US09667310B2
A receiver for receiving an input signal is disclosed. The receiver includes a processor, a memory, a plurality of sub-receivers configured to receive a plurality of versions of the input signal through a plurality of transmission channels, a sub-receiver selection module configured to select one more of the plurality of sub-receivers using expected contributions to signal-to-noise (SNR) of an output signal based on an uncertainty of the estimated contributions. The receiver also includes a combiner to combine outputs of the selected sub-receivers to produce the output signal.
US09667306B2
A multimode multiband wireless device includes a broadband RF power amplifier that receives RF signals and produces amplified RF signals in a cellular band in a broadband, and a coexist filter coupled to the input of the broadband RF power amplifier. The coexist filter can reject RF noise in a predetermined frequency range in the broadband adjacent to the cellular band.
US09667303B2
A system and a method for increasing a rate of transfer of data between a radio frequency (RF) generator and a host computer system is described. The rate of transfer of data is increased by implementing dedicated physical layers associated with the RF generator and the host computer system and a dedicated physical communication medium between the RF generator and the host computer system. Moreover, a dual push operation is used between the RF generator and the host computer system. There is no request for data sent from the RF generator to the host computer system or from the host computer system to the RF generator.
US09667299B2
A system and method for non-linear digital self-interference cancellation including a pre-processor that generates a first pre-processed digital transmit signal from a digital transmit signal of a full-duplex radio, a non-linear transformer that transforms the first pre-processed digital transmit signal into a non-linear self-interference signal according to a transform configuration, a transform adaptor that sets the transform configuration of the non-linear transformer, and a post-processor that combines the non-linear self-interference signal with a digital receive signal of the full-duplex radio.
US09667297B1
An improved venting and sealing assembly for a portable communication device is provided. The venting and sealing assembly is formed of a housing enclosure having a walled aperture with a bottom surface and an offset through-hole passing therethrough. A flexible substrate having a vent hole is coupled to the housing enclosure across the walled aperture such that the vent hole is offset from the offset through-hole. A breathable membrane is coupled across the vent hole of the flexible substrate. A rigid plate having an opening is coupled to the breathable membrane, the opening of the rigid plate being aligned with the vent hole of the flexible substrate. A closed-loop sealing rib is formed around the vent hole of the flexible substrate and/or upon the bottom surface of the walled aperture of the housing enclosure. The assembly provides a vent path and a self-sealing enclosure.
US09667291B2
A system is described for forming an estimate of an unwanted signal component that may be formed as a result of non-linearities in a system. The estimate is used to form a cancellation signal which is added to an input signal to reduce the influence of the unwanted component.
US09667285B2
A flexible multi-channel diversity wireless audio receiver system for routing, processing, and combining multiple radio frequency (RF) signals containing audio signals received on respective antennas is provided. The wireless audio receiver system provides flexible routing of multiple RF signals in different selectable modes, and low latency uninterrupted reception of signals in harsh RF environments by combining multiple RF signals to maximize signal-to-noise ratio. The audio output may be generated in an uninterrupted fashion and mitigate multipath fading, interference, and asymmetrical noise issues. Received RF signals may also be cascaded by the wireless audio receiver system to allow daisy chaining.
US09667283B2
First and second inputs are received. The first input indicates a frequency offset of a frequency band allocated for signal transmission. The said allocated band is a subband of a total band available for transmission. The second input indicates a bandwidth of the allocated band. One or more filters of a transmitter of a communications system are controlled to operate cumulatively in a lowpass filtering mode, wherein the highest frequency in a pass band in the lowpass filtering mode is less than the highest frequency of the total band available for transmission. A signal is filtered using the filter(s).
US09667280B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for touch temperature management of a wireless communications device based on power dissipated over time, and possibly internal temperature readings. For example, the information about power dissipated over time can be utilized along with monitored internal temperatures of a device's internal circuitry to reduce transmit power and/or data rates as required in order to keep a surface temperature of the wireless device below a specified limit. A knowledge of how the device's touch temperature varies with the dissipated power and a knowledge of the power dissipation history can be utilized to determine when to reduce the transmit power in order to avoid overheating (e.g., exceeding the touch temperature limit).
US09667275B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a packet in a broadcasting and communication system are provided. The method and apparatus allows a receiver to recognize data in a packet lost due to data loss occurring in a network. To this end, Forward Error Correction (FEC) control-related information is generated, a packet including the generated FEC control-related information is generated, and the packet is transmitted. The FEC control-related information includes at least one of FEC configuration-related information and FEC encoding configuration-related information.
US09667267B2
A dither circuit for high-resolution analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) is presented, including a settable pseudorandom sequence generator, a trimming module, a trimmable digital-to-analog conversion circuit, a dither introduced circuit and a dither elimination circuit, wherein the settable pseudorandom sequence generator works to generate pseudorandom sequence signal uncorrelated to analog input signal and its output can be set, of which n bit output is taken as digital dither signal and n can be less than the quantization bit of the ADC; the trimming module works to determine the trimming signals for the trimmable digital-to-analog conversion circuit to convert the digital dither signal into analog dither signal precisely; the dither introduced circuit works to introduce the analog dither signal to the ADC; the dither elimination circuit works to remove the digital dither signal from the output of ADC. The dither circuit features less complexity and better dynamic performance for high-resolution ADC.
US09667266B1
A voltage sampling circuit is provided that may directly connect a non-zero power supply voltage VDD to switching circuits during input voltage sampling, setting a common mode voltage without using reference voltages produced by a reference voltage generator circuit, and without requiring a common mode buffer circuit. The voltage sampling circuit may be used in an operational amplifier input stage such as for a pipelined ADC circuit, or in a comparator circuit. A SAR ADC circuit is also provided, comprising a control circuit, the voltage sampling circuit, a capacitor array, and a comparator circuit for comparing outputs occurring from charge redistributions. The voltage sampling circuit may enable increased power efficiency, avoid leakage concerns, and increase maximum input voltage swing. Reference plate switches in the voltage sampling circuit may include gate-boosted devices or thicker-oxide I/O devices. The devices may include n-channel field-effect transistors or high threshold voltage p-channel field-effect transistors.
US09667265B2
In one embodiment, an amplifier is configured to include a pre-drive circuit that forms an estimated value of an output signal of the amplifier and forces the output to the estimated value before the amplifier forms the output signal.
US09667263B1
A self-healing data converter system including a data converter; a parametric function module coupled to the data converter to receive a target performance requirement for a data converter and produce a set of function values to the data converter; an assistant module that captures data converter performance under one or more stress conditions; and a processing module coupled to the data converter to stress the data converter in accordance with one or more predetermined parameters and based on the target performance requirement and data converter performance, the processing module determines new parameters based on a self-healing method and applies the new parameters to produce a new set of function values for the data converter until a predetermined threshold is met to adaptively self-heal the data converter to changed conditions.
US09667261B2
An integrated circuit includes a comparator capable of generating an up/down signal by comparing a feedback signal with a reference signal; a restoration signal generation unit capable of enabling a restoration signal when the up/down signal maintains an identical value for greater than or equal to a first specific time and changes afterwards; a processing circuit including one or more stages for sequentially processing the up/down signal, wherein a last one of the one or more stages holds a process result thereof for a second specific time when the restoration signal is enabled; and a feedback unit capable of generating the feedback signal in response to the process result of the last stage.
US09667257B2
According to an embodiment, a programmable logic device includes a plurality of logic blocks and a logic unit. The logic blocks are grouped into one or more partitions. The logic unit controls external access to the one or more partitions, controls programming of the one or more partitions and controls interconnection and operation of the one or more partitions during operation of the programmable logic device.
US09667256B2
A data processing device includes a data processing unit including a plurality of elements and wiring groups that connect the plurality of elements, wherein respective elements in the plurality of elements include: a logic element; an acquisition unit that switches on and off an input side of the logic element for any wire out of the wiring groups on a cycle-by-cycle basis to latch input data; and a post unit that switches on and off an output side of the logic element for any wire out of the wiring groups on a cycle-by-cycle basis, and the data processing unit also includes a timing control unit that controls logic executed by the logic element and functions of the acquisition unit and the post unit on a cycle-by-cycle basis.
US09667255B2
Circuits and corresponding methods that provide for selection among multiple different positive and/or multiple different negative FET gate drive voltages for FETs in which well-tuned gate drive voltages are needed or desirable for optimal results in a radio frequency integrated circuit. Embodiments include FET gate drive variable voltage generator configurations which provide multiple different positive and/or multiple different negative FET gate drive voltages. In alternative embodiments, an IC may include multiple positive voltage generators and/or multiple negative voltage generators, each voltage generator providing an output voltage different from at least one other voltage generator. The voltage generators include charge pump based circuits and digital-to-analog converters. Each FET device requiring a well-tuned gate drive voltage is selectably coupled to at least one set of positive and negative voltage generators.
US09667250B2
Inversely proportional voltage-delay buffers for buffering data according to data voltage levels are disclosed. In one aspect, an inversely proportional voltage-delay buffer is configured to buffer a data signal for an amount of time that is inversely proportional to a voltage level of the data signal. The inversely proportional voltage-delay buffer includes an inversion circuit and pass circuit. The inversion circuit is configured to generate a control signal that is the logic inverse of the data signal. Notably, the control signal transitions at a rate proportional to the voltage level of the data signal. The pass circuit is configured to generate a weak logic state of the data signal when the data signal and the control signal have the same logic state. The pass circuit is configured to generate a strong logic state of the data signal when the data input and the control signal have opposite logic states.
US09667249B2
A household appliance apparatus includes a display screen and an input unit which has at least one substantially transparent input device. In order to achieve advantageous ease of use with little design expenditure, the input device covers only a partial region of the display screen. The input device may hereby be configured as a conductive layer.
US09667244B1
A control circuit is provided for controlling the voltage at the gate terminal of a field effect transistor acting as a switch. The voltage, at for example, the source terminal of the transistor can be provided to a low pass filter and is then voltage translated to provide the gate signal. The filtering can be arranged so as to compensate for the effect of parasitic capacitances within the transistor, thereby linearizing its frequency response. The voltage translation can help to limit voltage differences between the gate and channel of the transistor. This can be significant as relatively fast transistors, as might be used in microwave circuits, may fail with relatively modest voltages at their gates.
US09667242B2
A semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type having a first region of a second conductivity type formed in a surface thereof; an insulating film on the semiconductor substrate; a primary wiring line connected to the first region and configured to receive a voltage from outside; a plurality of diodes connected in series on the insulating film and having a spiral shape generally centering around the first region in a plan view, the diodes having one end of the series thereof connected to the primary wiring line and serving as a cathode; a resistor voltage divider having one end connected to another end of the series of diodes; a first connection wiring line connected to another end of the resistor voltage divider; and a second connection wiring line connected to a midpoint between the another end of the series of diodes and the another end of the resistor voltage divider.
US09667241B2
A leakage current-based delay circuit is provided, wherein the delay circuit may include a first transistor circuit and a second transistor circuit, each transistor circuit may include a p-type transistor, an n-type transistor, an n-node between a drain node of the p-type transistor and a gate node of the n-type transistor, and a p-node between a gate node of the p-type transistor and a drain node of the n-type transistor. The p-node of the second transistor circuit may be charged based on a power source voltage through the first transistor circuit during a first time interval of an input signal, and the n-node of the second transistor circuit may be discharged based on a ground voltage through the first transistor circuit during the first time interval.
US09667238B2
A duty cycle correction circuit includes an inversion block suitable for generating a first inverted clock that is in an inversion relationship with a first clock and a second inverted clock that is in an inversion relationship with a second clock, in response to the first clock and the second clock, and a correction block suitable for generating a first corrected clock having a corrected duty cycle relative to the first clock and a second corrected clock having a corrected duty cycle relative to the second clock, based on a logic state of the first clock, a logic state of the second clock, a logic state of the first inverted clock, and a logic state of the second inverted clock.
US09667237B2
In a digital phase locked loop comprising a PLL loop including a first software-implemented controlled oscillator (SDCO) responsive to a control value to generate output phase and frequency values locked to a reference input signal, and a hardware-implemented controlled oscillator responsive to output phase and frequency values from said first SDCO to synthesize said clock signals, hardware delays are compensated for by sampling said synthesized clock signals, or derivatives thereof, to generate synthesized clock phase values. The synthesized clock signal phase values are compared with feedback phase values derived from the PLL loop to generate a compensation value to modify the synthesized clock signals or derivatives thereof.
US09667234B1
This invention pertains to a source follower circuit suitable for receiving and buffering an input voltage and providing the buffered input voltage to a sampling capacitor via a sampling switch. The source follower circuit employs a slew enhancement circuit which enables the source follower to have fast settling for both high-to-low and low-to-high transitions.
US09667224B2
An electroacoustic filter has improved low-pass characteristics. The filter includes a first electroacoustic converter, an electroacoustic element and a grid structure between the converter and the element. The grid structure is acoustically active in one frequency range that lies above the acoustically active frequency range of the first electroacoustic converter.
US09667207B2
An apparatus for controlling a pulse width modulation (PWM) amplifier is disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a delay circuit configured to delay an input signal and provide the delayed input signal to the PWM amplifier. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to generate and provide a supply voltage to the PWM amplifier based at least in part on the input signal such that the PWM amplifier generates an output signal based at least partially on the delayed input signal and the supply voltage.
US09667204B2
A power amplification apparatus includes a multiple output bias voltage generation unit, a dynamic bias modulator, and a power amplifier. The multiple output bias voltage generation unit generates first and second bias voltages using an inductor coupled between an input voltage and a plurality of capacitors. The capacitors are connected to the inductor in a non-overlapping manner. The dynamic bias modulator outputs the first bias voltage or the second bias voltage as a variable bias voltage based on results of comparing voltage of an envelope signal of a radio frequency (RF) signal to an envelope reference voltage. The power amplifier is biased in response to the variable bias voltage, amplifies power of the RF signal, and outputs the amplified RF signal to an antenna.
US09667197B2
An input signal amplification system comprises at least two different means of amplifying input signals in order to obtain amplified signals. It also comprises at least one means of summing amplified signals, and dynamic means of activating or deactivating one or more of the amplifying means based on input signals.
US09667196B2
A tracking power converter for a radio frequency power amplifier includes a boost converter circuit, a switching network circuit, a filter circuit, and a controller circuit. The boost converter circuit provides a boosted voltage in response to a battery voltage. The switching network provides a switching signal in response to the boosted voltage, a first switch enable signal, a second switch enable signal, and a third switch enable signal. The filter circuit provides a power converter output voltage in response to the switching signal. The controller circuit provides the first switch enable signal, the second switch enable signal, and the third switch enable signal in response to a predetermined reference voltage, the switching voltage, the boosted voltage, and the battery voltage.
US09667193B2
A wide tuning range oscillator system uses multiple active cores with cross-coupled transistors and multiple tapped inductors having windings that can be connected to circuit nodes. These active cores are connected to a pair of symmetric tapping points and are switched ON/OFF by biasing elements. Biasing schemes and the topology of the individual cross-coupled cores may be different from each other. The tapping points are symmetrically arranged around the center point of the inductor. One or more of the active cores may be enabled for tuning the center frequency of the oscillator system.
US09667192B2
An oscillator has an oscillator output emitting an oscillating signal. The oscillator includes oscillator cores which each have a same circuit topology. A set of configuration switches couple a selected number of oscillator cores in parallel to generate the oscillating signal. The oscillator cores are arranged with a symmetry around a central axis. The planar inductors of the oscillator cores are arranged in a petal-like pattern with the planar inductors forming the petals of the petal-like pattern. The selected coupling of the oscillator cores in made in response to a selected phase noise threshold of a modulation device which receives the oscillating signal.
US09667191B2
A frequency selectable driver circuit (driver circuit) includes a current drive transistor between a first and second node for driving a frequency selectable oscillator (FSO) coupled therebetween that includes a first LC network including an inductor L2 and a capacitor C2 in series and a second LC network in series with the first LC network. The second LC network includes a capacitor bank including capacitors in parallel including switches for switching (selectable capacitors) and an inductor L3 in parallel to the capacitor bank. Values of L2 and C2 provide a low frequency point fL which the LC network is overall capacitive, and in a frequency range between fa and fb above fL with only a portion of selectable capacitors selected a capacitance of the capacitor bank and value of L3 results in an overall impedance for the second LC network that is capacitive between fa and fb and inductive elsewhere.
US09667186B2
A rotation angle estimation module is provided. The rotation angle estimation module includes: a fixed flux instruction estimation unit calculating a rotating flux (λsd, λsq) and a fixed flux instruction (λsα*, λsβ*) based on a rotation angle θ and the current (Isα, Isβ) of a fixed coordinate system; a fixed flux estimation unit calculating a fixed flux (λsα, λsβ) based on the voltage (Vsα, Vsβ) of the fixed coordinate system, and the current (Isα, Isβ) and fixed flux error (Δsα, Δsβ) of the fixed coordinate system; a fixed flux error estimation unit using the fixed flux instruction (λsα*, λsβ*) and the fixed flux (λsα, λsβ) to calculate the fixed flux error (Δsα, Δsβ) and feed the errors back to the fixed flux estimation unit; and a trigonometric function calculation unit calculating the rotation angle θ based on the rotating flux (λsd, λsq) and the fixed flux (λsα, λsβ).
US09667169B2
A power conversion apparatus includes a power conversion element; a capacitor; a control circuit that outputs a control signal to control operation of the power conversion element at the time of driving a load; a discharge control unit that outputs a discharge control signal to control operation of the power conversion element at the time of discharging the capacitor; a power supply circuit that generates a power supply voltage, on the basis of a voltage between both ends of the capacitor; and a driver unit that outputs a driving signal to operate the power conversion element, on the basis of the control signal or the discharge control signal. The power conversion element is operated according to the discharge control signal, a current is flown from the capacitor to the load through the power conversion element, and the capacitor is discharged.
US09667166B2
A five-level converting device includes a first switch module, a second switch module and a third switch modules each connects to a neutral point, a positive terminal and a negative terminal of a bus capacitor module. A first switch module includes a plurality of bidirectional switching circuits cascaded to each other, and each bidirectional switching circuit includes two first switching units reversely connected in series. Second switch module includes a plurality of second switching units connected in series. Third switch module includes a plurality of third switching units connected in series. A first flying capacitor unit is connected across the first switching module and a second switch module, and a second flying capacitor unit is connected across the first switching module and a third switching module. The first flying capacitor unit and the second flying capacitor unit are connected to different connection points between the first switch units respectively.
US09667160B1
A step-down DC converter configured to smooth ripple voltage. The step-down DC converter includes a ripple-filtering inductor, a power isolating and converting unit, a power switch, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first rectifying switch, a second rectifying switch, and a first inductor. The power isolating and converting unit includes a plurality of windings for separating the step-down-DC converter into an input stage and an output stage. The power switch and the first capacitor are arranged at the input stage, and the first capacitor is connected to the power switch. The second capacitor, the first rectifying switch, the rectifying switch, and the first inductor are arranged at the output stage, the second capacitor is connected to one terminal of the first inductor, and the other terminal of the first inductor is connected to the first rectifying switch and the second rectifying switch.
US09667158B2
A power supply device includes: a power factor correction circuit which includes a capacitor and which corrects a power factor of power; a DC-DC converter which includes a switching element and which steps up or down an output voltage of the power factor correction circuit; a control unit; and a voltage detection unit which detects a voltage of an input side of the power factor correction circuit. The control unit controls the switching element such that an output voltage of the DC-DC converter is gradually reduced when stopping an operation of the DC-DC converter in a normal state in which the voltage detection unit does not detect a voltage lower than a predetermined value. When the voltage detection unit detects a voltage lower than the predetermined value, the control unit immediately turns off the switching element to stop the operation of the DC-DC converter.
US09667155B2
A switching power supply includes: a transformer having a primary coil and a secondary coil; a switching element that is connected in series to the primary coil of the transformer so as to turn a direct-current input voltage applied to the primary coil of the transformer ON and OFF; a rectifying and smoothing circuit that rectifies a voltage induced in the secondary coil of the transformer to generate a direct-current output voltage; and a control circuit that turns the switching element ON and OFF in accordance with the direct-current output voltage, wherein the control circuit includes an input correction circuit that detects a switching period of the switching element and limits a peak value of a current flowing through the switching element in accordance with the detected switching period.
US09667143B2
A power conversion circuit includes an input port, an output port, a power conversion chip, a path switch, and a protection module. The input port is electrically connected to a power source and the output port is electrically connected to a function module. The power conversion chip includes a voltage input pin electrically connected to the input port and a voltage output pin electrically connected to the output port. The power conversion chip converts the power voltage to an output voltage. The path switch includes a control terminal, a first path terminal connected to the input port, and a second path terminal connected to the voltage input pin. The protection module is connected between the control terminal and the output port, and detects the output voltage on the output port, and turns off the path switch when the output voltage is greater than a predetermined voltage.
US09667141B2
A switching power supply includes: a switching type power supply circuit that converts an input voltage to generate an output voltage; and a control IC that executes feedback control that, based on a differential voltage between a target voltage and the output voltage from the power supply circuit, controls a switching element of the power supply circuit and causes the output voltage from the power supply circuit to converge to the target voltage. The control IC sets a this-time value of the target voltage based on a value obtained by adding a preset value to a previous value of the target voltage at a time of startup of the power supply circuit. Provided with this operation is a switching power supply that can precisely reduce an overshoot of the output voltage at the time of startup.
US09667135B2
A multiphase DC voltage converter and a method for controlling a multiphase DC voltage converter, having at least two parallel coils which are controlled in a time-shifted manner, at least one control unit for activating the coils, and at least one magnetically sensitive sensor element for detecting a magnetic field generated by the current flow through the coils. The control unit controls the current flow through the coils as a function of an output signal of the at least one sensor element.
US09667130B2
An AC/DC converter includes a first terminal and a second terminal for receiving an AC voltage and a third terminal and a fourth terminal for delivering a DC voltage. A capacitive circuit is connected between the third and fourth terminals. A rectifying bridge circuit has input terminals respectively coupled to the first and second terminals and has output terminal respectively connected to the third and fourth terminals. An inductive element is coupled in series with a first switch circuit between the first terminal and an input terminal of the rectifying bridge circuit.
US09667128B2
Power conversion systems and methods are presented for detecting filter capacitor resonance conditions in a power conversion system in which filter currents are measured and filtered using a bandpass filter, and one or more computed mean, RMS, and/or Fourier transform values are computed based on the filtered value(s). The computed measurement value or values are compared with a predetermined threshold and a suspected filter capacitor resonance condition is selectively identified based on comparison result.
US09667124B2
In a controller-integrated electric rotating machine configured to assemble a front side semi-manufactured assembly E formed from an electric rotating machine main body 1 and a front bracket 4 with the rear side semi-manufactured assembly D to which a rear bracket 5, a control unit assembly A, a power unit assembly B, and a brush unit assembly C are integrated, a series of brush restricting pin insertion holes 24 are disposed from a rear side end surface of the control unit assembly through the brush, and therefore assembling workability is improved without failures in assembling work which occur due to breaking away of a brush from a brush holder to the rotary shaft side.
US09667118B2
There is provided a vibration generating device including: a driving magnet of a rotor part rotated around a shaft and a coil part disposed to face the driving magnet and electromagnetically interacting with the driving magnet to rotate the rotor part, wherein the number of poles of the driving magnet and the number of coils of the coil part are the same as each other.
US09667095B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a controller, a first trigger circuit, a switch unit and a logic circuit. The controller provides a setting signal. The first trigger circuit provides a trigger signal according to at least one of first trigger situations. The switch unit is connected to a power input terminal. The logic circuit adjusts a switching signal according to the setting signal and the trigger signal. The switch unit decides whether to provide an input voltage at the power input terminal to the electronic apparatus according to the switching signal.
US09667083B2
A battery management method and apparatus. In one embodiment of the method, a source current is divided into Ic and Icr. Ic is transmitted to and charges a battery. A first voltage is generated that is related to Icr. The first voltage is converted into a first digital signal. A processing unit receives and processes the first digital signal in accordance with instructions stored in a memory. The transmission of Ic to the battery is interrupted in response to the processing unit processing the first digital signal. Current provided by the battery is divided into Idc and Idcr. Idc is transmitted to a device. A second voltage is generated that is related to Idcr. The second voltage is converted into a second digital signal. The processing unit receives and processes the second digital signal in accordance with instructions stored in the memory. The transmission of Idc to the battery is interrupted in response to the processing unit processing the second digital signal.
US09667074B2
A charging device may include firmware configured to execute and control charging functions and updating functions performed by the charging device. The firmware includes a first section configured to store instructions associated with the charging functions and a second section configured to store instructions associated with updating the first section. The charging device may also include a charging slot for insertion of one of a rechargeable device and an updating device. The charging device may further include a micro-controller configured to execute instructions stored on the firmware. Responsive to the updating device being inserted into the charging slot, the charging device executes instructions stored in the second section to enter an updating mode and update the firmware.
US09667071B2
A method for providing control power for an electricity network in which at least one energy store connected to the electricity network supplies energy to the electricity network as required and/or takes up energy from the electricity network as required, the control power being delivered in dependence on a frequency deviation from a setpoint value of a network frequency, a tolerance with respect to the frequency deviation being used to set a charging state of the energy store at a same time as providing the control power by the energy store. A device for carrying out such a method includes a control system and an energy store, the device being connected or connectable to an electricity network, the control system being connected to the energy store and controlling the control power that is given off and/or taken up by the energy store.
US09667070B2
A network system includes at least one unit selected from between an energy consumption unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy consumption unit, wherein an energy usage amount or an energy usage cost of the energy consumption unit are controllable, and the energy usage amount or the energy usage cost when the unit is controlled based on information associated with at least an energy cost is smaller than an energy usage amount or an energy usage cost when the unit is controlled without using the information related to at least the energy cost, and a display device detachably coupled to the energy consumption unit, wherein availability of the display device is determined according to a communication signal transmitted to the energy receiving unit.
US09667069B2
According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a method of operating a UPS system having a first UPS and a second UPS, the method comprising powering on the first UPS, receiving power from a first input power source coupled to an input of the first UPS, providing power to a load coupled to an output of the first UPS, adjusting the power provided to the load by the first UPS in response to power characteristics of the first UPS and power characteristics of the second UPS.
US09667067B2
An electric power socket control system comprises a cloud server, a wireless network sharer, at least an electric power socket device including a wireless network interface circuit and an electric quantity detection circuit, and a handheld device, wherein the electric power socket device can connect to the cloud server through the wireless network of the wireless network sharer and receive instructions for controlling the electric power socket device via the cloud server. In addition, the handheld device includes a built-in control software allowing to connect to the cloud server, in which the control software can be used to build the basic data of the electric power socket device and further select that, during a time interval, the system can perform power supply/power break operations to the electric power socket device automatically and randomly at non-fixed time.
US09667057B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for protecting a power converter of a renewable energy power system and/or a stand-alone energy storage system connected to a power grid during an adverse voltage event, such as a high voltage ride through (HVRT) event. In one embodiment, the method includes monitoring, via a control system, a current-voltage parameter of the power converter, wherein the current-voltage parameter is indicative of an adverse voltage event occurring at the power grid. Another step includes transferring, via a switching power supply, energy from a DC link of the power converter to one or more energy storage devices of an energy storage system coupled to the power converter when the current-voltage parameter indicates that an adverse voltage event is occurring.
US09667053B2
An electrical floor box assembly includes a box having a bottom wall, a plurality of side walls and a top portion having an opening at a top end thereof for providing access to the electrical box. An adapter has an open top end, an open bottom end and a passage extending between the top end and bottom end. The adapter has an outer dimension complementing a dimension of the opening in the electrical box and is received in the opening for movement between a retracted position and an extended position within the opening. The electrical box and adapter are configured for coupling and fixing the axial movement of the adapter with respect to the electrical box by rotation of the adapter to a locking position. In one embodiment, the electrical box and the adapter have interlocking teeth that mate with each other to prevent axial movement of the adapter. A locking member is provided to fix the position of the adapter relative to the electrical box to prevent rotation of the adapter.
US09667052B2
A matched seal feedthrough comprising: a support body having at least one passage opening, wherein the support body has a first coefficient of thermal expansion α1; at least one functional element; and an electrical insulation fixing material consisting of a glass material, wherein the fixing material has a second coefficient of thermal expansion α2, and the second coefficient of thermal expansion α2 is substantially the same as the first coefficient of thermal expansion α1; wherein the at least one functional element has an outside circumferential surface and is held in the at least one passage opening by the fixing material, the outside circumferential surface includes at least partially a coating with at least one of nickel and nickel alloy resulting in a coated region and an uncoated region of the outside circumferential surface, and the fixing material covers the coated and uncoated region at least partially.
US09667048B2
A shunt module for use in an impressed current cathodic protection system includes a rail mounting mechanism, an electrically insulating strip carrier mounted to the rail mounting mechanism, and a shunt. The shunt includes a conductive strip or wire having contacts at opposing ends. The shunt is coupled to the strip carrier and electrically isolated from the mounting mechanism.
US09667045B2
The present invention makes it possible to prevent the erroneous fitting of a connector (40) and to smoothly perform a fitting operation. A plurality of connectors (40) are aligned in a direction intersecting a front-rear direction. The front face of a housing (41) is oriented in the direction facing a counterpart housing (71) at fitting each connector (40). The housing (41) is provided with a through portion (52) passing through the housing (41) in the direction intersecting the front-rear direction. A plurality of electrical wires (100) extended out from each connector (40) are densely arranged in the through portion (52) so that the free movement of the electrical wires is restricted.
US09667043B2
A device for damping of high frequency currents is provided. The device includes a conductor extending along a main axis, a first damping path including a first damping element extending along a first axis and a second damping path including a second damping element extending along a second axis. The first and second damping elements are arranged on opposite sides of the conductor. The main axis, the first axis and the second axis are different and separate from each other. The first damping element and the second damping element are spaced apart from the conductor and electrically connected in parallel with the conductor between a first position and a second position along the conductor. Further, from the first position to the second position, a resistance of the conductor is lower than a resistance of either one of the first and second damping paths.
US09667041B2
A terminal assembly may be provided which utilizes an electrically insulating cover to electrically isolate upper portions of screw terminals. The electrically insulating cover could be made from plastic, rubber or some other electrical insulator, and could be mounted on a frame configured to engage with a frame supporting the screw terminals. While lower portions of the screw terminals may continue to electrically connect with electrical connectors for receiving load stab conductors (from a unit), upper portions of the screw terminals may be electrically isolated to protect from short-circuit, and/or shock, such as while a door or access panel of a wire-way is removed. The electrically insulating covers may also include cable glands for circumferentially surrounding wires leading to the screw terminals. A retainer clip may also be used to securely hold the electrically insulating covers to the frame supporting the screw terminals.
US09667032B1
A plasmonic light source includes a substrate and a square nano-cavity formed on the substrate. The nano-cavity includes a quantum well structure. The quantum well structure includes III-V materials. A plasmonic metal is formed as an electrode on the square nano-cavity and is configured to excite surface plasmons with the quantum well structure to generate light. Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices are formed on the substrate.
