US09756765B1
A data center mounting rack for mounting and supporting a plurality of generally rectangular small form computer systems in a vertical stacked arrangement. The shelving arrangement comprises a pair of spaced apart vertical end panels supporting a plurality of horizontal mounting shelves. Each of the shelves includes a pair of rows of spaced apart first openings extending along the length of each shelf, for allowing the passage of cabling for computers and for permitting cooling air flow. Each of the shelves also includes a plurality of rows of spaced apart air flow openings in a staggered arrangement. Each of the shelves support a plurality of U-shaped computer system mounting brackets. Each of the mounting brackets supports a rectangular small form computer system in a vertical orientation such that air flow is directed along the top surface and bottom surface by the air flow openings to aid in cooling.
US09756764B2
A system for managing heat transfer is provided by the present disclosure, which in one form includes a cavity having an inner wall portion, at least one heat-generating component disposed within the cavity, and a plurality of heat conducting members disposed adjacent one another. Each heat conducting member includes a resilient core and an outer shell wrapped around at least a portion of the resilient core. The outer shell is made of a material having a relatively high thermal conductivity, and the plurality of heat conducting members are positioned between the heat-generating component and the inner wall portion of the cavity.
US09756756B2
A drive cage can include a base side and a top side that define altitude of the drive cage; a front end and a back end that define longitude of the drive cage; a lateral side disposed between the front end and the back end and between the base side and the top side; drive bays where each drive bay extends longitudinally; a first wire bundle clip fixed to the top side that extends longitudinally to a free end; and a second wire bundle clip fixed to the lateral side that extends altitudinally to a free end. Such an example may further include a wire bundle clipped to the drive cage via the first wire bundle clip and the second wire bundle clip. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
US09756755B2
An electric power converter includes a semiconductor module, a capacitor, and a DC bus bar that electrically connects them. The capacitor has a capacitor element and a capacitor terminal connected to the capacitor element. The capacitor terminals and the DC bus bar are connected to each other at least at two connecting portions. The DC bus bar has a bus bar main body portion that is connected to the semiconductor module. The two connecting portions are connected by at least a portion of the bus bar main body portion. The capacitor terminal has a terminal main body portion that is connected to the capacitor element. The two connecting portions are connected by at least a portion of the terminal main body portion.
US09756753B2
A power-supply device including: a casing having a space therein and formed by metal stamping or having a thickness ranging from 0.3 to 3.0 mm; and a circuit board disposed inside the casing, wherein the casing includes a casing portion having an opening, and a cover portion disposed to cover the opening of the casing portion, the casing portion has a through hole formed at a position corresponding to a connector terminal connected to the circuit board, and a non-flat portion is provided to a region having a size greater than or equal to an outside diameter of a connector of an external connector line connected to the connector terminal in the casing portion.
US09756739B2
An electronic device may have a glass housing structures. The glass housing structures may be used to cover a display and other internal electronic device components. The glass housing structure may have multiple glass pieces that are joined using a glass fusing process. A peripheral glass member may be fused along the edge of a planar glass member to enhance the thickness of the edge. A rounded edge feature may be formed by machining the thickened edge. Raised fused glass features may surround openings in the planar glass member. Multiple planar glass members may be fused together to form a five-sided box in which electronic components may be mounted. Raised support structure ribs may be formed by fusing glass structures to a planar glass member. Opaque masking material and colored glass may be used to create portions of the glass housing structures that hide internal device components from view.
US09756737B2
Radio frequency system (250) which includes a first and second sub-assembly (100, 200), each formed of a plurality of layers of conductive material (504, 508, 516) disposed on a substrate (102) and arranged in a stack. The stacked layers form signal processing components (108, 110) and at least one peripheral wall (104, 204) surrounding a walled area (118, 218) of each substrate. The second sub-assembly is positioned on the first sub-assembly with a first walled area of a first substrate aligned with a second walled area of a second substrate.
US09756731B2
A package for housing an electronic component, which is provided with: a substrate part that comprises an insulating substrate, which is formed of a ceramic sintered body and comprises a recess portion, and a wiring conductor which is provided on the insulating substrate; and a metal portion which is formed of a sintered body of a getter metal material and is directly bonded to the recess portion.
US09756721B2
A multilayer laminated substrate structure includes plural substrate layers stacked with each other, and a conductive via portion. One of the substrate layers is provided with a through hole. The conductive via portion includes a first signal conductive pad having a first rib, a second signal conductive pad having a second rib, and a conductive body which is disposed in the through hole and is electrically connected to the first rib and the second rib. The first signal conductive pad and the second signal conductive pad are disposed on two opposite surfaces of the substrate layer, and the first rib and the second rib are arranged in a staggered manner in relation to each other.
US09756714B2
A well logging tool includes a neutron generator having an ion source for ion production by electron impact ionization wherein ionization current trajectory is determined by an electric field and an at least partially misaligned magnetic field. The electric field can be provided by an electrode arrangement having a cathode associated with a field emitter array including a multitude of nanoemitters. The magnetic field can be provided by a permanent magnet incorporated in the neutron generator to act transversely to the electric field in at least part of an ion source chamber in which an ionization current emitted by the field emitter array travels through an ionizable gas. Charged particles traveling through the ionizable gas thus follow respective trajectories that are longer than would be the case in the absence of the magnetic field, thereby increasing ionization probability.
US09756713B2
The invention relates to a method and to a control unit for operating the plasma generation apparatus.The invention is based on a method and a control unit in which a voltage is applied as an ignition voltage between an anode and a cathode for ignition of a plasma.In order to enable a gentle operation of the plasma generation apparatus it is provided in accordance with the invention that a check is continuously carried out during the ignition process whether the ignition of the plasma has been effected. Additionally, the ignition voltage (UZ) is increased starting from an initial ignition voltage (UZA) and after recognizing an effected ignition (at the point in time tZ) of the plasma, the voltage is reduced between the anode and the cathode to a maintenance voltage (UA).
US09756709B2
A lighting device includes a housing that defines an opening, and light board moveably positioned in the housing adjacent the opening. The light board has a plurality of light modules operable to provide a light output through the opening. The lighting device further includes a motor operatively connected to the light board to move the light board. The lighting device further includes a controller in electrical communication with the motor and the light board. The controller is operable to receive signals from a communication device. The controller is further operable to control the motor to orient the light board. The controller is further operable to control an intensity and a color of the light output of the light modules.
US09756708B2
Disclosed is an indoor lighting device installed at a first space. The indoor lighting device includes a lighting emiting unit, a storage unit to store information of an operating condition of the light emitting unit according to an operating state of a mobile terminal, a wireless communication unit to make wireless communication with the mobile terminal, and a controller that receives the information of the operating state of the mobile terminal through the wireless communication unit to check the operating condition of the light emitting unit corresponding to the received information of the operating state and to operate the light emitting unit based on the checked operating condition of the light emitting unit.
US09756701B1
A method is presented for producing light using a liquid media. The method includes: suspending nanoparticles in a polar liquid media; disposing a pair of electrodes in direct contact with the liquid media; and generating an excitation signal between the electrodes in the pair of electrodes, thereby illuminating a portion of the nanoparticles.
US09756696B1
A configurable LED lighting system and its method of operation are disclosed. A lighting system or apparatus includes a string of LEDs, wherein specific LEDs are operable to emit different colors of light. The string includes a plurality of series-connected color segments. A shunt segment includes additional LEDs. The LED shunt segment is connected in parallel with at least one of the color segments. A controller is connected to the LED shunt segment to selectively balance drive current between the LED shunt segment and the color segment to which it is connected in parallel so that a color temperature of light is controllable by a processor. The diverted power still produces light and power is not wasted. The controller can use a polynomial equation or a look-up table to calculate color output values.
US09756689B2
A light output control device includes a switching device, multiple signal input ports, a signal selection circuit, and a control circuit. The switching device is to be electrically connected between a direct-current power supply and a light source circuit. The light source circuit includes a semiconductor light emitting element. The multiple signal input ports respectively correspond to multiple kinds of light output control signals. The signal selection circuit selects, when receiving two or more light output control signals indicating different light output levels through the multiple signal input ports, a light output control signal indicating a lowest (or highest) light output level, from the two or more light output control signals. The control circuit performs switching control of the switching device with a duty cycle corresponding to the lowest (or highest) light output level indicated by the light output control signal selected by the signal selecting circuit.
US09756687B2
This invention relates to the design of a process by intermittent dielectric heating combined with a recycling system.This process consists in subjecting reagents to electromagnetic waves selected in the frequencies ranging between 300 GHz and 3 MHz intermittently using a recycling system.This process enables the treatment of oils that are hardly absorbent as well as great investment savings.This process enables operation on different scales, whether in laboratories, on a semi-industrial or industrial scale, without forfeiting the advantages of continuous dielectric heating.
US09756686B2
Reduction of crosstalk between induction heating coils in an induction heating apparatus and particularly to reduction of crosstalk in a multi-zone induction heating system provides greater reliability for the power modules.
US09756684B2
In various embodiments, a system provides multi network connectivity between a broadband, packet-switched wireless Radio Access Network (RAN) and first and second different wireless networks using a broadband transceiver configured to receive and transmit packet-switched data over the RAN. First and second transceivers with respective data interfaces with the broadband transceiver are configured to establish a first and second wireless networks using different communications protocols. A processor and associated memory are operatively coupled together to at least control the broadband transceiver, the first transceiver, and the second transceiver. A communications range of the first and second wireless networks are extended beyond a respective intrinsic data communications capability thereof via the broadband transceiver. The system and method may be implemented to improve in-building wireless coverage, or to provide real-time content to mobile users, e.g., in an automobile, and/or to provide real-time vehicle diagnostic codes to a maintenance support node.
US09756681B2
A Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW) network node of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) for interfacing with an IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem (IMS) comprises an IP address assignment functionality module configured to assign both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to a User Equipment (UE) requesting an IPv6 address, a Network Address Translation-Application Layer Gateway (NAT64-ALG) functionality module and PGW configured to translate between IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, a Gx interface toward a Policy Control and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) network node configured to transmit the UE's IPv4 address to the PCRF, and an SGi interface toward an application node of the IMS configured the UE's IPv4 address to the application node, and to transmit and receive IP media packets between the IMS and the UE after IPv4 and IPv6 address translation.
US09756676B2
A base station and a device to device (D2D) user equipment (UE), a transmission method, a report method and a resource adjustment method for a wireless communication system are provided. When the D2D UE operates as a transmitting end, it is able to determine a transmission mode according to a transmission condition (e.g., whether a radio link failure or a collision occurs when a D2D transmission is being performed, or whether the telecommunication operators of the transmitting end and the corresponding receiving end are the same). When the D2D UE operates as a receiving end, it is able to transmit a report message carrying received signal quality to the base station after receiving D2D data. Accordingly, the base station is able to adjust a D2D resource configuration according to the report message.
US09756675B2
A method by which a terminal for supporting multiple radio access technologies (multi-RAT) recovers when a radio link failure has occurred can comprise the steps of: detecting a radio link failure of a first RAT while maintaining an RRC connection state with the first RAT; determining the radio link failure if a radio link of the first RAT does not recover after a predetermined first time elapses after the detection; and determining whether the radio link failure of the first RAT recovers during a predetermined second time after the determination.
US09756663B2
A method for receiving MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) service at a user equipment camping on a first frequency in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving the MBMS on a second frequency without camping on the second frequency from a network, if being able to receive the MBMS on the second frequency while camping on the first frequency.
US09756661B2
A system and method for providing communications between a hub (medical controller) and a node (an implant) are disclosed. The hub selects an operating channel within a channel group in accordance with applicable regulations, and transmits signals to facilitate communications with nodes. A node sequentially tunes to individual channels within the group, monitoring each channel for a hub transmission during a monitoring period. If a hub transmission is detected, the node stays on the current channel. Otherwise, the node tunes to a next channel in the channel group. The hub transmission may be directed to unconnected nodes, to a single connected node, or to a group of connected nodes. The node transmits a first frame to the hub at a designated transmission time and receives a response. The node reports an emergency by sequentially transmitting emergency frames on each of the channels until receiving an acknowledgment from the hub.
US09756657B2
A wireless device includes a preamble detector configured to identify a plurality of preambles transmitted via a random access channel of a wireless network. The preamble detector includes a noise floor estimator. The noise floor estimator is configured to: estimate, for a given preamble root sequence identified by the preamble detector, a noise floor value as mean energy of received signal samples, excluding detected preamble samples on the give preamble root sequence, below a noise floor threshold assigned to the given preamble root sequence. The noise floor estimator is configured to compute the noise floor threshold as a product of: average energy of the received signal samples less total signal energy contained in each cyclic prefix window in which a preamble is detected using the given preamble root sequence; and a predetermined normalized relative noise floor threshold based on a target false preamble detection rate.
US09756647B2
A system and method for selecting, via a processor, a future time interval of operation and to determine a plurality of predicted future information handling system locations, determining a predominant wireless service for a future time interval of operation from a spatial-temporal user profile, and determining quality of service (QoS) requirements during the selected future time interval for the predominant wireless service at the plurality of predicted future information handling system locations, wherein the spatial-temporal user profile comprises historical wireless service type profiles for a plurality of locations where the information handling system has operated.
US09756646B2
A base station included in the D2D communication system: a shared resource allocation unit configured to select a resource block having highest performance in D2D communication from a plurality of resource blocks occupied by a plurality of cellular terminals and to set the shared resource block to be shared by a corresponding D2D terminal; an exclusive resource allocation unit configured to select at least one other D2D terminal with which to share an exclusive resource block occupied by the corresponding D2D terminal for the D2D communication and to set the exclusive resource block to be shared by the at least one other D2D terminal; and a power allocation unit configured to create a virtual resource block by matching the shared resource block and the exclusive resource block and to control powers allocated to the shared resource block and the exclusive resource block included in the virtual resource block.
US09756628B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for a User Equipment (UE) to receive control information. A Downlink Control Information (DCI) format to be monitored is identified. An aggregation level is identified based on the identified DCI format. Control information is received based on the identified aggregation level.
US09756626B2
Embodiments of a high-efficiency Wi-Fi (HEW) station, access point (AP), and method for communication in a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the HEW AP may transmit a resource allocation message to indicate an allocation of channel resources for uplink transmissions by one or more HEW stations. The channel resources may include multiple channels, each of which may include multiple sub-channels and an extra portion of channel resources. The resource allocation message may include multiple sub-channel allocation blocks to indicate an allocation for a particular HEW station. A length of the sub-channel allocation blocks may be based on various factors, such as a number of channels included in the channel resources and a sub-carrier bandwidth.
US09756623B2
The present invention relates to a method by which a terminal receives a downlink signal through an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) in a wireless communication system. The method includes the steps of: receiving one or more EPDCCH physical resource block (PRB) sets; and blind decoding EPDCCH candidates for each set level from among the one or more EPDCCH PRB sets, wherein one or more of EPDCCH candidate indexes and EPDCCH PRB indexes are used for determining an antenna port related to the EPDCCH candidates.
US09756615B2
A radio network controller, RNC, keeps control of how many users to configure on a first transmission time interval, TTI, and how many to configure on a second TTI. For example, a method, performed by the RNC, for configuring at least one radio bearer between a radio base station, RBS, and wireless communication devices. The method comprises receiving, from the RBS, a request to perform a TTI switch according to a TTI switch trigger received by the RBS. The received request is analyzed and a grant to perform the requested TTI switch is sent to the RBS.
US09756613B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus determines at least one time-frequency resource among resources of a cellular communication system to be used for device-to-device (D2D) communication, identifies a propagated start point of a first portion of the at least one time-frequency resource, and begins transmission of the D2D signal from a transmission start point. The transmission start point is based on the propagated start point and a cellular communication system downlink timing offset to the propagated start point. The apparatus also identifies a propagated end point of a last portion of the at least one time-frequency resource and ends transmission of the D2D signal at a transmission end point. The transmission end point is based on the propagated end point and a cellular communication system downlink timing advance to the propagated end point.
US09756603B2
A method includes generating a first traffic announcement message at a first electronic device of a data link. The first traffic announcement message indicates first data is to be transmitted from the first electronic device to a second electronic device of the data link. The method also includes transmitting the first traffic announcement message to one or more electronic devices of the data link during a first paging window.
US09756594B2
The invention relates to methods for reporting on downlink timings by a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system. In order to allow for an aggregation access point to obtain information on propagation delay differences of downlink transmissions on aggregated serving cells, the invention suggests the mobile terminal to report timing information based on reception time difference information for a the target/reference cell. The mobile terminal performs measurements relating to transmission and/or reception time differences on the target/reference cell, and reports same to the eNodeB. The eNodeB compares the measurement result to a predefined maximum propagation delay time difference. Alternatively, the mobile terminal performs the measurements, compares same to the predefined maximum propagation delay time difference and then report the comparison result to the eNodeB.
US09756592B2
A telecommunication receiver is arranged for receiving related data originating from multiple antennas, which data have different times of arrival due to, for example, different delays. The receiver comprises an input buffer for buffering data, a transform unit for Fourier transforming the data received from the input buffer into transformed data, and an output buffer for buffering the transformed data received from the transform unit. The input buffer is arranged for passing each set of data items to the transform unit when the relevant data item has been received in the input buffer, while the transform unit is arranged for removing redundant parts of the data. In addition, the output buffer is arranged for synchronizing the transformed data. Thus the buffering for delay compensation is carried out in the output buffer.
US09756589B2
Exemplary methods and systems may generally be implemented to allow a macro-network base station without access to a GPS reference signal to provide some or all of the functionality for which existing macro-network base stations typically rely on GPS. In a first aspect, an exemplary macro-network base station may determine its location using a location-determination technique that is based upon the angles of arrival of FM radio signals from nearby FM stations. In a second aspect, an exemplary macro-network base station may stabilize its local oscillator by phase-locking its local oscillator to an FM radio signal, and periodically adjusting its local oscillator to account for phase drift of the FM radio signal. And in a third aspect, an exemplary macro-network base station may synchronize its frame-start timing with a nearby base station using a frame-start timing signal that the base station has synchronized to frame transmissions from the nearby base station during a setup routine.
US09756586B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method for controlling transmit power of a mobile terminal. The method is performed by a mobile terminal (10) in a dual connectivity mode wherein the mobile terminal (10) is configured to support two or more contemporaneous links, including a first link and a second link, with two or more wireless network access points (12,13). The mobile terminal (10) independently calculates a respective unsealed uplink transmission power level for each link, based on a corresponding link-specific value. The mobile terminal (10) calculates a respective scaling factor for each link based on a total-power constraint and on one or more of the following: uplink resource allocation to each link, such that the scaling factor for the first link allocated more resources than the second link is larger than the scaling factor for the second link, link quality for each link, such that the scaling factor for the first link having a better link quality than the second link is larger than the scaling factor for the second link, uplink buffer state for each link, such that the scaling factor for the first link having more uplink data to be sent than the second link is larger than the scaling factor for the second link, and priority for each link, such that the scaling factor for the first link having a higher priority than the second link is larger than the scaling factor for the second link. The mobile terminal (10) further applies the respective scaling factor to each respective unsealed uplink transmission power level, to obtain corresponding scaled power levels. The mobile terminal (10) furthermore transmits over the two or more contemporaneous links at the respective scaled power levels.
US09756585B2
A method of adjusting a transmit power for signals in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) sets a first transmit power for a first signal and a second transmit power for a second signal. If a total transmit power of the first transmit power for the first signal and the second transmit power for the second signal exceeds a maximum transmit power, the UE scales the first transmit power for the first signal and the second transmit power for the second signal. The first transmit power for the first signal and the second transmit power for the second signal are scaled with a scaling factor parameter. Values of the scaling factor parameter are the same across a plurality of serving cells.
US09756584B2
A method and system for setting an initial dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) power of a secondary carrier after a transmission gap are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes determining a filtered DPCCH power of first carrier. The method further includes determining a power offset. The method also includes calculating the initial DPCCH power of the secondary carrier by adding the determined filtered DPCCH power of the first carrier to the determined power offset.
US09756582B2
Resulting in a reduction of communication power consumption, a broadcasting method can comprise sending a broadcasting packet by using a current power and listening; when a request is detected by means of listening, recording the current power as a historical power, and decreasing the current power; and determining whether a current broadcasting event is ended, if the current broadcasting event is ended, determining the historical power as a reference working power, and otherwise, returning to the broadcasting and listening. A scan method can comprise: performing scan and listening; when a broadcasting packet is detected by means of listening, if a request has been sent to a sender of the broadcasting packet and a received signal strength of the broadcasting packet changes, adjusting a first transmit power; and sending the request to the sender of the broadcasting packet according to the adjusted first transmit power.
US09756576B2
A method for controlling transmission powers by a communication apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting a plurality of component carriers, the method includes controlling transmission powers for one or more channels per each component carrier in such a way that a total transmission power of one or more channels in a corresponding component carrier does not exceed a maximum transmission power configured for the corresponding component carrier; when a simultaneous transmission of a sounding reference symbol (SRS) on a first component carrier, and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) on a second component carrier is scheduled, checking whether a total transmission power of the SRS, the PUSCH and PUCCH exceeds a maximum transmission power configured for the communication apparatus; and dropping a transmission of the SRS if the total transmission power of the SRS, the PUSCH and PUCCH exceeds the maximum transmission power configured for the communication apparatus.
US09756575B2
A method for controlling uplink transmit power for a plurality of basestations in a mobile communications network is disclosed. The basestations may form a second layer within the network, and the network may comprise another plurality of basestations forming a first layer. The method comprises clustering the plurality of second layer basestations according to association with first layer basestations, exchanging second layer basestation loading information between second layer basestations belonging to the same cluster, and dynamically setting uplink transmit power limits for individual second layer basestations based on the exchanged loading information. The method may further comprise updating the clustering of the second layer basestations according to dynamic variation in association of second layer basestations with first layer basestations. The method may also comprise dynamically controlling uplink resource allocation such that concurrent use of the same frequency resource by more than one second layer basestation is reduced.
US09756571B2
The minimization of the amount of power consumed by an electronic device in acquiring or maintaining network connectivity with a network may extend the battery life of the electronic device. When the electronic device has established a communication connection with a wireless access point, the electronic device cycles a network interface controller of the electronic device between a power on state and a power off state without terminating the communication connection. Accordingly, the electronic device powers on a main processor of the electronic device when the network interface controller detects a beacon during the power on state that indicates the wireless access point has a buffered data frame for the electronic device.
US09756569B2
Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus may include at least one processor and at least one memory. The at least one memory may include computer-executable code that, when executed by the processor, is configured to cause the apparatus to send a message to a node in wireless communication with the apparatus, the message indicating a transition by the apparatus from multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) to single-input single-output (SISO), and transition from wireless MIMO communication with the node to wireless SISO communication with the node after sending the message to the node.
US09756564B2
A user equipment (UE) is configured to send a request to use an enhanced power saving mode (ePSM) to a mobility management entity (MME) of a mobile communications network. The UE is configured to receive configuration parameters from the MME including a time length for an idle mode and a time length for a power saving mode. The UE is configured to cycle between the idle mode and the power saving mode based on the power saving mode parameters, wherein the UE is available to receive transmissions during the idle mode and unavailable to receive transmissions during the power saving mode.
US09756560B2
A method and an apparatus for priority based inter-radio access technology (inter-RAT) cell reselection are provided. In the existing algorithm for priority based inter-RAT cell reselection, an inter-RAT cell whose signal strength is above a preset threshold for a given duration is considered as satisfying the cell reselection criteria and may become a candidate for cell reselection. In this case, among those cells whose signal strength is above the preset threshold, a cell that does not have the highest priority may be selected. To address the above problem, the reference time duration for cell reselection may be changed. The enhanced cell reselection algorithm selects a cell having the highest priority among cells whose signal strength is above a preset threshold. Hence, it is possible to prevent repetition of unnecessary cell reselection.
US09756537B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting a cell shaping/un-shaping indication in a wireless communication system is provided. A first eNodeB (eNB) transmits a cell shaping/un-shaping indication which indicates cell shaping/un-shaping of a cell, managed by the first eNB, in an active antenna system (AAS) to a second eNB. The cell shaping means that main coverage of the cell is maintained unchanged but an edge of the cell can be adapted to load demand. The cell un-shaping means that coverage of the cell goes back to original coverage.
US09756533B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a network-instructed handover of a wireless device from a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) to a Radio Access Network (RAN) of another Radio Access Technology (RAT), e.g., a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) or 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) RAT. In one embodiment, a WLAN access node determines that a handover of a wireless device from the WLAN to another RAN of a different RAT is to be performed and transmits a handover instruction to the wireless device that instructs the wireless device to perform a handover from the WLAN to a RAN of a different RAT. In this manner, the WLAN access node is able to steer the wireless device from the WLAN to a RAN of a different RAT.
US09756509B2
It is disclosed a method and a network node (502, 70, 90) for selecting a candidate cell (14, 44, 06) to be combined with a target cell (12, 42, 502) having a radio equipment (76) connected to a radio equipment controller (74). The method comprises identifying (612, 82) at least two candidate cells where a time delay in communication between any two of: said at least two candidate cells and the target cell, is below a pre-determined time threshold, selecting (614, 84) the one (44) having the highest connection activity with the target cell; and combining (616, 86) the selected candidate cell (14, 44) and said target cell (12, 42) into a logical cell. Embodiments of the present invention have the advantage that the logical cells being defined provides have a high overall mobile network connectivity improvement.
US09756506B2
The present application discloses an apparatus and a method for clustering small cells in TDD networks and a base station including the apparatus. The apparatus includes: an information acquiring unit, configured to acquire a transmitting feature among the small cells in the TDD networks and uplink traffic and/or downlink traffic of each small cell; and a clustering unit, configured to clustering the small cells based on the transmitting feature among the small cells and the uplink traffic and/or downlink traffic of each small cell acquired by the information acquiring unit, to obtain at least one small cell cluster.
US09756504B2
A security authentication method, device, and system are provided. A first device and a second device perform security authentication by using a first mapping key and a second mapping key, where the first mapping key is generated according to an initial key of the first device and a first predetermined algorithm, the second mapping key is generated according to an initial key of the second device and the first predetermined algorithm. A device in embodiments of the present invention performs security authentication by using a mapped initial key, which can increase the difficulty for an attacker to acquire a key, thereby improving security of a wireless network connection.
US09756499B2
A system and method to assist in establishing a communication session to a mobile device having a registered IMS session in a visited network, or having both a registered IMS session and a circuit-switched session in a visited network. When a mobile device establishes an IMS session with an application service in a visited network, the address of the application service and the identity of the mobile device is transmitted to the Home Location Register (HLR) and/or Home Subscriber Server (HSS) associated with the mobile device. The HLR or HSS stores the address of the application service in conjunction with the identity of the mobile device. When requests to establish a communication session with the mobile device are made, the HLR or HSS provides the address of the application service that is associated with the mobile device in the visited network to allow a communication session to be established.
US09756494B2
A processor receives a request to access the service via the software client. The processor sends to a network service provider a request for validation of a current location as to a coverage of an emergency service, when the current location was not previously validated for the coverage of the emergency service. The processor determines whether a response is received from the network service provider, indicating that the current location is validated for the coverage of the emergency service, wherein the response includes an address identifier associated with the current location for accessing the emergency service. The processor performs a registration with the network service provider via the software client at the current location, when the response is received indicating that the current location is validated for the coverage of the emergency service and enables the user to access the service via the software client at the current location.
