US09635795B2
A device comprises a rail configured to span and detachably couple to a housing. The device includes a plate that engages the housing and a mechanism securing the tool to the housing. The housing contains a printed circuit board configured with at least one row of slots, each slot configured with a retainer mechanism. A jaw assembly slides along the rail over more than one card positioned in the row of slots. The assembly includes a pair of inserts that perform either seating or extracting more than one card positioned in more than one slot. The device includes a lever for biasing the jaw assembly, where the inserts engage a selected one of more than one card positioned in more than one slot and the retainer mechanism for performing either simultaneously seating more than one card into or simultaneously extracting more than one card from more than slot.
US09635794B2
Method and apparatus for bonding an electrical circuit component onto a substrate. A first electrically conductive bonding pad is formed on the component, and a second electrically conductive bonding pad is formed on the substrate. One of said first and second bonding pads is physically split into at least two parts, with electrical discontinuity between the two parts. An electrically conductive bond is formed between the first and second bonding pads such that electrical continuity is established from one part of the one bonding pad, through the other of the bonding pads, and through the second part of the one bonding pad. The integrity of the electrically conductive bond is evaluated by testing electrical continuity between the at least two parts.
US09635787B2
Disclosed is a display device that includes a display panel and a multi-layered panel provided adjacent the display panel. The multi-layered panel may include a front plate located toward the display panel, a rear plate provided parallel to the front plate, and a honeycomb mesh interposed between the front plate and the rear plate. The honeycomb mesh may have a plurality of hexagonal cells. A metal plate may be coupled to a rear surface of the multi-layered panel and a drive board may be seated on the metal plate. At least one of the front plate or the rear plate may include at least one opening that extends parallel to a shorter side of the display device.
US09635779B2
This invention provides an accommodating device provided with a plurality of accommodating portions configured to accommodate plate-shaped members to be accommodated by being separated away in a thickness direction thereof, having: at least one wall body constructing the accommodating device; and a plurality of segments having the accommodating portions respectively and arranged adjacently each other along a wall surface of the wall body, wherein each of the plurality of segments has an engagement portion to be engaged with an adjacent segment, and the plurality of segments are connected to each other through engagement between the engagement portions of each segments and are detachably mounted on the wall body.
US09635776B2
A cabinet for installing first servers or second servers different than the first servers in size, and the cabinet includes a frame and four adjusting assemblies respectively installed to four corners of the frame. Each adjusting assembly includes a first mounting bracket fixed to the frame and a second mounting bracket rotatably connected to the first bracket. When the second bracket is rotated to being received in the first bracket, the first servers can be installed to the first bracket. When the second bracket is rotated away from the first bracket, the second servers can be installed to the second bracket.
US09635764B2
An integrated circuit that includes a substrate having a shape memory material (SMM), the SMM is in a first deformed state and has a first crystallography structure and a first configuration, the SMM is able to be deformed from a first configuration to a second configuration, the SMM changes to a second crystallography structure and deforms back to the first configuration upon receiving energy, the SMM returns to the first crystallography structure upon receiving a different amount of energy; and an electronic component attached to substrate. In other forms, the SMM is in a first deformed state and has a first polymeric conformation and a first configuration, the SMM changes from a first polymeric conformation to a second polymeric conformation and be deformed from a first configuration to a second configuration, the SMM changes returns to the first polymeric conformation and deforms back to the first configuration upon receiving energy.
US09635763B2
A component built-in board mounting body has a component built-in board mounted on a mounting board, the component built-in board being configured having stacked therein a plurality of printed wiring bases that each have a wiring pattern and a via formed on/in a resin base thereof, and having an electronic component built in thereto, wherein the component built-in board has at least a portion of the plurality of printed wiring bases including thermal wiring in the wiring pattern and including a thermal via in the via, and is mounted on the mounting board via a bump formed on a surface layer of the component built-in board, and a surface on an opposite side to an electrode formation surface of the built in electronic component is connected to the bump via the thermal via and the thermal wiring, and is thermally connected to the mounting board via the bump.
US09635761B2
A printed circuit board, and a method of fabricating the printed circuit board is disclosed. The printed circuit board includes at least one coaxial via. A hollow via is disposed in the printed circuit board. A metal sleeve is formed around the circumference of said hollow via. An inner conductive path is disposed in the hollow via. Additionally, an insulating material is disposed in the hollow via, between the conducting path and the metal sleeve. The conductive path is used to connect signal traces disposed on two different layers of the printed circuit board. In some embodiments, these signal traces carry signals having a frequency above 1 GHz, although the disclosure is not limited to this embodiment.
US09635747B2
The invention provides a High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamp acoustic resonance suppression method. Whether acoustic resonance is produced or not is judged, and a frequency-modulated current frequency provided by a ballast when the acoustic resonance is produced to fulfill the aim of suppressing the acoustic resonance. The ballast includes an acoustic resonance elimination module. The invention has the beneficial effects that due to the additional arrangement of the acoustic resonance elimination module, acoustic resonance is maximally suppressed, and the optimal stability of a discharge arc is ensured. These characteristics enable the product to stably run for each type of lamp tube and different power.
US09635741B2
A module comprises messaging logic configured to generate a same message for a plurality of destination lighting devices. The message comprises a first portion specifying the plurality of destination lighting devices, and a common second portion specifying the message as being of a type that requests lighting device information. The module also comprises a port configured to output this same message to the plurality of destination lighting devices. If one of the destination lighting devices responds to the message, the processing module receives back the response from the responding device via the port. In addition to identifying the responding one of the destination lighting devices, the response also specifies the requested information of that lighting device.
US09635740B2
The present disclosure provides a smart lighting device, and a smart lighting control system and method. The smart lighting device includes a human detection module, a control module, and a microphone module. The microphone module has operation modes including a sleep mode and a monitor mode. The human detection module detects whether a human appears in a surrounding area of the smart lighting device in real-time, and sends a detection signal to the control module when a human appearance is detected. The control module receives and sends the detection signal to the microphone module to switch from a sleep mode to a monitor mode. When receiving a control signal from the control module, the microphone module switches to the monitor mode and collects audio signals in the surrounding area of the smart lighting device. The smart lighting device further includes a wireless communication module for wireless communication.
US09635737B2
The method of spatial lightbulb operation includes determining the position of the lightbulb relative to a physical space, detecting a contextual event, determining a spatial lighting pattern associated with the contextual event, and selectively controlling lightbulb light emitting elements based on the position of the lightbulb and the spatial lighting pattern. A lightbulb including: a plurality of individually controlled light emitting elements mounted in fixed, predetermined positions on the substrate; a light sensor mounted to the substrate; a wireless communication module; and a processor configured to: index each light emitting element; progress each of the plurality of light emitting elements through an orientation pattern; associate a reference point on the lightbulb with an external reference point; and selectively operate individual light emitting elements of the plurality according to lighting instructions, based on a relationship between the reference point on the lightbulb and the external reference point.
US09635736B2
The disclosure herein relates to a method and system for providing device accessory illumination (e.g., glowing, lighting-up, and/or other illumination) based on device-related information. In some implementations, illumination may be provided at a device case (of a device) that interfaces with a charging device based on a charge status of the device, communication information of the device, and/or application information of the device. As an example, an illumination status for the device case may be determined based on the charge status of the device, the communication information, and/or the application information. Illumination may then be provided at the device case based on the illumination status. The illumination status may, for instance, indicate an amount, a color, a pattern, a time feature, a location, and/or other characteristic.
US09635731B2
A boost apparatus including a boost power conversion circuit and a control chip is provided. The boost power conversion circuit is configured to receive a DC input voltage and provide a DC output voltage to a light-emitting-diode (LED) load in response to a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) signal. The control chip has a first complex function pin, and is configured to: generate the PWM signal to control the operation of the boost power conversion circuit; perform an OCP detection on the boost power conversion circuit through the first complex function pin when the PWM signal is enabled to determine whether to activate an OCP mechanism; and perform an OVP detection on the boost power conversion circuit through the first complex function pin when the PWM signal is disabled to determine whether to activate an OVP mechanism.
US09635723B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus may comprise a controller to provide compatibility between a load and a secondary winding of an electronic transformer. The controller may be configured to operate a single-stage power converter in a first power mode for a first period of time, such that the single-stage power converter is enabled to transfer energy from the secondary winding to the load during the first power mode and operate the single-stage power converter in a second power mode for a second period of time prior to the first period of time, such that the single-stage power converter is enabled to transfer energy from the secondary winding to the load during the second power mode, wherein the first power mode and the second power mode occur within a half-line cycle of an electronic transformer secondary signal present on the secondary winding.
US09635721B2
A LED package structure is provided. The LED package includes a three-element red-green-blue (RGB) light emitting diode (LED). The carrier of the LED package has a power input pin and a ground pin and the pins form extension portions inside the carrier. The driver element, a red dice, a green dice, and a blue dice are disposed within the carrier. The driver element controls the red, green and blue LED dices by receiving an operation power and a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) signal from the power input pin. By this arrangement, the LED package with compact structure, good mixing effect, and high resolution is achieved. Furthermore, the using space is saved and the PIN number is reduced to allow mass production with low costs.
US09635712B2
A near-infrared condensing heating unit includes a frame having an open side at a side and a seat inside, and a reflecting plate disposed in the seat of the frame having an opening corresponding to the open side, and an extended semi-elliptic cross-section along an elliptic line. The near-infrared condensing heating unit further includes a lamp disposed inside the reflecting plate, with both ends mounted on the frame through sockets.
US09635710B2
An apparatus for facilitating the re-distribution of processing load between a plurality of radio equipment controllers arranged in a daisy chain configuration on a Common Public Radio Interface. The apparatus may be included in each REC and has two framers which may co-operate to forward IQ data of antenna carriers received on a downlink from a preceding REC to a subsequent REC in the chain and a DMA module or channel which can read IQ data from a system memory for onward transmission. In a re-allocation mode, the framer may be reconfigured so that an AxC initially allocated to a preceding REC for processing may be instead, accessed by a second (usually redundant) transmit DMA module included in the apparatus from system memory and transferred to the framer for onward transmission.
US09635704B2
A method in a network node for decoupling an uplink enhanced dedicated channel, E-DCH, and a high speed downlink shared channel, HS-DSCH, comprises determining whether a radio link message contains a E-DCH decoupling indication (step 201). Where it is determined that the radio link message does not contain an E-DCH decoupling indication, the method comprises controlling a base station node to reject a radio link procedure in the event that a serving E-DCH radio link and a serving HS-DSCH radio link are not configured in the same cell (step 203).
US09635692B2
Methods of ensuring network continuity performed at local gateway, fixed gateway, and network device
Provided are methods of ensuring network continuity performed at a local gateway, a fixed gateway, and a network device. The method of ensuring network continuity performed at a local gateway includes establishing a tunnel with a fixed gateway serving as a relay between an Internet service server and the local gateway, and performing communication with the fixed gateway through the tunnel. Therefore, even when the type of an uplink signal received by a local gateway changes or the local gateway is in an uplink signal shadow area, a terminal connected to the local gateway can be provided with a seamless Internet service.
US09635691B2
A method of providing connection source recommendations using a database of historic data on connectivity starts with a processor receiving location and connection information from each mobile device. Location information may identify a location of each mobile device, respectively. Connection information may identify one of the connection sources as a preferred connection source used to identify the location of each mobile device, respectively. The connection source may be Global Position Satellite (GPS), cell tower, or WiFi access point. Processor may then store, in database, location and connection information. Database may include a plurality of location information and a history of connection information for each location information. Other embodiments are described.
US09635689B2
Methods and devices provide channel assignments of programs delivered in a mobile setting. The channel assignments include unicast channels, multicast channels, and broadcast channels. The channel assignments are based on one or more of the type of program, user viewership information, or user voting information. Additionally, methods and devices provide for handover between mobile service areas at the application layer. Programs are buffered based on a handover time. During the handover, the buffered portion of the program is played.
US09635679B2
Terminal signal transmission timing randomisation method and device in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a terminal signal transmission timing randomisation method and device in a wireless communication system, and the terminal signal transmission method in a wireless communication system of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, setting information for randomising transmission timing with respect to a signal transmitted by a terminal; determining the transmission timing for the signal in accordance with the setting information; and transmitting the signal to the base station in accordance with the determined transmission timing.
US09635674B2
A radio base station (RBS) and a method performed by an RBS for scheduling uplink resources to at least one UE are provided. The RBS comprises at least two receiving antenna branches and the RBS is operable in a radio communication network. The method comprises receiving transmissions from the at least one UE by means of the at least two receiving antenna branches; and determining at least one parameter relating to signal quality of the received transmissions. The method further comprises determining a diversity gain of the at least two receiving antenna branches, wherein the diversity gain is determined based on the determined parameter(s); and scheduling uplink transmissions for the at least one UE based on the determined diversity gain.
US09635664B2
Systems and techniques for sounding reference signal enhancement to support uplink coordinated multipoint are described herein. A sounding reference signal may be assigned to a user equipment based on a relationship between the user equipment and a cell edge of a cell served by a wireless network device and serving the user equipment.
US09635663B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises of a first Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processing device that is configured to be designated as a backup control module for a wireless access point during a first time period. The first CAPWAP control module is configured to receive state information associated with the wireless access point during the first time period from a second CAPWAP control module. The second CAPWAP control module is designated as a primary control module for the wireless access point during the first time period. The first CAPWAP control module is configured to be automatically designated as the primary control module during a second time period after the first time period and in response to the second CAPWAP control module not operating according to at least one predefined criterion.
US09635658B2
A method and an apparatus for a User Equipment (UE) to receive a first type of a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) or a second type of a PDCCH in a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) are provided whereby the first type of PDCCH and the second type of PDCCH convey respective Downlink Control Information (DCI) formats containing Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) bits scrambled with a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI). The method includes receiving by the UE a first bitmap associated with a number of TTIs equal to the first bitmap size, wherein each element of the first bitmap indicates whether a TTI is of a first type or of a second type, decoding by the UE only PDCCH of the first type if the TTI is of the first type, and decoding by the UE only PDCCH of the second type if the TTI is of the second type.
US09635642B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for beamforming and information feedback are provided. Signals for beams to be transmitted through corresponding antenna ports, are generated. The beams are formed by precoding the signals with beamforming vectors. The beams are sorted into a number of resource reuse groups based on a resource that is to be shared. The beams are transmitted, using resources allocated per group, to a receiver. Feedback information is generated on at least one antenna port, based on the received beams. The feedback information is transmitted to the transmitter. A beam is selected having a greatest gain for a transmitter using the feedback information. A transmission resource is allocated for the selected beam.
US09635640B1
A device may determine to page a machine device. The device may determine a coverage level value associated with the machine device. The coverage level value may indicate a network condition in an area in which the machine device has been deployed. The device may determine, based on the coverage level value, a quantity of pages to be transmitted for the machine device. The device may determine, based on the coverage level value and the quantity of pages, one or more frequency ranges to be used to transmit one or more pages. The device may transmit the one or more pages using the one or more frequency ranges.
US09635619B2
A wireless network device includes an antenna array and a lobe interleaver. The antenna array includes a plurality of antenna elements with different squint angles. The lobe interleaver is coupled to the antenna elements and has a plurality of output lobe ports. The lobe interleaver divides and interleaves the radio signal of the antenna array with the same phase and the same power to generate a plurality of lobes with different squint angles. The number of lobes is twice the number of antenna elements.
US09635603B2
A system and method are provided for implementing unique multi-band service discovery protocols between communicating devices, including wireless communicating devices supporting operations according to multiple standards and in different frequency bands, particularly in peer-to-peer or ad hoc networking schemes. The disclosed systems and methods define within each service discovery frame, whether a service discovery query or a service discovery response, an indication of the frequency band and/or channel that may support a specific service indicated by the service discovery frame. Cooperating communicating devices between which communications are to be established supporting a specific service protocol are provided with a mechanism by which to identify which common frequency bands and/or channels the communicating devices may communicate in executing the specific service.
US09635600B2
A terminal and a communication method thereof whereby, even in a case of employing the asymmetric carrier aggregation system and further employing the MIMO transmission method for upstream channels, the error characteristic of control information can be prevented from being degraded. In the terminal, a transport signal forming unit forms transport signals by arranging, based on an arrangement rule, ACK/NACK and CQI in a plurality of layers. According to the arrangement rule, an error detection result is arranged, on a priority basis, in a layer that is different from a layer in which the channel quality information is arranged. In this way, the puncturing of CQI using ACK/NACK can be minimized, with the result that the error characteristic of control information can be prevented from being degraded.
US09635599B2
A radio communication system comprises a communication channel for the transmission of data packets from a primary station having a plurality of antennas to a secondary station having at least one antenna. The channel comprises a plurality of paths, and the primary station transmits a plurality of packets substantially simultaneously. Each of the plurality of packets is transmitted via a different subset of the plurality of paths, for example by arranging for each packet to be transmitted via a different antenna or antenna beam. The secondary station receives the plurality of data packets, determines whether each packet is received correctly and signals this determination (typically as an acknowledgement or a negative acknowledgement to the primary station for each of the plurality of packets. The signalling may be by any convenient means, for example transmitting each acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement via a different subset of available uplink paths.
US09635593B2
A communication system in which a transferring unit are configured for transferring at least one information element from a first base station to a second base station. In one embodiment, the information element is sent internally to a communication apparatus including the first and second base stations or externally via a communication node external to the apparatus. In one embodiment, the information element is sent between the two base stations via a communication node of a communication network.
US09635592B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for controlling cell activation, a base station, and a terminal. According to the method for controlling cell activation, the base station, and the terminal that are provided in the embodiments of the present invention, through determination on cell identification information in the RRC signaling reconfiguration message, a corresponding cell remembers a previous activated state, or activation processing is performed, thereby implementing in an MF-Tx scenario, optimized configuration of an activated or deactivated state of the cell that participates in the multi-flow transmission when reconfiguration is implemented through RRC signaling.
US09635586B2
The present disclosure discloses a system and method for using call admission control for client balancing. Specifically, a network device receives a message from a first access point in a network indicating that the first access point has rejected a call request received by the first access point from a particular client device. The particular client device is associated with the first access point. Moreover, the network device selects a second access point that is located in a radio frequency neighborhood of the particular client device. Further, the network device determines that the second access point has capacity to accept the call request from the particular client device, and steers the client device to associate with the second access point.
US09635582B2
Disclosed is a radio base station (eNB1) provided with a storage unit (130) for storing base station information for selecting the destination of a message, a network communication unit (140) for transmitting the message to another radio base station selected according to the base station information, and a control unit (120) for controlling the storage unit (130) to set as base station information the priority level of the radio base station to which the message was sent according to the state of response to the transmitted message.
US09635580B2
An exemplary system according to the present disclosure comprises at least one mobility networking module implemented in at least one lower tier radiolet. The mobility network module performs one or more traffic data plane functions. The exemplary system further comprises at least one mobility application module implemented in at least one upper tier radiolet. The mobility application module performs one or more application data plane functions. The exemplary system further comprises at least one mobility cloud module implemented in the at least one lower tier radiolet and the at least one upper tier radiolet. The mobility cloud module performs computing execution functions of a cloud session.
US09635573B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated identification of open space in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and determining information about the open space based upon the measured and analyzed data in near real-time.
US09635561B2
The present invention provides a method and system for performing distributed channel sensing in which channel information is collected by performing channel sensing according to a channel sensing priority which is determined according to a relative position of a cell to which a wireless connection device belongs from among a plurality of cells which logically partition the zone of the wireless network, and thus the overhead of the channel sensing which is generated in a cognitive wireless multi-hop network environment is reduced, and the transmission failure which occurs when the wireless connection device detects frequencies is reduced.
US09635558B2
Techniques for performing association and resource partitioning in a wireless network with relays are described. In an aspect, resource partitioning may be performed to allocate available resources to nodes and access/backhaul links of relays. In one design, a node computes local metrics for a plurality of possible actions related to resource partitioning. The node receives local metrics for the possible actions from at least one neighbor node and determines overall metrics for the possible actions based on the computed and received local metrics. The node determines resources allocated to a set of nodes and resources allocated to the access and backhaul links of at least one relay based on the overall metrics for the possible actions. In another aspect, association involving relays may be performed by taking into account the performance of the relays. In yet another aspect, association and resource partitioning may be performed jointly.
US09635554B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for authenticating customers using biometrics are presented. In some embodiments, a computing platform may receive, from an interactive voice response server, an inbound call notification associated with a telephone call received from a mobile device. Subsequently, the computing platform may determine a device identifier of the mobile device and a customer identifier corresponding to a user of the mobile device. The computing platform then may load a customer authentication profile. Subsequently, the computing platform may generate a biometric authentication prompt for authenticating the user of the mobile device and may cause the biometric authentication prompt to be sent to the mobile device. Thereafter, the computing platform may receive, from the mobile device, a validation message. In response to receiving the validation message, the computing platform may generate an authentication message. Subsequently, the computing platform may send the authentication message to the interactive voice response server.
US09635553B2
A wireless router provides access control to information resources stored at the wireless router. The wireless router supports user profiles and/or device profiles that respectively enable user level and/or device level access control. The wireless router may register users via a user registration interface presented by the client device. The wireless router may register client devices using a device identifier. Requests to initiate a communication session may be received by the wireless router from client devices over a wireless local area network. The wireless router may authenticate a client device based on a device identifier and/or authenticate a user based on user credentials obtained via a login interface presented by the client device. The wireless router may control access to information resources stored at the wireless router during the communication session based, at least in part, on access privileges for the authenticated client device and/or authenticated user.
US09635543B2
A negotiation method and server are provided for delivery of a service to a terminal. Also provided are a method for configuring a terminal and a terminal using the method. In particular, the methods and apparatus relate to interfaces for interaction with services available to users of a service. The negotiation method includes sending to the terminal of a set of proposals for interactions with a delivery component of the service capable of enabling the terminal to indicate to the delivery component that the terminal accepts at least one proposal from the set of interaction proposals.
US09635538B1
A method of determining inbound roaming market share of a host network is disclosed. The network subscribers are identified by their subscriber identity (IMSI). Each IMSI is categorized based on its roaming status. The roaming categories are as follows: successfully roaming, roaming but steered to another network, not roaming due to errors related to steering, not roaming due to errors not related to steering, roaming below a threshold, roaming below a threshold duration, and roaming on rival networks. SRI-for-SM results of SMS activity are used to determine the count of IMSIs roaming on rival networks. Market share is determined by calculating a quotient of the count of IMSI's categorized as successfully roaming on the host network and the difference between the total count of the IMSIs and the count of IMSIs categorized as not roaming due to errors not related to steering.
US09635536B2
Methods and devices may be used to remotely hushing alarms by receiving an indication of an alarm event occurring at a remote device and presenting a visual indicator of the alarm event including a hush option to alter an audible and/or visual alarm notification of the remote device. A user selection of the hush option is received. In response to receiving the user selection of the hush option, communicating, from the electronic device to the remote device via a point-to-point low power wireless connection between the electronic device and the remote device, a hush request requests that the remote device alter its audible and/or visual alarm notification and causes an adjustment of the visual indicator to reflect a status of the hush request.
US09635533B2
A method for transmitting a message, a UE and a network side device are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a network side device, a message reported by a first user equipment UE, where the first UE is a UE in a preset UE group; identifying the message, reported by the first UE, as an emergency message when the message carries a message identifier of the emergency message; and delivering the emergency message to another UE except the first UE in the preset UE group. After identifying a reported emergency message, a network side may immediately deliver the emergency message to each UE. Because the emergency message does not need to be uploaded to a CN and a server of a management center through the network side for delivering, a transmission delay of the emergency message is reduced, which improves a speed that the UE obtains the emergency message.
US09635528B2
It is provided are a server including: a storage module for storing original files and characteristics of the original files; an encoding module for encoding the original files stored in the storage module to generate encoded symbols; an information acquisition module for communicating with at least one transmission node and acquiring state information from the at least one transmission node; a control module for calculating a number of the encoded symbols to be sent to the at least one transmission node for caching based on the characteristics of the original files stored in the storage module and the state information of the at least one transmission node acquired by the information acquisition module; and a communication module for sending the encoded symbols to the at least one transmission node based on the number of the encoded symbols calculated by the control module.
US09635524B2
A mobile device pass through for signaling messages procedure allows smart devices to participate in and control multimedia communications by providing the ability to control multimedia communications to the smart device by the mobile device. A mobile device and a smart device establish a channel of communications between the mobile device and a web browser executing on the smart device, e.g. when both are connected to the same Wi-Fi access point. When the web browser accesses a web application that utilizes signaling messages to control multimedia content, the web browser will send signaling message requests to the mobile device. The mobile device, in turn, generates and forwards the signaling message. Media content is delivered directly to the smart device without passing through the mobile device or the established channel of communications.
US09635518B2
Programmable telematics systems, methods and apparatus for two-way transmission of data and information between fleet vehicles and a fleet management system. The systems and methods employ a programmable telematics communications unit (TCU) configured to connect to the OBD II port of a vehicle, enabling two-way transmission of data and information between a fleet management system and vehicles in the fleet. The TCU device includes cellular data connectivity enabling communication with the management system through existing cellular telephone networks. The programmable TCU may be toggled between multiple operating modes, wherein the TCU provides different functionality, such that a single vehicle may participate in multiple vehicle programs at different points in time, including separate vehicle rental and vehicle sharing programs.
US09635517B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for navigating a vehicle to a target address using position information transmitted by a position identifying transmitter in a vicinity of the target address. A location of a target address is determined by receiving position information for the target address, upon entry of a searching vehicle in search of a target address into a vicinity of the target address, wherein the received position information for the target address is based upon position information transmitted by a position identifying transmitter located in the vicinity of the target address; and generating a navigation route to direct the searching vehicle to the target address using the received position information.
US09635513B2
A radio wave receiver includes a radio wave reception processor and a processor. The radio wave reception processor receives radio waves and obtains signals transmitted from positioning satellites. The processor sets reception start timing of the radio wave and controls the radio wave reception processor to start reception. The radio wave reception processor performs acquiring operation to acquire transmission signals from a number of positioning satellites necessary for computing a present position. After the acquiring operation, the radio wave reception processor obtains signals necessary for computing the present position from the acquired transmission signals in an obtaining time from an obtaining start timing to an obtaining end timing determined depending on a format according to the positioning satellite. The processor sets the reception start timing so that certain reception conditions are satisfied.
US09635484B2
Method and devices for providing surround audio signals are provided. Surround audio signals are received and are binaurally filtered by at least one filter unit. In some embodiments, the input surround audio signals are also processed by at least one equalizing unit. In those embodiments, the binaurally filtered signals and the equalized signals are combined to form output signals.
US09635479B2
The present application discloses systems and methods to analyze feedback path information during a fitting session. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided and includes during a fitting session, calculating a feedback gain margin of a hearing prosthesis by causing the hearing prosthesis to receive a test signal, output an output signal based on the test signal, and receive a feedback signal based on the output of the output signal, the test signal being configured to test a different parameter of the hearing prosthesis.
US09635478B1
A hearing aid output amplifier additionally outputs a scaled replica of the output battery current, which is integrated and measured by a coulomb counter. The scaled current charges a capacitor. When the capacitor reaches a threshold voltage, a switch is activated. The switch rapidly discharges the capacitor and allows the charging cycle to begin again. The switch also sends a digital pulse to a digital counter, which keeps track of the number of charge/discharge cycles the capacitor has undergone over the lifetime of the device. The amount of charge produced by the battery is proportional to the number of charge/discharge cycles counted. A hearing aid is disclosed, which has different modes that have different dynamic ranges, such as a “sleep” mode, an “active” mode, and/or an “RF communication” mode.
US09635469B2
A hearing aid includes at least one electrode located at a surface of a housing of the hearing aid to allow the electrodes to contact the skin of a user during use of the hearing aid, at least one electrode being adapted to pick up a low voltage signal from the user's brain, an amplifier unit operationally connected to the electrode(s) and adapted for amplifying the low voltage signal(s) to provide amplified brain signal(s), and a signal processing unit adapted to process the amplified brain signal(s) to provide a processed brain signal as well as to apply a time and frequency dependent gain to an input audio signal and to provide a processed audio output signal. Also a method of operating a hearing aid and a hearing aid system.
US09635467B2
Provided is an electroacoustic converter film including thin film electrodes provided on both surfaces of a polymeric composite piezoelectric body in which piezoelectric body particles are dispersed in a viscoelastic matrix formed of a polymer material that exhibits viscoelasticity at normal temperature, and protective layers formed on the thin film electrodes. The electroacoustic converter film further includes electrode lead-out metal foils laminated on the thin film electrodes, and the electrode lead-out metal foils allows connection to wiring through soldering when electrodes are led out from the thin film electrodes.
US09635456B2
Methods, systems, and techniques of digital signal processing using acoustic arrays are provided. Example embodiments described herein provide enhanced acoustic arrays that utilize MEMS digital microphones to offer greater control and measurement capabilities to users and systems that desire to measure sound typically to derive other data. Large numbers of digital microphones can be manufactured to be placed on an acoustic array to derive a plurality of derived acoustic array measurements.
US09635451B2
An audio accessory (1) having headphones (2) with at least one ear-cup (7) and a connection cable (3) for connecting the headphones to an audio device (10) includes a separate connection cable with connection plugs (4B, 5B) at each of its two ends, whereby connections plugs of different types are provided at the respective ends of the connection cable. Separate sockets (4A) of the different types are further provided in the headphones for connection to a respective connection plug at an end of the connection cable. Alternative uses for the audio accessory as well as headphones and a connection cable are also provided.
US09635450B2
An audio headphone to couple to a strap for a head-mounted display is disclosed. The audio headphone includes a headphone speaker, a strap connector, and a four-bar linkage coupled to the strap connector to provide inward and outward movement of the headphone speaker with respect to a user's ear. The four-bar linkage comprises a first member coupled to the strap connector via a first joint, a second member coupled to the first member via a second joint, a third member coupled to the second member via a third joint, and a fourth member connected to the third member and coupled to the first member via a fourth joint. The fourth member is further coupled to the strap connector via a fifth joint. The third member comprises one or more rigid poles extending from the second member to the fourth member and surrounded by one or more respective elastic springs.
US09635446B2
There are provided a speaker frame having a metallic suspension integrated therewith, the suspension being connected to a voice coil unit to transmit electrical signals thereto and supporting the voice coil unit to vibrate in place according to the electrical signals, and a speaker having the speaker frame. The speaker frame forms a casing of the speaker and including elements of the speaker creating sound according to the electrical signals. The metallic suspension may be integrated with the speaker frame by injection molding of a synthetic resin, and a process of installing the suspension in the speaker frame may be omitted in the assembly process of the speaker. Therefore, manufacturing time and costs of the speaker may be reduced.
US09635436B2
A content receiver receives an captioning element and positional information regarding segments of a content instance. The captioning element corresponds to a component of captioning data included in content that can be utilized with the positional information to locate where the segments stop and/or start. The content receiver analyzes the content based on the captioning element and the positional information and alters how the content will be presented. Such alteration may involve skipping and/or deleting segments, starting/stopping presentation of content other than at the beginning and/or end of the content, altering recording timers, and/or replacing segments with alternative segments. In some implementations, the content may be recorded as part of recording multiple content instances received via at least one broadcast from a content provider wherein the multiple content instances are all included in a same frequency band of the broadcast and are all encoded utilizing a same control word.