US09667029B2
In conventional semiconductor laser light sources, since intervals of light emitter waveguides are changed or stresses which are applied on chips of a laser array are controlled in the production process, there exists a problem that the productivity is lowered. A structure of a heat sink 3a, on which a semiconductor laser array 2 is mounted in which a plurality of semiconductor lasers are arrayed at equal intervals in a stripe width direction, is configured so that the heat radiation efficiencies of the plurality of semiconductor lasers are not constant between the central region and other regions in the stripe width direction. Concretely, the heat sink is configured in such a way that an area of a second region in a second surface of the heat sink is smaller than an area of a fourth region in the second surface with which the semiconductor laser radiation portion except for the central side of the plurality of semiconductor lasers in the stripe width direction are in contact, when each of the areas is converted into an area per semiconductor laser.
US09667024B2
An HOM-based optical fiber amplifier is selectively doped within its core region to minimize the presence of dopants in those portions of the core where the unwanted lower-order modes (particularly, the fundamental mode) of the signal reside. The reduction (elimination) of the gain medium from these portions of the core minimizes (perhaps to the point of elimination) limits the amount of amplification impressed upon the backward-propagating Stokes wave. This minimization of amplification will, in turn, lead to a reduction in the growth of the Stokes power that is generated by the Brillouin gain, which results in increasing the amount of power present in the desired, forward-propagating HOM amplified optical signal output.
US09667010B1
A carbon brush holder is provided, which includes an insulating base, a metal brush frame, and two carbon brushes, wherein the insulating base includes a first base and two second bases correspondingly engaging with two matching portions of the first base respectively; the first base has a first slot having a straight section and two winding sections respectively connected to two ends of the straight section and each of the second bases has a second slot, and a protrusion is formed on a slot wall thereon. The metal brush frame includes a main frame and two branch frames respectively connected to two ends of the main frame, wherein the main frame is embedded in the first slot; the two branch frames are embedded in the two second slots, and are connected to two carbon brushes respectively, to thereby provide an improved contact between the two carbon brushes and a slip ring assembly.
US09667008B2
A power adaptor includes an adaptor body, an output connector, and a replaceable tip. The output connector is connected to the adaptor body. The replaceable tip is detachably connected to the output connector. The replaceable tip includes four terminals, a first conductive element, and a second conductive element. The first conductive element is connected to two or three of the terminals. The second conductive element is connected to at least one of the remaining terminals. The adaptor body outputs an output voltage depending on the replaceable tip.
US09667006B2
A battery pack may include a plurality of cells, a cell connector assembly, and a common output. The cell connector assembly may be disposed to contact at least selected ones of the plurality of cells to facilitate parallel connection of contacted cells. The common output may be electrically coupled to the cell connector assembly to receive a combined output from the plurality of cells. The cell connector assembly may include a plurality of metallic arms arranged in a hierarchical structure including at least two levels each having at least one arm, such that the cell connector assembly defines a plurality of current paths from each of the contacted cells to the combined output. The plurality of current paths are substantially equal to each other in length.
US09667002B1
A connector assembly includes a housing having housing cavities extending between a mating end and a loading end. The housing having module latches associated with corresponding housing cavities. Contact modules are received in corresponding housing cavities. Each contact module having first and second module cavities extending between a front end and a rear end of the contact modules. The contact modules being held within the housing cavity by the corresponding module latch. Each contact module having an unshielded twisted pair (UTP) circuit, the UTP circuit includes first and second signal wires and first and second terminals terminated to the first and second signal wires. The signal wires being twisted along a length of the first and second signal wires.
US09667000B1
A coaxial connector assembly includes an inner contact terminating a center conductor of a coaxial cable, an insulator holding the inner contact, and an outer contact, which surrounds the insulator and the inner contact, terminating a shield braid of the cable. The outer contact is formed into a barrel shape and includes a seam extending along an entire length of the outer contact. The coaxial connector assembly further includes an outer ferrule and a seamless inner ferrule. The seamless inner ferrule has a first ferrule portion with a first diameter and a second ferrule portion with a second diameter that is different from the first diameter. The first ferrule portion surrounds at least a portion of the outer contact. The shield braid is sandwiched between the second ferrule portion and the outer ferrule. A method of manufacturing the coaxial connector assembly is also provided.
US09666992B2
A conductive EMI shielding assembly for shielding the connection between a multi-wire cable and a corresponding circuit board connector is disclosed, and includes a housing portion for surrounding the circuit board connector and a coupling portion for mating with the housing portion and the cable. The housing portion has a base with a rectangular configuration and a collar portion that mates with a corresponding collar portion of the coupling portion. The coupling portion has an opposing end that slips over the end of the cable and attaches to the cable. The housing collar portion and coupling mating portion include associated tabs and openings arranged around them in a circular pattern at preselected angular intervals. The tabs and openings permit the coupling portion to be oriented with respect to the housing portion in a number of different patterns.
US09666985B2
A high-speed electrical connector with constant characteristic impedance according to the invention has at least one pair of connection elements (15) installed in an insert (25) of insulating material, and the end portion of said insert is shaped so as to define a baffle (37) between the two connection elements (15).
US09666979B1
An assembly, and methods of fabricating the assembly. The assembly has an electrical cable that has a number of separate conductors, a bundle of cable reinforcing strands, and an outer jacket surrounding all of the conductors and the bundle. The conductors and the bundle protrude from an end of the outer jacket. A stopper element surrounds the end of the outer jacket and the portions of the conductors and bundle where they protrude from the outer jacket. Distal ends of the conductors and the bundle protrude from the stopper element. The distal end of the bundle that protrudes from the stopper element is divided into multiple protruding bundle portions, and a first protruding bundle portion is wrapped at least partly around the stopper element in one direction and a second protruding bundle portion is wrapped at least partly around the stopper element in another direction.
US09666975B1
A wall plate including a plate having a front surface and a rear surface, a rear perimeter wall extending away from the rear surface, a gasket having a rear surface positioned adjacent the rear perimeter wall, and wherein the gasket rear surface is flexible and folds upon contact with a mounting surface.
US09666973B1
A connector coupling that has a body, an inner sleeve receiving the body, at least one self-locking pawl pivotably coupled to the inner sleeve that is configured to toggle between first and second positions in engagement with ratchet teeth of the body, and an outer sleeve surrounding the inner sleeve. The inner and outer sleeves are rotatable together in opposite mating and unmating directions. At least one spring member is attached to the outer sleeve and is configured to bias the pawl. When the pawl is in the first position engaging the ratchet teeth, the inner and outer sleeves are rotatable together in the mating direction only and prevented from rotating in the unmating direction and when the pawl is in the second position engaging the ratchet teeth, the inner and outer sleeves are rotatable together in the unmating direction only and prevented from rotating in the mating direction.
US09666965B2
The present invention provides an electrical interconnection system comprising: a paddle card comprising a plurality of first contact pads positioned on a first surface of the paddle card and a plurality of second contact pads positioned on an opposite second surface of the paddle card; a first wafer comprising a plurality of first conductors each having a first contact portion; and a second wafer comprising a plurality of second conductors each having a second contact portion; wherein the first wafer and the second wafer are assembled together to have the first contact portion and the second contact portion face each other and be able to form a gap therebetween for accommodating at least part of the paddle card; each first contact portion is adapted to be in electrical contact with a corresponding first contact pad and each second contact portion is adapted to be in electrical contact with a corresponding second contact pad when the paddle card is at least partly accommodated in the gap.
US09666956B2
A minute current crimping terminal (1) includes a wire barrel portion (37) connected to a core wire including any one of aluminum and aluminum alloy, a current flowing through the core wire being lower than a normal current. The wire barrel portion (37) includes a base material (31) including any one of iron and iron alloy with corrosion resistance, at least a first layer (33) provided on a surface of a part of the base material (31) configuring the wire barrel portion (37), and at least a second layer (35) provided on a surface of the first layer (33), wherein the first layer (33) includes a material to remove a passive film present on a surface of the base material (31), and the second layer (35) includes a material capable of increasing corrosion resistance and lubricity, and stabilizing a value of electrical resistance.
US09666953B2
Disclosed is a Cassegrain microwave antenna, which comprises a radiation source, a first metamaterial panel used for radiating an electromagnetic wave emitted by the radiation source, and a second metamaterial panel having an electromagnetic wave convergence feature and used for converting into plane wave the electromagnetic wave radiated by the first metamaterial panel. Employment of the principle of metamaterial for manufacturing the antenna allows the antenna to break away from restrictions of conventional concave lens shape, convex lens shape, and parabolic shape, thereby allowing the shape of the Cassegrain microwave antenna to be panel-shaped or any shape as desired, while allowing for reduced thickness, reduced size, and facilitated processing and manufacturing, thus providing beneficial effects of reduced costs and improved gain effect.
US09666945B2
An apparatus and method for adjusting an operating frequency of a multi-band antenna and a system supporting the same in a wireless communication system are provided, in which a plurality of shorting pins spaced from a radiation patch by difference distances, and a switch connects one of the shorting pins to the radiation patch.
US09666934B2
An enhanced portable communication device includes a one-piece metal back plate with integral antennas. The one-piece metal back plate includes four integral antennas in an embodiment, forming an antenna pair at each end of the device. A printed circuit board (PCB) of the device is configured to drive one or more of the antennas capacitivly or, in an embodiment, via a direct feed.
US09666929B2
A balun includes a first transmission line and a number (N) of second transmission lines. The first transmission line includes an end terminal for receiving or outputting a signal with a target wavelength, and having a length of half the target wavelength. Each of the second transmission lines is disposed adjacent to and spaced apart from the first transmission line so as to establish electromagnetic coupling therebetween, and includes first and second end terminals for cooperatively outputting or receiving a differential signal pair with the target wavelength.
US09666924B2
A radiofrequency filter exhibiting at least one resonant mode comprises: at least one cavity at least partially closed using conductive walls, having a cylindrical outer surface defined by a directing curve described by a generatrix and having a point of symmetry, an axis passing through a point of symmetry and parallel to the generatrix being a longitudinal axis of the cavity. At least one dielectric element is arranged in the cavity and comprises: a first portion having a thickness according to the longitudinal axis and a section according to a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis whose vertices are distributed according to a polygon, at least two vertices being short-circuited between them by the conductive walls of the cavity, via an electrical or radiofrequency contact between the vertices and walls, at least one pyramidal portion comprising an apex and a base coinciding with an extreme section of the first portion.
US09666921B2
A dielectric wave guide filter comprising a block of dielectric material defining a plurality of resonators separated by an interior layer of conductive material. A first direct path for the transmission of an RF signal is defined by the plurality of resonators. An external substrate is coupled to an exterior surface of the block of dielectric material and defines a pair of RF signal input/output transmission vias filled with a conductive material and an interior RF signal transmission line extending between and interconnecting the pair or RF signal input/output transmission vias and providing an indirect cross-coupling path for the RF signal between two of the resonators separated by the interior layer of conductive material.
US09666918B2
A battery employing lithium-oxygen chemistry may include an anode comprising lithium, an electrolyte, and a porous cathode. The electrolyte may include a lithium-containing salt; a partially fluorinated ether, such as 2,2-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-dioxolane; and a co-solvent selected from the group consisting of ethers, amides, nitriles, and combinations thereof. In some examples, the electrolyte does not include a cyclic carbonate ester, a sulfolane, or a sulfolane derivative. The porous cathode allows oxygen to come into contact with the electrolyte.
US09666899B2
A preloaded cathode layer, comprising: (A) An integral porous structure having massive surfaces greater than 100 m2/g or pores with a size from 1.0 nm to 100 nm, wherein multiple conductive particles, platelets or filaments, without a conductive filler, form a 3-D conductive network; and (B) a metal polysulfide preloaded in the pores or deposited on the massive surfaces, selected from: (a) an MxSy, (x=1-3 and y=1-10) wherein M is a metal element selected from a non-lithium alkali metal, an alkaline metal selected from Mg or Ca, a transition metal, a metal from groups 13 to 17, or a combination thereof, or (b) Li2S6, Li2S7, Li2S8, Li2S9, or Li2S10, wherein the metal polysulfide contains a thin coating or small particles with a thickness or diameter less than 20 nm and occupies a weight fraction of from 1% to 99%.
US09666887B2
A method for diagnosing a current sensor of a fuel cell system includes calculating an estimated duty value of a hydrogen pressure control valve, corresponding to a sensing value of the current sensor, while operating the fuel cell system. The estimated duty value is compared with an actual duty value where the hydrogen pressure control valve is controlled during the operation of the fuel cell system, thereby calculating an error value between the estimated duty value and the actual duty value. The error value is compared with a critical value in a normal range, thereby determining whether a failure occurs in the current sensor. The hydrogen pressure control valve controls a pressure of hydrogen supplied to a fuel cell stack of the fuel cell system.
US09666884B2
A fuel cell stack includes a membrane electrode assembly including an polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode, and a cathode. A separating plate is disposed at two sides of the membrane electrode assembly and includes a coolant path, an air path, and a fuel path. A coolant outlet manifold communicating with the coolant path is formed in the separating plate, and an air inlet manifold communicating with the air path is formed adjacent to the coolant outlet manifold. At least one cooling fin for heat transfer is formed in the coolant outlet manifold and the air inlet manifold.
US09666874B2
A catalyst including: a plurality of porous clusters of silver particles, each cluster of the clusters including: (a) a plurality of primary particles of silver, and (b) crystalline particles of zirconium oxide (ZrO2), wherein at least a portion of the crystalline particles of ZrO2 is located in pores formed by a surface of the plurality of primary particles of silver.
US09666870B2
A method for making a composite electrode for a lithium ion battery comprises the steps of: preparing a slurry containing particles of inorganic electrode material(s) suspended in a solvent; preheating a porous metallic substrate; loading the metallic substrate with the slurry; baking the loaded substrate at a first temperature; curing the baked substrate at a second temperature sufficient to form a desired nanocrystalline material within the pores of the substrate; calendaring the cured composite to reduce internal porosity; and, annealing the calendared composite at a third temperature to produce a self-supporting multiphase electrode. Because of the calendaring step, the resulting electrode is self-supporting, has improved current collecting properties, and improved cycling lifetime. Anodes and cathodes made by the process, and batteries using them, are also disclosed.
US09666868B2
A lead-acid battery or cell comprises electrode(s) of with current collector(s) of a fibrous material with an average interfiber spacing of less than 50 microns. The current collector material may be a carbon fiber material which has been thermally treated by electric arc discharge. The fibrous current collector material may comprise an impregnated paste comprising a mixture of lead sulphate particles and dilute sulfuric acid.
US09666867B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an aluminum alloy foil for an electrode current collector, the foil having a high strength after the drying step while keeping a high electrical conductivity. Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy foil for electrode current collector, including: maintaining an aluminum alloy ingot comprising 0.03 to 0.1% of Fe, 0.01 to 0.1% of Si, 0.0001 to 0.01% of Cu, 0.005% or less of Mn, with the rest being Al and unavoidable impurities, at 550 to 620° C. for 1 to 20 hours, and subjecting the resulting ingot under a hot rolling with a starting temperature of 500° C. or higher and an end-point temperature of 255 to 300° C.
US09666860B2
A lead-acid battery comprising: —at least one negative electrode comprising lead-based battery electrode material and at least one region of capacitor material overlying the lead-based battery electrode material, each electrode being in electrical connection to an outer terminal of the battery, and —at least one positive lead-dioxide based battery electrode, each positive electrode being in electrical connection to a second outer terminal of the battery, —separator interleaving the facing electrodes; —electrolyte filling at least the space of the electrodes and separators wherein the capacitor material overlying the lead-based battery electrode material comprises 20-65% by weight of a high electrical conductivity carbonaceous material, 30-70% of a high specific surface area carbonaceous material, at least 0.1% lead and binder.
US09666856B2
Disclosed are a method of manufacturing an electrode for secondary batteries that includes surface-treating a current collector so as to have a morphology wherein a surface roughness Ra of 0.001 μm to 10 μm is formed over the entire surface thereof to enhance adhesion between an electrode active material and the current collector and an electrode for secondary batteries that is manufactured using the method.
US09666847B2
In accordance with at least selected aspects, objects or embodiments, optimized, novel or improved membranes, battery separators, batteries, and/or systems and/or related methods of manufacture, use and/or optimization are provided. In accordance with at least selected embodiments, the present invention is related to novel or improved battery separators that prevent dendrite growth, prevent internal shorts due to dendrite growth, or both, batteries incorporating such separators, systems incorporating such batteries, and/or related methods of manufacture, use and/or optimization thereof. In accordance with at least certain embodiments, the present invention is related to novel or improved ultra thin or super thin membranes or battery separators, and/or lithium primary batteries, cells or packs incorporating such separators, and/or systems incorporating such batteries, cells or packs. In accordance with at least particular certain embodiments, the present invention is related to shutdown membranes or battery separators, and/or lithium primary batteries, cells or packs incorporating such separators, and/or systems incorporating such batteries, cells or packs.
US09666845B2
A power storage module that has a plurality of power storage cells stacked in a stacking direction, a pair of insulating end power storage cell holders superimposed at opposite ends in the stacking direction, and a pair of end plates superimposed at opposite ends in the stacking direction of the end power storage cell holders. In a mounted state, a lower end in a vertical direction of the end power storage cell holder projects downward from lower ends in a vertical direction of the power storage cell and the end plate. The end power storage cell holder includes a first face opposing the end plate and a second face opposing the power storage cell. A first drainage channel is formed on the first face and extends vertically downwardly and bends outward in the stacking direction. A second drainage passage extends vertically and is formed on the second face.
US09666837B2
A mask for deposition includes a plurality of deposition pattern parts arranged spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and a plurality of pattern openings defined in each deposition pattern part; a plurality of dummy pattern parts disposed at opposing sides of the plurality of deposition pattern parts in the first direction, respectively, and a plurality of recesses defined in each dummy pattern part; and a plurality of fixing parts respectively disposed at external sides of outermost dummy pattern parts among the plurality of dummy pattern parts, in the first direction. A maximum thickness of the each dummy pattern part is equal to or larger than a maximum thickness of the each deposition pattern part, and is smaller than a maximum thickness of each fixing part.
US09666835B2
The present invention relates to a light extraction substrate for an organic light-emitting device, a manufacturing method therefor, and an organic light-emitting device comprising the same, and more specifically, to a light extraction substrate for an organic light-emitting device which can improve the light extraction efficiency of the organic light-emitting device, a manufacturing method therefor, and an organic light-emitting device comprising the same. To this end, the present invention provides a light extraction substrate for an organic light-emitting device, a manufacturing method therefor, and an organic light emitting device comprising the same. The light extraction substrate for the organic light-emitting device comprises: a base substrate; a matrix layer formed on the base substrate and made of frit; and a glass fiber structure arranged inside the matrix layer, wherein the matrix layer and the glass fiber structure form an inner light extraction layer of the organic light-emitting device.
US09666821B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a multicolor quantum dot pattern, which includes: forming a first photoresist pattern on a substrate; activating a surface of the substrate having the first photoresist pattern formed thereon; forming a first quantum dot layer on the activated substrate; generating a first quantum dot pattern by removing the first photoresist pattern; and generating a second quantum dot pattern on the same layer as the first quantum dot pattern generated on the substrate. Accordingly, various kinds of quantum dots may be easily implemented at a single substrate.
US09666820B2
An object of the invention is to improve the reliability of a light-emitting device. Another object of the invention is to provide flexibility to a light-emitting device having a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor film. A light-emitting device has, over one flexible substrate, a driving circuit portion including a thin film transistor for a driving circuit and a pixel portion including a thin film transistor for a pixel. The thin film transistor for a driving circuit and the thin film transistor for a pixel are inverted staggered thin film transistors including an oxide semiconductor layer which is in contact with a part of an oxide insulating layer.
US09666817B2
An organic photodetector includes an anode and a cathode facing each other and an active layer between the anode and the cathode and including a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor, wherein an energy barrier between the anode or the cathode and the active layer is greater than or equal to about 1.3 eV, a difference between a HOMO energy level of the p-type semiconductor and a LUMO energy level of the n-type semiconductor is greater than or equal to about 0.8 eV.
US09666807B2
An organic light-emitting device including a first electrode; a second electrode opposite to the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer, wherein the organic layer includes a first compound represented by the following Formula 1 and a second compound represented by the following Formula 2:
US09666805B2
The present invention relates to new semiconducting compounds having at least one optionally substituted bithiophene sulfonamide moiety. The compounds disclosed herein can exhibit high carrier mobility and/or efficient light absorption/emission characteristics, and can possess certain processing advantages such as solution-processability and/or good stability at ambient conditions.
US09666802B2
A highly fluorinated photoresist employing a photodimerization chemistry and a method for manufacturing an organic light emitting diode display using the same. The photoresist includes a copolymer that is made from two different monomers. When the copolymer is used as a photoresist, the photoresist has the characteristic that it becomes insoluble when exposed to an ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 365 nm.
US09666801B2
A method of forming a non-volatile resistive oxide memory cell includes forming a first conductive electrode of the memory cell as part of a substrate. Metal oxide-comprising material is formed over the first conductive electrode. Etch stop material is deposited over the metal oxide-comprising material. Conductive material is deposited over the etch stop material. A second conductive electrode of the memory cell which comprises the conductive material received is formed over the etch stop material. Such includes etching through the conductive material to stop relative to the etch stop material and forming the non-volatile resistive oxide memory cell to comprise the first and second conductive electrodes having both the metal oxide-comprising material and the etch stop material therebetween. Other implementations are contemplated.
US09666800B2
Variable-resistance material memories include a buried salicide word line disposed below a diode. Variable-resistance material memories include a metal spacer spaced apart and next to the diode. Processes include the formation of one of the buried salicide word line and the metal spacer. Devices include the variable-resistance material memories and one of the buried salicided word line and the spacer word line.
US09666796B2
A method for making phase change memory cell includes following steps. A carbon nanotube wire is located on a surface of the substrate, wherein the carbon nanotube wire includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. A bending portion is formed by bending the carbon nanotube wire. A first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode are applied on the surface of the substrate, wherein the first electrode is electrically connected to the first end, the second electrode is electrically connected to the second end, and the third end is spaced from the bending portion of the carbon nanotube wire. A phase change layer is deposited to cover the bending structure and electrically connects to the third electrode.
US09666793B2
A planar STT-MRAM includes apparatus, made by a method of operating and a method of manufacturing a spin-torque magnetoresistive memory and a plurality of magnetoresistive memory element having a ferromagnetic recording layer forming a flux closure with a self-aligned ferromagnetic soft adjacent layer which has an electric field enhanced perpendicular anisotropy through an interface interaction with a dielectric functional layer. The energy switch barrier of the soft adjacent layer is reduced under an electric field along a perpendicular direction with a proper voltage on a digital line from a control circuitry; accordingly, the in-plane magnetization of the recording layer is readily reversible in a low spin-transfer switching current.
US09666792B2
Shadow-effect compensated fabrication of magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) semiconductor elements is disclosed. Providing shadow-effect compensated fabrication of MTJ elements can provide reduced free layer sizing for enhanced MTJ operational margin. In certain aspects, to reduce size of a free layer during fabrication of an MTJ to provide enhanced write and retention symmetry, ion beam etching (IBE) fabrication process is employed to fabricate a free layer smaller than the pinned layer. To avoid asymmetrical footing being fabricated in free layer due to shadow-effect of neighboring MTJs, an ion beam directed at the MTJ is shadow-effect compensated. The angle of incidence of the ion beam directed at the MTJ is varied as the MTJ is rotated to be less steep when another MTJ is in directional line of the ion beam and the MTJ being fabricated. Thus, the free layer is etched more uniformly in the MTJ while avoiding increased etching damage.
US09666788B2
A magnetic field sensor includes a lead frame having a plurality of leads, at least two of which have a connection portion and a die attach portion. A semiconductor die is attached to the die attach portion of the at least two leads. The sensor further includes at least one wire bond coupled between the die and a first surface of the lead frame. The die is attached to a second, opposing surface of the lead frame in a lead on chip configuration. In some embodiments, at least one passive component is attached to the die attach portion of at least two leads.
US09666783B2
An electronic component comprising a Josephson junction and a method for producing the same are proposed. The component comprises a substrate having at least one step edge in the surface thereof and a layer made of a high-temperature superconducting material disposed thereon, wherein this layer, at the step edge, has a grain boundary that forms the one or two weak links of the Josephson junction. On both sides of the step edge, the a and/or b crystal axes in the plane of the high-temperature superconducting layer are oriented perpendicularly to the grain boundary to within a deviation of no more than 10°, as a result of a texturing of the substrate and/or at least one buffer layer disposed between the substrate and the high-temperature superconducting layer. This can be technologically implemented, for example, by growing on the HTS layer by way of graphoepitaxy. By orienting the same crystal axis in each case perpendicularly to the step edge on both sides of the step edge, a maximal supercurrent can flow across the grain boundary induced by the step edge, and consequently across the Josephson junction.
US09666780B2
The present disclosure provides a light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof. The light-emitting device comprises: a metal connecting structure; a barrier layer on the metal connecting structure, the barrier layer comprising a first metal multilayer on the metal connecting structure and a second metal multilayer on the first metal multilayer; a metal reflective layer on the barrier layer; and a light-emitting stack electrically coupled to the metal reflective layer, wherein the first metal multilayer comprises a first metal layer comprising a first metal material and a second metal layer comprising a second metal material, and the second metal multilayer comprises a third metal layer comprising a third metal material and a fourth metal layer comprising a fourth metal material.
US09666763B2
Transparent glass-to-glass hermetic seals are formed by providing a low melting temperature sealing glass along a sealing interface between two glass substrates and irradiating the interface with laser radiation. Absorption by the sealing glass and induced transient absorption by the glass substrates along the sealing interface causes localized heating and melting of both the sealing glass layer and the substrate materials, which results in the formation of a glass-to-glass weld. Due to the transient absorption by the substrate material, the sealed region is transparent upon cooling.
US09666761B2
A light-emitting device includes a substrate that is capable of transmitting light, a conductive layer that includes a first conductive portion provided on the substrate and a second conductive portion which is provided on the substrate so as to be adjacent to the first conductive portion, The second conductive portion is thinner than the first conductive portion. A light emitting layer is provided on the first conductive portion. A first electrode is provided on the second conductive portion. A second electrode is provided on the light emitting layer. In some embodiments, a backside surface of the substrate may be processed to be optically rough so as to limit internal reflections.
US09666758B2
Method for producing a light emitting semiconductor device comprising a zinc magnesium oxide based layer as active layer, wherein the zinc magnesium oxide based layer comprises an aluminum doped zinc magnesium oxide layer having the nominal composition Zn1-xMgxO with 1-350 ppm Al, wherein x is in the range of 0
US09666748B2
A semiconductor structure for use in single molecule real time DNA sequencing technology is provided. The structure includes a semiconductor substrate including a first region and an adjoining second region. A photodetector is present in the first region and a plurality of semiconductor devices is present in the second region. A contact wire is located on a surface of a dielectric material that surrounds the photodetector and contacts a topmost surface of the photodetector and a portion of one of the semiconductor devices. An interconnect structure is located above the first region and the second region, and a metal layer is located atop the interconnect structure. The metal layer has a zero waveguide module located above the first region of the semiconductor substrate. A DNA polymerase can be present at the bottom of the zero waveguide module.
US09666746B2
Provided are: a conductive base for forming a wiring pattern of a collector sheet for solar cells, which has good rust inhibiting properties and solderability without using an organic rust inhibitor that may harm a solar cell element; and a method for producing a collector sheet for solar cells, said method using the conductive base. A conductive base for forming a wiring pattern of a collector sheet for solar cells, which is a conductive base (30) wherein a zinc layer (320) composed of zinc is formed on the surface of a copper foil (310), is used. The conductive base for forming a wiring pattern of a collector sheet for solar cells is characterized in that the zinc layer (320) does not contain chromium and the amount of zinc therein is more than 20 mg/m2 but 40 mg/m2 or less.
US09666740B2
A solar cell module manufacturing method includes: preparing a front-side transparent protective member and a back-side protective sheet member, the front-side transparent protective member including a first principal surface and a second principal surface, a surface area of at least the first principal surface being larger than a projected area of the first principal surface, the back-side protective sheet member including a third principal surface and a fourth principal surface; and disposing a solar cell between the second principal surface of the front-side transparent protective member and the third principal surface of the back-side protective sheet member, and sealing the solar cell with a bonding layer therebetween. A breaking elongation of the back-side protective sheet member is 300% or more.
US09666738B2
A semifinished product of a multi-junction solar cell includes a first semiconductor body that is designed as a first partial solar cell and has a first band gap, a second semiconductor body that is designed as a second partial solar cell and has a second band gap. The first semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body form a bonded connection to a tunnel diode and the first band gap is different from the second band gap. A first substrate material is adapted as a substrate layer, wherein a sacrificial layer is formed between the first substrate material and the first partial solar cell and the first substrate material is removed from the first semiconductor body, the sacrificial layer being destroyed in the process.
US09666734B2
The present invention relates to an emitter wrap-through solar cell and a method for preparing the same. The solar cell according to the present invention has a structure that may minimize generation of leakage current and minimize energy conversion efficiency measurement error. And, the preparation method of a solar cell according to the present invention may easily confirm the alignment state of the electrode, and thus, provide more improved productivity.
US09666709B2
A non-planar semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, multiple raised semiconductor structures coupled to the substrate, a drain well in each of the raised structures, and a drain in each drain well. The structure further includes an isolation region in each drain well adjacent the drain, each isolation region reaching to a top surface of the corresponding raised structure, and a conductive center gate on each raised structure, the conductive center gate covering a top surface, a front surface and a back surface thereof, and covering a portion of the isolation region opposite the drain. The isolation regions in the drain wells reaching to the raised structure top surface is a result of preserving the isolation region by covering it during fabrication with an HDP oxide to prevent partial removal.
US09666702B2
Methods of manufacture of advanced electronic and photonic structures including heterojunction transistors, transistor lasers and solar cells and their related structures, are described herein. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein.
US09666699B1
The invention provides a semiconductor device, including a buried oxide layer disposed on a substrate. A semiconductor layer is disposed on the buried oxide layer. A first well is disposed in the semiconductor layer. A second well and a third well are disposed to opposite sides of the first well and separated from the first well. An isolation feature covers the first well and the third well. A poly field plate is disposed on the isolation feature and over the semiconductor layer between the first well and the third well. A first anode doped region is disposed on the second well. A second anode doped region and a third anode doped region are disposed on the second well. The second anode doped region is positioned directly on the third anode doped region. A first cathode doped region is coupled to the third well.
US09666697B2
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device in which the threshold voltage is adjusted is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor, an electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor, a gate electrode, and an electron trap layer between the gate electrode and the first semiconductor. By performing heat treatment at higher than or equal to 125° C. and lower than or equal to 450° C. and, at the same time, keeping a potential of the gate electrode higher than a potential of the electrode for 1 second or more, the threshold voltage is increased.