US09756490B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for performing region monitoring using tag matching to more closely match the monitored regions to a user's preference. A user enters user tags of interest, which are persisted to the region monitoring web server. The web server returns the closest regions having a region tag matching user tag first and the closest regions without matching tags secondary. An application at the mobile device then performs region monitoring of the identified closest region(s). When the mobile device enters a monitored region, it reports this event to the web server. The web server then determines whether any messages and/or assets associated with the region have matching message tags or asset tags and returns such messages or assets to the mobile device.
US09756488B1
An advanced automatic loop detection apparatus and method in short message service (SMS) two-way messaging is provided. The apparatus may receive a reply message from a mobile device, and detect whether a loop is occurring when the reply message is received from the mobile device.
US09756486B2
A method is provided of initiating communications, comprising: storing, in a memory at a messaging server, a plurality of subscriber records, each subscriber record containing a subscriber identifier and a subscriber type indicator; a first subset of the subscriber records having a first subscriber type indicator, and a second subset of the subscriber records having a second subscriber type indicator; determining, at the messaging server, whether to generate initiation data; when the determination is affirmative: selecting at least one of the second subset of the subscriber records; generating the initiation data, the initiation data including at least the subscriber identifier of the selected subscriber record; and transmitting the initiation data to a computing device corresponding to at least one of the first subset of subscriber records.
US09756478B2
A peer group of a user may be identified on the basis of geographic information and building occupancy information for the user and for possible peers of the user. Energy usage data for each peer group member may be compared with that of the user. A comparison result may be computed between each peer group member and the user. A representation of comparison results may be provided to the user.
US09756471B1
Embodiments of the invention generate metrics quantifying the mobility of a mobile device without persisting information related to the device's specific location at any given time. Specifically, at multiple intervals, a value of a mobility metric is computed based on the distance between the current location of the mobile device and a previously identified origin location of the mobile device. The values of the mobility metric computed over a period of time quantify the overall mobility of the mobile device. The mobility metric does not provide any information regarding the specific location of the mobile device at any given time.
US09756467B2
Methods and systems for managing sensitive data stored on a wireless computing device associated with a geofence. The system or method identifies sensitive data stored on the wireless computing device, defines a geofence based at least in part on a parameter associated with a user of the wireless computing device, continuously or periodically determines the location of the wireless computing device relative to the first geofence, and modifies, if the wireless computing device is located outside the first geofence, the identified sensitive data on the wireless computing device.
US09756464B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining a location area of a user using a mobile communication terminal in a geographical area covered by a mobile radio network. Antenna probabilities, corresponding to a plurality of antennas located in the geographical area, may be determined for a plurality of sub-areas of the geographical area. The antenna probabilities may be determined based on expected field strengths for the plurality of antennas in each of the plurality of sub-areas, and may indicate for each particular antenna, in each of the plurality of sub-areas, the probability that a mobile communication terminal uses that particular antenna when located in that sub-area. The location area for the user may be determined based on the antenna probabilities and determination of one or more antennas used by the mobile communication termination the user is using, without requiring measuring signal properties at the particular mobile communication terminal.
US09756460B2
An example of adaptive location perturbation can include selecting, by a processing resource of a mobile device executing instructions stored on a non-transitory medium, between a plurality of localization technologies to perturb a location measurement of the mobile device. The perturbed location measurement of the mobile device can be sent to a location-based service provider.
US09756455B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a terminal adapted to transmit audio data via Bluetooth to a device. The terminal includes a controller adapted to detect configuration parameters of the device and optimally determine configuration parameters of the terminal, and a transmission module capable of transmitting a packet of a first packet type based on a first mode of the terminal and a packet of a second packet type based on a second mode of the terminal. The audio data is modulated by a first modulation mode in the first mode and the audio data is modulated by a second modulation mode in the second mode that is more efficient than the first modulation mode. When the device cannot operate in the second mode but can operate in the first mode, the controller causes the transmission module to create a packet of the first packet type containing the audio data.
US09756453B2
A wireless communication apparatus includes antenna elements, each receiving a first signal and a second signal, a first estimator that estimates first channel information of the first signal, a false signal generator that generates false signals that are equal in number to or greater in number than the number of the antenna elements, each of the false signals arriving from a unique direction that is different from a direction of arrival of the first signal, a weight generator that generates first weights, each being associated with a corresponding one of the false signals and forming a null in the direction of arrival of the first signal, a multiplier that multiplies a signals received by the respective antenna elements by the first weights to acquire weight-multiplied signals, and a second estimator that estimates second channel information of the second signal using the weight-multiplied signals.
US09756441B2
A digital audio transmission system, in particular a wireless microphone or wireless pocket transmitter system. The audio transmission system has at least one wireless transmitter and at least one wireless receiver. The wireless transmitter has an analog input, a digitally adjustable input potentiometer for adjusting the input gain, an analog/digital converter for converting the analog signals into digital signals, a digital signal processing unit for performing digital signal processing, and a digital or a digitally adjustable output potentiometer for adjusting the output gain. The digital signal processing unit is adapted to adjust the gain of the digital input potentiometer and/or the digital output potentiometer in such a way that the dynamic range of the analog/digital converter is optimally utilized.
US09756439B2
Methods and devices for flexible and adaptable outputting of audio files in text or audio format based on certain parameters are described. Before delivering an acquired audio file to a user, the methods and devices described herein detect a current value of a pre-specified parameter, such as an environmental noise parameter, a mute setting parameter, a ring tone setting parameter, an audio/video playback parameter, or a setting parameter of an application acquiring the audio file, and compare the current value of the pre-specified parameter with a preset condition for the same parameter. The methods and devices described herein with output the audio file or a text file created from the audio file depending on the result of the comparison.
US09756427B2
In an embodiment, an electroacoustic converter (earphone 100) has an enclosure 41, piezoelectric sounding body 32, electromagnetic sounding body 31, and passage 35. The piezoelectric sounding body 32 includes a vibration plate 321 having a periphery supported directly or indirectly on the enclosure 41, and a piezoelectric element 322 placed at least on one side of the vibration plate 321. The piezoelectric sounding body 32 divides the interior of the enclosure 41 into a first space S1 and a second space S2. The electromagnetic sounding body 31 is placed in the first space S1. A passage 35 is provided in or around the piezoelectric sounding body 32, to connect the first space S1 and second space S2. The electroacoustic converter is capable of obtaining desired frequency characteristics easily.
US09756422B2
A mobile device uses externals microphone signals to improve the estimate of background noise that it computes. In order to improve voice quality in a first signal that is produced by an internal microphone, the mobile device identifies an external microphone device within proximity of the mobile device. The mobile device establishes a wireless connection with the external microphone device. The mobile device receives a second signal from the external microphone device through the wireless connection. The second signal is produced by a microphone of the external microphone device. The mobile device generates a noise profile based on the second signal, and then suppresses background/ambient noise from the first signal based on the noise profile. Other embodiments are also described.
US09756418B2
The above sound reproduction device is applied to an acoustic space such as a passenger compartment, and controls the levels of the reproduced sounds at two evaluation points set at the seats in the passenger compartment, for example. Specifically, the sound reproduction device controls the phase of the sound signal inputted from external and supplies the sound signals to the pair of speakers. The phase control is performed for each of the plurality of listening positions such that a sum of reproduced sound levels at the two evaluation points becomes larger than the sum obtained in a case where the sound signal is reproduced only one of the pair of speakers.
US09756417B1
Methods and devices are disclosed for attracting animals. A game call speaker system having a body portion, first speaker unit configured to rotate about a first axis, a second speaker unit configured to rotate about a second axis and a memory comprising one or more stored game calls is provided. Rotation of the first speaker unit may be independent of rotation of the second speaker unit. The first axis may be substantially parallel to the second axis. In some embodiments, the game call speaker system is configured to emit the stored game calls over a relatively wide angle (e.g., 360 degrees) relative to the body portion.
US09756415B2
A mono-body set of headphones made from a foam material and having a fixed length of headband between ear pads is provided. The mono-body headphones are, preferably, flexible and durable, permitting the headphones to be straightened, twisted or bent without breaking.
US09756414B2
A novel headphone system includes a first speaker assembly, a second speaker assembly, and an interactive visual display system. The interactive visual display system includes a display operative to output visual contents according to interaction with a user. In a more particular embodiment, the headphone system includes an external device interface that enables a user to interact with the contents displayed from the screen via an external device or via the Internet. In another embodiment, the interactive visual display system is removable from the rest of the headphone system and can optionally be installed in another compatible non-headphone device.
US09756408B2
A vehicle seating assembly comprises a seat having a lower seat and a seatback extending upwardly from the lower seat. The seatback comprises a forward facing surface, a rearward facing surface, a headrest mounted on an upper portion of the seatback and received within a headrest cup disposed on the forward facing surface of the seatback, a speaker assembly mounted in the headrest cup, and a resonance cavity formed proximate the headrest cup within which the speaker assembly is received.
US09756407B2
A communication network that employs a plurality of multi-endpoint (MEP) optical transceivers in a leaf (or functionally similar) layer thereof. The use of MEP optical transceivers enables the communication network to support a pair of parallel paths for any source/destination pair of network nodes. In an example configuration, data packets that flow through one of the parallel paths go from the source node to the destination node via an electronic packet switch in the network's spine layer. Data packets that flow through another one of the parallel paths go from the source node to the destination node via an optical cross-connect switch. In operation, a network controller may dynamically select which one of the parallel paths to enable for each particular source/destination pair of network nodes, with the selection being made, e.g., based on the data volume to be transmitted between the two nodes.
US09756405B2
Systems and methods for controlling an optical switch via one of a control plane and Software Defined Networking (SDN) include associating one or more managed endpoints with one or more line ports of an optical switch; receiving state information for the one or more managed endpoints over a session associated with one of the control plane and the SDN; and controlling switching of the one or more line ports based on the state information for the one or more managed endpoints. The optical switch is an all-optical device which does not have access to digital signal quality information of associated signals.
US09756403B2
One or more sensors are coupled to a monitoring device which has a unique user ID. The one or more sensors acquire user information selected from of at least one of, a user's activities, behaviors and habit information. ID circuitry including ID storage, a communication system that reads and transmits the unique ID from an ID storage, a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry is at the monitoring device. A multi-protocol wireless controller coupled to one or more wireless interfaces is at the monitoring device and characterizes available networks to determine current network information. A wireless connectivity assistant is at the monitoring device and selects one of the available networks based on the current network information and at least one of user preferences, application requirements and system information. A telemetry system is in communication with the monitoring device.
US09756396B2
A method and apparatus for providing broadcast services are disclosed. One aspect of the invention provides a broadcast receiving apparatus that is connected over a network with a head-end and is configured to output a content on a screen in response to a user's request. The broadcast receiving apparatus includes: a key input receiving part configured to receive a preset key signal as input; a content identification part configured to identify a content outputted on the screen at a time point of inputting the key signal; and an option interface decision part configured to decide an option interface for the identified content.
US09756392B2
Disclosed is a method for non-linear navigation of video content comprising receiving a video content asset comprising a plurality of video content clips tagged with information tags, the information tags connecting the video content clips to form a plurality of navigation paths; presenting a first video clip from the plurality of video clips; displaying a set of navigation options for selection by a user, each of the navigation options corresponding to a particular navigation path; receiving a navigation option selection from the user; and presenting a second video clip from the plurality of video clips based on the navigation path corresponding to the navigation option selected by the user.
US09756391B2
A method for reestablishing presentation of a paused media program is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a Set-Top Box (STB) located in a building can have a controller element that presents a media program to a media device operable only in the building, pauses presentation of the media program responsive to a pause request, generates a departure mark that identifies a presentation point in the media program associated with the pause request, receives a request to resume presentation of the media program from the departure mark at a portable communication device capable of maintaining communications with the STB outside the building, and transmits to the portable communication device a presentation of the media program from the departure mark. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09756390B1
A method of setting controls on a digital communication device operated by an end user of a digital communication network includes operating a gesture user interface on a set of content representations displayed on the digital communication device, where the set of content representations represents digital content associated with a broad range of content categories, to operate a preference profile generator to generate an initial control set for a ranking control. A tracking control is operated in the digital communication network to track activity of the digital communication device in a context of a digital content event to modify the initial control set for the ranking control into modified ranking controls. The modified ranking controls and content inputs from a digital content manager are applied to operate the ranking control and digital filter to generate a control interface for the digital communication device, the control interface comprising a plurality of individually operable controls. The digital communication device is configured with the control interface.
US09756389B2
Methods and systems for storage and playback of broadcast media received via a local digital video recording (DVR) system. The system includes the DVR system configured to receive the broadcast media and upload the broadcast media to a storage server over a network. The DVR system divides the broadcast media content into blocks and assigns a unique block ID to each block based on the block data. Prior to uploading each block to the storage server, the unique block ID is sent to the storage server, which only uploads and stored the block if a duplicate block has not already been stored on the storage device, minimizing network demand. A transcoding server coupled to the storage server transcodes the broadcast media content for streaming over the network.
US09756384B2
An electronic device can connect to and communicate with multiple independent load medias. The electronic device comprises a processor and a first switch module. The processor is capable of switching between a first working mode and a second working mode. Under the second working mode, the processor can generate a second control signal whereby independent connections are established between at least two load medias and the first switch module. The processor processes the signals from the selected load medias simultaneously.
US09756373B2
Apparatuses and methods are described herein for interactive streaming among a broadcasting device and a plurality of viewing devices, including, but not limited to, receiving, by a server, a request from the broadcasting device to output content captured by the plurality of viewing devices as an output stream. The server queues the plurality of viewing devices for displaying the content in the output stream sequentially. The server receives the content from each of the plurality of viewing devices. The server stitches the content from each of the plurality of viewing devices into the same output stream for displaying the content in real time.
US09756364B2
A method and apparatus for reproducing media data are provided. The method includes: receiving a first file including information about a period of first content and information about a period of second content; receiving and reproducing media data of the first content based on the received first file; stopping reproducing of the media data of the first content and receiving and reproducing media data of the second content based on the first file; and receiving and reproducing the media data of the first content when the reproducing the media data of the second content is completed, wherein the information about the period of the second content includes location information about the second media data of the second content or location information of a second file including the location information about the second media data of the second content.
US09756363B2
An apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, an apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, a method for transmitting broadcast signals, and a method for receiving broadcast signals are disclosed. A method for transmitting a broadcast signal includes: dividing the media data into a plurality of media data fractions; generating file formats including each of the media data fractions, wherein the generated file formats include a first file format and second file formats, wherein the first file format includes metadata of the entire media data for processing the media data fractions in the second file formats, wherein each of the second file formats include metadata of the media data fractions in the each of the second file formats; and transmitting the generated first and second file formats.
US09756359B2
In some examples, a method of decoding depth data in a video coding process includes defining a depth prediction unit (PU) of a size greater than 32×32 within a depth coding unit (CU) and generating one or more partitions of the depth PU. The method also includes obtaining residual data for each of the partitions; obtaining prediction data for each of the partitions; and reconstructing each of the partitions based on the residual data and the prediction data for the respective partitions.
US09756357B2
A method and apparatus for encoding a sequence of images by predicting at least one current image by forward motion compensation from at least one reference image. Prediction implements, for at least one current block of the current image: forward projection of a block of the reference image on the current image, delivering a projected block at least partially overlapping the current block; partitioning the current block delivering a sub-block at least partially overlapped by at least one projected block; and at least one iteration of the following steps for at least one overlapped sub-block: checking that the overlapped sub-block complies with a predetermined allotting criterion; with a positive check, allotting, to the overlapped sub-block, one of the projected motion vectors; and with a negative check, and so long as a predetermined minimum size is not reached for the overlapped sub-block: partitioning of the overlapped sub-block.
US09756356B2
Systems and methods that employ an application-assisted approach to adaptive spatio-temporal error concealment in video decoders. The systems and methods employ a video receiver that can receive real-time video frames from a video transmitter over a wired and/or wireless network. The video receiver includes an end system configurable as an application for consuming the content of the real-time video frames. The end system application can determine whether each received real-time video frame is complete or incomplete, whether each received slice is complete or incomplete, and provide such information to the video decoder for use in avoiding errors while decoding the respective real-time video frames. The video decoder can determine whether any pixel blocks included in real-time video packets are properly decoded or missing, generate statistics regarding the coding mode of the respective pixel blocks, and use such further information while performing adaptive spatio-temporal error concealment on the respective pixel blocks.
US09756354B2
An example method for decoding video data includes constructing a block vector (BV) candidate list for a current block of the video data, the BV candidate list including a plurality of BV predictor candidates, each respective BV predictor candidate of the plurality of BV predictor candidates is one of: a BV of a neighboring block, a BV of a previously coded block, and a default BV; determining, based on a syntax element obtained from an encoded video bitstream, a particular BV predictor candidate from the plurality of BV predictor candidates; determining, based on the particular BV predictor candidate, a value of a BV that represents a displacement between the current block and a predictor block of video data in a picture in which the current block resides; determining, based on the value the BV, the predictor block; and reconstructing the current block based on the predictor block.
US09756344B2
An intra refresh method is provided. The intra refresh method includes dividing a first frame into regions, counting a number of intra macroblocks included in each of the regions, calculating weight values of the regions, configuring a macroblock included in a second region of a second frame as an intra macroblock, based on the number of the first region. The second region corresponds to the first region.
US09756342B2
The invention relates to a method (100) for context based encoding of a histogram map of an image, the histogram map representing location information of key points of the image, the method comprising: providing (101) compressed context representation information (A; B; C) associated to a given encoding size and to a given block size of a spatial grid applied to a matrix representation of the image to obtain the histogram map; computing (103), from the compressed context representation information (A; B; C), a context (201) for the given encoding size and the given block size by applying an approximation algorithm; and encoding (105) the histogram map using the context computed for the given encoding size and the given block size.
US09756337B2
Techniques are described for signaling information used to generate three-dimensional (3D) color lookup tables for color gamut scalability in multi-layer video coding. A lower layer of video data may include color data in a first color gamut and a higher layer of the video data may include color data in a second color gamut. To generate inter-layer reference pictures, a video encoder or video decoder performs color prediction using a 3D lookup table to convert the color data of a reference picture in the first color gamut to the second color gamut. According to the techniques, a video encoder may encode partition information and/or color values of a 3D lookup table generated for color gamut scalability. A video decoder may decode the partition information and/or color values to generate the 3D lookup table in order to perform color gamut scalability.
US09756333B2
A device source provides an ability to decompose a graphical display into multiple data streams (i.e., different layers). The multiple data streams may include multimedia data streams, operating system (OS) desktop data streams, and mouse data streams. The multiple data streams may be encoded and transmitted independently by the device source to a wireless display device.
US09756331B1
Encoding and decoding using advance coded reference prediction may include identifying a sequence of temporally adjacent frames from the plurality of frames, wherein each frame in the sequence of temporally adjacent frames is associated with a respective frame position indicating a temporal location the sequence, encoding a first frame from the sequence as an intra-coded frame, generating an alternate reference frame by reconstructing the first encoded frame, encoding a second frame from the sequence with reference to a reference frame, the second frame associated with a second frame position, including the first encoded frame in a compressed bitstream at a first bitstream position, and including the second encoded frame in the compressed bitstream at a second bitstream position, wherein the second bitstream position is later than the first bitstream position and wherein the first frame position is later than the second frame position.
US09756328B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, a terminal, and a method for dynamically adjusting a video. The system includes: a session control unit, configured to: in a video playing process, receive operation control signaling sent by a user proxy, and generate a transcoding instruction according to the operation control signaling, where the transcoding instruction includes an updated transcoding parameter; and a transcoding unit, configured to receive the transcoding instruction sent by a session control unit, transcode, according to the updated transcoding parameter, an original video image received from a video source so as to generate a transcoded video image, and send the transcoded video image to the user proxy.
US09756324B1
Systems and methods for color calibrating an image are described herein. In some embodiments, a method includes disposing a unique identifier and a fiducial marker that includes a plurality of color regions on an object. A first image of the object is captured with a first camera and a second image of the object that is captured with a second camera is received. The second image is associated with the first image based on the unique identifier and spectral information of at least a portion of the fiducial marker in the second image is compared with spectral information of at least the portion of the fiducial marker in the first image. Based on the comparison, the second image is resampled to substantially match at least the portion of the fiducial marker in the second image to at least the portion of the fiducial marker in the first image.
US09756319B2
At least one embodiment disclosed herein includes generating a three-dimensional graphical output that includes a three-dimensional representation of a video of an area external to a vehicle, and displaying the three-dimensional graphical output on a three-dimensional display disposed within a vehicle.
US09756304B2
Provided is an image-acquisition apparatus including an image-acquisition lens that collects light coming from a subject A; an image-acquisition device that acquires images with the light collected by the image-acquisition lens; a microlens array that is disposed between the image-acquisition device and the image-acquisition lens; and a distance calculating portion that calculates a distance to the subject by using information obtained by the image-acquisition device. The microlens array has multiple types of microlenses, for different polarization states, that focus light incident thereon to form individual images on an image-acquisition surface of the image-acquisition device and that are arranged in an array in directions orthogonal to an optical axis thereof, and the distance calculating portion calculates the distance by performing matching processing in which each polarization state is weighted according to frequency components of the information obtained by the image-acquisition device.
US09756301B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a wearable projection equipment, comprising a first structure body and a second structure body which are movably connected to each other, and the first structure body can rotate relative to the second structure body; and a projection device is respectively provided on the first structure and the second structure. The wearable projection equipment is capable of projecting images in different directions respectively, such that application scenarios of the wearable projection equipment become more extensive.
US09756297B1
A cameras is connected to a device to move the camera over the user's body, posterior, and back, stationary cameras can also be used. The camera's view of the user, is show on a display, and allows a user to view difficult to view areas of their body, while they are sitting on a toilet. Some viewed areas might be neglected by being difficult to view. Being able to view the body areas lets the user, and or a computer, visually diagnosis the areas, for possible health concerns. Health sensors can also be used to perform health tests on the user's body. Health tests can include skin cancer, and blood pressure, etc. Heath test data is displayed, and can be sent to health providers, over the internet, for diagnosis. By practicing preventative health, problems can be detected early, allowing for early medical attention and management of possible health problems.
US09756286B1
An established communication event is conducted between existing participants by transmitting and receiving video streams via a communication network between their user devices. A user interface of a new participant is controlled to operate in a late-to-join mode initially if that participant satisfies a late-to-join condition. In response to expiry of an initial duration, the user interface automatically switches to an active speaker mode instead.
US09756285B2
Provided are a method, device, and a display device for switching video source. The method comprises: detecting and finding at least one currently available video source; displaying the video source in a video source list in the form of thumbnails, obtaining a video source selection event, switching to the selected video source from the video source list as the current video source, and displaying said video source. The present invention can at least solve the problems of low switching efficiency and abnormal switching.
US09756281B2
Multiple video recordings may be synchronized using audio features of the recordings. A synchronization process may compare energy tracks of each recording within a multi-resolution framework to correlate audio features of one recording to another.
US09756280B2
Systems, methods and computer storage mediums reduce an amount of data captured by a plurality of sensors on a vehicle that is streamed to an operator of the vehicle. Embodiments relate to processing the real-time data captured by the plurality of sensors so that required real-time data that is necessary for the operator to adequately monitor the target area is streamed in real-time to the operator while discarding the unnecessary real-time data. The discarded real-time data is replaced by a three-dimensional virtual model that is a virtual representation of the target area. The three-dimensional virtual model is generated based on previously captured data of the target area. The processed real-time data required by the operator is integrated into the three-dimensional virtual model. The processed real-time data that is integrated into the three-dimensional virtual model is streamed to the operator.
US09756279B2
A data-encoding system includes a source of unencoded data, and a first encoder interoperably coupled to the source, wherein the first encoder is adapted to receive the unencoded data, encode the unencoded data, and output encoded data at a first data rate. The data encoding system further includes a second encoder interoperably coupled to the source, wherein the second encoder is adapted to receive the unencoded data, encode the unencoded data, and output encoded data at a second data rate in which the second data rate exceeds the first data rate. This Abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an Abstract that allows a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain subject matter of the technical disclosure. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).
US09756275B2
The invention provides an image display system and an image presenting method thereof. The image display system includes a display apparatus and an image presenting apparatus. The display apparatus receives an output image signal and generates an image frame. The image presenting apparatus obtains a plurality of input image signals from a plurality of image sources and generates an output image signal. The image presenting apparatus provides the output image signal to a display apparatus. The image presenting apparatus receives a preview request to simultaneously and timely present the input image signals of all the image sources in a preview block of the image frame. Also, the image presenting apparatus further receives a select request to generate the output image signal according to at least one of the input image signals that is selected.
US09756270B2
A pixel for converting incident subatomic particles into an output voltage signal is disclosed. In one aspect, the pixel includes a photo-detector adapted to receive incident subatomic particles and generate an input voltage signal corresponding to an intensity of the received particles. The pixel also includes a passive amplifier adapted to passively amplify the input voltage signal to generate an output voltage signal. The passive amplification reduces the noise of the output voltage signal, and may have a higher quantum efficiency than typical in-pixel amplification devices and methods.
US09756269B2
Pixel array with shared pixels in a single column and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a pixel array includes a floating diffusion region, a source a source follower transistor having a gate coupled to the floating diffusion region, a plurality of first pixels associated with a first color, and a plurality of second pixels associated with a second color different than the first color and arranged in a single column with the first pixels. The first and second pixels are configured to transfer charge to the floating diffusion region.
US09756259B2
A shooting apparatus comprising: a photographing optical system having a variable aperture diaphragm; an imaging section that outputs an image signal; a diaphragm position detection section that detects a diaphragm position; a lens control section that controls movement of a focus lens; a storage section that stores an amount of focal shift corresponding to the diaphragm position; a focus detection section that detects a peak of a contrast value based on the image signal, wherein the lens control section, while moving the focus lens to a focusing position based on a position at which the contrast value indicates the peak, corrects a position of the focus lens to be moved, on the basis of a diaphragm position when the position at which the contrast value indicates the peak is detected, a diaphragm position while moving the focus lens, and the amount of focal shift stored in the storage section.
US09756258B2
There is provided an image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing unit. A control unit controls the image capturing unit to capture a first image having exposure unevenness caused by flicker in a light source. A detection unit detects a timing at which there is a low change in a light amount caused by the flicker, based on the exposure unevenness in the first image. An accepting unit accepts an image capturing instruction. The control unit controls the image capturing unit to capture a second image at the detected timing in response to the image capturing instruction.
US09756257B2
A display has a capture mode. A camera is included in the display. A first region of the display including a field of view (FOV) of the camera may be dimmed during the capture mode. A second region of the display is outside the FOV. At least part of the second region is not dimmed during the capture mode.
US09756249B1
Disclosed are a system and a method for determining enabling or disabling electronic image stabilization (EIS) for a video frame. An image sensor of a camera system captures a video stream that comprises a plurality of video frames. An image processor determines availability of a computational resource that may process application of EIS on each video frame. Simultaneously, the image processor receives motion data of the camera system from a gyroscope. Based on the computational resource availability, a motion frequency threshold is determined. Based on the gyroscope motion data, a motion frequency of each video frame is estimated. The estimated motion frequency is compared to the determined motion frequency threshold. If the estimated motion frequency is greater than the determined motion frequency threshold, application of EIS is disabled. If the estimated motion frequency is less than or equal to the determined motion frequency threshold, application of EIS is enabled.
