased, and an erase operation and an erase verification operation of a selected memory block from among the multiple memory bocks are performed.
US09627062B2
There is provided a memory unit that comprises a plurality of memory cell groups, each memory cell group comprising a plurality of memory cells that are each operatively connected to a first local bit line and a second local bit line by respective first and second access transistors, and each memory cell being associated with a word line configured to control the first and second access transistors of the memory cell. The first and second local bit lines of each memory cell group being operatively connected to respective first and second column bit lines by respective first and second group access switches, the first group access switch being configured to be controlled by the second column bit line, and the second group access switch being configured to be controlled by the first column bit line.
US09627059B2
A resistive memory and a data writing method for a resistive memory cell thereof are provided. The method includes: receiving and decoding a column address signal for generating a decoded result, and providing a word line voltage to a word line of the resistive memory cell; providing a constant current to one of a bit line and a source line of the resistive memory cell, and coupling a reference ground voltage to another one of the bit line and the source line of the resistive memory cell.
US09627058B2
An operating method, an operating system and a resistance random access memory (ReRAM) are provided. The operating method includes the following steps. A write voltage and a write current are set at a first predetermined voltage value and a first predetermined current value respectively. The write voltage and the write current are applied to a memory cell of the ReRAM for writing. Whether the write current reaches a second predetermined current value is verified, if a read current of the memory cell is not within a predetermined current range. The write current is increased, if the write current does not reach the second predetermined current value. Whether the write voltage reaches a second predetermined voltage value is verified, if the write current reaches the second predetermined current value. The write voltage is increased, if the write voltage does not reach the second predetermined voltage value.
US09627057B2
Providing for programming a two-terminal memory cell array with low sneak path current is described herein. Groups of two-terminal memory cells can be arranged into blocks or sub-blocks, along sets of bitlines and local wordlines. Further, groups of local wordlines within a given sub-block can be electrically isolated from bitlines outside the sub-block. A programming signal can be applied to the two-terminal memory cells from an associated local wordline thereof. Sneak path currents can be mitigated or avoided with respect to bitlines outside a particular sub-block, or on non-selected wordlines of the sub-block. This can significantly reduce a magnitude of combined sneak path current within the sub-block in response to the programming operation.
US09627050B2
A memory access module for performing memory access management of a storage device including a plurality of storage cells includes: sensing means for performing a plurality of sensing operations respectively corresponding to a plurality of different sensing voltages in order to generate at least a first digital value of a storage cell, wherein each subsequent sensing operation corresponds to a sensing voltage which is determined according to a result of the previous sensing operation; processing means for using the first digital value to obtain soft information of a bit stored in the storage cell; and decoding means for using the soft information to perform soft decoding.
US09627047B2
A method for writing data into a flash memory unit includes: when writing data into the flash memory unit for the n-th time, determining a data polarity of an n-th data bit to be written into the flash memory unit; selectively injecting an n-th electrical charge amount into a floating gate of the flash memory unit according to the data polarity of the n-th data bit; when writing data into the flash memory unit for the (n+1)-th time, determining the data polarity of an (n+1)-th data bit to be written into the flash memory unit; and selectively injecting an (n+1)-th electrical charge amount into the floating gate of the flash memory unit according to the data polarity of the (n+1)-th data bit. The (n+1)-th electrical charge amount is not equal to the n-th electrical charge amount, and n is a positive integer not less than 1.
US09627046B2
Techniques are presented for the programming of a non-volatile memory in which multi-state memory cells use a charge trapping layer. When writing data onto a word lines, different data states are written individually, while programming inhibiting the other states, thereby breaking down the write operation into a number of sub-operations, one for each state to be written. This allows for improved timing and decreased power consumption.