US09666680B1
A flash cell includes a gate and an erase gate. The gate is disposed on a substrate, wherein the gate includes a control gate on the substrate and a floating gate having a tip between the substrate and the control gate. The erase gate is disposed beside the gate, wherein the tip points toward the erase gate. The present invention also provides a flash cell forming process including the following steps. A gate is formed on a substrate, wherein the gate includes a floating gate on the substrate. An implantation process is performed on a side part of the floating gate, thereby forming a first doped region in the side part. At least a part of the first doped region is oxidized, thereby forming a floating gate having a tip.
US09666670B2
An integrated circuit die includes a substrate having a first layer of semiconductor material, a layer of dielectric material on the first layer of semiconductor material, and a second layer of semiconductor material on the layer of dielectric material. An extended channel region of a transistor is positioned in the second layer of semiconductor material, interacting with a top surface, side surfaces, and potentially portions of a bottom surface of the second layer of semiconductor material. A gate dielectric is positioned on a top surface and on the exposed side surface of the second layer of semiconductor material. A gate electrode is positioned on the top surface and the exposed side surface of the second layer of semiconductor material.
US09666669B1
A bipolar junction transistor includes an intrinsic base formed on a substrate. The intrinsic base includes a superlattice stack including a plurality of alternating layers of semiconductor material. A collector and emitter are formed adjacent to the intrinsic base on opposite sides of the base. An extrinsic base structure is formed on the intrinsic base.
US09666654B2
An organic light-emitting display device includes a first substrate having transmitting regions and pixel regions separated from each other by the transmitting regions, a plurality of thin film transistors on the first substrate in the pixel regions, a passivation layer covering the plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of pixel electrodes on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the thin film transistors, the pixel electrodes being in the pixel regions and overlapping the thin film transistors, an opposite electrode in the transmitting regions and the pixel regions, the opposite electrode facing the plurality of pixel electrodes and being configured to transmit light, an organic emission layer interposed between the pixel electrodes and the opposite electrode, and a color filter in corresponding pixel regions.
US09666647B2
There are provided an OLED display and a method of manufacturing the same, in order to improved resolution of the OLED display. The OLED display comprises a substrate and a plurality of light emitting array units provided and periodically arranged on the substrate, each light emitting array unit comprising first, second and third light emitting units arranged in this order. Each light emitting unit comprises an anode, a cathode and an organic material functional layer located therebetween, the organic material functional layer comprising a light emitting layer. For each light emitting array unit, the first light emitting layer is formed within the first and second light emitting units, the second light emitting layer is formed within the second and third light emitting units, and the first and second light emitting layers are configured to emit light of different colors; in the second light emitting unit, the first and second light emitting layers overlap with each other and are configured so that only one of them is capable of emitting light. In each light emitting array unit, one of two light emitting units which have the same light emitting layer for emitting light further comprises a light color conversion layer arranged on a light exiting side of the one light emitting unit, the light color conversion layer being configured to convert light from its corresponding light emitting layer to light having a color different from those of light emitted by other light emitting units of the light emitting array unit.
US09666646B2
A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element disposed in a display region and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting functional layer. The light-emitting device includes a wiring formed in a periphery of the display region and that is electrically connected to the second electrode, and a filter layer having a first color filter that overlaps the light-emitting element and a first layer that overlaps the peripheral wiring. The first color filter and the first layer are formed from a first colored layer that transmits light having a first wavelength.
US09666644B2
Three light-emitting units are included. Two light-emitting units of the three light-emitting units are similar-color light-emitting units that emit light in a similar color, and have mutually different luminance lives. A remaining light-emitting unit of the three light-emitting units is a different-color light-emitting unit that emits light in a color that is different from the similar color, and has a luminance life that is shorter than each luminance life of the two similar-color light-emitting units.
US09666643B2
A solid state image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate where photoelectric conversion regions for converting light into charges are arranged per pixel planarly arranged; an organic photoelectric conversion film laminated at a light irradiated side of the semiconductor substrate via an insulation film and formed at the regions where the pixels are formed; a lower electrode formed at and in contact with the organic photoelectric conversion film at a semiconductor substrate side; a first upper electrode laminated at a light irradiated side of the organic photoelectric conversion film and formed such that ends of the first upper electrode are substantially conform with ends of the organic photoelectric conversion film when the solid state image sensor is planarly viewed; and a film stress suppressor for suppressing an effect of a film stress on the organic photoelectric conversion film, the film stress being generated on the first upper electrode.
US09666641B2
The present invention discloses a compact three-dimensional memory (3D-MC). By forming simple switching devices (e.g., pass transistors) on the address-select lines, contact vias can be shared by the address-select lines in the same memory level, or from different memory levels. This leads to sparser and fewer contact vias.
US09666638B2
Methods for forming backside illuminated (BSI) image sensors having metal redistribution layers (RDL) and solder bumps for high performance connection to external circuitry are provided. In one embodiment, a BSI image sensor with RDL and solder bumps may be formed using a temporary carrier during manufacture that is removed prior to completion of the BSI image sensor. In another embodiment, a BSI image sensor with RDL and solder bumps may be formed using a permanent carrier during manufacture that partially remains in the completed BSI image sensor. A BSI image sensor may be formed before formation of a redistribution layer on the front side of the BSI image sensor. A redistribution layer may, alternatively, be formed on the front side of an image wafer before formation of BSI components such as microlenses and color filters on the back side of the image wafer.
US09666624B2
An image-sensor device is provided. The image-sensor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a front surface and a back surface, and an interconnection structure formed over the front surface. The image-sensor device also includes a radiation-sensing region in the semiconductor substrate. The image-sensor device further includes an isolation structure adjacent to the radiation-sensing region. The isolation structure includes a trench extends from the back surface, and a negatively charged film extends along an interior surface of the trench.
US09666622B2
Provided is a semiconductor integrated circuit device having pixel regions in a photodiode array region and having, in each of the pixel regions, a waveguide holding hole having a substantially perpendicular sidewall above the photodiode and embedded with a silicon oxide-based sidewall insulating film reaching the bottom surface of the hole and two or more silicon nitride-based insulating films having a higher refractive index on the inner side of the hole. This structure makes it possible to prevent deterioration of pixel characteristics of an imaging device, such as CMOS sensor, which is rapidly decreasing in size.
US09666617B2
An imaging device includes: a photodiode configured to perform photoelectric conversion and to generate electric charge in accordance with an amount of received light; a floating diffusion section configured to accumulate the electric charge generated in the photodiode; a reading circuit configured to output a pixel signal having a voltage in accordance with a level of the electric charge accumulated in the floating diffusion section, the reading circuit including one or a plurality of transistors each having a gate that is electrically connected to a wiring used for selecting a pixel; and an insulating section extending into part or whole of a bottom surface of the floating diffusion section, part or whole of bottom surfaces of source-drain regions in the one or the plurality of transistors, or both. The photodiode, the floating diffusion section, the reading circuit, and the insulating section are provided in a semiconductor layer.
US09666615B2
A semiconductor on insulator substrate includes an electrically conductive layer disposed between an electrically insulating handle layer and the semiconductor layer to facilitate the application of a back bias. The connection of the electrically conductive layer to a reference voltage reduces the effects of trapped or fixed charges associated with the handle layer on the threshold voltage of a transistor formed on the semiconductor layer. Silicon-based devices formed on glass, plastic, and quartz substrates are among the devices that can benefit from the application of a back bias.
US09666611B2
A thin film transistor array panel includes: a data line which extends in a column direction and transfers a data voltage; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode connected to the data line and adjacent in a row direction; a first thin film transistor connected to the first pixel electrode and the data line, and including a first source electrode and a first drain electrode; and a second thin film transistor connected to the second pixel electrode and the data line, and including a second source electrode and a second drain electrode. The first pixel electrode is at the right of the data line, the second pixel electrode is at the left of the data line, and relative positions of the first source electrode and the first drain electrode are the same as relative positions of the second source electrode and the second drain electrode.
US09666599B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes an underlying insulation layer formed on a surface of a resin layer, and a thin-film transistor formed above the surface of the resin layer via the underlying insulation layer. The underlying insulation layer includes a three-layer multilayer structure of a first silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film formed above the first silicon oxide film, and a second silicon oxide film formed above the silicon nitride film.
US09666595B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a first layer, a plurality of memory areas, a plurality of contact wires, a first shunt wire, and a second shunt wire. The memory areas are provided on the first layer in a first direction. The contact wires have a longitudinal direction in a second direction perpendicular to the first layer. The contact wires are provided between the adjacent memory areas on the first layer in a third direction intersecting the first direction. The first shunt wire commonly connects the contact wires. The second shunt wire extends in the first direction and is electrically connected to the first shunt wire.
US09666584B2
Using an STI insulating film in a high breakdown voltage MOSFET leads to deterioration in reliability due to impact ionization near the bottom corner of a drain isolation insulating film.The invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device including forming a hard mask film, an opening therein, and a sidewall insulating film on the side surface thereof; forming a shallow trench in the opening with the hard mask film as a mask and oxidizing at least an exposed portion; filling the trench with an insulating film and then removing it so as to leave it outside the trench in the opening and thereby forming a drain offset STI insulating film inside and outside the trench; and forming a gate electrode extending from the upper portion of a gate insulating film in an active region contiguous thereto to the upper portion of the drain offset insulating film.
US09666568B2
A photoelectric device includes an electrode structure, an LED (light emitting diode) element, a zener diode and a reflective cup. The LED element, the zener diode and the reflective cup are arranged on the electrode structure. The LED element and the zener diode are electrically connected in anti-parallel with each other. The reflective cup comprises an inner surface defined thereof and a nick defined in an outside of the reflective cup. The LED element is surrounded by the inner surface of the reflective cup and the zener diode is arranged in the nick.
US09666565B2
The present invention relates to an optical device and a method for manufacturing the same. The technical object of the invention is to realize a surface emitting body which allows heat generated from a light-emitting chip to be easily dissipated, eliminates the need for an additional wiring layer, and allows a singular light emitting chips or a plurality of light emitting chips to be arranged in series, in parallel, or in series-parallel. The present invention discloses an optical device comprising: a substrate; a plurality of light emitting chips disposed on the substrate; a plurality of conductive wires which electrically connect the substrate with the light emitting chips such that the plurality of light emitting chips are connected to each other in series, in parallel or in series-parallel; and a protective layer which covers the plurality of light emitting chips and the plurality of conductive wires on the substrate.
US09666563B2
The present invention provides a stabilized fine textured metal microstructure that constitutes a durable activated surface usable for bonding a 3D stacked chip. A fine-grain layer that resists self anneal enables metal to metal bonding at moderate time and temperature and wider process flexibility.
US09666562B2
A three-dimensional integrated circuit (3D-IC) architecture incorporates multiple layers, each layer including at least one die and at least one switch to connect the dies on the different layers. In some aspects, a power distribution network (PDN) is routed from a first layer through the switches to supply power to at least one other layer, thereby reducing routing congestion on the layers. The switches can be placed around the periphery of an IC package to improve heat dissipation (e.g., by improving heat transfer from the center to the edge of the IC package). The switches can be used for routing test signals and/or other signals between layers, thereby improving test functionality and/or fault recovery.
US09666561B2
Alight emitting device package may include a printed circuit board and a plurality of light emitting devices mounted on the printed circuit board, wherein a first light emitting device of the plurality of light emitting devices may comprise first to fourth conductor pads formed discretely on the bottom surface of the light emitting device, the printed circuit board comprises first to fourth conductor patterns formed discretely on the top surface of the printed circuit board, and the first to fourth conductor patterns are connected to respective first to fourth conductor pads by respective first to fourth solders.
US09666557B2
A semiconductor assembly includes a substrate with electrically conductive regions and a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die, first and second terminals, and a mold compound. The die has opposing first and second main surfaces, an edge disposed perpendicular to the first and second main surfaces, a first electrode at the first main surface, and a second electrode at the second main surface. The first terminal is attached to the first electrode. The second terminal is attached to the second electrode. The mold compound encloses at least part of the die and the first and second terminals so that each of the terminals has a side parallel with and facing away from the die that remains at least partly uncovered by the mold compound. The first and second terminals of the semiconductor package are connected to different ones of the electrically conductive regions of the substrate.
US09666556B2
An integrated circuit (IC) package includes a first substrate; a second substrate disposed over the first substrate; a plurality of connectors disposed between the first and second substrates such to electrically couple the first and second substrate; a constraint layer disposed over the first and second substrates such that a cavity is formed between the constraint layer and the first substrate; and a molding material disposed within the cavity and extending through the constraint layer. The constraint layer has a top surface and an opposing bottom surface and the molding material extends from the top surface to the bottom surface of the constraint layer.
US09666548B2
A connection structure for a substrate is provided. The substrate has a plurality of connection pads and an insulation protection layer with the connection pads being exposed therefrom. The connection structure includes a metallic layer formed on an exposed surface of each of the connection pads and extending to the insulation protection layer, and a plurality of conductive bumps disposed on the metallic layer and spaced apart from one another at a distance less than or equal to 80 μm, each of conductive bumps having a width less than a width of each of the connection pads. Since the metallic layer covers the exposed surfaces of the connection pads completely, a colloid material will not flow to a surface of the connection pads during a subsequent underfilling process of a flip-chip process. Therefore, the colloid material will not be peeled off from the connection pads.
US09666547B2
The invention includes solder materials having low concentrations of alpha particle emitters, and includes methods of purification of materials to reduce a concentration of alpha particle emitters within the materials. The invention includes methods of reducing alpha particle flux in various lead-containing and lead-free materials through purification of the materials. The invention also includes methods of estimating the fractionation of a low concentration of one or more alpha particle emitters during purification of a material.
US09666542B2
A wiring substrate is provided with a support substrate (31), an insulating layer (32), and a wiring layer (33). The support substrate (31) is formed with a hole (34) including an opening portion in one surface of the support substrate (31). The insulating layer (32) is formed on a surface of the support substrate (31) opposite to the one surface thereof including the opening portion. The wiring layer (33) includes a wiring pattern of a predetermined structure on the insulating layer (32). Further, an orthographic projection to be obtained when the wiring pattern is projected on a predetermined surface of the support substrate (31), and an orthographic projection to be obtained when the hole (34) is projected on the predetermined surface of the support substrate (31) include a shared portion.
US09666540B2
A semiconductor device is made by mounting a prefabricated heat spreader frame over a temporary substrate. The heat spreader frame includes vertical bodies over a flat plate. A semiconductor die is mounted to the heat spreader frame for thermal dissipation. An encapsulant is deposited around the vertical bodies and semiconductor die while leaving contact pads on the semiconductor die exposed. The encapsulant can be deposited using a wafer level direct/top gate molding process or wafer level film assist molding process. An interconnect structure is formed over the semiconductor die. The interconnect structure includes a first conductive layer formed over the semiconductor die, an insulating layer formed over the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer formed over the first conductive layer and insulating layer. The temporary substrate is removed, dicing tape is applied to the heat spreader frame, and the semiconductor die is singulated.
US09666531B2
A method of forming a semiconductor structure comprises forming pools of acidic or basic material in a substrate structure. A resist is formed over the pools of acidic or basic material and the substrate structure. The acidic or basic material is diffused from the pools into portions of the resist proximal to the pools more than into portions of the resist distal to the pools. Then, the resist is exposed to a developer to remove a greater amount of the resist portions proximal to the pools compared to the resist portions distal to the pools to form openings in the resist. The openings have wider portions proximal to the substrate structure and narrower portions distal to the substrate structure. The method may further comprise forming features in the openings of the resist. The features have wider portions proximal to the substrate structure and narrower portions distal to the substrate structure.
US09666520B2
Disclosed herein is a package comprising a first die having a first redistribution layer (RDL) disposed on a first side of a first substrate and a second die having a second RDL disposed on a first side of a second substrate, with the first RDL bonded to the second RDL. A third die having a third RDL is disposed on a first side of a third substrate, the third die mounted over the second die, with the second die disposed between the first die and the third die. First vias extend through, and are electrically isolated from, the second substrate, with the first vias each contacting a conductive element in the first RDL or the second RDL. Second vias extend through, and are electrically isolated from, the third substrate, with the second vias each contacting a conductive element in the third RDL or one of the first vias.
US09666518B1
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of metal patterns formed on a ceramic substrate, and a semiconductor chip mounted on some of the plurality of metal patterns. Also, a plurality of hollow portions are formed in peripheral portions of the plurality of metal patterns. In addition, the plurality of hollow portions are not formed in a region overlapping the semiconductor chip in the plurality of metal patterns. Furthermore, the plurality of hollow portions are provided in a plurality of metal patterns arranged at a position closest to the peripheral portion of the top surface of the ceramic substrate among the plurality of metal patterns.
US09666514B2
A substrate structure is presented that can include a porous polyimide material and electrodes formed in the porous polyimide material. In some examples, a method of forming a substrate can include depositing a barrier layer on a substrate; depositing a resist over the barrier layer; patterning and etching the resist; forming electrodes; removing the resist; depositing a porous polyimide aerogel; depositing a dielectric layer over the aerogel material; polishing a top side of the interposer to expose the electrodes; and removing the substrate from the bottom side of the interposer.
US09666502B2
A package includes a first molding material, a lower-level device die in the first molding material, a dielectric layer over the lower-level device die and the first molding material, and a plurality of redistribution lines extending into the first dielectric layer to electrically couple to the lower-level device die. The package further includes an upper-level device die over the dielectric layer, and a second molding material molding the upper-level device die therein. A bottom surface of a portion of the second molding material contacts a top surface of the first molding material.
US09666500B2
A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die and conductive layer formed over a surface of the semiconductor die. A first channel can be formed in the semiconductor die. An encapsulant is deposited over the semiconductor die. A second channel can be formed in the encapsulant. A first insulating layer is formed over the semiconductor die and first conductive layer and into the first channel. The first insulating layer extends into the second channel. The first insulating layer has characteristics of tensile strength greater than 150 MPa, elongation between 35-150%, and thickness of 2-30 micrometers. A second insulating layer can be formed over the semiconductor die prior to forming the first insulating layer. An interconnect structure is formed over the semiconductor die and encapsulant. The interconnect structure is electrically connected to the first conductive layer. The first insulating layer provides stress relief during formation of the interconnect structure.
US09666499B2
Described are techniques related to semiconductor devices that make use of encapsulant. In one implementation, a semiconductor device may be manufactured to include at least an encapsulant that includes at least glass particles.
US09666498B2
The present disclosure relates to a ring-frame power package. The ring-frame power package includes a thermal carrier and a ring structure. The thermal carrier has a carrier surface. The ring structure is disposed over the carrier surface of the thermal carrier so that a portion of the carrier surface is exposed through an interior opening of the ring body. The ring structure also includes one or more interconnect tabs that extend outward from an outer periphery of the ring body. Each interconnect tab includes a top plated area that covers at least a portion of a top surface and a bottom plated area that covers at least a bottom surface of the respective interconnect tab. Notably, each top plated area also covers a contact portion of the ring body that is adjacent to the respective interconnect tab. Each top plated area is electrically coupled to the corresponding bottom plated area.
US09666496B2
A method includes performing a chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) on an article, providing a polishing fluid including luminescent particles capable of generating a fluorescent light in response to a light incident on the article, and detecting an intensity of the fluorescent light. An apparatus that is capable of performing the method and a system that includes the apparatus are also disclosed.
US09666495B2
Methods for reducing core-to-core mismatch are provided. The method includes measuring gate lengths of a representative pattern of each core in a first lot of SOC products by a measurement apparatus. Each of the SOC products in the first lot includes more than two cores identical to each other. The method also includes determining tuning amounts according to the differences between the gate lengths of each core, and adjusting manufacturing conditions for critical dimensions of gate length of each core in a second lot of SOC products respectively according to the tuning amounts for reducing core-to-core mismatch due to the surrounding environment of each core. Each of the SOC products in the second lot includes more than two cores identical to each other and also identical to the cores in the first lot.
US09666490B2
Methods for fabricating multiple inverter structures in a multi-layer semiconductor structure are provided. A first device layer is formed on a substrate. The first device layer comprises one or more first inverter structures including a first input terminal and a first output terminal. A second device layer is formed on the first device layer. The second device layer comprises one or more second inverter structures including a second input terminal and a second output terminal. One or more inter-layer connection structures are formed. The one or more inter-layer connection structures are disposed to electrically connect the first input terminal to the second output terminal and electrically connect the first output terminal to the second input terminal.
US09666483B2
An integrated circuit including a first transistor having a first gate dielectric layer with a first thickness. The integrated circuit also includes a second transistor having a second gate dielectric layer with a second thickness and the second transistor is configured to electrically connect to the first transistor. The integrated circuit also includes a third transistor having a third gate dielectric layer with a third thickness and the third transistor is configured to electrically connect to at least one of the first transistor or the second transistor. The first thickness, the second thickness and the third thickness of the integrated circuit are all different.
US09666481B2
Systems and methods are directed to an integrated circuit comprising a reduced height M1 metal line formed of an exemplary material with lower mean free path than Copper, for local routing of on-chip circuit elements of the integrated circuit, wherein the height of the reduced height M1 metal line is lower than a minimum allowed or allowable height of a conventional M1 metal line formed of Copper. The exemplary materials for forming the reduced height M1 metal line include Tungsten (W), Molybdenum (Mo), and Ruthenium (Ru), wherein these exemplary materials also exhibit lower capacitance and lower RC delays than Copper, while providing high electromigration reliability.
US09666480B2
Array substrate, method for manufacturing the same and method for measuring the same, display device
An array substrate comprising an electrical connection block exposed to its surface. By manufacturing a passivation layer via hole in a passivation layer, a drain electrode or a pixel electrode of a thin-film transistor is exposed, so that the electrical connection block fills the passivation layer via hole and is provided in contact with the drain electrode or the pixel electrode. Thereby, when the electrical characteristic value of a TFT is measured, the pixel probe of a measuring apparatus may be electrically connected with the drain electrode or the pixel electrode by directly contacting the electrical connection block, so that the measuring of the electrical characteristics of the TFT may be realized.
US09666479B2
Semiconductor fabrication techniques and associated semiconductor devices are provided in which conductive lines are separated by a low dielectric constant (low-k) material such as low-k film portions or air. An insulation layer such as SiO2 is etched to form raised structures. The structures are slimmed and a low-k material or sacrificial material is deposited. A further etching removes the material except for portions on sidewalls of the slimmed structures. A metal barrier layer and seed layer are then deposited, followed by a metal filler such as copper. Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) removes portions of the metal above the raised structures, leaving only portions of the metal between the raised structures as spaced apart conductive lines. The sacrificial material can be removed by a thermal process, leaving air gaps. The raised structures provide strength while the air gap or other low-k material reduces capacitance.
US09666478B2
In a method of forming a wiring structure, an insulating interlayer is formed on a substrate. The insulating interlayer includes an opening and has pores distributed therein and exposed at a surface thereof. The insulating interlayer is exposed to a silane compound to form a pore sealing layer on the surface of the insulating interlayer and a sidewall of the opening. A conductive pattern filling the opening is formed on the pore sealing layer.
US09666474B2
A method for providing a uniform recess depth between different fin gap sizes includes depositing a dielectric material between fins on a substrate. Etch lag is tuned for etching the dielectric material between narrow gaps faster than the dielectric material between wider gaps such that the dielectric material in the narrow gaps reaches a target depth. An etch block is formed in the narrow gaps. The wider gaps are etched to the target depth. The etch block is removed.
US09666467B2
A detachable high-temperature electrostatic chuck assembly including a chuck body for supporting a substrate, an interface plate coupled to the chuck body by a sealing ring, the sealing ring defining a pocket between the chuck body and the interface plate that is sealed from a surrounding vacuum environment, and a cooling plate disposed between the chuck body and the interface plate. An interface between the chuck body and the cooling plate is located within the pocket.
US09666463B2
A throughput can be improved. A substrate processing apparatus includes processing units arranged in a vertical direction and configured to process substrates; and a substrate transfer device configured to be moved in the vertical direction and perform loading/unloading of the substrates into/from the processing units. Further, the substrate transfer device comprises a first transfer arm and a second transfer arm which are arranged in the vertical direction and configured to be moved in the vertical direction independently, and movement ranges of the first transfer arm and the second transfer arm in the vertical direction are overlapped with each other.
US09666458B2
A unit for supplying a gas from the upstream side of a reaction chamber, a unit for heating the gas in the upstream side of the reaction chamber, a unit for holding a substrate to be processed in the downstream side of the reaction chamber, and a unit for circulating the gas from the downstream side of the reaction chamber to the upstream side are prepared. The amount of electric power used in heating the gas can be economized by circulating the gas used to heat the substrate to be processed. A portion of the circulating gas may be expelled, and can be utilized as a heat source in order to preheat a newly introduced gas.
US09666454B2
A wafer storage apparatus includes a wafer stacking portion that encloses an internal space with an open front side for receiving a plurality of wafers; a rear cover portion disposed on the back side of the wafer stacking portion; and a gas charging portion that includes a plurality of gas supply blocks disposed on the inner side of the rear cover portion, a plurality of gas supply pipes connected to the gas supply blocks via through holes in the rear cover portion, and a gas supply unit connected to the gas supply pipes.
US09666448B2
A method of forming patterns includes forming an array of pillars on an underlying layer stacked on an etch target layer, forming a separation wall layer on the pillars to provide separation walls covering sidewalls of the pillars, forming a block copolymer layer on the separation wall layer, annealing the block copolymer layer to form first domains located between the pillars, and a second domain surrounding and isolating the first domains, selectively removing the first domains to form second openings, selectively removing the pillars to form fourth openings, forming fifth openings that extend from the second and fourth openings to penetrate the underlying layer, forming a sealing pattern that covers and seals dummy openings among the fifth openings, and forming seventh openings that extend from the fifth openings exposed by the sealing pattern to penetrate the etch target layer.
US09666440B2
A polishing apparatus 100 includes a holding stage 4 that holds a central portion of a back surface of a substrate W, a motor M1 that rotates the holding stage 4, a front surface nozzle 36 that feeds a rinse liquid to a front surface of the substrate W, a back surface nozzle 37 that feeds the rinse liquid to a back surface of the substrate W, a rinse liquid control section 110 that feeds the rinse liquid through the back surface nozzle 37 after a preset time elapses since the start of feeding of the rinse liquid through the front surface nozzle 36 and a polishing head assembly 1A that polishes a peripheral portion of the substrate installed on the holding stage 4 after the rinse liquid control section 110 feeds the rinse liquid to the substrate W.
US09666439B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a seed layer containing a metal element on a substrate by performing a first process and a second process in a time-division manner. The first process supplying and exhausting organic metal-containing gas containing the metal element to the substrate. The second process supplying and exhausting inorganic metal-containing gas containing the metal element to the substrate, and forming a metal-containing nitride film on the substrate on which the seed layer is formed using the seed layer as a seed by performing a third process and a fourth process in a time-division manner. The third process supplying and exhausting the inorganic metal-containing gas to the substrate. The fourth process supplying and exhausting nitrogen-containing gas to the substrate.
US09666438B2
A semiconductor device and method of formation are provided. The semiconductor device comprises a metal plug in a first opening over a substrate. The metal plug has a contact bottom surface that is substantially convex. The substantially convex contact bottom surface has an increased contact area as compared to a contact bottom surface of a metal plug that is not substantially convex. The increased contact area decreases a resistance of the metal plug. The increased contact area requires a smaller deposition amount to form a metal plug seed layer of the metal plug than a semiconductor device with a smaller contact area. A smaller deposition amount reduces an overhang of the deposited metal plug seed layer material. A reduced overhang of the deposited metal plug seed layer material reduces pitting in a metal plug formed from the deposited metal plug seed layer material.
US09666424B1
This invention employs a programmable logic controller (computer) with a specific wireless communication protocol (BLE) to allow for remote connectivity of the germicidal UV device to display the status of the disinfection cycle and to operate the device and send and transfer data wirelessly to the Cloud via the BLE interface.
US09666422B2
There is provided an analyzer including: an ionizer unit that ionizes molecules to be analyzed; a filter unit that selectively passes ions generated by the ionizer unit; and a detection unit that detects ions that have passed the filter unit. The detection unit includes a plurality of detection elements disposed in a matrix, and the analyzer further includes a first reconfiguration unit that switches between detection patterns including detection elements to be enabled for detection out of the plurality of detection elements. The ionizer unit includes a plurality of ion sources, and the analyzer further includes a driving control unit that switches the connections of the plurality of ion sources based on changes in characteristics of the ion sources.
US09666416B2
A method and apparatus are described for reducing particle contamination in a plasma processing chamber. In one embodiment, a pasting disk is provided which includes a disk-shaped base of high-resistivity material that has an electrically conductive pasting material layer applied to a top surface of the base so that the pasting material layer partially covers the top surface of the base. The pasting disk is sputter etched to deposit conductive pasting material over a wide area on the interior surfaces of a plasma processing chamber while minimizing deposition on dielectric components that are used to optimize the sputter etch process during substrate processing.
US09666415B2
The present disclosure includes atmospheric plasma systems and methods for plasma treating a surface. The plasma system may include a plasma probe configured to receive a source air that is at or above atmospheric pressure and discharge a plasma from a probe tip. It may also include an air supply system including an air supply conduit configured to supply the source air to the plasma probe and a heat source configured to increase a temperature of the source air in the air supply system to above an ambient temperature. The heat source may include an inline heater disposed within the air supply conduit. The source air may be heated to a temperature of 25° C. to 1,000° C. The heated air plasma system may provide a higher plasma dosage to a treated surface and may allow for reduced cycle times and larger plasma treatment working windows.
US09666393B1
A blade position detector and rollover indicator is operatively attached to an elongated movable switch-blade assembly of a horizontally mounted high voltage vertical break disconnect switch. The blade position detector and rollover indicator is gravity responsive and attached in predetermined position to the elongated disconnect blade assembly that reacts when the proper angle of closure of the blade is obtained in an intermediated closed switch position and finally when the proper angle of blade rollover is obtained in a fully closed switch position to provide a visual indication of full closure of the disconnect switch.
US09666380B1
An apparatus and method for the uniform dispersion of nano scaled redox particles in a conductive fiber including, combining at least one nano sized redox capable material having metal oxides and/or metals, at least one conductive binder, and at least one solvent to form electrically conductive metal imbedded fiber(s) by fiber spinning and the conductive polymeric binder having a molecular weight greater than 20,000 Daltons, and coating a substrate with the electrically conductive fiber(s) to form an active layer/substrate complex having a conductivity greater than 0.05 S/cm.
US09666372B2
A dielectric ceramic composition including a main component having a perovskite crystal structure expressed by general formula ABO3, a first sub-component of an oxide of a rare earth element, and a second sub-component of an oxide of Si, and at least dielectric particles having a core-shell structure and segregated particles, in which a concentration of the rare earth element in the segregated particles is two or more times an average concentration of the rare earth element in a shell portion of the dielectric particles having the core-shell structure, and an area of the region occupied by the segregated particles is 5.0% or less and an average of cross-sectional areas of the respective segregated particles is 0.075 μm2 or less in a cross-section obtained by cutting the dielectric ceramic composition.