US09635433B2
A method includes initiating, by a processor of a device, a listening session including listening for a message from a mobile device and receiving the message from the mobile device via a microphone of the device, the message including configuration data for a network, and in response to receiving the message from the mobile device, initiating an access session with the network using the configuration data. In some implementations, the device is coupled to a media player. The media player may be a television. The configuration data may include at least one of an identifier for the network or a password for the network. In some implementations, the initiating occurs only after the device fails to connect to any network. In some implementations, the message is encoded in a sub-sonic signal.
US09635429B2
Items of video content offered for viewing on a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV service provider are each assigned a respective title and hierarchical address corresponding to hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories within which the title for the video content is to be categorized. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. The EPG dynamically adjust its display listings of each level of categories, subcategories, and titles in order to minimize the number of remote control keypresses needed for a viewer to navigate to a title of interest. In one basic form, the EPG display is reordered by listing more frequently visited categories or subcategories first, and other less frequently visited categories or subcategories lower on the listing or out-of-sight on another page of the display.
US09635423B2
A video-on-demand (VOD) content delivery system has a VOD Application Server which manages a database of templates for presentation of video content elements of different selected types categorized in hierarchical order. A web-based Content Management System receives content uploaded online in file formats with metadata for title and topical area, and automatically converts it into video data format compatible with the VOD content delivery system indexed by title and topical area. A User Interface for the system delivers listings data to the viewer's TV indexed by title and topical area specified by the uploaded metadata.
US09635418B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining that a commercial segment of media content, including a video portion and an audio portion, contains neither metadata nor close captioning information. I response to determining that the commercial segment contains neither metadata nor close captioning information, advertised program content is identified based on the video portion, the audio portion or both. Alternative media content is identified based on the advertised program content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09635407B2
An access point that provides video streaming performs a bottleneck QoE maximization solution utilizing the latest media transport technology developed by MPEG known as MPEG Media Transport (MMT). The access point includes a transceiver configured to transmit one or more video sequences. The access point also includes one or more processors configured to perform bottleneck coordination by utilizing MMT to transmit, via the transceiver, the one or more video sequences.
US09635405B2
Dynamic television audience measurement systems (AMS) and methods are disclosed. The system comprises a central level AMS sub-system, a local node level AMS sub-system, a plurality of client level AMS sub-systems, and a plurality of display devices, each monitored by a client level AMS sub-system. The central level AMS sub-system receives panel definitions from panel requestors and transmits the panel definitions to and receives a merged viewership report from the local node level AMS sub-system. The local node level AMS sub-system receives panel definitions from and transmits the merged viewership report to the central level AMS sub-system, transmits the panel definitions to and receives viewership reports from the plurality of client level AMS sub-systems, and merges the viewership reports into the merged viewership report. Each client level AMS sub-systems receives panel definitions from and transmits the viewership report to the local node level AMS sub-system and compiles the viewership report.
US09635404B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to correlate census measurement data with panel data. An example method disclosed herein includes instructing, via a first computing device of a monitoring entity, a media provider to embed a tag in media, the tag to cause a device accessing the media to send a message to the monitoring entity when the media is accessed by the device, the message to identify a geographic location of the device. The example method also includes accessing the message with a second computing device of the monitoring entity. The example method also includes identifying, with the second computing device of the monitoring entity, a panelist identifier based on the geographic location of the device. The example method also includes associating media identifying information included in the message with panelist data associated with the panelist identifier.
US09635403B2
Example systems and methods for configuring media devices utilizing audio codes and/or signatures are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include determining a characteristic of audio data received by a device, the characteristic including at least one of a code detected in the audio data or a signature generated from the audio data. Disclosed example methods also include determining whether the characteristic is mapped to at least one of a first command or a second command. Disclosed example methods further include, in response to determining the characteristic is mapped to the first command, executing the first command to cause the device to connect to a communication session to receive an upgrade to software executable on the device, and in response to determining the characteristic is mapped to the second command, executing the second command to cause a previously locked feature of the device to be unlocked.
US09635402B1
In a video delivery context, collection and analysis of viewing data can provide insight into viewer interaction with video and the Internet. The viewing data can be transmitted in a controlled manner to a data repository. The system can selectively target specific viewers/households to obtain viewing data, which can be combined with demographics, anonymized, and encrypted. Embodiments enable precision selection of media opportunities, by determining detailed characteristics associated with broadcasts including movement of audiences and specific viewer behavior, such as visits to websites on the Internet. The effective yield of broadcasts, including promotional spots and advertisements, can be determined and predicted based on concrete data at a level of detail down to individual viewers. Accordingly, embodiments enable improvement of the effectiveness and return on investment for programming, promotional spots, and advertisements.
US09635396B2
A system and method for signaling low-to-high layer switching points in a file format level to enable efficient scalable stream switching in streaming servers and local file playback. The present invention also provides for a system and method for signaling low-to-high layer switching points in video bit stream, e.g., to enable intelligent forwarding of scalability layers in media-aware network elements or computationally scalable decoding in stream recipients.
US09635388B2
Provided is a moving image encoding device including an encoding unit which includes: a local decoding image signal generating unit; a filtering unit; and a control unit configured to divide a screen of the local decoding image signal, in a horizontal or a vertical direction, into a first area serving as the overlapping boundary areas, a second area adjacent to the first area, and other areas, to encode the first area of the first small image and the second area of the second small image with a same encoding parameter, to encode the second area of the first small image and the first area of the second small image with a same encoding parameter, and to perform orthogonal transform on the second area of the first small image and the first area of the second small image in the unit of the orthogonal transform block of the second size.
US09635376B2
A method and apparatus prioritizing video information during coding and decoding. Video information is received and an element of the video information, such as a visual object, video object layer, video object plane or keyregion, is identified. A priority is assigned to the identified element and the video information is encoded into a bitstream, such as a visual bitstream encoded using the MPEG-4 standard, including an indication of the priority of the element. The priority information can then be used when decoding the bitstream to reconstruct the video information
US09635364B2
A method is provided that includes receiving a coded largest coding unit in a video decoder, wherein the coded largest coding unit includes a coded coding unit structure and a plurality of coded quantization parameters, and decoding the coded largest coding unit based on the coded coding unit structure and the plurality of coded quantization parameters.
US09635361B2
The image decoding method includes: determining a context for use in a current block to be processed, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic decoding on a bit sequence corresponding to the current block, using the determined context, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is “inter_pred_flag”.
US09635356B2
An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit stores video information of a reference layer and an enhancement layer. The processor determines a value of a current video unit of the enhancement layer based on, at least in part, explicit hypotheses and implicit hypotheses calculated from movement information from the reference layer.
US09635354B2
The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method that enable suppression of an increase in the amount of coding of a quantization matrix.An image processing device of the present disclosure includes an up-conversion unit configured to up-convert a quantization matrix limited to a size less than or equal to a transmission size that is a maximum size allowed for transmission, from the transmission size to a size that is identical to a block size that is a processing unit of quantization or dequantization. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, an image processing device for processing image data.
US09635350B2
A method for displaying a three-dimensional (“3D”) image, wherein the method includes; sequentially displaying a left frame image corresponding to a left eye and a right frame image corresponding to a right eye on a display panel, blocking a light provided to a display block of the display panel when the display block displays a mixed image which includes a left eye image of the left frame image corresponding to the left eye and a right eye image of the right frame image corresponding to the right eye, and providing the light to the display block of the display panel when the display block displays only one of the left eye image and the right eye image.
US09635343B2
A stereoscopic endoscopic image processing apparatus includes: a synchronization adjustment portion that performs a synchronization adjustment between a left-eye image signal and a right-eye image signal; an image analysis portion that analyzes a region that an image of a treatment instrument occupies in a peripheral region around a central region in an image of one image signal; a blur region setting portion that, with respect to the image in the peripheral region around the central region in which blur processing is not performed, sets a region in which to perform blur processing in accordance with an analysis result of the image analysis portion; and an image compositing portion that composites and outputs a 3D image with respect to which blur processing is performed on the left-eye image and the right-eye image, respectively, in accordance with a setting result of the blur region setting portion.
US09635341B2
A video processor includes: a judgement section configured to judge whether an input is a 2D or 3D image signal; an LR synthesis section configured to embed left and right image signals into an image signal in a side-by-side format to output the signal if the input is the 3D image signal and configured to embed a 2D image signal into a position corresponding to one of the left and right in an image signal in a side-by-side format to output the signal if the input is the 2D image signal; and an image processing section configured to apply image processing to the image signal in the side-by-side format.
US09635340B2
A stereo image processing apparatus includes an image acquirer acquiring images captured by a stereo camera including cameras having recognition ranges of their dynamic ranges differently set, and a mapper mapping the images with reference to the determined mapping areas of the images determined from the features extracted from the images. The stereo image processing apparatus further includes tracker tracking linear components from the mapping images by the mapper to determine a reference line segment, and a stereo image processor creating a stereo image for the images based on the determined reference line segments determined on the mapping areas.
US09635339B2
Systems and methods for correcting errors in a depth map generated by a structured light system are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving valid and invalid codewords, the valid spatial codewords included in a codebook. The method includes detecting the invalid codeword. The method includes retrieving a set of candidate valid codewords a lowest Hamming distance between the invalid codeword and the valid codewords in the codebook. The method includes estimating a median depth of neighboring locations of the invalid codeword. The method includes associating a depth with each candidate codeword and selecting the candidate with an associated depth closest to the depth estimate. The method includes assigning the depth associated with the selected candidate codeword to the location of the invalid codeword.
US09635336B2
A contents output system capable of outputting contents and a method for sharing codec information for outputting the contents in the system are provided. The method for sharing codec information in a contents output system includes sharing, when a media server, a media renderer for outputting contents, and a control point are connected, codec information provided by the media server and the codec information of contents playable by the media renderer, and providing, at the media server, the contents to the media renderer according to the shared codec information.
US09635330B2
There is provided an image processing device including a color determination unit configured to detect a region in a certain color from an input image, a feature amount calculating unit configured to calculate a feature amount related to luminance of the input image, and a noise reduction unit configured to perform noise removal on the input image on the basis of a result obtained by detecting the region in the certain color, and the feature amount.
US09635319B1
A system and method for simultaneously and continuously capturing video from the interior and exterior of a vehicle. The system includes, for example, a first housing including a first connection mechanism, first and second cameras and a memory disposed in the first housing. The system also includes a second housing including a second connection mechanism adapted to be removably connected to the first connection mechanism of the first housing and encasing said first housing within the second housing. A mounting mechanism is adjustably connected to said second housing and configured to maintain at least one of the first camera and the second camera in a predetermined position by adjusting the second housing. Additional embodiments are also described including a method for capturing data.
US09635305B1
A display apparatus includes a transparent electronic display such as a non-backlit LCD screen, a display area disposed behind the transparent electronic display, and a light source for illuminating the display area. When the light source is activated, the pixels of the LCD screen, and objects behind the screen, become visible. Various examples of the display apparatus include additional enhancements to the visual image and/or functionality. These enhancements include additional monitors for coordinated displays, user-controlled turntables with coordinated informational displays, parallax compensation, RFID sensors for identifying objects to be displayed, and switchable liquid crystal films and/or polarized mirror coatings to further control revealing and concealing of objects behind the screen. Some examples of the display apparatus may include an animal habitat. The animal habitat may be selectively revealed or concealed. The display apparatus may incorporate screen displays with animal movements for unique visual effects.
US09635303B2
One embodiment provides a communication device for transmitting a video to an external device through first to third transmission lines, the communication device including: a transmission module configured to transmit first color difference information and second color difference information concerned with adjacent two pixels through the first transmission line, to transmit first luminance information concerned with one of the two pixels through the second transmission line, and to transmit second luminance information concerned with the other of the two pixels through the third transmission line.
US09635286B2
There is provided an image processing apparatus including imaging elements, including: a selection unit configured to select any one of the first image and the second image as a selected image based on a first pixel included in the first image and a second pixel included in the second image, wherein the first pixel and the second pixel respectively belong to a duplicated area, the duplicated area being an area of a captured object overlapping in respective images; a calculation unit configured to calculate a correction coefficient for correcting a pixel before correction based on a selected pixel and the pixel before correction, a correction unit configured to correct the pixel before correction based on the correction coefficient to generate an image after correction; and an image generation unit configured to generate an output image based on the selected image and the image after correction.
US09635284B2
An infrared camera system is provided to detect absorption of infrared radiation in a selected spectral bandwidth. In one example, an infrared camera system includes a lens adapted to receive infrared radiation from a survey scene comprising one or more gasses. The infrared camera system also includes a focal plane array comprising a plurality of quantum well infrared photo detectors (QWIPs). The QWIPs are tuned to detect a limited spectral bandwidth of the infrared radiation corresponding to at least a portion of an infrared absorption band of the one or more gasses. The infrared camera system also includes an optical band pass filter positioned substantially between the lens and the focal plane array. The optical band pass filter is adapted to filter the infrared radiation to a wavelength range substantially corresponding to the limited spectral bandwidth of the QWIPs before the infrared radiation is received by the focal plane array.
US09635282B2
A camera producing visible light images with thermal data. The camera may include visible light lens and sensor, an infrared light lens and sensor, and a display. The display displays some of the visible light image and thermal data from the respective sensors. The visible light image is divided into an array of zones where each zone may provide thermal data associated with the corresponding portion of the target shown in the zone. The camera may sense infrared images also provide audible alarms where the alarm is emitted with a tone of variable output to indicate the relative level of the alarm.
US09635281B2
An imaging apparatus includes a first imaging unit, a second imaging unit, a mode setting unit that sets a still image capturing mode, and a control unit that performs control to display on a display unit an image obtained by superimposing an image captured by the second imaging unit on an image captured by the first imaging unit, wherein the control unit performs control in such a manner that when a first still image capturing mode has been set by the mode setting unit, the image captured by the second imaging unit is displayed at a position further away from an end portion of the image captured by the first imaging unit than a position of when a second still image capturing mode has been set by the mode setting unit.
US09635278B2
An information communication method is provided for obtaining information from a subject. The method includes setting an exposure time of an image sensor so that, in an image obtained by capturing the subject by the image sensor, a plurality of bright lines corresponding to a plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject. The method also includes obtaining a bright line image, including the plurality of bright lines, by capturing the subject that changes in luminance by the image sensor with the set exposure time. The method further includes obtaining the information by demodulating data specified by a striped pattern of the plurality of bright lines included in the obtained bright line image.
US09635277B2
An image sensor operates in a base mode according to a first sampling rate and a first pixel exposure time and includes a light condition detector that extracts illuminance information from a pixel signal received from pixels in a pixel array, and generates a low-illuminance information signal upon detecting that a value of the illuminance information falls within a first range, a sampling controller that changes the first sampling rate to a second sampling rate in response to the low-illuminance information signal, and an exposure time controller that changes the first pixel exposure time to a second pixel exposure time in response to the low-illuminance information signal.
US09635272B2
An imaging device of the present invention, using image data that has been continuously read out at specified time intervals from an image sensor, generates relatively dark combination image data resulting from relatively dark combination using darker pixel data of each pixel of image data is generated, and relatively bright combination image data resulting from relatively bright combination using brighter pixel data of each pixel of image data, and difference output image data is generated from the relatively bright combination image data and the relatively dark combination image data. With the generated relatively dark combination image data as background image data and the difference output image data as light trace output image data, respective brightness is adjusted, and by subjecting each of the image data after adjustment to addition combination, it is possible to respectively independently adjust background brightness and light trace brightness.
US09635261B2
An easy-to-use online video stabilization system and methods for its use are described. Videos are stabilized after capture, and therefore the stabilization works on all forms of video footage including both legacy video and freshly captured video. In one implementation, the video stabilization system is fully automatic, requiring no input or parameter settings by the user other than the video itself. The video stabilization system uses a cascaded motion model to choose the correction that is applied to different frames of a video. In various implementations, the video stabilization system is capable of detecting and correcting high frequency jitter artifacts, low frequency shake artifacts, rolling shutter artifacts, significant foreground motion, poor lighting, scene cuts, and both long and short videos.
US09635259B2
With reference to FIG. 1, camera 12 mounted on airframe 10 captures an image of first field of view 20 along first optical axis 21 aimed at first object of interest 23. During the time of exposure, airframe 10 flies first flight path arc 22 centered on first object of interest 23 with a radius substantially equal to the distance between camera 12 and first object of interest 23. Airframe 10 pivots camera 12 around first object of interest 23 while the shutter in camera 12 is open. This is repeated around each subsequent object of interest to produce a scalloped or slalom path, namely Forward Motion Compensated (FMC) flight path 33.
US09635257B2
A camera is configured with multiple microphones to reduce wind noise in audio data collected by the camera. The camera receives motion data, which may comprise data indicating acceleration of the camera, a plurality of video frames received by the camera, or a background level of noise associated with one or more microphones configured on the camera. The camera determines a motion vector from the motion data. The motion vector is parallel to the direction of motion of the camera. The camera selects a subset of one or more microphones in the direction of the motion vector. By recording audio data using the one or more selected microphones, the camera reduces wind noise in the audio data.
US09635245B2
A focus position detection device calculates, for each of shift amount calculation areas in a measurement area set on an image sensor of an imaging unit, a local shift amount of a second sub-image with respect to a first sub-image when a subject on the first sub-image and a subject on the second sub-image are most coincident with each other and a feature quantity of a probability distribution representing accuracy of the local shift amount, estimates the probability distribution based on the local shift amount and the feature quantity for each shift amount calculation area, combines the probability distributions of the shift amount calculation areas to obtain a distribution of accuracy of the local shift amount for the measurement area, and calculates a representative value representing the distance between a focus position produced by an optical system of the imaging unit and the image sensor based on the distribution.
US09635243B2
A ranging apparatus includes: an output ratio data calculation unit for calculating an output ratio data of first and second image data; a correction function calculation unit for calculating a correction function approximating the output ratio data by an N-order function (N being an integer equal to or greater than 1) having a pixel position as a variable; a correction unit for correcting at least one of the first and second image data on the basis of the correction function; and a ranging unit for calculating the defocus amount by using the picture image data corrected by the correction unit.
US09635241B2
In an image capturing apparatus having an image sensor including a plurality of unit pixels each having a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions and a microlens, the image sensor can be scanned with a first scan method of adding and reading out signals from a portion of the photoelectric conversion portions by a predetermined number of unit pixels and with a second scan method of adding and reading out signals from the photoelectric conversion portions by the predetermined number of unit pixels. A pixel signal read out with the second scan method is selected if a defocus amount is larger than a threshold value and the larger of the pixel signal read out with the second scan method and a signal obtained by using the pixel signal read out with the first scan method is selected if the defocus amount is equal to the threshold value or less.
US09635235B2
A communication apparatus having a first image capturing unit and a second image capturing unit that is different from the first image capturing unit, comprises a communication unit which communicates with an external image capturing apparatus and a switching unit which switches an image capturing mode. When communication with the external image capturing apparatus is not established, the switching unit switches between a first mode in which an image is captured by controlling the first image capturing unit and a second mode in which an image is captured by controlling the second image capturing unit, and when communication with the external image capturing apparatus is established, the switching unit switches between the first mode and a third mode in which an image is captured by remotely controlling the external image capturing apparatus.
US09635232B2
Disclosed is a camera module including a substrate which is provided with an electrode pad and an image sensor; a housing which is stacked on the substrate and of which an upper portion is opened so that light is incident to the image sensor; a MEMS actuator which is installed at the housing and has an electrode terminal at one side thereof, and a conductive pattern which is formed at the housing, wherein a lower end of the conductive pattern is connected with the electrode pad of the substrate, and an upper end thereof is connected with the electrode terminal of the MEMS actuator, whereby it is possible to improve electrical reliability between the electrode terminal of the MEMS actuator and the electrode pad of the substrate and facilely form the electrical connection therebetween, thereby reducing the number of processes.
US09635227B2
A 3D camera and a mobile terminal having the same can include a front body including a touch screen; a rear body coupled to the front body, the rear body including first and second holes; first and second cameras for capturing an image, the first and second cameras corresponding to the first and second holes; a bracket coupled to the first and second cameras, the bracket including third and fourth holes corresponding the first and second cameras; a main printed circuit board (PCB) for operation of the mobile terminal; a camera PCB coupled to the first and second cameras; and a connector extended from the camera PCB and connected to the main PCB electrically. Also, the bracket surrounds each of the first and second cameras, and at least a portion of the bracket is surrounded by the main PCB.
US09635226B2
A square camera housing accommodates a square camera with a substantially square profile. The square camera housing includes a latching mechanism to secure the camera in the housing, a mounting mechanism to secure the housing to a mounting device, and multiple openings in the housing body to accommodate the camera interface. These features allow the square camera to be inserted and secured in the square camera housing in one of a plurality of orientations relative to the square camera housing.
US09635220B2
Various techniques are disclosed to effectively suppress noise in images (e.g., video or still images). For example, noise in images may be more accurately modeled as having a structured random noise component and a structured fixed pattern noise (FPN) component. Various parameters of noise may be estimated robustly and efficiently in real time and in offline processing. Noise in images may be filtered adaptively, based on various noise parameters and motion parameters. Such filtering techniques may effectively suppress noise even in images that have a prominent FPN component, and may also improve effectiveness of other operations that may be affected by noise.
US09635218B2
An image processing apparatus comprising: a generation unit configured to determine characteristic information associated with image data which expresses an image, to generate an attribute value based on the determination result, and to set the attribute value in an attribute value field included in the image data; and an image processing device configured to apply an image process to a pixel value set in a pixel value field included in the image data, based on the attribute value set in the attribute value field.
US09635210B2
An image reading apparatus includes a reading circuit, a white reference member, a control circuit, a memory circuit, and a processing circuit. The control circuit controls the reading circuit to: cause a light source to irradiate the white reference member with lights of a plurality of colors and cause a light receiving unit to receive the reflected lights. The processing circuit performs a process to identify abnormal data included in white reference data stored in the memory circuit. The processing circuit identifies information on the abnormal data in a light of an abnormal-data detected color among the plurality of colors. The processing circuit identifies the abnormal data in lights of other colors excluding the abnormal-data detected color among the plurality of colors based on the information on the abnormal data. The information is identified for the light of the abnormal-data detected color.
US09635199B2
Techniques for transmitting information to a recipient under their control are described. In some situations, the techniques are used in conjunction with a fax delivery system to provide, as part of a connection established to perform a fax transmission, a variety of functionalities to a human recipient that is participating as part of the connection, such as when the human recipient is contacted in error. In addition, in some situations, an interactive voice response system is used to receive and interpret input from a human recipient, such as in response to one or more control selections or options provided to the human recipient.
US09635198B2
A disconnection time acquisition system includes a response requesting circuit, a response determining circuit, a response circuit, a time storage circuit, and a time management circuit. The response determining circuit, in a network server, determines whether or not a response signal in response to a response request signal is received. The response circuit, in an electronic device, replies the response signal in response to the response request signal to the network server. The time storage circuit, in the network server, stores a time without the response signal when the response signal in response to the response request signal is not received. The time management circuit manages the time without the response signal as a disconnection time at which a power supply of the electronic device is disconnected when the power supply of the electronic device is turned on.
US09635194B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a program for causing a computer in an information processing apparatus to perform a process of processing print data, which includes plural pages, by a general-purpose operating system and transmitting the processed print data to a printing apparatus. The process includes a reception step of receiving serially the plural pages included in the print data; a generation step of generating a file including a predetermined number of pages and information indicating an order of files corresponding to an order of pages in the print data each time the predetermined number of pages are received at the reception step, wherein the generation step includes an insertion step of inserting into a final page of the print data a statement indicating the final page when the final page is received; and an output step of outputting the file to the general-purpose operating system.
US09635184B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail device having a controller to detect a recording of a voicemail message, generate a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, wherein the SIP message contains visual voicemail data associated with the recorded voicemail message, and transmit the SIP message to a cordless phone system, wherein the SIP message is received by the cordless phone system over a data port of the cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system comprises a base station and at least one cordless communications device, wherein the visual voicemail data is retrieved by the base station, and wherein the visual voicemail data is transmitted by the based station to the at least one cordless communications device by utilizing a cordless wireless access protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09635183B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for originating a call to a wireless number by a contact center while enforcing various compliance requirements. In one embodiment, a compliance server and a PBX cooperate to originate the call to the wireless number. The agent logs into the compliance server and the compliance server provides the agent with a wireless number to dial. The agent manually enters the wireless number using a phone connected to the PBX. The PBX queries the compliance server regarding establishing the wireless call. Upon authorization, the PBX establishes a first call leg to the compliance server, and a second call leg to the called party that is joined with the call leg to the agent's phone. Upon completion of the call, the agent dispositions the call to the compliance server, which then releases the first call leg. In response, the PBX then releases the second call leg.
US09635178B2
The disclosure is directed to analyzing voice conversations between participants of conversations and coordinating calls between participants, e.g., in order to influence an outcome of the voice conversation. For example, sales calls can be coordinated between specific sales representatives (“representatives”) and customers by routing a sales call from a customer to a specific sales representative, based on their voices and the content of the conversation, with the goal of positively influencing the outcome of the sales call. A mapping between sales representatives and customers that is set to maximize the probability for certain outcomes is generated. This mapping (or pairing) may be fed into either an automatic or manual coordination system that connects or bridges sales representatives with customers. The mapping may be generated either based on historic data or early-call conversation analysis, in both inbound and outbound calls.
US09635172B2
When a voice call is made between two users (Caller and Callee), both of which may have access to multiple voice communication services, the connection is made automatically by the communication equipment through a selectable communication service, based upon characteristics of connection. Those characteristics may include the services available to the users, the day of the week, the time of day, the availability of the Callee on a service, the geographic locations of the Caller and Callee, and Caller pre-established service preferences. Preferably, Caller preferences and associations of callees with unique destination identifiers are stored in a database created for the Caller and available to his communication equipment. An ultimate callee identifier selected for a particular call includes an indication of communication service, and connection an appropriate interface for that service is then provided automatically for the Caller.
US09635169B2
A method for managing data traffic of software adapted for a portable electronic apparatus is provided. The method includes steps of: providing a user interface through the portable electronic apparatus; receiving a user input via the user interface; determining the user input to select at least one first application to be traffic managed from an application group; and turning off the data traffic of the at least one first application after the portable electronic apparatus enters a standby mode.
US09635168B2
A mobile intelligent terminal with functions of a smart phone and a personal computer, including a device body and a hardware part and an operating system arranged therein; the hardware part keeping data exchange with the operating system, the hardware part is connected to all parts of the device body, and the hardware part includes a common area, a dedicated mobile phone area and a dedicated computer area; both the dedicated mobile phone area and the dedicated computer area keep exchange data with the common area; the mobile intelligent terminal realizes a mobile application mode by combining the common area, the dedicated mobile phone area and the operating system, and the mobile intelligent terminal realizes a computer application mode by combining the common area, the dedicated computer area and the operating system. The mode switch can switch the device from a mobile application mode to a computer application mode.
US09635162B2
A mobile communications device includes an antenna, a navigation pad and a signal processor. The antenna, navigation pad, and signal processor cooperate to encode and transmit motion signals from the navigation pad to a computer so that the mobile communications device functions as a pointing device for the computer.
US09635159B2
An approach is provided for providing immersive interaction via everyday devices based on one or more interaction events. In an example embodiment, an immersion service processes content presented at a device to determine one or more interaction events. The immersion service further determines (a) one or more control signals for controlling the device, one or more other devices, or a combination thereof to cause, at least in part, the one or more interaction events; (b) one or more protocols for transmitting the one or more control signals; or (c) a combination thereof. The immersion service also causes, at least in part, a transmission of the one or more control signals to the device, the one or more other devices, or a combination thereof.
US09635158B2
The present invention provides a mobile terminal and a method of displaying an image using the same. A method of displaying an image includes connecting a mobile terminal displaying an image on a screen to a display apparatus through a TV-out cable; terminating the display of the image on the screen by the mobile terminal and displaying supplementary information of the image on the mobile terminal; and displaying the image in the display apparatus by transmitting the image from the mobile terminal to the display apparatus through the TV-out cable. By utilizing a display apparatus for displaying an image, and a display screen of a mobile terminal as a space for controlling the image and displaying supplementary information of the image file, the convenience of a user of the mobile terminal is improved.
US09635153B2
A test adapter for an electronic product to be tested includes a support structure and a product stand supported on the support structure for the product. The product stand is supported to the support structure by a guide structure that controls the vertical movement of the product stand. The product stand is arranged with a direct or indirect pressing movement from above to be movable from a top position to its low position supported by the guide structure. The test adapter includes a retaining structure for retaining the product stand in the low position and for retaining a latch structure of the adapter in its locking position. The latch structure is arranged to lock the product to the product stand.
US09635143B2
The present solution automatically detects the remote display protocol capabilities of the client, server and/or intermediaries to determine whether the client and server should compress the remote display protocol data or the intermediaries, and in some cases both.
US09635140B2
A bi-directional packet data transmission system for a packet data transmission between a terminal and a radio access network includes an uplink resource and a downlink resource which are independently set. Memory resources can be effectively managed even in a packet data transmission service with the asymmetrical structure such that the packet amount for the downlink is much greater than the packet amount for the uplink, or the packet amount for the uplink is much greater than the packet amount for the downlink.
US09635135B1
A client application may use a request/response protocol to request that a server perform a transaction. The client application may use an adapter to issue a request and to wait for a reply. The adapter may wait for the reply for a specific amount of time. If a reply is received after the time expires, then the reply may be received by a delayed reply handler employed by the client application. If the delayed reply handler receives a reply, it may identify the request to which the reply relates, and may then cause action to be taken. The particular action to be taken may depend on the nature of the transaction to be performed, and/or whether the transaction succeeded or failed.
US09635116B2
Disclosed in some examples is a method including receiving a plurality of transaction records, each of the transaction records including data about a particular transaction engaged in by a member of a social networking service and including a geographic location and a timestamp of the particular transaction; scoring each of the plurality of transaction records based upon the recency of the transaction; clustering the plurality of transaction records into a plurality of clusters, each cluster including transaction records which contain similar geographic locations; creating an aggregate score for each particular one of the plurality of clusters based upon a sum total of the scores calculated for each transaction record clustered into the particular cluster; and creating a probability distribution based upon the scores for the plurality of clusters, the probability distribution indicating a probability that the member was in each of the plurality of locations represented by the clusters.
US09635114B2
In storage networks (e.g., SAN and NAS), various reasons can arise for migrating an application layer communication session endpoint to a different host. To achieve scalability and robustness, the migration can be enacted externally and carried out at a middlebox at the transport layer. When a migration is triggered to migrate an application layer communication session endpoint from a host A to a host B, the middlebox coordinates network address translation with a transport protocol reset mechanism to switch the connection to host B and close the connection on host A with minimal disruption to the non-migrating application layer communication session endpoint using the connection. At the application layer, the non-migrating application layer communication session endpoint will initiate a new connection in response to detecting the reset, and retry any operation that was aborted as a result of the connection switch.
US09635105B2
Systems and methods for viewing filters on a collaborative spreadsheet stored on a cloud computing service include accessing, from each of a plurality of client computers, a first sheet of a spreadsheet stored on a cloud computing service, where a plurality of filters is associated with the first sheet. A first client computer in the plurality of client computers receives a command by a first user to apply a first filter in the plurality of filters to the first sheet, and applies the first filter to the first sheet on the first client computer. The filtered first sheet is displayed to the first user, and a second client computer in the plurality of client computers concurrently displays an unfiltered first sheet.