US09756247B2
A method for automatic image capture control and digital imaging is described. An image buffer is initialized to store a digital image produced by an image sensor, through allocation of a region in memory for the buffer that is large enough to store a full resolution frame from the image sensor. While non-binning streaming frames, from the sensor and in the buffer, are being displayed in preview, the sensor is reconfigured into binning mode, and then binned streaming frames are processed in the buffer, but without allocating a smaller region in memory for the buffer. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09756238B2
An image capturing apparatus, comprises an image capturing unit configured to capture an image; a detection unit configured to detect an object in a captured image; a first authentication unit configured to perform authentication on a photographer using first dictionary data in which feature information of the photographer is registered; a second authentication unit configured to perform authentication on the object in the captured image using second dictionary data in which feature information of the object is registered for each photographer; and a switching unit configured to switch the second dictionary data to be used by the second authentication unit in accordance with the photographer authenticated by the first authentication unit.
US09756234B2
Techniques related to contract detection autofocus for imaging devices and, in particular, to contrast detection autofocus using multiple filters to generate adaptive step sizes are discussed. Such techniques may include determining a ratio of filter responses for filters applied to a portion of a scene, generating a distance from focus based on the ratio, and determining a lens position movement based on an adaptive step size generated using the distance from focus and a confidence level associated with the distance from focus.
US09756233B2
A barrier operator that controls operation of a camera includes a controller, a communication module, and control circuitry. The controller moves a barrier between open and closed positions. The communication module receives open/close commands from a peripheral device. The control circuitry is in communication with the controller, the communication module, and a camera. The control circuitry of the barrier operator automatically activates the camera to capture at least one visual image in response to receiving an open/close command and/or a determination to move the barrier.
US09756214B2
The image reading apparatus including a reading unit configured read an image of a document according to a read request transmitted from an external device, includes a detection unit configured to detect a state of the document to be read by the reading unit, a reception unit configured to receive a request from the external device to obtain a state of the image reading apparatus, a power supply unit configured to, in a power saving state where power supply to the reading unit and the detection unit is stopped, supply power to the detection unit based on the reception of the request, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the state of the document to be read by the reading unit detected by the detection unit to which the power is supplied by the power supply unit, to the external device as a response to the request.
US09756209B2
A terminal and a close-up photography method using the same are disclosed. The terminal includes a transparent display unit having front and rear surfaces through which light passes, the transparent display unit having a set thickness, at least one camera module disposed on the transparent display unit, configured to acquire an image of a subject in a direction of penetrating the transparent display unit, and a controller configured to control the camera module.
US09756208B2
An image reading device includes a contact glass, a document transport device, a first reading module, a second reading module, a opposite roller, and roller holders. The opposite roller transports a document while keeping it in close contact with an image reading surface of the second reading module arranged inside the document transport device. The roller holders rotatably support the opposite roller, and on their faces facing the second reading module, a pair of patterns for detection is provided to detect the inclination of the opposite roller. The patterns for detection are each formed to be increasingly wide toward a first end side in the axial direction upstream from an intersection in a central part thereof in the document transport direction, and increasingly wide toward a second end side opposite from the first end side downward from the intersection in the document transport direction.
US09756207B2
An image sensor module includes an elongated light emitting unit, a photodetector, a lens unit, a substrate with the photodetector mounted on. The substrate is spaced apart from the lens unit in a thickness direction of the substrate. The image sensor module further includes a resin case provided with a light emitting unit chamber, a lens unit chamber and a substrate chamber. The lens unit chamber has a first bottom face extending in the first direction, and the substrate chamber has a second bottom face extending in the first direction and facing opposite to the first bottom face in the thickness direction of the substrate. The first or second bottom face is formed with at least one protrusion extending in the thickness direction of the substrate.
US09756192B2
Systems and methods for performing online charging for proximity services. One embodiment is a proximity service element that controls proximity services for a mobile network. The proximity service element receives a service request from User Equipment (UE) for a proximity service, and collects online charging information related to the proximity service. The proximity service element formats the online charging information into an online charging request, and transmits the online charging request to an online charging system. The proximity service element receives an online charging response from the online charging system that includes a credit authorization result for the proximity service, and transmits a service response to the UE indicating the credit authorization result for the proximity service.
US09756180B2
A communications system according to certain embodiments includes a mobile device and a second type of communications system, such as a landline telephone system, that share usage information. The shared information can include call logs of in-coming and out-going calls, missed calls, text messages, address book information, GPS data, internet browsing data, and the like.
US09756174B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle which has a communications device, a navigation system, and an analysis unit, the method comprising the steps of: specifying, by means of the analysis unit, at least one position at which a demanding driving situation for the driver of the motor vehicle is expected; ascertaining, by means of the analysis unit, the distance of the motor vehicle from the specified position; assessing, by means of the analysis unit, whether the ascertained distance is shorter than a first predetermined distance if the motor vehicle is approaching the specified position and/or whether the ascertained distance is shorter than a second predetermined distance if the motor vehicle is moving away from the specified position; and preventing, by means of the communication device, communication via the communication device if the ascertained distance is shorter than either the first or the second distance.
US09756153B2
A method for improving accuracy in the computation of a one-way transfer time between two networked devices. In one aspect, variability in time transfer latency that is caused by cache loading, data structure setup time, and scheduling variability in software is reduced by initiating a first sequence of loading data structures into cache and priming scheduling, and then initiating a second sequence of calibrating the timing of a subsequent synchronization message so that the completion of the first sequence occurs just in time for the reception of the synchronization message. The method is applicable for any network time synchronization protocol, including Network Time Protocol (NTP) and Precision Time Protocol (PTP).
US09756143B2
Certain aspects of the disclosure relates to a system and method of performing virtual media redirection. The system includes a baseboard management controller (BMC) connected to a host computing device through a communication interface, and a client computing device communicatively connected to the BMC through a network. In operation, the BMC emulates a virtual media for a media device, and establishes a virtual media connection to the client computing device through the network. Then the BMC stores the data from the media device in a host cache at the BMC and in a client cache at the client computing device by sectors. When the BMC receives a request from the host computing device through the communication interface to retrieve sectors from the media device, the BMC redirects the sectors being requested to the host computing device depending on where the requested sectors are stored.
US09756142B2
A method for delivering video data from a server in a content delivery network (CDN). Video preferences of active users of a cell are determined. Video data is cached at one or more base station nodes disposed in a radio access network (RAN), wherein the video data is cached in one or more micro-caches according to a caching policy that is based on the determined video preferences. A request is received for video data. If the cached video data includes the requested video data, the cached video data is served from the RAN cache. If the cached video data does not include the requested video data, the requested video is fetched from the CDN according to a scheduling approach that considers Quality of Experience (QoE).
US09756138B2
In one embodiment, a mobile device and another computer operate in tandem through a cloud synchronization service to analyze image data and provide a location based service to a user. A mobile application receives image data and stores the image data in a cloud service format. The cloud synchronization service sends the image data to a desktop application on the other computer. The desktop application analyzes the image data to generate an image attribute. The cloud synchronization service sends the image attribute data to the mobile application. The mobile application provides at least one location based service based on the image attribute. The mobile application may be an augmented reality application.
US09756136B2
Techniques include broadcasting, via a local wireless network (e.g., Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or NFC), a uniform resource locator (URL) template (e.g., an alphanumeric string) that references a software application (app) and indicates one or more operations (e.g., a function) for the app to perform based on one or more parameters (e.g., alphabetic, numeric, and/or symbolic characters). In this example, the URL template includes one or more fields (e.g., placeholders) configured to indicate the parameters. The techniques further include, in response to broadcasting the URL template, receiving, from a mobile user device (e.g., a smartphone) via the network, a URL including (e.g., generated based on) the template, where the fields include one or more user-specified parameters specified by a user of the device. The techniques also include causing the software app to perform the operations (e.g., the function) based on the user-specified parameters included in the fields of the received URL.
US09756131B2
A device obtains a label from a particular device. The device identifies a first flag, a second flag, a third flag, and a fourth flag from the label. The device determines, based on the first flag, first information indicating a kind of communication used by the particular device. The device determines, based on the second flag, second information indicating a direction the particular device communicates data and/or indicating storage options. The device determines, based on the third flag, third information indicating at least one of service information for the particular device, an energy requirement for the particular device, or a redundancy mechanism for the particular device. The device determines, based on the fourth flag, fourth information indicating an administrative requirement for the particular device. The device manages the particular device or an environment based on at least one of the determined information.
US09756130B2
A method of reconfiguring a protocol used by an application program includes determining an optimal protocol used by the application program and an optimal value of an operating parameter of the optimal protocol based on requirement information of the application program and system information obtained from a protocol layer; and when a current protocol used by the application program is not the optimal protocol, reconfiguring the current protocol used by the application program to the optimal protocol using at least one component module missing from the current protocol used by the application program and at least component module of the current protocol used by the application program, and setting a value of the operating parameter of the optimal protocol to the optimal value of the operating parameter of the optimal protocol.
US09756123B2
A method and apparatus for group owner (GO) renegotiation are provided. For example, the method and apparatus may be used for GO renegotiation in a wireless personal network (WPAN), for example, a 60-gigahertz (60 GHz) peer-to-peer (P2P) wireless network. The incumbent group owner (e.g., personal base station set (PBSS) control point (PCP)) controls the operation of the group. GO renegotiation can occur, for example, when a newly arriving device (e.g., a prospective group owner) is trying to connect to the PBSS and/or, for example, with PCP rearrangement among members of an existing group. As an example, after the formation of the group, the PCP may want to relinquish the role of being the PCP. A procedure is described for deciding among clients and the PCP which device will assume the role of group owner from the existing PCP in the event the role of group owner is to be reassigned.
US09756110B2
The technology disclosed relates to systems and methods for using deduplication when rendering complex web pages with multiple iFrames, to improve performance and reduce memory requirements. We refer to the technology disclosed as “server-side rework” of interface web pages with multiple iFrames by post processing. Custom interface web pages with multiple iFrames can use the disclosed server-side rework to post-process complex interface web pages for improved performance and reduced memory requirements.
US09756096B1
A system and method are provided for conducting an electronic meeting by broadcasting a screen image to a third party computing device (desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone) without requiring the attendee to download specialized software. The image is viewed through a standard web browser. In operation, a user is provided with a hosting account on a server, and a host computing device is loaded with a software application for communicating with the server. The user invites one or more remote viewers who connect to the server using the browser on their device. The hosting application captures image frames to be shared and divides them into subsections, transmitting to the server only those sections that have changed relative to the previously transmitted frame. The meeting attendee's browser retrieves tiles from the server as they change, and displays them for the attendee.
US09756088B2
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a first UE. The UE receives an IP packet including header information and data for a MBMS session. The first UE establishes a WWAN communication link with a base station through a WWAN RAT. The first UE provides an access point accessing the WWAN communication link to at least one second UE through a WLAN RAT. The first UE determines a channel condition of the WWAN communication link. The first UE manages at least one multimedia service between the base station and the at least one second UE based on the channel condition.
US09756086B1
Persistent connections between multiple client devices and multiple back-end service components are managed using a consistent hashing-based approach to route distribution. A load balancer distributes the connections across multiple gateway servers. Each connection is associated with a device having an identifier, which can be hashed using a selected hashing algorithm. The gateway servers are assigned values over a hashing range. When a connection is established for a device, the hash value for that device can be mapped to a corresponding gateway server. The primary gateway server establishing the connection can store information (e.g., the port or interface) for the connection, and can send identifying information to the corresponding gateway server determined by the hash value. When a backend service wants to locate the connection, the service hashes the device identifier to determine the corresponding gateway server, which returns the identity of the primary gateway server hosting the connection.
US09756083B2
System and method to manage an electronic conference hosted by a conference server coupled to a processor and a memory, the method including: receiving, by a communication interface of the conference server, a request from a user to participate in an electronic conference; determining, by the processor, resources needed by the user and resources needed by the electronic conference; determining resource contentions among resources needed by the user and resources needed by the electronic conference; collecting contextual information related to at least one of the user and resources needed by the electronic conference; and resolving, by the processor, contentions among resources needed by the user and resources needed by the electronic conference.
US09756082B1
This disclosure provides a network security architecture that permits installation of different software security products as virtual machines (VMs). By relying on a standardized data format and communication structure, a general architecture can be created and used to dynamically build and reconfigure interaction between both similar and dissimilar security products. Use of an integration scheme having defined message types and specified query response framework provides for real-time response and easy adaptation for cross-vendor communication. Examples are provided where an intrusion detection system (IDS) can be used to detect network threats based on distributed threat analytics, passing detected threats to other security products (e.g., products with different capabilities from different vendors) to trigger automatic, dynamically configured communication and reaction. A network security provider using this infrastructure can provide hosted or managed boundary security to a diverse set of clients, each on a customized basis.
US09756081B2
Methods and systems for improving accuracy, speed, and efficiency of context-aware pattern matching are provided. According to one embodiment, a packet stream is received by a first stage of a CPMP hardware accelerator of a network device. A pre-matching process is performed by the first stage to identify a candidate packet that matches a string or over-flow pattern associated with IPS or ADC rules. A candidate rule is identified based on a correlation of results of the pre-matching process. The candidate packet is tokened to produce matching tokens and corresponding locations. A full-match process is performed on the candidate packet by a second stage of the CPMP hardware accelerator to determine whether it satisfies the candidate rule by performing one or more of (i) context-aware pattern matching, (ii) context-aware string matching and (iii) regular expression matching based on contextual information, the matching tokens and the corresponding locations.
US09756080B2
Architecture that employs encryption and storage of encryption keys to protect trusted client message content from an untrusted third-party hosted service. Each trusted user machine is configured to optionally apply security to messages. Rules determine when automatic protection is applied and the level of protection to apply. The trusted client automatically downloads the rules (or rules policies) from a trusted rules service and caches the rules locally. During composition, the rules analyze the message and automatically apply security template(s) to the message. The security template(s) encrypt the body of the message, but not the headers or subject. The untrusted message service processes the header and delivers the message to the correct recipient. The hosted service cannot view the contents of the message body, and only intended recipients of the protected message can view the message body. Offline protection is supported, and the user can override protection by the rules.
US09756077B2
Implementing security in social applications includes inferring a closeness level of a connection to a user's profile of a social application based on a closeness policy and implementing a security level individualized to the connection based on the closeness level.
US09756074B2
A threat detection system is integrated with intrusion protection system (IPS) logic and virtual execution logic is shown. The IPS logic is configured to receive a first plurality of objects and filter the first plurality of objects by identifying a second plurality of objects as suspicious objects. The second plurality of objects is a subset of the first plurality of objects and is lesser or equal in number to the first plurality of objects. The virtual execution logic is configured to automatically verify whether any of the suspicious objects is an exploit. The virtual execution logic comprises at least one virtual machine configured to virtually process content within the suspicious objects and monitor for anomalous behaviors during the virtual processing that are indicative of exploits.
US09756067B2
A network security system detects anomalous network device behavior associated with a network device in a group of similar network devices based on baseline network device behavior determined for the group. A graphical visualization may be generated to analyze the groups.
US09756065B2
A method for sequencing virtual machines in a shared pool of configurable network computing resources comprises sequencing at least one computing element for one or more virtual machines into a respective one or more profiles. Each virtual machine corresponds to a respective profile. The method also includes storing the one or more profiles in a security database and identifying a first group of virtual machines and a second group of virtual machines. The first group of virtual machines corresponds to a security incident in the shared pool of configurable network computing resources. The method also comprises comparing profiles of the first group of virtual machines with profiles of the second group of virtual machines and determining an alteration plan based on the comparison of profiles of the first group with profiles of the second group. The alternation plan is related to the profiles of the second group of virtual machines.
US09756062B2
A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a method for reducing cyber-security related false positive alerts is presented. In example embodiments the method may include identifying an abnormal operation pattern in the network system that may signal a cyber-security threat. In response to identifying the abnormal operation pattern, data related to a state change of an asset included in the network system is accessed. The method may further include determining that the abnormal operation pattern and the state change of the asset are correlated, and based on this determination, determining that the abnormal operation pattern is a false positive indicator with respect to the cyber-security threat.
US09756061B1
Embodiments are directed to detecting one or more attacks in a network. One or more network flows may be monitored using one or more network monitoring computers (NMCs). If one or more file write operations are detected based on information included in one or more packets of the one or more network flows, one or more detection rules may be executed to analyze one or more portions of the one or more packets to identify file information that is associated with the one or more file write operations. One or more metrics may be provided based on the one or more detection rules and one or more of the file information, the one or more file write operations, or the like. If one or more metrics exceed one or more threshold values, one or more reports of one or more attacks may be provided.
US09756060B2
An approach for addressing (e.g., preventing) detected network intrusions in a virtualized/networked (e.g., cloud) computing environment is provided. In a typical embodiment, users may group components/systems of an environment/domain according to a range of security sensitivity levels/classifications. The users may further configure rules for responding to security threats for each security sensitivity level/classification. For example, if a “highly dangerous” security threat is detected in or near a network segment that contains highly sensitive systems, the user may configure rules that will automatically isolate those systems that fall under the high security classification. Such an approach allows for more granular optimization and/or management of system security/intrusion prevention that may be managed at a system level rather than at a domain level.
US09756055B2
Controlling resource access, a first device responsive to a request for access to a resource, determines whether to grant the access to the resource, based on an identity of a requestor requesting the access to the resource. The resource is provided by a second device that is separate from the first device. The first device customizes an access token with an access constraint to control the access to the resource, the access token is generated responsive to the first device determining that, based on the identity of the requestor requesting the access to the resource, the access to the resource is granted.
US09756054B2
Automatically establishing and/or modifying a trust relationship between devices, including mobile devices, in communication, and customizing a user interface workflow based on the trust relationship. Trust relationships are based on numerous proximity-related factors including automatically gathered proximity data, length of time in proximity, and signals detected from a target communication device as well as other nearby communication devices.
US09756051B2
A system includes a network interface, at least one processing device, and at least one memory device. The at least one memory device stores instructions that when executed result in initiating creation of a single-use targeted link that provides access to a restricted access data entry system and serves the single-use targeted link through the network interface to a computer system of a targeted user with a time validity constraint. An access request received at the restricted access data entry system through the single-use targeted link is verified as being received within the time validity constraint. A network traffic throttling control reduces network traffic volume received through the single-use targeted link based on determining that the network traffic volume exceeds a traffic volume threshold. An identity control at the restricted access data entry system is applied to confirm entry of at least one identifying characteristic that matches the targeted user.
US09756050B1
Authorization decisions can be made in a resource environment using authorization functions which can be provided by customers, third parties, or other such entities. The functions can be implemented using virtual machine instances with one or more transient compute containers. This compute capacity can be preconfigured with certain software and provided using existing compute capacity assigned to a customer, or capacity invoked from a warming pool, to execute the appropriate authorization function. The authorization function can be a lambda function that takes in context and generates the appropriate security functionality inline. The utilization of ephemeral compute capacity enables the functionality to be provided on demand, without requiring explicit naming or identification, and can enable cause state information to be maintained for a customer.
US09756048B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for enabling execution of encrypted managed programs in common managed execution environments. In particular the disclosure relates to method of loading and associating an extension module to the managed execution environment configured to receive execution event notifications. The events corresponding to the execution of encrypted methods are intercepted and passed on to a decryption module operable to execute within an hypervisor environment, such that the managed encrypted program is decrypted, executed in a secured location, preventing access of untrusted party. The decryption module is further configured to discard decrypted instruction if cooperation of the extension module is required, or upon program termination.
US09756043B2
Authentication information comprising mobile subscriber information of a mobile communication terminal may be communicated to a server, and one or more devices may further communicate with the server to perform an authentication procedure to enable a wireless LAN communication terminal separate from the mobile communication terminal to connect to a network via wireless LAN communication with an access point separate from the mobile communication terminal. In some embodiments, a mobile communication terminal may communicate authentication information comprising mobile subscriber information to a wireless LAN communication terminal separate from the mobile communication terminal and/or a wireless LAN communication terminal may receive authentication information comprising mobile subscriber information from a mobile communication terminal.
US09756037B2
A certification provenance tree (CPT) structure may provide information concerning a layered certification of a device that comprises a hierarchy of components. The CPT structure may include a hierarchy of secure certification provenance document (SCPD) structures. Each SCPD structure in the hierarchy may represent a given component at a given level of the hierarchy of components of the device. Each SCPD structure may include a field that stores a certification proof indicating that security properties of the given component have been certified by a certification authority. An SCPD structure may further include accreditation information fields that store a pointer to an SCPD structure of a component at a next layer of the hierarchy of components of the device. The pointer may provide an indication of assurance that the component at that next layer will perform securely within this component at said given layer.
US09756035B2
A device fingerprinting system provides an additional factor of authentication. A user device may be redirected, along with user ID parameters, to authentication system. The user device may be sent instructions to execute that collect and send back device characteristic information to the authentication system. The authentication can create a unique fingerprint of the device, and determine if the fingerprint has been seen before. If seen before, the authentication system may send back an authentication token indicating the additional factor of authentication was a success. If the fingerprint has not been seen previously, the authentication system may conduct a one-time password authentication as the additional factor. If successful, the fingerprint may be stored in association with the user device for future authentication as an additional factor.
US09756022B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for facilitating remote key management services in a collaborative cloud-based environment. In one embodiment, the remote key management architecture and techniques described herein provide for local key encryption and automatic generation of a reason code associated with content access. The reason code is logged by a hardware security module which is monitored by a remote client device (e.g., an enterprise client) to control a second (remote) layer of key encryption. The remote client device provides client-side control and configurability of the second layer of key encryption.
US09756014B2
An embodiment of the invention describes a wireless device comprising a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) further comprising a memory for storing program code for performing a plurality of operations, and a processor for processing the program code to execute the plurality of operations, the operations including receiving over-the-air instructions via a wireless network from a control center to create a rules set in the SIM, wherein the rules set defines an acceptable behavior of the wireless device, monitoring requests from a wireless modem of the wireless device for access files stored in the SIM, detecting an aggressive behavior of the wireless device based on the rules set, and blocking the wireless modem from generating traffic in the wireless network.
US09756013B2
In one embodiment, a provider edge (PE) device in a computer network determines an IPv4 address and link-layer address for each adjacent customer premise equipment (CPE) device, and assigns each CPE device a unique IPv6 address. The PE device stores a key-pair mapping between the unique IPv6 address and combined IPv4 and link-layer address for each adjacent CPE, the mapping bound by a CPE session context, and uses the CPE session context to convert between IPv4 and IPv6 for all network traffic to and from a particular CPE device.
US09756011B2
A method for logging communication includes determining when a target user is active and identifying an access device and private Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the target user when the target user is active. The method further includes causing the access device to provide traffic information associated with the target user to a logging device.
US09755991B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided. The method may include a computer registering a first instance of a logical partition on a source server with a logical unit and placing a first persistent reservation on the logical unit, wherein the first persistent reservation indicates that only the first instance of the logical partition can hold a reservation on the logical unit. The method may further include the computer registering a second instance of the logical partition on a destination server with the logical unit and downgrading the first persistent reservation, such that the first and second instances of the logical partition can hold persistent reservations on the logical unit. The method may further include the computer placing, by one or more computer processors, a second persistent reservation on the logical unit.
US09755985B1
Techniques for producing a gentle reduction in throughput in a distributed service when a node of the service encounters a very large backlog of requests and/or when a previously offline node of the service is brought back online. These techniques may utilize multiple different algorithms to determine an amount of work that the distributed service is able to accept at any given time, rather than a single algorithm.
US09755980B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a dynamic bandwidth scheduling method and device, and a computer storage medium. The method is applied to each node in an Optical Burst Transport ring-Network (OBTN) and includes that: when a target node serves as a master node, for each source node in the OBTN, when a timeslot is allocated for a connection from the source node to a certain destination node, a timeslot occupied by a destination node having the smallest hop count to a destination node configured currently is selected preferentially among timeslots in which there exists an Optical Burst (OB) where there has been no drop operation; and when the target node serves as a master node, a timeslot allocation result is converted into a bandwidth map and the bandwidth map is sent to each slave node in the OBTN.
US09755979B2
Capacity enhancement of a direct communication link using a variable redundancy delivery network. An estimated information rate between a source node and a terminal node may be partitioned into a first information rate provided via the direct communication link and a second information rate to be provided via the variable redundancy delivery network. One or more parameters of the variable redundancy delivery network may be calculated to provide the second information rate based on a non-uniform probability density of messages requested by the terminal node. Capacity and reliability of storage media devices in the variable redundancy delivery network may be traded off to provide the second information rate. The variable redundancy delivery network may implement various coding schemes and per-message coding rates that may be determined based on the non-uniform probability distribution of the source message library.
US09755968B2
A method for processing a SOME/IP stream through interworking with Audio Video Bridging (AVB) in a server includes determining a transmission scheme for the SOME/IP stream through a SOME/IP service discovery procedure and generating an InitialEvent message and transmitting the generated InitialEvent message to a client according to the determined transmission scheme. If the determined transmission scheme is L2-Frame, the SOME/IP stream is transmitted through a layer 2 of AVB. Therefore, a SOME/IP stream, the QoS of which is guaranteed through interworking with AVB, may be provided.
US09755967B2
A method, an apparatus, and a system for configuring a flow table in an OpenFlow network, which can enhance a service switchover adaptation capability of a network system, and improve the working efficiency. The method includes determining, by a control device, a type of a service needing to be forwarded by a switch device; determining, according to the type of the service needing to be forwarded by the switch device and a prestored correspondence between a service type and flow table matching capability information, flow table matching capability information corresponding to the service type, and sending a flow table configuration message to the switch device, where the flow table configuration message carries the flow table matching capability information corresponding to the service type, so that the switch device configures, according to the flow table matching capability information, a flow table required for the service type.
US09755964B2
A communication device includes a data source that generates data for transmission over a bus, and a data encoder that receives and encodes outgoing data. An encoder system receives outgoing data from a data source and stores the outgoing data in a first queue. An encoder encodes outgoing data with a header type that is based upon a header type indication from a controller and stores the encoded data that may be a packet or a data word with at least one layered header in a second queue for transmission. The device is configured to receive at a payload extractor, a packet protocol change command from the controller and to remove the encoded data and to re-encode the data to create a re-encoded data packet and placing the re-encoded data packet in the second queue for transmission.
US09755962B2
A routing device coupled to a remote routing device via a link on which a flood reduction technique is used, such as a demand circuit, is configured to store an indication of a link state of the remote routing device and a first sequence number associated with the link state, receive an indication that the remote routing device is performing a graceful restart, and then receive data indicative of a new link state of the remote routing device and a second sequence number. The routing device determines whether the new link state is different than the stored indication of the link state, and if not, avoids requesting the current link state from the remote routing device. In this manner, the routing device may reduce link-state protocol traffic within an autonomous system including the routing device and the remote routing device.
US09755956B1
A device may cause an optical signal to be transmitted via a network path. The device may receive, from a network device, a link layer discover protocol (LLDP) message. The LLDP message may include signal characteristic information regarding the optical signal. The device may adjust transmission of the optical signal based on receiving the LLDP message. The device may cause an adjusted optical signal to be transmitted via the network path based on adjusting transmission of the optical signal.