US09666370B2
A dielectric ceramic that forms dielectric ceramic layers of a multilayer ceramic capacitor contains a Ba and Ti containing perovskite compound, Ca, R (R denotes a rare earth element, such as La), M (M denotes Mn or the like), and Si. The Ca content ranges from 0.5 to 2.5 molar parts, the R content ranges from 0.5 to 4 molar parts, the M content ranges from 0.5 to 2 molar parts, and the Si content ranges from 1 to 4 molar parts, based on 100 molar parts of Ti. In perovskite crystal grains, the Ca diffusion depth is 10% or less of the average grain size of the crystal grains, and the Ca concentration in a Ca diffusion region is 0.2 to 5 molar parts higher than the Ca concentration near the center of each of the crystal grains.
US09666366B2
Improved method steps for making a multilayer electronic components are disclosed. Monolithic components are formed with plated terminations whereby the need for typical thick-film termination stripes is eliminated or greatly simplified. Such termination technology eliminates many typical termination problems and enables a higher number of terminations with finer pitch, which may be especially beneficial on smaller electronic components. Electrodes and insulating substrates are provided in an interleaved arrangement and selected portions of the electrodes are exposed along selected edges of the substrates. Anchor tabs, which are not in direct contact with the electrodes and offer additional nucleation points for plated structures, may also optionally be provided and exposed in some embodiments. Termination material is then plated to the exposed portions of the electrodes and optional anchor tabs, such as via electroless and/or electrochemical processes, until exposed portions of selected groups thereof are connected.
US09666364B2
A winding apparatus includes a nozzle that is adapted to rotate about a core along a locus that is inclined relative to a center line of the core, wire material winding members that are adapted to guide a wire material wound via the nozzle to the core, and a core rotating mechanism that is adapted to rotate the core relative to the wire material winding members. The wire material winding members are disposed on either side of the core so as to sandwich a plane that includes both a rotary center of the nozzle and the center line of the core, whereby the wire material winding members extend in a tangential direction to the core such that respective tip ends thereof are oriented in a rotation direction of the core. The wire material is successively wound diagonally around the core.
US09666360B2
A pin-less power coupling arrangement comprising at least one pin-less power jack; the power jack comprising a primary coil shielded behind an insulating layer for inductive coupling to a pin-less power plug; said power plug comprising a secondary coil wherein said insulating layer is substantially flat and said power plug and said power jack may be aligned by an alignment means. Various such alignment means are discussed as are enabled surfaces for supporting inductive power jacks and inductive plugs coupled to various appliances.
US09666353B2
There is provided an induction device including a first coil formed by winding a plurality of times a conductive wire that is covered with an insulating layer, a second coil formed of a metal pattern, and a coil support member disposed between the first coil and the second coil. The first coil and the second coil are magnetically connected to each other. There is also provided a transformer including a primary coil formed by winding a plurality of times a conductive wire that is covered with an insulating layer, a secondary coil formed of a metal pattern, and an insulating sheet that is disposed between the primary coil and the secondary coil. The primary coil and the secondary coil are magnetically connected to each other.
US09666343B2
An assembly for generating a superconducting magnetic field with high stability comprises a main power supply unit arranged to provide a main current to generate a superconducting magnetic field, a magnetic field measurement device for measuring the generated magnetic field, and an auxiliary power supply unit arranged to output an auxiliary current based on the measured magnetic field.
US09666341B2
A method for production of an anisotropic bonded magnet includes: aligning magnetic pole bodies which include an even number of permanent magnets arranged uniformly around an outer periphery of an annular cavity filled with magnetic raw material, aligning magnetic fields to cause rare-earth anisotropic magnet powder to be semi-radially aligned; compressively molding the semi-radially aligned magnet raw material to obtain an annular compact; discharging the compact from the annular cavity; demagnetizing causing the aligning magnetic pole bodies to relatively move only in circumferential direction with respect to the compact after the molding step thereby to apply demagnetization magnetic fields to the compact; The demagnetization magnetic fields are applied from the aligning magnetic pole bodies with opposite poles to those during the alignment step, and the demagnetization magnetic fields are in directions for cancelling the magnetization of the compact caused by the aligning magnetic fields.
US09666337B2
A composite conductive film is provided that includes a layer of cross-linked polymer having a surface and an inorganic mesh comprising a plurality of nanowires of an inorganic material. The nanowires are, in isolated form, characterized by a first conductivity stability temperature. Further, the plurality of nanowires is embedded within at least a region of the layer of cross-linked polymer, where the region is continuous from the surface of the layer of cross-linked polymer. The layer of cross-linked polymer and the inorganic mesh are arranged to form the composite conductive film having a second conductivity stability temperature that is greater than the first conductivity stability temperature.
US09666336B2
A termination unit for a superconductor network. Including a primary system that includes a first superconductor cable. Also a first superconducting coil and a first auxiliary magnetizing coil, each coil wound around the first superconductor cable. Also a terminal including a first leg, the first leg including an aperture configured to receive the first superconductor cable. The first leg defining a clearance about the first superconductor cable at ambient temperature and arranged to firmly clamp onto the first superconductor cable at a cryogenic temperature. The termination unit including a cooling system arranged to enclose and cool the primary system to cryogenic temperatures.
US09666327B2
The present invention provides a conductive polymer material including (A) a π-conjugated polymer, (B) a dopant polymer which contains a repeating unit having a sulfo group and has a weight-average molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 500,000, and (C) either or both of sulfonium salt compounds represented by the following general formulae (1-1) and (1-2). There can be provided a conductive polymer material that has low acidity, can suppress the gradual agglomeration of particles, and has excellent solution-stability.
US09666313B2
A nuclear reactor includes at least: a pressure vessel including an upper vessel section and a lower vessel section connected by a mid-flange and containing primary coolant; a nuclear reactor core disposed in the lower vessel section and immersed in the primary coolant; and upper internals suspended from the mid-flange of the pressure vessel. The upper internals include at least internal CRDMs immersed in the primary coolant and control rod guide frames. To refuel, the nuclear reactor is depressurized. The upper vessel section is disconnected and removed while leaving the mid-flange in place with the upper internals remaining suspended from the mid-flange. The mid-flange is then removed with the upper internals remaining suspended from the mid-flange. The fuel is replaced, the mid-flange is placed back onto the lower vessel section with the upper internals remaining suspended from the mid-flange, and the upper vessel section is placed back and re-connected.
US09666311B2
A nuclear fuel assembly having varying spacing between fuel rods is provided. The nuclear fuel assembly includes a bundle of fuel rods. The fuel rods are arranged in a first lattice with a non-uniform pitch between the fuel rods in the lowermost section of the fuel assembly and in a second lattice with a uniform pitch between the fuel rods in the uppermost section of the fuel assembly.
US09666305B1
A circuit for testing a memory includes a complementary charge trap memory cell, which includes a first transistor and a second transistor. A logical value of the cell corresponds to respective states of the first transistor and the second transistor. The circuit further includes a first bitline coupled to the first transistor, where the first transistor is configured to apply a first voltage to the first bitline. The circuit includes a second bitline coupled to the second transistor, where the second transistor is configured to apply a second voltage to the second bitline. The circuit also includes a sense circuit configured to output, prior to programming of the complementary charge trap memory cell, a logical high signal or a logical low signal in response to the first voltage on the first bitline and the second voltage on the second bitline.
US09666300B2
The present invention discloses a three-dimensional one-time-programmable memory (3D-OTP) comprising an off-die address/data-translator (A/D-translator). It comprises at least a 3D-array die and at least a peripheral-circuit die. At least an A/D-translator of the 3D-OTP arrays is located on the peripheral-circuit die instead of the 3D-array die. The A/D-translator converts at least an address and/or data between logic and physical spaces.
US09666294B2
A method for reading data stored in a flash memory includes at least the following steps: controlling the flash memory to perform a plurality of read operations upon a plurality of memory cells included in the flash memory; obtaining a plurality of bit sequences read from the memory cells, respectively, wherein the read operations read bits of a predetermined bit order from the memory cells by utilizing different control gate voltage settings; and determining readout information of the memory cells according to binary digit distribution characteristics of the bit sequences.
US09666289B2
Provided are semiconductor devices including a peripheral region and a cell region stacked thereon and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor device may include a peripheral region including a lower substrate and a peripheral circuit provided thereon and a cell region including an upper substrate and a cell array provided thereon. The cell region may be stacked on the peripheral region. When an operation signal is applied to the cell region from the peripheral region, at least a portion of the peripheral and cell regions may be used as a ground pattern applied with a ground signal, thereby being in an electrical ground state.
US09666283B2
Nonvolatile memory devices including memory cell arrays with a plurality of cell strings connected between a substrate and a plurality of bit lines and selected by selection lines, and a gating circuit configured to drive the selection lines in at least two directions.
US09666282B1
In an example, a method may include increasing a voltage applied to an unprogrammed first memory cell in a string of series-connected memory cells from a first voltage to a second voltage while a voltage applied to second memory cells in the string of series-connected memory cells is at the first voltage and increasing the voltage applied to the second memory cells from the first voltage to a pass voltage concurrently with increasing the voltage applied to the unprogrammed first memory cell from the second voltage to a program voltage.
US09666281B2
A p-i-n junction structure is formed within a memory film laterally surrounded by an alternating plurality of electrically insulating layers and electrically conductive layers to provide a three-dimensional memory structure. The p-i-n junction includes a lower junction between an intrinsic semiconductor channel portion and a lower doped semiconductor portion and an upper junction between the intrinsic semiconductor channel portion and an upper doped semiconductor portion. The memory film can be subsequently formed on a sidewall of the memory opening, and the intrinsic semiconductor channel portion can be deposited on the memory opening and the lower doped semiconductor portion. The upper doped semiconductor portion can be formed above a topmost electrically conductive layer. The lower doped semiconductor portion can provide hole charge carriers for electrical current.
US09666275B2
A semiconductor memory cell including a capacitorless transistor having a floating body configured to store data as charge therein when power is applied to the cell, and a non-volatile memory comprising a bipolar resistive change element, and methods of operating.
US09666271B2
To provide a semiconductor device which can write and read a desired potential. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor (Tr), a second Tr, and a capacitor. In the semiconductor device, operation of writing data is performed by a first step and a second step. In the first step, a low voltage is applied to a bit line and a first wiring to turn on the first Tr and the second Tr. In the second step, a first voltage is applied to the first wiring, and application of the low voltage to the bit line is stopped. Operation of reading the data is performed by a third step and a fourth step. In the third step, a high voltage is applied to the first wiring. In the fourth step, application of the high voltage to the first wiring is stopped, and a low voltage is applied to a capacitor line.
US09666270B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes a multi-level cell which stores M-bit data at a time and M number of latches for respectively storing M-bit data on a single bit basis. A controller sequentially latches M-bit data of the multi-level cell into the M number of latches, respectively, during a first half read period, and sequentially outputs the latched M-bit data in the M number of latches during a second half read period.
US09666265B2
A delay time is set only within the variable delay time of a clock driver and cannot be set longer than the variable delay time of the clock driver. A control circuit adjusts the delay amount of a variable delay circuit so as to synchronize a pulse phase after a first pulse outputted from a pulse generation circuit passes through the variable delay circuit N times and a second pulse outputted from the pulse generation circuit.
US09666262B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a power decoupling capacitor (PDC) for preventing effective capacitance reduction during a high frequency operation. The semiconductor memory device includes the PDC to which a cell capacitor type decoupling capacitor is connected in series. The PDC includes a metal conductive layer electrically connected in parallel to a conductive layer formed on the same level as a bit line of a cell array region, wherein a plurality of decoupling capacitors in a first group and a plurality of decoupling capacitors in a second group are respectively connected to each other in parallel in a peripheral circuit region, and a storage electrode of the first group and a storage electrode of the second group are electrically connected to each other in series through the conductive layer.
US09666258B2
A bit line clamp voltage generator circuit for a Spin Torque Transfer Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory is provided. The circuit includes a negative channel Field Effects Transistor having a source, a drain, and a gate, the gate being connected to the drain. The circuit further includes a resistor Rs having a first end connected to a first voltage and a second end connected to the source. The circuit also includes a resistor Rd having a first end connected to a second voltage and a second end connected to the drain to form an output node for outputting a bit line clamp voltage.
US09666253B2
A dual rail memory operable at a first voltage and a second voltage, the dual rail memory includes: a memory array operates at the first voltage; a word line driver circuit configured to drive a word line of the memory array to the first voltage; a data path configured to transmit an input data signal or an output data signal; and a control circuit configured to generate control signals to the memory array, the word line driver circuit and the data path; wherein the data path and the control circuit are configured to operate at both the first and second voltages. Associated memory macro and method are also disclosed.
US09666252B2
A semiconductor device includes a spin array in which a plurality of memory cells are disposed in a matrix configuration, a group of a predetermined number of memory cells is collected in units of spin units, and a plurality of the spin units are disposed with an adjacency; a word line provided in correspondence with rows of the memory cells; a bit line pair provided in correspondence with columns of the memory cells; a multiword decoder configured to multiplex a word address according to an input of a multiplicity specify signal to a word line and simultaneously activate a plurality of word lines; and a bit line driver configured to subject a plurality of memory cells, of the memory cells connected to bit line pairs and arrayed in a column direction, activated by the plurality of the word lines to a write operation or a read operation.
US09666238B2
A memory stack includes a number of memory dies including a master die and one or more slave dies. The slave die can be converted to a master die by further processing. The slave die includes a memory core having memory cell arrays. The slave die also includes first and second metal layers that form first and second distribution lines in the memory core, respectively. An interface circuit in the slave die is decoupled from the first and second metal layers.
US09666236B2
A multi-chip package (MCP) includes semiconductor chips integrated therein. Each semiconductor chip includes: pad groups which extend in a first direction and are arranged in a second direction, and each of which includes a first metal line and a second metal line that are stacked in a third direction with an interlayer dielectric layer interposed therebetween; receivers which one-to-one correspond to the respective pad groups, and each of which includes a first input terminal coupled with the first metal line of a corresponding pad group, and an output terminal coupled with the second metal line of the corresponding pad group; and selectors, each of which selects one of a feedback signal transferred from the output terminal of a corresponding receiver and a reference voltage, and provides the selected one to a second input terminal of the corresponding receiver, in response to a chip select signal.
US09666235B2
Certain exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards an apparatus including a base deck forming a sealed cavity. A filter coupled to a surface of the base deck within the cavity filters particulate from a flow of gas in the cavity. The recirculation filter including a protrusion extending over a surface of a storage medium within the cavity that diverts gas from a surface of the storage medium toward the filter. A bypass channel, defined by a portion of the cavity and a portion of the filter, in conjunction with the protrusion forms a pressure differential that draws a first portion of the diverted gas through the filter by bypassing the filter with a second portion of the diverted gas.
US09666229B1
The invention generally relates to a system for achieving reduced head-media spacing (HMS) in a hard disk drive (HDD) by providing active control over the positioning of a read/write head relative to a rotating magnetic data recording and reading surface of a disk. The system is configured to monitor and adjust positioning of the read/write head in real, or near-real time during disk rotation to maintain the HMS between a magnetic transducer of the read/write head and the disk surface within a defined range, generally between 1.0 nm and 10.0 nm, and, in some embodiments, approximately 4.3 nm. The system replaces the conventional an air bearing surface (ABS) design with a fully active suspension to maintain the head flying height within the desired range. The system further allows for each of the magnetic transducer and disk surface to be to be devoid of any overcoat or lubricant layers.
US09666228B2
Implementations disclosed herein provide a method comprising storing data in a two level key-value data store in an SMR storage device, wherein a first level of the data store comprises a journal of incoming host operations and a second level of the data store comprises a plurality of ordered data stores, ordered based on a predetermined ordering criterion.
US09666223B2
A tape-based data storage system, according to one embodiment, includes: a tape library having: a plurality cells, each of the cells being configured to store one or more tape cartridges therein, and at least an antenna of a near field communication reader positioned at each of the cells. Moreover, each of the antennas are positioned relative the associated cell to be in direct communication with a near field communication tag coupled to a tape cartridge stored in the associated cell. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.
US09666221B2
An apparatus may include a first magnetic layer, a first exchange break layer formed on the first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer formed on the first exchange break layer, a second exchange break layer formed on the second magnetic layer, and a third magnetic layer formed on the second exchange break layer. The first magnetic layer has a first magnetic anisotropy energy, Hk1, the second magnetic layer has a second magnetic anisotropy energy, Hk2, and the third magnetic layer has a third magnetic anisotropy energy, Hk3. In some embodiments, Hk1−Hk2 is less than Hk2−Hk3. In some embodiments, the apparatus may be a perpendicular magnetic recording medium.
US09666218B1
A thermal assisted magnetic recording head has a magnetic head slider and a light source unit that is fixed to the magnetic head slider. A first surface of the light source unit and a second surface of the magnetic head slider face each other via a gap. The light source unit includes a light source that emits laser light from an emission part that is positioned on the first surface and a photodetector that detects the laser light. The magnetic head slider includes a waveguide through which the laser light that is incident on an incident part positioned on the second surface propagates, near-field light generation means for generating near-field light on an air bearing surface, the near-field light being generated from the laser light that propagates through the waveguide, and a recording magnetic pole that is provided adjacent to the near-field light generation means and that has an end part positioned on the air bearing surface. A medium for propagating the laser light is continuously formed along a path that includes the gap and that extends from the emission part to a light receiving surface of the photodetector.
US09666217B1
A sequential storage media system may include a head for reading or writing data to sequential storage media and a controller communicatively coupled to the head. The controller may be configured to control winding of a tape comprising sequential storage media and cleaning media between reels of a cartridge comprising the tape in order to clean a head of a sequential storage media system by passing the cleaning media over the head, after cleaning the head of the sequential storage media system, monitor a bit error rate of input/output communication between the head and the sequential storage media, and repeat the cleaning and the monitoring steps responsive to the bit error rate exceeding a threshold.
US09666214B1
A magnetic read apparatus includes a read sensor, a shield structure and a side magnetic bias structure. The read sensor includes a free layer having a side and a nonmagnetic spacer layer. The shield structure includes a shield pinning structure and a shield reference structure. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is between the shield reference structure and the free layer. The shield reference structure is between the shield pinning structure and the nonmagnetic spacer layer. The shield pinning structure includes a pinned magnetic moment in a first direction. The shield reference structure includes a shield reference structure magnetic moment weakly coupled with the pinned magnetic moment. The side magnetic bias structure is adjacent to the side of the free layer.
US09666212B2
A writer includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a longitudinal axis defined between the leading and trailing edges, and a transverse axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. A writer region is provided at a protruded section of the trailing edge oriented along the longitudinal axis. A write pole is arranged at the protruded section to write data to two locations spaced apart from one another relative to the transverse axis for a range of skew angles.
US09666210B2
The invention relates to a codec and a signal classifier and methods therein for signal classification and selection of a coding mode based on audio signal characteristics. A method embodiment to be performed by a decoder comprises, for a frame m: determining a stability value D(m) based on a difference, in a transform domain, between a range of a spectral envelope of frame m and a corresponding range of a spectral envelope of an adjacent frame m−1. Each such range comprises a set of quantized spectral envelope values related to the energy in spectral bands of a segment of the audio signal. The method further comprises selecting a decoding mode, out of a plurality of decoding modes, based on the stability value D(m); and applying the selected decoding mode.
US09666207B2
Methods and systems for controlling audio communications between occupants of a vehicle are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, a system includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to at least facilitate receiving a request for sound transmission from a first occupant inside a vehicle to a second occupant inside the vehicle. The processor is coupled to the interface, and is configured to at least facilitate identifying respective locations of the first occupant and the second occupant, and performing the sound transmission with an adjustment for a phase difference based at least in part on the respective locations of the first occupant and the second occupant.
US09666202B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of decoding an encoded audio bitstream and generating frequency bandwidth extension includes decoding the audio bitstream to produce a decoded low band audio signal and generate a low band excitation spectrum corresponding to a low frequency band. A sub-band area is selected from within the low frequency band using a parameter which indicates energy information of a spectral envelope of the decoded low band audio signal. A high band excitation spectrum is generated for a high frequency band by copying a sub-band excitation spectrum from the selected sub-band area to a high sub-band area corresponding to the high frequency band. Using the generated high band excitation spectrum, an extended high band audio signal is generated by applying a high band spectral envelope. The extended high band audio signal is added to the decoded low band audio signal to generate an audio output signal having an extended frequency bandwidth.
US09666201B2
The present invention provides a bandwidth extension method and apparatus. The method includes: acquiring a bandwidth extension parameter, where the bandwidth extension parameter includes one or more of the following parameters: a linear predictive coefficient (LPC), a line spectral frequency (LSF) parameter, a pitch period, a decoding rate, an adaptive codebook contribution, and an algebraic codebook contribution; and performing, according to the bandwidth extension parameter, bandwidth extension on a decoded low-frequency signal, to obtain a high frequency band signal. The high frequency band signal recovered by using the bandwidth extension method and apparatus in the embodiments of the present invention is close to an original high frequency band signal, and the quality is satisfactory.
US09666196B2
There is provided a recording apparatus which can effectively execute compression processing regardless of the mixdown level, and which can thereby carry out the mastering process easily. A DSP mixes down audio signals assigned to a plurality of tracks into a stereo audio signal. When performing the mastering process, the DSP normalizes the stereo audio signal before performing the compression processing, subsequently carries out the compression processing, then performs normalization again so as to produce master data, and records the master data in a recorder.
US09666194B2
A recording and entertainment system is provided. A mobile kiosk is capable or being outfitted with one or more cameras for capturing visual content, an audio recording system, a display device, a computer to control recording, storing, processing, and playing the captured visual and audio content. The captured video and audio are then processed and edited to produce remembrance products in various forms, including videos. Karaoke function is provided by a means for recognizing songs being performed and displaying lyrics on the display. Camera tilt, noise suppression, noise cancelation, voice control of the computer, a battery pack to free kiosk for movement, means for internet communication of the visual and audio content, means for confirming that objects of the visual content capture are within the field of view, robotic control of the kiosk, and interactive gaming means are additional features that can be utilized with the system.
US09666185B2
Methods and systems for providing help prompts to a user of an automated dialog system are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device may receive a help request from the user of an automated dialog system. The help request may comprise a user request for information about one or more capabilities of the automated dialog system. The computing device may identify information expected to be input by the user to request that the automated dialog system perform its one or more capabilities. A natural language help prompt may be generated to provide guidance to the user to provide the identified information expected to be input.
US09666178B2
A device for aiding communication in the aeronautical domain, wherein the device includes a transceiver and data processor assembly that records audio messages corresponding to all the incoming and outgoing audio communications, transcribes the messages, in real time, into textual messages, displays the textual messages, and enables an audio play back of the audio messages.
US09666172B1
A metal shell and metal inserts of an acoustic drum. In some examples, an acoustic drum having a metal shell can include one or more metal inserts configured to control the tone of the drum. In some configurations, the one or more inserts can form a portion of a bearing edge at one or more openings of the shell. Moreover, in some examples the inserts can be fitted to be in contact with the shell. The shape and configuration of the metal inserts can therefore control and refine the tone of the drum, allowing, for example, a drum with a metal shell to have a tone resembling that of a wooden drum with the sensitivity and power of a metal drum.
US09666171B2
Some embodiments provide a drum structural framework comprising a top shell mount, bottom shell mount, rod holders, and tension rods. The top shell mount and bottom shell mount are mounted to either ending edge of a drum shell disposed between the two mounts. A first set of the rod holders are coupled to the top shell mount and an aligned second set of the rod holders are coupled to the bottom shell mount. The tension rods link the two sets of rod holders without hindering resonance of the drum shell. Tuning assemblies on the rod holders adjust the distance separating the top shell mount from the bottom shell mount, thereby controlling the force imposed on the drum shell. Each rod holder includes one or more dampeners that isolate energy passing from the drumhead to the shell from also reverberating throughout the structural framework of the tension rods and rod holders.
US09666170B2
A drum apparatus comprising at least a front wall, a snare bar rotatably installed substantially parallel to and offset from the front wall inner surface and having at least one snare wire extending substantially vertically therefrom so as to be adjacent to and selectively in contact with the front wall inner surface, and a rocker assembly comprising a lever mechanically coupled to the snare bar at a first end of the lever and further comprising an actuator leg pivotally coupled to and extending downwardly from an opposite second end of the lever pivotally installed within the drum apparatus on a support post coupled to the lever intermediate the first and second ends thereof, whereby the drum apparatus is shifted between first and second operational modes by selectively positioning the drum apparatus either substantially flat or tipped back so as to raise or lower the actuator leg.
US09666169B2
A fingernail pick having improved fingernail attachment systems and playing surfaces that are shaped for improved sound quality and ease of playing of stringed instruments.
US09666166B2
An information processing apparatus includes, a storage unit that stores an image to be transmitted, an update-frequency setter that sets, for respective sections set in the image to be transmitted, update frequencies of images stored for the sections in a predetermined period of time, an association-degree setter that sets association degrees to indicate degrees of association between the sections based on the update frequencies, a priority setter that identifies the section on which an operation is performed and sets a higher priority for the identified section and the section having a highest degree of association with the identified section than priorities for other sections, and a transmitter that transmits the image, stored by the storage unit, in sequence with the images stored for the sections whose set priority is higher first.
US09666165B2
The embodiments of the present invention provide a backlight compensation method, apparatus and terminal. The apparatus comprises: an acquisition module configured to acquire a preview image; a judgment module configured to judge whether backlight compensation needs to be performed on the preview image; a calculation module configured to calculate a compensation parameter of a compensation light source; a compensation module configured to perform backlight compensation on the preview image according to the compensation parameter; and a display module configured to display the preview image. The terminal comprises an image pick-up apparatus, a storage device and a backlight compensation apparatus. The backlight compensation apparatus is configured to calculate a compensation parameter according to a preview image acquired by the image pick-up apparatus, and perform backlight compensation on the preview image.
US09666141B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel including a first subpixel having a first primary color, a second subpixel having a second primary color; and a transparent subpixel; a panel driver which sets grayscale data of the first subpixel, the second subpixel and the transparent subpixel; a light source part which provides light to the display panel, where the light source comprises a first light source and a second light source having colors different from each other; and a light source driver which turns on the first light source during a first subframe, turns on the second light source during a second subframe, and turns on the first light source during a third subframe, and a first frame comprises the first subframe, the second subframe and the third subframe.
US09666139B2
A terminal apparatus includes a light modulation unit to perform an automatic light modulation of a touch panel, an illuminance sensor, a proximity sensor, an illuminance determination unit to determine whether or not an illuminance detected by the illuminance sensor varies, and an operation determination unit to determine whether or not an operation of the touch panel occurs near the illuminance sensor, wherein the light modulation unit suspends the automatic light modulation when the operation of the touch panel occurs before a first time elapses after the detected illuminance decreases, and the light modulation unit suspends the automatic light modulation when the operation determination unit determines that the operation of the touch panel does not occur before the first time elapses after that the detected illuminance decreases and then the proximity sensor detects an object before a second time elapses.
US09666138B2
A display driving device performs display drive based on display data with respect to a display unit including pixels arranged at respective intersections of data lines and scanning lines. The device includes: a current setting unit configured to store current gradation values which are set for the respective scanning lines that constitute a frame of the display data; a current gradation control unit configured to, at each of scan timings for the respective scanning lines within one frame, generate a constant current corresponding to a current gradation value for a corresponding scanning line among the current gradation values stored in the current setting unit; and a data line driving unit configured to supply the constant current generated by the current gradation control unit to the respective data lines for time periods corresponding to pixel gradation values defined by the display data.
US09666137B2
Systems, methods, and devices for efficient brightness control for an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display are provided. In one embodiment, such a method may include receiving image data into a data driver of an organic light emitting diode display and transforming the image data into a logarithmic domain. A dimming control value may be subtracted from this log-encoded image data. The resulting log-encoded dimmed image data may represent a darker version of the originally received image data. Thereafter, a pixel of the organic light emitting diode display may be driven based at least in part on the dimmed image data.
US09666128B2
An electroluminescent display for adaptive voltage control and method of driving electroluminescent display are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes digitally driving a display panel including a plurality of pixels based on a first power supply voltage, a second power supply voltage lower than the first power supply voltage, a first data voltage and a second data voltage lower than the first data voltage. The method also includes sensing a global current provided to the display panel, generating a current detection signal based on the sensed global current, and varying at least one of the first and second data voltages based on the current detection signal.
US09666118B2
A transparent display apparatus is provided. The transparent display apparatus includes a transparent display unit and a controller. The transparent display unit displays an image frame according to a display data signal and a transparency control signal. The controller receives the display data signal and the transparency control signal, determines a first gradation and a second gradation according to the display data signal and the transparency control signal respectively, and controls the transparent display unit to display the image frame according to the first and second gradations. The first and second gradations are respectively within an interval between two of three display states including a transparent state, a black state and a white state, such that a first and second display states determined based on the first and second gradations may cover all the display effects of the transparent state, the black state and the white state.
US09666109B2
A projector includes, a projecting unit that converts image data into light and projects the light at a predetermined angle of view, a projecting direction changing unit that changes the projecting direction of the projecting unit from a first projecting direction to a second projecting direction, a projection angle derivation unit that derives a projection angle between the first projecting direction and a projecting direction after changed, and an image cutting out unit that generates cut-out image data that a part of a region of an image of the inputted image data is cut out based on the angle of view and the projection angle as image data to be projected, when the projecting unit projects the image of the inputted image data stored on the storage unit across the first projecting direction and the second projecting direction.
US09666101B2
A multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures includes first and second master input devices, a first slave robotic mechanism, and at least one processor configured to generate a first slave command for the first slave robotic mechanism by switchably using one or both of a first command indicative of manipulation of the first master input device by a first user and a second command indicative of manipulation of the second master input device by a second user. To facilitate the collaboration or training, both first and second users communicate with each other through an audio system and see the minimally invasive surgery site on first and second displays respectively viewable by the first and second users.
US09666092B2
A system for comparing energy usage of different vehicle platforms is provided. The system may include a processor to execute routines stored in a memory device. Further, in one embodiment the routines include routines configured to receive selection of a driving style by a user and to select a virtual test drive based on the received selection. Also, the routines may include routines configured to output the selected virtual test drive and to output a comparison of multiple vehicles having different characteristics based on the selected virtual test drive. Other systems, methods, and manufactures are also disclosed.