US09635102B2
Disclosed is a method for managing resources between a plurality of internet service providers, that includes receiving a set of resources and constraints for each internet service provider of the plurality of internet service providers and allocating resources of the plurality of internet service providers to service client devices of the plurality of internet service providers, wherein at least some resources of a first internet service provider are allocated for servicing a client device that is associated with a second internet service provider.
US09635100B2
Embodiments of the systems described herein can implement one or more processes remotely delivering customized code to a host application and/or computing device. The host application may be configured as an Application Programming Interface with a customized code processing library that may configure the host application to receive further instructions remotely. The host application may be further configured to execute host code and/or third-party code. The host application may be configured to receive remote application logic, after the host application has been installed on a computing device, and to execute the received application logic to alter the behavior of the host application, such as selectively tracking end user interactions.
US09635096B2
Users consume media in a variety of ways. Media may be consumed primarily for the audio, primarily for the video, or for a combination of the audio and the video. The selection and serving of a content item may be performed such that a content item profile of the served content item that matches how the media is being consumed may be preferred during selection by a content selection service. The selection of a content item by the content selection service may be based on an aggregate view profile for the media and a content item profile for a candidate content item. In some instances, a current view profile may also be used. The selected content item may be served to effect presentation of the selected content item with the media.
US09635095B1
Systems, methods, and software for operating a content delivery system are provided herein. In one example, a method includes, in a first content delivery node, receiving a purge instruction to purge first content stored in the first content delivery node and responsively purging the first content. Responsive to purging the first content, the method includes transferring a content request for delivery to a second content delivery node, where the content request comprises a request for second content to replace the first content and a revision indicator of the first content. Responsive to the content request, the method includes receiving the second content for storage in the first content delivery node.
US09635092B2
The present invention provides a method for processing a shared file and a cloud storage server. The method comprises: receiving, by a cloud storage server, an update request message from a second client; determining that a first file is located within a storage region of a first client according to an identifier of the first file and acquiring current version information of the first file from the storage region of the first client; and if it is determined that the version of the first file on the second client is older than the version of the first file within the storage region of the first client, generating a first download address and transmitting the first download address to the second client, so that the second client downloads the first file in the current version. According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is able to synchronously update the shared file.
US09635091B1
Sharing resources by users of computing devices includes providing, at each computing device, a respective viewport to a common desktop environment that has the shared resources. The desktop is independently viewable and independently navigable through each respective viewport. Furthermore, each of the resources is independently viewable and able to be independently acted upon through each respective viewport. One or more resources of each computing device may be added to the desktop environment through the respective viewport of the computing device. A search user interface is provided for text string searching of resources of a respective viewport by a user at the computing device of the respective viewport; and an application launcher view user interface is provided for launching applications, which is viewable by clicking on an open space of the desktop environment as seen through the respective viewport, and by which launchable applications are searchable.
US09635089B2
A computer initializes a configuration specified in an extensible markup language (XML) configuration file. The XML configuration file specifies at least one data source, a dimension to map each item of a plurality of items that include products, product accessories, or product support documents in the at least one data source, and a display priority for each item. Next, the computer reads data from the at least one data source specified in the configuration file. The computer generates an XML dimension hierarchy file for the read data using the configuration file. The XML dimension hierarchy file includes a dimension node for each item. Each dimension node has at least one property attached to each item and at least one synonym that is searchable to index each item. Finally, the computer preprocesses the XML dimension hierarchy file to index the at least one data source.
US09635088B2
The REsilient LOosely Coupled (ReLoC) system and method implement a session-state management architecture for cloud computing that uses loosely-coupled services and platform agnostic scalable messaging technology to propagate and save session states. Maintaining the state of applications and user sessions is difficult in large scale web-based software systems, particularly in the context of cloud computing (e.g., platform as a service (PaaS) vendors, do not explicitly support state management infrastructure, such as clustering). In a PaaS environment, a user has little or no access and control over the server platform and session management layer. The platform tiers are generally loosely coupled and service-oriented, which make traditional session-state management techniques non-usable. The ReLoC system and method provides a high level of tolerance to failures of the platform tiers without corresponding disruptions in user sessions. In the context of PaaS Clouds, the ReLoC system provides greater scalability compared to traditional clustering environments.
US09635086B2
A communication system may be configured to transmit information from one or more information sources to a plurality of users over limited capacity media while enforcing one or more Quality of Service policies, such as maximum information rate (MIR) policies. Methods are presented herein for enforcing maximum information rate on two or more levels in a hierarchal and extendable manner, for at least the purposes of maximizing utilization of available capacity over said media and of fair distributing said capacity between all users. Also presented herein is a method for estimating load over said media.
US09635085B2
An SDN controller to provision network resources at a data plane to keep progressive downloads of multimedia files proportional to encoding rates is disclosed. Packets from a new or unknown flow being downloaded at a default rate are forwarded from an access point, or other device, to an SDN controller for analysis. If a progressive download of a multimedia file (e.g., a video file) in progress is detected, an encoding rate of frames for the multimedia file is determined. A target download rate for the multimedia file at the access point is determined based on the encoding rate, in an embodiment. Other optional factors also take into account network-wide data plane information gathered by the SDN controller from various points on the network. Additionally, a playback history for a particular multimedia file can affect the target download rate, based on whether, for example, a file is likely to be quickly halted.
US09635083B2
Described herein is a mashing technology that facilitates mashup creation over a plurality of publish/subscribe social network data stream. These mashing techniques that are tailored to managing content from disparate social networks. As described herein, these techniques include creating and using a set of operations that facilitate the creation of “mashups” over multiple publish/subscribe social network data streams.
US09635078B2
A server, a user terminal apparatus, and a method for providing a streaming data service are disclosed. The method of providing streaming data to a user terminal apparatus from a server includes receiving a describe message from the user terminal apparatus via a real-time stream protocol scheme, transmitting a response message containing content execution information about at least one content of a streaming data service and content list information pre-stored in relation to at least one content stored in a storage medium to the user terminal apparatus when the describe message is received, and transmitting streaming data about content of the streaming data service or content stored in the storage medium to the user terminal apparatus when streaming data service request is received from the user terminal apparatus based on the response message.
US09635065B1
Operations included may provide receiving event registration messages from at least a portion of end users to register the end users for an event and storing the event registration messages in a registration list file. Establishing a connection for each of the portion of the plurality of end users via an interactive voice response (IVR) application may also occur. The IVR application is then dropped and the connection is maintained via a port on a network element to transfer the event data from the network element to the portion of the registered end users.
US09635057B2
Method and system for communicating between a managed device and a device manager comprising sending the managed device a message over a first communications channel. Initiating communication between the managed device and the device manager over a second communications channel in response to the message, wherein the first communications channel and the second communications channel are of different types.
US09635054B2
Systems and methods for securing communication within a network endpoint, for example, a meter. The meter may include a communication module and a metrology module where the modules are connected via a communication path that is external to both modules. The modules exchange a pairing key to establish a paired channel of communication. When the communication module receives a communication through a network for establishing a secure channel to the endpoint, the communications module sends some or all of the security data to the metrology module to establish a secure communication from a head-end system through the communication module to the metrology module.
US09635053B2
A computing system includes: a control unit configured to: determine a protocol profile including a first protocol and a second protocol for communicating between a first device and a second device, generate a unified-protocol privacy mechanism for a privacy protection scenario, the unified-protocol privacy mechanism based on combining the first protocol and the second protocol; and a communication unit, coupled to the control unit, configured to communicate content information according to the unified-protocol privacy mechanism between the first device and the second device.
US09635052B2
An enhanced system is provided through a network such as the Internet that provides integrated network security (phishing) testing and training. The current system increases corporate security of users that can receive and send electronic messages in an entity, by creating and storing a set of phish messages, each classified by a difficulty level. The electronic addresses of the users are acquired and stored. A current difficulty level is set for all users to an initial level. A phish message of the current difficulty level for a given user is selected and sent to the user. The system monitors if the user clicks on or reports the phish message. If the user does not click on the phish message and reports it, the user's current level is increased up to a maximum level. Those that do not pass the test are provided on-line education. The above steps are repeated for all users until the testing is completed providing targeted phishing education to those which need it most.
US09635051B2
A method for processing network traffic data includes receiving a packet, and determining whether the packet is a previously dropped packet that is being retransmitted. A method for processing network traffic content includes receiving a plurality of headers, the plurality of headers having respective first field values, and determining whether the first field values of the respective headers form a first prescribed pattern. A method for processing network traffic content includes receiving a plurality of packets, and determining an existence of a flooding attack without tracking each of the plurality of packets with a SYN bit.
US09635049B1
Detection of suspicious domains through graph inference algorithm processing of host-domain contacts
A processing device comprises a processor coupled to a memory and is configured to obtain data relating to communications initiated by host devices of a computer network of an enterprise, and to process the data to identify external domains contacted by the host devices. A graph inference algorithm is applied to analyze contacts of the host devices with the external domains in order to characterize one or more of the external domains as suspicious domains. The host devices are configured to counteract malware infection from the suspicious domains. The graph inference algorithm in some embodiments comprises a belief propagation algorithm, which may be initiated with one or more seeds corresponding to respective known suspicious domains or to respective ones of the external domains determined to be associated with command and control behavior. The processing device may be implemented in the computer network or an associated network security system.
US09635046B2
A data analysis system receives potentially undesirable electronic communications and automatically groups them in computationally-efficient data clusters, automatically analyze those data clusters, automatically tags and groups those data clusters, and provides results of the automated analysis and grouping in an optimized way to an analyst. The automated analysis of the data clusters may include an automated application of various criteria or rules so as to generate an ordered display of the groups of related data clusters such that the analyst may quickly and efficiently evaluate the groups of data clusters. In particular, the groups of data clusters may be dynamically re-grouped and/or filtered in an interactive user interface so as to enable an analyst to quickly navigate among information associated with various groups of data clusters and efficiently evaluate those data clusters.
US09635043B1
A method and apparatus for causing a delay in processing requests for Internet resources received from client devices is described. A server receives from a client device a request for a resource. The server transmits a response to the first client device indicating that access to the resource is temporarily denied. The response includes a cryptographic token associated with the first request and a predetermined period of time during which the first client device is to wait prior to transmitting another request to access the resource. The server receives a second request for the resource, upon determining that the second request includes a valid cryptographic token, the server causes the second request to be processed. The server receives a third request for the resource, and upon determining that the third request does not include a valid cryptographic token, the server blocks the third request.
US09635034B2
A platform for providing authorization of electronic communication of secure data to external entities, e.g., vendors, third parties or the like based on an assessment of the data risk associated with communicating the data to the external entity. The secure data that is to be communicated, in the form of specific data items, are identified as well as the associated security standards. The external identity is assessed to ensure their capabilities to properly meet the enterprise/sender's information security, business privacy and continuity standards, along with applicable industry standards. Based on the results of the assessment, remediation action may be required to address critical vulnerabilities or recommendations may be presented to a decision-making entity to grant authorization to electronically communicate the data in question to the external entity. In response to granting authorization, secure communication channels are allocated and established to allow for communication of the data.
US09635032B2
A method and system for determining unauthorized account access is provided. The method includes receiving a username of a user and a passcode for access to a secure account or device belonging to a user. The passcode is determined to be incorrect. Unauthorized access attempts with respect to the secure account or the device are determined based on based on the incorrect passcode and in response, a quality factor associated with the incorrect passcode with respect to the secure account or device is determined. The quality factor is compared to a threshold value. Security functions associated with the secure account or device with respect to the incorrect passcode and the results of the comparison are performed based on the quality factor and the unauthorized access attempts.
US09635025B2
A scalable universal full spectrum cyber determining machine for accurately and reliably determining and reporting any cyber determination from a full spectrum of possible cyber determinations. Utilizing cyber resources and predetermined criteria for providing cyber determinations regarding at least one subject of at least one observation, the cyber determining machine: provides cyber determinations for any possible subject of an observation; provides for the utilization of any selected attainable level of accuracy, up to and including 100% accuracy; provides for single, intermittently performed, and constantly performed cyber determinations; utilizes available cyber resources; interacts with itself and utilized cyber resources to perform possible functions; recognizes characteristics from observations and then utilizes recognized characteristics for comparing or determining; provides and utilizes standard designations for representing aspects of itself and its operations; utilizes useful information or outcomes from comparing for making determinations; and, reports on any aspect of its operations at any time.
US09635010B2
A system may be configured to allow for network-based authentication of a user device, which may reduce or eliminate the need for a user to provide credentials. The authentication may be performed when the user device attempts to access content provided by a third party content provider. The network-based authentication may be performed by, or in conjunction with, a device that (a) is associated with the same telecommunications network as the user device, and (b) can authenticate the identity of the user device.
US09635001B2
A re-encryption system according to this embodiment includes a file sharing apparatus and a re-encryption apparatus. Upon receiving a file request from the client apparatus, the file sharing apparatus acquires a first encrypted file based on the file request, and transmits a re-encryption request including the first encrypted file to the re-encryption apparatus. The re-encryption apparatus re-encrypts the first encrypted file included in the re-encryption request to the second encrypted file based on the re-encryption key, and transmits the second encrypted file to the file sharing apparatus. The file sharing apparatus transmits the second encrypted file to the client apparatus. The client apparatus obtains the file by decrypting the second encrypted file based on a private key corresponding to the public key of the member.
US09634998B2
An electric system including a first wireless apparatus, a display apparatus and a second wireless apparatus is provided. A first information is encrypted to be a first encrypted information and sent wirelessly by the first wireless apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display unit and a wireless communication unit electrically connected to the display unit. The wireless communication unit receives the first encrypted information and cause the display unit to display a first representative information corresponding to the first encrypted information. The first representative information and the first encrypted information are different. The second wireless apparatus reads the first encrypted information by the wireless communication unit, and the first encrypted information is decrypted to be the first encrypted information by the second wireless apparatus.
US09634986B2
Nameserver addresses are correlated in a multi-tier name server hierarchy comprising a first level authority for a domain, and one or more second level authorities to which the first level authority delegates with respect to a particular sub-domain associated with the domain. Preferably, the first level authority is IPv4-based and at least one second level authority is IPv6-based. The first level authority responds to a request issued by a client caching nameserver (a “CCNS”) and returns an answer that includes both IPv4 and IPv6 authorities for the domain. The CCNS is located at an IPv4 source address that is passed along to the first level authority with the CCNS request. The first level authority encodes the CCNS IPv4 source address in the IPv6 destination address of at least one IPv6 authority. Then, when the CCNS then makes a follow-on IPv6 request (with respect to the sub-domain) directed to the IPv6 authority, the IPv6 authority knows both the IPv6 address of the CCNS (as well as its IPv4 address. The IPv6 authority maintains the IPv4-IPv6 correlation. Over time, the IPv6 authority builds up a database of these CCNS IPv6-IPv4 associations.
US09634971B2
A network is disclosed that includes a message originator computer and a message recipient computer, for secure electronic mail delivery. In accordance with the invention, the network includes a message delivery server that can distinguish between real and phantom messages. In operation, the message originator computer waits a random time and then transmits a first encrypted phantom message to the message delivery server. This message is to spoof an eavesdropper into believing that there is a steady stream of messages being sent from the originator computer. However, the message delivery server recognizes the message as a phantom message and discards it. When the message originator computer receives a user request to transmit a real message to the recipient computer, it waits a random time and then encrypts and transmits the real message to the message delivery server. The message delivery server recognizes the message as a real message and forwards the real message to the recipient computer. Meanwhile, the message originator computer can continue transmitting encrypted phantom messages to the message delivery server. In this manner, an eavesdropper will be tricked into believing that there is a steady stream of messages being sent from the originator computer.
US09634969B2
A system and method for the late-biding of time-based media in real-time. With late binding, the sender may create time-based media before or at the same time an active delivery route to the recipient is discovered. As soon as the route becomes available, the media is transmitted. The existing DNS and email infrastructure is possibly used for route discovery, while any real-time transmission protocol may be used for the actual delivery of the media. “Progressive” emails may also be used for the real-time delivery of time-based media.
US09634966B2
A method and system for communicating between database client users and administrators. A message request is received from a database administrator (DBA) responsible for managing aspects of a particular database. The message request includes a database name of the particular database, at least two message recipients, and message content. The message request is a request to send the message content only to the at least two message recipients consisting of at least two but not all database client users currently connected to the particular database. An Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with each message recipient is determined, without using an instant messaging address for any of the message recipients. A first message including the message content is simultaneously transmitted to each of the determined IP addresses. A second message, which includes a reply message to the first message, is received from one of the determined IP addresses.
US09634959B2
A structure for a network switch. The network switch may include a plurality of spine chips arranged on a plurality of spine cards, where one or more spine chips are located on each spine card; and a plurality of leaf chips arranged on a plurality of leaf cards, wherein one or more leaf chips are located on each leaf card, where each spine card is connected to every leaf chip and the plurality of spine chips are surrounded on at least two sides by leaf cards.
US09634953B2
A scheduler performs a plurality of scheduler operations each scheduling an output queue selected from a plurality of output queues associated with an egress port. The scheduler includes a candidate decision logic and a final decision logic. The candidate decision logic is arranged to decide a plurality of candidate output queues for a current scheduler operation, regardless of a resultant status of packet transmission of at least one scheduled output queue decided by at least one previous scheduler operation. The final decision logic is arranged to select one of the candidate output queues as a scheduled output queue decided by the current scheduler operation after obtaining the resultant status of packet transmission of the at least one scheduled output queue decided by the at least one previous scheduler operation.
US09634952B2
System and method for dynamic bandwidth adjustments for cellular interfaces in a network environment
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include determining a predicted average throughput for each of one or more cellular interfaces and adjusting bandwidth for each of the one or more of the cellular interfaces based, at least in part, on the predicted average throughput determined for each of the one or more cellular interfaces. Another method can be provided, which may include determining a variance in path metrics for multiple cellular interfaces and updating a routing table for the cellular interfaces using the determined variance if there is a difference between the determined variance and a previous variance determined for the cellular interfaces. Another method can be provided, which may include monitoring watermark thresholds for a MAC buffer; generating an interrupt when a particular watermark threshold for the MAC buffer is reached; and adjusting enqueueing of uplink packets into the MAC buffer based on the interrupt.
US09634948B2
Methods for managing an address on a switching device, managing an address on a network switch, and screening addresses in a cloud computing environment are provided. One embodiment is directed towards a computer-implemented method for managing an address on a switching device that is communicatively coupled to a plurality of virtual machines. The method includes accessing an address pool that includes an assigned address for each virtual machine from the plurality of virtual machines. The method includes determining, on the switching device, a used address for the virtual machine from the plurality of virtual machines. The method includes determining whether the used address is matching the assigned address for each virtual machine. The method also includes routing traffic from the virtual machine to a hypervisor in response to the used address matching the assigned address.
US09634946B2
A method, system and a computer program product. The method may include: allocating or receiving allocated bit rates to a plurality of streaming media flows, each streaming media flow comprises a plurality of chunks and is expected to flow over a last mile channel that is bandwidth limited; receiving a plurality of chunk requests from clients that are hosted on user devices, each chunk request indicates a requested bit rate for streaming a media chunk that belongs to the streaming media flow; changing at least one chunk request to comply with an allocated bit rate, if the requested bit rate does not comply with the allocated bit rate, to provide at least one new chunk request; and sending the at least one new chunk request to a media streamer that is expected to stream the streaming media flow to the user device.
US09634943B2
An apparatus and method for enhancing the infrastructure of a network such as the Internet is disclosed. A packet interceptor/processor apparatus is coupled with the network so as to be able to intercept and process packets flowing over the network. Further, the apparatus provides external connectivity to other devices that wish to intercept packets as well. The apparatus applies one or more rules to the intercepted packets which execute one or more functions on a dynamically specified portion of the packet and take one or more actions with the packets. The apparatus is capable of analyzing any portion of the packet including the header and payload. Actions include releasing the packet unmodified, deleting the packet, modifying the packet, logging/storing information about the packet or forwarding the packet to an external device for subsequent processing. Further, the rules may be dynamically modified by the external devices.
US09634942B2
Content, such as a video game, may be delivered by a content provider to a destination using, for example, streaming content delivery techniques. The transmission of the content may be monitored in order to determine transmission conditions such as a quality of the network connection from the content provider to the destination. The determined transmission conditions may then be used to determine adjustments to a complexity of various scenes associated with the content. For example, in some cases, when transmission conditions are unfavorable, scenes may be adjusted by reducing a complexity of the scenes.
US09634939B2
A method for reducing load in a cellular communication network, within at least one cell that covers an area which overlaps an area that is at least partially covered by one or more Wi-Fi networks, comprises the steps of: (a) monitoring traffic load within the at least one cell; (b) providing information to a plurality of mobile stations operative in a cellular mode which are currently communicating via their respective at least one cell, to enable one or more of the plurality of mobile stations to switch to their Wi-Fi operating mode, wherein the plurality of mobile stations are capable of operating both in a cellular operating mode and in a Wi-Fi operating mode, and wherein said information indicates to the receiving mobile stations to perform a switch to its Wi-Fi operating mode; (c) for at least some of said plurality of mobile stations, switching their operation mode to Wi-Fi mode.
US09634935B2
A server, intermediation server, system and a method for directing network traffic are provided. The name server and intermediation server each include a network interface configured to communicate with a network, a memory configured to store the profile record a processor in communication with the memory and the network interface. The name server is for returning an assigned query result to a originating computing device when a destination identifier is associated with the profile record. The intermediation server is for perform a routing operation based on the request. The system includes an originating computing device a name server and an intermediation server all connected to a network. The method involves receiving a profile record and destination identifier, determining an association of the between the profile record and identifier, and returning with an assigned query result or a default query result.
US09634930B2
A method of controlling a virtual router includes: starting first and second virtual routers where a same address is set, on first and second networks; constructing, with respect to a plurality of virtual machines arranged in plural networks, a first virtual network that establishes coupling between first one or more virtual machines and coupling between the first one or more virtual machines and the first virtual router, and establishes coupling between second one or more virtual machines and coupling between the second one or more virtual machines and the second virtual router, the first one or more virtual machines being arranged on the first network, the second one or more virtual machines being arranged on the second network; constructing a second virtual network that establishes coupling between the first virtual router and the second virtual router; and creating and setting routing tables corresponding to the first and second virtual routers.
US09634925B2
A technique for routing one or more service tunnels in a telecommunications backhaul network (110) is provided. The telecommunications backhaul network has a first routing path (132) and a second routing path (134). As to a method aspect of the technique, data of the one or more service tunnels is transmitted on the first routing path (132). A reduction in transmission capacity is detected on the first routing path (134) by means of a first routing path condition. The first routing path condition indicates a state of the first routing path (132). A second routing path condition is determined indicating a state of the second routing path (134) in response to the detected reduction in transmission capacity on the first routing path (132). It is decided upon rerouting one or more of the service tunnels from the first routing path (132) to the second routing path (132) based on both the first routing path condition and the second routing path condition.
US09634917B2
An example embodiment includes a method and a network device for detecting use of wrong IP addresses by wireless client devices. Specifically, the network device matins a range of valid IP addresses for a particular IP subnet. Also, the network device receives a message from a wireless client device by an access point on the particular IP subnet. The network device then determines a source IP address in the message received on the particular IP subnet. Further, the network device determines that the source IP address does not match the range of valid IP addresses for the particular IP subnet. Responsive at least to determining that the source IP address does not match the range of valid IP addresses for the particular IP subnet, the network device transmits at least one message that causes the wireless client device to request a new IP address.
US09634915B2
Provided are methods and computer program products for generating a model of network application health. Methods may include receiving activity data that corresponds to activities of multiple applications that are operable to execute on at least one networked device, and combining the received activity data to remove redundant portions thereof and/or to reconcile inconsistencies therein. Based on the received activity data, ones of the multiple applications are identified, and relationships between the identified applications are determined. A model is generated including the identified applications and the relationships therebetween, and a representation of the model is displayed. Related computer program products are also provided.
US09634909B2
The present invention relates to novel methods and implementing systems that afford a user the ability to automatically analyze all mentions and metrics/analytics of any query-based social data stream, and detect mentions or analytics that can be classified as important for a user of that stream.
US09634899B2
A function update method improving household appliance functions by enabling new and existing household appliances to perform cooperative processing. In the method, a server stores registration information listing identification information for each household appliance owned by a user, combination information listing combinations each including household appliances performing cooperative processing, and update information for each household appliance in each combination, for updating a function for performing the cooperative processing. The method includes: receiving, from a household appliance having identification information not listed in the registration information, a request to list the identification information in the registration information, and listing the identification information in the registration information; selecting a combination listed in the combination information, the combination including the household appliance and all other household appliances in the combination being registered in the registration information; and transmitting update information to each household appliance requiring a function update in the combination.
US09634891B2
A network management application executing on a first computing system may discover a first interface on a network device and establish a connection with the network device over the first interface. In response, an identification (ID) value is generated and sent, over the connection established with the network device over the first interface, in a message that includes the ID value. The message sent to the network device over the first interface provokes the device to send a response message to the network management application over a second interface. The second interface may generally correspond to a preferred management interface of the network device.
US09634890B2
Disclosed are a powering off and rebooting method, apparatus and system. Wherein, the method includes: an office-end device monitoring a user-end access device; and when the office-end device monitors that the user-end access device is halted, sending a reboot command to the user-end access device; wherein the reboot command is used for indicating a power supply module in the user-end access device to perform a powering off and rebooting operation on the user-end access device. The abovementioned solution solves the problem in the related art that technical personnel have to go to the site to reboot a device if the software reset is invalid when the device is halted, so that research and development technical personnel can timely and easily power off and reboot the device without going to the site, thus treating a failure timely and reducing maintenance costs, and improving the operability and maintenance efficiency of maintenance personnel.
US09634888B2
A method of the present invention includes: establishing one or more wireless links and one or more wired links for transmission data between a signal source end and a receiving end; allocating the transmission data to the wireless links and the wired links at the signal source end according to transmission rates of the wireless links and the wired links to transmit the transmission data in parallel via the wireless links and the wired links; and receiving data transmitted via the wireless links and the wired links at the receiving end, and restoring the received data into the transmission data. In the present invention, the data transmission abilities of the links are applied to the greatest extent.
US09634882B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses to share application state across devices. This approach allows the user to switch devices and have the application on the new device share the same state as the previous device. In addition, this approach allows the user to shut down a device at a first point in time, and later be presented with the same state for the application at a second point in time on the same device when it is turned back on.
US09634856B2
In an air-conditioning system, an outdoor unit and an indoor unit communicate through a relay device, including a plurality of communication ports; a plurality of communication networks having logical connection relationships with the respective communication ports; and a plurality of nodes having logical connection relationships with the respective communication networks. The plurality of nodes are each associated with one of the outdoor unit and the indoor unit. Among the plurality of nodes, a certain node is set as a first node, and another certain node different from the first node is set as a second node. The relay device executes transfer processing of transferring a communication frame from the first node to the second node, and then if the relay device does not receive a reception acknowledgment signal from the second node, limits a number of re-transmission times when the relay device re-transfers the communication frame to the second node.
US09634849B2
A system and method can support flooding mechanism using a packet process proxy in a middleware machine environment. The middleware machine environment can comprise a gateway instance that includes an external port for receiving data packets from an external network. The middleware machine environment also comprises one or more host servers, each of which is associated with one or more virtual machines. Furthermore, said host servers can provide virtual interfaces that belong to a virtual hub associated with the gateway instance. At least one said packet is a flooded packet that is specified with an unknown destination address when it is received at the external port. The gateway instance can send the flooded packet to a designated virtual interface on a host server, and a packet process proxy on the host server can forward the flooded packet to a virtual machine on another host server for processing this packet.
US09634840B2
A method for signing a digital message, including the following steps: selecting parameters that include first and second primes, a ring of polynomials related to the primes, and at least one range-defining integer; deriving private and public keys respectively related to a random polynomial private key of the ring of polynomials, and to evaluations of roots of unity of the random polynomial to obtain a public key set of integers; storing the private key and publishing the public key; signing the digital message by: (A) generating a noise polynomial, (B) deriving a candidate signature by obtaining a hash of the digital message and the public key evaluated at the noise polynomial, and determining the candidate signature using the private key, a polynomial derived from the hash, and the noise polynomial, (C) determining whether the coefficients of the candidate signature are in a predetermined range dependent on the at least one range-defining integer, and (D) repeating steps (A) through (C) until the criterion of step (C) is satisfied, and outputting the resultant candidate signature as an encoded signed message.
US09634836B1
A technique of generating key shadows performed by at least one computing device including at least one tangible computing element. The method includes receiving an indication of a first number X representing how many of the key shadows are to be generated, receiving an indication of a second number Y representing how many of the key shadows are to be required for decrypting an encrypted message, determining or receiving a master key for decrypting the encrypted message, and determining X key shadows of the master key. Y of those key shadows is sufficient to generate a range of more than one possible master keys that can be computationally feasibly searched for the master key. Less than Y of those key shadows is insufficient to determine any part of a value for the master key. Also, a technique of decrypting an encrypted message using Y of the key shadows. Further, associated systems.
US09634835B2
An apparatus and method for revealing both attack attempts performed on the single-photon detector(s) of a quantum cryptography system and Trojan horse attack attempts performed on quantum cryptography apparatus containing at least one single photon detector. The attacks detection relies on both the random modification of the setting parameters of the said single-photon detector(s) and the comparison of the measured detection probability values for each setting parameter with the expected detection probability values. The modified parameter of the single-photon detector can be its efficiency or its timing of activation for example.
US09634833B2
Systems and techniques are provided for gesture-based password entry to unlock an encrypted device. A gesture input from a user to a gesture interface may be received. The gesture input may be converted to gesture data which may be hashed using a hashing algorithm to obtain a table key. A table including a master key may be encrypted using the table key. The master key may include a key for decrypting a primary storage that is at least partially encrypted. A second gesture input may be receive. The second gesture input may be an input from a user to the gesture interface. The second gesture input may be converted to second gesture data which may be hashed using the hashing algorithm to obtain a key equivalent to the table key. The table including the master key may be decrypted using the key equivalent to the table key.
US09634829B2
A flexible aes instruction set for a general purpose processor is provided. The instruction set includes instructions to perform a “one round” pass for aes encryption or decryption and also includes instructions to perform key generation. An immediate may be used to indicate round number and key size for key generation for 128/192/256 bit keys. The flexible aes instruction set enables full use of pipelining capabilities because it does not require tracking of implicit registers.
US09634816B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving data. A method for transmitting an uplink comprises the steps of: a terminal receiving first downlink data from a first cell through a first subframe; the terminal receiving second downlink data from a second cell through the first subframe; the terminal transmitting first uplink data, which is generated based on a first identifier of the first cell, as a reply to the first downlink data through a second subframe, and the terminal transmitting second uplink data, which is generated based on a second identifier of a second cell, as a reply to the second downlink data through the second subframe.
US09634814B2
An apparatus and method for communication including determining an assignment for one of a plurality of symbol durations in a format combination; determining if at least one bit from one or more first upper channels is available if the assignment is associated with the one or more first upper channels and occupying the one of the plurality of symbol durations with the at least one bit, or if unavailable, occupying the one of the plurality of symbol durations with at least one bit from one or more second upper channels or another first upper channel, wherein the first upper channels and the second upper channels are different; and disabling transmission of format information; or including enabling a BTFD hypothesis testing mode; receiving one or more symbol durations on a physical channel; and attempting to decode the received symbol duration with a first hypothesis that a DCCH channel is not transmitted.