US09755949B2
Some embodiments provide loop detection and loop prevention mechanisms for messaging passing in between peers in a multi-tier hierarchy. In some embodiments, the messaging header is modified to track which peers have received a copy of the message. Each peer appends its identifier to the message header before passing the message to another peer. When selecting a receiving peer, the sending peer ensures that the receiving peer is not already identified in the message header. If the receiving peer has already received the message, then another peer from a next-peer list is selected to receive the message. If all peers in the next-peer have been traversed, the sending peer returns an error message via a reverse traversal of the peers in the message header.
US09755947B2
Described embodiments process data packets received by a switch coupled to a network processor. The switch determines whether one or more rules for classifying and processing the received packet are stored in an internal classification database of the switch. If one or more rules are stored in the internal database, the switch updates statistics corresponding to each of the rules and classifies and processes the received packet in accordance with the rules. If no associated rules are stored in the internal database, the switch tags the received packet with metadata and forwards the packet to the network processor. The network processor determines one or more rules for classifying and processing the forwarded packet in a classification database of the network processor and updates statistics corresponding to each rule. The network processor classifies and processes the packet in accordance with the rules and updates the internal database of the switch.
US09755941B2
Systems and methods that use adaptive control of communication protocol parameters in a network of moving things. Each network device may share information identifying communication protocol parameters used by the network device through periodic broadcasts, which may be received by neighboring network devices that are within communication range. The neighboring network devices may then adjust their own communication protocol parameters accordingly when attempting to communicate with the first network device and their own neighboring network devices. Network devices that have not received the shared information may use information about their geographic location and the geographic location of neighboring network devices to estimate values of some communication protocol parameters that will provide more effective communication.
US09755940B2
On a server, a collision handler is called by a physics simulation engine to categorize a plurality of rigid bodies in some simulation data as either colliding or not colliding. The simulation data relates to a triggering event involving the plurality of rigid bodies and is generated by a simulation of both gravitational trajectories and collisions of rigid bodies. Based on the categorization and the simulation data, a synchronization engine generates synchronization packets for the colliding bodies only and transmits the packets to one or more client computing devices configured to perform a reduced simulation function.
US09755934B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for testing at least a portion of a Network Function Virtualization based (NFV-based) communication network utilizing at least one virtual service testing element. In use, at least one virtual service testing element is instantiated, the at least one virtual service testing element being operable for testing at least a portion of a NFV-based communication network including a plurality of virtual services. Further, at least one time to implement the at least one virtual service testing element is identified such that the at least one virtual service testing element tests the at least a portion of the NFV-based communication network by: sending a known test case communication from the at least one virtual service testing element as an input to an ingress point of the at least a portion of the NFV-based communication network; receiving a result of the input as an output at an egress point of the at least a portion of the NFV-based communication network; and analyzing the result to determine whether at least a portion of the NFV-based communication network is performing as expected.
US09755931B2
A method includes detecting a failure condition relating to a first distributed mobile architecture (dMA) gateway (dMAG) at a dMAG management system. The dMAG management system is in communication with at least the first dMAG, a second dMAG, and dMA nodes. The method also includes determining that the first dMAG is offline based on the failure condition, selecting the second dMAG, sending a first notification from the dMAG management system to the second dMAG, and sending a second notification from the dMAG management system to an external system. The external system is configured to connect calls to a mobile station via the first dMAG. The first notification instructs the second dMAG to take over operations from the first dMAG. The second notification indicates that the external system is to connect subsequent calls to the mobile station via the second dMAG.
US09755928B2
When a first device is establishing a point-to-point connection with a second device, a server provides connection instructions for assistance. The connection instructions define multiple connection flows. When the connection instructions are received, the first device attempts a first connection flow under a priority order. If failed, another connection is tried by the first device. The server monitors connection status and adjusts the connection instructions according to statistics and circumstances.
US09755927B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an intermediate node determining method and apparatus, where the method includes: collecting an original data flow used to acquire a target service; based on the original data flow, determining request nodes and response nodes that are in nodes, and determining a connection relationship between the nodes; combining the determined request nodes into a first composite node and the determined response nodes into a second composite node, and determining, based on the determined connection relationship between the nodes, a connection path between the first composite node and the second composite node; and determining, based on a selected optimization objective and from the connection paths, at least one preferred connection path, to acquire an intermediate node on the at least one preferred connection path.
US09755924B2
An apparatus is provided for implementation of a system for assessing traffic through a multiple stage switch network. The apparatus may receive an indication of traffic to be routed through a multiple stage switch network configured to route the traffic from one or more input ports to one or more output ports according to a type of the traffic. The apparatus may calculate a network resource requirement of the traffic based on the input port(s), output port(s) and type of the traffic. Here, the network resource requirement may be calculated according to an algorithm specific to the type of the traffic, but generalized to any specific route of the traffic through the multiple stage switch network. And the apparatus may assess the traffic based on a comparison of a capacity of the multiple stage switch network, and the network resource requirement of the traffic.
US09755923B2
A system for predictively provisioning cloud resources based on human behaviors and heuristics includes a computer processor and logic executable by the computer processor. The logic is configured to implement a method. The method includes monitoring a collection of events relating to a customer application as well as monitoring an infrastructure load on resources for the customer application. A causal relationship is evaluated between an event and the infrastructure load. A predictive rule is then constructed based on the causal relationship. Resource requirements are anticipated based on the predictive rule and a provisioning of resources in a service domain is requested for the anticipated resource requirements, according to exemplary embodiments.
US09755920B2
Service dependency is determined for services in a service oriented architecture (SOA) environment. The steps in determining service dependency include: recording a first triple describing a first service call where the first service calls the second service, and determining the first service is dependent upon the second service based, at least in part, upon the first triple. The recording action is performed dynamically, the recording occurring when the first service call is made. Other related steps include recording the first triple to a timestamp indicating when the first service call is made.
US09755918B2
A communication terminal comprises: first means that communicates with a network system that includes a forwarding apparatus forwarding a packet and a control apparatus informing the forwarding apparatus of a processing rule prescribing a packet processing method; second means that determines a processing operation to be executed by the network system from among packet processing operations to be executed by the communication terminal; and third means that informs the forwarding apparatus of a processing rule corresponding to the determined packet processing operation.
US09755917B2
A method and service aware charging controller for enabling service aware charging of access to a data service in a communication network. A request for a first data service is received and a first property of the request for the first data service is determined. Charging of the first data service is initiated using the first property. A request for a second data service is received and a second property of the request for the second data service is determined. It is further determined that the second data service is to be charged as a subordinate service of the first data service due to fulfillment of a condition based on the first and second property. Charging of the second data service as a subordinate service of the first data service is initiated.
US09755912B2
One or more processing devices create one or more entity definitions that each associate an entity with machine data pertaining to that entity and create a service definition for a service provided by one or more entities. The service definition includes an entity definition for each of the one or more entities. The one or more processing devices create one or more key performance indicators (KPIs). Each KPI is defined by a search query that produces a value derived from the machine data identified in one or more of the entity definitions included in the service definition. Each value is indicative of how the service is performing at a point in time or during a period of time.
US09755896B2
A method is disclosed for preventing malicious settings changes to IEDs in a power transmission and distribution network. Attempted changes to the protection settings of an IED is detected and transmitted to one or more neighboring IEDs. The neighboring IEDs check for consistency of the new settings and return conformance or nonconformance signals. If a nonconformance signal is received, the attempted setting change is not allowed.
US09755886B2
Techniques for conditional name resolution and configuration are provided. Calls made by applications to resolve hostnames through name resolution services are intercepted and processed unbeknownst to the applications. The calls are inspected for hostnames and the hostnames are lookup in a policy store for IP addresses. The IP addresses are supplied back to the applications as if IP addresses were provided by the name resolution services.
US09755879B2
Methods and apparatuses for Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication of non-OFDM radio signals are disclosed. The non-OFDM radio signals are force-modulated into OFDM signals. In one example, a non-OFDM signal is received and is processed into an OFDM signal to produce a created OFDM signal. An actual OFDM signal is also received and is processed together with the created OFDM signal.
US09755876B2
A system and method that scrambles the phase characteristic of a carrier signal are described. The scrambling of the phase characteristic of each carrier signal includes associating a value with each carrier signal and computing a phase shift for each carrier signal based on the value associated with that carrier signal. The value is determined independently of any input bit value carried by that carrier signal. The phase shift computed for each carrier signal is combined with the phase characteristic of that carrier signal so as to substantially scramble the phase characteristic of the carrier signals. Bits of an input signal are modulated onto the carrier signals having the substantially scrambled phase characteristic to produce a transmission signal with a reduced PAR.
US09755874B2
Digital mobile communications devices and methods for processing, modulation and demodulation, transmission and reception of spread spectrum signals, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) signals and conversion of spread spectrum signals into OFDM signals. Received spread spectrum signals from 3G cellular systems are converted into OFDM signals and transmitted in a Wi-Fi network. Received OFDM signals, received in a cellular system in a first RF frequency band, are demodulated and in a repeater mode are re-transmitted in a cellular system in a second OFDM radio frequency band. One or more receivers and demodulators for receiving demodulating and processing received signals into location finder information. A video camera in mobile device generates video signal and transmits video signal with location finder information signal.
US09755872B1
Pulse generation circuitry includes edge generation circuitry and edge combination circuitry. The edge generation circuitry includes a first digital-to-time converter (DTC) configured to input a first phase signal that includes a first phase edge and a second phase signal that includes a second phase edge. The edge generation circuitry is configured to generate a first pulse edge signal comprising a first pulse edge at a selected location between the first phase edge and the second phase edge. The edge combination circuitry is configured to combine the first pulse edge signal and a second pulse edge signal including a second pulse edge to generate a pulse signal.
US09755867B2
A system for controlling a plurality of electronic components arbitrarily assignable to a plurality of integrated circuits of a mobile communications device is provided. The integrated circuits are capable of processing a radio frequency signal. The system includes a control module configured to allocate a subset of the plurality of electronic components constituting at least one signal path between an integrated circuit of the plurality of integrated circuits and an antenna element of the mobile communications device. The control module is further configured to assign the at least one signal path to the integrated circuit, and to transfer control of at least a part of the subset of the plurality of electronic components constituting the at least one signal path to the integrated circuit.
US09755866B2
Methods and apparatuses for direct sequence detection can receive an input signal over a communication channel. Next, the input signal can be sampled based on a clock signal to obtain a sampled voltage. A set of reference voltages can be generated based on a main cursor, a set of pre-cursors, and a set of post-cursors associated with the communication channel. Each generated reference voltage in the set of reference voltages can correspond to a particular sequence of symbols. A sequence corresponding to the sampled voltage can be selected based on comparing the sampled voltage with the set of reference voltages.
US09755865B2
A computing device can include a radio receiver to receive a radio signal from a radio transmitter of a second computing or communication device. The radio receiver can experience radio frequency interference. The computing device can also include a digital signal generator. The digital signal generator can be to process a signal (S1) underlying a source of the radio frequency interference. The digital signal generator can also be to generate a digital signal (S1). The digital signal generator can further be to inject the digital signal (S1) into the radio receiver to cancel the radio frequency interference around the radio frequency of interest.
US09755851B2
An aftermarket vehicle communications device that that is part of a V2X communications system. The device can be a plug-in device, a wireless device separate from the vehicle, such as a key fob, wearable or a smart phone, or a permanent retrofit device mounted to the vehicle. The device is electrically coupled to the vehicle by, for example, an OBD connection, a USB connection, a CAN bus connection, an HDMI connection or wirelessly. The device includes a radio for transmitting and/or receiving communications signals, a memory for storing security information and vehicle application data, a location processor such as a global navigation satellite system receiver, a verification processor for verifying messages, and a communications processor configured to be put in electrical communication with a CAN bus on the vehicle, where the communications processor receives vehicle location signals from the location processor, files from the memory and signals from the radio.
US09755849B2
A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. A receiving system of the digital broadcasting system includes a receiving unit, an SI handler, and a decoding unit. The receiving unit receives broadcast signals including mobile service data and main service data. The mobile service data configure a data group, and the data group includes a signaling information region in some of a plurality of data regions. The signaling information region may include TPC signaling data and FIC signaling data. The SI handler acquires channel configuration information of the mobile service data from the broadcast signal using pre-decided IP access information, and extracts encoding format information for each IP stream component within a corresponding virtual channel service RTP-packetized and received from the acquired channel configuration information. The decoding unit decodes the mobile service data of the corresponding IP stream component based upon the extracted encoding format information.
US09755848B2
A system and method for simulating a presence between a first user in a first pod at a first location and a second user in a second pod at a second location is provided. A first user suit is disposed in the first grid pod and a second user suit is disposed in the second grid pod. A first controller unit is electrically connected with the first pod and a second controller unit is electrically connected with the second pod. At least one input sensor is disposed in each of the first and second pods. Output devices are disposed in the first and second pods. A mainframe is electrically connected with the first and second controller units for receiving inputs from the input sensors and for providing instructions for activating the output devices to simulate the interaction of the first and second users with one another.
US09755846B2
A method for leader device selection in a control cluster using a shared virtual local area network (VLAN) is provided in the illustrative embodiments. A broadcast Hello packet is received from a sender virtual device over the VLAN at a first virtual device. When the first virtual device satisfies a partnership criterion specified in the Hello packet, a first ranking of the first virtual device is evaluated to be higher than a ranking of a sender virtual device. A first Live packet is unicast over the VLAN to the sender virtual device and a leadership role in the control cluster is taken by the first virtual device. The sender virtual device is caused to stop a broadcasting operation at the sender virtual device. A second Hello packet is broadcasted from the first virtual device over the VLAN.
US09755845B2
A method and apparatus for providing Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) snooping for a Shortest Path Bridging Multicast (SPBM) Network is presented. An ingress Backbone Edge Bridge (BEB) device of a Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) network having at least one egress BEB coupled to at least one PIM network performs the following operations. The egress BEB, snoops join and prune messages for a multicast stream in the SPB network. A multicast tree is built in the SPB network for the multicast stream in accordance with the join and prune messages. The multicast stream is forwarded through the SPB network in accordance with the multicast tree.
US09755825B2
A method and system for providing secure access to a device initiating communications using a peer-to-peer signaling protocol, such as a SIP or H.323. In a device registration phase, the device contacts a secure access server, and authenticates to the secure access server by providing an identification, such as its factory ID. The secure access server then issues a device ID and private key to the authenticated device. A client can then initiate a further communication session and be authenticated by the secure access server. The secure access server returns the device identification and the device's public key to the client. The client and device can then perform a symmetrical key exchange for their current communication session, and can communicate with appropriate encryption. The device's private key can be set to expire after one or more uses.
US09755818B2
System, methods and apparatus are described that facilitate transmission of data, particularly between two devices within an electronic apparatus. A first transition may be detected in a signal carried on a data lane of a data communications link or carried on a timing lane of the data communications link and an edge may be generated on a receiver clock signal based on the first transition. Data may be captured from the data lane using the receiver clock signal. The timing lane may carry a clock signal, a strobe signal or another signal providing timing information. The strobe signal may transition between signaling states when no state transition occurs on any of a plurality of data lanes at a boundary between consecutive data periods.
US09755810B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for interference cancellation/interference suppression (IC/IS) of neighbor cell transmissions. A UE may receive a downlink transmission from a base station and also receive interfering signals from one or more neighboring base stations. The UE may be configured to perform IC/IS operations on the interfering signals. In order to enhance IC/IS operations, the UE may evaluate whether resource bundling is used for the interfering signals. The UE may modify IC/IS operations for one or more subframes responsive to the evaluation. Modifying IC/IS operations may include, for example, using information related to the bundling at the neighboring base station(s) to cancel the interfering signals from the base station(s).
US09755809B2
Methods and apparatus disclosed maximize the capacity of serving cells and minimize inter-cell interferences due to power emission from serving cells in a multi-carrier, multi-cell communication system. The control methods and apparatus take into account various factors such as cell configuration, frequency reuse, geometry and path-loss information, transmission priority, subchannel configuration, feedback from other cells, or any combination thereof, and produce signals that control the transmission power levels and the modulation and coding of transmitted signals.
US09755807B2
Techniques for efficiently deriving uplink channel estimates without consuming much additional uplink resources are described. A user equipment (UE) may send a request for uplink resources on a request channel (REQCH) whenever the UE desires to transmit data on the uplink. The UE may send the REQCH on a set of subcarriers and from multiple antennas, e.g., send REQCH data on data subcarriers and pilot on pilot subcarriers. A Node B may receive the request, estimate the complex channel gains for the pilot subcarriers based on received pilot symbols, and coherently demodulate received data symbols based on the channel gain estimates. The Node B may estimate the complex channel gains for the data subcarriers based on demodulated data symbols and derive a channel estimate for each UE antenna based on the channel gain estimates for the pilot and data subcarriers. The Node B may use the channel estimates for MIMO scheduling, subband scheduling, and rate selection.
US09755803B2
The invention relates to a method and arrangement for transmitting and receiving control information in a radio-access network. A network node transmits first control information in a first part and second control information in a second part of a time-frequency region that is transmitted after a control region in a subframe. The second part is located later in the subframe than the first part. The second control information may be less time-critical than the first control information. An intermediate node receives and decodes the first control information at the end of the first part. When the first control information indicates that the subframe comprises data payload to the intermediate node, the intermediate node receives and decodes the data payload. The intermediate node receives second control information at the end of the second part.
US09755802B2
Methods and systems are described for parameter estimation based on historical context information. In one aspect, a communication context for a first mobile device is determined. The communication context is compared to a stored historical communication context of at least one other mobile device, wherein the stored historical communication context includes at least one of communication parameter estimates, mobile device statistics, mobile device transmit settings, and base station receiver settings. Parameters for communicating with the first mobile device are estimated based on the comparison.
US09755796B2
An avionics system comprises a plurality of avionics components; at least one OFDM transmitter coupled to a respective one or more of the plurality of avionics components and configured to transmit a wireless OFDM signal comprising a plurality of sub-bands; at least one OFDM receiver coupled to a respective one or more of the plurality of avionics components and configured to receive the wireless OFDM signal transmitted by the OFDM transmitter; and a radio altimeter configured to transmit a signal tone that sweeps a frequency spectrum allocated to the radio altimeter at a predefined rate and periodicity. The at least one OFDM transmitter is configured to transmit the wireless OFDM signal in the frequency spectrum allocated to the radio altimeter and to sequentially turn off respective subsets of the plurality of sub-bands in synchronization with the predefined rate and periodicity of the signal tone frequency sweep.
US09755789B2
Systems and methods are provided for facilitating communication sessions between endpoints over one or more networks. In one implementation, a method includes receiving, by at least one processor, first data indicating that a communication session has been initiated to at least one endpoint. The method also includes receiving, by the at least one processor, second data corresponding to one or more application level metrics associated with the communication session and determining, by the at least one processor, during the communication session, based on the second data, a packet duplication model for transmitting one or more data packets over one or more networks.
US09755786B2
A method of message retransmission and a user equipment (UE) using the same are provided, which are adapted for performing a discovery procedure of the proximity service (ProSe). The UE includes a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver is used to transmit and receive a wireless signal. The processor is coupled to the transceiver and configured to perform the following steps. A first message used for an authorization request of the ProSe is transmitted through the transceiver, and a first timer is started. If a second message responding to the first message is not received through the transceiver when the first timer is expired, a second timer is started. And, the first message is not transmitted through the transceiver before the second timer is expired.
US09755783B2
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE determines a failure to receive an MSI for a first MSP. The UE attempts to decode one or more subframes in the first MSP. The UE detects an occurrence of an MSP abort decoding event. The UE determines that the first MSP does not include any subframe that carries MBMS data of an MBMS segment based on the detection of the MSP abort decoding events. The UE aborts the attempt to decode the one or more subframes.
US09755776B2
A method and system for transient and switching stabilization of a fiber optic transport system. One or more data-bearing channels are coupled to an optical fiber. The data-bearing channels are distributed among a plurality of frequency sub-bands. A set of control channels is also coupled to the optical fiber. Each control channel includes a pair of signals at separate frequencies. There is at least one control channel in each of the plurality of frequency sub-bands. The pair of signals of a control channel are cross-polarized. Optical power in at least one of the plurality of sub-bands is measured. Responsive to the measured optical power, the optical power of a control channel is adjusted to maintain a substantially constant power of a sub-band that contains the adjusted control channel.
US09755767B2
Certain aspects of the claimed invention generally relate to a network dynamically configuring one or more cells based on signal quality measurements received from all antennas of a receiver-limited UE. The receiver-limited UE may have a number of receivers that is less than or equal to a number of antennas of the UE. Further, the UE may be capable of operating in a CA mode. Dynamically configuring the one or more cells based, at least in part, on the received signal quality measurements may allow the UE to operate on M×N MIMO on the Pcell or Scell.
US09755760B2
An optical communication system, circuit, and Integrated Circuit (IC) chip are disclosed. The disclosed optical communication system includes a photodiode configured to receive light energy and convert the light energy into an electrical signal, an amplifier configured to receive the electrical signal from the photodiode and output an amplified electrical signal, and a control circuit comprising a biasing network that generates a modular logic level that scales with a bias voltage of the photodiode.
US09755757B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for modulating data for optical transmissions and demodulating data from optical transmissions. During modulation, bits are mapped to symbols using an 8-ary modulation scheme. The modulation scheme may be based on 8 Phase Shift Keying (8-PSK), Dual Polarization 8-PSK, or 7-1 PSK for which one of the symbols is located at or near the origin of the constellation. Streams with the symbol-mapped bits are modulated onto a waveform in the digital domain that is converted into a waveform in the analog domain before is output for conversion to an optical signal. The streams may be filtered at baseband with at least one discrete pulse-shaping filter. During demodulation, pulse-shaped data received from an optical signal and comprising symbol-mapped bits based on the 8-ary modulation scheme is sampled. The sampled data is filtered with at least one discrete pulse-shaping filter, and then equalized and demodulated.
US09755756B2
A transmission device includes: a payload generator configured to generate a payload; and an adding unit configured to add payload information on the payload to the payload, wherein the payload to which the payload information is added is transmitted via a first lane, and management information on the first lane is transmitted via a second lane.
US09755748B2
A transmission apparatus includes: a data signal processor to add first data of a control signal to a data signal received, and transmit the data signal; a first signal output module to output second data of the control signal; an update controller to control an update of a function included in the first signal output module; and a second signal output module, when receiving a notice of an instruction for updating the function from the update controller, to output the first data that is the second data held therein when the notice thereof is received, wherein the second signal output module, when receiving a notice of a completion for updating the function from the update controller, outputs the first data that is the second data received from the first signal output module updated by the update controller.
US09755747B2
The present invention provides an optical signal processing device and a decoding method for an optical signal reception control device. The optical signal processing device includes one of the following: a power control apparatus, where the power control apparatus is configured to control power-on and power-off of a power supply according to an optical signal, or, a clock apparatus, where the clock apparatus is configured to store time of opening and closing a door; or, a charging apparatus, where the charging apparatus is configured to charge an optical signal transmitting apparatus. The present invention can control power-on and power-off of a power supply automatically and save electric energy effectively.
US09755744B2
An LED illumination device is configured to receive coded messages by at least one of radio signals in free space, electrically conducted signals by wire, and light wave propagated signals in free space, process the coded messages, and transmit the coded messages by two or more of radio signals in free space, electrically conducted signals by wire, and light wave propagated signals in free space.
US09755743B2
An LED light and communication system includes at least one optical transceiver, the optical transceiver including a light support and a processor. The light support has a plurality of light emitting diodes and at least one photodetector attached thereto. The processor is in communication with the light emitting diodes and the at least one photodetector, where the processor is constructed and arranged to illuminate at least one of the light emitting diodes to generate a light signal which in turn includes at least one embedded data packet. The at least one embedded data packet communicates global positioning system (GPS) location information.
US09755740B2
Systems and methods for optical narrowcasting are provided for transmitting various types of content. Optical narrowcasting content indicative of the presence of additional information along with identifying information may be transmitted. The additional information (which may include meaningful amounts of advertising information, media, or any other content) may also be transmitted as optical narrowcasting content. Elements of an optical narrowcasting system may include optical transmitters and optical receivers which can be configured to be operative at distances ranging from, e.g., 400 meters to 1200 meters. Moreover, the elements can be implemented on a miniaturized scale in conjunction with small, user devices such as smartphones, thereby also realizing optical ad-hoc networking, as well as interoperability with other types of data networks. Optically narrowcast content can be used to augment a real-world experience, enhance and/or spawn new forms of social-media and media content.
US09755736B2
Disclosed is a smart remote node optical network node including an optical layer monitoring unit configured to transmit a monitoring light signal to an optical network unit through an optical switch and receive a monitoring light signal reflected from the optical network unit, an infra recognition unit configured to recognize whether an optical connector is connected to an output port of a remote node and an identification number of the optical connector when the optical connector is connected thereto, and a control unit connected to the optical layer monitoring unit and the infra recognition unit and configured to control recognition and monitoring operations of the remote node according to a remote node application.
US09755734B1
A communication system includes a first and second trunk terminals, a plurality of communication trunks disposed along a floor of a body of water, and power feed equipment. Each communication trunk couples the first trunk terminal to the second trunk terminal and includes at least one signal amplifier configured to amplify a signal conveyed along the corresponding communication trunk. The power feed equipment is coupled to the plurality of communication trunks and is configured to deliver power along each communication trunk to power the at least one signal amplifier of the communication trunk. The power feed equipment is also configured to receive a shunt fault notification identifying an electrical shunt fault along a faulted communication trunk of the plurality of communication trunks. In response to the shunt fault notification, the power feed equipment is configured to cease delivery of power along at least one communication trunk.
US09755730B2
A satellite communication system and a method of cancelling interference in the satellite communication system are disclosed. The method of cancelling interference in the satellite communication system may include receiving a signal by a central station from a terminal via a satellite transponder, estimating, from the signal, a nonlinear characteristic associated with a central station signal transmitted from the central station, and cancelling an interference signal from the signal using the estimated nonlinear characteristic.
US09755727B2
An interference-suppression circuit produces an interference-reduced signal from output signals of a plurality of redundant functional blocks. A first extreme-value determination unit determines the specific output signal that represents a first extreme value from the output signals of the functional blocks. A processing unit offsets the output signals of the plurality of functional blocks against one another in such a manner that the interference-reduced signal is determined. The processing unit omits from consideration the first extreme value in determining the interference-reduced signal.
US09755726B2
Various methods and apparatuses are provided to address the need for improved multi-carrier communication. In one apparatus, a radio access network (RAN) (402) includes multiple network nodes (403, 406) operative to transmit, via multiple carriers (411-412), packet data to a user element (UE) (401) using a protocol stack. The protocol stack includes a radio link control (RLC) layer split into an upper RLC processing layer and multiple lower RLC processing layers. Each lower RLC processing layer is associated with one carrier of the multiple carriers and each lower RLC processing layer supports packet data transmission via its associated carrier. The upper RLC processing layer supports packet data transmission via the multiple carriers.