US09666082B2
A method of flight management and guidance of an aircraft executed by a flight management system FMS comprises the steps of: generating a reference trajectory, generating a short-term trajectory, periodically transmitting the short-term trajectory, generating a long-term trajectory, formatting the segments of the long-term trajectory, periodically transmitting the long-term trajectory, storing the long-term trajectory transmitted, testing the validity of the FMS sub-assembly, when the FMS sub-assembly is valid: identifying, by the autonomous guidance module, the active segment of the short-term trajectory, generating, by the autonomous guidance module, a first flight guidance order on the basis of the active segment of the short-term trajectory; when the FMS sub-assembly is not valid: identifying, by the autonomous guidance module, the active segment of the stored trajectory, generating, by the autonomous guidance module, a second flight guidance order on the basis of the active segment of the stored trajectory.
US09666075B2
An automated system for managing one or more parking spaces, that includes a vehicle identification detector for detecting vehicles in a parking space area, a dynamically updatable display device mounted in the parking space area, and a computer subsystem that dynamically updates the display device with messages or images to be communicated in real time to the operator of the vehicle that is being parked. The system can be dynamically configured to operate either as a reserved parking system, or as a pay-for-parking system. The system includes an optional billing and payment module that integrates with information provided by the system to manage collection and remittance of parking revenues. The system includes an optional event notification module to manage automatic notification and ticketing of vehicles that are not authorized to be parked in the parking space.
US09666067B1
An turn detection system is configured to determine headings or a course of a vehicle over a period of time and evaluate whether the vehicle has registered a turn based on these headings/course. In some arrangements, upon detecting a turn, sensor data may be collected to determine one or more characteristics or attributes of the turn. Such data may indicate a loss event associated with the turn and be used to calculate a probability or risk of loss given the various characteristics of the turn. These probabilities may further be applied to determine various costs and premiums.
US09666063B2
Systems and techniques are provided for motion sensor adjustment. A signal indicating that a moving heat source was detected by a passive infrared sensor may be received. A signal including a current temperature may be received. It may be determined based on the current temperature and at least one previous temperature that an area in proximity to the passive infrared sensor has experienced a temperature change. In response to the determination that the area in proximity to the passive infrared sensor has experienced a temperature change, the signal indicating that a moving heat source was detected by the passive infrared sensor may be disregarded as a false alert and no indication of motion detected may be sent.
US09666046B2
A surveillance camera is provided. The surveillance camera includes: an imaging assembly; a dome cover included a transparent portion and formed to surround the imaging unit assembly; a shield configured to move along a surface of the dome cover; a shield driver configured to control the shield; and a sensor configured to sense a value corresponding to at least one of whether an object is approaching the surveillance camera, whether the surveillance camera is falling, whether an impact is exerted on the dome cover, and whether a voice signal is input from an outside of the surveillance camera, wherein the sensed value is compared with a preset value, and the shield driver is further configured to control the shield to shield at least a portion of the dome cover based on a result of the comparing.
US09666036B2
An Automated Transaction Machine (ATM) includes a housing with a lower unit and an upper unit including a main portion having a top panel and a display housing extending above the top panel. A display is disposed within the display housing. A control electronics package is disposed in the display housing and including a processor and a plurality of input/output ports.
US09666030B2
A method of gaming comprising: determining which of a plurality of gaming devices, each operable for independent play of one or more games, are eligible for an additional game; initiating an additional game; and determining in response to initiation of the additional game, which eligible gaming devices will participate in the initiated additional game, the determination including a random determination in respect of at least one of the eligible gaming devices to determine whether the respective eligible gaming device will participate in the additional game.
US09666021B2
An apparatus, method, and system to acquire and display casino data on a portable electronic device may include a portable electronic device having a processor operative with a real-time location based data application to transmit the location of the portable electronic device and acquire, prioritize, store and display real-time casino data. The real-time casino data may be periodically updated based on the location of the portable electronic device and visually presented to a user on a display of the portable electronic device.
US09666020B2
A gaming system includes one or more input devices, one or more display devices, and one or more processors, and one or more memory devices storing instructions that cause the gaming system to receive an input indicative of a wager. The instructions further cause the gaming system to display a wagering game having an array of symbol positions positioned on a plurality of primary reels and at least one secondary reel overlaying two or more adjacent primary reels, the secondary reel including at least one oversized standard symbol, the oversized symbol overlaying symbol positions on at least two of the two or more adjacent primary reels. The instructions further cause the gaming system to spin the two or more adjacent primary reels and the secondary reel such that the two or more adjacent primary reels and the secondary reel appear to spin as a single reel.
US09666017B2
The present invention relates to an electronic gaming and/or gambling machine, in particular to a slot machine which is coin operable or is operable by monetary equivalents, comprising a display apparatus for the display of at least one game and optionally additional information, with the display apparatus having at least a first and a second screen on which at least one screen display, preferably a main game, and one second screen display, preferably a bonus game and/or additional information, can be displayed as well as a control panel for the actuation of the gaming and/or gambling machine. In accordance with the invention, the electronic gaming and/or gambling machine is characterized in that a switching device is provided which is actuable by a machine user by an input device for the switching of the first screen representation from the first screen to the second screen and of the second screen representation from the second screen to the first screen or to a further screen and/or vice versa.
US09666004B2
A latch release backup system for a latch assembly of a motor-vehicle door is provided with a key cylinder configured to receive a vehicle key and which is rotatably mounted to the motor-vehicle door, and a mechanical coupling arrangement mounted within the motor-vehicle door and operable to convert a rotation of the key cylinder into actuation of an actuation group of the latch assembly for causing latch release. The key cylinder defines an electrical interface socket designed to receive the vehicle key. An electronic control unit is mounted within the motor-vehicle door and is electrically connected to the electrical interface socket to receive identification information (Id) from the vehicle key when plugged into the electrical interface socket. The mechanical coupling arrangement is normally disengaged from the actuation group of the latch assembly, and the electronic control unit is configured to control selective engagement of the mechanical coupling arrangement to the actuation group of the latch assembly based on the identification information (Id) received from the vehicle key.
US09665998B1
A system and method for providing relevant and timely information associated with a travel itinerary, such as an airline travel itinerary. In an exemplary embodiment, one of a plurality of home screens is displayed on a portable user device when an application is opened on the portable user device.
US09665994B1
A method performed by a first computing system includes receiving, from a second computing system, a message identifying a symptom of a first vehicle; and sending a repair tip to the second computing system. The repair tip includes a first phrase describing a first procedure performed on a second vehicle that exhibited the symptom, wherein the first procedure performed on the second vehicle yielded a result insufficient to determine that a component of the second vehicle associated with the symptom is defective. The repair tip also includes a second phrase describing a second procedure performed on a given vehicle, wherein the given vehicle is either (i) the second vehicle or (ii) a third vehicle that also exhibited the symptom, wherein the second procedure performed on the given vehicle yielded a result sufficient to determine that a component of the given vehicle associated with the symptom is defective.
US09665990B2
The disclosure is related to displaying a three dimensional image and corresponding sectional images. A display device may include a data storage, an input interface, an image display, and a processor. The data storage may store image data. The input interface may receive position information of a first image point from a user. The image display may display a 3D image in a first display region and a sectional image of the 3D image in a second display region of the screen. The processor may generate the 3D image data to display the 3D image by locating the first image point of the 3D image at a first position in the first display region and the sectional image data to display the sectional image of the 3D image by locating a second image point of the sectional image at a second position in the second display region.
US09665988B2
Data visualization systems and methods for generating 3D visualizations of a multidimensional data space are described. In one embodiment a 3D data visualization application directs a processing system to: load a set of multidimensional data points into a visualization table; create representations of a set of 3D objects corresponding to the set of data points; receive mappings of data dimensions to visualization attributes; determine the visualization attributes of the set of 3D objects based upon the selected mappings of data dimensions to 3D object attributes; update a visibility dimension in the visualization table for each of the plurality of 3D object to reflect the visibility of each 3D object based upon the selected mappings of data dimensions to visualization attributes; and interactively render 3D data visualizations of the 3D objects within the virtual space from viewpoints determined based upon received user input.
US09665987B2
A machine-implemented method includes obtaining input data and generating output data. The status of at least one contextual factor is determined and compared with a standard. If the status meets the standard, a transformation is applied to the output data. The output data is then outputted to the viewer. Through design and/or selection of contextual factors, standards, and transformations, output data may be selectively outputted to viewers in a context-suitable fashion, e.g. on a head mounted display the viewer's central vision may be left unobstructed while the viewer walks, drives, etc. An apparatus includes at least one sensor that senses a contextual factor. A processor determines the status of the contextual factor, determines if the status meets a standard, generates output data, and applies a transformation to the output data if the status meets the standard. A display outputs the output data to the viewer.
US09665973B2
In accordance with some embodiments, depth values may be split into more and less significant bits. By so doing, some processing can be done based only on the more significant bits. Where the number of more significant bits is significantly less than the total number of bits, some memory bandwidth can be preserved. In other words, by only using the more significant bits for some of the depth buffering operations, memory bandwidth usage can be reduced, improving efficiency.
US09665970B2
Aspects include, for example, a method for interpreting information in a computer program, or profiling such a program to estimate a group size for instances of that program (program module, or portion thereof). Such a method can be used in a system that supports collecting outputs of executing instances, where those outputs can specify new program instances. Scheduling of new instances (or allocation of resources for executing such instances) can be deferred. A trigger to begin scheduling (or allocation) for a collection of instances uses a target group size for that program. Thus, different programs can have different group sizes, which can be set explicitly, or based on profiling. The profiling can occur during one or more of pre-execution and during execution. The group size estimate can be an input into an algorithm that also accounts for system state during execution.
US09665968B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for image rendering with per-frame buffer scene segmentation. A user specifies how geometric objects, light sources, and various types of rendering operations in a graphics scene are associated. A segmentation API translates scene data into specific instructions used by a rendering engine that cause the rendering engine to generate a set of scene segments within a set of user specified frame buffers. The scene segments may be composited together using a variable contribution value for each scene segment to generate a final image.
US09665965B2
A companion object to a media player, such as a video player, is responsive to an event associated with the video player. The event may be associated with the data stream displayed by the video player. The event may be associated with an object displayed by the video player. The companion object is displayed outside the display layout of the video player. The companion object and the video player may be displayed by a web browser in a web page. The companion object and the video player may be executed in a securely separated manner.
US09665963B1
A system for dynamic collage layout generation comprises a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: receive a plurality of pictures to arrange into a collage, calculate pairwise distances between the plurality of pictures, arrange the plurality of pictures into one or more groups based on the pairwise distances between the plurality of pictures, calculate a group arrangement cost based on an aspect ratio of the one or more groups, determine an arrangement of the one or more groups based on the group arrangement cost, and place the pictures in a collage layout based on the arrangement of the one or more groups. The disclosure also includes similar methods and computer program products.
US09665956B2
A computer readable memory medium comprising program instructions for graphically displaying information generated by an instrument is provided. The information is being displayed within a laboratory management system. The program instructions are executable by a processor to generate an instrument information representation in response to receiving information generated by an instrument and display the instrument information representation on a display. The instrument information representation visually presents the information generated by the instrument.
US09665955B1
Techniques relate to fitting a shape of an object when placed in a desired pose. For example, a plurality of training poses can be received, wherein each training pose is associated with a training shape. The training poses can be clustered in pose space, and a bid point can be determined for each cluster. A cluster-fitted shape can then be determined for a pose at the bid point using the training shapes in the cluster. A weight for each cluster-fitted shape can then be determined. The cluster-fitted shapes can then be combined using the determined weights to determine a shape of the object in the desired pose.
US09665948B2
A saturation compensation method is provided. The method includes the steps of: retrieving an input image; performing at least one first image process on the input image to generate a first image; calculating saturation corresponding to each pixel in the input image; and performing a saturation compensation process on the first image according to the input image and the saturation to generate an output image.
US09665947B2
In a method for improving alignment between representations of a same elongate feature in first and second images, the images are provided to a processor and the processor derives a centerline from image data representing an elongate anatomical feature in the first image, and derives a value of a metric indicating a present quality of alignment of the centerline with image data of the second image representing the same anatomic feature. The processor optimizes the metric to provide a rigid transform, and applies the rigid transform to the centerline or the second image to improve the alignment between the first and the second image with respect to the elongate feature.
US09665939B2
An image processing apparatus obtains an input image acquired by image capturing, and classifies the input image into a main subject region and a background region. The image processing apparatus determines virtual image capturing conditions corresponding to an output image to be generated, based on the positional relationship between a main subject and a background subject in an image capturing environment when the input image was captured. The image processing apparatus deforms, of the input image, an image classified into the background region, and generates a background image of the output image that corresponds to the determined virtual image capturing conditions. The image processing apparatus composes, of the input image, an image classified into the main subject region and the background image, thereby generating the output image.
US09665928B1
A color image processing system includes an image capture module, an image digitizing module, an optimizing ratio calculation module and an image processing module. The image capture module captures an original color image. The image digitizing module digitizes the original color image to obtain N pixels in ascending order according to value of RGB of the pixel. The optimizing ratio calculation module calculates an optimizing ratio H. The image processing module multiplies original value of RGB of the pixel before the ((N−N*H)/2)th pixel by 1/H to obtain new value of RGB of the pixel before the ((N−N*H)/2)th pixel and multiplies original value of RGB of the pixel after the ((N+N*H)/2−1)th pixel by H to obtain new value of RGB of the pixel after the ((N+N*H)/2−1)th pixel. A color image processing method is also provided.
US09665923B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for remote rendering of computer graphics. The system includes a graphics application program resident at a remote server. The graphics application is invoked by a user or process located at a client. The invoked graphics application proceeds to issue graphics instructions. The graphics instructions are received by a remote rendering control system. Given that the client and server differ with respect to graphics context and image processing capability, the remote rendering control system modifies the graphics instructions in order to accommodate these differences. The modified graphics instructions are sent to graphics rendering resources, which produce one or more rendered images. Data representing the rendered images is written to one or more frame buffers. The remote rendering control system then reads this image data from the frame buffers. The image data is transmitted to the client for display or processing. In an embodiment of the system, the image data is compressed before being transmitted to the client. In such an embodiment, the steps of rendering, compression, and transmission can be performed asynchronously in a pipelined manner.
US09665920B1
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for distributing graphics commands and atomic commands to a color processing unit (CROP) in an efficient manner. The interleaving mechanism determines, at each clock cycle, which graphics command(s) or atomic command(s) is transmitted to the CROP based on different factors. First, the interleaving mechanism ensures that atomic commands or graphics commands associated with a multi-transaction command stream are processed together. Second, the interleaving mechanism selects consecutive graphics commands for transmission to the CROP that optimize the use of different memory caches. Third, the interleaving mechanism prioritizes atomic commands over graphics commands. At each clock cycle, the graphics command(s) or the atomic command(s) selected by the interleaving mechanism are transmitted to the CROP for processing.
US09665915B1
Gifting of virtual items between users of a virtual space may be facilitated. A purchase interface may be presented to a first user. The purchase interface may be configured to receive selection from the first user of (i) a virtual item for purchase, and (ii) one or more users with which the first user has established a virtual space relationship. Responsive to selection by the first user through the purchase interface of a first virtual item and a second user with which the first user has established a virtual space relationship, the first virtual item may be distributed to the second user in the virtual space.
US09665911B2
An embodiment provides a real-time or dynamic collaborative computer data collection form prototype builder. An embodiment integrates several concepts in order to streamline the computer data collection form development process. In an embodiment a dataset is used to collect data entry form requirements and attributes about the user interface which are used by a program to render a computer data collection form. Change implementation is facilitated by permitting changes in the underlying data set to be reflected in the computer data collection form, e.g., as re-rendered by the system.
US09665910B2
The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for monitoring driving behavior and providing feedback to the driver. The systems evaluate driving behavior and relay feedback to the driver in a fashion that is customized to take into account individual characteristics and demographic characteristics of the driver.
US09665901B2
A system and method for facilitating private user interaction is disclosed. The method comprises capturing information with a first mobile information gateway device; processing the captured information to determine an identity of a first user; processing the captured information to authenticate the first user; processing the identity of the first user to retrieve information of the first user; and presenting the retrieved information of the first user overlaid upon a first field of view by the first mobile information gateway device; and presenting the retrieved information to a second user overlaid upon a second field of view by the second mobile information gateway device.
US09665889B1
Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for delivering website content to an internet user which is personalized to the user based on a persona associated with the user. A persona database system accesses personal and financial data for the user from any suitable source, such as from a tax return of the user or personal finance management application or even a questionnaire. The persona database system matches the user's data to a persona for the user from a predetermined, discrete set of personas, wherein each persona identifies a generalized profile of personal and financial characteristics of the user. Then, when a user access a website hosted by a website server, the website server accesses the persona for the user from the persona database system and the website server personalizes the website content delivered to the user based on the persona for the user.
US09665888B2
A computer-implemented method of distributing targeted merchant electronic messages to a merchant's remote computer, comprising: receiving traveler information at a targeting messages application; receiving merchant information at the targeted messages module; receiving merchant preference information; determining which merchants to notify by comparing the merchant information and the merchant preference information to the traveler information to determine whether any travelers that have an interest in any products or services provided by the merchants are currently near or projected to be near any of the merchants; electronically transmitting merchant electronic messages to the merchant's remote computer; auditing expense reporting information for the travelers to determine whether at least one of the travelers complete a transaction with the merchant in response to a targeting prompted by the merchant electronic messages; and in response to determining that the at least one traveler completed the transaction, charging the merchant for the merchant electronic messages the prompted the targeting.
US09665887B2
In accordance with some of the gift messaging based customer acquisition methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media that are described herein, a message for a gift recipient is determined in connection with a gift based on input from a first network node associated with a gift giver. A message notification that includes access information for accessing the gift message is generated. The access information is associated with the message. A request that includes the access information is received from a second network node associated with the gift recipient. Responsive to the request, the message is transmitted to the second network node based on the association between the access information and the message, and auxiliary customer acquisition information is transmitted to the second network node.
US09665884B2
An electronic periodical advertisement including a number of time dependent offers is generated, e.g., using a computing device. The offers are organized into a number of modules. A default set of the modules is presented to a user. The default set of modules is edited to generate a user-defined set of modules. A user-defined electronic periodical advertisement including the user-defined set of modules is presented to the user.
US09665875B2
A sales application is described that includes multiple automated sales tools that can be combined to help improve sales within a sales team. A deal finder sales tool is described to help identify sales opportunities. A deal playbook sales tool is also described to help structure the sales opportunity into a sales play by recommending products to sale in conjunction and also constructing a sales team. An influencer sales tool is also described to help identify business relationships that can be utilized to influence members of the sales team.
US09665864B2
A method, device, and system for conducting trusted payment transactions including establishing a trust relationship between a first mobile computing device and a second mobile computing device. The first mobile computing device may initiate a payment transaction with a point-of-sale device, communicate with the second mobile communication device to retrieve payment information from the second mobile communication device, and complete the payment transaction with the point-of-sale device using the payment information. The second mobile computing device is configured to verify the user and identity of the first mobile computing device prior to providing the payment information. Communications between the mobile computing devices may be encrypted using pre-determined encryption techniques.
US09665855B2
Machine, methods, and program product for facilitating electronic inventory tracking and management of products through messaging over a payment network, are provided. An example includes an inventory management computer in communication with a merchant POS apparatus or terminal over an existing financial services payment network and configured to receive and process purchase transaction data associated with a product being purchased, for use by a product provider. The computer can include electronic inventory management program product configured to perform various operations including receiving a purchase transaction message sent through the payment network, storing purchase transaction data, and notifying a product provider of the purchase transaction data. The purchase transaction message can include a financial services electronic payment network compatible universal product-transaction identifier, which can be received through the POS terminal in response to a consumer or merchant interfacing the product's container, or an associated purchase ticket or slip storing the transaction identifier, with the POS terminal.
US09665845B2
A system, computer-implemented method, and software for automatically planning and scheduling ocean-going vessels for oil distribution is provided. The scheduling of the vessels is based on a filtered beam search and greedy heuristic. A server can be used for receiving a schedule request and one or more constraints for scheduling one or more vessels from one or more users. An optimization engine can be used for generating a schedule based at least in part on the one or more constraints using a beam search algorithm.
US09665840B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure receives a respective set of input messages from a corresponding source system, with the messages of each set of input messages being received in a corresponding chronological (time) order. The input messages are processed using parallel processing approaches to generate corresponding output messages, with each output message being generated for delivery to a corresponding destination system. The destination system for each output message is identified only during such processing of the input messages. The output messages are queued and an output message to a destination system is transmitted only after output messages of all prior input messages from the same source system to the destination system are transmitted, while permitting output messages generated by processing of input messages from different source systems being permitted to be transmitted out-of-sequence.
US09665833B2
A system and method for providing collaboration communities in a computer portal environment. The system comprises a community portal tool for creating community portals, portal applications, or portal web applications. In one embodiment, the portal can be one of a number of enterprise applications on server software. The portal can include a community context that can have an indication of members of the community. The indication can be, for example, a list of the members or pointer to a list of members. The community portal can be constructed from portal elements and the community context. The community portal tool can also be used to select a community portal template from a portal component library. The template can include standard elements from the construction of a community portal. A standardized look and feel, layout, and components such as a calendars can be in a community template.
US09665832B2
Described herein are embodiments of systems, method, and computer programs for estimating affective response to a token instance of interest utilizing a predicted affective response to a background token instance. The affective response is computed based on the difference between a measured affective response of the user and the predicted affective response. Where the measured affective response is a measurement of the affective response of the user to a simultaneous exposure to both the background token instance and the token instance of interest.
US09665826B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure are directed towards automatically inferring the significant parts of bug reports, including by querying a knowledge base built by mining information from a large number of earlier bug reports. Common phrases in the earlier bug reports are filtered to provide a subset of phrases relevant to a bug domain, which are stored in the knowledge base and mapped to an ontology model of the knowledge base. When a new bug report is received for inference/analysis, the phrases therein are tagged based upon the ontology model, and the knowledge base queried with the tagged phrases to determine problems, activities and actions that are likely related to the new bug report.
US09665825B2
A system and computer-usable medium for using cognitive graph vectors to refine cognitive insights.
US09665824B2
Human visual perception is able to recognize a wide range of targets but has limited throughput. Machine vision can process images at a high speed but suffers from inadequate recognition accuracy of general target classes. Systems and methods are provided that combine the strengths of both systems and improve upon existing multimedia processing systems and methods to provide enhanced multimedia labeling, categorization, searching, and navigation.
US09665818B1
Aspects of the invention relate to a smart card that includes an OLED display. The smart card may store data associated with multiple purchasing instruments and utilize the OLED display to present sensitive data associated with a user selected purchasing instrument. In response to the selection, the smart card may transmit sensitive data associated with the selected purchasing instrument. The OLED display may allow the smart card to include a customizable face. The OLED display may present video, colors or any suitable text. For example, the OLED display may present a user's credit limit, rewards or spend categories. Such smart cards may be easily re-branded as a result of the smart card not being permanently tied to an embossed number. New sensitive data may be pushed to the smart card and thereby allow it to be used immediately based on the new sensitive data.
US09665813B2
A data-bearing medium has an array of data-bearing elements. The array of data-bearing elements represents an array of bits. A certain number of the bits repeat within the array of bits. Positions of the bits in each row of the array of bits are circularly shifted from positions of the bits in an immediately preceding row.
US09665811B2
According to one embodiment, a printing apparatus includes a conveying unit, a printing unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The conveying unit conveys a sheet. The printing unit prints an image on the sheet conveyed by the conveying unit. The display unit performs display for causing a user to select necessity of re-printing on the sheet on which the image is printed. The control unit controls, if the necessity of the re-printing of the sheet is selected, the conveying unit to back-feed the sheet and controls the printing unit to perform re-printing after the back-feed of the sheet is completed.
US09665806B2
A printing apparatus of the invention includes a medium information acquisition section that acquires medium information that can specify a type of a print medium, a printing section that discharges print ink to the print medium, a coating section that coats the print medium with precoat liquid before the printing section performs printing, and a coating control section that controls the coating section. The coating control section variably changes an amount of coating of the precoat liquid per unit area according to the acquired medium information.
US09665805B2
Disclosed are a data processing method, an apparatus and an ink-jet printer. A method comprises a processor sequentially receiving multiple lines of image lattice data; after receiving one line of image lattice data splitting one line of image lattice data to n groups of image lattice data according to number of lines of corresponding nozzles along a paper feeding direction of the one line of image lattice data, wherein n is number of rows of all nozzles; writing corresponding split n groups of image lattice data to an internal buffer; writing n groups of image lattice data in corresponding internal buffer to an external storage; reading data from external storage embodiments of the present invention reduce processing cost of the image lattice data, and improve image lattice processing speed.
US09665802B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for classifying vehicles by performing scale aware detection; performing detection assisted sampling for convolutional neural network (CNN) training, and performing deep CNN fine-grained image classification to classify the vehicle type.
US09665793B2
A method for contactless measurements of a vehicle wheel assembly by acquiring a sequence of images as the vehicle wheel assembly moves within a projected pattern of light. Images of the vehicle wheel assembly are acquired and processed to identify the portions of the images corresponding to the wheel assembly, such as by recognition of the wheel rim edge. The identified portion of each image is cropped and a resulting point cloud of data rotational aligned by an optimization procedure to remove the effect of wheel translation and rotation between each image, as well as to identify a center of rotation and amount of rotation for each image which yields a best-fit result. Superimposing the resulting point clouds produces a generated image with a high density of data points on the optimally fit surfaces of the wheel assembly, which can be used to further refine the axis of rotation determination.
US09665787B2
A method of extracting particular information in a standard card is disclosed herein. The method includes: acquiring a card image of a standard card having particular information to be extracted; identifying an image region containing the particular information in the card image; and extracting and outputting the image region as an independent image. Thus, an image related to the part of the particular information only can be obtained from the standard card conveniently, quickly and accurately, thereby improving the working efficiency. In addition, the present disclosure further provides an apparatus of extracting particular information in a standard card and a method of inputting particular information of a standard card in a mobile terminal.
US09665784B2
Spoof-detection and liveness analysis is performed using a software-based solution on a user device, such as a smartphone having a camera, audio output component (e.g., earpiece), and audio input component (e.g., microphone). One or more audio signals are emitted from the audio output component of the user device, reflect off a target, and are received back at the audio input component of the device. Based on the reflections, a determination is made as to whether the target is comprised of a three-dimensional face-like structure and/or face-like tissue. Using at least this determination, a finding is made as to whether the target is likely to be spoofed, rather than a legitimate, live person.
US09665781B2
A moving-body-detecting device is provided with an image capture unit, an image conversion unit, a three-dimensional-object-detecting unit, a turn detecting unit, and a control unit. The image capture unit captures images of the rear side of a vehicle. The image conversion unit performs viewpoint conversion of the captured images into bird's-eye view images. The three-dimensional-object-detecting unit generates differential waveform information based on a differential image of bird's-eye view images taken as different points in time, and detects three-dimensional objects based on the differential waveform information. The control unit suppresses detection of the three-dimensional object based on the differential waveform information, in cases in which turning of the vehicle has been detected as compared with cases in which the vehicle is not turning.
US09665776B2
A 2D occupancy system for determining a position of a user (e.g. a human, an object or an animal) in an environment includes a host device and a plurality of motion detection devices. The host device and the plurality of motion detection devices are connected through a network. Each motion detection device has a viewing angle and the viewing angle of any motion detection device overlaps with the viewing angle of at least one other motion detection device. The host device comprises an input port for receiving motion information from the plurality of motion detection devices, and a processing unit for determining the position of the user in the environment from the motion information from particular motion detection devices at a same time-stamp.
US09665772B2
A method and apparatus for biometric iris matching comprising pre-processing an input image capturing one or more eyes to produce one or more rectified iris images, coding the one or more rectified iris images into one or more multiresolution iris codes and matching the one or more multiresolution iris code with a set of stored multiresolution iris codes to determine whether a match exists.
US09665768B2
Process, and related apparatus, that exploits psycho-physiological aspects involved in generation and perception of handwriting for directly inferring from the trace on the paper (or any other means on which the author writes by hand) the interpretation of writing, i.e. the sequence of characters that the trace is intended to represent.
US09665767B2
A method and apparatus for pattern tracking. The method includes the steps of performing a foreground detection process to determine a hand-pill-hand region, performing image segmentation to separate the determined hand portion of the hand-pill-hand region from the pill portion thereof, building three reference models, one for each hand region and one for the pill region, initializing a dynamic model for tracking the hand-pill-hand region, determining N possible next positions for the hand-pill-hand region, for each such determined position, determining various features, building a new model for that region in accordance with the determined position, for each position, comparing the new model and a reference model, determining a position whose new model generates a highest similarity score, determining whether that similarity score is greater than a predetermined threshold, and wherein if it is determined that the similarity score is greater than the predetermined threshold, the object is tracked.
US09665764B2
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which facilitates a terminal to be used in further consideration of user's convenience. The present invention includes a display, a memory configured to store at least one image fragment, a 1st camera, and a controller, if the 1st camera is activated, displaying a preview screen of an image received from the 1st camera, the controller controlling the display to display a prescribed one of the stored at least one image fragment on a prescribed region of the preview screen. Accordingly, when a photo is taken using a terminal, a photo-taker can be included in the taken photo in a manner of being synthesized with the corresponding photo.
US09665756B2
The invention discloses a method and device for processing visual graphics codes of mobile terminal. The method mainly includes: monitoring an action of shooting or recording digital images by the mobile terminal; identifying a focusing action during the process of shooting or recording the digital images by the mobile terminal; recording the digital images obtained after the mobile terminal finishes the focusing action; analyzing the digital images obtained after the focusing action is finished, and obtaining visual graphics codes in the digital images; decoding the visual graphics codes, and processing decoded information obtained after decoding. The invention can efficiently and conveniently obtain the visual graphics coding of the digital images caused by the focusing action, and avoid complicated operations of re-installing a visual graphics coding software, and opening the visual graphics coding software by the user.
US09665755B2
Systems and devices for determining the presence of and managing objects contained within a container. The container includes at least one compartment that can house at least one object. In response to receiving a signal, the container is configured to transmit a signal regarding a determination of the presence of an object within a compartment. A first and second proximity sensor are used to cause a status check of the presence of an object within a compartment, such that the status check is initiated when the first and second proximity sensors are within a predetermined distance of each other. The determination of the presence of an object within a container may be transmitted to a connected wireless device. The connected wireless device may also remotely cause a status check of a compartment within a container.
US09665754B2
A method for identification (ID) verification using a device with embedded radio-frequency identification (RFID) functionality is disclosed. The method comprises capturing, by a camera associated with a client device, an image of an ID document having an embedded RFID chip. The image is transmitted to a server for optical character recognition to extract and recognize printed data associated with the ID document. The client device can receive the printed data from the server and use the printed data to unlock the RFID chip by an RFID reader. Digital data associated with the ID document can be retrieved from the RFID chip and compared to the printed data. If the digital data and the printed data match, the ID document is verified. Otherwise, the ID document is rejected.