US09634813B2
A hitless multi-carrier spectrum migration method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a spectrum of a secondary carrier and a to-be-migrated carrier in a target carrier group from a network management system, and generating the secondary carrier according to the spectrum of the secondary carrier; sending a migration notification to a peer network device, and performing answer response to the migration notification from the peer network device, where the answer response is used to determine that network devices at both ends can perform spectrum migration; sending migration signaling to the peer network device; and receiving the migration signaling sent by the peer network device, and migrating, according to the migration signaling, overhead information and a service that are borne on the to-be-migrated carrier in the target carrier group to the secondary carrier.
US09634809B2
The present invention discloses a mobile communications terminal. The mobile communications terminal includes a signal processing module and a radio frequency power amplifier, where the signal processing module outputs, to a radio frequency signal input end of the radio frequency power amplifier, a radio frequency signal corresponding to one group of data packets, and synchronously outputs an enable signal to an enable signal input end of the radio frequency power amplifier; and the signal processing module periodically stops outputting the enable signal to the enable signal input end within first predetermined duration, and outputs, to the radio frequency signal input end, a radio frequency signal corresponding to at least one piece of pilot data and synchronously outputs the enable signal to the enable signal input end within second predetermined duration.
US09634806B2
Techniques for transmitting data by a power-limited user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system are described. The UE may transmit data of different types on one or more carriers and may be power limited. In some aspects, the UE may prioritize the data to transmit based on the priorities of the different data types, the priorities of carriers on which the data is transmitted, and/or other criteria. In one design, the UE may obtain data to transmit on at least one carrier for the uplink. The UE may determine that it is power limited for transmission on the at least one carrier. The UE may prioritize the data to transmit based on at least one criterion. The UE may allocate its available transmit power to the prioritized data and may transmit the prioritized data at the allocated transmit power.
US09634804B2
A method and apparatus provide for stable signal demodulation in a communication system. The method and apparatus includes including detecting an erroneous demodulation value based on backward-demodulation of received signals, using a difference between a received signal to be demodulated and a preceding signal of the received signals and correcting the error demodulation value. Alternatively, backward-demodulation is used to confirm received signals.
US09634801B2
A base station for use in a code division multiple access communication system comprises circuitry configured to process a user equipment identification (UE ID) by 1/2 rate convolutionally encoding the UE ID to produce a sequence. The sequence is used by the base station for scrambling a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH). The base station is configured to transmit a wireless signal. The wireless signal provides the user equipment with payload data carried on a high speed physical downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH). The HS-PDSCH is associated with the HS-SCCH.
US09634792B2
A method and apparatus of tuning a signal received from a first network terminal at a second network terminal is disclosed. The method may include receiving the signal at the second network terminal. The signal may be operating at a first wavelength. The method may also include determining a port used to receive the signal at the second network terminal, and identifying a predetermined port wavelength used as a basis to shift the first wavelength to the predetermined port wavelength for subsequent signals received. The method may also include transmitting the predetermined port wavelength information to the first network terminal to inform the first network terminal to tune subsequent signals to the desired wavelength for the port.
US09634789B2
For determining whether a configuration of an optical transmission interface of a first device has to be adjusted for transmitting optical signals to a second device via an optical band-pass filter, the second device having an optical reception interface configured to enable receiving optical signals output by said optical band-pass filter and transmitted by the first device on a carrier wavelength when said carrier wavelength is comprised in the passband of the optical band-pass filter, said carrier wavelength and/or said passband of the optical band-pass filter being a priori unknown, a monitoring device performs: monitoring an evolution of a difference level between codewords received by the second device via said optical signals and corresponding codewords transmitted by the first device; and determining whether the configuration of the optical transmission interface of the first device has to be adjusted, on the basis of said monitoring.
US09634788B2
Consistent with the present disclosure, an optical communication system is provided in which client data is input to a first node and output from a second node, spaced from the first node, with little delay. In one example, the delay is reduced by including higher order Raman amplifiers that provide a substantially uniform gain along the length of a fiber optic link, thereby reducing the number of EDFAs that may otherwise be installed along the optical fiber link or eliminating such EDFAs entirely. In another example, FEC encoding and decoding are not employed, thereby reducing the delay even further.
US09634784B2
An apparatus or method for transmitting data blocks on a communications channel having a radio link between two stations including a user equipment comprises receiving first data blocks from the user equipment, and transmitting second data blocks to the user equipment. A polling interval is dynamically set for the transmission of polling messages to the user equipment after transmission of the second data blocks, the polling interval being set in accordance with at least one of: a size of one or more data blocks received by the apparatus from the user equipment, a size of one or more blocks transmitted from the apparatus to the user equipment, and a service to which the user equipment is subscribed. The apparatus may be used as a PCU in a cellular mobile telephone system.
US09634777B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for characterizing electrical characteristics of a communication channel between a transmitter of a first information handling resource and a receiver of a second information handling resource may include receiving a test signal at the receiver from the transmitter during an in-situ characterization mode of the second information handling resource, converting the test signal into a discrete-time digital signal representing the test signal, generating a discrete-time finite difference function comprising a first derivative of the discrete-time digital signal, transforming the discrete-time finite difference function into a frequency-domain transform of the discrete-time finite difference function.
US09634772B2
A harmonic suppression system, including an interface connector is connected to a common end of a first differential SPMT switch; a control port of the first differential SPMT switch is connected to a control port of a second differential SPMT switch, and a gating throw end of the first differential SPMT switch is separately connected to one end of each LC trap network in a one-to-one correspondence; the control port of the second differential SPMT switch is connected to a baseband chip, each gating throw end of the second differential SPMT switch is separately connected to the other end of each LC trap network in a one-to-one correspondence, and a common end of the second differential SPMT switch is connected to the baseband chip; the baseband chip is connected to an antenna switch; and the antenna switch is connected to a antenna.
US09634771B2
A method for connecting adjacent computing board devices. A source computing board may be provided. An optical engine attaches to the source computing board. A plurality of source optical connectors couples to the optical engine. A first optical connector may be positioned at a location on the source computing board for a first preset type of computing component on an adjacent computing board. A second optical connector may be positioned at a fixed coordinate related to the first optical connector on the source computing board.
US09634762B2
A node apparatus is installed at a node located on a route from a start node to an end node, and includes: a parameter calculating unit configured to, upon receiving routing information specifying the route and a first parameter representing an amount of signal degradation, update the first parameter by using a second parameter representing an amount of signal degradation along a transmission route to an adjacent node, and generate a third parameter representing an amount of signal degradation along a transmission route between the start node and the node, specified by the routing information; and a determination unit configured to determine reachability of the route specified by the routing information in accordance with the third parameter and a fourth parameter representing an amount of signal degradation along a transmission route from the node to the end node specified by the routing information.
US09634756B2
A flexible payload for a satellite includes a main uplink antenna device configured to receive at least a main uplink signal over a main coverage area; a reconfigurable uplink antenna device configured to receive a complementary uplink signal over a complementary coverage area; a command device configured to define the complementary coverage area of the reconfigurable uplink antenna device, and an agile converting device configured to generate a spectral hole in the bandwidth of the main uplink signal.
US09634748B2
A method and an apparatus determine a precoding matrix indicator user equipment and a base station. The method includes: determining a precoding matrix indicator PMI where the PMI corresponds to a precoding matrix W, and the precoding matrix W satisfies a first condition, a second condition or a third condition; and sending the PMI to a base station. Embodiments of the present invention further provide a corresponding apparatus, and the corresponding user equipment and base station. Technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention can effectively control a beam, especially a beam shape and a beam orientation, in a horizontal direction and a perpendicular direction.
US09634745B2
MU-MIMO provides a mechanism for a wireless network device to transmit to multiple client devices at the same time. When employing MU-MIMO, a network device may group two or more associated client devices, and transmit beamformed signals to each group. In some implementations, a network device may initiate channel sounding. Channel sounding may include transmitting sounding frames to client devices associated with two or more basic service sets. Channel sounding may facilitate beamforming transmissions to client devices associated with the two or more basic service sets. The network device may receive feedback frames from client devices associated with the two or more basic service sets. A feedback frame may indicate how a sounding frame was received. In some implementations, the network device may further construct a feedback table from the feedback frames. The feedback table may facilitate grouping of the client devices for beamforming transmissions.
US09634744B2
A deterministic mismatch model called Sparsity Enhanced Mismatch Model-Reverse discrete prolate spheroidal sequence which leads to a two stage transceiver design that outperforms precoding only strategy incorporating norm ball mismatch modeling. The inherent sparsity in the channel is brought forth by modeling the channel using a basis expansion model where discrete prolate spheroidal sequence is used as a basis. The sparsity enhanced mismatch model reverse discrete prolate spheroidal sequence disclosed herein better accounts for the channel state information estimate mismatch compared to the norm ball mismatch. The Sparsity Enhanced Mismatch Model-Reverse based transceiver system, which includes a two-stage precoder and decoder, allows the transceiver to utilize higher transmit power without violating the interference constraint placed at the victims, resulting in enhanced performance in the communication link.
US09634742B2
A system, apparatus, method and article to manage channel prediction for a wireless communication system are described. The apparatus may include a media access control processor to perform channel prediction, and a transceiver to communicate information using the channel prediction. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09634741B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and device for performing or supporting NIB coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission in a wireless communication system. The method and device for performing NIB CoMP transmission in the wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention include: receiving signaling comprising at least one CoMP hypothesis set and at least one benefit metric from a first network node, at a second network node; and performing CoMP transmission based on the at least one CoMP hypothesis set, at the second network node. The at least one CoMP hypothesis set comprises information on hypothetical operation of CoMP network nodes.
US09634738B2
The present invention discloses a hybrid power line/wireless appliance automation system for interfacing between at least one electric power distribution circuit and at least one electronic device, a power line communication device, and a power monitoring method using the same. Each power line communication device can be communicatively interconnected via power line communication and/or wireless communication. A threshold value of each power line communication device is dynamically adjusted by a host device via wired or wireless connection, so as to determine whether to continuously supply or turn off power to an electronic device coupled to the power line communication device. The present invention may be implemented/integrated to existing household electric power network without the need for additional physical data network infrastructure/lines, therefore is suitable to be applied in an intelligent home management system.
US09634735B2
The present invention relates to an RF tag comprising a magnetic antenna for transmitting and receiving information using an electromagnetic induction method, and an IC mounted to the magnetic antenna, wherein the magnetic antenna comprises a magnetic core and a plurality of coils formed on the magnetic core; the coils each have an inductance L1 satisfying the specific relational formula, and are connected in parallel to each other in an electric circuit and disposed in series on the magnetic core; and a combined inductance L0 of the magnetic antenna satisfies the specific relational formula. The RF tag of the present invention is used as a magnetic antenna for information communication using a magnetic field component which is capable of satisfying both reduction in size and improvement in communication sensitivity.
US09634731B2
Disclosed is a wireless power transmitter. The wireless power transmitter for transmitting power to a wireless power receiver in a wireless scheme, includes a transmission circuit unit converting power supplied from a power supply unit into power having a frequency for resonance; a transmission induction coil coupling the converted power; and a transmission resonance coil disposed adjacent to the transmission induction coil to transfer the coupled power from the transmission induction coil to the wireless power receiver using the resonance, wherein the transmission circuit unit is vertically spaced apart from the transmission resonance coil.
US09634730B2
A power transmission system produces a magnetic field at a source that is wirelessly coupled to a receiver. Both the source and receiver are capacitively coupled LC circuits, driven at or near resonance.
US09634716B2
Enhanced granularity operational parameters adjustment of components and modules in a multi-band, multi-standard communication device. For supporting two-way communications, a communication device includes receiver and transmitter modules. Each module includes various components that are configurable and/or programmable based on a protocol and band pair by which the communication device is operating. The communication device is a multi-protocol and multi-band capable communication device capable to operate in accordance with any one protocol and band at a first time and another protocol and band at a second time. The various components within each of the receiver and transmitter modules can be adjusted using one or more operational parameters. In some instances, a given component can be controlled by more than one operational parameter. Alternatively, certain components are controlled only one operational parameter. The operational parameters that configure the components may be calculated, retrieved from a memory, and/or determined using other means.
US09634714B2
A HF-band wireless communication device includes a wireless IC configured to process a radio signal, a first substrate including a first inductor pattern coupled to the wireless IC, and a second substrate which includes a coil-shaped second inductor pattern coupled in series to the first inductor pattern. An L value of the first inductor pattern is greater than an L value of the second inductor pattern, and the L value of the first inductor pattern is dominant in a resonant frequency of a resonance circuit including the first and second inductor patterns. A winding diameter of the second inductor pattern is greater than a winding diameter of the first inductor pattern, and the second inductor pattern defines a main radiating element.
US09634710B2
An electronic device includes a housing and a base plate. The housing includes a frame. The frame includes a metallic member and a plastic member. The plastic member is connected to the metallic member to cooperatively form the frame. The base plate includes a number of connecting tabs. The connecting tabs are fixedly attached to an inner surface of the frame.
US09634706B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a receiver and a receiving method of the receiver, so that monolithic integration of multiple receiving channels can be implemented. The receiver includes: a zero intermediate frequency channel, performing in-phase/quadrature (IQ) down conversion on a radio frequency signal at a first frequency band using a frequency division or frequency multiplication signal of a first oscillation signal; and a superheterodyne channel, performing down conversion on a radio frequency signal at a second frequency band using the frequency division or frequency multiplication signal of the first oscillation signal, where the first frequency band is different from the second frequency band. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, a zero intermediate frequency channel and a superheterodyne channel use a same oscillation signal or a same frequency division or frequency multiplication signal of the oscillation signal, thereby monolithic integration of multiple receiving channels can be implemented.
US09634698B2
The output of a Radio Frequency (RF) Power Amplifier (PA) is sampled and down-converted, and the amplitude envelope of the baseband feedback signal is extracted. This is compared to the envelope of a transmission signal, and the envelope tracking modulation of the RF PA supply voltage is adaptively pre-distorted to achieve a constant ISO-Gain (and phase) in the RF PA. In particular, a nonlinear function is interpolated from a finite number gain values calculated from the feedback and transmission signals. This nonlinear function is then used to pre-distort the transmission signal envelope, resulting in a constant gain at the RF PA over a wide range of supply voltage values. Since the gains are calculated from a feedback signal, the pre-distortion may be recalculated at event triggers, such as an RF frequency change.
US09634697B2
A systems, methods and apparatus including a plurality of antennas are provided. The antenna system includes a first antenna, a second antenna, and a measurement device. The measurement device is configured to measure at least a first complex value indicative of an impedance matching of the first antenna and a second complex value indicative of an impedance matching of the second antenna. The antenna system includes an antenna selection controller configured to select one of the first antenna and the second antenna. The antenna selection controller making the selection based on the measurement of the first complex value of the first antenna and the measurement of the second complex value of the second antenna.
US09634691B2
A transmitting system and a method of transmitting digital broadcast signal are disclosed. The method of transmitting digital broadcasting signal in a transmitter includes multiplexing a specified number of mobile data packets, a first scalable number of mobile data packets, and a second scalable number of main data packets, interleaving mobile data in the mobile data packets and main data in the main data packets, transmitting the interleaved mobile and main data during a slot, wherein the data group includes a plurality of first blocks, each first block including a plurality of data segments, specified block of the plurality of first blocks including the mobile data, known data sequence, trellis initialization data and RS parity bytes inserted in pre-determined position of the data group, wherein the data group includes a plurality of regions, wherein the last region includes the first scalable number of mobile data packets.
US09634687B2
A continuous-time sigma-delta modulator includes a VCO-based quantizer, a rotator, a truncation circuit and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The VCO-based quantizer is arranged to generate a thermometer code based on an input signal and a feedback signal. The rotator is coupled to the VCO-based quantizer, and is arranged to generate a phase-shifted thermometer code based on the thermometer code and a phase shift, and generate a rearranged thermometer code based on the phase-shifted thermometer code to comply with a specific pattern. The truncation circuit is coupled to the rotator, and is arranged to extract a most significant bit (MSB) part from the rearranged thermometer code. The DAC is coupled to the truncation circuit, and is arranged to generate the feedback signal according to at least the MSB part. Two alternative continuous-time sigma-delta modulators are also disclosed.
US09634679B1
A digital down converter with equalization includes a composite ADC that performs demodulation of a received analog signal, converting the signal into in phase baseband signal and quadrature baseband signal. Equalization is performed to correct for misalignment of the frequency responses of the sub-ADCs in the composite ADC. In a form, ADC output signals are applied to a mixer array to frequency down-shift the digital form of the input signal, followed by digital filtering to effect convolutions of portions of the digital form of the input signal with a set of convolution coefficients determined so that the net processing is mathematically equivalent to down conversion with equalization. In another form, the ADC output signals are directly applied to a digital filter to effect both frequency down-shifting and convolutions, with filter coefficients determined so that the net processing is mathematically equivalent to down conversion with equalization.
US09634674B2
A semiconductor device including a PLL providing candidate clocks of different phases in response to a first clock received from a reader via an antenna, a phase difference detector detecting a phase difference between the first clock and a clock from the candidate clocks, a phase difference controller that selects another clock from the candidate clocks, and a driver that provides transmission data synchronously with the another clock to the reader.
US09634663B2
A semiconductor circuit including a level shifter circuit that, in accordance with supply of a power supply voltage, converts a potential of an input signal from a first potential to a second potential that is higher than the first potential and outputs the second potential through an output node; a potential supply circuit, to which a reset signal at a level in accordance with the power supply voltage is supplied, that supplies a predetermined potential in accordance with the level of the reset signal; and a control circuit that controls the potential of the output node of the level shifter circuit in accordance with the level of the predetermined potential supplied from the potential supply circuit.
US09634659B2
One or more systems and techniques for limiting a voltage potential between an antenna and a radio-frequency switch circuit are provided. A voltage controller comprises a voltage generator, a voltage detection circuit and a switch cell. The voltage detection circuit is coupled to the voltage generator and to the switch cell, and the switch cell is coupled to a voltage source, and to a node between the radio-frequency switch circuit and the antenna. When the voltage potential exceeds a specified threshold, the voltage generator produces a voltage which the voltage detection circuit measures such that the voltage detection circuit activates the switch cell, resulting in a short circuit between the radio-frequency switch circuit and the voltage source. This serves to inhibit the voltage potential from exceeding the specified threshold, for example.
US09634655B2
A drive device that drives a semiconductor switching device includes a capacitor and an output selection unit that selects whether or not to supply charge of the capacitor to a conduction control terminal of the semiconductor switching device, in which the output selection unit includes a first switching device and a second switching device, the charge of the capacitor is supplied to the conduction control terminal of the semiconductor switching device by the first switching device going to a conducting state, the charge is extracted from the conduction control terminal of the semiconductor switching device by the second switching device going to the conducting state, and a gate width of the second switching device is smaller than the gate width of the first switching device.
US09634653B2
The disclosure provides a detector that includes a pre-charge circuit. The pre-charge circuit receives a supply voltage. A pre-charged comparator is coupled to the pre-charge circuit and receives the supply voltage. The pre-charged comparator generates a transition signal at a transition node. A slope of the transition signal is greater than a slope of the supply voltage. A first diode connected transistor receives the supply voltage. A first capacitor is coupled to the first diode connected transistor. An inverter is coupled to the first diode connected transistor and generates an enable signal when the supply voltage is below a threshold voltage.
US09634647B2
An apparatus for generating real-valued output audio samples is disclosed. The apparatus includes a memory that stores complex-valued input subband samples, real-valued demodulated samples, and the real-valued output audio samples. The apparatus also incudes a phase shifter that shifts a phase of the complex-valued input subband samples by an amount equal to a previously added phase shift and a complex-valued synthesis filter bank that generates the real-valued output audio samples in response to the complex-valued input subband samples, the real-valued demodulated samples, and prototype filter coefficients.
US09634644B2
An acoustic wave element according to certain examples includes a piezoelectric body, an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode disposed above the piezoelectric body, and a connection electrode disposed above the piezoelectric body and connected to the IDT electrode. A first insulation layer covers the connection electrode, and a second insulation layer covers the IDT electrode. The first insulation layer disposed above the connection electrode has a first thickness T in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the piezoelectric body and the second insulation layer disposed above the IDT electrode has a second thickness K in the direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the piezoelectric body. The first thickness T is less than the second thickness K.
US09634640B2
Tunable diplexers in three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuits (IC) (3DIC) are disclosed. In one embodiment, the tunable diplexer may be formed by providing one of either a varactor or a variable inductor in the diplexer. The variable nature of the varactor or the variable inductor allows a notch in the diplexer to be tuned so as to select a band stop to eliminate harmonics at a desired frequency as well as control the cutoff frequency of the pass band. By stacking the elements of the diplexer into three dimensions, space is conserved and a variety of varactors and inductors are able to be used.
US09634635B2
A device includes a thermally conductive and electrically insulative substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface. A coupling structure is configured to reduce the RF input signal by substantially a predetermined amount of attenuation power. A tuning circuit is characterized by a tuning reactance substantially matched to a predetermined system impedance. A resistor is disposed on a majority of the first major surface and is characterized by a parasitic capacitance that is substantially negated by the tuning reactance. The resistor includes a first resistive portion and a second resistive portion; each of the first resistive portion and the second resistive portion being configured to direct approximately one-half of the attenuation power to the ground portion.
US09634633B2
An electronic component includes a device body and first through n-th LC parallel resonators connected in series with each other. The first through n-th LC parallel resonators respectively include first through n-th inductors and first through n-th capacitors. The first through n-th inductors are disposed in the device body such that they are arranged in a first direction in this order. The first and n-th inductors are provided with a spiral shape such that they turn around respective winding axes extending along the first direction. At least one of the second through (n−1)-th inductors is provided with a helical shape such that it turns around a winding axis extending along the first direction.
US09634632B2
A system for processing signals to enhance patient audibility of a plurality of signals in an MRI environment is provided. The system includes an acoustic measuring device for measuring sound power levels generated by the M RI and a principal frequency component identifier for identifying principal frequencies measured by the acoustic measuring device. The system also includes an audio equalizer for controlling the amplitude and frequency of each of the plurality of signals in accordance with the principal frequencies. Further provided by the system is an attenuator for attenuating an overall sound level of the signals being processed and a dynamic range compression processor.
US09634628B2
An amplifier circuit, for a capacitive acoustic transducer defining a sensing capacitor that generates a sensing signal as a function of an acoustic signal, has a first input terminal and a second input terminal, which are coupled to the sensing capacitor and: a dummy capacitor, which has a capacitance corresponding to a capacitance at rest of the sensing capacitor and a first terminal connected to the first input terminal; a first buffer amplifier, which is coupled at input to the second input terminal and defines a first differential output of the circuit; a second buffer amplifier, which is coupled at input to a second terminal of the dummy capacitor and defines a second differential output of the circuit; and a feedback stage, which is coupled between the differential outputs and the first input terminal, for feeding back onto the first input terminal a feedback signal, which has an amplitude that is a function of the sensing signal and is in phase opposition with respect thereto.
US09634624B2
A signal processing chain, such as an audio chain, produces an analog output signal from a digital input signal. The signal processing chain is operated by generating a first flag signal for the analog output signal and one or more second flag signals for the digital input signal. Each flag signal assumes a first level or a second level and is set to the first level when a signal from which the flag is generated has a value within an amplitude window. An amount the first flag signal for the analog output signal and the second flag signal for the digital input signal match each other may be calculated for issuing an alert flag which indicates an impaired operation of the signal processing chain.
US09634615B1
A Doherty amplifier device operable over multiple frequency bands includes a controller that, in some embodiments, is configured to output a carrier bias signal to a first amplifier and a peaking bias signal to a second amplifier as part of a first operating configuration associated with a first frequency band, and output the peaking bias signal to the second amplifier and the carrier bias signal to a third amplifier as part of a second operating configuration associated with a second frequency band. In some embodiments, the controller is configured to select an impedance inverter configuration associated with a respective frequency band. At least one impedance inverter configuration includes a compound impedance inverter including two or more impedance inverters coupled in series with at least one node between the two or more impedance inverters coupled to an output of a third amplifier.
US09634612B2
There is disclosed an envelope tracking power supply arranged to generate a modulated supply voltage in dependence on a reference signal, comprising a first path for tracking low frequency variations in the reference signal and a second path for tracking high frequency variations in the reference signal, the second path including a linear amplifier, wherein the output of the linear amplifier comprises a current source and a current sink connected to the high frequency output, there further being provided a DC offset current at the high frequency output.
US09634611B1
A variable gain amplifier having stabilized frequency response for widened gain control range. A resistor-capacitor compensation network is provided between two differential current input ports and corresponding emitter nodes of cross-coupled four transistors in the variable gain amplifier to desensitize the gain control voltages to the system noise and provide compensation to the VGA frequency response when the differential gain control voltage varies the gain setting, yielding a substantially stabilized frequency response over a −3 dB bandwidth ranging from 1 GHz to 60 GHz with a widened gain control range up to 12 dB without increasing power consumption.
US09634609B2
There is provided a switching circuit for an active mixer. The switching circuit comprises a first pair of parallel switching devices and a second pair of parallel switching devices. The first and second pairs of parallel switching devices are arranged in a stacked configuration between an input node at which an input current comprising a first input frequency signal is received and a pair of differential output nodes. The first pair of switching devices are controlled by a second input frequency signal. The second pair of switching devices are controlled by a phase-shifted counterpart of the second input frequency signal. A common node between the first switching devices of the first and second pairs of switching devices is electrically coupled to a common node between the second switching devices of the first and second pairs of switching devices.
US09634601B2
The invention relates to an energy storage device for generating an n-phase supply voltage, wherein n>1, comprising n energy supply branches connected in parallel, which are each coupled to a respective output connection of the energy storage device, wherein each of the energy supply branches has a plurality of energy storage modules connected in series. The energy supply branches each have a respective energy storage cell module, which has at least one energy storage cell, and a respective coupling device having first coupling elements, which are designed to selectively connect the energy storage cell module into the respective energy supply branch or bypass the energy storage cell module. At least one of the energy supply branches has at least one second coupling element, which is coupled between output connections of energy storage cell modules that are adjacent in the at least one energy supply branch and which is designed to connect the coupled energy storage cell modules into the respective energy supply branch in parallel with each other.
US09634593B2
A method of operating an electric motor is disclosed. The method includes: starting the electric motor in an open loop control mode; operating an estimator that estimates operating conditions of the electric motor; and, while the electric motor is in the open loop control mode, evaluating a first parameter of the estimator. The method further includes: in response to the evaluation of the first parameter, determining whether the estimator has converged; and in response to a determination that the estimator has not converged within a predetermined period of time after starting the electric motor, signaling a first fault condition.
US09634589B2
Both downsizing of an apparatus as a whole and reduction in a product cost are attained. The preferred embodiments relate to a drive device including an alternating-current rotary electric machine, an inverter, and a case. The inverter is fixed to the case. The case and the inverter are disposed in a driving force source room. The inverter includes shunt resistors to detect currents flowing in respective switching element units for corresponding phases.
US09634585B2
A method of controlling torque ripple in an electrical machine that includes a field winding for creating nominally constant field current using DC current and an armature winding for creating a rotating magnetic field using AC current, calls for superimposing a spatially varying current component on to the DC current of the field winding. Other methods are also disclosed that are suitable for electrical machines that have a winding that is excited with nominal DC current including SRMs, FSMs, and wound-field synchronous motors.
US09634582B2
Provided is a detachable generator device which can change the installation location with ease and which can effectively use a solar cell to generate electric power. The detachable generator device includes: a film-like solar cell; and attaching/detaching means for allowing the film-like solar cell to be attached to and detached from an attachment object at an installation location. The attaching/detaching means includes an adhesive film having an attaching/detaching surface which develops Van der Waals force to enable repeated affixation, or an electrostatic chuck for forming an attaching/detaching surface by turning on/off a voltage source connected to an attraction electrode sandwiched between two insulating layers to freely develop electrostatic attraction on a surface of at least one of the insulating layers.
US09634581B2
The present disclosure generally relates to electrical power generation from a piezoelectric material. A piezoelectric power generator assembly is disclosed including a housing, a piezoelectric transducer located in the housing, and a piston located in the housing, wherein the piezoelectric transducer is configured to generate an electrical charge when contacted by the piston. A piezoelectric power generator assembly is also disclosed including a housing comprising a flowline located within the housing and a piezoelectric transducer located in the housing and disposed about a perimeter of the flowline, wherein the piezoelectric transducer is configured to generate an electrical charge when contacted by a fluid contained in the flowline. A subsea drilling system is disclosed including a subsea blowout preventer stack and a piezoelectric power generator assembly for powering sensors on the blowout preventer stack configured to monitor characteristics of the stack.
US09634580B2
A difference command generator generates a difference command equivalent to a time integral of three-phase voltage applied to an inductive load in a predetermined cycle in a complex plane. A vector command generator generates vector commands that are respectively time integrals of voltage vectors and compose the difference command. A switching signal generator generates switching signals for controlling three pairs of switches in an inverter on the basis of the vector commands. A phase-current computing unit obtains an estimated value for the three-phase current on the basis of a current flowing DC buses and the vector commands. At least two of the vector commands that are time integrals of different ones of the non-zero voltage vectors have magnitudes greater than or equal to a predetermined value corresponding to a minimum required amount of time to maintain switching patterns in order for the phase-current computing unit to detect the current.
US09634579B2
A method of controlling an inverter includes receiving a target waveform for output voltage of an inverter phase, calculating a phase bias for an inverter phase using the target waveform, biasing the target waveform using the phase bias, and generating a switching device command signal by comparing the biased target waveform to a carrier waveform. The switching device command signal has a switching patter that reduces midpoint current in an inverter input lead and common mode voltage in an inverter output lead.
US09634574B2
The number of constituent components is reduced so as to provide a small-size and inexpensive electric-power conversion system. The electric-power conversion system is provided with an inverter circuit (14) connected with the rear stage of an AC power source, a smoothing capacitor (22) connected with the rear stage of the inverter circuit (14) by way of a rectifying device (20), a charging switch (2) that is connected with the front stage of the inverter circuit (14), that inputs an electric quantity based on an output of the AC power source (1) to the inverter circuit (14) when being turned on, and that cuts off an input of the electric quantity to the inverter circuit (14) when being turned off, and an inrush current prevention circuit (7) having an inrush current prevention switch (3) and an inrush current prevention resistor (4) that is connected in series with the rear stage of the inrush current prevention switch (3); the electric-power conversion system is characterized in that the inrush current prevention circuit (7) is connected in parallel with the charging switch (2).
US09634553B2
The invention relates to a control device (12) for actuating a pulse-controlled converter of an electric drive system, having: an open-loop/closed-loop control circuit (12a) which is configured to generate pulse-width-modulated actuation signals for switching devices of the pulse-controlled converter; a fault logic circuit (12b) which can detect fault states in the drive system and which is configured to select a switching state or a sequence of switching states for the switching devices of the pulse-controlled converter which are assigned to the corresponding fault state; and a protection circuit (12c) which is embodied in hardware and which comprises a signal delay device (15), which is configured to delay the actuation signals in order to implement a minimum protection time, and a locking device (16a, 16b) which is configured to lock two complementary switching devices of a bridge branch of the pulse-controlled converter with respect to one another.
US09634552B2
A solid state power transformer is described for converting an input power signal at a first phase or voltage to an output signal of a second voltage or opposite phase by the use of bidirectional solid state switches switched at a high carrier frequency to produce a double-sideband, suppressed-carrier representation of the input power signal, which is then synchronously demodulated using further similar switches to produce the desired output. It is further disclosed that multiple instances of the above with relative phase-staggering of the switching frequency may be operated in parallel and activated or deactivated according to output current demand to provide maximum efficiency over a wide range of current and power levels.