US09755720B2
Apparatus is provided for: storing at least one three-dimensional matrix C[M][N][K] of calibration data; performing singular value decomposition of each at least one three-dimensional matrix C[M][N][K] of calibration data to produce at least one first unitary rotation matrix U, at least one diagonal scaling matrix S and at least one second unitary rotation matrix V; and resizing each of the at least one first unitary rotation matrix U, the at least one diagonal scaling matrix S and the at least one second unitary rotation matrix V by removing dimensions therefrom, thereby producing resized matrices U, S and V. Corresponding decompression is also provided.
US09755718B2
A method and apparatus for allowing a UE to transmit uplink signals using a MIMO scheme are disclosed. In order to maintain good Peak power to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) or Cubic Metric (CM) properties when the UE transmits uplink signals using the MIMO scheme, the UE uses a precoding scheme based on a precoding matrix established in a manner that one layer is transmitted to each antenna in specific rank transmission.
US09755717B1
A method for selecting a precoder from a codebook for a channel matrix H and an apparatus. The method includes determining, by a processor, a reference precoder V for the channel H and a phase rotation for V; for all codewords W from a codebook, determining, by the processor, phase rotations for W and phase distances based on differences between phases of elements of V and W; and selecting, by the processor, the codeword W with a minimum phase distance, wherein H has a size of NR×NT, NR is a number of receive antennas, NT is a number of transmit antennas, V has a size of NT×L, and L is a number of data layers transmitted simultaneously.
US09755714B2
Methods and systems for performing compressed time domain joint channel estimation in a multi-user MIMO LTE wireless network include receiving training signals from a plurality of users, estimating a maximum delay spread for the received data according to a coherence bandwidth of the received data, limiting the received data in the time domain to the estimated maximum delay spread, selecting and estimating an active tap from the limited data set, and subtracting a contribution of the selected active tap from the reduced data set. These steps can be repeated until the residual signal falls below a specified minimum. The network can be a C-RAN network. The training data can be SRS or DMRS data. Limiting the received data ensures that only a few significant taps are analyzed, so that the system is not under determined and can be analyzed for accurate channel estimation using any of several existing algorithms.
US09755709B2
A method and an apparatus for measuring channel quality in a MIMO system is provided. The method includes measuring a first SINR based on an assumption that a first detector is used, using a channel estimation value of a reception signal with respect to each of a plurality of space layers, and a second SINR for each of the plurality of space layers corresponding to a case where the plurality of space layers exist independently using the channel estimation value of the reception signal; determining a Log Likelihood Ratio of reception data based on an assumption that a second detector is used, with respect to each of the plurality of space layers; and generating channel quality information based on an assumption that the second detector is used, based on the first SINR and the second SINR with respect to each of the plurality of space layers, and the LLR.
US09755705B2
Techniques for supporting distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmissions are described. In one design, a user equipment (UE) determines channel estimates for multiple cells and reports the channel estimates. The UE thereafter receives a data transmission sent by the multiple cells to the UE based on the channel estimates. The data transmission may include at least one data stream, and each data stream may be sent by one cell or the multiple cells to the UE. In another design, a UE determines first and second channel estimates for first and second cells, respectively, and reports the channel estimates. The UE then receives a first data transmission sent by the first cell to the UE based on the first channel estimate. The UE also receives a second data transmission sent by the second cell to another UE and steered away from the UE based on the second channel estimate.
US09755699B2
A wireless power transfer system includes a power receiving device and a plurality of power transmission devices that perform power transfer to the power receiving device. The power receiving device transmits request-power to the power transmission device, the request-power being power the power receiving device requests to be supplied with. The power transmission device, when receiving the request-power from the power receiving device, generates determination reference information based on the received request-power, the determination reference information being information to be used as a determination reference when the power receiving device selects the power transmission device, and transmits the generated determination reference information to the power receiving device. The power receiving device receives the determination reference information, selects the power transmission device from which the power receiving device is to receive power supply, and transmits a power transmission start request to the selected power transmission device.
US09755696B2
A method of data transmission between power electronic devices without a communication line involves generation of a digital signal in a data transmission process. The digital signal enables PWM modulation of specific data information via a composite modulation method. The composite modulation superimposes PWM modulation waves after modulating the PWM carrier frequency or conducting high-frequency modulation on the data. The composite modulation generates a PWM drive pulse signal which is transmitted to a power circuit via a main power electronic circuit to complete the data transmission process. In the data receiving process, signals are extracted on the voltage and current of a power line via software or hardware, and data demodulated to obtain the data information to complete the data receiving process.
US09755689B2
Wireless communication wherein channel estimation accuracy is improved while keeping the position of each bit in a frame, even when a modulation system having a large modulation multiple value is used for a data symbol. An encoding operation encodes and outputs transmitting data (bit string) and a bit converting operation converts at least one bit of a plurality of bits constituting a data symbol to be used for channel estimation, among the encoded bit strings, into ‘1’ or ‘0’. A modulating operation modulates the bit string inputted from the bit converting operation by using a single modulation mapper and a plurality of data symbols are generated.
US09755687B2
A housing mounting mechanism for a portable electronic device includes a body, a housing, a mounting member, and a latching member. The housing is detachably mounted to the body. The mounting member is connected to the housing and has at least one mounting portion. The latching member is movably mounted to the body and has at least one latching portion. The at least one latching portion can lock the at least one mounting portion of the mounting member when the latching member is at a first position relative to the body. The at least one mounting portion of the mounting member can disengage from the at least one latching portion after the latching member is displaced to a second position from the first position.
US09755676B2
A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a wireless receiver carried by the housing and configured to receive communication signals over a wireless frequency range, a wireline transmitter carried by the housing and configured to transmit communication signals overlapping in frequency with the wireless frequency range, and a controller carried by the housing and coupled with the wireless receiver and the wireline transmitter. The controller may be configured to determine when the wireless receiver is to begin receiving and, based thereon, switch the wireline transmitter to a suspended communication mode during which transmission is disabled. The controller may also be configured to determine when the wireless receiver has completed receiving and, based thereon, switch the wireline transmitter to a normal communication mode in which transmission is enabled.
US09755670B2
Directional couplers for front end modules (FEMs) are disclosed that include a first port configured to receive a radio-frequency (RF) signal, a second port connected to the first port via a first transmission line and configured to provide an RF output signal, a third port connected to a second transmission line, the second transmission line being electromagnetically coupled to the first transmission line, and a fourth port connected to the second transmission line. The directional couplers further include an adaptive complex termination circuit connected to the fourth port and configured to provide an adaptive complex termination impedance selected to optimize combined performance of the directional couplers over multiple frequency bands.
US09755667B1
Methods and systems are disclosed for decoding codewords, wherein codewords comprise at least one circulant and are stored in a first dimension of a matrix, and wherein each circulant in a codeword is associated with a location in a second dimension in the matrix. The method includes determining whether a first location in a second dimension of a first circulant of a first codeword corresponds to a second location in the second dimension of a second circulant of a second codeword. The method includes, in response to determining that the first location does not correspond to the second location, decoding the first and second circulant with a first decoding process. The method includes, in response to determining that the first location corresponds to the second location, decoding the first and second circulant with a second decoding process.
US09755664B2
A keyboard is able to illuminate particular keys and to detect keypresses in an efficient manner. The keys of the array are logically arranged into one or more two-dimensional arrays (e.g., row/column arrays) so that the illumination and keypress detection functions share a common set of electrical signal lines in one dimension of the array. By coupling both the lights and the key actuation switches of each key to a common set of signal lines in one dimension, the number of signal lines used in the keyboard can be reduced.
US09755662B2
A data transmission method, which can improve an error correction capability during decoding, includes: determining, by a transmit end, a target code length L and an original code length K; generating an initial code block according to the original code length K, where the initial code block includes 2K initial code words; generating a superposition code block according to the target code length and an arrangement order of the 2K initial code words in the initial code block, and superposing the initial code words and the corresponding superposition code words to generate the block code words in the block code set, so that a difference between feature code distances in the block code set is ±1 or 0, where the feature code distance is a code distance between the block code words.
US09755661B1
A method for coding data includes: representing a first data in digital form as digital information; transforming the digital information into a first Gaussian integer; determining a relationship between the first Gaussian integer and a second Gaussian integer; and deriving, based on the determined relationship, a key for converting between the first Gaussian integer and the second Gaussian integer so as to associate the first data with a second data represented by the second Gaussian integer. The present invention also provides a system and a non-transient computer readable medium for implementing the method.
US09755660B2
Described is an apparatus for generating a thermometer code, the apparatus comprises: a 2-bit bi-directional shift register; and more than two multiplexers operable to form storage units and coupled together in a chain to generate the thermometer code, the more than two multiplexers controlled by outputs of the 2-bit bi-directional shift register.
US09755657B2
A successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes a ring oscillator configured to determine a frequency based on a sampling clock signal and a first control code, and generate an output clock signal having the determined frequency. The SAR ADC further includes a controller configured to generate the first control code based on a count value indicating a number of times of toggling the output clock signal.
US09755653B2
A phase detector including a first latch and a control circuit is provided. The first latch generates a first output signal and a second output signal in response to a phase difference between a first input signal and a second input signal. Each of the first and second output signals includes first phase information and second phase information of the phase difference. The control circuit generates a phase indicating signal in response to the first phase information of the phase difference. The phase indicating signal indicates a relative position between the first input signal and the second input signal.
US09755651B2
An integrated circuit includes a field programmable gate array including: (i) a plurality of memory cells (e.g., static memory cells) to store data, wherein each memory cell includes a first output, (ii) a multiplexer including inputs, an output and input selects, (iii) a plurality of poly-silicon conductors, each poly-silicon conductor is disposed in the substrate and connected to the first output of an associated memory cell, (iv) poly-silicon extensions, each poly-silicon extension is (a) connected to an associated poly-silicon conductor and (b) coupled to an associated input select of the multiplexer, wherein the poly-silicon extensions are disposed in the substrate and at least partially under a metal conductor in the field programmable gate array.
US09755650B1
Circuits, methods, and apparatus are directed to an integrated circuit having a disabling element that can disable a reading of data from the circuit. Once the disabling element is set to not allow a reading of the data, the disabling element cannot be changed to allow a reading of the data. The data may be configuration data or internal data stored within the integrated circuit. Examples of the disabling element include a memory element, a break in a circuit line, and an input pad configuration.
US09755633B2
To provide a semiconductor device in which external correction can be performed, the area occupied by a read circuit is reduced, and power consumption is reduced. One embodiment of the semiconductor device includes a pixel and a read circuit. The pixel includes a transistor and a display element. The read circuit includes a function selection portion and an operational amplifier. The transistor is electrically connected to the function selection portion through a wiring. The operational amplifier is electrically connected to the function selection portion. The function selection portion includes at least one switch. The function selection portion can select a function of the read circuit by controlling the switch.
US09755632B2
A cascode voltage generating circuit and method are provided. The circuit includes four switching elements. In a high voltage operation mode, the first and second switching elements, respectively, couple a first intermediate voltage input node to a first intermediate voltage output node, and a second intermediate voltage input node to a second intermediate voltage output node. In a low voltage operation mode, the third switching element couples the first and second intermediate voltage input nodes to a ground reference voltage level, and the fourth switching element couples the first and second intermediate voltage output nodes to a supply voltage level.
US09755617B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for driving a node to one or more elevated voltages. One example apparatus includes a first driver circuit configured to drive a node to a first voltage, and a second driver circuit configured to drive the node to a pumped voltage after the node reaches a voltage threshold. The apparatus also includes a controller circuit configured to disable the first driver circuit and enable the second driver circuit responsive to the node reaching the voltage threshold.
US09755609B2
Surface mount components and related methods involve thin film circuits between first and second insulating substrates. The thin film circuits may include passive components, including resistors, capacitors, inductors, arrays of such components, networks, or filters of multiple passive components. Such thin film circuit(s) can be sandwiched between first and second insulating substrates with internal conductive pads which are exposed to the outside of the surface mount component and electrically connected to external terminations. External terminations may include at least one layer of conductive polymer. Optional shield layers may protect the surface mount components from signal interference. A cover substrate may be formed with a plurality of conductive elements that are designed to generally align with the conductive pads such that conductive element portions are exposed in groups along surfaces of a device.
US09755601B1
A wireless receiver includes an antenna receiving a right-handed circularly polarized (RHCP) signal and a left-handed circularly polarized (LHCP) signal, a first amplifier and a second amplifier coupled to the antenna, an intermediate summer coupled to the first and second amplifiers and providing a first intermediate signal, an intermediate subtractor coupled to the first and second amplifiers and providing a second intermediate signal. The wireless receiver also includes a V-signal summer providing a V-component output based on a sum of the first intermediate signal and the second intermediate signal, and an H-signal subtractor providing an H-component output based on a difference between the first intermediate signal and the second intermediate signal. The wireless receiver is configured to provide the V-component output and the H-component output without using a phase shifter.
US09755596B2
A method and electronic circuit for changing the gain of a radio frequency signal. The apparatus is an electronic circuit comprising one or more variable gain electronic elements, and one or more adjustable phase shifting elements. The method comprises the steps of receiving a radio frequency signal, varying the gain of the variable gain electronic element while the variable gain electronic element changes the amplitude of the radio frequency signal, and adjusting an adjustable phase shifting element to generate a reverse phase shift in the radio frequency signal in response to the associated phase shift from the step of varying the gain.
US09755588B2
An object is to output output signal amplitude exceeding power supply voltage or output signal amplitude falling below ground voltage without requiring a charge pump circuit or the like to generate positive or negative power supply voltage for an operational amplifier. The present invention provides a signal output circuit comprising an operational amplifier including: an amplification stage configured to amplify differential input voltage; and an output stage configured to amplify an input signal amplified by the amplification stage and output the input signal as an output signal, wherein the output stage is a switched capacitor circuit which includes switches and a capacitor configured to sample differential voltage between input voltage outputted from the amplification stage and voltage other than the input voltage and which transfers the differential voltage sampled by the capacitor by switching of the switches based on the input voltage.
US09755586B2
This radiofrequency power limiter includes at least one transistor, a drain of the transistor being directly connected to a mesh connecting an input to an output of the limiter, a source of the transistor being connected to a common reference potential, and a gate of the transistor being connected to a common control potential. The transistor is not biased between its drain and its source during operation of the limiter.
US09755579B1
The embodiments described herein include amplifiers configured for use in radio frequency (RF) applications. In accordance with these embodiments, the amplifiers are implemented to generate a shaped envelope signal, and to apply the shaped envelope signal to transistor gate(s) of the amplifier to provide gate bias modulation. So configured, the shaped envelope signal may facilitate high linearity in the amplifier.
US09755576B2
Described is a phase-switched tunable impedance matching network (PS-TMN). The PS-TMN has an input that can be coupled to a source and an output that can be coupled to a load. The PS-TMN includes one or more phase-switched reactive elements and a controller. The controller provides a control signal to each of the one or more phase-switched reactive elements. In response to one or more control signals provided thereto, each phase-switched reactive element provides a corresponding selected reactance value.
US09755567B2
An electric machine assembly has an electric machine having a stator and a rotor. The rotor has a rotor temperature and is configured to rotate at a rotor speed (ω). The stator has stator windings at a stator winding temperature (tS) and the electric machine defines a number of pole pairs (P). A controller is operatively connected to the electric machine and is configured to receive a torque command (T*). The controller has a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions for executing a method for determining a total permanent magnetic flux (ψT) as a function of the rotor temperature. Execution of the instructions by the processor causes the controller to determine a high-speed magnetic flux factor (ψH) and a low-speed magnetic flux factor (ψL).
US09755561B2
A power supply device includes: a first electric power line; a second electric power line; a first boost converter; a second boost converter; a first current sensor; a second current sensor; a third current sensor; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to determine that a third switching element of the second boost converter has an on-failure when a battery current is a value at a time of being discharged from a battery, a first reactor current is a value at a time of passing from a side of a second positive electrode line to a side of a first center point, and a second reactor current is a value at a time of passing from a side of a second center point to a side of a second positive electrode line.
US09755560B2
A multigroup, multiphase driving system includes a power converter that converts direct current power into alternating current power and vice versa, a direct current power supply connected to a direct current side of the power converter to be charged with and discharge direct current power, and a rotary electric machine connected to an alternating current side of the power converter and including a plurality of groups of multiphase armature windings, and further including a determination unit that determines the number of groups to be used to drive the rotary electric machine on the basis of a rotation speed of the rotary electric machine, a current flowing through the rotary electric machine, a direct current power supply voltage of the direct current power supply, and a carrier frequency of the power converter, the multigroup, multiphase driving system overall loss in the system can be reduced.
US09755552B2
A frequency converter includes: a primary winding 12 in which a plurality of windings on which a polyphase alternating voltage is applied are arranged periodically along a particular direction; a secondary winding 22 which is magnetically coupled to the primary winding 12 and in which a plurality of windings are arranged along the particular direction with a repetition period different from the primary winding 12; and a frequency modulation part 3 which is arranged on a magnetic path between the primary winding 12 and the secondary winding 22 and in which a plurality of magnetic materials 31 are arranged periodically. Then, the pitch of the plurality of magnetic materials 31 and the winding arrangement period of the primary winding 12 and the secondary winding 22 are different from each other so that an alternating voltage having a frequency different from the frequency of the polyphase alternating voltage is induced in the secondary winding 22.
US09755550B2
A voltage source converter includes a converter limb having limb portions separated by an AC terminal and extending between DC terminals, each limb portion including a primary switching element to switch the limb portion into and out of circuit. The converter further includes an auxiliary limb. The primary switching element of each limb portion is switchable to switch the auxiliary limb into and out of circuit with the corresponding limb portion. The converter further includes a control unit to, in one mode, inject a circulation current that flows in one direction in one of the limb portions and minimize a current flowing in the opposite direction in that limb portion. Each primary switching element switches the respective limb portion into or out of circuit following the minimization of the limb portion current by the circulation current.
US09755545B2
A power conversion system includes at least one multi-level power converter and a controller coupled to the at least one multi-level power converter. The controller includes a first CMV injection module and a second CMV injection module. The first CMV injection module generates a first CMV signal for modifying at least one voltage command to achieve a first function in association with operation of the power conversion system. The second CMV injection module generates a second CMV signal based at least in part on a three-level CMV limit either for modifying the at least one voltage command or for further modifying the at least one modified voltage command to achieve a second function in association with operation of the power conversion system.
US09755539B2
A power conversion device includes a first detection circuit that acquires input information about an AC voltage and/or an alternating current which are inputted to the power conversion device from an AC power supply, a rectifier circuit, an inverter circuit including a switch, and a control circuit that generates a pulse signal for the switch while the control circuit (A) determines, based on the input information, whether the rectifier circuit is in a state in which the rectifier circuit allows switching noise to propagate from the switch to the AC power supply and (B) changes a frequency of the pulse signal with time at least in a period in which the rectifier circuit is in the state.
US09755535B2
A power conversion apparatus is for converting polyphase ac power directly to ac power. A conversion circuit includes a plurality of first switching devices 311, 313, 315 and a plurality of second switching devices 312, 314, 316 connected, respectively, with the phases R, S, T of the polyphase ac power, and configured to enable electrical switching operation in both directions. There are provided a plurality of condensers 821˜826 connected with the conversion circuit. At least one of the condensers is provided, for each of the first switching devices and the second switching devices, between two of the phases of the polyphase ac power. It is possible to reduce a wiring distance between the condenser and the switching devices.
US09755532B2
An isolated fly-buck converter provided for converting an input voltage (Vin) to an output voltage (VS) comprises (i) on a primary side, a primary winding (X1) and a non-isolated buck (CP) connected in series, and a pair of switches (Q1, Q2), wherein the switches are switchable between a forward phase, in which the primary winding and the non-isolated buck are connected to the input voltage, and a fly-buck phase, in which the primary winding and the non-isolated buck are disconnected from the input voltage and are connected to one another in a closed circuit; and (ii) on a secondary side, a secondary winding (X2) coupled to the primary winding, and a first capacitive element (CS) connected over the secondary winding and a first rectifying element (D1) connected to the secondary winding to prevent current from being flown through the secondary winding during the forward phase, wherein the output voltage is achieved as the voltage over the first capacitive element. A supplementary circuitry is provided at the secondary side by aid of which the input voltage can be measured on the secondary side, the supplementary circuitry comprising a second capacitive element (CF) and a second rectifying element (D2) connected in series, wherein the supplementary circuitry is connected over the second wiring such that the second rectifying element prevents current from being flown through the supplementary circuitry during the fly-buck phase, wherein the sum of the voltage over the second capacitive element and the output voltage is indicative of the input voltage.
US09755530B2
The present invention discloses a power converter with synchronous control function and control method thereof. The power converter includes: a transformer, a power switch, a switch control unit, a signal coupling circuit, a synchronous rectifying switch and a secondary side control circuit. The switch control unit generates an operation signal according to a feedback signal, and generates a first synchronous signal which is related to the operation signal. The signal coupling circuit couples the first synchronous signal to generate a second synchronous signal. The synchronous rectifying switch is turned ON/OFF according to a synchronous rectifying switch signal, for synchronous rectification. The secondary side control circuit generates the synchronous rectifying switch signal according to a secondary side level detection signal and the second synchronous signal, to control the synchronous rectifying switch. The ON time of the power switch and the ON time of the synchronous rectifying switch do not overlap.
US09755524B2
Provided is a vehicle which enables a highly-efficient DC-DC converter and a highly-efficient power supply to a load, regardless of a power supply amount of to the load. When the power supply amount to a load R1 is a predetermined value or more, a control means 5 implements a first mode for making the switching elements S1 to S4 driven, and when the power supply amount of to the load R1 is the predetermined value or less, the control means 5 implements a second mode, for making the switching elements S3 and S4 stopped in an OFF state, and making only the switching elements S1 and S2 driven.
US09755519B1
A switching power converter with good stability and transient response is presented. There is provided a controller for a switching power converter of the type comprising one or more power switches. The controller contains a pulse width modulation comparator arranged to output a digital control signal to control the power switches of the switching power converter. A first input of the pulse width modulation comparator is derived from an output voltage of the switching power converter via a first feedback path. A second input of the pulse width modulation comparator is derived from the output voltage of the switching power converter via a second feedback path. One of the feedback paths has a signal extractor and a differential amplifier arranged to filter the output voltage and to provide good ground noise rejection.
US09755518B2
Features and advantages of the present disclosure include a switching regulator and current measurement circuit. In one embodiment, a switching transistor in the switching regulator has a first voltage on a first terminal and a switching voltage on a second terminal. A current measurement circuit has first and second input terminals. A first switch couples the second terminal of the switching transistor to the first terminal of the current measurement circuit when the switching transistor is on, where the second input terminal of the current measurement circuit is coupled to the first terminal of the switching transistor and measurement(s) may be taken. When the switching transistor is off, the first and second input terminals of the current measurement circuit are coupled together, and measurements emulate zero current through the switching transistor.
US09755517B2
A control circuit included within a multi-phase switched-mode converter is configured for adjusting operational signals for adding power stages of the multi-phase switched-mode converter to dynamically respond to transient changes in load current for minimizing undershoot while avoiding overshoot of an output voltage of the multi-phase switched-mode converter. The control circuit has panic comparators configured such that each panic comparator has an input terminal connected to receive the output voltage for comparison with one of a plurality of reference voltages. A panic controller receives panic indicator signals from the panic comparators and determines which of the power stages are to be activated to match the transient change to the load current to prevent for minimizing undershoot and for preventing overshoot of the output voltage of the multi-phase switched-mode converter. The multi-phase switched-mode converter may operate in a continuous or discontinuous conduction mode.
US09755514B2
In one embodiment, a method receives a shed comparison signal that is based on a comparison of a voltage detected from a voltage converter to a reference voltage and receives a zero cross signal that indicates whether a current from the voltage converter has crossed zero. The shed comparison signal is sampled for a first number of clock cycles to generate shed comparison sampled values. Also, the zero cross signal is sampled for a second number of clock cycles to generate zero cross sampled values where the second number of clock cycles are less than the first number of clock cycles. The method determines a change between a shed state and an unshed state based on the shed comparison sampled values for the first number of clock cycles or the zero cross sampled values for the second number of clock cycles.
US09755512B2
Auto-compensation—for compensating voltage regulators generating a regulated output voltage—may be performed dynamically by determining various coefficients of a compensation function used in compensating the power regulator, based at least on assumptions about the structure of the regulator and corresponding filters. At least the DC loop gain and the position of the compensation zeros may be determined without requiring any prior knowledge of the values of the various components of the system. The compensator coefficients may be adjusted based on duty-cycle jitter information, which may be accurately obtained/measured at a high signal-to-noise ratio. By observing the duty-cycle jitter, the capacitor (equivalent series resistance) may be optimally compensated by tuning the 0 dB crossover slope of the loop gain. Accordingly, auto-compensation may be performed by measuring the duty-cycle jitter while maintaining optimum stability and transient performance.
US09755510B2
A switching power supply includes: a switching output circuit generating an output voltage from an input voltage according to ON/OFF control of an output transistor by a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal; a first voltage generating circuit generating a first voltage based on a difference between the output voltage and a predetermined reference voltage; a second voltage generating circuit generating a triangular second voltage; a comparing circuit generating a comparison signal by comparing the first voltage and the second voltage; a clock oscillating circuit generating a clock signal; and a logic circuit generating a PWM signal in response to the clock signal and the comparison signal, wherein the second voltage generating circuit generates the second voltage by adding a first slope voltage having a first slope and a second slope voltage having a second slope according to current flown through the switching output circuit.
US09755502B2
Disclosed herein are a start-up circuit capable of reducing a leakage current to reduce power consumption, and a power device using the same. The start-up circuit includes: a bias unit connected between a first power source and a second power source and allowing a first current to flow from the first power source to the second power source according to a predetermined voltage; a first start unit connected to the bias unit and driving a second current to apply the predetermined voltage to the bias unit, and stopping driving the second current when a voltage received from the second power source reaches a first voltage; and a second start unit connected to the bias unit and driving a third current, the predetermined voltage being applied to the bias unit by the third current, and stopping driving the third current upon receiving a stop signal.
US09755499B2
A method and an arrangement for limiting the interference to a common electric power network, generated by a power electronics device, e.g. a frequency converter, which power electronics device comprises of at least one switch type component being able to change the output voltage value at a predefined permissible switching frequency range. The method comprises scanning through the permissible switching frequency range, recording measured common mode current values as a function of the switching frequency, and setting the final switching frequency of the switch type component out of a value where a local maximum value of the common mode current has been recorded.
US09755488B2
Disclosed stator core for motor is comprising: more than one stator core body; a fixing unit, which is arranged at both ends of the stator core body and fixes the stator core body to be a cylindrical shape; a first insulator, which is integrally formed by mold in order to wrap a part of the stator core body and a side surface of plural teeth simultaneously; and a second insulator, which is arranged to have a form corresponding to the first insulator, and which is integrally formed by mold in order to wrap a part of the stator core body and a side surface of plural teeth simultaneously through the assembly with the first insulator, wherein the first simulator and the second simulator are separated from each other by the section wrapping the teeth during the bending process of the stator core body.
US09755485B1
Apparatuses and methods relating to hub motors having enhanced thermal characteristics may include a hub motor having a stator comprising steel and a central axle (e.g., a mandrel and shaft) comprising a material with a substantially higher thermal conductivity than the stator (e.g., aluminum). Heat may be transferred from the stator through the axle of the motor to an outside heat sink. Manufacturing of thermally enhanced hub motors may include extrusion and/or cryogenic fitting methods relating to the central mandrel and shaft.