US09665753B2
A non-contact communication method determination circuit includes a determiner which determines whether or not a binary signal of a received radio signal is a binary signal of a radio signal with any of a plurality of first non-contact communication methods, wherein the determiner is configured to detect a time interval between edges of the binary signal, and compares the detected time interval with a predetermined time interval between edges of a binary signal in the plurality of first non-contact communication methods, so as to determine whether or not the binary signal of the received radio signal is the binary signal of the radio signal with any of the plurality of first non-contact communication methods, and the time interval between the edges of the binary signal is a time interval between falling edges of the binary signal.
US09665749B2
In one embodiment, a passive transponder comprising a first circuit comprising a first attenuator, the first circuit configured to receive a first signal from at least one base station and coupled to a first node, a first rectifier coupled to the first node, the first rectifier configured in a forward direction to charge a first capacitor, and the first capacitor coupled to the first rectifier, the first capacitor configured to receive a charge from the attenuator sufficient for powering the passive transponder.
US09665729B2
Embodiments related to the revocation of applications on mobile devices are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of revoking an application stored on a mobile device, wherein the method comprises receiving an application revocation request, the application revocation request comprising an instruction to revoke a selected application saved on one or more mobile devices, sending to a mobile device an application revocation instruction configured to revoke the selected application on the mobile device, and sending to another entity a request to roll back a previously-made transaction related to the selected application.
US09665721B2
A system and method for modeling viable threats and for evading deployed defenses on a network are described. As a defensive tool used for threat modeling, the system and method allows those responsible for the safety of their critical infrastructure and intellectual property to have a clear view of all failures in the security countermeasure products they have deployed. As an offensive tool used for defense evasion modeling, the system and method can be used to quickly ascertain a viable attack vector, select exploitation code, and cross-reference those exploits that will bypass every layer of countermeasure technologies to commercially- and publicly-accessible crimeware and security testing tools.
US09665710B2
Mitigating return-oriented programming attacks. Program code and associated components are received and loaded into memory. From the program code and associated components, a predetermined number of sequences of machine language instructions that terminate in a return instruction are selected. The sequences of machine language instructions include: machine language instruction sequences that are equivalent to a conditional statement “if-then-else return,” sequences of machine language instructions corresponding to known malicious code sequences, and sequences of machine language instructions corresponding to machine language instructions in known toolkits for assembling malicious code sequences. For each selected machine language instruction sequence, memory blocks containing the selected machine language instruction sequence are rearranged using address space layout randomization (ASLR); then, upon expiration of an expected time interval required to locate the selected machine language instruction sequence by inspecting the rearranged memory blocks, the rearranging is repeated, thereby mitigating ROP attacks.
US09665709B2
An exemplary method includes an application management system 1) detecting a request provided by a user to install an application on a user device, 2) identifying a plurality of privacy attributes of the application, 3) determining, based on the identified privacy attributes, a compliance level of the application with respect to a privacy profile associated with the user, the compliance level representing a degree to which the application complies with the privacy profile associated with the user, and 4) directing, prior to the installation of the application, the user device to present a graphic that represents the determined compliance level of the application. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US09665707B2
Systems and methods are provided for securing and authenticating a network of a vehicle. At least one network key is generated by an electronic control module and distributed to at least one remote device over a wired power line. At least one signed transmission having a signature based on the at least one network key is transmitted from the at least one remote device to the electronic control module over a communication channel on the network separate from the wired power line. The electronic control module authenticates and encrypts the at least one signed transmission and receives a data stream from the at least one remote device over the communication channel.
US09665705B2
A system is disclosed for providing secure access to a controlled item, the system comprising a database of biometric signatures, a transmitter subsystem comprising a biometric sensor for receiving a biometric signal, means for matching the biometric signal against members of the database of biometric signatures to thereby output an accessibility attribute, and means for emitting a secure access signal conveying information dependent upon said accessibility attribute, wherein the secure access signal comprises one of at least a rolling code, an encrypted Bluetooth™ protocol, and a WiFi™ protocol, and a receiver sub-system comprising means for receiving the transmitted secure access signal and means for providing conditional access to the controlled item dependent upon said information.
US09665703B2
Systems, devices, and methods for detecting identity of a user of an electronic device, and for determining whether or not an electronic device is being used by a fraudulent user; as well as for detecting identity of a user based on inter-page and intra-page navigation patterns. A method includes: during a first session of a user, who utilizes a pointing device and a keyboard for interacting with a computerized service, monitoring pointing device dynamics and gestures and keystrokes of the user; analyzing the monitored pointing device dynamics and gestures and keystrokes, in relation to (a) state and context of the computerized service, and (b) user interface elements displayed by the computerized service; generating a user-specific biometric trait indicating a user-specific service usage pattern, which includes at least one of: a user-specific inter-application usage pattern, and a user-specific intra-application usage pattern.
US09665702B2
In embodiments of restricted execution modes, a mobile device can display a device lock screen on an integrated display device, and transition from the device lock screen to display a shared space user interface of a shared space. The transition to display the shared space user interface is without receiving a PIN code entered on the device lock screen. The mobile device implements a restricted execution service that is implemented to activate a restricted execution mode of the mobile device, and restrict access of a device application to device content while the restricted execution mode is activated. The restricted execution service can also allow a shared device application that is included in the shared space access to the device content while the restricted execution mode is activated.
US09665695B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can acquire information associated with a set of rules and a set of activities identified by the set of rules as being potentially illegitimate. A priority order for a set of properties associated with the set of rules can be acquired. The set of rules can be ranked based on the priority order. A highest ranked rule can be stored into a record. The highest ranked rule can be removed from consideration out of the set of rules. At least one activity, identified by the highest ranked rule, can be removed from consideration out of the set of activities. In some instances, the record can be provided.
US09665694B2
The present invention provides methods for rapidly and efficiently searching biologically-related data space. More specifically, the present invention provides methods for identifying bio-molecules with desired properties, or which are most suitable for acquiring such properties, from complex bio-molecule libraries or sets of such libraries. The present invention also provides methods for modeling sequence-activity relationships, including but not limited to stepwise addition or subtraction techniques, Bayesian regression, ensemble regression and other methods. The present invention further provides digital systems and software for performing the methods provided herein.
US09665692B2
A system for enabling test data resulting from an analytic determination carried out on a clinical analytic device (20-1) to be communicated to an electronic patient information management system (80), the system comprising: a computer module (120-1) communicatively connectable to the clinical analytic device (20-1), a user operable control unit (140) communicatively connectable to the computer module (120-1), and an instrument tag (22-1) readable by the user operable control unit (140) and associated with the clinical analytic device (20-1).
US09665691B2
Systems and methods for detecting a likely misuse of a medicament by a user. The system includes a computer communicatively coupled with a dispensing device. The computer receives a usage pattern of a medicament by the user as indicated by the dispensing device and a result of a test correlating with an actual consumption of the medicament by the user. Based on the usage pattern, the computer computes an estimated result of a test corresponding to the at least one predetermined test. Based on a comparison between the estimated result and the test result, a determination is made as to whether the user has likely misused the medicament.
US09665689B2
A medication assurance system for verification of both the medication and the patient is disclosed. A portable spectrometer is used to obtain a light spectrum of the medication. A subject identification or biometric device is used to identify the patient. A controller coupled to the portable spectrometer and the subject identification device identifies the medication by performing a chemometric analysis of the light spectrum. Based on the medication identified and the patient identified, the controller can determine if the medication is to be taken by the patient.
US09665685B1
A computer-implemented method includes producing medical information that characterizes a group of individuals from a set of private data representing pre or post-encounter characteristics of the individuals, wherein the individuals have had encounters with a healthcare facility. The identity of the individuals is unattainable from the produced medical information. The method also includes providing the produced medical information to report the pre or post-encounter characteristics of the group.
US09665673B2
Implementations of the present disclosure involve methods and systems for modeling input capacitance for a component of an electronic circuit design to accurately and quickly analyze the performance of the circuit. In particular, the methods and systems may provide for an estimated input capacitance for one or more transistor components of the circuit. To determine the estimated input capacitance of a transistor, a computing system may obtain technical information about the circuit and determine one or more virtual nets that include connections between the adjusted transistor and other transistors (or other components) of the circuit design. This information may be utilized by the computing system to calculate an estimated input capacitance for the adjusted transistor of the circuit design. The calculated input capacitance of the transistor may be added into a simple simulation of the circuit design to obtain one or more operational parameters or circuit performance characteristics.
US09665672B2
A simulator for a switched electronic power converter circuit feeding a load/device uses a modified FAMNM solver. Provided is a method/system for reducing/eliminating spurious power losses and transients inherently caused by the FAMNM solver using an L/C element approach, wherein a switching device in the ‘on’ state is featured as an inductor L, and a switching device that is in the ‘off’ state is featured as either a capacitance C or series-connected resistance and capacitance R-C. The invention uses cross-initialization of the L/C switching elements to their final state of current and voltage when they change their conduction state. The correct cross-initialization is enabled from optional pre-stored tables of events and the system-states at the time of the cross-initialization. The inventive method is an enhancement over known Dommel and Pejovic type FAMNM solvers. The simulator applies to real-time or non-real time simulators and is suitable for all power converter topologies.
US09665664B2
Disclosed is a hybrid architecture combining DFA and NFA based engines. The DFA engine and NFA engine scan the same input stream. The DFA engine may be a multi-threaded engine. Fragments of rules are assigned to the DFA engine and portions of rules are assigned to the NFA engine. Fragments matched by the DFA engine may be sorted by a sorter into NFA launch positions before activating NFA states. A dynamically reconfigurable NFA cell array may be used. An NFA state signaled by a DFA fragment match is loaded into NFA cell(s). The DFA fragments may be adjacent to start state positions or following high-branching NFA states. Look-around assertions may be used by the DFA to signal to the NFA to either prevent or permit continued matching of a rule.
US09665660B2
A system and a method are disclosed for transforming cluster computing resources of a target system to match a user defined logical data flow so data processing between the source and target are functionally equivalent. The source logical dataflow is compatibly mapped to a target directed acyclic graph that represents the cluster computing resources. A series of subgraph assertion and transform operations are applied iteratively until the logical data flow is isomorphic with a directed acyclic graph. The assertion and transform operations are comprised of rules and assertions, which are maintained in a rules registry.
US09665653B2
Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for presenting contextual information in a co-browsing environment. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving an instruction in a co-browsing server to initiate a co-browsing session for a website with a first client and a second client. The method further provides determining contextual information related to a user of the first client and the website. The method further provides presenting the website at the first client and presenting the website at the second client, wherein an indication of the contextual information is overlaid on the website at the second client.
US09665650B1
A system limits search results based on context information. The system obtains the context information and a search query, and obtains a set of references to documents in response to the search query. The system then filters the set of references based on the context information and presents the filtered set of references to a user.
US09665649B2
Techniques are described for displaying help articles, for a web page, that are related to the context of the web page. A help article provider has access to a database of help articles, each of which are associated with target-context data that may include content identifiers for the help article and/or user profile attributes for users that the help article targets. The help article provider identifies content identifiers for a viewed web page based on one or more of: metadata and a URL for the web page. The help article provider searches the help article database using the identified content identifiers. The help article provider may filter the help articles based on an authenticated user's attributes. An ordered list of the identified help articles is displayed, with the most relevant or important help articles displayed at or near the top of the list.
US09665643B2
An entity-based search system is described herein that detects and recognizes entities in Internet-based content and uses this recognition to organize search results. The system associates one or more entity identifiers with a web page and stores this information as metadata of the page in a search engine index. This metadata will enable entity-based queries as well as rich data presentations in a search engine result page (SERP), including grouping results by entities, filtering results by one or more particular entities, or re-ranking search results based on user preference of entities. Thus, the entity-based search system allows users to identify a particular entity the user is interested in finding, and to receive search results directly related to that entity.
US09665640B2
A system and method for collapsing search results. User input is received to perform a search of a communications network. The search results and multiple selection elements are displayed for removing each of the search results. A user selection of a selection element associated with a search result is received. A determination is made of irrelevant results that are similar to the search result. The search results are collapsed to remove the search result and the irrelevant search results.
US09665635B2
A computer program product for managing replication configurations includes program instructions to receive a replication configuration for replicating data, wherein the replication configuration defines at least a target table in a target database based on a source table in a source database. The program instructions initialize a federated view, wherein the federated view is based on at least the source table in the source database as defined in the replication configuration. The program instructions utilize the federated view to satisfy requesting applications, where requesting applications obtain data from the federated view. The program instructions to, responsive to determining the replication of data is in spec, utilize the target table in the target database to satisfy requesting applications.
US09665629B2
A media device and user interface for selecting media. In one embodiment, the media is selected based upon a desired relationship measure between at least two media files. In another embodiment, the media is selected based upon a skip command control functions.
US09665627B2
The invention concerns a device for multimedia data retrieval. The multimedia data is associated with an active component. The device for multimedia retrieval being characterized in that, depending on an external event, some of the active components trigger an action that make the user aware of the multimedia data associated with said active components.
US09665626B1
A method for sorting and merging data from at least two sources may include providing a multi-state merge of queues from a first input queue and a second input queue to a merged output, responsive to states of the first and second input queues, setting the state of the first input queue; preventing merging of the first input queue with the non-empty second input queue while the state of the first input queue is empty waiting; and merging the first input queue with the non-empty second input queue responsive to the state of the first input queue being active or ignore, or the wait duration time being exceeded, or in response to a startup command.
US09665621B1
A data storage system comprises a storage array and an associated indexer that may be implemented in whole or in part within the storage array. The storage array comprises storage devices and a controller. The indexer associated with the storage array is configured to generate indexes over data stored in the storage array. The controller comprises a query processing control point configured to utilize the indexes generated by the indexer to accelerate execution of queries directed to the data stored in the storage array. The indexes may be stored in a high-speed memory of the storage array, such as flash memory. The queries executed in the storage array may comprise analytic queries that would otherwise normally be executed in an analytic data store external to the storage array. By providing index-based processing of the queries within the storage array, query processing throughput of the data storage system is substantially improved.
US09665619B1
A database system optimizes database queries that comprise subqueries. The database system factors out computation from two or more subqueries to a reusable subquery. The reusable subquery returns a result set. The subqueries are rewritten to use the result set and the database query modified to use the rewritten subqueries. The modified database query performs efficiently since the result set is computed only once for each subquery that uses the reusable query. The database system also composes nested subqueries that compute aggregate values. The database system identifies an inner subquery nested within an outer subquery, each subquery computing an aggregate value. The database system determines a new aggregate function corresponding to a composition of aggregate functions of the inner and the outer queries. The database system determines a composed query using the inner query with the outer query. The composed query uses the new aggregate function.
US09665610B2
For reducing digests storage consumption in a data deduplication system using a processor device in a computing environment, input data is partitioned into chunks, and the chunks are grouped into chunk sets. Digests are calculated for input data and stored in sets corresponding to the chunk sets. Similarity elements are calculated for the input data and the similarity elements are stored in a similarity search structure, and the number of similarity elements associated with a chunk set which are currently contained in the similarity search structure is maintained for each chunk set.
US09665609B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for performing garbage collection in a database management system with a multi-version concurrency control. An embodiment operate by qualifying a multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) block for garbage collection, where the MVCC block includes multiple cells, each cell corresponding to a row of a table that was acted on by a transaction. Determining that the MVCC block can be garbage collected based on MVCC information in the MVCC block, where the MVCC information includes information that determines whether changes made to rows in the multiple cells are visible in a database management system. Based on the determining, garbage collecting the MVCC block.
US09665608B2
A method and apparatus for parallelization of data processing. The method including: parsing a data processing flow to split a write table sequence for the data processing flow; generating a plurality of instances of the data processing flow based at least in part on the split write table sequence; and scheduling the plurality of instances for parallelization of data processing.
US09665606B2
Edge-based recognition systems and methods are presented. Edges of the object are identified from the image data based on co-circularity of edgels, and edge-based descriptors are constructed based on the identified edges. The edge-based descriptors along with additional perception metrics are used to obtain a list of candidate objects matched with the edge-based descriptors. Through various filtering processes and verification processes, false positive candidate objects are further removed from the list to determine the final candidate object.
US09665602B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for migrating interdependent data objects from a first device to a second device. In use, at least one first data object to be migrated from a first device to a second device associated with a target code is received. Further, it is determined that the second device associated with the target code requires at least one second data object to be present at least one of before the at least one first data object or at a same time as the at least one first data object. Additionally, the at least one first data object to be migrated from the first device to the second device associated with the target code is stored in a cache. Furthermore, an interdependency event associated with the at least one first data object and the at least one second data object is detected. In response to detecting the interdependency event, the at least one second data object to be migrated from the first device to the second device associated with the target code is received. Moreover, the at least one first data object and the at least one second data object are automatically sent to the second device associated with the target code, in response to receiving the at least one second data object.
US09665601B1
A computing device configured for using a member attribute to perform a database operation is described. The computing device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The computing device generates an object based on a class with a member. The member has an associated attribute that indicates a database mapping. The computing device also performs a database operation based on the attribute.
US09665597B2
A device may process images (e.g. sort, group, file, e-mail, etc.) using various filters. The filters may relate to non-image data in the image files to be processed. The filters may include time and location filters.
US09665593B2
An approach is provided for synchronizing elements in files across a technical environment. In one embodiment, a processor obtains a first change to a first file. The processor also obtains data identifying a second file. The processor determines if the change is supported by a data library in a pre-defined list of data sources. The processor analyzes the data library to determine a type of the change. The processor applies the type of the change to the second file.
US09665591B2
A high availability distributed, deduplicated storage system according to certain embodiments is arranged to include multiple deduplication database media agents. The deduplication database media agents store signatures of data blocks stored in secondary storage. In addition, the deduplication database media agents are configured as failover deduplication database media agents in the event that one of the deduplication database media agents becomes unavailable.
US09665577B2
A method, system and computer program product for controlling enterprise data on mobile devices. Data on a mobile device is tagged as being associated with either enterprise data or with personal data. Upon identifying the storage location of the tagged data and the identifier of the application that generated the tagged data, the tag, the storage location of the tagged data and the identifier of the application are stored in an index. A mobile agent residing on the mobile device may be directed by a mobile device management server of the enterprise to perform various actions (e.g., deleting, encrypting, backing-up) on the enterprise data using the index. In this manner, the enterprise has the ability to control their applications and data that resides on employees' mobile devices to ensure that such data is not lost or used in a manner that is contrary to the wishes of the employer.
US09665575B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for synchronizing a media presentation. A locally stored electronic copy of the media presentation is displayed on a presenter's presentation device and a locally stored copy of the media presentation is displayed on each of one or more participants' presentation devices. The presenter's presentation device and each participant's presentation device is operable to communicate with each other through a communications network. In response to the presenter performing an action on the electronic copy of the media presentation on the presenter's presentation device during the media presentation, data pertaining to the action is transmitted through the communications network to each participant's presentation device. The appearance of the media presentation on each participant's presentation device is changed in accordance with the data transmitted from the presenter.
US09665570B2
A method for analyzing a virtual discussion is provided. The method may include identifying, with a processing device, a first concept relevant to a first subdiscussion associated with an online discussion. The method may also include identifying a second concept relevant to the first subdiscussion, and determining a relation between the first concept and the second concept.
US09665569B2
Contextual, focus-based language translation within a broadcast radio automation software application allows the user interface to enable interaction with users having various written or graphical language requirements. The software does not require special training or learning to enable the translation of text within the application. When the user enters a translation mode and selects a text string in the original language, the program displays a corresponding text string in a second language based on the specific display area, e.g., child window. The translated text string can be displayed proximate to original first text string within the specific display area, and can further be displayed as an entry in a table of a translation window which also displays additional text strings in the second language corresponding to additional text string fields for the specific display area.
US09665563B2
Animation devices and a method that may output text-based data as an animation, are provided. The device may be a terminal, such as a mobile phone, a computer, and the like. The animation device may extract one or more emotions corresponding to a result obtained by analyzing text-based data. The emotion may be based on user relationship information managed by a user of the device. The device may select an action corresponding to the emotion from a reference database, and combine the text-based data with the emotion and action to generate an animation script. The device may generate a graphic in which a character is moved based on the action information, the emotion information, and the text-based data.
US09665554B2
A method comprising obtaining a plurality of values from tabular data, computing a plurality of visual parameters, responsive to an associated data value, each visual parameter determined according to one or more of a user-specified selection of cells, a user-specified color visual effect, a user-specified range of color variation, and a corresponding user-specified range of data values, automatically calculating one or more variations of the color visual effect, controlling the color visual effect rendered on at least a portion of the tabular data responsive to the at least one visual parameter, and rendering the color effect within the cells of the portion of the tabular data to visually supplement the display of the portion of the tabular data responsive to at least one data value comprised by the user specified selection of cells.
US09665535B1
In one embodiment, a system includes a memory, an interface configured to communicate with a network and a processor configured to receive, from a first source on the network, an unconfigured application. The processor may be further configured to send a first request to the second source for configuration parameters associated with the unconfigured application and receive, from the second source in response to the request, a first set of configuration parameters. The processor may also be configured to configure the unconfigured application using the first set of configuration parameters.
US09665526B2
Methods and systems may provide for an expansion card including one or more peripheral ports, a connection edge having a first bus interface and a second bus interface, and an input output (IO) controller coupled to the first bus interface and at least one of the one or more peripheral ports. The expansion card can also include an embedded controller coupled to the IO controller and the second bus interface, wherein the embedded controller has logic to receive a general purpose input output (GPIO) signal from the IO controller. The logic may also notify an off-card host device of the GPIO signal via the second bus interface. In one example, the IO controller is a Thunderbolt controller, the first bus is a PCI-e bus, and the second bus is an SMBus.
US09665520B2
The disclosure provides a motherboard including a first communication interface and a switch module. The first communication interface obtains a power signal from a second communication interface of a display, the switch module obtains the power signal, and the switch module controls a first power supply to power supply for the USB communication module. The disclosure also provides a computer control system including the motherboard. The motherboard and the computer control system control the computer to save energy via a display.
US09665519B2
In response to receiving a “Return Available PPI Credits” command from a credit-aware (CA) device, a packet engine sends a “Credit To Be Returned” (CTBR) value it maintains for that device back to the CA device, and zeroes out its stored CTBR value. The CA device adds the credits returned to a “Credits Available” value it maintains. The CA device uses the “Credits Available” value to determine whether it can issue a PPI allocation request. The “Return Available PPI Credits” command does not result in any PPI allocation or de-allocation. In another aspect, the CA device issues one PPI allocation request to the packet engine when its recorded “Credits Available” value is zero or negative. If the PPI allocation request cannot be granted, then it is buffered in the packet engine, and is resubmitted within the packet engine, until the packet engine makes the PPI allocation.
US09665512B2
A computer-implemented method includes assigning a threshold value to a memory consumer and assigning a bias value to the threshold value. The ability to free memory of the consumer by the consumer is monitored. In response to a determination to reclaim the memory, the consumer is directed to reclaim the memory. The threshold value is transformed responsive to whether the reclaiming exhibits at least one of time-out or completion of reclaim after a predetermined time. Per memory consumer control values are updated and the memory is logically partitioned according to a defined ratio into at least a first portion and a second portion. Subsequent to directing the consumer to reclaim the memory, the memory is reclaimed from the second portion and, subsequently, the second portion is replenished from the first portion in a manner that maintains the defined ratio. A corresponding computer system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US09665498B2
Memory space is managed to release storage area occupied by pages similar to stored reference pages. The memory is examined to find two similar pages, and a transformation is obtained. The transformation enables reconstructing one page from the other. The transformation is then stored and one of the pages is discarded to release its memory space. When the discarded page is needed, the remaining page is fetched, and the transformation is applied to the page to regenerate the discarded page.
US09665496B2
A system includes a memory buffer to cache a non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory stores a plurality of valid and obsolete variables in a plurality of valid and obsolete regions, respectively. The system further includes a journal region to track movement of valid variables and valid regions within the memory buffer utilizing alternating pairs of structure pointers to indicate at least portions of the plurality of valid and obsolete regions indicative of from where and to where the valid variables move during a write event.
US09665489B2
Aspects include computing devices, systems, and methods for implementing selecting an available shared cache memory as a victim cache. The computing device may identify a remote shared cache memory with available shared cache memory space for use as the victim cache. To select the appropriate available shared cache memory, the computing device may retrieve data for the identified remote shared cache memory or a processor cluster associated with the identified remote shared cache memory relating to a metric, such as performance speed, efficiency, or effective victim cache size. Using the retrieved data, the computing device may determine the identified remote shared cache memory to use as the victim cache and select the determined remote shared cache memory to use as the victim cache.
US09665484B2
Provided is an electronic apparatus avoiding to be a starting failure status even if power off happens during the writing of a program. The electronic apparatus includes a rewritable nonvolatile memory, volatile memory, and a processor. The nonvolatile memory memorizes a plurality of programs. The volatile memory memorizes a plurality of programs for updating. The processor makes the plurality of programs memorize in volatile memory and writes in the plurality of programs for updating in a nonvolatile memory. In this case, in the state of reserving the start processing program and the header information before updating, a processor writes in the start processing program for updating, beforehand. Subsequently, the processor writes in the header information for updating. After that, the processor writes in the executive operation program for updating.
US09665481B2
A wear leveling method for a rewritable non-volatile memory module is provided. The method includes: recording a timestamp for each of physical erasing units storing valid data according to a programming sequence of the physical erasing units storing valid data among the physical erasing units, and recording an erase count for each of physical erasing units. The method also includes: selecting a first physical erasing unit from the physical erasing units storing valid data according to the timestamps, selecting a second physical erasing unit from physical erasing units not storing valid data among the physical erasing units according to the erase counts, and writing valid data of the first physical erasing unit into the second physical erasing unit, and marking the first physical erasing unit as a physical erasing unit not storing valid data.
US09665476B2
A computer program product for executing a system application test case of a runtime system in a server environment is provided. The computer program product includes establishing a transmission control protocol connection between a client environment and a server environment, to initiate execution of the system application test case in the server environment. The computer program product includes issuing a data transfer protocol transmission request to the server environment for a description script of the system application test case. The computer program product includes transmitting an extensible markup language (EML) of the requested description script. The computer program product includes issuing a data transfer protocol transmission request to execute a test of the system application test case. The computer program product includes executing the system application test case in the server environment. The computer program product includes transmitting the EML document of the compiled test results to the client environment.
US09665466B2
Debug architecture for multithreaded processors. In some embodiments, a method includes, in response to receiving a halt command, saving a context of a thread being executed by a processor core to a context memory distinct from the processor core; suspending execution of the thread; and initiating a debug of the thread using the context stored in the context memory. In other embodiments, an integrated circuit includes a processor core; a context management circuit coupled to the core; and a debug support circuit coupled to the context management circuit, the debug support circuit configured to send a halt request to the context management circuit and the context management circuit configured to, in response to having received the request, facilitate a debug operation by causing execution of a thread running on the core to be suspended and saving a context of the thread into a context memory distinct from the core.
US09665446B1
A globally distributed scan list is determined. A determination is made whether the first data replica in the first plurality of data stored on a first device is in sync with a second data replica in the second plurality of data on a second device. In response to determining that the first data replica is not in sync with the second data replica, the first data replica is added to an unsynced queue. The neighbor data of the first plurality of data is added to a suspect queue. The priority to check the neighbor data is increased if the neighbor data is already in the suspect queue. Unsynced neighbor data is added to the unsynced queue. The priority for recovery of the data in the unsynced queue is determined. The priority is based on the vulnerability of the data. A data replica in the unsynced queue is recovered.
US09665434B2
An apparatus, for connection to a storage device, comprising: a module for communication with a software application and operable to receive instructions to copy data to the storage device; a chunking and identifier generation module operable to receive the data, to process the data into one or more chunks, to generate a first chunk identifier, representative of the identity of a first of the or each chunk of data and, upon processing of the data, to initiate the issuance of a confirmation signal to the software application indicating that the data has been copied to the storage device; and an interface for communication with the storage device, wherein the interface is operable to send the first chunk identifier to the storage device, and to send the first chunk of data to the storage device upon receipt of a transfer instruction from the storage device.
US09665431B2
A system and method providing interrupted write protection to a stand-alone commodity storage array utilized within a database system. The method identifies writes of data from the database system to the storage array requiring interrupt protection, and for each write, generates an entry for an intent log maintained within the database system. The log entries include a write identifier, storage device information associated with a write, and a write statues indication which are used to identify failed writes following a database system failure.
US09665430B2
A memory system includes a link having at least one signal line and a controller. The controller includes at least one transmitter coupled to the link to transmit first data, and a first error protection generator coupled to the transmitter. The first error protection generator dynamically adds an error detection code to at least a portion of the first data. At least one receiver is coupled to the link to receive second data. A first error detection logic determines if the second data received by the controller contains at least one error and, if an error is detected, asserts a first error condition. The system includes a memory device having at least one memory device transmitter coupled to the link to transmit the second data. A second error protection generator coupled to the memory device transmitter dynamically adds an error detection code to at least a portion of the second data.
US09665429B2
A method begins by a computing device sending a set of redundant dispersed storage error encoding write requests regarding a data object to a set of dispersed storage (DS) processing modules. The method continues with the set of DS processing modules dispersed storage error encoding the data object to produce a group of pluralities of sets of encoded data slices. The method continues with a set of storage units temporarily storing the group of pluralities of sets of encoded data slices. The method continues with the set of storage units permanently storing encoded data slices of the group of pluralities of sets of encoded data slices based on successful execution of a storage verification process to produce a plurality of sets of encoded data slices.
US09665415B2
A low-latency internode messaging scheme bypasses the nodes' I/O stacks to use fabrics or links that support memory process logic (e.g., SMI3) or electrical process logic (e.g., PCIe) on the “node side” between the nodes and a pooled memory controller (or pooled storage controller), and on the “pooled side” between that controller and its pooled memory or storage. The controller may translate and redirect messages and look up addresses. The approaches accommodate 2-level memory (locally attached node memory and accessible pooled memory) with either or both levels private, globally shared, allocated to a subset of the nodes, or any combination. Compatible interrupt schema use the messaging links and components.
US09665409B2
Multiple applications communicate tasks to a collective arbitrator. The arbitrator submits the tasks to a shared resource (work processor) for execution. For each segment of multiple segments of time, the arbitrator tracks consumption of time associated with execution of pending tasks submitted to the shared resource for execution on behalf of multiple applications. The arbitrator further controls subsequent submission of additional sets of one or more tasks to the shared resource for each of the multiple applications over successive segments of time depending on how much time it took the shared resource to perform the submitted tasks in one or more prior time segments. Tracking an amount of time that it takes the shared resource to execute submitted tasks and using such information to control future submission of tasks ensures that each of the task generating resources, over time, is provided fair use of the shared resource.
US09665392B2
A system and method can support intra-node communication based on a shared memory queue. The shared memory queue can be associated with a shared memory, to which one or more communication peers are attached. The shared memory queue operates to allocate one or more message buffers in the shared memory that contains a first message from a sender to a receiver, and can send the first message to the receiver by linking the one or more message buffers with another message queue. Optionally, a second message buffer may be created, and the message can be sent to the receiver by copying the message to the second message buffer and linking it with another message queue. Additionally, the shared memory queue operates to receive a second message from another sender by delinking one or more message buffers associated with said second message.