US09634548B2
In this method for manufacturing an armature winding for an electric machine, a rectangular conductor wire is wound helically by bending and shaping linking portions between rectilinear portions and coil ends to set angles while feeding the rectangular conductor wire, by repeating steps in which the rectangular conductor wire is fed by a set amount of feeding, the rectangular conductor wire is gripped and fixed by first through fourth chucks, the rectangular conductor wire is bent by pressing a first former near a root of the rectangular conductor wire, and gripping and fixing of the rectangular conductor wire by the first through fourth chucks is released.
US09634546B2
A multi-shaft linear motor formed by a plurality of linear motors each provided with a magnetic body and an armature and adapted to produce a force causing the magnetic body and the armature to be relatively displaced along a given linear moving direction by interaction of magnetic fluxes generated between the magnetic body and the armature during an operation of supplying electric power to the armature. Each of the single-shaft linear motors includes a base plate. Base plate has a base surface defining the moving direction, wherein the stator is fixed onto the base surface along the moving direction, and the mover is attached onto the base surface in a movable manner reciprocating along the moving direction and in opposed relation to the stator. Single-shaft linear motors are stacked in a stacking direction perpendicular to the base surface such that the single-shaft linear motors are individually detachable as a unit.
US09634540B2
A magnetic suspension planar motor comprises a structure of superconductor excitation. A primary base plate is in a shape of board. Armature windings are fixed on an air gap side of the primary base plate. A secondary base plate in a secondary structure is evenly divided into 2 h*2 h magnet cells. 2 h2 superconducting magnets are respectively fixed in the magnet cells on the secondary base plate, which resembles a checkerboard pattern. The superconducting magnets are adjacent to each other, neither in a horizontal direction nor in a vertical direction. The superconducting magnets are magnetized parallelly, and magnetization directions of the superconducting magnets are perpendicular to a surface on an air gap side of the secondary base plate. The superconducting magnets in a same row or column have same magnetization directions, and the superconducting magnets in adjacent rows columns have contrary magnetization directions. A cooling container shields all of the superconducting magnets.
US09634537B2
A motor which can reliably prevent varnish from ending up entering a terminal block. The motor is provided with a terminal block to which lead wires of coils are connected. The terminal block has a bottom wall, a plurality of side walls which face each other, a terminal part which is provided between adjoining side walls, and a dam wall which is arranged at a position closer to the coils than the terminal part and which is formed integrally with the bottom wall and side walls without clearance. The dam wall has a lead wire holding part for holding a lead wire.
US09634534B2
A brushless motor includes a stator as an armature where a plurality of coils is housed and a rotor as a magnetic exciter having a permanent magnet, wherein an end portion of the coil housed in a slot of a stator stack is inserted into a wire binding board having a wire binding pattern of the coil, the end portion of the coil is soldered to a land of the wire binding board, and the wire binding board and a circuit board are electrically conducted to each other through an connecting terminal.
US09634530B2
A rotor comprises a first rotor lamination and a second rotor lamination. The first rotor lamination and the second rotor lamination are configured for defining, when joined into rotor assembly, a central axis of rotation and a plurality of interior magnet pockets disposed symmetrically about the central axis of rotation, each pocket of the plurality of interior magnet pockets is configured for housing and retaining a permanent magnet. A method of forming a rotor comprises forming a first rotor lamination and a second rotor lamination, rotating the second rotor lamination about an axis of symmetry of the second rotor lamination; and mating the first rotor lamination to the second rotor lamination such that a first notch of the first rotor lamination is disposed adjacent to the first notch of the second rotor lamination.
US09634527B2
An electrical machine is provided, in particular an electric motor having a stator and also a rotor which is mounted such that it can rotate about a rotor axis and has a rotor body, wherein permanent magnets are arranged in holders of the rotor body. The permanent magnets being composed of a mixed material, wherein the mixture is set in such a way that the mixed material has a remanence field strength Br of between 0.6 Tesla and 1 Tesla and a coercive field strength Hcj of between 1300 and 2500 KA/m. Permanent magnets or composite bodies can be arranged in holders, and the permanent magnets or composite bodies can have a contour, the cross-sectional area of said contour which is situated perpendicular to the longitudinal axis being reduced within the respective holder in the direction of the radially further outer end of said holder.
US09634526B2
A rotor for a rotating electric machine includes a rotor sheet stack arranged on a rotor shaft, and at least one metallic functional component made of a material comprising iron and also chromium in a proportion of at least 18% and at most 19% by weight and optionally nickel in a proportion of at least 12% and not more than 13% by weight.
US09634520B2
A case for a mobile electronic device is a case for a mobile electronic device which is capable of accommodating a mobile electronic device with a display surface, and supplying electric power to the mobile electronic device, the case including: a holder section having a first face which comes in contact with at least a portion of the mobile electronic device and a second face opposite from the first face; a protection cover to cover the display surface; a solar cell module provided on the protection cover to generate electric power, the solar cell module being externally exposed when the display surface is covered by the protection cover; and a moving mechanism capable of moving the protection cover over to the second face side while maintaining the solar cell module in an externally exposed state.
US09634518B2
In order to improve the performance of a battery power supply unit for a bicycle electronic device at low atmospheric temperature, when its temperature is less than or equal to a lower temperature threshold, electrical energy is supplied by the power supply unit to a heating element thermally coupled with the power supply unit that, in this way, self-heats. Part of the electrical energy of the power supply unit can be simultaneously supplied to the electronic device.
US09634509B2
A method and an apparatus for rapid charging in an electronic device are provided. In a method for charging a battery of an electronic device, an operation environment of the electronic device is determined. A charging current corresponding to the operation environment of the electronic device is set. Battery charging is started using the set charging current. The battery is charged using a maximum allowed charging current, such that a battery charging time may be reduced.
US09634505B2
Within a range of a second limit current (±I_adj_max) set based on the performance of a secondary battery (140), a charging and discharging control device (170) determines an upper limit value (I_adj_limit) or a lower limit value (−I_adj_limit) of a state of charge (SOC) adjustment current (I_adj) in accordance with load power (required power and regeneration power) of a vehicle (100). Using an adjustment logic determined based on these limit values of the SOC adjustment current (I_adj), the charging and discharging control device (170) also determines the SOC adjustment current (I_adj) corresponding to an actually measured SOC value of the secondary battery (140).
US09634504B2
An apparatus for charge management for an electric vehicle is disclosed. A system and method also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a battery status module that displays a battery charge status indicator on an electronic display of an electric device. The battery charge status indicator is for a battery providing power to the electric device. The apparatus includes a charging target module that displays a charging target on the electronic display. The charging target is related to the battery charge status indicator and indicates a desired charge level for the battery. The apparatus includes a target adjustment module that adjusts the charging target based on a predicted next battery charging and battery usage, wherein the battery charging and usage are based on a schedule and/or a planned route.
US09634501B2
The protective circuit includes a voltage dividing circuit connected in parallel between a first electrode and a second electrode of the unit cell and including a first voltage dividing resistor and a second voltage dividing resistor; a first switching device connected to a junction between the first voltage dividing resistor and the second voltage dividing resistor; a second switching device connected between the junction and the third switching device; and a fourth switching device connected between the junction and the third switching device, wherein, when output voltage of the unit cell becomes equal to or lower than a first reference voltage, the fourth switching device and the first switching device are sequentially turned off, the second switching device is turned on, and the third switching device is turned off, so that voltage output through the first output terminal can be cut off.
US09634493B2
In a resonant frequency control method in a magnetic field resonant coupling type power transmission system transmitting an electric power from a power transmitting coil to a power receiving coil using magnetic field resonance, a high-speed, accurate and real-time adjustment of the resonant frequency of a coil is realized. The phase of a voltage supplied to a power transmitting coil and the phase of a current that flows in the power transmitting coil or a power receiving coil is detected and the resonant frequency of the power transmitting coil or the power receiving coil is varied such that the phase difference between them becomes a target value.
US09634490B2
A system, in one embodiment, includes a voltage fault detection system. The voltage fault detection system may be configured to acquire a reference voltage signal from a power line to determine if a voltage sag condition is present in the power line, determine a correction voltage for correcting the voltage sag condition, use the reference voltage to produce the correction voltage, and apply the correction voltage to the power line.
US09634489B2
An improved management of an electrical power transmission network is obtained by providing at each of the subscriber premises a load control device which includes a power correction system for applying a capacitive load and/or a switched reactor for voltage correction across the input voltage and a sensing system defined by a pair of meters one at the supply and the second downstream of the voltage correction for detecting variations in power factor. A control system operates to control the power correction system in response to variations detected by the sensing system and to communicate between the load control device and the network control system so as to provide a bi-directional interactive system.
US09634473B2
A system and method for providing redundant wired pipe-in-pipe telemetry is described. In one embodiment, a system includes an outer pipe and an inner pipe disposed within the outer pipe. The outer pipe axially supports the inner pipe using a collar of the inner pipe. A first conductive element is coupled to the inner pipe and disposed at least partially within an annulus between the inner pipe and the outer pipe. A second conductive element is disposed within the outer pipe. A wired path controller is coupled to the collar of the inner pipe, and also coupled to the first conductive element and the second conductive element. A connector is coupled to the collar of the inner pipe, which coupled the second conductive element to the wired path controller.
US09634472B2
A cable management system includes elongated members mounted to a panel; and gate members configured to couple to at least some of the elongated members. Adjacent ones of the elongated members define management regions therebetween. Each gate member is rotatable relative to the respective elongated member to selectively inhibit and allow access to the respective management region. Each gate member can be fixed at any axial point along an adjustment region of the respective elongated member to adjust the depth of the management region.
US09634468B2
A switchgear cabinet comprising a cabinet frame, first and second current converter devices, and an electrical connection clamping device. The first current converter device has first DC voltage positive and negative potential connection elements. The second current converter device has second DC voltage positive and negative potential connection elements. The electrical connection clamping device has an electrically conductive first clamping element and an electrically conductive second clamping element which is electrically insulated from the electrically conductive first clamping element, and a pressure-generating device which generates a pressure that pushes the second clamping element towards the first clamping element. The first clamping element is mechanically connected to the cabinet frame by an electrically non-conductive insulation body such that the first clamping element is electrically insulated from the cabinet frame. The invention provides a switchgear cabinet for housing current converter devices, wherein the current converter devices can be replaced quickly and easily.
US09634463B2
An optical module providing a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), and a process to assembly the optical module are disclosed. The optical module provides front and rear coupling units each optically coupled with the SOA and fixed to the housing enclosing the SOA. The housing has a slim wall fixing a lens holder soldered to the slim wall. The front and/or rear coupling unit is fixed to the lens holder by YAG laser welding after the active alignment by using a spontaneous emission of the SOA, and amplified emission of externally provided test beam.
US09634461B1
A fiber optic geometric isolator is disclosed which is inserted between two cascaded, high-power fiber optic lasers and, in conjunction with a cladding mode stripper, provides improved optical Isolation between the two fiber optic lasers while maintaining highly-efficient laser operation. The isolator achieves this without the need for electromagnetic isolation between the two cascaded lasers. The isolator is an optical fiber designed to operate as a monolithic, continuous waveguide to enable a specific mode-coupling condition that converts the light of a first laser to that of a second, cascaded laser, with the light moving from the core of the first laser to both the core and the cladding of the second laser.
US09634454B1
An illumination system is disclosed for providing dual excitation wavelength illumination for non-linear optical microscopy and micro-spectroscopy. The illumination system includes a laser system for providing a first train of pulses at a center optical frequency ω1, a frequency converting system for providing at least a second train of pulses at a center optical frequency ω2 and a third train of pulses at a center optical frequency ω3, where ω2 is different from ω1 and ω3 responsive to the first train of pulses, an amplifier system for amplifying the second train of pulses to provide an amplified second train of pulses, and an adjustment means for adjusting a time delay between the amplified second train of pulses and the third train of pulses for the dual-excitation wavelength illumination.
US09634453B2
An apparatus includes a controllable optical interferometer having first and second external optical ports and a traveling-wave modulation electrode. The apparatus also includes an electrical driver configured and connected to apply a voltage with a periodic modulation to the traveling-wave modulation electrode such that the controllable optical interferometer operates as an optical isolator over a wavelength range.
US09634449B1
The current invention, by using a plurality of conductive fiber brush bundles and a coaxial line to transfer RF signal(s) between relatively rotatable objects, creates easy-maintenance, long duration a RF rotary joint with soft contacting rotational interfaces. It consists of a stationary shield conductor assembly, a stationary core conductor assembly, a rotational shield conductor assembly with a tapered round head, a rotational core conductor assembly with a tapered round head, and rotational and stationary insulating assemblies with a central bore. Both stationary and rotational shield conductor assemblies having a conductive fiber brush bundle, which further containing a plurality of hair-thin conductive filaments to form a symmetrical flexible tube. The interfaces of the core soft contacting rotational and the shield soft contacting rotational are formed between the free end portions of the conductive fiber brush bundles and the tapered round head of the rotational cone conductor and rotational shield conductor respectively.
US09634448B2
In the field of active matrix liquid crystal displays and, more particularly, to microdisplays produced using collective fabrication technologies, a matrix comprises, for each pixel, a transparent electrode and opaque regions resulting from the presence in the pixel of at least one row conductor, one column conductor, and one control transistor for the pixel connected to the electrode of the pixel. The pixel comprises at least three possible geometrical configurations, the position of the transistor with respect to the rows and to the columns being different in the various configurations, the various configurations being distributed in a pseudo-random manner within at least one region of the matrix.
US09634447B1
An adapter system suited suitable for use in association with legacy military connectors including an adapter board assembly and an electrical cable connector. The adapter board assembly includes a pair of legacy connectors and a high density connector. A connector attachment block is attached to the adapter board assembly. The electrical cable connector includes a first side coupling assembly, a second side coupling assembly and a cable member extending therebetween. The first side coupling includes a connector matingly electrically attachable to the high density connector of the adapter board assembly, and a housing attachable to the connector attachment block. The adapter board assembly and the electrical cable connector are likewise separately disclosed.
US09634444B2
An interconnect for an installation environment adapted for housing at least one electrical component having a number of first connectors each having a first configuration, wherein the installation environment has pre-installed wiring having a number of second connectors each having a second configuration. The interconnect includes a backplane component including a number of third connectors adapted to connect with the number of first connectors, and a number of fourth connectors adapted to connect with the number of second connectors, wherein each of the number of fourth connectors is coupled to a respective one of the number of third connectors in a manner that maps the second configuration to the first configuration, and includes a mechanical bracket component adapted to allow for the installation of at least one electrical component such that the first connectors are connected to the third connectors.
US09634427B2
A high pressure and temperature, hermetically sealed bulkhead connector with pin and socket contacts for use in logging tools is described. The bulkhead connector comprises (a) one or more contact(s) placed within one or more channels wherein the channels provide a clearance path between contact(s) and bulkhead body and travel at least a partial longitudinal distance between proximal and distal ends. The contact(s) reside in the channel(s) and include at least; an optional movement limiter section, one central elongated section, and one fixed section where the contact(s) is attached to the bulkhead body at the distal end. The body correctly positions respective ends of the contact so that the body secures contact(s) to be parallel to each other and the contact(s) have terminal ends for connection. This arrangement provides at least one pivotable, pliable, free floating contact extending away from the fixed distal end of the bulkhead body.
US09634417B2
A connector is disclosed including a housing and a pair of terminals. Each terminal includes a planar body portion and a planar mounting portion formed at the first end of the body portion with a bent contacting portion disposed therebetween. A wire securing portion is formed at the second end of the body portion with a pair of crimping portions to secure the wire to the terminal. The body portion and the mounting portion are received in a slot formed in the housing with the contacting portion extending through a window formed in the housing and the terminal mounting portion being translatable within the slot.
US09634416B2
A connection arrangement (10) for electrically connecting at least one sensor (12) or actuator to at least one conductor track (22) on a circuit board (24) has at least one compression spring (18) for electrically conductive connection. The compression spring (18) is arranged between the at least one sensor (12) or actuator and the circuit board (24) so as to be under a mechanical preload. The compression spring has a contact end section (36) of the at least one compression spring (18) configured to rest against a contact plate (20, 70, 80, 90) that is electrically conductively connected to the conductor track (22). As a result, the connection arrangement (10) achieves a high level of electrical contact reliability and corrosion-resistance.
US09634412B2
Electrical contacts comprising a surface with a plurality of cavities therein and their methods of manufacture and use.
US09634411B2
A contact device which is adapted to be mechanically mounted and electrically connected on a printed circuit board by a fastening portion and serves for receiving an external plug element. The contact device comprises a contact portion for inserting the external plug element for forming an electrical contact, an elastic support element for movably supporting the contact portion and for providing a possibility of movement in all spatial directions, wherein the support element includes a fastening part by which the contact device is fastened on the printed circuit board, a contact part for directly supporting the contact portion and a center part for connecting the fastening part and the contact part, the fastening part and the contact part bent relative to the center part, and of movement of the contact part and center part are limited by predetermined distances from adjacent external limiting means in the fastened state.
US09634410B2
A first space in which terminals are disposed and that is connected to a first connection and a second space in which ground terminals are disposed and that is connected to a second connection are provided in a housing portion of a flat conductor including a plate. Furthermore, in the thickness direction of the flat conductor including a plate, the second space is formed with a size that is equivalent to or greater than the thickness of a ground plate so as to enable the second connection to the housed therein.
US09634409B2
An electrical receptacle connector includes a metallic shell, an insulated housing, a plurality of first receptacle terminals, and a plurality of second receptacle terminals. The insulated housing received in the metallic shell is assembled with the first receptacle terminals and the second receptacle terminals. The tail portion of the power terminal of the second receptacle terminals is adjacent to and combined with the tail portion of the power terminal of the first receptacle terminals. The tail portion of the ground terminal of the second receptacle terminals is adjacent to and combined with the tail portion of the ground terminal of the first receptacle terminals. The combined tail portions can be inserted into the same soldering hole of a circuit board. Therefore, the cost and time for the soldering procedure of the connector manufacturing can be reduced.
US09634407B2
A terminal module is used for electrically connecting an electric element mounted on a first board to a second board opposing to the first board. A through-hole is opened in the second board. The terminal module includes: an electrically conductive terminal including at each of opposite ends thereof; a connection part through which the terminal module is electrically connected to the electric element; and a contact part to be inserted into the through-hole; and an electrically insulative base holding a part of the electrically conductive terminal to keep the electrically conductive terminal in a constant posture. The terminal module is mounted onto the first board keeping fixed thereto.
US09634401B2
This antenna array includes at least one primary antenna, at least one secondary antenna and at least one load coupled to a secondary antenna. The load includes two separate components, a first component being a resistor and a second component being selected from an inductor or a capacitor. The antenna array can include one or more of the following characteristic features, taken into consideration individually or in accordance with any technically possible combinations: the first component has negative resistance; the second component has negative inductance or a negative capacitance; at least one load has an adjustable impedance. The antenna array may be used in a system, such as a vehicle, a terminal, a mobile telephone, a wireless network access point, a base station, or a radio frequency excitation probe.
US09634385B2
An antenna apparatus and a terminal device are provided, which relate to the field of communications technologies. A switch disposed at an end of an antenna arm controls an antenna to switch to different resonance frequencies, therefore reduced antenna efficiency caused by switch loss is avoided and space occupied by the antenna is not increased. The antenna apparatus includes an antenna and a printed circuit board, where a feedpoint and a first grounding point are disposed on the printed circuit board, the antenna is connected to the feedpoint, and the antenna includes a first arm.
US09634381B2
The device includes radio frequency (RF) communication components installed within a case of the device and an antenna with an inverted E shape mounted within a header of the device. The antenna has three branches extending from a main arm: a capacitive branch connecting one end of the main arm to the case; an RF signal feed branch connecting a middle portion of the main arm to the internal RF components of the device via a feedthrough; and an inductive branch connecting the opposing (far) end of the main arm to the case to provide a shunt to ground.
US09634380B2
An antenna device includes two conductor surfaces facing each other and spaced apart from each other, connecting conductors that connect the two conductor surfaces at at least two positions, and an antenna coil located in proximity to one of the connecting conductors. The connecting conductors and the two conductor surfaces define a closed loop containing a surface of a space. In a plan view of the surface of the space defined by the closed loop, the antenna coil is located at a position where the antenna coil does not overlap the surface of the space and at a position where electromagnetic induction by the antenna coil causes an induced current to flow through the connecting conductor.
US09634378B2
An electronic device such as a handheld device may have a rectangular housing with a rectangular periphery. A conductive peripheral housing member may run along the rectangular periphery and may surround the rectangular housing. Radio-frequency transceiver circuitry within the electronic device may be coupled to antenna structures for transmitting and receiving radio-frequency signals. The conductive peripheral housing member may form part of the antenna structures. A gap in the conductive peripheral housing member may be filled with dielectric. The conductive peripheral housing member may be configured to form a recess. The recess may have the shape of a rectangle, oval, diamond, or other shape that overlaps and is bisected by the gap. The recess may also have the shape of a groove that extends around the entire periphery of the housing. The dielectric in the recess may include one or more different materials such as clear and opaque polymers.
US09634365B2
A metal-air battery includes first and second cells, each cell including a negative electrode metal layer, a negative electrode electrolytic film, a positive electrode layer configured to use oxygen as an active material, and a gas diffusion layer, wherein the negative electrode metal layer, the negative electrode electrolytic film, the positive electrode layer, and the gas diffusion layer are sequentially disposed, wherein each cell has an open surface through which at least a portion of the gas diffusion layer is in fluid communication with, outside air, wherein the first and second cells contact each other, and wherein a direction of a first open surface of the first cell is different from a direction of a second open surface of the second cell.
US09634363B2
An electric storage module includes an electric storage device, an air passage formed along the electric storage device, a frame that holds the electric storage device, the frame having an opening that is formed on an outer surface thereof and is in communication with the air passage, and an air passage connection member that encloses the opening of the frame. An electric storage apparatus includes a plurality of electric storage modules, and air passages of adjacent electric storage modules are connected to each other by an air passage connection member.
US09634358B2
An objective of the invention is to provide a method for producing an all-solid-state battery with fewer steps for minimizing warping than in the prior art, and an all-solid-state battery with lower warping. This is achieved by a method comprising the steps of: (A) disposing a first electrode active material layer on both sides of a first collector to form a first electrode layer, (B) disposing a solid electrolyte layer on each of the first electrode active material layers, (C) disposing a second electrode active material layer and a second collector on the solid electrolyte layers, in such a manner that the second electrode active material layers contact with the solid electrolyte layers, (D) pressing a stack formed in steps (A) to (C), to form a battery unit, (E) repeating steps (A) to (D) to form a plurality of battery units, and (F) stacking the plurality of battery units.
US09634353B2
A process for making a solid electrolyte for an electrochemical cell. The process includes providing a multilayer material having a porous layer and a nonporous layer, the nonporous layer containing a first oxide selected from alpha-alumina, gamma-alumina, alpha-gallium oxide, and/or combinations thereof. In addition, an alkali-metal oxide vapor is provided and the nonporous layer is exposed to the alkali-metal oxide vapor at an elevated temperature such that the nonporous layer is converted to a solid second oxide electrolyte layer that is conductive to alkali metal ions. The second oxide is an alkali-metal-beta-alumina, alkali-metal-beta″-alumina, alkali-metal-beta-gallate, and/or alkali-metal-beta″-gallate.
US09634347B2
There is disclosed a method and components for repairing a fuel cell stack. In particular, the method and components relate to repairing a high temperature fuel cell stack incorporating ceramic components. The method includes identifying a fuel cell bundle within a fuel cell strip to be disconnected from the fuel cell strip, identifying at least one fuel feed pipe portion connected to the fuel cell bundle, and identifying at least one fuel outlet pipe portion connected to the fuel cell bundle. A cutting blade is positioned on the fuel feed pipe portion and cutting through the fuel feed pipe portion, and similarly for the fuel outlet pipe portion. The fuel cell bundle is then removed, and a replacement inserted in its place.
US09634345B2
The reactant distribution in a gas diffusion layer adjacent the landings of a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell can be improved by using a flow field plate in which suitable sequential protrusions have been incorporated in the channels. The reactant flow field in the plate comprises a plurality of parallel channels in which protrusions are arranged in a sequence along each channel's length and the sequential protrusions in any given channel are offset with respect to the sequential protrusions in the channels immediately adjacent thereto.
US09634341B2
An apparatus and method for diagnosing a fuel cell diagnoses a state of a fuel cell by estimating a fuel-cell equivalent circuit. The apparatus for diagnosing a fuel cell includes: an impedance measurement unit configured to measure impedance of a fuel cell within a predetermined frequency range; an equivalent circuit model unit configured to derive each parameter value by estimating a predetermined fuel-cell equivalent circuit model in response to the impedance received from the impedance measurement unit; and a fuel-cell-state diagnosis unit configured to diagnose a state of the fuel cell by detecting a variation of the parameter value derived from the equivalent circuit model unit.
US09634336B2
A first end plate of a fuel cell stack has a coolant supply manifold and a coolant discharge manifold. The coolant supply manifold includes a pair of manifold sections and a supply coupling section coupling upper portions of the pair of supply manifold sections. The pair of supply manifold sections communicate with a pair of coolant supply passages of the first end plate. A coolant supply pipe is coupled to a lower end of one of the supply manifold sections with an inclination of a predetermined angle from a vertical direction toward a horizontal direction.
US09634334B2
Disclosed is a laminated thin film battery which is capable of exhibiting a high capacity and does not require a separate barrier to be formed on a surface after lamination. A first thin film battery and a second thin film battery, in which cathode current collectors and anode current collectors are formed on first surfaces, are laminated in such a type that the respective first surfaces face each other. The cathode current collectors of the first thin film battery and the second thin film battery are electrically connected to a cathode terminal, and the anode current collectors of the first thin film battery and the second thin film battery are electrically connected to an anode terminal.
US09634327B2
In the case where a silicon substance having a high theoretical capacity as a negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery is used as a negative electrode active material, such a negative electrode active material is provided that has a high initial battery capacity and suffers less deterioration in performance even when many cycles of charge and discharge are repeated. A lithium ion secondary battery using the negative electrode active material is provided. Silicon and copper (II) oxide, or silicon, metallic copper and water are pulverized and simultaneously mixed in a pulverization device, thereby providing a negative electrode active material that has good cycle characteristics and a large battery capacity.
US09634319B2
A bipolar battery plate is utilized for production of a bipolar battery. The bipolar battery plate includes a frame, a substrate, first and second lead layers, and positive and negative active materials. The substrate includes a plurality of perforations through the substrate, and the substrate is positioned within the frame. The first lead layer is positioned on one side of the substrate, while the second lead layer is positioned on another side of the substrate. The first and second lead layers are electrically connected to each through the plurality of perforations. The positive active material is positioned on a surface of the first lead layer, while the negative active material is positioned on a surface of the second lead layer.
US09634305B2
A battery module includes a pair of side plates arranged along two wall faces, opposing to each other in a stacking direction of battery cells, of wall faces of the battery module, a lower plate that swingably supports one end of the pair of side plates by a hinge mechanism and that is arranged along one wall face of the battery module, and an upper plate that is arranged along the wall face of the battery module so as to be opposite to the lower plate, and that connects the other ends of the pair of side plates, wherein the side plates and the upper plate are tightened and fixed by use of a fastening member with pressure being applied in the stacking direction of the battery cells in order to fix the battery module.
US09634293B2
An organic light emitting display (OLED) device can include a substrate on which first to third light emitting portions are defined, first electrodes respectively positioned on the first to third light emitting portions, a first stack formed on the first electrodes and including first, second and third light emitting layers corresponding to the first, second and third light emitting portions, respectively, an N-type charge generation layer (CGL) positioned on the first stack, a transition metal oxide layer positioned on the N-type CGL, a second stack positioned on the transition metal oxide layer and including fourth, fifth and sixth light emitting layers corresponding to the first, second and third light emitting portions, respectively, and a second electrode positioned on the second stack.
US09634291B2
An organic light-emitting transistor (OLET) is provided. The OLET includes: a substrate; at least one first electrode on the substrate; a first semiconductor layer having a first conductive type on the first electrode; a second semiconductor layer having a second conductive type on the first semiconductor layer; a gate electrode disposed on a side surface of the second semiconductor layer; a gate insulating layer disposed between the gate electrode and the second semiconductor layer; an organic emission layer on the second semiconductor layer.
US09634290B2
A laminate for a light emitting device, includes a glass substrate, a random network of reliefs formed on the glass substrate, and a flattening layer formed on the network, wherein the network of reliefs are formed from a glass frit. The laminate for a light emitting device further includes a network inducing the scattering of light for efficiently extracting outward a loss of light at an interface between a glass substrate and an internal light extraction layer. The laminate is suitable for the industrial field of optical devices, such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), backlights, lighting, and the like.
US09634289B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a transparent display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The transparent display panel comprises a plurality of light-emitting regions and a plurality of transparent regions. The transparent display panel further comprises at least one light-guiding component disposed on a light-emitting side of the transparent display panel, wherein the at least one light-guiding component is configured to transmit a part of light emitted from the light-emitting regions to the transparent regions. In the transparent display panel, a light-guiding component is used to transmit the light emitted by the light-emitting subpixels in the light-emitting regions to the transparent regions, and a plurality of light-redirecting members formed on a surface of the light-guiding component are used to change the direction of light transmitted to the transparent regions and to emit the light from the light-emitting side of the transparent regions. As a result, display uniformity of the whole transparent display panel is improved, and a better display performance can be achieved.
US09634279B2
A light-emitting element having high external quantum efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element having low drive voltage is provided. Provided is a light-emitting element which includes a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent compound, a first organic compound, and a second organic compound between a pair of electrodes. A combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex (excited complex). An emission spectrum of the exciplex overlaps with an absorption band located on the longest wavelength side of an absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent compound. A peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the exciplex is longer than or equal to a peak wavelength of the absorption band located on the longest wavelength side of the absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent compound.
US09634275B2
Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element having high luminous efficiency and long life. Also disclosed are a display device and an illuminating device respectively using such an organic electroluminescent element. Specifically disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element comprising an electrode and at least one or more organic layers on a substrate. This organic electroluminescent element is characterized in that at least one of the organic layers is a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent compound and a host compound, the phosphorescent compound has a HOMO of −5.15 to −3.50 eV and a LUMO of from −1.25 to +1.00 eV, and the host compound has a 0-0 band of the phosphorescence spectrum at not more than 460 nm and a glass transition temperature of not less than 60° C.
US09634260B2
The disclosure provides a conjugated compound having phenoxathiinl, method for preparing the same and OLED. The conjugated compound has one of the following formulas: Different kinds of electron-rich conjugated aromatic units are reacted with intermediate having phenoxathiinl by Suzuki coupling, Buchwald-Hartwig coupling, or Cu-catalyzed amination of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons for forming the conjugated compound having phenoxathiin. The prepared novel compound is fluorescent, so that it can be used as the material of light emitting layer of OLED devices.
US09634257B2
A heterocyclic compound of Formula 1 below and an organic light-emitting device including the same are provided. X1 to X4, L1, L2, n, m, and Ar1 to, Ar4 in Formula 1 are defined as in the specification.