US09627045B1
A superconducting memory cell includes a magnetic Josephson junction (MJJ) with a ferromagnetic material, having at least two switchable states of magnetization. The binary state of the MJJ manifests itself as a pulse appearing, or not appearing, on the output. A superconducting memory includes an array of memory cells. Each memory cell includes a comparator with at least one MJJ. Selected X and Y-directional write lines in their combination are capable of switching the magnetization of the MJJ. A superconducting device includes a first and a second junction in a stacked configuration. The first junction has an insulating layer barrier, and the second junction has an insulating layer sandwiched in-between two ferromagnetic layers as barrier. An electrical signal inputted across the first junction is amplified across the second junction.
US09627036B2
A static random access memory unit structure and layout structure includes two pull-up transistors, two pull-down transistors, two slot contact plugs, and two metal-zero interconnects. Each metal-zero interconnect is disposed on each slot contact plug and a gate of each pull-up transistor, in which, each slot contact plug crosses a drain of each pull-down transistor and a drain of each pull-up transistor and extends to cross an end of each metal-zero interconnect. A gap between the slot contact plugs is smaller than a gap between the metal-zero interconnects.
US09627026B1
A refresh control device may include a fuse array configured to store fuse data. The refresh control device may include a refresh controller including cell arrays including unit cells. The refresh controller may be configured to store position information of a word line having weak cell characteristics based on fuse data. The refresh control device may include a comparator configured to receive data from the cell arrays of a selected cell and may be configured to compare the data to determine the presence of a weak word line to either perform or skip the refresh operation on the corresponding cell.
US09627025B2
A memory device includes: a plurality of memory blocks; an address counting block suitable for generating a counting address that is changed when all the memory blocks are refreshed; a target address generation block suitable for generating a target address, which is an address of a word line requiring an additional refresh operation, in the memory blocks; and a refresh control block suitable for controlling a 1st number of the memory blocks to be refreshed when a refresh command is inputted a 1st number of times and controlling a 2nd number of the memory blocks to be refreshed when the refresh command is inputted a 2nd number of times, wherein the refresh control block controls a word line corresponding to the counting address to be refreshed and controls a word line corresponding to the target address to be refreshed during a target refresh operation.
US09627023B2
A magneto-optical device comprising a magnetic unit and an optical unit, an electronic device comprising the magneto-optical device, a method of energy saving using the magneto-optical device, an array comprising the magneto-optical devices, and a method of changing magnetic orientation.
US09627017B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for a RAM at speed flexible timing and setup control. The memory module includes: a module connected to a functional logic circuitry; first timing control latches of a first scan-in chain; a timing configuration circuitry controllable by timing and control configuration signals; selection circuits connected to each output line of the first timing control latches; and an output signal of the timing configuration circuitry is connected to input lines of the selection circuits, such that two sets of control data are operatively connected to the control input lines of the memory cells under test, without a reloading of the respective timing control latches.
US09627009B2
A three dimensional non-volatile storage system includes a substrate and a plurality of memory cells arranged in a monolithic three dimensional memory array (or other 3D structure) positioned above and not in the substrate. The system includes a plurality of vertical bit lines and a plurality of word lines. Each group of three neighboring word lines on a common level of the three dimensional memory array are electrically isolated from each other and at least a subset of the three neighboring word lines of each group are connected to other word lines.
US09627007B2
A method of storing information at data and displaying the stored information and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes detecting occurrence of a bookmark event while recording or reproducing media data; determining a bookmark segment in the media data to correspond to the occurrence of the bookmark event; and acquiring text information corresponding to voice information of the bookmark segment.
US09626999B1
Systems and methods relating generally to data storage, and more particularly to systems and methods for accessing and storing information using multiple sensors.
US09626998B2
A hard disk drive device and a method and apparatus for control of the hard disk drive is provided. The hard disk drive includes disk media, a slider head, a head gimbal assembly and a control means. The disk media includes at least two layers for data storage. The slider head flies above the disk media and includes a writer and a reader, and a head gimbal assembly supports the slider head above the disk media. The control means is physically coupled to the head gimbal assembly and electrically coupled to the writer and the reader for reducing write interference from the writer when the writer is writing to the disk media while the reader is reading from the disk media, wherein write interference is reduced in one or more of a time domain and a frequency domain.