US09665391B2
The transaction timeout values for applications deployed in an enterprise application server are dynamically adjusted for each application request made by each of multiple applications. Transaction timeout values are dynamically determined based upon known load and status of database and enterprise network connection conditions and historical data related to the application database requests. Time increments are appended to timeout values as needed and when a transaction timeout event occurs.
US09665390B2
In one embodiment, a method includes a processor deploying one or more scripts in a first deployment instance, where the first deployment instance is deployed from a first shared computing environment. The processor determines a difference between the first deployment instance at deployment and the first deployment instance at runtime and based on this determination, selects a first script from the one or more scripts. The processor captures a representation of the first deployment instance and selects a second script, where second script sets up relationships between resources of the first deployment instance in a subsequently deployed deployment instance. The processor utilizes the representation, the first script, and the second script to deploy a second deployment instance from a second shared computing environment.
US09665374B2
A method is described. The method includes receiving an instruction, accessing a return cache to load a predicted return target address upon determining that the instruction is a return instruction, searching a lookup table for executable binary code upon determining that the predicted translated return target address is incorrect and executing the executable binary code to perform a binary translation.
US09665373B2
Generally, this disclosure provides systems, devices, methods and computer readable media for protecting confidential data with transactional processing in execute-only memory. The system may include a memory module configured to store an execute-only code page. The system may also include a transaction processor configured to enforce a transaction region associated with at least a portion of the code page. The system may further include a processor configured to execute a load instruction fetched from the code page, the load instruction configured to load at least a portion of the confidential data from an immediate operand of the load instruction if a transaction mode of the transaction region is enabled.
US09665369B2
Architectures and methods for viewing data in multiple formats within a register file. Various disclosed embodiments allow a plurality of consecutive registers within one register file to appear to be temporarily transposed by one instruction, such that each transposed register contains one byte or word from multiple consecutive registers. A program can arbitrarily reorganize the bytes within a register by swapping the value stored in any byte within the register with the value stored in any other byte within the same register. Indirect register access is also provided, without additional scoreboarding hardware, as an apparent move from one register to another. The functionality of a hardware data FIFO at the I/O is also provided, without the power consumption of register-to-register transfers. However, the size of the FIFO can be changed under program control.
US09665363B2
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes maintaining a feature repository that includes one or more current feature descriptors describing one or more current features currently incorporated into a computer system. A new feature descriptor is read describing a new feature. By a computer processor, the new feature descriptor is evaluated with respect to a computer system. The evaluating includes comparing the new feature descriptor to the one or more current feature descriptors. Exploitation data is generated based on the evaluating, where the exploitation data describes a potential use of the new feature on the computer system. The exploitation data is returned to a user.
US09665362B2
A remote server may receive a data log with information regarding the status and/or a setting of an electronic product. The remote server may store information in the data log in a database. The remote server may process information in the database to determine whether a newer version of firmware is available for the electronic product.
US09665353B2
In one embodiment, a computing device identifies a first number of content objects to render for display along an axis within an area of a graphical user interface based on an assumed dimension of every content object and a maximum dimension of the area along the axis. The computing device renders the first number of content objects for display along the axis within the area, and determines a difference between the assume dimensions and actual dimensions of the rendered content objects along the axis. The computing device adjusts the assumed dimension based on the difference, and identifies a second number of content objects to render for display along the axis within the area based on the assumed dimension as adjusted and the maximum dimension of the area along the axis. And the computing device renders the second number of content objects for display along the axis within the area.
US09665343B2
A system is described for maintaining synchrony of operations among a plurality of devices that have independent clocking arrangements. The system includes a task distribution device that distributes tasks to a synchrony group comprising a plurality of devices that are to perform the tasks distributed by the task distribution device in synchrony. The task distribution device distributes each task to the members of the synchrony group over a network. Each task is associated with a time stamp that indicates a time, relative to a clock maintained by the task distribution device, at which the members of the synchrony group are to execute the task. Each member of the synchrony group periodically obtains from the task distribution device an indication of the current time indicated by its clock, determines a time differential between the task distribution device's clock and its respective clock and determines therefrom a time at which, according to its respective clock, the time stamp indicates that it is to execute the task.
US09665333B2
Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface or “desktop” across two devices are provided. More particularly, a unified desktop is presented across a device and a computer system that comprise a unified system. The unified desktop acts as a single user interface that presents data and receives user interaction in a seamless environment that emulates a personal computing environment. To function within the personal computing environment, the unified desktop includes a process for docking and undocking the device with the computer system. The unified desktop presents desktops or windows based on a set of pre-determined rules.
US09665322B2
An image forming apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain attribute information of a print job that has been input to the image forming apparatus, a registration unit configured to register user identification information in which user information indicating a user who has input the print job and group information indicating a group where the user belongs are associated with each other, the user information and the group information being included in the obtained attribute information, a generation unit configured to generate on an operation screen an operation object for receiving an operation request for executing a print job, based on the registered user identification information, and a display control unit configured to display, in response to receiving selection of the generated operation object, a list screen with a list of print jobs input by a user identified from the user identification information corresponding to the selected operation object.
US09665317B2
A user touches an information processing apparatus with a contactless IC card, thereby storing information required for handing over a process in the card, and then touches, with the card, an information processing apparatus to which the process is to be handed over.
US09665315B2
An image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit, a control unit and an image forming unit. The receiving unit receives first data indicating first print setting information, second data indicating second print setting information and image data. The control unit designates third print setting information based on the first print setting information and the second print setting information. The image forming unit forms an image on a sheet based on the image data by using the third print setting information.
US09665312B2
Example systems and methods are disclosed for organizing and displaying printing devices based on model types. An example method may include determining, from a data source, accessible printing devices and their corresponding identifiers, model types, and display names. The method may also include determining, from a different data source, model group identifiers for the model types of the accessible printing devices. The method may further include grouping the accessible printing devices based on their model types into model groups having unique model group identifiers. The method may even further include generating, for display, the display names of the accessible printing devices organized by the model groups. The method may also include generating configuration parameters for one or more of the accessible printing devices based on a selected model group.
US09665311B2
Systems, methods and/or devices are used to reduce declared capacity of non-volatile memory of a storage device in a storage system. In one aspect, the method includes, detecting an amelioration trigger for reducing declared capacity of non-volatile memory of a storage device of the storage system, and in accordance with the detected amelioration trigger, performing an amelioration process to reduce declared capacity of the non-volatile memory of the storage device, the performing including making specific logical addresses of a logical address space unavailable to a host. In some embodiments, the storage device includes one or more flash memory devices. In some embodiments, the detecting, the performing, or both are performed by the storage device, or by one or more subsystems of the storage system distinct from the storage device, or by the host.
US09665310B2
A storage control apparatus includes: a processor configured to execute a program for controlling access to a logical volume allocatable to a higher-level apparatus; and a storage configured to store the program, wherein the processor performs operations to: sets a value of identification information indicating whether notification of allocation to the higher-level apparatus is available in accordance with an order of recognition of a plurality of logical volumes to be allocated to the higher-level apparatus by the higher-level apparatus; and notifies the higher-level apparatus of information concerning one or more logical volumes of the plurality of logical volumes corresponding to the identification information.
US09665305B1
In one aspect, a method includes moving metadata from a memory of a first deduplication device to a disk of the first deduplication device, moving the data related to the metadata or portions of the data to a second deduplication device, deleting the data from the first deduplication device and adding a pointer to the metadata at the first deduplication device indicating where the data is in the second deduplication device.
US09665304B2
A storage system of the present invention includes: a data writing means for storing actual data configuring storage data into a storage device and, for every update of the content of the storage data, newly storing; and a data specifying means for specifying the latest storage data among the same storage data stored in the storage device. The data writing means is configured to store actual data configuring storage data in association with update information whose value increases by 1 for every update. The data specifying means is configured to check whether update information whose value is 2i (i represents an integer of 0 or more) exists in the storage device in increasing order of the value of i, and specify the largest value of the existing update information among values between the largest value of 2i that corresponding update information exists and 2i+1.
US09665303B1
Methods, devices, and media for improving data storage reliability and efficiency comprising: creating at least one logical storage drive comprising a plurality of logical blocks; mapping the at least one logical storage drive to at least one physical storage drive based on many-to-one mapping or one-to-many mapping, wherein the at least one physical storage drive comprises a plurality of physical blocks; and applying a compression algorithm to data held in one or more logical blocks, aggregating units of the data, and storing the units of the data into one or more physical blocks.
US09665294B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to dynamic feedback-based throughput control for storage systems. In one embodiment, a method of and computer program product for storage throughput control are provided. A plurality of I/O requests is received at a rate controller. The rate controller comprises a plurality of token buckets. A token bucket is selected from the plurality of token buckets based on a service class of each of the plurality of I/O requests. The plurality of I/O requests is sent from the rate controller to a storage system at a control rate. Throughput of the storage system is observed. The control rate is dynamically adjusted based on the variance between the observed throughput of the storage system and the first rate. Adjusting the control rate includes determining a minimum throughput reservation for each service class, and allocating throughput capacity to each service class proportional to its throughput reservation.
US09665287B2
A data deduplication method is executed by a controller for a solid state drive (SSD). The controller receives a signature for a block of data. The controller performs a comparison of the signature and information in a signature library and determines whether or not the signature matches the information. The controller sends a signal that indicates a result of the comparison. If the signature and the information match then the signal has a first value indicating that the block of data is already stored on the SSD; if the signature and the information do not match then the signal has a second value that is different than the first value.
US09665285B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a memory including a first storage area and a second storage area different from the first storage area, and a controller configured to generate a compressed data compressing input data, generate a header data related to a compressed data group including a plurality of compressed data, generate a packet data including the compressed data group and the header data, store the packet data in the first storage area, and store the header data in the second storage area.
US09665275B2
A technique is presented for fast input of multi-character compound consonants and vowels on a touch computing device. The technique provides for fast input of multi-character compound consonants and vowels by enabling a user to touch an initial character on a first layout of characters, then slide his/her finger in different directions and/or different distances according to a second layout of characters. The second layout of characters can be based on the first touched character and therefore can have a limited set of characters, e.g., fewer characters in comparison to the first layout of characters. A syllable formed after input of both a consonant and a vowel, represented as one character set, e.g., in the Roman alphabet, can then be transliterated into another language, e.g., Chinese.
US09665272B2
A system for iteratively connecting flowsheet model components. Software instructions stored on a memory device and executable by a processor provide for the connection of flowsheet model components by, in response to a received connection indication from a user, suggesting potential connections in response to the connection indication. After further receiving a response from the user confirming the suggested potential connection, an output is rendered on the flowsheet workspace.
US09665269B2
A touch input apparatus installed on a mounting surface includes an outer surface that rises from the mounting surface; an edge part provided at a top of the outer surface; and an inner surface that declines from the edge part, wherein the edge part is provided to receive a touch signal of a user.
US09665265B2
At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include an environment with user interface software interacting with a software application to provide gesture operations for a display of a device. A method for operating through an application programming interface (API) in this environment includes transferring a scaling transform call. The gesture operations include performing a scaling transform such as a zoom in or zoom out in response to a user input having two or more input points. The gesture operations also include performing a rotation transform to rotate an image or view in response to a user input having two or more input points.
US09665261B2
Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for providing a user interface customizable to define state transitions of panes in a bounding window. For example, a bounding window including one or more resizable panes is displayed in a user interface on a display device. Breakpoints situated at respective spatial positions in the bounding window are graphically represented in the user interface. Each breakpoint defines a transition of a pane from one state to another when the pane is resized to traverse the breakpoint. The spatial position of one or more of the breakpoints can be updated in accordance with a request indicating user customization of breakpoints.
US09665260B2
A method and an apparatus for controlling a screen of a mobile device are provided. The method includes detecting an object from an image captured through an image sensor, detecting movement of a location of the object to move a location of the screen, and moving and displaying the screen according to the detected movement of the location of the object. According to the present disclosure, a screen can be moved and displayed according to movement of an object detected from an image captured by an image sensor. Accordingly, users can easily operate mobile devices of various sizes only with one hand.
US09665258B2
An interactive input system includes a touch panel; and processing structure displaying on the touch panel at least one graphic object depicting a book having one or more page stacks. The processing structure displays each page stack of the book graphic object with a respective width that is based on a number of pages in the page stack. A method for manipulating a book object, and computer program embodied by a computer readable medium are also disclosed.
US09665255B2
A VCI (visual context indicator) color is assigned deterministically and proactively at runtime to user data contexts, and is not stored in the database, spreadsheet, or other context. VCI colors can be high contrast friendly colors. The same color is assigned to a given context each time the application runs unless the context's identifying property has changed. Color assignments are not made by users or by the application's designer, but are done instead by hashing from a context's identifying property into a VCI color palette containing, e.g., eight to sixteen colors. Unlike text-selection coloring, VCI coloring is based on the user data context's identifying property. The color assignment visually indicates context by displaying the context's name in the VCI color, or by displaying a graphical element in the VCI color near the context name. VCI color assignment also shows the occurrence and result of changes in user data context.
US09665253B2
An information processing device has a touch position detection unit that detects the touch position on a display screen of a touch performed on the display screen of a display device, a pressing force value detection unit that detects the pressing force value of the touch, a display control unit that changes the display magnification of the display device when the pressing force value detection unit detects a pressing force value equal to or greater than a prescribed pressing force value, and a selection unit that establishes selection of an item to be selected, based on the touched position when the touch position detection unit detects that the touch is broken.
US09665252B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a screen recognition unit configured to recognize an input element included in a screen, an input information generating unit configured to generate a piece of input information corresponding to the input element, a transition destination information acquiring unit configured to acquire a piece of information about a transition destination of the screen, the piece of information about the transition destination corresponding to the piece of input information, and a transition destination information outputting unit configured to output the piece of information about the transition destination to display the piece of information about the transition destination separately from the screen.
US09665247B2
Method, system, and computer-readable medium for applying a new skin to a display environment are disclosed. In one aspect, at a device having one or more processors, memory, and a display: user input for switching to a new skin for a display environment on the device is received, the new skin being of a gradient color type; in response to the user input, a skin changing request is sent to a server, wherein the skin changing request identifies the new skin and the type of the new skin; the new skin is received from the server in an abstracted form, the abstracted form comprising one or more gradient color ranges in lieu of an image of the new skin; and a displayed region of the new skin is generated based on the one or more gradient color ranges.
US09665245B2
A book which simultaneously displays physical content and related digital media. The content and coordination of the digital and physical media will be established by the end user of the book. The book may display specific digital media via an electronic device in response to the selection of specific physical page.
US09665235B2
A pre-configured hyper-converged computing device for supporting a virtualization infrastructure includes a first independent server node comprising a central processing unit (CPU), memory, and storage. The pre-configured hyper-converged computing device includes a pre-configured software module that comprises a graphical user-interface module for managing the pre-configured hyper-converged computing device, a hypervisor for managing virtual machines hosted by said pre-configured hyper-converged computing device and a storage block integrated with the hypervisor. The pre-configured hyper-converged computing device is offered for sale as a single stock keeping unit (SKU).
US09665234B2
Techniques are disclosed for presenting an online tutorial. A method for presenting an online tutorial may generally include providing an interactive tutorial to a user. The interactive tutorial may include both tutorial content specifying steps to perform a task with an application and an application interface associated with the application used to perform the task. This method may also include recording the user interacting with the application interface to perform the task according to the steps specified by the interactive tutorial and augmenting the tutorial content with the recorded user interaction.
US09665233B2
A system, computer-readable medium, and method of visualizing memory utilization by a computing device are provided. In the method, a user interface window is presented in a display. The user interface window includes a first indicator representing a first datum stored in a first memory and a second indicator representing a second datum stored in a second memory. A first access speed for accessing the first memory is faster than a second access speed for accessing the second memory. A determination is made that the second datum is not stored in the first memory, but is ready for access by the processor from the first memory. In response, an update to the user interface window is presented in the display including a line connecting a first location of the first indicator with a second location of the second indicator.
US09665229B2
A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes a color filter substrate and an array substrate disposed opposite to each other and a liquid crystal layer located therebetween; the color filter substrate includes a plurality of touch drive electrodes parallelly arranged along a first direction; the array substrate comprises two groups of waveform generation circuits, which are respectively arranged at both ends of the touch drive electrodes, located in a frame area of the array substrate, where each group of waveform generation circuits comprises a plurality of touch drive waveform generation circuits, the touch drive electrode is electrically connected with one or more of the touch drive waveform generation circuits, and the plurality of touch drive waveform generation circuits are configured for generating touch drive signals and providing the generated touch drive signals to the touch drive electrodes.
US09665228B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of display by a touch screen, and particularly relates to a conductive bridging method, a bridging structure, a touch panel and a touch control display apparatus. The conductive bridging method comprises: sequentially forming an insulating layer and a self-assembled-monolayer on the base substrate provided with first electrode lines and second electrode lines which mutually intersect; forming via holes penetrating through the insulating layer and the self-assembled-monolayer; removing the self-assembled-monolayer between two adjacent via holes close to a same first electrode line; and forming a conductive film in the via holes and in a region between two adjacent via holes. In this way, a bridging connection is achieved with the help of the electrical conductivity of the conductive film.
US09665223B2
The general field of the invention is that of capacitive dongles used with visualization devices including a capacitive touch-sensitive surface comprising a matrix of conductive rows and columns, the dongle being arranged on said touch-sensitive surface in operational use, the dongle operating in send mode and in receive mode, The dongle according to the invention includes: means for sending periodic analogue signals sent at a specific frequency known as the dangle frequency; a ring-shaped flat conductive metal part connected to said sending means, said part intended to be placed on said touch-sensitive surface; means for receiving the received signals output by said conductive metal part; means for analyzing said digitized received signals; means for storing the sent and analyzed signals; a digital communication interface.
US09665211B2
A display that includes energy sensors within the display itself is disclosed. An Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) can be made to operate both as a light emitter and as an energy detector. When forward biased with an appropriate driving signal, the OLED emits light via electroluminescence, which can be used to make a portion of an image on the display. In another mode, the OLED can detect energy by converting incoming photons or energy into an electrical signal by the photoelectric effect. By operating OLEDs in the display in both emissive and sensing modes, energy that shines on the display, such as from an outside source can be detected at the same time an image is shown. Additionally, a display including OLEDs can detect light energy generated by the display itself.
US09665206B1
A computing device can have a touchscreen user interface operable by different input tools, such as a finger or a stylus. The computing device can dynamically and automatically alter elements of a graphical user interface depending on the type of input tool in use. For example, a stylus can have sensors that detect touch and/or motion, and based on the sensor data, the stylus or the computing device can determine whether the stylus is currently being held in a hand. When the stylus is being held, the interface can be rendered with elements adapted for stylus input, and when the stylus is not being held, the interface can be rendered with elements adapted for finger input.
US09665199B2
The present invention relates to technical field of electronic switch control and discloses a touch button, which comprises a panel and a hollow pad module; wherein, the panel is provided with a button area, and the pad module is arranged at an edge of the button area of the panel; the touch button further comprises at least one sensor configured to sense a pressure, and the sensor is arranged inside the pad module and abuts against the panel. By providing such a touch button, the panel of the touch button can be made of any material, and thus the application range of the touch button is enlarged. Moreover, the touch button has good durability, is beautiful, can identify touch pressures accurately, has high sensitivity, and brings convenience into the actual use.
US09665198B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for adjusting the manner in which haptic feedback is provided to the user based on physical characteristics of the user. Physical characteristics may include stable physical characteristics that are non-changing with respect to a level of physical activity of the user. Examples of such stable physical characteristics may include age, gender, race, visual impairments and/or other physical characteristics. In some embodiments, the mobile device may adjust the haptic feedback by adjusting the intensity of the haptic feedback, frequency of the haptic feedback, duration for which the haptic feedback is provided to the user and changing a type of haptic feedback provided to the user of the device.
US09665196B2
Provided is a touch sensor-integrated type display device that includes a plurality of gate lines and data lines disposed to intersect each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes; a plurality of first touch/common electrodes disposed in an active area; a plurality of second touch/common electrodes disposed in a bezel area; a gate driver; a driver IC; and switching elements. The switching elements electrically connect the first touch/common electrodes to the the second touch/common electrodes which are adjacent to each other in response to a control signal.
US09665193B2
A display panel according to the present disclosure is a display panel with which an optical pen can be used. The display panel includes: a position information pattern layer which causes the optical pen to identify a position on the display panel; a color filter layer including a color filter partitioned by a lattice structure; and a non-visible light reflection layer having a shape which diffuses and reflects a part of a non-visible light emitted from the optical pen. The non-visible light reflection layer is disposed between the position information pattern layer and the color filter layer, and an amount of light which is reflected by the non-visible light reflection layer and then enters the optical pen is larger than an amount of light which enters the optical pen through the non-visible light reflection layer after being transmitted through the color filter layer and then reflected.
US09665188B2
A position indicator includes a first electrode receiving an alternating current (AC) signal from a position detecting sensor and a second electrode transmitting an AC signal to the position detecting sensor. The position indicator includes: a tubular pen-shaped chassis; a central electrode provided such that one end protrudes outside of the chassis from an opening of the chassis, and formed of an electrically-conductive member forming a first one of the first and second electrodes; a peripheral electrode surrounding the central electrode and formed of an electrically-conductive member forming a second one of the first and second electrodes; and a shield member having a hollow part housing at least a part of the central electrode surrounded by the peripheral electrode. The shield member includes a tubular part electrically connected to ground and an insulating layer formed on an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface of the tubular part.
US09665186B2
In accordance with one embodiment, a desktop information processing apparatus comprises a display section, a touch panel, a device controller and a control section. The display section has a display surface on the top plate of the desktop information processing apparatus. The touch panel is positioned on the display surface of the display section. The device controller acquires operation information of a user from a device different from the touch panel. The control section controls the display section to display a list screen for the user to selectively validate or invalidate the operation on the touch panel and the operation on the device from which the operation information is acquired by the device controller. Further, the control section conducts a control to validate or invalidate the operation on the touch panel and the operation on the device according to the selection of the user.
US09665185B2
An ambidextrous point and click device for a computer work station comprising; a body 1 having an inclined back surface 2 configured for supporting the palm of a user's hand and an upright front surface accessible by the fingers of a user's hand when gripping the device, “right click” 3 and “left click” 4 buttons arranged one above the other centrally of the upright front surface, a scroll dial 5 arranged above and in alignment with the “right click” and “left click” buttons and a select button encircling the scroll dial.
US09665172B2
A portable eye tracker device is disclosed which includes a frame, at least one optics holding member, and a control unit. The frame may be adapted for wearing by a user and include an eyeglass frame having a nose bridge. The at least one optics holding member may include at least one illuminator configured to selectively illuminate at least a portion of at least one eye of the user and at least one image sensor configured to capture image data representing images of at least a portion of at least one eye of the user. The optics holding member may be coupled with the nose bridge. The control unit may be configured to control the at least one illuminator for the selective illumination of at least a portion of at least one eye of the user, and receive the image data from the at least one image sensor.
US09665157B2
Systems and methods for determining a battery-level of an electronic device and conserving the battery charge of the electronic device are disclosed. The battery consumption of an electronic device may be reduced when the user or the device learns via user input or determines via prediction that the battery will be depleted before the next possible charge cycle. Reducing battery consumption could be accomplished by accessing an application requiring less power consumption and/or delaying post-processing of sensor data related to that application, for example a camera application. Prediction of battery life could include determining the time to the next expected battery charge and delaying the processing of sensor data until the electronic device is plugged in and charging or has reached a predetermined charge level.
US09665153B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of cores to independently execute instructions, a shared cache coupled to the cores and including a plurality of lines to store data, and a power controller including a low power control logic to calculate a flush latency to flush the shared cache based on a state of the plurality of lines. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09665152B1
In embodiments of RFID-based power status and battery management, a mobile device includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag that includes a memory to maintain context information associated with the mobile device. The mobile device includes a processing system to execute a power manager and to interface with the RFID tag via a communication bus. The power manager can determine a stowed context of the mobile device based on one or more sensors implemented in the mobile device, and communicate a stowed context indication of the stowed context of the mobile device to the RFID tag to be stored in the RFID tag memory. The power manager can also communicate a power-state indicator of a power on state or a power off state of the mobile device to the RFID tag to be stored in the RFID tag memory.
US09665131B2
An electronic device including a first camera and a second camera and method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The method includes detecting a user through the first camera; detecting the user through the second camera; and performing a preset function in the electronic device, based on a sequence of the detecting of the user through the first camera and the second camera.
US09665130B2
A hinge module including a first part, a pushing element, a second part and an elastic element is provided. The first part has a containing slot, and the pushing part is located in the containing slot and being able to move along a direction. The second part has a hinge shaft, which rotatably passes through the containing slot along an axis, so as to make the first part and the second part rotate about the axis. The elastic element is disposed in the containing slot and pushes the pushing element, and the elastic element always drives the pushing part to move along the direction, so as to make the hinge shaft to rotatably abut between the pushing part and the first part. The direction is perpendicular to the axis. An electronic device is also provided.
US09665129B1
A water-proof module including a covering structure and a switch component is provided. The covering structure includes an appearance surface and is adapted to be disposed on a casing. The switch component is rotatably disposed in the covering structure and includes at least one through hole. The through hole includes two ends opposite to each other. The switch component is adapted to rotate in the covering structure to a connect state such that the two ends are aligned with the appearance surface and an electrical element inside the casing respectively, and the through hole is connected between the appearance surface and the electrical element. The switch component is adapted to rotate in the covering structure to a water-proof state such that the two ends are misaligned with the appearance surface and the electrical element and the switch component obstructs a path between the appearance surface and the electrical element.
US09665126B2
Dual screen display devices are disclosed. The device is able to be a mechanical hinge capable of joining multiple screens to form a single display or a substantially continuous display. The device is also capable of splitting a jointed display into separated screens. In some embodiments, the device comprises detaining mechanisms allowing the device to instantly interchange among several pre-defined angles or positions.
US09665121B2
This invention relates to methods and devices for time synchronization. The invention has particular application in the alignment of slave clocks to a master clock and in dealing with packet delay variation and dynamic asymmetries in the network links between them. In embodiments of the invention, the slave clock uses the peer link delay and residence times measured by peer-to-peer transparent clocks to compensate for clock synchronization errors that arise due to variability in message transfer delays. Embodiments provide a simple linear approximation technique and a Kalman filter-based technique for estimating offset and skew of the slave clock.
US09665100B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium is provided. The computer-readable medium includes a sparse map for autonomous vehicle navigation along a road segment. The sparse map includes a polynomial representation of a target trajectory for the autonomous vehicle along the road segment, and a plurality of predetermined landmarks associated with the road segment. The plurality of predetermined landmarks are spaced apart by at least 50 meters, and the sparse map has a data density of no more than 1 megabyte per kilometer.
US09665098B1
Consumption information associated with a user consuming video segments may be obtained. The consumption information may define user engagement during a video segment and/or user response to the video segment. Sets of flight control settings associated with capture of the video segments may be obtained. The flight control settings may define aspects of a flight control subsystem for the unmanned aerial vehicle and/or a sensor control subsystem for the unmanned aerial vehicle. The preferences for the flight control settings of the unmanned aerial vehicle may be determined based upon the first set and the second set of flight control settings. Instructions may be transmitted to the unmanned aerial vehicle. The instructions may include the determined preferences for the flight control settings and being configured to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to adjust the flight control settings to the determined preferences.
US09665094B1
Embodiments relate to a container that can be installed at a remote location, detect a disaster event, and automatically deploy a UAV. In response to detection of the disaster event, such a container may be configured to: (i) determine whether or not one or more weather conditions affecting operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are conducive to deployment of the UAV to fly to the first geographic area, (ii) if the one or more conditions are conducive to deployment of the UAV, then deploy the UAV to fly to the first geographic area, and (iii) if the one or more conditions are not conducive to deployment of the UAV, then monitor the second data until it is determined that the one or more conditions are conducive to deployment of the UAV, and then deploy the UAV to fly to the first geographic area.
US09665088B2
A big data network or system for a process control system or plant includes a data storage device configured to receive process control data from control system devices and store the process control data. The big data network or system identifies various parameters or attributes from the process control data, and creates and uses rowkeys to store the parameters according to various combinations, such as combinations using timestamps. The big data network or system may also store certain aggregate data analyses associated with time periods specified by the timestamps. Accordingly, the big data network or system efficiently stores real-time data having measurements within a database schema, and users or administrators can leverage the aggregate data to analyze certain data associated with certain time periods.
US09665087B2
A numerical controller of a machine tool changes a feed speed of a feed shaft and a spindle rotation speed, in accordance with a current position of a rotary tool in a specified arbitrary area above and below a position where a workpiece and the rotary tool come in contact with each other.
US09665081B2
A system for intelligent electric power utilization of park and a method thereof are provided. The system includes an acquisition system, a data processing system, an application system and a service system through which the acquisition system, the data processing system and the application system are connected to external system. The application system includes an intelligent interaction application subsystem, an electric power utilization monitoring application subsystem, an energy efficiency analysis application subsystem, an orderly electric power utilization application subsystem, a system security application subsystem and a man-machine interaction interface. Enterprise users are leaded to actively carry out requirement response. Energy conservation and emission reduction and peak shaving and valley filling are effectively realized in intelligent park. Capability of intelligent electric power utilization of the park is improved. Accordingly, load balancing capability of region is improved and safe and stable operation of the power grid is ensured.
US09665072B2
For determining a safety step in an automation network with subscribers the data and process-specific links between the subscribers in the automation network are automatically determined by means of a configuration-detecting module. Further the subscriber-specific safety parameters are determined. The safety step in the automation network is calculated by means of an algorithm which connects the determined data and process-specific links of the subscribers in the automation network and the determined subscriber-specific safety parameters.
US09665070B2
A device which is suitable for integration into a timepiece, in particular in the form of a timepiece module, another type of watch module or a basic watch movement. The device includes at least one opening, in each of which an associated image guide is mounted, and for each of these image guides the device including means for fastening the image guide in the associated opening, such that the image guide allows display information displayed on a representation plane to be reproduced on a display plane.
US09665069B2
An electric generator device includes a swinging part, a storage part, a vibration energy generating part, and an electric generator part. The swinging part swings in position due to external swing. The storage part stores a swing power of the swinging part. The vibration energy generating part generates, by the power stored at the storage part, vibration energy having its amplitude and frequency adjusted. The electric generator part converts the vibration energy generated at the vibration energy generating part to electric power. The vibration energy generating part comprises a pendulum to be in contact with a rotary part which is rotated by the power stored at the storage part, thereby to adjust the rotational speed of the rotary part.
US09665068B2
There is disclosed a smart bracelet including a band having a curved surface in a longitudinal direction; a slit extended from each of both longitudinal ends of the band along the longitudinal direction, divided ends divided by the slit, a coupling hole formed in a lateral surface of the divided end, a hinge pin inserted in the coupling hole, the hinge pin comprising a conductive material, a band printed circuit board disposed in a predetermined portion of the band, the band printed circuit board where an integrated circuit (IC) is loaded, and a link unit connecting the band printed circuit board and the hinge pin with each other.