US09634252B2
A polymer of an embodiment includes a repeating unit containing a bivalent group represented by the following formula (1). R is hydrogen, halogen, an alkyl group, an alkanoyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, or the like. X is oxygen, sulfur, selenium, or the like. Y and Z each is a bivalent group selected from a carbonyl group, a sulfinyl group, and a sulfonyl group. However, a case where Y and Z are both the carbonyl groups is excluded.
US09634250B2
The present disclosure includes a high density resistive random access memory (RRAM) device, as well as methods of fabricating a high density RRAM device. One method of forming an RRAM device includes forming a resistive element having a metal-metal oxide interface. Forming the resistive element includes forming an insulative material over the first electrode, and forming a via in the insulative material. The via is conformally filled with a metal material, and the metal material is planarized to within the via. A portion of the metal material within the via is selectively treated to create a metal-metal oxide interface within the via. A second electrode is formed over the resistive element.
US09634246B2
An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory includes a vertical electrode layer formed over a substrate and extending in a vertical direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the substrate; an interlayer dielectric layer and a structure formed over the substrate and alternately stacked along the vertical electrode layer, wherein the structure includes a horizontal electrode layer and a base layer which is conductive and located over or under the horizontal electrode layer; a variable resistance layer interposed between the vertical electrode layer and the base layer, and including a common element with the base layer; and a groove interposed between the vertical electrode layer and the horizontal electrode layer and insulating the vertical electrode layer and the horizontal electrode layer from each other.
US09634243B1
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure, including a logic region and a memory region adjacent to the logic region. The memory region includes a first Nth metal line of an Nth metal layer, a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) over first Nth metal line, and a first (N+1)th metal via of an (N+1)th metal layer, the first (N+1)th metal via being disposed over the MTJ layer. N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. A method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure is also disclosed.
US09634223B2
A super conductor is formed by a process including a first step of forming liquid-phase rare earth-copper-barium oxide by heat treating a superconductor precursor including a rare earth element, barium, and copper, a second step of forming a first superconductor of the rare earth-copper-barium oxide that is epitaxially grown from the liquid-phase rare earth-copper-barium oxide, and a third step of forming a second superconductor of the rare earth-copper-barium oxide by heat treating the first superconductor, wherein the heat treatment of the third step is performed in an atmosphere in which the rare earth-copper-barium oxide has no liquid phase.
US09634218B2
The present invention provides a method for synthesizing a Bi2TeySe3-y thermoelectric nanocompound (0
US09634217B2
A thermally controllable energy generation system comprising an insulated, thermally-enhanced generator with a power circuit for conveying power. The thermally enhanced generator and its available voltage is controlled by a circuit which changes the ambient temperature of the generator through the use of a heating element and heating circuit. A controller circuit is in communication with the temperature sensor, the control circuit, the heating circuit and the power circuit. The thermally enhanced generator includes at least one cell, which comprises a layer of electron-rich donor material in contact with a layer of hole-rich acceptor material, sandwiched between an anode and a cathode. One of the layers is a stabilized mixture of carbon and an ionic material (carbon matrix) and the other layer is a stabilized oxide mixed with an ionic material (oxide matrix).
US09634215B2
Embodiments provide a light emitting device package including a package body having a through-hole; a radiator disposed in the through-hole and including an alloy layer having Cu; and a light emitting device disposed on the radiator, wherein the alloy layer includes at least one of W or Mo, and wherein the package body includes cavity including a sidewall and a bottom surface, and wherein the through-hole is formed in the bottom surface.
US09634212B2
A semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor light source, a resin package surrounding the semiconductor light source, and a lead fixed to the resin package. The lead is provided with a die bonding pad for bonding the semiconductor light source, and with an exposed surface opposite to the die bonding pad The exposed surface is surrounded by the resin package in the in-plane direction of the exposed surface.
US09634188B2
In order to achieve appropriate light distribution using light distribution characteristics resulting from diffraction while improving light extraction efficiency using a diffraction effect, an LED element provided with: a substrate in which periodic depressions or projections are formed on a front surface; a semiconductor laminated part that is formed on the front surface of the sapphire substrate, includes a light-emitting layer, and is formed of a group-III nitride semiconductor; and a reflecting part that reflects at least a part of light emitted from the light-emitting layer toward the front surface of the substrate, the LED element obtaining a diffraction effect of light emitted from the light-emitting layer at an interface between the substrate and the semiconductor laminated part, wherein a relation of 1/2×λ≦P≦16/9×λ is satisfied, where a period of the depressions or the projections is P and a peak wavelength of the light emitted from the light-emitting layer is λ.
US09634186B2
A method of manufacturing a light emitting device package includes forming on a growth substrate a light emitting structure including a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer. First and second electrodes are formed on the light emitting structure to be connected to the first and second conductivity-type semiconductor layers, respectively. A first bonding layer is formed on the light emitting structure, and is polished A second bonding layer is formed on the polished first bonding layer, and a support substrate is bonded to the light emitting structure using the first and second bonding layers.
US09634175B2
A method for depositing one or more thin-film layers on a flexible polyimide substrate having opposing front and back outer surfaces includes the following steps: (a) heating the flexible polyimide substrate such that a temperature of the front outer surface of the flexible polyimide substrate is higher than a temperature of the back outer surface of the flexible polyimide substrate, and (b) depositing the one or more thin-film layers on the front outer surface of the flexible polyimide substrate. A deposition zone for executing the method includes (a) one of more physical vapor deposition sources adapted to deposit one or more metallic materials on the front outer surface of the substrate, and (b) one or more radiant zone boundary heaters.
US09634162B2
A method of fabricating an Ag—(Cu—)In—Ga—Se (A(C)IGS) based thin film using Se—Ag2Se core-shell nanoparticles, an A(C)IGS based thin film fabricated by the method, and a tandem solar cell having the A(C)IGS thin film are disclosed. More particularly, a method of fabricating a densified Ag—(Cu—)In—Ga—Se (A(C)IGS) based thin film by non-vacuum coating a substrate with a slurry containing Se—Ag2Se core-shell nanoparticles, an A(C)IGS based thin film fabricated by the method, and a tandem solar cell including the A(C)IGS based thin film are disclosed. According to the present invention, an A(C)IGS based thin film including Ag is manufactured by applying Se—Ag2Se core-shell nanoparticles in a process of manufacturing a (C)IGS thin film, thereby providing an A(C)IGS based thin film having a wide band gap.
US09634161B2
Thin films comprising crystalline Fe2XY4, wherein X is Si or Ge and Y is S or Se, are obtained by coating an ink comprised of nanoparticle precursors of Fe2XY4 and/or a non-particulate amorphous substance comprised of Fe, X and Y on a substrate surface and annealing the coating. The coated substrate thereby obtained has utility as a solar absorber material in thin film photovoltaic devices.
US09634143B1
One disclosed method includes forming a fin in a substrate by etching a plurality of fin-formation trenches, forming a layer of insulating material in the trenches, performing a densification anneal process on the layer of insulating material and, after performing the densification anneal process, performing at least one ion implantation process to form a counter-doped well region in the fin. The method also includes forming an undoped semiconductor material on an exposed upper surface of the fin, recessing the insulating material so as to expose at least a portion of the undoped semiconductor material and forming a gate structure around the exposed portion of the undoped semiconductor material.
US09634142B1
A method may include forming a germanium-including fin on a substrate, and forming a dummy gate extending over the germanium-including fin, creating a channel under the gate and a source/drain region of the germanium-including fin extending from under the dummy gate on each side of the dummy gate. An in-situ p-type doped silicon germanium layer may be grown over the source/drain region, the germanium-including fin having a higher concentration of germanium than the in-situ p-type doped silicon germanium layer. An anneal thermally mixes the germanium of the in-situ p-type doped silicon germanium layer and the germanium of the germanium-including fin in the source/drain region of the germanium-including fin and diffuses the p-type dopant of the in-situ p-type doped silicon germanium layer into the channel of the germanium-including fin, forming a source/drain extension. A portion of the channel has a higher germanium concentration than the source/drain region.
US09634132B2
A semiconductor device is provided having a channel formed from a nanowire with multi-level band gap energy. The semiconductor device comprises a nanowire structure formed between source and drain regions. The nanowire structure has a first band gap energy section joined with a second band gap energy section. The first band gap energy section is coupled to the source region and has a band gap energy level greater than the band gap energy level of the second band gap energy section. The second band gap energy section is coupled to the drain region. The first band gap energy section comprises a first material and the second band gap energy section comprises a second material wherein the first material is different from the second material. The semiconductor device further comprises a gate region around the junction between the first band gap energy section and the second band gap energy section.
US09634130B2
A semiconductor device includes stripe-shaped gate trench formed in one major surface of n-type drift layer, gate trench including gate polysilicon formed therein, and gate polysilicon being connected to a gate electrode; p-type base layer formed selectively in mesa region between adjacent gate trenches, p-type base layer including n-type emitter layer and connected to emitter electrode; one or more dummy trenches formed between p-type base layers adjoining to each other in the extending direction of gate trenches; and electrically conductive dummy polysilicon formed on an inner side wall of dummy trench with gate oxide film interposed between dummy polysilicon and dummy trench, dummy polysilicon being spaced apart from gate polysilicon. Dummy polysilicon may be connected to emitter electrode. The structure according to the invention facilitates providing an insulated-gate semiconductor device, the Miller capacitance of which is small, even when the voltage applied between the collector and emitter is low.
US09634122B2
Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit (IC) including one or more field-effect transistor devices. A field effect transistor device includes source/drain regions disposed in an active region of a semiconductor substrate and separated from one another along a first direction by a channel region. A shallow trench isolation (STI) region, which has an upper STI surface, laterally surrounds the active region. The STI region includes trench regions, which have lower trench surfaces below the upper STI surface and which extend from opposite sides of the channel region in a second direction which intersects the first direction. A metal gate electrode extends in the second direction and has lower portions which are disposed in the trench regions and which are separated from one another by the channel region. The metal gate electrode has an upper portion bridging over the channel region to couple the lower portions to one another.
US09634121B2
A method of manufacturing a display panel having a plurality of lightly doped drain thin film transistors arranged as a matrix includes forming a semiconductor pattern with a predetermined shape on a substrate; forming a dielectric layer covering the semiconductor pattern on the substrate; forming a metal layer on the dielectric layer; forming a photoresist patterns smaller than the semiconductor pattern on the metal layer above the semiconductor pattern; etching the metal layer to form a gate electrode smaller than the photoresist pattern; doping high concentration ions by using the photoresist pattern as a mask to form a pair of highly doped regions on the semiconductor pattern not covered by the photoresist pattern; removing the photoresist pattern; and doping low concentration ions by using the gate electrode as a mask to form a pair of lightly doped regions between the highly doped regions and a part of the semiconductor pattern.
US09634114B2
A tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET) is configured by disposing a III-V compound semiconductor nano wire on a (111) plane of a IV semiconductor substrate exhibiting p-type conductivity, and arbitrarily disposing electrodes of a source, drain and gate. Alternatively, the tunnel field-effect transistor is configured by disposing a III-V compound semiconductor nano wire on a (111) plane of a IV semiconductor substrate exhibiting n-type conductivity, and arbitrarily disposing electrodes of a source, drain and gate. The nano wire is configured from a first region and a second region. For instance, the first region is intermittently doped with a p-type dopant, and the second region is doped with an n-type dopant.
US09634106B2
In one aspect, methods of silicidation and germanidation are provided. In some embodiments, methods for forming metal silicide can include forming a non-oxide interface, such as germanium or solid antimony, over exposed silicon regions of a substrate. Metal oxide is formed over the interface layer. Annealing and reducing causes metal from the metal oxide to react with the underlying silicon and form metal silicide. Additionally, metal germanide can be formed by reduction of metal oxide over germanium, whether or not any underlying silicon is also silicided. In other embodiments, nickel is deposited directly and an interface layer is not used. In another aspect, methods of depositing nickel thin films by vapor phase deposition processes are provided. In some embodiments, nickel thin films are deposited by ALD.
US09634102B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes a plurality of twin cells arrayed on a substrate. Each of the plurality of twin cells includes a drain mesa protruding from a surface of a substrate. A first source and a second source are disposed in the substrate and spaced apart from the drain mesa. A first floating gate overlaps with a first sidewall surface of the drain mesa and extends onto the first source, and a second floating gate overlaps with a second sidewall surface of the drain mesa and extends onto the second source. Related methods are also provided.
US09634094B1
A transistor may include a semiconductor region such as a rectangular doped silicon well. Gate fingers may overlap the silicon well. The gate fingers may be formed from polysilicon and may be spaced apart from each other along the length of the well by a fixed gate-to-gate spacing. The edges of the well may be surrounded by field oxide. Epitaxial regions may be formed in the well to produce compressive or tensile stress in channel regions that lie under the gate fingers. The epitaxial regions may form source-drain terminals. The edges of the field oxide may be separated from the nearest gate finger edges by a distance that is adjusted automatically with a computer-aided-design tool and that may be larger than the gate-to-gate spacing. Dummy gate finger structures may be provided to ensure desired levels of stress are produced.
US09634092B2
Provided is a finFET device. The finFET device may include an active region which protrudes vertically from a substrate, a channel region disposed on a center of the active region, a drain region disposed on one side surface of the channel region, and a source region disposed on the other side surface of the channel region, a gate insulating layer formed on two opposing side surfaces of the channel region and having a U-shaped cross-section, gate spacers formed on outer surfaces of the gate insulating layer, drain spacers formed on two opposing side surfaces of the drain region, and source spacers formed on two opposing side surfaces of the source region, and at least one of the two side surfaces of the drain region has a tapered part.
US09634081B2
A method for producing a polysilicon resistor device may include: forming a polysilicon layer; implanting first dopant atoms into at least a portion of the polysilicon layer, wherein the first dopant atoms include deep energy level donors; implanting second dopant atoms into said at least a portion of said polysilicon layer; and annealing said at least a portion of said polysilicon layer.
US09634073B2
An organic light-emitting display device includes a substrate. A buffer layer is formed on the substrate. A thin film transistor is disposed on the buffer layer. The thin film transistor includes an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer. An uneven pattern is formed by patterning the buffer layer. A first pixel electrode is disposed in an opening formed in the second insulating layer. The first pixel electrode includes a transparent conductive oxide. A second pixel electrode is disposed on the first pixel electrode. The second pixel electrode includes a semi-transmissive layer. An organic lighting-emitting layer is formed on the second pixel electrode. An opposite electrode is formed on the organic lighting-emitting layer.
US09634063B2
Embodiments disclosed herein may relate to forming a contact region for an interconnect between a selector transistor and a word-line electrode in a memory device.
US09634057B2
A solid-state radiation detector comprising a photosensitive sensor comprises photosensitive elements that are organized in a matrix, and a light generator whose purpose is to optically wipe the photosensitive elements. The light generator comprises: an electroluminescent layer that is distributed over the surface of the sensor; at least one electrode that continuously covers the electroluminescent layer and in which electrons may flow, the light emitted by the electroluminescent layer being capable of passing through the electrode; and additional electrical conductors that are in electrical contact with the electrode, the additional electrical conductors forming branches that extend over the surface of the electrode, and being spatially distributed across the surface of the electrode.
US09634055B2
Radiation detectors and methods of fabricating radiation detectors are provided. One method includes mechanically polishing at least a first surface of a semiconductor wafer using a polishing sequence including a plurality of polishing steps. The method also includes growing a passivation oxide layer on a top of the polished first surface and depositing patterned metal contacts on a top of the passivation oxide layer. The method further includes applying a protecting layer on the patterned deposited metal contacts, etching a second surface of the semiconductor and applying a monolithic cathode electrode on the etched second surface of the semiconductor. The method additionally includes removing the protecting layer from the patterned metal contacts on the first surface, wherein the patterned metal contacts are formed from one of (i) reactive metals and (ii) stiff-rigid metals for producing inter-band energy-levels in the passivation oxide layer.
US09634049B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a substrate containing a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged into a pixel array. A color filter layer including a plurality of color filter segments is disposed above the photoelectric conversion elements. A partition grid includes a plurality of partitions, and each of the partitions is disposed between two adjacent color filter segments. The color filter layer and the partition grid are disposed in the same layer. In addition, the partitions include a first partition disposed at a center line of the pixel array and a second partition disposed at an edge of the pixel array. The second partition has a top width that is larger than the top width of the first partition.
US09634038B2
There is provided a TFT backplane having at least one TFT with oxide active layer and at least one TFT with poly-silicon active layer. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one of the TFTs implementing the circuit of pixels in the active area is an oxide TFT (i.e., TFT with oxide semiconductor) while at least one of the TFTs implementing the driving circuit next to the active area is a LTPS TFT (i.e., TFT with poly-Si semiconductor).
US09634021B2
A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes forming a silicon layer by epitaxial growth over a semiconductor substrate having a first area and a second area; forming a first gate oxide film by oxidizing the silicon layer; removing the first gate oxide film from the second area, while maintaining the first gate oxide film in the first area; thereafter, increasing a thickness of the first gate oxide film in the first area and simultaneously forming a second gate oxide film by oxidizing the silicon layer in the second area; and forming a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode over the first gate oxide film and the second gate oxide film, respectively, wherein after the formation of the first and second gate electrodes, the silicon layer in the first area is thicker than the silicon layer in the second area.
US09634020B1
A method of forming a semiconductor device with memory cells and logic devices on the same silicon-on-insulator substrate. The method includes providing a substrate that includes silicon, a first insulation layer directly over the silicon, and a silicon layer directly over the first insulation layer. Silicon is epitaxially grown on the silicon layer in a first (memory) area of the substrate and not in a second (logic device) area of the substrate such that the silicon layer is thicker in the first area of the substrate relative to the second area of the substrate. Memory cells are formed in the first area of the substrate, and logic devices are formed in the second area of the substrate.
US09634018B2
A non-volatile memory cell including a semiconductor substrate having a fin shaped upper surface with a top surface and two side surfaces. Source and drain regions are formed in the fin shaped upper surface portion with a channel region there between. A conductive floating gate includes a first portion extending along a first portion of the top surface, and second and third portions extending along first portions of the two side surfaces, respectively. A conductive control gate includes a first portion extending along a second portion of the top surface, second and third portions extending along second portions of the two side surfaces respectively, a fourth portion extending up and over at least some of the floating gate first portion, and fifth and sixth portions extending out and over at least some of the floating gate second and third portions respectively.
US09634017B1
A semiconductor structure includes a nonvolatile memory cell including a first nonvolatile bit storage element and a second nonvolatile bit storage element which have a common source region provided in a semiconductor material and a common control gate structure. Each nonvolatile bit storage element includes a drain region, a channel region, a select gate structure, a floating gate structure and an erase gate structure. The channel region has a select gate side portion and a floating gate side portion. The select gate structure is provided at the select gate side portion of the channel region and the floating gate structure is provided at the floating gate side portion of the channel region. The erase gate structure is provided above the select gate structure and adjacent the floating gate structure. The control gate structure extends above the floating gate structures of the first and second nonvolatile bit storage elements.
US09634015B2
An antifuse-type one time programming memory cell has following structures. A first doped region, a second doped region, a third doped region and a fourth doped region are formed in a well region. A gate oxide layer covers a surface of the well region. A first gate is formed on the gate oxide layer and spanned over the first doped region and the second doped region. The first gate is connected with a word line. A second gate is formed on the gate oxide layer and spanned over the third doped region and the fourth doped region. The second gate is connected with the word line. A third gate is formed on the gate oxide layer and spanned over the second doped region and the third doped region. The third gate is connected with an antifuse control line.
US09634005B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device includes depositing a dielectric layer over fins formed in a semiconductor substrate. The dielectric layer includes a screen layer over tops of the fins. An etch stop feature is formed on the screen layer. The etch stop feature is patterned down to the screen layer in regions across the device. A dummy gate material formed over the fins is planarized down to the etch stop feature, a dielectric fill between gate structures patterned from the dummy gate material is planarized down to the etch stop feature and a gate conductor is planarized to the etch stop feature.
US09634004B2
Semiconductor devices include a passivating layer over a pair of fins. A barrier extends through the passivating layer and between the pair of fins and that electrically isolates the fins. Electrical contacts are formed through the passivating layer to the fins. The electrical contacts directly contact sidewalls of the barrier.
US09634002B1
A semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same are provided in the present invention. Multiple spacer layers are used in the invention to form spacers with different predetermined thickness on different active regions or devices, thus the spacing between the strained silicon structure and the gate structure (SiGe-to-Gate) can be properly controlled and adjusted to achieve better and more uniform performance for various devices and circuit layouts.
US09634001B2
A FinFET structure layout includes a semiconductor substrate comprising a plurality of FinFET active areas, and a plurality of fins within each FinFET active area of the plurality of FinFET active areas. The FinFET structure layout further includes a gate having a gate length parallel to the semiconductor substrate and perpendicular to length of the plurality of fins within each FinFET active area of the plurality of FinFET active areas. The FinFET structure layout further includes a plurality of metal features connecting a source region or a drain region of a portion of the plurality of FinFET active areas to a plurality of contacts. The plurality of metal features includes a plurality of metal lines parallel to a FinFET channel direction and a plurality of metal lines parallel to a FinFET channel width direction.
US09633999B1
A method of forming a semiconductor device provides a precursor that includes a substrate having first and second regions, wherein the first region includes an insulator and the second region includes source, drain, and channel regions of a transistor. The precursor further includes gate stacks over the insulator, and gate stacks over the channel regions. The precursor further includes a first dielectric layer over the gate stacks. The method further includes partially recessing the first dielectric layer; forming a second dielectric layer over the recessed first dielectric layer; and forming a contact etch stop (CES) layer over the second dielectric layer. In an embodiment, the method further includes forming gate via holes over the gate stacks, forming source and drain (S/D) via holes over the S/D regions, and forming vias in the gate via holes and S/D via holes.
US09633998B2
A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes an avalanche photodiode unit and a thyristor unit. The avalanche photodiode unit is configured to receive incident light to generate a trigger current and comprises a wide band-gap semiconductor. The thyristor unit is configured to be activated by the trigger current to an electrically conductive state. A semiconductor device and a method for making a semiconductor device are also presented.
US09633985B2
A first-etched and later-packaged three-dimensional system-in-package normal chip stack package structure and a processing method for manufacturing the same are provided. The structure includes: a die pad (1); a lead (2); a chip (4) provided on a top surface of the die pad (1) by a conductive or non-conductive adhesive material (3); a metal wire (5) via which a top surface of the chip (4) is connected to a top surface of the lead (2); a conductive pillar (6) provided on the surface of the lead (2); and a molding material (7).
US09633984B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor module includes a first semiconductor element, a second semiconductor element, a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element. The first semiconductor element is provided with a first light receiving circuit and a first output circuit. The second semiconductor element is provided with a second light receiving circuit and a second output circuit. The first light emitting element is electrically connected to the second output circuit and mounted on the first semiconductor element such that first light emitted from the first light emitting element is received by the first light receiving circuit. The second light emitting element is electrically connected to the first output circuit and mounted on the second semiconductor element such that second light emitted from the second light emitting element is received by the second light receiving circuit.
US09633974B2
Packages and methods of formation are described. In an embodiment, a system in package (SiP) includes first and second redistribution layers (RDLs), and a plurality of die attached to the front and back side of the first RDL. The first and second RDLs are coupled together with a plurality of conductive pillars extending from the back side of the first RDL to a front side of the second RDL.
US09633967B2
To provide a semiconductor module that has high reliability of electric connection by a solder and is inexpensive. A joint surface of an electrode jointing portion that is opposed to a surface to be jointed of a gate electrode of a bare-chip FET and a joint surface of a substrate jointing portion that is opposed to a surface to be jointed of another wiring pattern include an outgas releasing mechanism that makes outgas generated from a molten solder during solder jointing of a metal plate connector be released from solders interposed between the joint surfaces and the surfaces to be jointed.
US09633954B2
Warpage and breakage of integrated circuit substrates is reduced by compensating for the stress imposed on the substrate by thin films formed on a surface of the substrate. Particularly advantageous for substrates having a thickness substantially less than about 150 μm, a stress-tuning layer is formed on a surface of the substrate to substantially offset or balance stress in the substrate which would otherwise cause the substrate to bend. The substrate includes a plurality of bonding pads on a first surface for electrical connection to other component.
US09633952B2
Provided is a substrate structure, including: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged correspondingly. A first surface of the first substrate faces a second surface of the second substrate, wherein the first surface is successively arranged with a conductor interconnection layer and a bonding layer, with the bonding layer connecting the first substrate and the conductor interconnection layer to the second substrate. The substrate structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The second substrate can serve as a support substrate and the first substrate as a substrate for directly manufacturing a device. However, the first substrate is formed by the growth of a crystal without the problem of thickness and stress thereof, thereby avoiding unnecessary stress and further improving the performance of the device formed in the first substrate.
US09633950B1
Some features pertain to an integrated device that includes a first integrated circuit (IC) package, a flexible connector and a second integrated circuit (IC) package. The first integrated circuit (IC) package includes a first die, a plurality of first interconnects, and a first dielectric layer encapsulating the first die. The flexible connector is coupled to the first integrated circuit (IC) package. The flexible connector includes the first dielectric layer, and an interconnect. The second integrated circuit (IC) package is coupled to the flexible connector. The second integrated circuit (IC) package includes the first dielectric layer, and a plurality of second interconnects. The first integrated circuit (IC) package, the second integrated circuit (IC) package, and the flexible connector are coupled together through at least a portion (e.g., contiguous portion) of the first dielectric layer. In some implementations, the flexible connector comprises a dummy metal layer.
US09633949B2
The present disclosure is directed to an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit has a conductive body disposed over a substrate. The conductive body has tapered sidewalls that cause an upper surface of the conductive body to have a greater width than a lower surface of the conductive body. The integrated circuit also has a projection disposed over the conductive body. The projection has tapered sidewalls that cause a lower surface of the projection to have a greater width than an upper surface of the projection and a smaller width than an upper surface of the conductive body. A dielectric material surrounds the conductive body and the projection.
US09633948B2
A stack that includes, from bottom to top, a nitrogen-containing dielectric layer, an interconnect level dielectric material layer, and a hard mask layer is formed on a substrate. The hard mask layer and the interconnect level dielectric material layer are patterned by an etch. Employing the patterned hard mask layer as an etch mask, the nitrogen-containing dielectric layer is patterned by a break-through anisotropic etch, which employs a fluorohydrocarbon-containing plasma to break through the nitrogen-containing dielectric layer. Fluorohydrocarbon gases used to generate the fluorohydrocarbon-containing plasma generate a carbon-rich polymer residue, which interact with the nitrogen-containing dielectric layer to form volatile compounds. Plasma energy can be decreased below 100 eV to reduce damage to physically exposed surfaces of the interconnect level dielectric material layer.
US09633939B2
A semiconductor package and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide various semiconductor packages, and methods of making thereof, that comprise a cover layer that enhances reliability of the semiconductor packages.
US09633933B2
A lead frame includes a die pad and a plurality of leads arranged around the die pad. Each of the leads includes an inner lead, a bent portion, and an external connection terminal. The inner lead includes a distal portion, adjacent to the die pad, and a connection end portion, located at an opposite end of the inner lead from the distal portion. The bent portion is connected to the connection end portion of the inner lead. The external connection terminal is connected by the bent portion to the connection end portion of the inner lead and located below the inner lead. The external connection terminal includes an upper surface that faces to and is parallel to a lower surface of the inner lead. The inner lead, the bent portion, and the external connection terminal are formed integrally in each of the leads.
US09633929B2
A device includes a substrate having a front side and a backside, the backside being opposite the front side. An isolation layer is disposed on the front side of the substrate, wherein first portions of isolation layer and the substrate are in physical contact. A through substrate via (TSV) extends from the front side to the backside of the substrate. An oxide liner is on a sidewall of the TSV. The oxide liner extends between second portions of the substrate and the isolation layer. A dielectric layer having a metal pad is disposed over the isolation layer on the front side of the substrate. The metal pad and the TSV are formed of a same material.
US09633917B2
Provided is a three dimensional integrated circuit structure including a first die, a through substrate via and a connector. The first die is bonded to a second die with a first dielectric layer of the first die and a second dielectric layer of the second die, wherein a first passivation layer is between the first dielectric layer and a first substrate of the first die, and a first test pad is embedded in the first passivation layer. The through substrate via penetrates through the first die and is electrically connected to the second die. The connector is electrically connected to the first die and the second die through the through substrate via.
US09633914B2
A multi-chip module and method of fabricating a multi-chip module. The multi-chip module includes: a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface and containing multiple wiring layers, first pads on the top surface of the substrate and second pads on the bottom surface of the substrate; a first active component attached to a first group of the first pads and a second active component attached to a second group of the first pads; wherein at least one pad of the second pads is a split pad having a first section and a non-contiguous second section separated by a gap, the first section connected by a first wire of the multiple wires to a pad of the first group of first pads and the second section is connected by a second wire of the multiple wires to a pad of the second group of first pads.
US09633912B2
A method includes providing a substrate that underlies a layer of SiGe; forming a plurality of fins in the layer of SiGe. Each formed fin has a fin shape and fin location preserving hard mask layer on a top surface. The method also includes depositing Si on a first subset of the set of fins in what will be an nFET area; performing a Si—Ge inter-mixing process on the first subset of fins to reduce a concentration of Ge in the first subset while producing a Si—Ge intermix layer; removing the Si—Ge intermix layer leaving the first subset of fins having the reduced concentration of Ge, and forming a second subset of fins in what will be a pFET area. The second subset is also formed from the layer of SiGe and has a greater percentage of Ge than a percentage of Ge in the first subset of fins.
US09633909B2
An integrated circuit includes a substrate supporting a transistor having a source region and a drain region. A high dopant concentration delta-doped layer is present on the source region and drain region of the transistor. A set of contacts extend through a pre-metal dielectric layer covering the transistor. A silicide region is provided at a bottom of the set of contacts. The silicide region is formed by a salicidation reaction between a metal present at the bottom of the contact and the high dopant concentration delta-doped layer on the source region and drain region of the transistor.
US09633907B2
A method includes forming a pattern-reservation layer over a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate has a major surface. A first self-aligned multi-patterning process is performed to pattern a pattern-reservation layer. The remaining portions of the pattern-reservation layer include pattern-reservation strips extending in a first direction that is parallel to the major surface of the semiconductor substrate. A second self-aligned multi-patterning process is performed to pattern the pattern-reservation layer in a second direction parallel to the major surface of the semiconductor substrate. The remaining portions of the pattern-reservation layer include patterned features. The patterned features are used as an etching mask to form semiconductor nanowires by etching the semiconductor substrate.
US09633903B2
A device manufacturing method according to an embodiment includes forming a film on the side of a second surface of a substrate having a first surface and the second surface, cutting the substrate, cutting the film, and injecting particles onto at least one of a first cut portion formed by the cutting of the substrate and a second cut portion formed by the cutting of the film, to process the at least one of the first cut portion or the second cut portion.
US09633899B2
The invention provides a method for patterning a graphene layer and a method for manufacturing a display substrate. The method for patterning a graphene layer comprises: forming an isolation layer on a graphene layer; forming a photoresist layer on the isolation layer; patterning the photoresist layer; etching the isolation layer according to the patterned photoresist layer to form a patterned isolation layer; etching the graphene layer according to the patterned photoresist layer to form a patterned graphene layer; and removing the patterned isolation layer. In the method of the invention, the unfavorable condition of the prior art may be avoided that a graphene film sloughs off or a photoresist remains on a graphene film when a photoresist material is peeled off, and the product yield can be improved in the case that the production cost is controlled.