US09626996B2
Provided herein is a method, including a) transferring an initial pattern of an initial template to a substrate; b) performing block copolymer self-assembly over the substrate with a density multiplication factor k; c) creating a subsequent pattern in a subsequent template with the density multiplication factor k; and d) repeating steps a)-c) with the subsequent template as the initial template until a design specification for the subsequent pattern with respect to pattern density and pattern resolution is met.
US09626992B2
In various embodiments, a read assembly for reading a dual-layered medium may be provided. The dual-layered medium may include a servo layer and a data layer over the servo layer. The read assembly may include a data read head configured to read the data layer. The read assembly may also include a servo read head configured to read the servo layer.
US09626991B2
A near-field transducer includes an enlarged region having a top side adjacent to a magnetic pole, a base side opposite the top side, and a circumference that extends from proximal to a media-facing surface to distal to a media-facing surface. The near-field transducer includes a peg region in contact with a region of the bas side of the enlarged region, the peg region extending from the enlarged region towards the media-facing surface. The near-field transducer also includes a heat sink region having a contact side, a base side, and a circumference that extends from proximal to the media-facing surface to distal from the media-facing surface. The contact side of the heat sink region is in thermal contact with both the peg region and at least a region of the base side of the enlarged region.
US09626990B2
A perpendicular magnetic recording writer with an all wrap around (AWA) shield design wherein one or more of the leading shield, trailing shield, and side shields comprises a magnetic hot seed layer made of a >19 kG to 24 kG material that adjoins a gap layer, and a side of the hot seed layer opposite the gap layer adjoins a high damping magnetic layer made of a 10-16 kG material (or a 16-19 kG material in the trailing shield) having a Gilbert damping parameter a >0.04. In one embodiment, the high damping magnetic layer is FeNiRe with a Re content of 3 to 15 atomic %. The main pole leading and trailing sides may be tapered. Side shields may have a single taper or dual taper structure. Higher writer speed with greater areal density capability is achieved.
US09626988B2
A speech masking apparatus includes a microphone and a speaker. The microphone can detect a human voice. The speaker can output a masking language which can include phonemes resembling human speech. At least one component of the masking language can have a pitch, a volume, a theme, and/or a phonetic content substantially matching a pitch, a volume, a theme, and/or a phonetic content of the voice.
US09626983B2
The present disclosure provides techniques for adjusting a temporal gain parameter and for adjusting linear prediction coefficients. A value of the temporal gain parameter may be based on a comparison of a synthesized high-band portion of an audio signal to a high-band portion of the audio signal. If a signal characteristic of an upper frequency range of the high-band portion satisfies a first threshold, the temporal gain parameter may be adjusted. A linear prediction (LP) gain may be determined based on an LP gain operation that uses a first value for an LP order. The LP gain may be associated with an energy level of an LP synthesis filter. The LP order may be reduced if the LP gain satisfies a second threshold.
US09626982B2
A device is for retrieving a quantized gain of a fixed contribution of an excitation in a sub-frame of a frame. The device includes a receiver of a gain codebook index; an estimator of the gain of the fixed contribution of the excitation in the sub-frame, wherein the estimator is supplied with a parameter representative of a classification of the frame; a gain codebook for supplying a correction factor in response to the gain codebook index; and a multiplier of the estimated gain by the correction factor to provide a quantized gain of the fixed contribution of the excitation in said sub-frame.
US09626977B2
A method for a machine or group of machines to watermark an audio signal includes receiving an audio signal and a watermark signal including multiple symbols, and inserting at least some of the multiple symbols in multiple spectral channels of the audio signal, each spectral channel corresponding to a different frequency range. Optimization of the design incorporates minimizing the human auditory system perceiving the watermark channels by taking into account perceptual time-frequency masking, pattern detection of watermarking messages, the statistics of worst case program content such as speech, and speech-like programs.