US09755478B2
The invention provides a brushless motor. A stator 16 of the brushless motor has a stator core 17 provided with a plurality of salient poles 18 arranged in its a circumferential direction, and a winding wire 20 wound around the plurality of salient poles 18 through an insulator 19. A rotor 22 of the brushless motor has a tubular rotor yoke 23 arranged to surround the stator 16, an annular magnet for detent torque 25 arranged in an inner peripheral portion of the winding wire 20 on the stator core 17 and surrounding the shaft 15, and a magnetic member 27 coupled to an interior surface of a ceiling portion of the rotor yoke 23 to be opposed to the magnet for detent torque 25, and surrounding the shaft 15.
US09755472B2
A rotor connection support comprising a main connection ring configured to reduce the moment load on fastener locations (such as threaded fastener locations) by integrating stand-off posts into a high strength plate are discussed herein. These stand-offs may be configured to reduce the stresses on the high stress concentration/low cross section threads. Also, included is an improved wire routing and wire support configured to maximize the fatigue cycles of the main field lead wires.
US09755471B2
In a concentrated winding stator, which has a separated iron core structure, of a rotary electric machine, a length of ear portions 3c of insulating sheets 3, which are protruded between neighboring winding 4, is set as a length by which a creepage distance, which is required for an insulation between the neighboring windings 4, can be secured.
US09755464B2
A rotor includes a rotating shaft and a pair of first and second pole cores fixed on the rotating shaft. Each of the first and second pole cores includes a plurality of magnetic pole claws each having a root portion and a distal end. Each of the magnetic pole claws are configured to have a constant circumferential width at the root portion and taper from the root portion to the distal end. The magnetic pole claws of the first pole core are arranged alternately with those of the second pole core in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft. Further, at least part of the magnetic pole claws of the first and second pole cores each have at least one chamfered portion formed at a circumferential end of the root portion of the magnetic pole claw so as to extend parallel to an axial direction of the rotating shaft.
US09755462B2
An interior permanent magnet machine includes a wound stator, and a rotor core defining a plurality of pole cavities. Each of the pole cavities includes a cross section, perpendicular to a central axis of rotation, that defines a cross sectional shape having a centerline. The cross sectional shape of each of the pole cavities includes a radially inner barrier portion, a radially outer barrier portion, and a central portion. The centerline of the cross sectional shape of each of the radially outer barrier portion and the radially inner barrier portion, of each pole cavity, is defined by a generally arcuate segment. The centerline of the cross sectional shape of the central portion, of each pole cavity, is defined by a linear segment. One of a plurality of rare earth magnets, having no heavy rare earth elements, is disposed within the central portion of one of the plurality of pole cavities.
US09755459B2
An outlet control system includes a transmitter-detector module having a plug and at least one outlet electrically connected to the plug, wherein the transmitter-detector module is configured to transmit a control signal in response to power being applied to the transmitter plug; and a receiver-switch module comprising a receiver plug and a receiver outlet electrically connected to the plug through a power switch, wherein the receiver-switch module is configured to receive the control signal from the transmitter-detector module and provide a signal to the power switch, such that said power switch is turned on to cause the receiver plug to be connected to the receiver outlet when power is being applied to the transmitter plug and is not turned on when the power is not being supplied to the transmitter plug.
US09755449B2
Systems and methods may provide for a charger that includes a converter with a battery port, a first bypass switch coupled to a first bus port and the battery port, and a second bypass switch coupled to a second bus port and the battery port. Additionally, a charge controller may use one or more control signals to manage power to be delivered from the first bus port through the first bypass switch to the battery port, and power to be delivered from the second bus port through the second bypass switch to the battery port.
US09755435B2
A direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC) wireless converter apparatus (200) for supplying power to a load connected in a capacitive power transfer system. The apparatus comprises at least two connectors (201, 202) enabling a galvanic contact to at least two supply lines (211, 212) of a DC grid; a driver (203) coupled to the connectors (201, 202) and configured to generate an AC power signal from an input DC signal fed by the at least two connectors, wherein a frequency of the AC power signal substantially matches a series-resonance frequency of the capacitive power transfer system; and at least a pair of transmitter electrodes (204, 205) connected to an output of the driver.
US09755420B2
An electrical transmission system is described herein. The electrical transmission system can include at least one first phase high-voltage conductor. The electrical transmission system can also include an arrester coupled to the at least one first phase high-voltage conductor, where the arrester includes an arrester body and an isolator, where the arrester body includes a top end and a bottom end, where the top end of the arrester is coupled to the at least one first phase high-voltage conductor, and where the bottom end of the arrester body is coupled to the isolator. The electrical transmission system can further include a ground conductor coupled to a bottom end of the isolator of the arrester. The electrical transmission system can also include a tether coupled to the ground conductor, where the tether comprises a distal end, where the distal end of the tether is coupled to the arrester above the isolator.
US09755409B2
Although protective members such as urethane sheets and PVC sheets used for wiring harnesses exhibit very good performance in knocking sound characteristic, they are poor in silencing effect for rubbing sound generated by a wiring harness and a vehicle body or the wiring harness and another member in a vehicle and vehicle interior quietness may be impaired due to the rubbing sound generated in the vehicle. Rubbing sound generated in a vehicle is suppressed by a wiring harness with sound absorber including a sound absorber including a nonwoven fabric having a basis weight of 50 to 400 g/m2 and a thickness of 5 to 20 mm and a wiring harness at least partially integrated with the sound absorber.
US09755406B2
A looping bridge is disclosed for looping a number of electric signals through from a first electric module having a number of first electric terminals to a second electric module having a number of second electric terminals, said looping bridge comprising: a comb-shaped interconnect structure having a number of first comb teeth and a number of second comb teeth wherein the first comb teeth can be inserted into the first electric terminals and the second comb teeth can be inserted into the second electric terminals, and wherein the first comb teeth are electroconductively connected to the second comb teeth the comb-shaped interconnect structure being a comb-shaped circuit board.
US09755405B2
A corona ignition assembly comprising a plurality of different insulators disposed between an ignition coil assembly and firing end assembly is provided. A high voltage center electrode extends longitudinally between an igniter central electrode and the ignition coil assembly. A high voltage insulator formed of a fluoropolymer surrounds the high voltage center electrode, and a firing end insulator firing of alumina surrounds the igniter central electrode. A sleeve formed of a semi-conductive and complaint material, such as silicone rubber with conductive filler, is disposed radially between the electrodes and adjacent insulators. The sleeve fills air gaps and minimizes the peak electric field within the corona igniter assembly. The sleeve is able to prevent unwanted corona discharge, and thus extends the life of the materials and directs energy to the firing end.
US09755401B2
In the field of optical networks, a laser, a laser modulation method and a laser combination system are disclosed. The laser includes a gain medium, a resonant cavity, and a second microring resonator. The resonant cavity includes a first cavity mirror and a second cavity mirror. The first cavity mirror is located at one port of the gain medium, the second cavity mirror is located at another port of the gain medium, and the second cavity mirror includes a splitter, a first microring resonator, and a reflecting grating.
US09755399B2
A thermal stabilization system for a packaged diode laser. An outer thermoelectric cooler (TEC) stabilizes the temperature of the laser package and an inner TEC stabilizes the temperature of the laser diode element of the packaged laser. The inner and outer TECs may be controlled by electronics which is also stabilized in temperature, for example using resistive heating. The packaged laser may be mounted on a heat spreader mounted on the outer TEC and may be surrounded by an insulated covering on all sides other than the surface mounted on the heat spreader. There may also be a thermally conductive cap over the packaged laser, with the insulation arranged outside the cap if both are present.
US09755398B2
In an example, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode device. The method includes providing a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate having a surface region and forming epitaxial material overlying the surface region, the epitaxial material comprising an n-type cladding region, an active region comprising of at least one active layer overlying the n-type cladding region, and a p-type cladding region overlying the active layer region. The method includes patterning the epitaxial material to form a plurality of dice, each of the dice corresponding to at least one laser device, characterized by a first pitch between a pair of dice, the first pitch being less than a design width. The method includes transferring each of the plurality of dice to a carrier wafer such that each pair of dice is configured with a second pitch between each pair of dice, the second pitch being larger than the first pitch corresponding to the design width.
US09755397B2
A light amplifying device includes, a light amplifying fiber to amplify a seed beam from a seed light source with an excitation beam from an excitation light source, and a controller. The controller causes the seed light source to emit the seed beam in an emission period in which the light amplifying fiber outputs the amplified light beam, causes the excitation light source to emit the excitation beam having first-level power in a non-emission period immediately before the emission period, and changes the excitation beam power to a second level higher than the first level at a beginning of the emission period. The controller increases the excitation beam power to a third level higher than the second level after starting of the emission period, and decreases gradually the excitation beam power from the third level to the second level.
US09755390B2
A process for making a biosensor comprising a hollow coil having wires coiled in parallel and an electronic circuit component connected to the coil, the process including: 1) providing a mandrel on which wires including at least a first wire, a second wire and a third wire are wound in parallel, 2a) immersing the mandrel in a first buffer solution comprising a first bioreceptor, a first monomer and optional additives, 2b) arranging the wires such that the first wire may be used as a working electrode, the second wire may be used as a counter electrode and the third wire may be used as a reference electrode of a three electrode electrochemical cell used in an electropolymerization process, 3) passing electric current through the first wire to form a first biocompatible coating of a first polymer polymerized from the first monomer comprising the first bioreceptor on the first wire, 4) removing the coil from the mandrel, 5) connecting the wires to their respective points of the electronic circuit component such that the first wire may be used as a working electrode, the second wire may be used as a counter electrode and the third wire may be used as a reference electrode and wherein the electronic circuit component is configured such that it can generate an input signal for a wireless receiver based upon the activity of the bioreceptor and wirelessly send the input signal to the wireless receiver.
US09755387B2
A socket for electrical component capable of pressing and fixing an electrical component.A pressing part includes a first cam rotatably supported by the body part, and a second cam supported by the first cam. An elevating part includes a cam locking part provided on a rotational orbit of the second cam. A tip of the second cam is formed such that the tip of the second cam passes over the cam locking part when the elevating part is moved down by making the tip of the second cam abut against the elevating part and rotate, and the tip of the second cam is locked by the cam locking part so as to prevent the rotation when an attempt is made to perform the rotation in the opposite direction. The rotation in the opposite direction is enabled by moving the second cam in the radial direction of the rotation.
US09755382B2
A modular connector system for various types of different fiber optic and/or electrical connectors may include a connector having a housing configured to accommodate various different configurations of inserts that are configured to hold different types of either fiber optic connector, electrical connectors, or a combination of fiber optic and electrical connectors.
US09755381B2
A telecommunications patch panel is provided having a plurality of connector modules rotatably mounted to a frame member. Each connector module has a front face and an opposite facing rear face, and each front face includes a plurality of connector jacks. Each rear face includes a plurality of wire termination blocks. The wire termination blocks are electrically connected to the connector jacks. Each connector module is rotatable about a rotation axis relative to the frame member. A lock selectively locks each connector module to the frame member as desired. The connector jacks and the connector modules are arranged in linear arrays perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
US09755376B2
Disclosed herein is a motor terminal including a body including a connection terminal, a rear end portion allowing the connection terminal to be connected to a busbar terminal, and a front end portion allowing the connection terminal to be connected to a terminal of another component, and a pair of hook portions formed on both sides of the body, respectively, so as to be symmetrical on the basis of a criteria line passing a center of the body in a width direction, and configured so as to be open to be further away from each other as directed toward the front end portion from the rear end portion and to be elastically deformable. Consequently, it may be possible to prevent damage to the terminal and more effectively prevent the terminal from being inclined or biased in an initial state in which the terminal is inserted into a terminal hole.
US09755375B2
The present invention discloses a flat panel display support, which includes a base, a first connecting lever, a second connecting lever and a first display mounting plate; one end of the first connecting lever is rotationally connected with the base, the other end of the first connecting lever is rotationally connected with one end of the second connecting lever, the other end of the second connecting lever is rotationally connected with the first display mounting plate, and the base is provided with a USB interface, an audio output interface for connecting with an earphone or a speaker, and an audio input interface for connecting with a microphone. By adopting this structure, a user can directly plug devices, the earphone or the speaker with a USB into the base without stoop. The flat panel display support is simple and convenient, and user experience is good.
US09755372B2
The connection state of contact members with respect to a wiring board can be easily visually checked by a simple configuration. A shield wall portion composed of an electrically-conductive member opposed to contact connecting portions (board connecting portions) of a plurality of contact members arranged in a multipolar shape is provided; each of ground connecting portions provided in the shield wall portion is disposed at the part between the contact connecting portions, which are adjacent to each other; a lateral check window composed of the space which enables visual check of the contact connecting portions is formed in the interval region in which the ground connecting portions are adjacent to each other; an electromagnetic shielding function with respect to the contact connecting portions is obtained by the shield wall portion; and, at the same time, the connection state of the contact connecting portions with respect to the wiring board can be visually checked through the lateral check window provided in the shield wall portion.
US09755371B2
The electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of upper/first contacts and lower/second contacts retained in the housing, a reinforcement piece located between the upper contacts and the lower contacts in the vertical direction, and a metallic shield enclosing the housing. The housing includes a first insulator carrying the first contacts with a first tongue thereof, and a second insulator carrying the second contacts with a second tongue thereof, and the reinforcement piece is located between the first insulator and the second insulator wherein the reinforcement piece includes a relatively thin conductive film or layer located between the first mating tongue and the second mating tongue in the vertical direction.
US09755370B2
A plug connector mateable with the receptacle connector, includes an insulative housing enclosed in a metallic shell, defining a receiving cavity to receive the mating tongue, and equipped with a plurality of contacts on opposite sides. A pair of mounting ears are located on two opposite lateral ends of the housing in a transverse direction. A securing/shield plates forms a pair of locking heads extending into two opposite lateral sides of the receiving cavity to lock with a shielding plate embedded within a mating tongue of the complementary receptacle connector during mating. A metallic EMI shield encloses the metallic shell and includes a front wall with there in a front opening through which the metallic shell with the housing forwardly extends and a pair of side walls with therein a pair of slots through which the mounting ears laterally extend outwardly away from each other in the transverse direction.
US09755367B2
A charging inlet (10) has an inlet body (20) including a first mounting plate (22) mounted on a body (B) of a vehicle. The first mounting plate (22) has fixed short collars (24), an indicator plate (30) including a second mounting plate (32) arranged between the body (B) and the first mounting plate (22) and having through holes (33) and fixing nuts (34) having the fixed portions (24) fixed thereto. The indicator plate (30) is mounted on the inlet body (20) by fixing the fixed portions (24) to the fixing portions (34). Long collars (23) project from the first mounting plate (22) toward the body (B) and penetrate the through holes (33) of the second mounting plate (32). Bolts (40) inserted into the tubular parts (23) fix the inlet body (20) to the body (B) with ends (23A) of the tubular parts (23) held in contact with the body (B).
US09755362B1
An electrical outlet wall plate includes a plate having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a peripheral edge. The outlet wall plate defines a socket opening configured to receive an electrical outlet socket and defining a fastener opening configured to receive a fastener configured to secure the outlet wall plate to the outlet socket. The outlet wall plate further includes a plug stabilizing feature having an inner wall, an outer wall, and a top wall. The plug stabilizing feature projects from the outer surface of the plate and at least partially surrounding a perimeter of the socket opening. The outlet wall plate limits lateral and vertical movement of the plug terminals in the socket and protects the operator from inadvertent contact with plug terminals the as the plug is inserted into the socket.
US09755361B2
A lever-fitting-type connector includes a housing having a first terminal and a lever having a second terminal. The housing has a locking projection. The locking projection includes a front inclination surface and a rear inclination surface respectively extending along a sliding direction of the lever, and a ridgeline part where the front and rear inclination surfaces are connected to each other. The lever includes a locked part. The locked part has a convex surface. The convex surface, when the lever slides, moves over the ridgeline part from the front inclination surface toward the rear inclination surface.
US09755357B1
Provided is a module assembly including a plurality of modules. The modules each include a polyhedral housing with a polygonal plane, a pin provided on one side of a corner of the housing to selectively protrude, a pin installation portion in which the pin is installed to be movable, a pin receiver provided on another side of the corner of the housing such that a pin of another module is to be inserted thereinto, and a magnet installed between the pin installation portion and the pin receiver, and configured to apply magnetic force to both the pin provided in the pin installation portion and the pin of the other module to be received in the pin receiver.
US09755356B1
Provided is a module assembly including a plurality of modules. The modules each include a polyhedral housing with a polygonal plane, a pin provided on one side of a corner of the housing to selectively protrude, a pin installation portion in which the pin is installed to be movable, a pin receiver provided on another side of the corner of the housing such that a pin of another module is to be inserted thereinto, and a magnet installed between the pin installation portion and the pin receiver, and configured to apply magnetic force to both the pin provided in the pin installation portion and the pin of the other module to be received in the pin receiver.
US09755345B2
A contact element having contact points for the electrically conductive connection of contact regions of mutually spaced elements, which is formed completely of one or more deposited materials of which at least one is electrically conductive. The contact element is produced in particular using a lithography, electroplating and molding (LiGA) method.
US09755340B2
When a connection object is connected to a connector, an upper jaw portion of a first terminal presses an upper contact point against an upper signal line. Hence a lower signal line is pressed against a lower contact point so that a contact point support portion is pressed against a stop portion of a housing. At least a part of force applied to the stop portion acts as force to deform downward an upper wall of a receiving portion for receiving a lower jaw portion of the first terminal. A reinforcing portion of the lower jaw portion of the first terminal reinforces the upper wall from beneath. Since strength necessary for the upper wall can be reduced, the housing can be downsized and thus the connector can be downsized.
US09755334B2
A retention apparatus for a shielded cable is described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a substrate having a ground; a connector coupled to the substrate; a cable shielded with a conductive material and having an end connectable to the connector to electrically connect with the connector; an electrically conductive material coupled to the ground of the substrate; and a grounding retention mechanism to cause the electrically conductive material to electrically connect the cable to the ground of the substrate by applying a force to the cable shield.
US09755330B2
Electrical wiring connector assemblies, devices, systems, apparatus, and methods for establishing circuit connections between insulated wire conductors without removing the insulation from the conductors, such as attaching a power conductor cable to multiple lights such as those used with pathway and landscape lights, and the like. The connector can include two legs hinged together with placement and penetrating members on the insides of the legs which when pushed together by squeezing the legs can penetrate the insulated layer of the insulated wire conductor to establish an electrical connection. Pivotable wire lead ports allow for wire leads to other lights to be hooked to the insulated wire conductor.
US09755324B2
A contact including a first connectable part, a second connectable part, and a middle part. The first connectable part includes a tube or plate. The plate has a cross section generally of U-shape, V-shape, C-shape, or L-shape. The tube or the plate includes a base and a first wall. The first wall extends from a first end portion of the base. The middle part includes a base and a first sloped portion. The base of the middle part is contiguously connected between the base of the first connectable part and the second connectable part. The first sloped portion is contiguously connected between the first wall and a first end portion of the second connectable part. The first sloped portion extends from a first end portion of the base of the middle part such that the first sloped portion slopes down toward the first end portion of the second connectable part.
US09755317B2
In the field of circular-polarized planar wire antennas for very wide band telecommunications systems, and an antenna reflector for such an antenna, an antenna device comprises an antenna reflector and an antenna, and a method for implementing the antenna reflector. The antenna reflector comprises, on the one hand, a first reflection region exhibiting electromagnetic properties of an electrical conductor in a first sub-band of frequencies and, on the other hand, a second reflection region exhibiting electromagnetic properties akin to a magnetic conductor in a second sub-band of frequencies. Each reflection region is designed to face a region of the antenna able to emit electromagnetic radiation in the corresponding sub-band of frequencies in order to reflect the electric field of the backward radiation in phase with the electric field of the forward radiation.
US09755315B2
The Figures illustrate an apparatus 2 comprising: a conductive element 4 comprising an area of conductive material 5 defined by a plurality of edges 6, 7 including a first edge 7 wherein the conductive element 4 comprises an interior aperture 12 in the area of conductive material 5 and an elongate portion 20 defined by a gap 14 at the first edge 7 of the conductive element 4 and by at least a portion of the interior aperture 12. The apparatus 2 may comprise a further interior aperture in the area of conductive material and a second elongate portion defined by a second gap, by at least a portion of the interior aperture and by at least a portion of the further interior aperture.
US09755310B2
A ten-frequency band antenna includes a carrier, a high-frequency segment, a low-frequency segment, a printed circuit board (PCB) and an inductor. The high-frequency segment is arranged on left side of the carrier and the low-frequency segment is arranged on right side of the carrier. The radiator on the bottom face of the carrier electrically connects with the micro strip of the PCB and the ground line of the ground metal when the carrier is fixed to the PCB. The low-frequency segment is located at an opened area and corresponding to a metal face with smaller area such that the low-frequency segment is at a free space to enhance the frequency response of the low-frequency segment and the bandwidth of the high-frequency segment. The area and the volume of blind hole on the carrier can adjust the effective dielectric constant to adjust the resonant frequency and bandwidth of the antenna.
US09755304B2
A grounding structure is described in an embodiment of the present disclosure, which is applied to a rotary wireless access terminal, the wireless access terminal at least includes that: a structural part, as well as a main board and metal rotating shaft, which are arranged in the structural part, of the wireless access terminal, the metal rotating shaft is connected with an external interface of the wireless access terminal, wherein the grounding structure includes a metal dome and an insulating film; and one end of the metal dome is connected with the metal rotating shaft, while the other end is coupled to ground on the main board through the insulating film. A rotary wireless network card based on the above grounding structure is also described in an embodiment of the present disclosure. By the technical solutions of the embodiment of the present disclosure, an interference loop effect formed by a radio frequency current flowing through the main board may be effectively eliminated, the problem of poor low-frequency performance of a built-in antenna is effectively solved, and sensitivity of a low-frequency antenna is improved.
US09755295B2
The present application discloses various implementations of an antenna configured for use in a wireless transmitter, receiver, or transceiver. In one exemplary implementation, a wireless transmitter includes the antenna configured to be connected to the wireless transmitter. The antenna includes first and second substantially concentric pluralities of antenna elements, the second plurality of antenna elements being rotated with respect to the first plurality of antenna elements. The antenna is configured to enable the wireless transmitter to transmit a communication signal.
US09755284B2
A heat battery pack system includes a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells electrically interconnected to each other, a binding coupled to mechanically hold the battery cells physically together, and a heater system coupled to the battery pack to heat the battery cells. The heater system includes a heating element interweaved between the battery cells of the battery pack and a heating controller electrically coupled to the heating element to drive current through the heating element and provide heat to the battery cells of the battery pack. The weaving of the heating element between the battery cells provides fixed mechanical support to the heating element.
US09755281B2
A method for connecting battery cells in a battery is provided, the battery including at least one measuring battery cell and at least one standard battery cell in a series connection, the standard battery cell having at least a nominal capacity which is greater than a nominal capacity threshold, the measuring battery cell having a nominal capacity which is less than the nominal capacity threshold, the measuring battery cell having a switchable bypass, the method including: monitoring a state of charge of the at least one measuring battery cell; and bypassing the at least one measuring battery cell using the switchable bypass if the state of charge of the at least one measuring battery cell drops below a predefined state of charge threshold.
US09755273B2
Liquid or solid electrolyte compositions are described that comprise a homogeneous solvent system and an alkali metal salt dissolved in said solvent system. The solvent system may comprise a fluoropolymer, having one or two terminal carbonate groups covalently coupled thereto. Batteries containing such electrolyte compositions are also described.
US09755269B2
The disclosure relates to new compositions comprising an, B12FxH12−x− anion that may be prepared chemically or electrochemically by oxidation of B12FxH12−x2− salts. This anion can be generated electrochemically in a voltammetry experiment, or by chemically by treatment of the (2−) anions with powerful oxidants such as XeF2 or NO2(+) salts. The new compositions can be used as 1 electron chemical oxidants and in electrochemical cells such as lithium ion batteries where their formation at elevated potential can serve to limit the upper limit of voltage during the overcharge of such a cell.
US09755268B2
Gel electrolytes, especially gel electrolytes for electrochemical cells, are generally described. In some embodiments, the gel electrolyte layers comprise components a) to c). Component a) may be at least one layer of at least one polymer comprising polymerized units of: a1) at least one monomer containing an ethylenically unsaturated unit and an amido group and a2) at least one crosslinker. Component b) may be at least one conducting salt and component c) may be at least one solvent. Electrodes may comprise the components a), d) and e), wherein component a) may be at least one layer of at least one polymer as described herein. Component d) may be at least one electroactive layer and component e) may be at least one ceramic layer. Furthermore, electrochemical cells comprising component a) which may be at least one layer of at least one polymer as described herein, are also provided.
US09755261B2
The present invention provides a novel method that recovers metal components from sulfide mineral tailings by Microbial Fuel Cell. The traditional bio-hydrometallurgy reaction is split to one oxidization reaction taking place in the anode chamber and one reduction reaction taking place in the cathode chamber. H+ generated during the oxidization reaction is continually transferred to cathode chamber through proton exchange membrane and reacted with O2 to generate H2O, which not only increases the reaction rate in anode chamber but also decreases equipment corrosion caused by excessive H+. The method of the present invention, recovering metals as well as electronic power, is environment-friendly.
US09755260B2
A method for manufacturing a high temperature electrolyzer (HTE) or a high temperature fuel cell is disclosed. According to one aspect, the HTE includes a vertical stack of n elementary planar cells alternating with n+1 interconnection plates. Each of the elementary cells include a planar porous anode and a planar porous cathode each having cutouts formed therein. The anode and cathode are respectively positioned on each of the faces of a planar dense electrolyte. Brazed joints are formed by infiltration of a defined amount of a brazing composition in the electrodes at contact points between the elementary cells and the interconnection plates.
US09755257B2
The cooling capacity of a first heat exchanger for cooling a reformed gas introduced into an inlet of a circulation pump is increased as an output of a fuel cell increases. With this configuration, an inlet temperature of the circulation pump is relatively high during low power generation and decreases as the generation power increases, and a volumetric flow rate during high power generation in which a large amount of reformed gas is required can be decreased relatively. As the result, a dynamic range required for the circulation pump can be made small. Furthermore, water condensation in the inlet of the circulation pump can be prevented during low power generation.
US09755248B2
The present invention relates to the use of mesoporous graphitic particles having a loading of sintering-stable metal nanoparticles for fuel cells and further electrochemical applications, for example as constituent of layers in electrodes of fuel cells and batteries.
US09755243B2
This electrode catalyst layer for fuel cells is provided with: an electrode catalyst that comprises a conductive carrier and platinum-containing metal particles supported on the surface of the conductive carrier; and an ionomer that covers the electrode catalyst. This electrode catalyst layer for fuel cells is characterized in that the average thickness of the ionomer is 2.4 nm or less. This electrode catalyst layer for fuel cells is capable of having a good balance between proton transport properties and transport properties for a gas such as an oxidant gas or a fuel gas even in cases where the amount of supported platinum is decreased. In addition, an electrode for fuel cells, a membrane electrode assembly for fuel cells, and a fuel cell, each having good current-voltage characteristics, can be obtained using the above-described electrode catalyst layer for fuel cells.