US09633895B2
A bottom package includes a molding compound, a buffer layer over and contacting the molding compound, and a through-via penetrating through the molding compound. A device die is molded in the molding compound. A guiding trench extends from a top surface of the buffer layer into the buffer layer, wherein the guiding trench is misaligned with the device die.
US09633885B2
An electrostatic clamp (ESC) has a clamping surface, and first and second pairs of electrodes. Each of the first pair of electrodes are associated with a respective third of the clamping surface, and each of the second pair of electrodes are associated with a respective sixth of the clamping surface. A peripheral region of each of the first and second pairs of electrodes spirals toward the periphery of the clamping surface. A DC mode connects one of each of the first and second pair of electrodes to a positive and the other one of the respective first and second pair of electrodes to a negative of a power supply. An AC mode electrically connects first, second, and third phase terminals of the power supply to one of the first pair of electrodes, the other one of the first pair of electrodes, and both of the second pair of electrodes, respectively.
US09633880B2
Disclosed is a substrate processing system with a magnetic conduit configuration to improve the movement of a substrate carrier within the system. The configuration specifically provides for safe, secure movement of a carrier between multiple levels of a substrate processing system by using magnetic conduits to redirect magnetic forces created by a linear motor, permitting the linear motor to be positioned outside of the system and in a location that will not interfere with the movement of the carrier.
US09633875B2
An apparatus for improving the temperature uniformity of a workpiece during processing is disclosed. The apparatus includes a platen having a separately controlled edge heater capable to independently heating the outer edge of the platen. In this way, additional heat may be supplied near the outer edge of the platen, helping to maintain a constant temperature across the entirety of the platen. This edge heater may be disposed on an outer surface of the platen, or may, in certain embodiments, be embedded in the platen. In certain embodiments, the edge heater and the primary heating element are disposed in two different planes, where the edge heater is disposed closer to the top surface of the platen than the primary heating element.
US09633870B2
Presented herein are an interconnect structure and method for forming the same. The interconnect structure comprises a contact pad disposed over a substrate and a connector disposed over the substrate and spaced apart from the contact pad. A passivation layer is disposed over the contact pad and over connector, the passivation layer having a contact pad opening, a connector opening, and a mounting pad opening. A post passivation layer comprising a trace and a mounting pad is disposed over the passivation layer. The trace may be disposed in the contact pad opening and contacting the mounting pad, and further disposed in the connector opening and contacting the connector. The mounting pad may be disposed in the mounting pad opening and contacting the opening. The mounting pad may be separated from the trace by a trace gap, which may optionally be at least 10 μm.
US09633864B2
There is provided a method for selectively etching a first region of silicon oxide with respect to a second region of silicon nitride by performing plasma processing on a target object including the second region formed to have a recess, the first region provided to fill the recess and to cover the second region, and a mask provided on the first region. The method includes: (a) generating a plasma of a processing gas containing a fluorocarbon gas in a processing chamber where the target object is accommodated and forming a deposit containing fluorocarbon on the target object; (b) generating a plasma of a processing gas containing an oxygen-containing gas and an inert gas in the processing chamber; and (c) etching the first region by radicals of fluorocarbon contained in the deposit. A sequence including the step (a), the step (b) and the step (c) is repeatedly performed.
US09633863B2
The present invention provides an acidic aqueous polishing composition suitable for polishing a silicon nitride-containing substrate in a chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) process. The composition, at point of use, preferably comprises about 0.01 to about 2 percent by weight of at least one particulate ceria abrasive, about 10 to about 1000 ppm of at least one non-polymeric unsaturated nitrogen heterocycle compound, 0 to about 1000 ppm of at least one cationic polymer, optionally, 0 to about 2000 ppm of at least one polyoxyalkylene polymer, and an aqueous carrier therefor. The cationic polymer preferably is selected from a poly(vinylpyridine) polymer, a quaternary ammonium-substituted acrylate polymer, a quaternary ammonium-substituted methacrylate polymer, or a combination thereof. Methods of polishing substrates and of selectively removing silicon nitride from a substrate in preference to removal of polysilicon using the compositions are also provided.
US09633861B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide processes to selectively form a metal layer on a conductive surface, followed by flowing a silicon based compound over the metal layer to form a metal silicide layer. In one embodiment, a substrate having a conductive surface and a dielectric surface is provided. A metal layer is then deposited on the conductive surface. A metal silicide layer is formed as a result of flowing a silicon based compound over the metal layer. A dielectric is formed over the metal silicide layer.
US09633855B2
Planarization processing methods are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes patterning a material layer and planarizing the patterned material layer by using sputtering. Due to the patterning of the material layer, the loading requirements of nonuniformity on a substrate for sputtering the material layer are reduced, compared with that before the patterning.
US09633850B2
Masking methods for atomic-layer-deposition processes for electrode-based devices are disclosed, wherein solder is used as a masking material. The methods include exposing electrical contact members of an electrical device having an active device region and a barrier layer formed by atomic layer deposition. This includes depositing solder elements on the electrical contact members, then forming the barrier layer using atomic layer deposition, wherein the barrier layer covers the active device region and also covers the solder elements that respectively cover the electrical contact members. The solder elements are then melted, which removes respective portions of the barrier layer covering the solder elements. Similar methods are employed for exposing contacts when forming layered capacitors.
US09633842B2
A method of forming crystallized semiconductor particles includes: forming amorphous semiconductor particles in a vacuumed aggregation chamber; transporting the amorphous semiconductor particles formed in the vacuumed aggregation chamber to a vacuumed deposition chamber within which a substrate is held; and applying a vapor of a metal catalyst to the amorphous semi-conductor particles while still in transit to the substrate in the vacuumed deposition chamber to induce crystallization of at least portion of the amorphous semiconductor particles via the metal catalyst in the transit, thereby depositing the crystallized semiconductor particles with the metal catalyst attached thereto onto the substrate.
US09633838B2
Disclosed are methods of depositing silicon-containing films on one or more substrates via vapor deposition processes using penta-substituted disilanes, such as pentahalodisilane or pentakis(dimethylamino)disilane.
US09633836B2
Methods of forming a dielectric layer are provided. The methods may include introducing oxygen radicals and organic silicon precursors into a chamber to form a preliminary dielectric layer on a substrate. Each of the organic silicon precursors may include a carbon bridge and a porogen such that the preliminary dielectric layer may include carbon bridges and porogens. The methods may also include removing at least some of the porogens from the preliminary dielectric layer to form a porous dielectric layer including the carbon bridges.
US09633834B2
A method for forming a coating layer includes spraying coating material having a first flowability onto a substrate; performing a first spin coating process with a first spin speed to form an initial coating layer; and performing a first baking process to the initial coating layer to form a first material layer having a second flowability and a second material layer having a third flowability. The third flowability is less than the first flowability but larger than the second flowability, which is less than the first flowability. Further, the method includes performing a second spin coating process with a second spin speed to drive the coating material in the second material layer flowing on the surface of the first material layer to form a third material layer with a uniform thickness, and performing a second baking process to form a final coating layer on the substrate.
US09633833B2
A method for cleaning semiconductor substrate using ultra/mega sonic device comprising holding a semiconductor substrate by using a chuck, positioning a ultra/mega sonic device adjacent to the semiconductor substrate, injecting chemical liquid on the semiconductor substrate and gap between the semiconductor substrate and the ultra/mega sonic device, changing gap between the semiconductor substrate and the ultra/mega sonic device for each rotation of the chuck during the cleaning process by turn the semiconductor substrate or the ultra/mega sonic device clockwise or counter clockwise.
US09633822B2
[Object] To provide a gas nozzle which meets a requirement to suppress the fall of particles.[Solution] A gas nozzle 4 according to an aspect of the present invention includes a columnar main body 13 formed of a ceramic sintered body provided with a through-hole 12 formed therein through which a gas flows, an exhaust port 15 of the through-hole 12 for the gas is formed in one end surface S1 of the main body 13, and the mean width of the profile elements (Rsm) of the one end surface S1 is 5 times or more the average crystalline grain diameter of the ceramic sintered body.
US09633803B2
A keyboard backlight module includes a backlight device including a reflective layer, a light shielding layer and a light guide layer sandwiched between the reflective layer and the light shielding layer and carrying a set of key switches on the top surface thereof, a light source mounted between the reflective layer and the light shielding layer, and high-refractive index scatter points prepared from a mixture containing a colored light-transmissive ink and high-refractive index particles at a predetermined ratio and mounted in the top side and/or bottom side of the light guide layer for refracting light toward the key switches to enhance illumination brightness.
US09633802B2
A vacuum bulb is provided, including a sealed chamber; two electrical contacts, which move relative to one another, the chamber including a cylindrical body of a dielectric material and closed at ends thereof by two metal covers, each of the two metal covers being connected to one of the two electrical contacts: and a dielectric coating, which covers an outer surface of the chamber, and includes at least two layers, including an overmolding layer of a synthetic material and an intermediate layer of silicone, the intermediate layer being interposed between the outer surface and the overmolding layer, the intermediate layer being discontinuous and localized on metal portions of the chamber so as to cover at least partially an outer surface of the metal portions, and the silicone includes compressible hollow bodies having a skin of a thermoplastic material.
US09633799B2
The invention relates to an electrical energy storage assembly comprising an envelope and a capacitive element (30) contained in the envelope, said envelope comprising: at least one side wall (22); and two bottom walls (41) each located at an end of the side wall. Said storage assembly comprises at least one electroconductive intermediate connection part (50) to be arranged between the capacitive element and a bottom wall (41), in addition to a covering plate (51) for covering the end of the capacitive element (20), said covering plate (51) including at least one vent (53) for the passage of a fluid. The covering plate (51) is fixed to the capacitive element in such a way as to be in electrical contact therewith, and the intermediate connection part (50) is also fixed to the envelope in certain areas enabling a deformation of the bottom wall in relation to the intermediate connection part.
US09633793B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor that contains at least one kind of a first element that forms a covalent hydride with hydrogen (except for an element generating a hydride having a boiling point of less than 125° C.) and a second element that forms a hydride in a boundary region with hydrogen between an outermost plating layer constituting an external electrode and a dielectric layer constituting a ceramic element body.
US09633778B2
An embodiment of an inductor assembly includes at least a first inductive loop with a first wire formed into a plurality of conductive windings around a first magnetic core section. The first magnetic core section includes at least a radially inner magnetic core portion with a first inner effective radius, Rin(1), and a radially outer magnetic core portion with a first outer effective radius, Rout(1). The radially inner magnetic core portion is formed from a first material having a first core maximum permeability value, Mmax(1). The radially outer magnetic core portion is formed from a second material having a first core minimum permeability value, Mmin(1), less than the first core maximum permeability value, Mmax(1). A single turn of each winding extends fully around both the first radially inner and outer core portions without passing between them.
US09633770B2
An epsilon-type iron oxide having an Fe-site that is substituted with a platinum group element, provided that Fe of a D-site of the epsilon-type iron oxide is not substituted with the platinum group element.
US09633767B2
[Problem]A power cable polymer connector is provided which is lighter than when using a porcelain insulator and can exert a free-standing property to maintain the arranged position even if it is used horizontally. [Solution]A power cable polymer connector 1 includes a polymeric insulating tube 2 including a cable insertion hole 2a, 2b to allow an insertion of a stripped end 101 of a power cable 100. The polymeric insulating tube 2 further includes an insulation 20 including a polymer-based material and an embedded pipe 21 including a metal and embedded on an inner peripheral surface of the insulation 20 so as to face the end of the power cable 100.
US09633763B2
Provided is a wire harness that enables a connector component and a cable bundle to be attached to an external member while facilitating the operation and preventing wobbling of the connector component. The connector component is connected to a cable branch line on the radially outward side of the cable bundle, and includes a pair of confining surfaces on each of two sides in the circumferential direction of the cable bundle. The pair of confining surfaces face each other across a gap. The bundling member is disposed between the pair of confining surfaces, and is wound around the connector component and the cable bundle together from the outer side. The fixture is fixed to the bundling member and to an external member.
US09633762B2
Provided is a cable enabling to reduce leakage flux and to restrict an increase of high-frequency resistance. A magnetic shield is provided to enable to reduce leakage of magnetic flux to an outside, and two first conductive wires and two second conductive wires having different phases from each other are adjacent to each other and arranged annularly to enable to disperse the magnetic flux, to restrict a proximity effect, and to restrict an increase of high-frequency resistance.
US09633760B2
A water blocking structure for an insulation-coated wire includes a heat-shrinkable tubular protective member that is closed at one end by a stopper and that accommodates an intermediate portion of an insulation-coated wire, and a resin material that is accommodated in the protective member and that penetrates the intermediate portion of the insulation-coated wire. Slit portions are formed in a coating of the insulation-coated wire within the protective member, the slit portions extending in a direction that crosses the axis of the insulation-coated wire on opposite sides of the intermediate portion with respect to a radial direction, and a water blocking agent penetrates the intermediate portion via these slit portions.
US09633759B2
The present invention relates to a waterproofing structure for an insulation-coated electrical wire that includes a tubular protection member and a resin material that is accommodated in the protection member. An exposed conductor section includes a plurality of bare wires bent to double back in a reverse direction in the protection member, the protection member including a tubular section that surrounds the exposed conductor section and the pair of on intermediate ends of the coating tube that are adjacent to both ends of the exposed conductor section; and a closed section that is distanced from the exposed conductor section in the axial direction and closes one end of the tubular section. The resin material is made of a thermosetting resin that is cured, between the protection member and the insulation-coated electrical wire, while closely fitting to the closed section, the exposed conductor section, and the pair of intermediate ends.
US09633754B2
A method for generating electromagnetic radiation, including the steps of: providing a series of adjacent electrode pairs arranged on a common dielectric substrate, the electrodes of each electrode pair substantially aligned on opposite sides of the common dielectric substrate; energizing a first electrode pair in the series of electrode pairs at an energizing time to produce a volume polarization distribution pattern within the common dielectric substrate; energizing a next adjacent electrode pair in the series of adjacent electrode pairs at a next energizing time to produce a variation of the volume polarization distribution pattern within the common dielectric substrate, the center of the next adjacent electrode pair located a distance from the center of the previous adjacent electrode pair, wherein the next energizing time is a time interval after the previous energizing time, the time interval less than the time for light to travel the distance between the centers of the previous and the next adjacent electrode pairs; and repeating the step of energizing the next adjacent electrode pair for subsequent electrode pairs in the series of adjacent electrode pairs to produce a continuous time-varying volume polarization distribution pattern within the common dielectric substrate.
US09633752B2
A controller for producing a nuclear reactor shutdown system trip signal in response to at least one detector signal. The controller includes a signal conditioning module receiving the at least one detector signal and outputting a measured flux signal. A rate module generates a rate signal from the measured flux signal. A comparator circuit compares the rate signal to a trip setpoint and generates a first trip signal.
US09633751B2
A method, system, and apparatus are disclosed for liquid lithium first walls for electromagnetic control of plasmas in fusion power reactor environments. In particular, the method involves installing at least one layer of at least one tile on the surface area of the internal walls of the reactor chamber. A portion of the tile(s) facing the interior of the reactor chamber includes a plurality of channels. The method further involves applying an electric charge to the liquid lithium. Further, the method involves circulating the liquid lithium throughout the interior network of the tile(s) to allow for the liquid lithium to flow into the channels and to reach the external surface of the tile(s) that faces the interior of the reactor chamber. In some embodiments, the method also involves installing at least one magnetic coil between the tile(s) and the surface area of the internal walls of the reactor chamber.
US09633750B2
A semiconductor device includes a fuse block configured to store repair information corresponding to a fail address, and output fuse data in a boot-up operation; a dummy mat formed in a predetermined region of a cell array, and configured to store the fuse data in the boot-up operation; and a repair latch block configured to store the fuse data in the boot-up operation, wherein the fuse data stored in the dummy mat are updated to and stored in the repair latch block in a refresh operation.
US09633745B2
A semiconductor memory device includes: first to third pages; first to third word line; and row decoder. In data writing, data is written into the first page before data is written into the second page. The row decoder is configured to apply first to third verify voltages to the gates of the first to third memory cells in a program verify operation.
US09633744B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for determining a magnitude of a bounce voltage on a source line associated with one or more memory cells and conducting, if the magnitude of the bounce voltage exceeds a threshold, a coarse-level program verification and a fine-level program verification of the one or more memory cells. Additionally, if the magnitude of the bounce voltage does not exceed the threshold, only the fine-level program verification of the one or more memory cells may be conducted. In one example, the coarse-level program verification is bypassed if the magnitude of the bounce voltage does not exceed the threshold.
US09633741B1
An embodiment comprises: a plurality of stacked bodies, each of the stacked bodies including a plurality of control gate electrodes stacked in a first direction, the stacked bodies extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; an insulating isolation layer disposed between a pair of the stacked bodies adjacent in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction, the insulating isolation layer extending in the second direction; a plurality of semiconductor layers, each of the semiconductor layers extending in the first direction and having its side surface covered by the plurality of control gate electrodes, the semiconductor layers being disposed in a plurality of columns in one of the plurality of stacked bodies; a memory cell disposed between the control gate electrode and the semiconductor layer, the memory cell including a charge accumulation layer; a plurality of bit lines each connected to one end of the semiconductor layer, the bit lines extending in the third direction; and a control circuit being configured to control the control gate electrode and the bit line. The control circuit, during a read operation, applies a first voltage to a first bit line connected to the semiconductor layer positioned in a first column of the plurality of columns, thereby reading a first one of the memory cells connected to the first bit line, and applies a second voltage different from the first voltage to a second bit line connected to the semiconductor layer positioned in a second column which is at a position more distant from the insulating isolation layer than the first column is, thereby reading a second one of the memory cells connected to the second bit line.
US09633738B1
A storage system includes a controller that is configured to make host data inaccessible. To do so, the controller may control power control circuitry to supply pulses to storage locations storing host data. The pulses may include flash write pulses but no erase pulses, or a combination of flash write pulses and erase pulses. If erase pulses are supplied, the number of the erase pulses may be less than the number supplied for performance of a default erase operation.
US09633737B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of memory blocks including a plurality of memory cells, wherein the plurality of memory cells are divided into a plurality of pages; and an operation circuit configured to output operating voltages to local lines of a selected memory block, among the plurality of memory blocks, to perform a program operation, a read operation and an erase operation on the selected memory block, wherein the operation circuit is configured to apply a dummy pulse having a positive potential to the local lines of the selected memory block after completing the program operation, the read operation and the erase operation.
US09633736B2
According to one embodiment, a first well of the first conductivity type which is formed in a substrate. a second well of a second conductivity type which is formed in the first well. The plurality of memory cells, the plurality of first bit line select transistors, and the plurality of second bit line select transistors are formed in the second well, and the plurality of first bit line select transistors and the plurality of second bit line select transistors are arranged on a side of the sense amplifier with respect to the plurality of memory cells of the plurality of bit lines.
US09633734B1
A driving circuit includes a first driver, a switching circuit and a second driver. The first driver receives and input signal and an inverted input signal, and generates a driving signal. The switching circuit receives the driving signal and a first mode signal. Moreover, an output signal is outputted from an output terminal. The second driver is connected with the output terminal.
US09633732B2
A semiconductor memory device may include a memory cell array, a peripheral circuit, a control logic, and a source line precharge path. The memory cell array may have a plurality of memory strings. The peripheral circuit may perform a program operation for the memory cell array. The control logic may control the peripheral circuit a channel precharge operation of the program operation. The source line precharge path may precharge channels of the plurality of memory strings through a source line of the memory cell array. The peripheral circuit may control, according to program data, a potential level of a selected one of a plurality of bit lines coupled to the plurality of memory strings during the channel precharge operation.
US09633731B2
A semiconductor memory device may include source selection transistors coupled to a common source line, source side dummy memory cells coupled between the source selection transistors and the normal memory cells, and drain selection transistors coupled to a bit line. The semiconductor memory device may include drain side dummy memory cells coupled between the drain selection transistors and the normal memory cells. A number of the source side dummy memory cells is less than a number of the drain side dummy memory cells, and a number of the drain selection transistors may be greater than the source selection transistors.
US09633729B2
A non-volatile memory has an array of non-volatile memory cells. Each of the non-volatile memory cells includes a coupling device formed on a first well, a read device, a floating gate device formed on a second well and coupled to the coupling device, a program device formed on the second well, and an erase device formed on a third well and coupled to the first floating gate device. The read device, the program device, and the erase device are formed on separate wells so as to separate the cycling counts of a read operation, a program operation and an erase operation of the non-volatile memory cell.
US09633714B2
Voltage coupling/decoupling devices are provided within DRAM devices for improving the bias sensing of sense amplifiers and thus the refresh performance. The voltage coupling/decoupling devices couple or decouple bias voltage from corresponding digit lines coupled to the sense amplifiers. By coupling and decoupling voltage from the digit lines, the time interval between refresh operations can be increased.
US09633711B2
Methods of managing data of a storage device responsive to temperature can include measuring a temperature of the storage device, changing a duration of a refresh interval of the buffer memory responsive to the measured temperatures, changing a number of refresh bursts during the refresh interval responsive to the measured temperature, and refreshing data of the buffer memory based on the refresh interval and the number of the refresh bursts that are changed responsive to temperature.
US09633702B2
A memory system includes a memory array including a plurality of memory cells, and an encoder operatively coupled to the memory array, for encoding an original data element to be programmed into the memory cells into a uniform data element in which the number of “0”s approximately equals the number of “1”s.
US09633696B1
A system for creating synchronized content is provided. The system includes a memory, at least one processor coupled to the memory, and a synchronization engine component executable by the at least one processor. The synchronization engine component is configured to locate a media file associated with synchronization information; locate at least one clip derived from the media file; generate a reference template representative of the media file; generate a derived content template representative of the at least one clip; align the derived content template with the reference template to create alignment information; and generate the synchronized content based on the at least one clip, the alignment information, and the synchronization information.
US09633695B2
Apparatus for generation of playable media from structured data, comprises a structured data reading unit for reading in of content of a first structure, a transformation unit for transforming said content into a second structure, said transformation comprising incorporating media play instructions, and a rendering unit for rendering content from the second structure using said media play instructions to generate playable media from the content.
US09633694B2
Video editing methods and systems enable an editor to edit a video project for which source media assets are located at a media storage server located remotely from the editor with substantially the same fidelity and editing feature set that would be available if the source media assets and editor were co-located. A video editing client used by the editor maintains a persistent cache of proxy media with the layers of the video project stored independently, facilitating editing with combinations locally originated assets and remote assets. The client requests frames not already cached from the remote server via a low bandwidth network. Unless a frame is purged from the cache, no frame is requested from the server more than once. A multi-level priority prefetching scheme, including sequence-based prefetching, populates the cache with frames likely to be requested during editing.
US09633691B2
A storage controller includes a control unit and an interface. The control unit, when write data input as data to be written onto a magnetic disk includes a bit string of a first pattern, inverts one or more bits of the bit string. The write data includes a redundancy bit string used for data error correction. The interface outputs write data including bit inverted by the control unit.
US09633665B2
Processes are described herein for transforming an audio mixture signal data structure into a specified component data structure and a background component data structure. In the processes described herein, pitch differences between a guide signal and a dialogue component of an audio mixture signal are accounted for by explicit modeling. Processes described herein can involve obtaining an audio guide signal data structure that corresponds to a dubbing of the specified component, determining parametric spectrogram model data structures for spectrograms of the specified component and the background component, estimating parameters of the parametric spectrogram model data structures to produce data structures representing, a temporary specified signal and a temporary background signal, and filtering the audio mixture signal data structure using the data structures representing the temporary specified signal and the temporary background signal in order to produce data structures representing a specified audio signal and an audio background signal.
US09633664B2
An audio decoder includes an arithmetic decoder for providing decoded spectral values on the basis of an arithmetically-encoded representation of the spectral values and a frequency-domain-to-time-domain converter for providing a time-domain audio representation using the decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder selects a mapping rule describing a mapping of a code value onto a symbol code in dependence on a context state described by a numeric current context value, and determines the numeric current context value in dependence on a plurality of previously-decoded spectral values. The arithmetic decoder modifies a number representation of a numeric previous context value, describing a context state associated with one or more previously decoded spectral values, in dependence on a context subregion value, to acquire a number representation of a numeric current context value describing a context state associated with one or more spectral values to be decoded. An audio encoder uses a similar concept.
US09633663B2
An audio encoding apparatus includes an encoder for encoding a time segment of an input audio signal to be encoded to obtain a corresponding encoded signal segment. The audio encoding apparatus further includes a decoder for decoding the encoded signal segment to obtain a re-decoded signal segment. A clipping detector is provided for analyzing the re-decoded signal segment with respect to at least one of an actual signal clipping or an perceptible signal clipping and for generating a corresponding clipping alert. The encoder is further configured to again encode the time segment of the audio signal with at least one modified encoding parameter resulting in a reduced clipping probability in response to the clipping alert.
US09633661B1
A portable music device may operate in response to user speech. In situations in which the music device is operating primarily from battery power, a push-to-talk (PTT) button may be used to indicate when the user is directing speech to the device. When the music device is receiving external power, the music device may continuously monitor a microphone signal to detect a user utterance of a wakeword, which may be used to indicate that subsequent speech is directed to the device. When operating from battery power, the device may send audio to a network-based support service for speech recognition and natural language understanding. When operating from external power, the speech recognition and/or natural language understanding may be performed by the music device itself.
US09633659B1
A method and apparatus for voice enrolling an electronic computing device includes a networked server configured to receive voice data over a first communication connection from a first electronic computing device, wherein the voice data comprises a user-specific launch phrase spoken by a user. The networked server is further configured to receive an indication of a second electronic computing device to voice enroll and to initiate voice enrollment of the second electronic computing device over a second communication connection using the voice data.
US09633655B1
Methods for voice sensing and keyword analysis are provided. An example method allows for causing a mobile device to transition to a second power mode, from a first power mode, in response to a first acoustic signal. The method includes authenticating a user based at least in part on a second acoustic signal. While authenticating the user, the second acoustic signal is compared to a spoken keyword. The spoken keyword is analyzed for authentication strength based on the length of the spoken keyword, quality of a series of phonemes used to represent the spoken keyword, and likelihood of the series of phonemes to be detected by a voice sensing. While receiving the first and second acoustic signals, a signal to noise ratio (SNR) is determined. The SNR is used to adjust sensitivity of a detection threshold of a voice sensing.
US09633651B2
An apparatus for providing a speech probability estimation is provided. The apparatus includes a first speech probability estimator for estimating speech probability information indicating a first probability on whether a sound field of a scene includes speech or on whether the sound field of the scene does not include speech. Moreover, the apparatus includes an output interface for outputting the speech probability estimation depending on the speech probability information. The first speech probability estimator is configured to estimate the first speech probability information based on at least spatial information about the sound field or spatial information on the scene.
US09633649B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for receiving an utterance from a user and analyzing the utterance to identify the demographics of the user. The system then analyzes the utterance to determine the prosody of the utterance, and retrieves from the Internet data associated with the determined demographics. Using the retrieved data, the system retrieves, also from the Internet, recorded speech matching the identified prosody. The recorded speech, which is based on the demographic data of the utterance and has a prosody matching the utterance, is then saved to a database for future use in generating speech specific to the user.
US09633648B2
The invention relates to a loudspeaker membrane having a sandwich structure, having a central web separating two layers of material based on high-rigidity threads impregnated with a polymer resin, characterized in that the central web is formed from a layer of material based on oriented natural fibers that are impregnated with a polymer resin.
US09633646B2
A personal audio device, such as a wireless telephone, includes an adaptive noise canceling (ANC) circuit that adaptively generates an anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal and injects the anti-noise signal into the speaker or other transducer output to cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds. An error microphone is also provided proximate the speaker to measure the ambient sounds and transducer output near the transducer, thus providing an indication of the effectiveness of the noise canceling. A processing circuit uses the reference and/or error microphone, optionally along with a microphone provided for capturing near-end speech, to determine whether the ANC circuit is incorrectly adapting or may incorrectly adapt to the instant acoustic environment and/or whether the anti-noise signal may be incorrect and/or disruptive and then take action in the processing circuit to prevent or remedy such conditions.
US09633643B1
A bell for a bicycle comprises a mounting bracket for securing the bell to a bicycle handle bar, a striker moveably attached to the mounting bracket, and an arcuate shaped ringer supported outwardly and spaced from the mounting bracket by suspension means that allow the ringer to reverberate when struck by the striker.
US09633631B1
A foldable guitar has a guitar body. The guitar body includes a main body and a rotating bar fixed to the main body. The rotating bar has a top end and a bottom end. Each of the top end and the bottom end is pivoted to the main body. A shape of the rotating bar matches a profile shape of the main body, and the rotating bar is foldable, such that a size of the guitar body is reduced when the rotating bar is folded toward the main body.
US09633619B2
The present invention provides a capacitive voltage dividing low color shift pixel circuit, which is electrically coupled to the main area (Main) of the sub pixel with a data signal line (Data) and provides a main data signal voltage thereto, and the data signal line (Data) is coupled to a common electrode line (Com) via a first capacitor (C1) and a second capacitor (C2) in series, and a routing (L) is led out between the first capacitor (C1) and the second capacitor (C2), and is electrically coupled to the sub area (Sub) and provides a sub data signal voltage thereto; with voltage dividing function of the first capacitor (C1) and the second capacitor (C2), the sub data signal voltage is different from the main data signal voltage. It can be realized to input different data signal voltages to the main area (Main) and the sub area (Sub) of the sub pixel with one data signal line (Data) to perform multi-domain display. The color shift issue of VA type liquid crystal display can be improved and the amounts of the data signal lines and the COFs are not increased.
US09633609B2
A display compensating method for eliminating a mura of a display panel. The display compensating method includes capturing an image displayed by the display panel to generate a capturing image; generating a plurality of compensation results according to a plurality of brightness values in the capturing image corresponding to a plurality of display units of the display panel; and setting brightness of the plurality of display units according to the plurality of compensation results to eliminate the mura of the display panel.
US09633606B2
A device for driving a light-emitting diode, a light-emitting device, and a display device are disclosed. The disclosed light-emitting diode driving device may include: a first transistor having a first conductive electrode connected with a source voltage terminal and having a second conductive electrode connected with an input terminal of the light-emitting diode; a second transistor having a control electrode connected with the second conductive electrode of the first transistor; and a capacitor having one end connected with a data voltage terminal and having the other end connected with a first node, which is connected with a control electrode of the first transistor and with a first conductive electrode of the second transistor.
US09633605B2
Pixel circuit having driving method for threshold compensation and display apparatus having the same
A pixel circuit includes a first path coupled to a gate of a driving transistor and a second path passing through a source and drain of the driving transistor. An initialization voltage of the driving transistor is set based on a gray scale data voltage carried along the first path. A voltage is stored in a capacitor coupled to the gate of the driving transistor based on the gray scale data voltage carried along the second path. The voltage stored in the capacitor is based on the gray scale data voltage, and may be compensated for variation in a threshold voltage of the driving transistor.
US09633603B2
A pixel compensating circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a driving transistor, a first capacitor, and an organic light emitting diode element. The first transistor controls transmission of a data signal to a first electrode plate of the first capacitor. The second transistor controls transmission of a reference voltage signal to the first electrode plate of the first capacitor. The driving transistor determines an amount of a driving current. The third transistor controls connection and disconnection between the gate electrode and a drain electrode of the driving transistor. The fourth transistor transmits the driving current from the driving transistor to the organic light emitting diode element. The fifth transistor controls transmission of a supply voltage to the source electrode of the driving transistor; and the organic light emitting diode element emits light in response to the driving current.