US09626976B2
An encoding method and apparatus and a decoding method and apparatus are provided. The decoding method includes skipping extension information included in an input bitstream, extracting a three-dimensional (3D) down-mix signal and spatial information from the input bitstream, removing 3D effects from the 3D down-mix signal by performing a 3D rendering operation on the 3D down-mix signal, and generating a multi-channel signal using a down-mix signal obtained by the removal and the spatial information. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently encode multi-channel signals with 3D effects and to adaptively restore and reproduce audio signals with optimum sound quality according to the characteristics of an audio reproduction environment.
US09626975B2
An audio signal processor receives a plurality of encoded multi-channel audio signals. A multi-channel decoder (105) decodes a first encoded multi-channel signal to generate a first decoded multi-channel signal. A generator (109) generates an encoded further audio signal by selecting audio encoding data from at least a second encoded multi-channel audio signal such that a number of channels of the encoded further audio signal comprising audio encoding data from the second encoded multi-channel audio signal is less than a number of channels in the second encoded multi-channel signal. Thus, a channel reduction is performed in the encoded data domain. A further decoder (111) generates a further decoded signal by decoding the further encoded audio signal. A combiner (107) combines the first decoded multi-channel signal and the further decoded signal to generate a multi-channel output signal. An exciting user experience can be provided while maintaining low complexity and resource usage.
US09626970B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to speaker identification using spatial information. A method of speaker identification for audio content being of a format based on multiple channels is disclosed. The method comprises extracting, from a first audio clip in the format, a plurality of spatial acoustic features across the multiple channels and location information, the first audio clip containing voices from a speaker, and constructing a first model for the speaker based on the spatial acoustic features and the location information, the first model indicating a characteristic of the voices from the speaker. The method further comprises identifying whether the audio content contains voices from the speaker based on the first model. Corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US09626969B2
A method is described for improving the accuracy of a transcription generated by an automatic speech recognition (ASR) engine. A personal vocabulary is maintained that includes replacement words. The replacement words in the personal vocabulary are obtained from personal data associated with a user. A transcription is received of an audio recording. The transcription is generated by an ASR engine using an ASR vocabulary and includes a transcribed word that represents a spoken word in the audio recording. Data is received that is associated with the transcribed word. A replacement word from the personal vocabulary is identified, which is used to re-score the transcription and replace the transcribed word.
US09626954B2
A control signal filter 2 receives a sound source signal determined by a control frequency specified in conformity with the vibration/noise source that produces vibration/noise, and outputs a control signal. A filter coefficient update unit 4 updates coefficients of the control signal filter 2 in response to a sound source signal and an error signal. A signal-to-interference ratio measuring unit 5 outputs a signal-to-interference ratio determined from the vibration/noise and the interference contained in the error signal in response to the control frequency and error signal. An update controller 6 adjusts an update step of the filter coefficient update unit 4 in accordance with the signal-to-interference ratio.
US09626951B2
There is provided a mounting system for a fish finding device to a watercraft which has a support for supporting a fish finding device on a watercraft. The support has a top, a bottom and a peripheral side wall which form a receptacle housing for a battery. Mounting means are positioned at the top of the support to receive a fish finder. Securing means are provided on the bottom of the support for mounting the support to a surface on a watercraft. Mounting means are provided for detachably securing a transducer to a watercraft.
US09626949B2
A system for modifying an audio signal comprises a computer including a first digital signal processor (DSP). The first DSP includes a first module and a second module. The first module is coupled to the interface to provide a musical instrument with a set of testing input signals and obtain a set of testing output signals from the musical instrument via the interface. The second module is configured to perform functions including: analyzing the set of testing output signals to obtain a set of parameters, constructing an acoustic transducer to model characteristics of the musical instrument based on the set of parameters, and receiving the audio signal to modify the audio signal using the acoustic transducer, wherein the first DSP module obtains the set of parameters at least by identifying occurrences when an output level state determined at least based on the set of testing output signals significantly changes.