US09755237B2
A negative-electrode active material for a sodium-ion secondary battery contains a porous carbon material which has a plurality of open pores that extend through to the surface, a plurality of closed pores that do not extend through to the surface, and a solid portion made of carbon material. The distance between (002) planes of carbon in at least a part of the solid portion is 0.36 nm or more. The plurality of closed pores account for a volume ratio of not less than 30% and not more than 90% with respect to a total volume of the plurality of open pores, the plurality of closed pores, and the solid portion.
US09755235B2
A composition containing a carbon monofluoride admixture is provided. The carbon monofluoride admixture is generally in the form of layer having opposing upper and lower surfaces. Usually, an ion conducting or a solid electrolyte layer is position on one of the upper or lower layers of the monofluoride admixture. In some configurations, the ion conducting or a solid electrolyte layer can be alkaline metal aluminum oxide or alkaline metal aluminum fluoride. The alkaline metal is commonly lithium, and the alkaline metal aluminum oxide or alkaline metal aluminum fluoride is more commonly MzAlXy (M is one of alkali metals, X=O, F), Z commonly can have a value from about 0.5 to about 10 and y can have a value from about 1.75 to about 6.5, more commonly z can have a value from about 1 to about 5 and y can have a value from about 2 to about 4. The carbon monofluoride admixture can include a polymeric binder and one or more of a conductive carbon black and conductive graphite. The carbon monofluoride admixture is generally a component one or more electrodes of an electrochemical energy storage device.
US09755233B2
According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a first positive electrode active material which is represented by general formula LiMSO4F (M is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn and Zn) and has a triplite type crystal structure, and a second positive electrode active material which is represented by general formula LiM′SO4F (M′ is at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn and Zn) and has a tavorite type crystal structure.
US09755231B2
Provided are a method of preparing iron oxide nanoparticles, iron oxide nanoparticles prepared thereby, and an anode material including the iron oxide nanoparticles.
US09755230B2
Electrode active material, electrode including the same, and lithium battery including the electrode
An electrode active material including an ordered mesoporous metal oxide; and at least one conductive carbon material disposed in a pore of the ordered mesoporous metal oxide. Also, an electrode including the electrode active material, and a lithium battery including the electrode.
US09755223B2
In a treatment process for a positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery, Li compounds such as Li2CO3, LiOH, and the like, present in a positive electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery but unsuitable for a positive electrode material, is removed. In a case wherein the resultant Li compound is used as a positive electrode material of the secondary battery, a discharge capacity and an average discharge voltage of the secondary battery do not decline, and gelation caused by a cleaning treatment is prevented. The positive electrode active material is cleaned with a cleaning fluid containing NH3, and then solid-liquid separation is performed, and a solid component is calcined at 600 to 700° C. in an oxygen atmosphere. The cleaning fluid has a conductivity of 11.6 mS/cm or less, and contains a recovered liquid component and may be repeatedly used as a cleaning fluid.
US09755218B2
The present invention improves the performance of each lead battery, and simultaneously to establish overall balance, by inspecting the degradation state of each lead battery and performing the most suitable treatment while maintaining a state in which lead batteries are energized. This performance improvement method is for stationary lead batteries configuring a battery assembly which connects the terminals of the multiple lead batteries by means of a conducting plate, and involves a step for performing checks for inspection operations of the lead batteries, a step for measuring the internal electrical conductivity of each lead battery with the lead batteries still being in a normal use state, and a step for adding an electrolyte and purified water according to the state of each of the lead battery.
US09755207B2
The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for battery containing: a substrate; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on at least one side of the substrate, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape has a thickness change ratio of 20% or less after immersion in a mixed solvent of ethylene carbonate/diethyl carbonate [former/latter (volume ratio)=1/1] at 60° C. for 8 hours; and a 180° peeling adhesive strength (against aluminum foil, peel temperature: 25° C., peel rate: 300 mm/minute) of 0.5 N/10 mm or more after the above immersion.
US09755200B2
An equipment cabinet having a corrugation in the side panels is disclosed. The panels are affixed to a base by bolting or welding so as to be disposed opposite each other. Holes are provided in opposing surfaces the so that cross members may be secured in a position between the opposing side panels of the cabinet to form a support structure for equipment, such as batteries. Equipment may also be attached using mounting brackets. An equipment retaining bracket includes a retaining cross member, an L-shaped bracket and a bolt to joint the retaining cross member and the L-shaped bracket so as to secure the battery in two dimensions. Retaining brackets may be provided at the front and the rear surfaces of the equipment and, in cooperation with the cross members, retain the equipment in the cabinet.
US09755199B2
An energy storage apparatus includes: a housing which has a container body and a lid portion provided with external connection terminals; an energy storage module which is arranged in the housing, the energy storage module having a cell stack; a bolt which restricts movement of the energy storage module with respect to a bottom wall of the container body; and a support member which restricts movement of the energy storage module with respect to the lid portion.
US09755195B2
The present disclosure discloses an apparatus and method for sealing a pouch case that optimizes a sealing shape or structure of a sealing portion at an inner side of the pouch case to ensure insulation of a secondary battery. The apparatus for sealing a pouch case of a pouch-type secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes an upper compression jig to apply pressure to a sealing portion of the pouch case in a downward direction, and a lower compression jig to apply pressure to the sealing portion of the pouch case in an upward direction, and at least one of the upper compression jig and the lower compression jig applies the pressure to the pouch case at different depths at an inner side end and an outer side end.
US09755191B2
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an organic EL element, which has, on a supporting substrate, at least one intermediate electrode layer, and at least two light emitting units, each of which has one or a plurality of organic functional layers, the intermediate electrode layer being disposed between the light emitting units. The method is characterized in having: a first patterning step wherein at least one organic functional layer of each of the light emitting units is patterned using a mask; and a second patterning step wherein at least one organic functional layer in each of the light emitting units is patterned into, by means of light irradiation, a region where a light emitting function is modulated, and a region where the light emitting function is not modulated. The method is also characterized in that the second patterning step is performed for each light emitting unit that is manufactured.
US09755187B2
The present disclosure provides an organic light-emitting diode packaging structure, a method for packaging an organic light-emitting diode and a display device. The packaging structure includes: a display area of an organic light-emitting diode arranged on a substrate; a cathode pattern arranged on the display area; a first inorganic blocking layer arranged on the cathode pattern; an organic buffer layer arranged on the first inorganic blocking layer, wherein the organic buffer layer is electrically connected at its edge to the cathode pattern in a peripheral area of the display area; and a second inorganic blocking layer, wherein the second inorganic blocking layer is connected directly at its edge to the substrate in the peripheral area of the display area, so as to cover all the other layers.
US09755170B2
An improved switching material for forming a composite article over a substrate is disclosed. A first volume of nanotubes is combined with a second volume of nanoscopic particles in a predefined ration relative to the first volume of nanotubes to form a mixture. This mixture can then be deposited over a substrate as a relatively thick composite article via a spin coating process. The composite article may possess improved switching properties over that of a nanotube-only switching article. A method for forming substantially uniform nanoscopic particles of carbon, which contains one or more allotropes of carbon, is also disclosed.
US09755169B2
Provided is a nonvolatile memory device. The nonvolatile memory device includes: first and second electrodes spaced from each other; at least one nano crystal layer disposed between the first and second electrodes; and first and second material layers respectively disposed between the first and second electrodes and the nano crystal layer and having a bistable conductive property, wherein the first and second material layers are formed asymmetrical to each other.
US09755166B2
A luminescent device that has at least an anode layer (32), a cathode layer (36), and an organic EL layer (34) formed on a transparent substrate (30), and has the organic EL layer (34) placed between the anode layer (32) and the cathode layer (36) is disclosed.In this luminescent device, notches (22) are formed at the rim portion of the transparent substrate, and patterning is performed on the transparent substrate (30) so that the organic EL layer (34) avoids the notches (22), and the anode layer (32) and the cathode layer (34) overlap the organic EL layer (34). Part of the anode layer (32) and part of the cathode layer (36) are exposed through the respective notches (22) of the transparent substrate (30).
US09755162B2
An organic light emitting device and a display device is provided. The organic light emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and a light emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode; an electron transport layer disposed between the cathode and the light emitting layer, and the material of the electron transport layer is an organic metal chelate.
US09755160B2
Provided is a thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer provided between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer and formed of an organic polymer compound, and a source electrode and a drain electrode provided in contact with the semiconductor layer and connected via the semiconductor layer, on a substrate, in which the content of metals selected from Mg, Ca, Ba, Al, Sn, Pb, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Ag in the gate insulating layer is 10 ppb to 1 ppm in terms of total amount, or the content of non-metal ionic materials selected from halogen ions, sulfate ions, nitrate ions, and phosphate ions is 1 ppm to 100 ppm in terms of total amount.
US09755157B2
An organic compound represented by a combination of a moiety represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, a moiety represented by the following Chemical Formula 2, and a moiety represented by the following Chemical Formula 3,
US09755153B2
A compound, an organic light emitting diode device, and a display device, the compound being represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:
US09755140B2
A multilayered magnetic thin-film stack including a tunneling barrier layer; a magnetic finned layer formed on a first surface of the tunneling barrier layer; and a magnetic free layer formed on a second surface of the tunneling barrier layer, which is opposite to the first surface, wherein at least one of the magnetic finned layer and the magnetic free layer includes a FeZr alloy layer and a first magnetic layer having a (001) bcc structure between the FeZr alloy layer and the tunneling barrier layer.
US09755137B2
A piezoelectric device has a piezoelectric ceramic layer obtained by sintering a piezoelectric ceramic composition that contains an alkali-containing niobate type perovskite composition which is represented by (LilNamK1-l-m)n(Nb1-oTao)O3 (wherein 0.04≦l≦0.1, 0≦m≦1, 0.95≦n≦1.05, 0≦o≦1) and Ag component, as well as a conductor layer sandwiching the piezoelectric ceramic layer. The piezoelectric ceramic layer has Ag segregated in voids present in a sintered compact of the perovskite composition in terms of oxides relative to the perovskite composition.
US09755124B2
An array of housings with housing bodies and lenses is molded, or an array of housing bodies is molded and bonded with lenses to form an array of housings with housing bodies and lenses. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are attached to the housings in the array. An array of metal pads may be bonded to the back of the array or insert molded with the housing array to form bond pads on the back of the housings. The array is singulated to form individual LED modules.
US09755123B2
A light emitting device includes a base member including a conductive member; a light mining element arranged on the base member, the light emitting element having a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, and at least one lateral surface between the first surface and the second surface; a die-bonding resin bonding the base member and the second surface; a first protective film continuously covering the base member, the die-bonding resin, the at least one lateral surface, and the first surface; and a second protective film continuously covering the base member, the die-bonding resin, the at least one lateral surface and the first surface of the light emitting element, over the first protective film, the second protective film having a linear expansion coefficient that is smaller than a linear expansion coefficient of the die-bonding resin and larger than a linear expansion coefficient of the first protective film.
US09755111B2
A structure of a high luminance LED and a high luminance LD is provided. The present invention provides a light emitting device containing, on a zinc blend-type BP layer formed on an Si substrate, an AlyInxGazN (y≧0, x>0) crystal as a mother crystal maintaining the zinc blend-type crystal structure and In dots having an In concentration higher than that of the AlyInxGazN (y≧0, x>0) crystal as the mother crystal.
US09755110B1
Embodiments are related to integrated circuit (IC) fabrication and, more particularly, to a fluidic assembly process for the placement of light emitting diodes on a direct-emission display substrate.
US09755105B2
A method for producing a light emitting device includes providing a light emitting device array including a collective substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements, a covering member covering a region surrounding the plurality of light emitting elements, in which the plurality of light emitting elements and the covering member are arranged on an upper surface of the collective substrate, the collective substrate including a ceramic base member, and the covering member containing a silicone-based resin as a base material; making a cut into the covering member such that the cut has a depth such that an uncut portion remains in the covering member in a direction of the depth' and push-splitting the collective substrate, and splitting the uncut portion of the covering member after the making the cut into the covering member.
US09755104B2
A method of forming a rough surface includes: providing an article having a top surface, forming a plurality of agglomerated grains on the top surface by a deposition process, and patterning the top surface to form a rough surface by using the plurality of agglomerated grains as a mask.
US09755102B2
The precursor comprises at least one layer of doped crystalline silicon and a layer of doped amorphous semiconductor material. The method comprises the steps of placing the cell precursor sandwiched between a grounded conducting plate and a plate made of insulating material coated with a conducting layer, then applying a state change electrical voltage (U1) between the conducting layer and ground, the said state change electrical voltage (U1) being designed to bring the Fermi level at the interface between crystalline silicon and amorphous semiconductor material closer to the middle of the band gap of the said amorphous semiconductor material, while at the same time heating the cell precursor to a defect equilibration temperature (TE), and finally cooling down the cell precursor (10) prior to interrupting the application of the state change electrical voltage (U1).
US09755093B2
Disclosed are a photoelectronic device using a hybrid structure of silica nanoparticles and graphene quantum dots and a method of manufacturing the same. The photoelectronic device according to the present disclosure has a hybrid structure including graphene quantum dots (GQDs) bonded to surfaces of silica nanoparticles (SNPs), thereby increasing energy transfer efficiency.
US09755080B2
A method for fabricating a FinFET structure comprises providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a hard mask layer on the semiconductor substrate; forming a dummy gate structure having a dummy gate, a first sidewall spacer and a second sidewall spacer; removing the dummy gate to form a first trench; forming first sub-fins in the semiconductor substrate under the hard mask layer in the first trench; forming a first metal gate structure in the first trench; removing the first sidewall spacer to form a second trench; forming second sub-fins in the semiconductor substrate under the hard mask layer in the second trench; forming a second metal gate structure in the second trench; removing the second sidewall spacer to form a third trench; forming third sub-fins in the semiconductor substrate under the hard mask layer in the third trench; and forming a third metal gate structure in the third trench.
US09755076B2
Semiconductor devices include a strain-inducing layer capable of applying a strain to a channel region of a transistor included in a miniaturized electronic device, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a channel region; a pair of source/drain regions provided on the substrate and arranged on both sides of the channel region in a first direction; and a gate structure provided on the channel region and comprising a gate electrode pattern extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction, a gate dielectric layer disposed between the channel region and the gate electrode pattern, and a gate spacer covering respective lateral surfaces of the gate electrode pattern and the gate dielectric layer. At least one of the source/drain regions includes a first strain-inducing layer and a second strain-inducing layer. The first strain-inducing layer is disposed between a lateral surface of the channel region and the second strain-inducing layer and contacts at least a portion of the gate dielectric layer.
US09755075B2
Disclosed are methods to form a FinFET diode of high efficiency, designed to resolve the degradation problem with a conventional FinFET diode arising from reduced active area, and a method of fabrication. The FinFET diode has a doped substrate, two spaced-apart groups of semiconductor fin structures, dielectric layers formed between the two groups and among the fin structures for insulation, a plurality of gate structures perpendicularly traversing both groups of the fin structures, and two groups of semiconductor strips respectively formed lengthwise upon the two groups of the fin structures. The two groups of semiconductor strips are doped to have opposite conductivity types, p-type and n-type. In an embodiment, the FinFET diode further has metal contacts formed upon the semiconductor strips. In another embodiment, the semiconductor strips may be integrally formed with the fin structures by epitaxial growth and in-situ doped.
US09755072B2
A method for fabricating a high-voltage transistor on a semiconductor substrate includes defining and forming shallow trench isolation regions for all of the transistors, defining and forming well regions for all of the transistors, forming a gate oxide layer in the well regions for all of the transistor, forming gates for all of the transistors over the gate oxide layer, implanting a dopant to form lightly-doped drain regions for all of the transistors, the lightly-doped drain regions for at least drains of the high-voltage transistors being spaced apart from an inner edge of the shallow trench isolation regions, forming gate spacers at sides of the gates of all of the transistors, and implanting a dopant to form sources and drains for all of the transistors, the drains of the high-voltage transistors being formed completely surrounded by the lightly-doped drain regions of the high-voltage transistors.
US09755061B2
A semiconductor device includes: a nitride semiconductor multilayer; an insulating film disposed on the nitride semiconductor multilayer; and a gate electrode disposed on the insulating film, wherein the nitride semiconductor multilayer has a first oxidized region near an interface with a region of the insulating film below the gate electrode, the first oxidized region having an oxygen concentration higher than an oxygen concentration of a region near an interface with a region of the insulating film other than below the gate electrode.
US09755050B2
The semiconductor device including: a semiconductor layer extending in a first direction, the semiconductor layer including a pair of source/drain regions and a channel region, a gate extending on the semiconductor layer to cover the channel region, and a gate dielectric layer interposed between the channel region and the gate, a corner insulating spacer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface extending in the second direction along a side wall of the gate, the first surface covering from a side portion of the gate dielectric layer to at least a portion of the side wall of the gate, and the second surface covering a portion of the semiconductor layer, and an outer portion insulating spacer covering the side wall of the gate above the corner insulating spacer, the outer portion insulating spacer having a smaller dielectric constant than the corner insulating spacer, may be provided.
US09755046B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided. At least two shallow trenches are formed in a substrate. An insulating layer is formed on surfaces of the substrate and the shallow trenches. A conductive layer is formed on the substrate between the shallow trenches. At least one spacer is formed on a sidewall of the conductive layer, wherein the spacer fills up each shallow trench.
US09755044B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a channel layer, a spacer layer, a barrier layer, and an oxidized cap layer. The channel layer is disposed on or above the substrate. The spacer layer is disposed on the channel layer. The barrier layer is disposed on the spacer layer. The oxidized cap layer is disposed on the barrier layer. The oxidized cap layer is made of oxynitride.
US09755043B2
Provided in the present invention is a trench gate power MOSFET (TMOS/UMOS) structure with a heavily doped polysilicon source region. The polysilicon source region is formed by deposition, and a trench-shaped contact hole is used at the source region, in order to attain low contact resistance and small cell pitch. The present invention may also be implemented in an IGBT.
US09755042B2
An insulated gate semiconductor device provided herein includes a front electrode and a rear electrode and is configured to switch a conducting path between the front electrode and the rear electrode. The insulated gate semiconductor device includes a first circumferential trench provided in the front surface; a second circumferential trend provided in the front surface and deeper than the first circumferential trench; a fifth region of a second conductivity type exposed on a bottom surface of the first circumferential trench; a sixth region of the second conductivity type exposed on a bottom surface of the second circumferential trench; and a seventh region of a first conductivity type connected to the third region and separating the fifth region from the sixth region. A front side end portion of the sixth region being located on a rear side with respect to a rear side end portion of the fifth region.
US09755040B2
To provide a semiconductor wafer having a wafer, a compound semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer, wherein in the depth direction, oxygen atoms and nitrogen atoms are continuously distributed, the number of the nitrogen atoms along the depth direction shows its maximum in the first insulating layer, the total number of third atoms and fourth atoms along the depth direction becomes the largest in the compound semiconductor layer, the number of the oxygen atoms at the interface between the compound semiconductor layer and the first insulating layer is smaller than the number of the oxygen atoms at the interface between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.
US09755037B2
According to a first aspect of the present invention, a method of manufacturing semiconductor device includes the step of preparing a silicon substrate. The silicon substrate includes an N-type silicon layer on one surface and at least one of a PN junction, an electrode film, and a protective film on another surface. The method includes the steps of forming a Si—Ti junction by forming a first electrode film made of titanium on the N-type silicon layer; forming a second electrode film made of Al—Si on the first electrode film; forming a third electrode film made of Ni on the second electrode film; and heating the silicon substrate after forming the third electrode film. A titanium silicide layer is not formed between the N-type silicon layer and the first electrode film.
US09755035B2
Some embodiments include constructions which have platinum-containing structures. In some embodiments, the constructions may have a planarized surface extending across the platinum-containing structures and across metal oxide. In some embodiments, the constructions may have a planarized surface extending across the platinum-containing structures, across a first material retaining the platinum-containing structures, and across metal oxide liners along sidewalls of the platinum-containing structures and directly between the platinum-containing structures and the first material. Some embodiments include methods of forming platinum-containing structures. In some embodiments, first material is formed across electrically conductive structures, and metal oxide is formed across the first material. Openings are formed to extend through the metal oxide and the first material to the electrically conductive structures. Platinum-containing material is formed within the openings and over the metal oxide. Chemical-mechanical polishing is utilized to form a planarized surface extending across the platinum-containing material and the metal oxide.
US09755029B1
An integrated radio frequency (RF) circuit structure may include an active device on a first surface of an isolation layer. The integrated RF circuit structure may also include backside metallization on a second surface opposite the first surface of the isolation layer. A body of the active device is biased by the backside metallization. The integrated RF circuit structure may further include front-side metallization coupled to the backside metallization with a via. The front-side metallization is arranged distal from the backside metallization. The front-side metallization, the via, and the backside metallization may at least partially enclose the active device.
US09755017B1
Nanosheet semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same include forming a first nanosheet stack in a first device region with layers of a first channel material and layers of a sacrificial material. A second nanosheet stack is formed in a second device region with layers of a second channel material, layers of the sacrificial material, and a liner formed around the layers of the second channel material. The sacrificial material is etched away, but the liner protects the second channel material from the etch. Gate stacks are formed over and around the layers of first and second channel material to form respective first and second semiconductor devices in the first and second device regions.
US09755016B2
The invention relates to transferring, in one exposure, a single-mask feature to form two features on an underlying material. Specifically, a doubled walled structure (i.e. a center opening flanked by adjacent openings) is formed. Advantageously, the openings may be sub-resolution openings. The center opening may be a line flanked by two other lines. The center opening may be circular and surrounded by an outer ring, thus forming a double wall ring structure. In an electronic fuse embodiment, the double wall ring structure is a via filled with a conductor that contacts a lower and upper level metal. In deep trench embodiment, the double wall ring structure is a deep trench in a semiconductor substrate filled with insulating material. In such a way the surface area of the trench is increased thereby increasing capacitance.
US09755005B2
An organic EL device according to the present application includes a substrate, a plurality of organic EL elements arranged on the substrate, the plurality of organic EL elements including an organic light-emitting layer interposed between an anode and a cathode, a plurality of connection terminals disposed on the substrate, a sealing layer covering the plurality of organic EL elements such that the plurality of organic EL elements lie between the substrate and the sealing layer, and an organic layer formed above the sealing layer. The organic layer and the sealing layer have an opening portion that exposes at least one of the plurality of connection terminals.
US09754997B2
Resistance elements, including Magnetic Tunnel Junction devices are configured as magnetoelectronic (ME) devices. These resistive devices are useable as circuit building blocks in reconfigurable processing systems, including as logic circuits, non-volatile switches and memory cells.
US09754992B2
Various embodiments of a structure implemented in an X-ray imaging system are described. In one aspect, a structure implemented in an X-ray imaging system includes a silicon wafer including a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The silicon wafer also includes an array of photodiodes on the first side of the silicon wafer with the photodiodes electrically isolated from each other as well as an array of grid holes on the second side of the silicon wafer. Each grid hole of the array of grid holes is aligned with a respective photodiode of the array of photodiodes. The structure also includes a layer of scintillating material disposed over the array of grid holes on the second side of the silicon wafer. The structure further includes a layer of reflective material disposed on the layer of scintillating material.
US09754991B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a primary surface and having a sensor therein, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type having a circuit element formed therein. The second semiconductor layer is formed at a same side of the primary surface of the first semiconductor layer. The device further includes an insulating layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The insulating layer is disposed on the primary surface of the first semiconductor layer and surrounds the circuit element, and includes a charge-attracting semiconductor pattern of the first conductivity type that is disposed near the circuit element so as to attract electrical charges generated in the insulating layer.
US09754988B2
A large format array is described having a series of smaller arrays daisy chained together to form the larger array. The smaller arrays are mounted on a base plate that may be of a non planar configuration. The daisy chaining together of the smaller arrays enables a smaller number of connections to be made to the external interface via connections.
US09754976B2
An element substrate is provided, including a substrate, a metal layer, a planarization layer and a first conductive layer. The metal layer is disposed on the substrate. The planarization layer is located on the metal layer, wherein the planarization layer includes a contact hole, the contact hole has a continuous wall and a bottom, the bottom exposes the metal layer, and the bottom of the contact hole has a first width. The first conductive layer is located on the planarization layer, wherein the first conductive layer includes an opening, the opening exposes the contact hole, and the opening has a second width above the contact hole, wherein the relationship of the first width and the second width is modified to decrease illumination loss and to prevent problems of shot-circuiting and insufficient capacitance.
US09754974B2
It is an object to manufacture and provide a highly reliable display device including a thin film transistor with a high aperture ratio which has stable electric characteristics. In a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device having a thin film transistor in which a semiconductor layer including a channel formation region is formed using an oxide semiconductor film, a heat treatment for reducing moisture and the like which are impurities and for improving the purity of the oxide semiconductor film (a heat treatment for dehydration or dehydrogenation) is performed. Further, an aperture ratio is improved by forming a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer using conductive films having light transmitting properties.
US09754970B2
The present invention provides a thin film transistor, a fabricating method thereof, an array substrate and a display device. The fabricating method of the thin film transistor of the present invention comprises: forming an inducing layer film and an oxide active layer film in contact therewith on a substrate, the oxide active layer film being provided above or below the inducing layer film; and heating the substrate subjected to the above step, crystallizing the oxide active layer film through inducement of the inducing layer film to form a crystalline oxide active layer.
US09754965B2
In one aspect, a method of forming a CMOS device includes forming nanowires suspended over a BOX, wherein a first/second one or more of the nanowires are suspended at a first/second suspension height over the BOX, and wherein the first suspension height is greater than the second suspension height; depositing a conformal gate dielectric on the BOX and around the nanowires wherein the conformal gate dielectric deposited on the BOX is i) in a non-contact position with the conformal gate dielectric deposited around the first one or more of the nanowires, and ii) is in direct physical contact with the conformal gate dielectric deposited around the second one or more of the nanowires such that the BOX serves as an oxygen source during growth of a conformal oxide layer at the interface between the conformal gate dielectric and the second one or more of the nanowires.
US09754964B2
The present disclosure may provide a semiconductor device with an enhanced integration. The device may include a lower pipe gate; an upper pipe gate including a first horizontal portion and first and second protrusions, the first horizontal portion being parallel to the lower pipe gate, the first and second protrusions extending from the first horizontal portion to the lower pipe gate and crossing each other so as to define a pipe channel region; a partition pipe gate disposed between the lower and upper pipe gates, the partition pipe gate dividing the pipe channel region into first and second pipe channel regions; and first and second pipe channel films disposed respectively in the first and second pipe channel regions.
US09754961B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate; a stacked body including a plurality of insulating layers and including a first insulating layer and a plurality of conductive layers including a first conductive layer; a first semiconductor film extending in a stacking direction of the stacked body; a second semiconductor film, the second semiconductor film having a maximum thickness thicker than a maximum thickness of the first semiconductor film in a first direction crossing the stacking direction; and a first insulating film. The second semiconductor film has an upper face, and a height of the upper face is lower than a height of the first conductive layer. The first insulating film has a lower end portion, and a height of the lower end portion of the first insulating film is lower than the height of the upper face of the second semiconductor film.