US09665054B2
A magnetic sheet transport apparatus according to an embodiment includes a transport path on which a magnetic sheet having a magnetic flux is transported. A magnetic member is disposed on the transport path. A separation unit is disposed on the magnetic member. The separation unit causes the magnetic sheet to be separated from the magnetic member so that the magnetic sheet being transported on the transport path is not pushed onto the magnetic member by the magnetic flux.
US09665051B2
An image forming apparatus with a detachable fixing device capable of managing a plurality of detachable fixing devices appropriately according to usages etc. A receiving unit receives a character string input through an operation screen. A storage unit stores the input character string in association with identification information about a fixing device. An obtaining unit obtains the identification information about the fixing device attached to the image forming apparatus. A display control unit displays the character string that is stored by the storage unit in association with the identification information obtained by the obtaining unit on a display unit.
US09665048B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing portion for fixing an image, formed on a recording material, on the recording material, wherein the fixing portion includes a heater for generating heat by electric power supplied from a commercial power source; a power source portion for supplying the electric power to a load except the heater, wherein the power source and the heater are connected with the commercial power source in parallel; a suppliable electric power calculating portion for calculating suppliable electric power suppliable to the heater; and a temperature setting portion for setting, depending on the suppliable electric power calculated by the calculating portion, a control target temperature of the fixing portion in an operation in a stand-by mode in which the image forming apparatus awaits a print instruction.
US09665039B2
In one embodiment, a toner container comprises a toner container body in which toner is stored, a cover portion configured to cover the toner container body, and a projection. The projection is provided in the vicinity of a rear end portion in a longitudinal direction of the cover portion or a longitudinal direction of the toner container body, and projecting toward a rear side of the toner container.
US09665038B2
A developing device includes a developing container, a feeding member, a developer carrying member, and a collecting device. A coverage which is a percentage of coating of surfaces of the carrier particles with the toner particles is 100% or more and 200% or less. The developer carrying member has a plurality of recessed portions formed on a surface thereof so that at least the toner particles having an average particle size are contactable with inner surfaces of the recessed portions, and the carrier particles having an average particle size are not contactable with the inner surfaces of the recessed portions. The recessed portions are formed so that not less than half of the toner particles having the average particle size are exposed from the recessed portions when the toner particles having the average particle size enter the recessed portions.
US09665036B2
A regulating member for regulating a layer thickness of a developer includes a base portion, a regulating portion extending along a longitudinal direction of the base portion and projecting from a first surface of the base portion to regulate a layer thickness of a developer, and a rib formed along the longitudinal direction and configured to project from a second surface opposite from the first surface of the base portion. In addition, a through hole structure is provided at each end of the base portion with respect to the longitudinal direction, and configured with a through hole that passes through the base portion. The rib is provided adjacently to each through hole with respect to a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and the rib stands along each through hole in a cross-section which crosses the through hole and is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the base portion.
US09665031B2
A scanning unit performs scanning over a photosensitive member with a laser beam irradiated from a light source. A width correction unit corrects exposure time. A luminance correction unit corrects luminance of the laser beam for forming latent images. A density correction unit corrects a density value of each of the pixels of the image data according to a scanning position of the laser beam on the surface of the photosensitive member.
US09665029B2
An electro-conductive roller, such as a charging roller, that can reduce abnormal electrical discharge in the axial direction of the roller and pinhole leak and be resistant to degradation in electrical characteristics even with long-term use, and a method of manufacturing the same, are provided.In an electro-conductive roller including fibers having electrical conductivity and arranged with no gap in the identical direction on the outer periphery surface of a mandrel, polymer fibers are adopted as the fibers.
US09665027B2
An image forming system includes an image former forming an image with a white coloring material and a colored coloring material; an output controller controlling the image former to output a first correction sheet formed with the colored coloring material, and a second correction sheet including a first layer formed with the colored coloring material and a second layer formed with the white coloring material overlying the first layer; a density measurer measuring color densities of the first and the second correction sheets; a first corrector correcting a gradation of the colored coloring material, based on the measured color density of the first correction sheet; and a second corrector correcting a gradation of the white coloring material, based on the measured color density of the second correction sheet including the first layer formed with a gradation value in accordance with the gradation correction result of the colored coloring material.
US09665012B2
A method involving obtaining first calibration vibration data relating to vibrations of the lithographic apparatus from a sensor that is part of the lithographic apparatus and obtaining second calibration vibration data, the second calibration vibration data being a component of first parameter data of the lithographic apparatus. A filter is calculated from the first and second calibration vibration data, the filter being such that when applied to the first calibration vibration data, its output correlates closer with the second calibration vibration data. The filter can then be applied to vibration data obtained using the first sensor to obtain an estimate of a vibration component of the first parameter data during the lithographic process.
US09665011B2
The invention relates to an arrangement for actuating an element in an optical system, in particular an optical system of a projection exposure apparatus, wherein the optical element is tiltable about at least one tilting axis via at least one joint having a joint stiffness, comprising at least one actuator for exerting a force on the optical element, wherein the actuator has an actuator stiffness which at least partly compensates for the joint stiffness.
US09664986B2
A projection-type image display device includes a light source unit, an image generating unit configured to generate image light according to an image input signal, an illuminating unit configured to guide the light from the light source unit to the image generating unit, a projecting unit configured to project the image light generated by the image generating unit, a housing that houses the light source unit, the image generating unit, the illuminating unit, and the projecting unit, a first radiator plate thermally connected to the light source unit, a second radiator plate thermally connected to the image generating unit, and a single fan disposed at an end of the housing, for taking in external air to the interior of the housing to send the air to the first and the second radiator plates.
US09664984B2
In an optical unit having a reflective picture display device for displaying pictures by projecting light, the picture display device has a first state in which focused light is reflected in an optical axis equivalent direction of an image to be displayed and a second state in which focused light is reflected so as to have a component in a vertical equivalent direction of an image to be projected, a plane including an entire optical axis of light reflected in the second state differs from a plane formed by the optical axis of light incident on the picture display device and the optical axis of light reflected by the picture display device in the first state, and the opening size of the opening of an illumination lens in a horizontal equivalent direction of the image to be projected is larger than in the vertical equivalent direction.
US09664982B2
An optical system driving device includes a movable body that is movable in at least three degrees of freedom, and a light transmissive unit integrally mounted to the movable body. The optical system driving device also includes a driving unit that moves the movable body in at least three degrees of freedom, and a detection unit that detects a position of the movable body in each of at least three degrees of freedom. The detection unit includes a light-emitting unit that emits light toward the light transmissive unit, and an optical detector that receives light emitted from the light-emitting unit and passing through the light transmissive unit and outputs a light-receiving signal based on the received light. The detection unit also detects a position of the movable body in each of at least three degrees of freedom based on the light-receiving signal from the optical detector.
US09664978B2
A dielectrophoretic display comprises a substrate having walls defining at least one cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface; a suspending fluid contained within the cavity; a plurality of at least one type of particle suspended within the suspending fluid; and means for applying to the fluid an electric field effective to cause dielectrophoretic movement of the particles to the side wall of the cavity.
US09664976B2
Electrochromic windows powered by wireless power transmission are described, particularly, the combination of low-defectivity, highly-reliable solid state electrochromic windows with wireless power transmission. Wireless power transmission networks which incorporate electrochromic windows are described.
US09664966B2
A method of manufacturing a display device, the method including: forming, on a first surface of a substrate, a gate line and a gate electrode; forming a first dielectric layer on the gate line and the gate electrode; forming a data line, a source electrode and a drain electrode on the first dielectric layer; forming a black matrix layer on the first dielectric layer, the data line, the source electrode, and the drain electrode; radiating ultraviolet light on a second surface of the substrate opposing the first surface, the ultraviolet light developing exposed parts of the black matrix layer to form a black matrix pattern; and etching the first dielectric layer using the black matrix pattern as an etching mask to respectively form a first dielectric pattern on the gate line and a gate dielectric pattern on the gate electrode.
US09664964B2
A chip on film package includes a base substrate, an input line, an integrated circuit (IC) chip and an output line. The input line is disposed on the base substrate. The IC Chip is electrically connected to the input line. The output line includes a main output and a sub output line. The main output line is electrically connected to the IC chip and extends in a first direction from the IC chip. The sub output line is electrically connected to the IC chip. The sub output line includes at least six bending parts, and is extended in the first direction.
US09664956B2
The inventive concept relates to a liquid crystal display and a manufacturing method thereof. More particularly, the inventive concept relates to a liquid crystal display including one substrate and a manufacturing method thereof. A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the inventive concept includes: a thin film transistor; a passivation layer; a pixel electrode; an opposing electrode disposed on the pixel electrode and spaced apart from the pixel electrode by a microcavity interposed therebetween; a roof layer disposed on the opposing electrode and overlapping the pixel electrode, wherein the roof layer and the opposing electrode form a valley exposing an injection hole of the microcavity, a buffer zone disposed between the light transmitting area and the valley and a light blocking member overlapping the valley. A height of the microcavity in the buffer zone is higher than a height of the microcavity in the light transmitting area.
US09664951B2
A liquid crystal display device is provided which includes a liquid crystal panel, a light guide plate having a plurality of side surfaces, a plurality of light emitting elements; a light source substrate having a mounting surface on which the plurality of the light emitting elements are mounted, a light source support member made of metal, including a substrate support plate portion supporting the light source substrate, with the substrate support plate portion coming into contact with a rear surface of the mounting surface, a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface, and a metal frame accommodating the liquid crystal panel and the light guide plate, and including a first contact portion that comes into contact with the first surface and a second contact portion that comes into contact with the second surface.
US09664949B2
A display device includes a display panel, a rear face housing, a substrate, at least one light source, a reflective sheet, and a fixing member. The display panel is configured to display an image. The rear face housing is disposed rearward with respect to a rear face of the display panel. The substrate is disposed between the display panel and the rear face housing. The at least one light source is mounted on the substrate and configured to emit light toward the rear face of the display panel. The reflective sheet is partially sandwiched between the substrate and the rear face housing. The reflective sheet has an opening at a location where the substrate is disposed. The fixing member fixedly attaches the substrate to the rear face housing through the opening.
US09664946B2
A display is disclosed that may prevent a polarizing layer of a display area from being delaminated from a functional panel by absorbing impact caused by an external force by an adhesive enhancement layer arranged outside the polarizing layer on a color filter substrate and an adhesive layer arranged between a non-display area of a transistor substrate and a light emitting portion.
US09664939B2
A display panel includes: a backlight assembly emitting light; and a display panel receiving the light to display an image. The display panel includes: a display substrate; a counter substrate; and an anti-reflective film. The display panel includes: a plurality of pixels; signal lines electrically connected to the plurality of pixels; and an anti-reflective layer disposed on the signal lines to reduce an amount of the light reflected from the signal lines. The counter substrate is coupled with the display substrate, and is disposed between the display substrate and the backlight assembly. The anti-reflective layer includes a plurality of auxiliary layers laminated to each other, the plurality of auxiliary layers have different refractive indexes, and one of the plurality of auxiliary layers includes aluminum zinc tin oxide (AZTO).
US09664936B2
A display panel motherboard, a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The display panel motherboard includes an array substrate provided with a metal lead layer and an protection layer and an opposing substrate provided with a black matrix layer; alignment rulers are respectively disposed in portions of the metal lead layer and the black matrix layer, corresponding to a sealant region; a protrusion is formed in a portion of the protection layer corresponding to the alignment ruler in the metal lead layer, in a thickness direction; and/or the opposing substrate further comprises a spacer layer, and a protrusion is formed in a portion of the spacer layer corresponding to the alignment ruler in the black matrix layer in the thickness direction.
US09664931B1
An electro-optic modulation structure comprises a first electrode and a second electrode and a first electro-optic strip; wherein the first electrode has a slab portion and a first ridge protruding from the slab portion of the first electrode, and the second electrode has a slab portion and a first ridge protruding from the slab portion of the second electrode, the first protruding ridge of the first electrode and the first protruding ridge of the second electrode being disposed on opposite sides of the first electro-optic strip and both protruding ridges abut the first electro-optic strip.
US09664928B1
A rimless eyeglasses having a rim portion IS PROVIDED. The rimless eyeglasses having rim INCLUDES a first rimless lens, an installing portion, and a first rim portion. The first rimless lens comprises an edge portion, a front surface portion, and a rear surface portion. The installing portion is provided along the edge portion of the first rimless lens. The first rim portion comprises an inner edge portion and configured for being installed on the installing portion of the first rimless lens. The first rim portion is detachably attached to the first rimless lens through the installing portion provided at the edge portion of the first rimless lens.
US09664926B2
A contact lens for cornea-correction crosslinking made of an ultraviolet transmitting material includes, on a cornea contact side, a pressing region projecting in a convex curved-surface shape at a position corresponding to the center of a corneal dome to be pressed and a relief region constituted by an annular concave portion in a circular arc shape, encircling the outer periphery of the pressing region. The contact lens corrects at least naked eye vision or keratoconus cornea by pressing both regions to the cornea and changing its shape. The contact lens includes a reservoir portion outside the pressing region in a lens thickness direction for a riboflavin solution, a communication hole communicating the reservoir portion inside with the pressing region, and an operation-side electrode having the same polarity as that of the riboflavin solution. The mounted contact lens allows riboflavin solution infiltration into corneal tissue by iontophoresis and ultra-violet ray irradiation.
US09664919B2
A 3D display device and an operating method thereof, the 3D display device comprising: a display screen (10), for displaying two-dimensional left and right eye pictures; a magnetic field device (20), disposed right in front of the display screen (10) on a light emitting side of the display screen and generating a magnetic field having a varying frequency in synchronization with a refresh frequency of the two-dimensional left and right eye pictures of the display screen (10), thus rotating a direction of a polarization plane of polarized light emitted from the display screen (10).
US09664914B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal grating substrate, a liquid crystal grating and a stereoscopic display device The liquid crystal grating substrate, the liquid crystal grating and the stereoscopic display device provided in the present invention can control the voltages of the electrode strips respectively, thereby not only improving the control precision of the liquid crystal grating, but also ensuring diversified control forms to meet various adjustment requirements for the width of the light transmissive area or non-light transmissive area of the liquid crystal grating; meanwhile, the liquid crystal grating is easy to drive and the sizes of the light transmissive areas can be controlled, thus the circuit design difficulty and the production cost are reduced, and the 3D crosstalk problem can be solved.
US09664901B2
A collimation assembly includes a body, at least four light sources, and at least four collimation lenses. The body has inner surfaces that define at least four hollow portions extending through the body between opposed first and second sides thereof, each hollow portion having opposed first and second openings at the first and second sides of the body, respectively. Each light source is disposed at the first opening of one of the at least four hollow portions and controllable to emit a light beam therethrough. Each collimation lens is disposed at the second opening of one of the at least four hollow portions to receive the light beam emitted by the light source disposed at the first opening and diverge the light beam as the light beam passes through the collimation lens. The at least four light sources and the at least four collimation lenses are supported by the body.
US09664897B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward an apparatus with a rotatable MEMS device. The apparatus may include a magnetic circuit with two magnets disposed opposite each other to produce a magnetic field between the magnets. The MEMS device may be placed in a frame disposed between the magnets. The MEMS device may include a driving coil disposed around the device, and may be rotatable around a first axis of the frame, in response to application of electromagnetic force produced by interaction of electric current to pass through the driving coil, with the magnetic field. The frame may include another driving coil, and may be rotatable around a second axis orthogonal to first axis, in response to application of electromagnetic force produced by interaction of electric current to pass through the second driving coil, with the magnetic field. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09664895B2
The present invention provides a light-shielding structure, a method for manufacturing the structure, a display device and a method for displaying with the display device. Said light-shielding structure comprises a plurality of micro light-shielding boxes, each of the micro light-shielding boxes comprises a sealed cavity provided with a transparent solvent, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed oppositely, and at least one rotator disposed between said first electrode and said second electrode. Said rotator comprises a light-shielding portion and a transparent portion, and said light-shielding portion has an electrical property different with that of said transparent portion. The light-shielding structure in the embodiments of the present invention comprises at least one rotator, which is controlled to rotate by means of the electrodes at two sides thereof. When the light leakage region in the color film substrate needs light shielding, at least one rotator is controlled to form a light-shielding band to shield the light leakage region of the color film substrate; when it does not need light shielding, the at least one rotator is controlled to rotate such that the formed transparent band is aligned with the light leakage region. This improves the transmittance of the display panel, thereby solving the problem of light leakage at pixel edge without sacrificing the transmittance of the panel.
US09664886B2
A tube lens for a microscope includes, in the order from an object, a first lens group that has positive power and that includes a cemented lens, a second lens group that has negative power, and a third lens group has positive power. The tube lens satisfies the following condition expressions, where NA is a numerical aperture on an image side of the tube lens, FN is a field number of the tube lens, and ε is an airy disk diameter with respect to d line of the tube lens (588 nm): 0.04
US09664875B2
The lens barrel includes a first planar portion, a barrier front cover, a vane portion, and a lens group frame. The first planar portion is configured to be substantially perpendicular to an optical axis and includes a first opening portion. The barrier front cover includes a second opening portion. The vane portion is configured to move between a first position and a second position. The vane portion is configured to cover the first opening portion and the second opening portion at the first position, and allow the first opening portion and the second opening portion to open at the second position. The lens group frame is configured to support rotatably the vane portion and includes at least one lens. The first planar portion is disposed closer to a subject than the barrier front cover. The first opening portion is formed smaller than the second opening portion.
US09664871B1
A fiber optic drawer tray for fiber optic equipment having a rotatable spool for deployment of fiber optic cable comprises a horizontal base and a pair of housing engagement features on opposite sides of the horizontal base, for movably engaging with at least one tray engagement feature of a drawer housing. The fiber optic drawer tray also comprises a rotatable spool disposed on the base, and a fiber optic adapter sub-assembly configured to receive and retain a plurality of fiber optic adapters mounted to the rotatable spool. The spool is further configured to store a length of fiber optic cable wound around the spool. The fiber optic cable can be terminated by a plurality of connectors and can be connected to the plurality of adapters. The spool is continuously rotatable to spool or unspool the fiber optic cable without disconnecting the plurality of connectors.
US09664869B2
In various embodiments, an optical fiber module including an optical fiber having a first end, a second end, and a twisted portion between the first and second ends to enable the optical fiber to provide two orthogonal transverse bending degrees of freedom. The twisted portion induces an optical distortion. The module further includes a distortion compensation arrangement that is configured to at least partially compensate for the optical distortion and a housing that is configured to house at least a portion of the optical fiber including the twisted portion.
US09664859B2
Provided is a downsized connector for a multicore fiber and a plurality of single-mode fibers which can simplify the core alignment process between the fibers. The optical fiber connector includes a mount substrate, a multicore fiber including a plurality of cores arrayed in the same plane, a first sub-substrate configured to fix an end part of the multicore fiber, and to be bonded on the mount substrate, a plurality of single-mode fibers including at least the same number of fibers as the plurality of cores of the multicore fiber, and a second sub-substrate configured to fix end parts of the plurality of single-mode fibers, and to be bonded on the mount substrate. A relative position between the first sub-substrate and the second sub-substrate is determined, so that the plurality of cores of the multicore fiber and the plurality of single-mode fibers of the same number as the plurality of cores are optically coupled, respectively.
US09664858B2
Systems and methods may couple on-chip optical circuits to external fibers. An SOI waveguide structure may include mirror structures and tapered waveguides to optically couple optical circuits to fibers in a vertically oriented external connector. The mirror structure(s) may be angularly disposed at the ends of the silicon waveguide structure. An oxide layer may cover a buried oxide layer and the silicon waveguide structure. The tapered waveguide(s) may have a narrow end and a wide end. The narrow end of the tapered waveguide(s) may be disposed above the mirror structures. The tapered waveguide(s) may extend through the oxide layer from the narrow end in a direction perpendicular to the silicon waveguide structure. An external connector may fit over the tapered waveguide(s) and uses a fiber array traveling through a connector body to optically couple to the external fiber.
US09664857B2
A non-reciprocal coupler isolator is provided including a first waveguide. The first waveguide includes a magnetic cladding cover layer magnetized transversely to a propagation direction of the first waveguide. A second waveguide is positioned adjacent to the first waveguide and separated by a gap. The second waveguide includes a non-magnetic cladding cover layer with a refractive index that matches a refractive index of the magnetic cladding cover layer of the first waveguide.
US09664842B2
A light source module is provided. The light source module includes a substrate having a first surface on which a circuit portion is disposed, and a second surface disposed opposite thereto. The light source module further includes a plurality of light emitting devices mounted on the first surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the circuit portion, wherein the substrate is provided with a groove portion in the second surface thereof, and has a structure bent along the groove portion.
US09664836B2
An illumination system defined a primary optical axis is provided. The illumination system comprises a light source, a first lens group, an integrator rod, and a second lens group successively located on the primary optical axis. The light source is configured to output a light. The first lens group is configured to reduce an aperture angle of the light to about 27 degrees. The integrator rod is configured to make the light uniformly. The second lens group is configured to amplify an illumination field of the light and reduce the aperture angle of the light to about 3 degrees.
US09664827B2
The invention is directed to a colored composition for forming a green color filter, containing a color pigment, wherein a content of the color pigment to a total solid content of the colored composition is 60% by weight or more, and a layer having a thickness of 0.6 μm formed from the colored composition has light transmittance of 80% or more at a wavelength of 550 nm and light transmittance of 50% or less at a wavelength of 450 nm, and a method of producing a color filter including (A) forming a first colored layer containing a first colored composition and (B) patterning with dry etching so as to from a through-hole group in the first colored layer, wherein the first colored composition is the colored composition as defined herein.
US09664825B2
The specification and drawings present a new apparatus and a new apparatus for compensation of the optical aberrations caused by a non-planar window (or windows in general, for example windows having a curved surface) using a diffractive (optical) element such as a diffractive foil in electronic/camera devices such as electronic devices with displays. According to an embodiment, an optical window of an electronic device/camera may have at least a non-planar front surface which causes an aberration of an input image. This aberration can be corrected to be below predefined one or more parameters (such as a circle with a predefined maximum radius and/or a directional shift by a predefined maximum value) using a diffractive element/foil located on/near a back surface of the optical window or between the back surface of the optical window and a sensor/camera image plane where the input image is focused on.
US09664822B2
A cover glass of the present invention for photoelectric conversion devices includes a glass sheet having surface asperities and a reflection-reducing film formed over the surface asperities of the glass sheet. The surface asperities of the glass sheet have an average spacing Sm of 0.3 mm or more and 2.5 mm or less and an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.3 μm to 5 μm. The reflection-reducing film includes fine silica particles having an average particle diameter of 50 to 200 nm and a binder for the fine silica particles, and the fine silica particles are uniformly arranged in a single layer on peak portions of the surface asperities in such a manner that a filling fraction F is 35 to 65%. A transmittance gain is 2.37% or more, the transmittance gain being obtained by subtracting an average transmittance of the glass sheet as measured when light having wavelengths ranging from 380 to 1100 nm are incident on a face of the glass sheet that has the surface asperities, from an average transmittance of the cover glass as measured when light having the wavelengths are incident on a reflection-reducing film side of the cover glass. Thus, a cover glass for photoelectric conversion devices that exhibits a high transmittance gain is provided.
US09664817B1
A contact lens or visual prosthesis that includes at least one array or distribution of optical elements on a flexible substrate, the optical elements in the array or distribution being separated by or having a periodicity of less than 1 micron and each element having a dimension of 1 micron or less.
US09664814B2
Systems and methods for wirelessly detecting area changes are provided. Predetermined thresholds may be stored in memory. Each predetermined threshold is associated with a time of day, calendar day, and/or activity. The sensor may detect a change in the in the targeted area. The detected change is evaluated to determine an applicable threshold. Then it may be determined whether the detected change meets a predetermined threshold. If so, information regarding the change is wirelessly transmitted to an associated controller that controls light in the targeted area. The operation of the light may be controlled based on the wirelessly transmitted information.
US09664810B2
A method of locating a position of a linear object, including arranging a first and a second reactor around a measuring point, the first reactor generating an induced voltage corresponding to an X-direction component of a magnetic field, the X direction perpendicular to a running direction of the object, and the second reactor generating an induced voltage corresponding to a Y-direction component of the field, the Y direction perpendicular to the X-direction and the running direction; obtaining a first reactor induced voltage and a second reactor induced voltage; setting an X-distance as a first distance from the point to the object center, and setting the Y-distance as a second distance; and estimating a direction in which the linear object is located as viewed from the point, by regarding an X-distance to Y-distance ratio as equal to a ratio of the first voltage to the second voltage multiplied by a coefficient.
US09664809B2
A metal detector system 30 for sensing target (e.g., metal) objects within soil or other strata includes a pickup head 36 carrying an excitation coil configured to generate an excitation signal to energize a target object 400 and uses a 2-D (e.g., planar, rectangular) array of pixel-receive coils configured within the pickup head to receive electro-magnetic energy from the energized target object. As the user moves the pickup head across the strata's surface, the pixel-receive coils sense relative motion between each pixel-receive coil and the energized target object, where motion is detectable as individually sensed changes in received signal levels among the pixel-receive coils. The metal detector system also includes a 2-D display 46 which depicts or visually represents the 2-D array of pixel-receive coils and generates a changing display of any sensed moving target object 60 in response to sensed changes in received signal levels among the pixel-receive coils.
US09664802B1
A simplified device is provided for analyzing radiation spectrum. A detector absorbs radioactive particles for generating signal pulses. A signal converter is connected with the detector to discriminate and amplify the signal pulses to be converted into digital pulses. The microcomputer single-chip is connected with the signal converter to measure dual-channel pulse widths for statistical analysis and to measure pulse free count. Under a very low power mode, a pair of information comprising random physical memory spectrum and pulse count are generated. The microcomputer single-chip has a low cost and can be abundantly supplied. Thus, by using the microcomputer single-chip as a touch-driven application, a reading module replaces the high-frequency precision clock. The reading module is built-in for charging voltages with constant-current pulses. Consequently, spectrum analysis is performed for the signal pulses of gamma ray detected by the detector.
US09664786B2
A method for measuring distance includes transmitting a first pair of RF pulses from an airborne interrogator, where the first pair of RF pulses are temporally separated from each other by a first time interval and each of the RF pulses in the first pair of RF pulses has a first pulse waveform. The method also includes receiving a second pair of RF pulses transmitted by a ground transponder. The RF pulses in the second pair of RF pulses have a second pulse waveform characterized by a filtered asymmetric Gaussian function or a smoothed trapezoidal function. The method further includes determining an elapsed time between transmitting the first pair of RF pulses and receiving the second pair of RF pulses and determining a distance between the airborne interrogator and the ground transponder based on at least the elapsed time.
US09664782B2
The present invention employs an object information acquiring apparatus comprising a plurality of receiving elements which receive acoustic waves emitted from an object and convert the acoustic waves into received signals, a delay unit which matches phases of the received signals, a complex converter which converts the received signals into complex signals, a complex covariance matrix calculator which periodically obtains a complex covariance matrix by using a complex signal group configured from a plurality of phase-matched complex signals, an eliminator which eliminates the number of bits of input data configured from at least either the complex signal group or matrix elements, and an electric power calculator which calculates a power of target positions, wherein the eliminator eliminates the number of bits by performing common level conversion processing on all input data relating to one complex covariance matrix.
US09664778B2
A radar and method for making a radar undetectable, comprising comprises: on a transmit antenna consisting of N individual subarrays that are non-directional in at least one plane in transmission, each being linked to a waveform generator, generating, for each of the individual subarrays, a waveform so as to make each of the individual subarrays transmit continuous or quasi-continuous signals according to a temporal and periodic pattern by using transmission patterns made up of N different subarrays and which are deduced from one another by an individual delay, on the receive antenna comprising M individual subarrays adapted to pick up the reflected signals obtained from the transmission of the N individual subarrays of the transmit antenna, performing a compression of the received signal in space and in time of the received signals.
US09664767B2
A system for performing Walsh reconstruction of time dependent fields with a quantum probe that includes a diamond structure that includes nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers for sensing magnetic and electric fields. An arbitrary waveform generator and microwave waveguides manipulate the quantum spins in the diamond structure using a plurality of coherent control sequences to measure the arbitrary profile of time-varying magnetic fields. A laser that optically addresses the quantum spins in the diamond structure for initialization and readout.
US09664760B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a method for acquiring MR data at resolutions down to tens of microns for application in in-vivo diagnosis and monitoring of pathology for which changes in fine tissue textures can be used as markers of disease onset and progression. Bone diseases, tumors, neurologic diseases, and diseases involving fibrotic growth and/or destruction are all target pathologies. Further the technique can be used in any biologic or physical system for which very high-resolution characterization of fine scale morphology is needed. The method provides rapid acquisition of selected values in k-space, with multiple successive acquisitions of individual k-values taken on a time scale on the order of microseconds, within a defined tissue volume, and subsequent combination of the multiple measurements in such a way as to maximize SNR. The reduced acquisition volume, and acquisition of only select values in k-space along selected directions, enables much higher in-vivo resolution than is obtainable with current MRI techniques.
US09664751B1
A two-dimensional SQIF array and methods for manufacture can include at least two bi-SQUIDs that share an inductance. The bi-SQUIDs can be combined to establish a diamond-shaped cell. A plurality of the diamond shaped cells can be packed tightly together so that each cell shares at least three cell junctions with adjacent cells to establish the SQIF array. Because of the close proximity of the cells, the effect that the mutual inductances each cell has on adjacent cells can be accounted for, as well as the SQIF array boundary conditions along the array edges. To do this, a matrix of differential equations can be solved to provide for the recommended inductance of each bi-SQUID in the SQIF array. Each bi-SQUID can be manufactured with the recommended inductance to result in a SQIF having an increased strength of anti-peak response, but without sacrificing the linearity of the response.
US09664745B1
A computer implemented system and method and a computer program product for automatically determining a battery charging profile. Historical battery information about a battery from a battery data recorder associated with the battery and battery charging information about the battery from a battery charger associated with the battery may be used to select one of a plurality of battery charging profiles or to create a battery charging profile. Information about the selected or created battery charging profile may be outputted or transmitted to a battery charger via an application programming interface. Battery application information and battery environment information also may be used to select or create a battery charging profile for charging a battery.
US09664742B2
A method and a device for measuring a current flowing through a switch which has an unknown inner resistance and two connections, a voltage difference being measured at the switch. During operation, the current provided by an AC voltage source, which is part of an AC voltage circuit connected in parallel with the switch, is superimposed on the current to be measured, the current flowing through the switch, by way of the AC voltage source. Both the amplitude and the frequency of the current provided by the AC voltage source are known. An AC voltage component of the voltage difference and the amplitude of the component are ascertained, and the current between the connections is ascertained and output proportionally to the amplitude of the current of the AC voltage source.