US09633597B2
A method and system for operating a pixel array having at least one pixel circuit is provided. The method includes repeating an operation cycle defining a frame period for a pixel circuit, including at each frame period, programming the pixel circuit, driving the pixel circuit, and relaxing a stress effect on the pixel circuit, prior to a next frame period. The system includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixel circuits and a plurality of lines for operation of the plurality of pixel circuits. Each of the pixel circuits includes a light emitting device, a storage capacitor, and a drive circuit connected to the light emitting device and the storage capacitor. The system includes a drive for operating the plurality of lines to repeat an operation cycle having a frame period so that each of the operation cycle comprises a programming cycle, a driving cycle and a relaxing cycle for relaxing a stress on a pixel circuit, prior to a next frame period.
US09633588B2
A panel inspection apparatus and a display panel are provided in the present invention. The panel inspection apparatus includes a data line detecting circuit and a scan line detecting circuit. The data line detecting circuit includes a data line detection switch, a control line of the data line detection switch, and a data line of the data line detection switch. The scan line detecting circuit includes a scan line detection switch, a control line of the scan line detection switch, and a data line of the scan line detection switch. The present invention further provides a display panel. The panel inspection apparatus does not need to be removed after detection of the panel in accordance with the panel inspection apparatus and the display panel of the present invention. Therefore, production costs of the display panel are reduced, and productivity of the display panel is improved.
US09633583B2
A sign assembly have a chassis assembly for supporting indicia plates and for providing proper horizontal alignment of the indicia plates. The chassis assembly includes two chassis members having a medial receptacle for receipt of a support panel and a receptacle for receipt of alignment members. The indicia plates include mating members on distal edges for cooperating with the chassis member alignment members. The mating members and alignment members have cooperating surface configurations to facilitate proper indicia plate horizontal alignment. A tamper resistant assembly prevents unintentional removal of the indicia plates from the chassis assembly.
US09633578B2
Described in some aspects of the present invention are methods and systems that can be used to track occurrences and/or non-occurrences of medical-related events, for example, to record whether one or more medical-related events have occurred at a particular time or during a particular time interval. Any suitable number of events may be tracked using such methods and systems, and the types and varieties of events that can be tracked are diverse. Examples include but are not limited to vaccine or other drug administrations, physical therapies, tests, diagnoses and surgeries. In some preferred embodiments, these and/or other medical-related occurrences or events will be tracked using an article that can be worn about the body of a patient although a variety of non-wearable articles can be utilized as well.
US09633575B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions, kits, uses, systems and methods for treating overweight and obesity using naltrexone plus bupropion, preferably in combination with a comprehensive web-based and/or telephone-based weight management program, and preferably in subjects at increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes.
US09633574B2
A computer system for managing toilet training of a person is provided. The computer system includes a memory device, an input device, a display device, and a processor. The processor is programmed to provide a first set of enhanced functionality configured in an enabled status, wherein the first set of enhanced functionality includes an event timer associated with a toilet training event. The processor is also programmed to disable the first set of enhanced functionality. The processor is further programmed to receive activation data from a user using the input device. The processor is also programmed to reconfigure the first set of enhanced functionality to an enabled status based at least in part on the activation data.
US09633572B2
The present invention is directed to interactive training, and in particular, to methods and systems for computerized interactive skill training. An example embodiment provides a method and system for providing skill training using a computerized system. The computerized system receives a selection of a first training subject. A training challenge related to the first training subject is accessed from computer readable memory. The training challenge is provided to a user via a terminal, optionally in verbal form. A first score related to the correctness and/or completeness of a verbalized challenge response provided by the user is stored in memory. A second score related to how quickly the trainee provided the verbalized challenge response is stored in memory. A third challenge score related to the confidence and/or style with which the trainee verbalized the challenge response is stored in memory.
US09633569B2
A computer system for managing toilet training of a person is provided. The computer system includes a memory device, a display device, and a processor in communication with the memory device and the display device. The processor is programmed to receive a first trigger event associated with a toilet training event. The processor is also programmed to display, on the display device, a first multi-media presentation based at least in part on said receipt of the first trigger event. The processor is further programmed to collect feedback data from a user. The processor is also programmed to store the feedback data in the memory device.
US09633563B2
In one aspect, an object warning system for a machine is disclosed. The object warning system includes an object detection system and an operator interface having a visual display, and a controller in communication with the object detection system and the operator interface. The controller is configured to control the display to represent a warning level as a function of a status of the machine and a distance of an object relative to the machine.
US09633562B2
Method and apparatus whereby one or more vehicle nodes are configured for use in a vehicular communications network which provides for exchange of data between a plurality of vehicle nodes and a plurality of stationary nodes, where each stationary node comprises a computing unit operable to broadcast periodic announcements of services, and to receive identity messages from the vehicle node on at least one common IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control (MAC) channel. Preferably, each stationary node is configured to provide for exchange of data with the plurality of vehicle nodes, where each vehicle node comprises at least one on-board computing unit which is operable to broadcast identity messages to and to receive service announcements from the stationary node on the at least one common IEEE 802.11 MAC channel.
US09633551B2
An identification tag has at least a controller, a receiver for receiving wireless signals from an exciter, and a transmitter for transmitting wireless signals to at least one location receiver (which may be a WLAN access point). The tag's controller can determine the presence of interference from sources unrelated to the location system, such as smartphones, tablets, computer monitors etc., and signal an alert accordingly.
US09633547B2
Systems, methods, and software for monitoring and controlling a security system for a structure are provided herein. An exemplary method may include receiving sensor data from at least one first peripheral, the sensor data associated with at least one of activity inside and activity outside of a structure; determining a critical event based in part on the sensor data; creating an alert based in part on the critical event; getting user preferences associated with at least one of a user and a base unit; determining a response based in part on the alert and user preferences; and activating at least one of a second peripheral and a service based in part on the response.
US09633534B2
A method for automatically orienting passive motion detection sensors in a given area, the method including capturing an image of at least a first portion of the given area, and responsive to capturing of an image of the first portion of the given area, superimposing, onto the image, a multiplicity of virtual passive sensor sensitivity beams virtually originating from at least one passive motion detection sensor, the at least one passive motion detection sensor being operable for passively detecting motion in at least a second portion of the given area, the sensitivity beams demarcating the second portion of the given area, thereby enabling ascertaining a measure of overlap between the first and second portions of the given area.
US09633531B1
Devices, apparatus, and methods for clamping a pivoting arm/flag onto an edge of furniture, such as a table edge, countertop edge, and the like, with or without messages and advertising indicia thereon, in order to signal servers and wait staff that service is being requested. The clamp can include a one-piece clip with a substantially horizontal top leg perpendicular to a top edge of a back panel, and an upwardly angled lower leg attached to a bottom edge of the back panel.
US09633519B2
A system for enabling betting during the course of an event such as an automotive or horse race. The system includes a physical arena having a track and devices that move in a pattern around the track, a cinematic display corresponding to the physical arena for displaying events and for displaying odds during the course of a particular event, a computer in operative communication with the physical arena and the cinematic display for generating basic outcome probabilities of event outcomes for the set of events. The computer initially, and during the course of an event, determines a win bet probability for a particular event, transforms the win bet probability based on a transformation function to enable real-time betting during the course of the particular event.
US09633516B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a gaming system and method enabling a player to earn a play of a bonus game using one device and to redeem the earned play for an enhanced play of the bonus game on another device. Generally, various embodiments of the gaming system of the present disclosure enable a player to earn one or more plays of a bonus game through game play on a first device, and to either: (a) redeem an earned play on the first device for a play of a first version of the bonus game, or (b) redeem an earned play on a second different device for a play of a second different version of the bonus game. The second version of the bonus game is enhanced in one or more manners as compared to the first version of the bonus game.
US09633512B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a bonus game that is common to a bank of electronic gaming devices. One or more pools accrue with each wager placed. A player qualifies to play the bonus game when at least one tracked player or game criterion, such as wagers made, exceeds a threshold, triggers a mystery-jackpot counter, or is selected by a weighted pay table. The bonus game includes a video display of a wheel bouncing against a brick wall with bricks being exploded by coins. After an opening is formed in the wall and the wheel escapes, a wheel spin determines the bonus game outcome. More than one player may play the bonus game in sequence until the last player spins the wheel.
US09633510B2
Methods of playing games and gaming systems and devices useful for playing games. Gaming devices include a first gaming unit for randomly selecting and displaying indicia associated with play of a primary game and for generating a signal relating to play on the first gaming unit. The gaming device also includes a second gaming unit connected to the first gaming unit for conducting an ongoing bonus game and enabling participation by a player in the ongoing bonus game in response to a signal generated by the first gaming unit. The ongoing bonus game may be administered by and communicated from a second gaming unit in the form of a host server to a number of networked gaming devices. Players may enter and exit play of the ongoing bonus game while it is still in progress, participating only in a segment thereof.
US09633498B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for determining whether individuals seeking access to a facility site are authorized to enter. The system identifies a license plate of a vehicle approaching a controlled entrance of the facility site. If the vehicle is found in a database of enrolled entrants, then an enrolled entrant is loaded into a quick access memory. Iris scans of passengers the passengers are taken and compared against records of the enrolled entrants, beginning with the expected passengers identified as being associated with the license of the vehicle approaching the facility site.
US09633496B2
A vehicle may include a passive entry system having a controller and at least one antenna within the vehicle. The controller is operably arranged with the at least one antenna, and configured to cause, in response to a trigger event, the at least one antenna to transmit at least one challenge, receive a response to the challenge indicative of a tag in a vicinity of the vehicle, and identify an item based on the tag.
US09633494B1
Techniques are provided for securely destroying storage devices stored in a data storage center. A server room may be situated in the data storage center that is configured to store a plurality of server racks for storing storage devices that are associated with a radio frequency identifier tag. The data storage center may include a secure area that includes destruction devices for destroying a storage. The data storage center may include a computer system for transmitting instructions to a user device for identifying the storage device for removal and transfer to the secure area, tracking a location of the storage device based at least in part on an associated RFID tag, and transmitting an alarm to the data storage center based at least in part on the location of the storage device and the expiration of a time interval.
US09633493B2
A secure short-distance-based communication and validation system validates users in a validation area. The system may include multiple zones in the validation area and beacons in each zone. A run-time mobile device identifier and keys that may be location-specific, device-specific and time-specific are generated and utilized for secure communication between mobile devices and a zone computer in a zone. The validation area may be in a vehicle, and validation may include deducting a fare.
US09633492B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for a vehicle scanner to automatically execute applications from a removable storage card. The method includes detecting a presence of one or more executable diagnostic requests in removable data storage, and responsive to the detection, transmitting one or more corresponding requests for vehicle diagnostic data to the vehicle via a vehicle interface. Responsive to the transmission, the vehicle scanner receives and processes diagnostic data from the vehicle. The vehicle scanner may store the data back to the removable storage card, or may transmit the data via a wired or wireless interface to a display device. As part of the detection process, the vehicle scanner may first authenticate the removable storage card before executing vehicle diagnostic instructions from the card.
US09633490B2
A vehicle includes a set of devises for determining a state of the vehicle at an instant of time and a processor operatively connected to a memory for processing parameters of the state of the vehicle collected over a plurality of instances of time for a period of time from an initial instance of time till a current instant of time to determine a set of driving conditions leading to a current state of the vehicle at the current instant of time. Each driving condition indicates a condition of an operation of the vehicle for the period of time. The vehicle also includes a communication module for outputting the current state of the vehicle determined by the set of devices at the current instant of time and for outputting the set of driving conditions leading to the current state of the vehicle.
US09633484B2
A device installation system for providing a tool for use by installers to assist in obtaining vehicle specific information such as wiring diagrams, technical information and direct access to technical support technicians. The system further provide for testing, trouble shooting and configuration of installed vehicle devices.
US09633483B1
Described is a system for filtering, segmenting and recognizing objects. The system receives a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud having a plurality of data points in 3D space and down-samples the 3D point cloud to generate a down-sampled 3D point cloud with reduced data points in the 3D space. A ground plane is then identified and removed, leaving above-ground data points in the down-sampled 3D point cloud. The above-ground data points are clustered to generate a plurality of 3D blobs, each of the 3D blobs having a cluster size. The 3D blobs are filtered based on cluster size to generate a set of 3D candidate blobs. Features are extracted from each 3D candidate blob. Finally, at least one of the 3D candidate blobs is classified as a pre-defined object class based on the extracted features.
US09633481B2
A method of comparing measured three-dimensional (3D) measurement data to an object is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a three dimensional measurement device configured to measure 3D coordinates of points on the object and a computing device having a camera and display. During an inspection process, the method measures the object with the 3D measurement device which provides a first collection of 3D coordinates. The first collection of 3D coordinates is stored on the computer network and is associated with an AR marker. During an observation process the method reads the AR marker and transmits from the computer network the first collection of 3D coordinates and a dimensional representation of the object to the computing device. A portion of the first collection of 3D coordinates is registered to the camera image. On the integrated display the registered collection of 3D coordinates and the camera image are shown.
US09633480B2
An image obtaining unit obtains a subject image, a body thickness distribution modifying unit receives input of a virtual model having an estimated body thickness distribution and modifies the estimated body thickness distribution of the virtual model to output the modified estimated body thickness distribution, and a body thickness distribution determining unit determines the outputted estimated body thickness distribution to be used as the body thickness distribution of the subject. The body thickness distribution determining unit includes a judging unit for switching, according to a judgment condition, between a first control under which the body thickness distribution modifying process is iteratively executed until a first termination condition is satisfied and a second control under which the body thickness distribution modifying process is iteratively executed until a second termination condition that is different from the first termination condition is satisfied so that the first control or the second control is executed.
US09633479B2
A method of displaying virtual content on an augmented reality device (101) is disclosed. The virtual content is associated with a scene. An image of a scene captured using the augmented reality device (101) is received. A viewing time of the scene is determined, according to a relative motion between the augmented reality device and the scene. Virtual content is selected, from a predetermined range of virtual content, based on the determined viewing time. The virtual content is displayed on the augmented reality device (101) together with the image of the scene.
US09633477B2
The present specification relates to a wearable device and a method of controlling therefor. According to one embodiment, a method of controlling a wearable device includes the steps of detecting a real object and displaying a first virtual object based on the detected real object when the real object is detected, and detecting the real object and a first interaction and displaying a second virtual object when the real object and the first interaction are detected, wherein the second virtual object is displayed based on the second virtual object information transmitted by the external device.
US09633469B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for conservative rasterization of primitives using an error term. In use, an edge equation is determined for each edge of a primitive, the edge equation having coefficients defining the edge of the primitive. Each edge of the primitive is shifted to enlarge the primitive by modifying coefficients of the edge equation defining the edge by an error term that is a predetermined amount. Pixels that intersect the primitive are then determined using the enlarged primitive.
US09633465B2
An invention for the alteration of avatar appearances based on avatar population in a virtual universe is provided. In one embodiment, there is a degradation tool, including an identification component configured to count an amount of a plurality of avatars within a region of a virtual universe. The degradation tool further comprises a modification component configured to degrade the appearance of a set of avatars from the plurality of avatars in the virtual universe based on the amount of the plurality of avatars within the region of the virtual universe.
US09633462B2
Implementations generally relate to providing pre-edits to photos. In some implementations, a method includes detecting one or more objects in a photo. The method further includes classifying the one or more objects. The method further includes selecting one or more parameter values for one or more respective filters based on the classifying of the one or more objects.
US09633461B2
A system and method is provided for color managing different content objects in at least one source file. In one embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a color management module, a rendering module, an interface (e.g., GUI), and a memory module for storing a plurality of color profiles. The interface allows a user to specify different color profiles and/or parameters for different object types. For example, the user can specify different source color spaces to use for the default source color spaces based upon object type. Similarly, the user can specify different output color spaces to use based upon object type. Finally, software can be used to generate a map that specifies the object type(s) that leads to the creation of each individual pixel in the rasterized output. Parameters (e.g., brightness, contrast, etc.) of individual pixels can then be adjusted based on object type and user-defined, object-based settings.
US09633459B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for generating a hull that may have concavities. One example of such a method includes creating a collection of columns representing a first hull, growing the first hull by increasing a height of one or more columns, creating a collection of rows representing a second hull, growing the second hull by increasing a width of one or more rows, and creating a third hull by combing the first and second hulls.
US09633448B1
Systems and methods are provided for associating colors or color names with a color image based on hue. A set of hue values can be extracted from color data, such as a color palette, corresponding to a color image. A representative hue can be derived from the set of hue values. Colors included in the color data that are attributable to the representative hue can be identified and one or more colors can be derived therefrom as representative of a subject depicted by the color image. Color names matching the representative colors can be identified and associated with the color image. In particular, a common color name can be determined therefrom and associated with the subject of the color image.
US09633446B2
In an example embodiment a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method includes extracting a first set of target-object regions and at least one set of non-target object regions from a plurality of regions of a video content based at least on likelihood information. A plurality of unlabeled regions of the video content are classified based on the first set of target-object regions and the at least one set of non-target object regions to generate a second set of target object regions that is denser than the first set of target object regions. A model is learned for modelling at least one of the target object and non-target objects of the video content based at least on the second set of target object regions. The target object in the video content is segmented based on the model and the second set of target object regions.
US09633440B2
A system is provided in which a mobile display device, such as a cellular phone, a computing tablet, a mobile computer or any other portable device that incorporates a computing element and a display element, is adapted to display a predetermined pattern. The pattern can be either visible or invisible to human eye. An image sensor (most likely, but not necessarily, an optical one) detects said pattern, and the location of the MDD is determined in relation to the sensor. In one embodiment, the MDD displays a pattern on the device's standard display, for example four points of unique character, such as color or blinking pattern. Such a method will allow a cost-effective way to implement the system, as it requires no additional cost in hardware. In another embodiment, the system recognizes the display unit of the MDD (instead of a specific pattern on the MDD's display) and can determine location of the MDD without any change to the MDD's hardware or software. In yet another embodiment, the system includes bi-directional wireless communication between the receiver and the MDD and software that allows the MDD to exchange information with the system, such as the exact dimensions of the display.
US09633437B2
A method for displaying successive image frames on a display. The method including: processing image data containing the successive image frames to identify features in an image frame and to display the image frame to a user with two or more of the identified features highlighted; manually selecting one of the identified features by a user; determining a portion of a subsequent image frame in which the selected feature is likely to be present; and if the selected feature is found in the portion of the subsequent image frame, displaying the subsequent image frame to change the position of the selected feature.
US09633433B1
The subject invention is a scanning system and display and more particularly a scanning system and display for detecting and quantifying similarities or differences between stored data and data collected from a scan. The system operates to perform surface scans and/or deep scans or a combination thereof and utilizes a method or process that decreases the time required for calculating a pose estimate thus increasing its performance thereby making it more practical for many applications that require real-time operations. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the system comprises one or more sensing components for scanning and measuring various surface or internal features of an object and determines differences between data obtained from two or more scans. Preferably the system can operate to scan numerous objects including mechanical objects, biological objects or medical conditions, artifacts, geographical objects, agricultural objects, or used in conjunction with robotic manufacturing systems, robotic surgical systems, aircraft systems, and marine applications.
US09633428B2
Among other things, one or more systems and/or techniques for identifying an occlusion region in an image representative of an object subjected to examination is provided for herein. Such systems and/or techniques may find particular application in the context of object recognition analysis. An image is generated of the object and an orientation of the object is determined from the image. Based upon the determined orientation of the object relative to the direction the object is translated during examination, one or more parameters utilized for segmenting a second image of the object, identifying features in the image, and/or determining if the image comprises an occlusion region may be adjusted. In this way, the parameters utilized may be a function of the determined orientation of the object, which may mitigate false positives of detected occlusion regions.
US09633422B2
A method for filtering a digital image, comprising segmenting the digital image into a plurality of tiles; computing tile histograms corresponding to each of the plurality of tiles; deriving a plurality of tile transfer functions from the tile histograms preferably using 1D convolutions; interpolating a tile transfer function from the plurality of tile transfer functions; and filtering the digital image with the interpolated tile transfer function. Many filters otherwise difficult to conceive or to implement are possible with this method, including an edge-preserving smoothing filter, HDR tone mapping, edge invariant gradient or entropy detection, image upsampling, and mapping coarse data to fine data.
US09633408B2
Techniques for coalescing graphics operations are described. In at least some embodiments, multiple graphics operations can be generated to be applied to a graphical element, such as a graphical user interface (GUI). The graphics operations can be coalesced into a single renderable graphics operation that can be processed and rendered.
US09633406B2
During a process of migrating a source system into a standardized virtual environment, virtual machine instances of the source system executing in a hypervisor are snapshotted as virtual machine images in an operational repository of the hypervisor. The virtual machine images in the operational repository are short-term snapshots. From time to time during the migration process, long-term snapshots of the source system are created by checking given ones of the virtual machine images from the hypervisor operational repository into an image library as image objects.
US09633400B2
A display apparatus and a method for providing user interface thereof are provided. The method for providing user interface includes searching a feed where a moving image is included from among feeds received from at least one social network and displaying user interface including at least one feed where the moving image is included, in response to a predetermined user command being input. The display apparatus may include a display; a communicator configured to receive a feed from at least one social network; a user input; and a controller configured to search a feed where a feed including a moving image is included from among feeds received through the communicator, in response to a predetermined user command being input, and control the display in order to display a user interface which includes at least one feed including the moving image.
US09633394B2
A system mitigates the effects of a market spike caused by the triggering and the election of a conditional order in an automated matching system. Conditional orders submitted to a trading engine are evaluated to compare a price of an order to a predetermined price range. Matching of the orders may be delayed when the price of the orders lies outside of the predetermined price range. An opening price to be used by the trading engine is derived and a time interval is used to delay a matching of the orders until the opening price is within a predetermined price range up to a maximum delay time set by a control center. Implied spreads are also removed until other instruments within a trading unit are verified open.
US09633393B2
The present invention processes and distributes Level 2 financial data. This invention comprises a constituent component that identifies various pieces of information that are contained in stock feeds. These pieces of information are identified and keys are generated based on the various pieces of information and combinations of pieces of information. The information in the incoming stock feeds can be sorted and processed based on a particular key or keys depending on the desires of a particular client. In addition, new keys can be generated based on the preference of a particular client. This flexibility to create the various keys to be used to process feed information is different from conventional methods that use only a standard set of sorting and processing criteria for all feeds and for all clients.
US09633385B1
Systems, methods and computer program products for item categorization. A mobile communication device such as a smartphone is utilized by a consumer to acquire an image or video of a barcode or other machine readable indicia associated with an item. The image or video is processed to identify read or scan the barcode to determine corresponding numerical data or a code, which is used to identify the specific item selected by the consumer for purchase from a merchant. The identified specific item (or image or video or associated data) is transmitted from the mobile communication device to a computer hosting a financial management system, which categorizes the item and update or generates financial reports or summaries reflecting the recent categorization data. Reports or summaries such as category or item-based budget reports can be transmitted to and displayed on a screen of the mobile communication device.
US09633380B2
A device-implemented method and multi-component system are described. The method and system enable the selection of a charity to receive donations from persons interested in one another, and further enables a subject who is the target of interest from an initiating party to confirm the sincerity of the initiating party by third party brokered transactions that quantitatively demonstrate the substantive interest of the initiator. The initiator is also able to confirm the genuine interest by his or her target recipient in that the initiator and the recipient can set minimum donation level thresholds that must be met before their identities are confirmed.
US09633376B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a meta-social graph. In accordance with one implementation, a computerized method comprises collecting a plurality of different online identities of a first online user, each of the different online identities corresponding to a unique social network system. The method also includes collecting a plurality of communication data associated with the first user and determining bi-directional connections of the first user with other users from the collected communication data. In addition, the method may also include creating a meta-social graph from the determined bi-directional connections and the plurality of different online identities and generating a global identifier for the first user. The method also includes storing, in at least one memory device, the meta-social graph with at least one of the generated global identifier, the determined bi-directional connections, and the collected communication data.
US09633365B1
Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for serving detailed annotations is disclosed. When a user converts in response to an advertisement, data about the conversion is stored in one or more logs. A batch handler uses the one or more logs to create and enter a record regarding the conversion into a conversion table. Upon receiving an ad request from a client, ads scorer may construct a detailed annotation using the conversion table and a social graph table, and ads server may return an ad and the detailed annotation. Ads server may also return an ad plus an iframe. The iframe requests a detailed annotation from a conversion management server. The conversion management server constructs and returns the detailed annotation.
US09633361B2
A commercial transaction management device includes a coupon creation control unit that receives a coupon issuance request containing sales terms when purchasing a plurality of items together from one user, a determination unit that determines whether to accept the sales terms based on information from a shop related to the items, and an issuance unit that issues an electronic coupon when it is determined to accept the sales terms. This enables an offer of a coupon that matches a desire of one user. In addition, the commercial transaction management device further includes a purchase receiving unit that receives a purchase order of a plurality of items with the sales terms from another user having received an offer of the coupon from one user, and therefore other users can also purchase a plurality of items with the sales terms contained in the coupon.
US09633358B2
Systems and methods for tracking user interaction in a presentation may be provided. A presentation may be augmented to include user interaction tracking features, which facilitate tracking of a user's clickstream and browser session data generated during the playback of the presentation. A player may be configured to play the presentation and to track the user's browser session and clickstream data. The presentation player may be configured to dispatch this tracking data to a tracking server system. The server may be configured to facilitate calculation of an engagement score based on the tracking data, which indicates the user's level of engagement with the presentation. The engagement score and at least portions of the tracking data can be transmitted to a third party system, such as a marketing automation system, to trigger a responsive event. The responsive event may be generated based at least in part on the engagement score.
US09633355B2
According to certain embodiments of the disclosure, a system receives a request from a user device to conduct an activity with an enterprise and determines an authentication level associated with the activity. The system receives information associated with the user from a plurality of disparate channels and calculates a risk score associated with the user based on the received information associated with the user. The system generates a token based on the authentication level and risk score and communicates the token to the user device.
US09633348B2
A method includes providing a first payment account that is issued by a first financial institution and enables an accountholder thereof to make payments at merchants via a closed-loop payments network corresponding to the first financial institution and mobile person-to-person payments using the payment account. The method includes enabling a second payment account that is issued by a second financial institution to be electronically linked to the first payment account and used as a source of funds. The method includes providing a mobile operating system and enabling a plurality of merchant-specific payment accounts to be associated with a mobile communications device having the operating system. The method includes determining whether a merchant-specific payment account that is accepted only by a particular merchant is available to the accountholder via the mobile communications device and receiving a fee when the first payment account is used for a purchase.
US09633341B2
The invention provides a method of processing transactions with a billing server, including receiving, with the billing server, a transaction request API call from a merchant computer including a msisdn, transmitting, with the billing server, a transaction request response to the merchant computer in response to the transaction request API call, including a transmission ID, receiving, with the billing server, a payment authorization text message from a consumer device at the msisdn including a transaction ID, determining, with the billing server, a match between the transaction ID in the text message with the transaction ID in the transaction request response and if a match is determined between the transaction ID's, transmitting, with the billing server, a charge request to a carrier server to charge an account on the carrier server corresponding to the msisdn.
US09633340B2
Methods and systems for mapping repairs orders within a database are described. Mapping a repair order can include generating a searchable data record with multiple data record fields. Each data record field can include a term located on the repair order or a standard term associated with the term on the repair order. In order to retrieve repair orders from the database, the data records can be searched using search criteria that match standard terms storable in the data record fields. Although the repair orders can be searched to find repair orders with terms that match the search criteria, the search may be carried our more efficiently (e.g., quicker) by searching the data records instead of the repair orders. One or more repairs orders can be associated with real-fix tips. Phrases of the real-fix tips can be selected automatically based, for example, or RO terms recited on the repair orders.
US09633339B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for e-meeting requirements assurance in e-meeting management. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for e-meeting requirements assurance in e-meeting management is provided. The method includes selecting a scheduled e-meeting for an invitee in memory of a computer, retrieving resource requirements published for the selected scheduled e-meeting, inspecting local computing resources of the invitee, comparing the local computing resources to the retrieved resource requirements to identify local resource deficiencies, and generating a notice of the local resource deficiencies to the invitee prior to a scheduled date and time for the e-meeting.
US09633335B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for managing a relationship with and information about a contact. An example includes a client device that can be used to manage and keep track of information about a contact's family.
US09633333B2
A system is provided which enables customized sessions for data gathering and analysis. The system receives data and commands from one or more user devices to generate and modify a session dataset and to select and activate system functions. The results of user inputs and actions are published to other user devices in the session. One or more functions for generating datasets, organizing datasets and analyzing the datasets may be independently selected and activated. The system enables a data gathering and analysis session to be preconfigured with a predetermined set and order of functions or for a session to be conducted with a dynamic selection and activation of functions and a dynamic selection of the orders of functions. In some embodiments, there is provided a software as a service (SaaS) application for implementing the data gathering and analysis session functions.
US09633327B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for tracking one or more items. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method for tracking an item. The method may include periodically detecting sensor information of an item by a sensor device. The method may also include periodically transmitting the sensor information by the sensor device. The method may also include receiving the sensor information at a tracking center, storing the sensor information in a database, and reviewing the stored sensor information. The method may further include using the stored sensor information to update shipment information for a package.
US09633324B2
An apparatus for assessing and controlling the quality of a project in a production environment is provided. The apparatus is configured to: receive a first score, wherein the first score comprises a first numerical value associated with a first level of quality, wherein the first level of quality is associated with a first deliverable; receive a second score, wherein the second score comprises a second numerical value associated with a second level of quality, wherein the second level of quality is associated with the first deliverable; and process the first score and the second score to generate a third score.
US09633323B2
An integrated modeling and analysis system (IMAS) receives documents containing information relating to an overall operations system from a number of integrated product teams (IPTs). The IMAS creates a model architecture of the overall system the information received from the participating IPTs. The IMAS automatically imports the information without any interaction from support personnel. A discrete event modeling (DES) application in communication with the IMAS creates a DES model based on the model architecture in the IMAS. The DES application runs a simulation on the model generating statistical data relating to the overall system for analysis. The statistical data generates output reports in a format compatible with the analysis tools of the user. The IMAS includes a customizable user interface which allows a stakeholder to link and control the modeling information received from all other participating IPTs. Prior simulations and results can be archived for later reference.
US09633319B2
A queue management scheme whereby a system-wide status is considered together with a status of each and every specific or particular queue and associated device within the system, in order to efficiently and effectively balance the needs and desires of customers with the needs and desires of an entity that provides services to the customers.
US09633316B2
A system and method are disclosed for classifying a record of data when the record of data does not contain class membership information. In one example, summary data is utilized with predictive modeling to predict the age range of a user of a line of service. A prior probability that a user within the summary data belongs to a respective class, a first conditional probability of a first predictor within the summary data and a second conditional probability of a second predictor within the summary data are calculated. For each record of data, a probability of class membership is calculated based on the calculated prior probability and the first and second conditional probabilities.
US09633312B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for predicting user interests. In one aspect, a method includes training a prediction model to generate a category prediction of a next query from a set of queries, the category prediction specifying categories to which a next query belongs, the prediction model comprising a plurality of prediction functions that each generate a category prediction of a next query, wherein the prediction functions include two or more of a time-based prediction functions that generate a category prediction based on the category data and a difference of submission times of the queries, a rank-based prediction functions that generate a category prediction based on the category data and a rank order by which the queries were received, and a category-based prediction function that generates a category prediction based on the category data.