US09754960B2
Provided herein is a semiconductor memory device including: a memory cell array having a multilayer stacked structure; and a peripheral circuit configured to drive the memory cell array. The peripheral circuit includes a power decoupling capacitor circuit configured to provide decoupling capacitors to the memory cell array and the peripheral circuit. The power decoupling capacitor circuit includes conductive lines which are alternately stacked on top of one another, a plurality of semiconductor pillars configured to pass through the conductive lines, a horizontal connector configured to connect the semiconductor pillars to each other, and a vertical connector configured to pass through the conductive lines and insulated from the horizontal connector.
US09754953B2
Methods of forming multi-tiered semiconductor devices are described, along with apparatus and systems that include them. In one such method, an opening is formed in a tier of semiconductor material and a tier of dielectric. A portion of the tier of semiconductor material exposed by the opening is processed so that the portion is doped differently than the remaining semiconductor material in the tier. At least substantially all of the remaining semiconductor material of the tier is removed, leaving the differently doped portion of the tier of semiconductor material as a charge storage structure. A tunneling dielectric is formed on a first surface of the charge storage structure and an intergate dielectric is formed on a second surface of the charge storage structure. Additional embodiments are also described.
US09754950B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a memory array region and a peripheral region, isolation layers formed in the peripheral region to define an active region, offset insulating layers separated from each other and formed in the active region, and a gate electrode having edges overlapping with the offset insulating layers and arranged in the active region between the offset insulating layers.
US09754947B2
A method for fabricating a static random access memory is provided. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a plurality of transistors on the semiconductor substrate. Further, the method includes forming a first metal layer having a word line electrically connecting with a partial number of the transistors. Further, the method also includes forming a second metal layer having a first bit line, a second bit line, a first power source line and second power source lines electrically connect with a partial number of the transistors.
US09754941B2
A method of forming a semiconductor structure that includes compressive strained silicon germanium alloy fins having a first germanium content and tensile strained silicon germanium alloy fins having a second germanium content that is less than the first germanium content is provided. The different strained and germanium content silicon germanium alloy fins are located on a same substrate. The method includes forming a cladding layer of silicon around a set of the silicon germanium alloy fins, and forming a cladding layer of a germanium containing material around another set of the silicon germanium alloy fins. Thermal mixing is then employed to form the different strained and germanium content silicon germanium alloy fins.
US09754930B2
An integrated circuit includes an NMOS SCR in which a p-type body well of the NMOS transistor provides a base layer for a vertical NPN layer stack. The base layer is formed by implanting p-type dopants using an implant mask which has a cutout mask element over the base area, so as to block the p-type dopants from the base area. The base layer is implanted concurrently with p-type body wells under NMOS transistors in logic components in the integrated circuit. Subsequent anneals cause the p-type dopants to diffuse into the base area, forming a base with a lower doping density that adjacent regions of the body well of the NMOS transistor in the NMOS SCR. The NMOS SCR may have a symmetric transistor, a drain extended transistor, or may be a bidirectional NMOS SCR with a symmetric transistor integrated with a drain extended transistor.
US09754925B2
An interconnect apparatus and a method of forming the interconnect apparatus is provided. Two integrated circuits are bonded together. A first opening is formed through one of the substrates. A multi-layer dielectric film is formed along sidewalls of the first opening. One or more etch processes form one or more spacer-shaped structures along sidewalls of the first opening. A second opening is formed extending from the first opening to pads in the integrated circuits. A dielectric liner is formed, and the opening is filled with a conductive material to form a conductive plug.
US09754909B2
An integrated circuit (IC) chip includes a copper structure with an intermetallic coating on the surface. The IC chip includes a substrate with an integrated circuit. A metal pad electrically connects to the integrated circuit. The copper structure electrically connects to the metal pad. A solder bump is disposed on the copper structure. The surface of the copper structure has a coating of intermetallic. The copper structure can be a redistribution layer and a copper pillar that is disposed on the redistribution layer.
US09754902B2
An integrated circuit including a plurality of first semiconductor strips of a first conductivity type and of second semiconductor strips of a second conductivity type arranged in alternated and contiguous fashion on a region of the second conductivity type, including for each of the first strips: a plurality of bias contacts; for each bias contact, a switch capable of applying a potential on the bias contact; two detection contacts arranged at the ends of the first strip; and a detection circuit having its activation causing the turning off of the switches and the comparison with a threshold of the resistance between the detection contacts.
US09754900B2
A thermosetting adhesive sheet comprises a thermosetting binder, a transparent filler having an average primary particle diameter from 1 nm to 1000 nm and a colorant; wherein content of the transparent filler is from 30 to 100 pts. mass with respect to 80 pts. mass of the thermosetting binder and content of the colorant is from 0.5 to 3.0 pts. mass with respect to 80 pts. mass of the thermosetting binder; this thermosetting adhesive sheet is applied to a grinding-side surface of a semiconductor wafer and before dicing the semiconductor wafer. Printing using laser marking is thus made clear enabling excellent laser mark visibility and accurate alignment using infrared light.
US09754894B2
Provided is a thermosetting sheet for sealing which is used to seal an electronic device. One surface of the sheet has a surface roughness (Ra) of 3 μm or less before the sheet is cured.
US09754887B2
A semiconductor device includes a first power rail, a second power rail, at least one standard cell and at least one power bridge. The first power rail extends in a first direction over a substrate. The second power rail extends in the first direction over the substrate, and the second power rail is spaced apart from the first power rail in a second direction that intersects the first direction. The at least one standard cell receives a first voltage from the first and the second power rails. The at least one power bridge connects the first power rail and the second power rail in the second direction. The first power rail and the second power rail are formed in a first metal layer and the least one power bridge is formed in a bottom metal layer that is under the first metal layer.
US09754872B1
Some embodiments include an assembly having a first wiring level with a plurality of first shield lines and first signal lines. The first shield lines and first signal lines have first segments extending along a first direction and second segments extending along the first direction and laterally offset from the first segments. The assembly includes a second wiring level below the first wiring level and having a plurality of second shield lines and second signal lines. The second shield lines and second signal lines have third segments extending along the first direction and fourth segments extending along the first direction and laterally offset from the third segments. The fourth segments of the second shield lines extend to under the first segments of the first shield lines and are electrically coupled to the first segments of the first shield lines through vertical interconnects.
US09754870B2
A compound carrier board structure of Flip-Chip Chip-Scale Package and manufacturing method thereof provides a baseplate with a penetrating rectangular opening bonded to a non-conductive film then a carrier board in order to form a compound carrier board structure. The baseplate is constructed with a low Thermal Expansion Coefficient material.
US09754862B2
A device includes a carrier having a first carrier section on a first level and a second carrier section on a second level different from the first level. The device further includes a compound semiconductor chip arranged over the first carrier section and a control semiconductor chip arranged over the second carrier section. The control semiconductor chip is configured to control the compound semiconductor chip. An encapsulation material covers the compound semiconductor chip and the control semiconductor chip.
US09754859B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a doped zone, a polysilicon layer and an elongate plug structure. The doped zone is within the semiconductor substrate. The polysilicon layer is disposed in a trench electrically isolated from the semiconductor substrate by an insulating layer. The elongate plug structure extends in a lateral direction in or above the semiconductor substrate. The elongate plug structure provides electrical connection between the doped zone and the polysilicon layer.
US09754858B2
A semiconductor device has a TSV semiconductor wafer with a cavity formed in a first surface of the wafer. A second cavity can be formed in a second surface of the wafer. A plurality of semiconductor die is mounted within the cavities. The semiconductor die can be mounted side-by-side and/or stacked within the cavity. Conductive TSV can be formed through the die. An encapsulant is deposited within the cavity over the die. A CTE of the die is similar to a CTE of the encapsulant. A first interconnect structure is formed over a first surface of the encapsulant and wafer. A second interconnect structure is formed over a second surface of the encapsulant and wafer. The first and second interconnect structure are electrically connected to the TSV wafer. A second semiconductor die can be mounted over the first interconnect structure with encapsulant deposited over the second die.
US09754856B2
The invention relates to an apparatus comprising a functional component likely to be thermally overloaded during the operation thereof, and a system for cooling the component, comprising: a thermoelectric module comprising a cold surface and a hot surface, the cold surface being thermally coupled with the component; a heat sink thermally coupled with the hot surface of the module, the heat sink including an exchange surface with the surrounding environment and at least one cell containing a phase-change material (PCM), the PCM material contained in the cell or cells being suitable for melting when the heat released from the cold surface of the module is that of the thermally overloaded component, the exchange surface being suitable for bringing the PCM material from the molten phase to the solid phase thereof when the heat released from the cold surface of the module is that of the operational component which is not thermally overloaded.
US09754855B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor module that can improve the dissipation of heat from semiconductor elements toward a cooling body. A semiconductor module of the present invention includes a plurality of resin-molded semiconductor devices that are mounted on a single metal base and are electrically connected. The plurality of semiconductor devices each have a structure in which a metal heat dissipation plate, which is formed on a surface of an insulating substrate on the side opposite to a semiconductor-element-mount surface, is exposed from a resin mold, and the metal heat dissipation plate is embedded in each opening provided in the metal base, so that the rear surface of the metal heat dissipation plate becomes a plane to be disposed on a cooling body.
US09754850B2
A circuit carrier. The circuit carrier has at least one electronic component, the electronic component being soldered to the circuit carrier, in particular with the aid of a flux. The circuit carrier has, in particular, an electrically insulating protective layer for anti-condensation, a surface of the circuit carrier being covered at least partially with the protective layer. The protective layer of the circuit carrier is formed by a silicon polymer layer designed to be activatable with the aid of ultraviolet radiation, the silicon polymer layer having filler particles distributed in the silicon polymer layer, in particular homogenously. At least a part of the filler particles or all filler particles have at least one salt of an alkaline earth metal.
US09754840B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a fin extending from a substrate. The fin has a source/drain (S/D) region and a channel region. The fin includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer has a first composition, and the second semiconductor layer has a second composition different from the first composition. The method further includes removing the first semiconductor layer from the S/D region of the fin such that a first portion of the second semiconductor layer in the S/D region is suspended in a space. The method further includes epitaxially growing a third semiconductor layer in the S/D region, the third semiconductor layer wrapping around the first portion of the second semiconductor layer.
US09754833B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor chip includes forming at least a portion of a front-side groove by anisotropic dry etching from a front surface of a substrate along a cutting region; forming a modified region in the substrate along the cutting region by irradiating the inside of the substrate with a laser along the cutting region; and dividing the substrate along the cutting region by applying stress to the substrate.
US09754829B2
A method includes forming a first conductive feature positioned in a first dielectric layer. A conductive polymer layer is formed above the first dielectric layer and the first conductive feature. The conductive polymer layer has a conductive path length. A second dielectric layer is formed above the first dielectric layer. A first via opening is formed in the second dielectric layer and the conductive polymer layer to expose the first conductive feature. A conductive via is formed in the first via opening. The conductive via contacts the first conductive feature and the conductive polymer layer.
US09754828B1
A semiconductor transistor device includes a substrate having an active area and a trench isolation region surrounding the active area, a gate oxide layer, a gate, a spacer on a sidewall of the gate, a doping region on one side of the gate, an insulating cap layer covering the gate, the spacer and the doping region, and a redistributed contact layer (RCL) on the insulating cap layer. The RCL extends from the active area to the trench isolation region. A contact plug is disposed above the trench isolation region and is electrically connected to the gate or the doping region through the RCL.
US09754816B2
The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including preparing a semiconductor substrate, forming a first insulating layer over said semiconductor substrate, forming first grooves in the first insulating film, forming a gate electrode and a first interconnect in the first grooves, respectively, forming a gate insulating film over the gate electrode, forming a semiconductor layer over the gate insulating, forming a second insulating layer over the semiconductor layer and the first insulating film, forming a via in the second insulating layer, and forming a second interconnect such that the second interconnect is connected to the semiconductor layer through the via. The gate electrode, the first interconnect and the second interconnect are formed by Cu or Cu alloy, respectively.
US09754808B2
A method for automatically transferring multiple semiconductor devices from a first substrate to a second substrate comprises steps of providing a first substrate on which the semiconductor device is formed, providing a second substrate directly under the first substrate, automatically moving the first substrate toward the second substrate such that the semiconductor devices are close to the second substrate; connecting the semiconductor devices to the second substrate by exerting force to the second substrate, and taking out the semiconductor devices simultaneously from the first substrate.
US09754807B2
Apparatus for providing pulsed or continuous energy in a process chamber are provided herein. The apparatus may include: a process chamber body of the semiconductor process chamber; one or more solid state source arrays providing pulsed or continuous energy to the process chamber, wherein each of the one or more solid state source arrays include a substrate having a plurality of solid state light sources disposed on a first surface of the substrate, wherein the plurality of solid state light sources are connected in series and in a recursive pattern on the first surface of the substrate, and a heat sink coupled to a second surface of the substrate configured to remove heat from the substrate; and a power source coupled to the one or more solid state source arrays to electrically power the plurality of solid state sources.
US09754803B2
An electronic device includes: an electronic component including an external connection terminal; and a lead frame (metal member) connected to the external connection terminal. The lead frame is disposed with a pad. The pad overlaps the external connection terminal in plan view, and at least a portion of the pad is located outside the external shape of the electronic component in plan view. The pad and the external connection terminal are connected by means of a conductive bonding member. The pad and the electronic component are bonded together with a resin. The resin extends to a region of the pad located outside the external shape of the electronic component in plan view.
US09754796B2
A method for hard mask layer removal includes dispensing a chemical on a hard mask layer, in which the chemical includes an acidic chemical. The chemical is drained from a chamber after hard mask removal. Using chemical including acidic chemical for hard mask layer removal is cheaper and the resource can be easily generated by equipment. Thus the chemical for hard mask layer removal can be drained directly and need not be recycled.
US09754795B2
A chemical-mechanical polishing process using a silicon oxynitride anti-reflection layer (S340) includes: (S1) providing a semiconductor wafer comprising a substrate (S310), an oxidation layer (S320) formed on the substrate (S310), a silicon nitride layer (S330) formed on the oxidation layer (S320), an anti-reflection layer (S340) formed on the silicon nitride layer (S330), a trench extending through the anti-reflection layer (S340) and into the substrate (S310), and a first silicon dioxide layer (S350) filling the trench and covering the anti-reflection layer (S340); (S2) polishing the first silicon dioxide layer (S350) until the anti-reflection layer (S340) is exposed; (S3) removing the anti-reflection layer (S340) by dry etching; (S4) forming a second silicon dioxide layer (S360) on the surface of the semiconductor wafer from which the anti-reflection layer (S340) is removed; (S5) polishing the second silicon dioxide layer (S360) until the silicon nitride layer (S330) is exposed; (S6) and, removing the silicon nitride layer (S330).
US09754788B2
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure having an array area and a periphery area is provided. The manufacturing method includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A plurality of trenches is formed on the substrate. The plurality of trenches is filled with insulating material to form at least one first insulating layer. A polysilicon layer is deposited on the substrate and the first insulating layer. A photoresist mask is formed on the periphery area. A portion of the polysilicon layer on the array area is etched, such that a top surface of the polysilicon layer on the array area is higher than the first insulating layer and lower than a top surface of the polysilicon layer on the periphery area. The photoresist mask is removed. A planarization process is implemented to remove a portion of the polysilicon layer on the array area and on the periphery area.
US09754787B2
A Magnetic Czochralski semiconductor wafer having opposing first and second sides arranged distant from one another in a first vertical direction is treated by implanting first particles into the semiconductor wafer via the second side to form crystal defects in the semiconductor wafer. The crystal defects have a maximum defect concentration at a first depth. The semiconductor wafer is heated in a first thermal process to form radiation induced donors. Implantation energy and dose are chosen such that the semiconductor wafer has, after the first thermal process, an n-doped semiconductor region arranged between the second side and first depth, and the n-doped semiconductor region has, in the first vertical direction, a local maximum of a net doping concentration between the first depth and second side and a local minimum of the net doping concentration between the first depth and first maximum.
US09754786B2
An ion implantation system and process, in which the performance and lifetime of the ion source of the ion implantation system are enhanced, by utilizing isotopically enriched dopant materials, or by utilizing dopant materials with supplemental gas(es) effective to provide such enhancement.
US09754780B2
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes generating hydrogen radicals by plasma excitation of hydrogen gas and exposing a surface of a substrate on which silicon and metal are exposed to a reducing atmosphere created with the hydrogen radicals, and generating hydrogen radicals and hydroxyl radicals by plasma excitation of a mixed gas of hydrogen gas and oxygen-containing gas and oxidizing the silicon exposed on the surface of the substrate by exposing the surface of the substrate to the hydrogen radicals and hydroxyl radicals to obtain the substrate on which the metal and oxidized silicon are formed.
US09754777B1
Electrodeless high intensity discharge lamps have the promise of higher reliability and higher efficiency than traditional electroded high intensity discharge lamps. However most electrodeless HIDs operate in the frequency range of around 400 MHz to 2.5 GHz resulting in expensive, inefficient RF drivers that reduce the overall efficacy of the lamp. Operating the lamp at lower frequencies results in substantial increase in the size of the resonators used in traditional electrodeless HIDs. In this invention a novel design is used to lower the operating frequency of the resonator without increasing the size of the resonator. This provides an avenue to increase the conversion efficiency of the RF driver and the efficacy of the lamp system.
US09754766B2
A resonance frequency is adjusted or optimized by shifting the resonance frequency without reducing an impedance function or a withstand voltage characteristic against a high frequency noise, when blocking, by using a multiple parallel resonance characteristic of a distributed constant line, the high frequency noise introduced into a line such as a power feed line or a signal line from an electrical member other than a high frequency electrode within a processing vessel. Regarding winding pitches, each of the solenoid coils 104(1) and 104(2) is divided to multiple sections K1, K2, . . . in a coil axis direction, and, a winding pitch pi in each section Ki (i=1, 2, . . . ) is set independently. Comb teeth M inserted into winding gaps of both solenoid coils 104(1) and 104(2) are formed on inner surfaces of multiple rod-shaped comb-teeth member 114 provided adjacent to the solenoid coils 104(1) and 104(2).
US09754759B2
An electrostatic multipole device for influencing a charged particle beam propagating along an optical axis is described. The electrostatic multipole device comprises a substrate with at least one aperture opening for the charged particle beam, which extends along the optical axis through the substrate, and four or more electrodes which are formed on a first main surface of the substrate to influence the charged particle beam propagating through the aperture opening, wherein each of the four or more electrodes is arranged at a radial distance from a beam limiting edge of the aperture opening. Further, a method of manufacturing an electrostatic multipole device is described.
US09754753B2
The disclosed concept pertains generally to secondary terminal blocks and, more particularly, to apparatus and methods for isolating the secondary terminal blocks and associated wiring in electrical switching assembly enclosures. The apparatus includes a housing having an outer surface structured to form a cavity therein. The apparatus is positioned in an enclosure which includes an electrical switching apparatus and one or more secondary terminal blocks. The one or more secondary terminal blocks are positioned in the cavity such that the apparatus at least substantially isolates the one or more secondary terminal blocks from the electrical switching apparatus. Further, the apparatus is effective to substantially isolate the secondary terminal blocks from temperature and pressure effects resulting from an arcing fault occurring in the enclosure.
US09754745B2
Methods and apparatus provide for: at least one electromechanical relay including a coil and at least one pair of contacts, the contacts transitioning between a de-energized state and an energized state in response to current through the coil; a microcontroller having at least one tri-state output operating to produce ON, OFF, and FLOAT states; and a driver circuit operating, in conjunction with the tri-state output of the microcontroller, to control the current through the coil of the relay such that: (i) a transition of the tri-state output from OFF to FLOAT maintains the contacts of the relay in their de-energized state through the transition, and (ii) a transition of the tri-state output from ON to FLOAT maintains the contacts of the relay in their energized state through the transition.
US09754744B2
An exemplary embodiment is disclosed of a relay turn-off control system for use with an alternating-current (AC) signal input. The system may include a relay, a relay current load sensor connected to the relay, and a rectifier circuit connected to the relay current load sensor and having an output. A microprocessor may be connected to the rectifier circuit output. The microprocessor may be configured to set a relay turn-off signal output time based on an empirically determined duration time for the relay to turn-off and further based on determining a zero-cross period via use of a modulo operation.
US09754736B2
A transmission mechanism includes a link lever, a fan-shaped lever, a spring mechanism and a thrust shaft pin. An outer end of the link lever includes a pin hole and an inner end includes a chute. A cam shaft pin passes through the chute and moves in the chute to drive the link lever when a motor cam rotates. A roller is mounted between the pin hole and the chute. The fan-shaped lever is connected to a main shaft and includes a first chute. The top of the spring mechanism includes a hole. The thrust shaft pin passes through second chutes on two side plates, the first chute, the hole, and the pin hole and links the link lever, the fan-shaped lever and the spring mechanism. The thrust shaft pin compresses the spring mechanism to store energy and drives the fan-shaped lever to rotate and a contact to move.
US09754735B2
A contact unit for an electromechanical switching device includes a carrier element and a contact element connected to the carrier element. The contact element has a silver-containing layer that provides a contact area for making releasable contact with a further contact area of the switching device depending on a switching state of the switching device. The silver-containing layer includes diamond particles at least in the region of the contact area.
US09754728B2
To improve the reliability of a power storage device. A granular active material including carbon is used, and a net-like structure is formed on part of a surface of the granular active material. In the net-like structure, a carbon atom included in the granular active material is bonded to a silicon atom or a metal atom through an oxygen atom. Formation of the net-like structure suppresses reductive decomposition of an electrolyte solution, leading to a reduction in irreversible capacity. A power storage device using the above active material has high cycle performance and high reliability.
US09754723B2
A composite electronic component may include a composite body including a capacitor and an inductor coupled to each other; an input terminal formed on a first end surface of the composite body and connected to the coil part of the inductor; an output terminal including a first output terminal formed on a second end surface of the composite body and connected to the coil part of the inductor and a second output terminal formed on the second end surface of the composite body and connected to the first internal electrode of the capacitor; and a ground terminal formed on a first end surface of the capacitor in the composite body. The capacitor may be coupled to a side surface of the inductor, and the sum of ratio of lengths of a short axis to a long axis of the coil part is 0.7 to 1.0.
US09754721B2
Disclosed is a biaxially oriented film for electrical insulation having even better withstand voltage characteristics than before together with excellent film-forming properties. The biaxially oriented film for electrical insulation of the invention is a film that includes a substrate layer containing a crystalline thermoplastic resin as a main component. The substrate layer contains a phenolic stabilizer in an amount of 0.001 wt % or more and 3 wt % or less based on the weight of the substrate layer. The phenolic stabilizer is an alkylenebisamide-type hindered phenol.
US09754716B2
A current limiter comprises a plurality of electrically conductive wires shaped to define two or more primary coils, the primary coils being connected in parallel; and at least one electrically superconductive element shaped to define a secondary coil, wherein the primary coils are magnetically coupled to the or each secondary coil.
US09754709B2
A nanoheterostructured permanent magnet includes a hard magnetic material and a soft magnetic material of which one inorganic component is a matrix, and of which the other inorganic component is three-dimensionally and periodically arranged in the matrix, in a shape selected from the group consisting of a spherical shape, a columnar shape, and a gyroid shape, the nanoheterostructured permanent magnet having a three-dimensional periodic structure whose average value of one unit length of a repeated structure is 1 nm to 100 nm.
US09754708B2
A sensor includes a non-conductive substrate and a circuit on the non-conductive substrate. The circuit includes a primary resistive element on the non-conductive substrate having a first end and a second end, wherein the primary resistive element has a predetermined configuration; a secondary resistive element on the non-conductive substrate having a plurality of taps connected to the primary resistive element at a plurality of predetermined connection points on the predetermined configuration, the plurality of predetermined connection points defining a plurality of unique resistive paths through at least a portion of the predetermined configuration; and the plurality of unique resistive paths having a plurality of resistance values, the plurality resistance values determined using a non-linear distribution function. A sensor is configured to perform at least one of quantitative and qualitative analysis of an analyte in a sample of fluid.
US09754698B2
A transparent conductor, a method for preparing the same, and an optical display including the same, the transparent conductor including a base layer; and a conductive layer on the base layer, the conductive layer including metal nanowires and a matrix, wherein the transparent conductor has a transmissive b* value of about 1.5 or less, and the matrix is prepared from a matrix composition including a tri-functional monomer and one of a penta-functional monomer or a hexa-functional monomer a base layer; and a conductive layer formed on the base layer and including metal nanowires and a matrix, wherein the transparent conductor has a transmissive b* value of about 1.5 or less, and the matrix is formed of a composition including a penta- or hexa-functional monomer and a tri-functional monomer.
US09754697B2
A conductive polymer composition including: a conductive polymer; and at least two solvents selected from solvents represented by the following formula (1) (excluding that both of the two solvents are a solvent represented by the formula (1) in which R1 is a straight-chain alkyl group and R2 is a straight-chain alkylene group): R1—O—R2—OH (1) wherein R1 is a straight-chain alkyl group or a branched alkyl group, and R2 is a straight-chain alkylene group or a branched alkylene group.
US09754695B2
An EUV collector transfers EUV radiation from an EUV radiation source into an illumination far field. The collector has a normal mirror collector subunit including a mirror for normal incidence, and a grazing mirror collector subunit including a mirror for grazing incidence. The arrangement of the collector subunits is such that an intensity distribution of the EUV radiation over the far field results which is composed of an inner normal mirror intensity distribution, generated by reflection at least also at the normal mirror collector subunit, and of an outer grazing mirror intensity distribution, generated by reflection at least also at the grazing mirror collector subunit. The intensity distribution, at least over a section of the far field which is greater than 40% of the total far field, deviates by less than 20% from an average intensity in the section of the far field.
US09754692B2
An object to be decontaminated contaminated with radioactive material, e.g., contaminated soil or water, is introduced into eluting solvent and dissolved, and the radioactive material is separated from the object to be contaminated by elution of the radioactive material into the eluting solvent. The eluting solvent containing the radioactive materials dissolved therein and the object to be decontaminated are separated into solid and liquid. The soil after solid-liquid separation and from which the radioactive material is removed is collected, and the eluting solvent after solid-liquid separation and a separated liquid containing contaminated water are introduced into an electrolysis tank and electrolyzed. Metal ions such as those of the radioactive materials are deposited on the cathode in the electrolysis tank. Hydrogen containing tritium generated in electrolysis is collected in the electrolysis tank. The hydrogen is moved to the outside of the electrolysis tank and trapped.
US09754681B2
A radiation hardened memory cell includes an odd number of storage elements configured to redundantly store an input data logic signal. The storage elements include output lines for outputting respective logic signals having respective logic values. A logic combination network receives the respective logic signals and is configured to generate an output signal having a same logic value as a majority of the logic signals output from the storage elements. An exclusive logic sum circuit receives the respective logic signals output from the storage elements and is configured to produce a refresh of the logic data signal as stored in the storage elements when one of the logic signals output from the storage elements undergoes a logic value transition due to an error event.
US09754678B2
A method of testing a semiconductor integrated circuit including a one-time programmable (OTP) memory device is provided. A program command is transferred from a tester to the OTP memory device. Programming and a programming verification are performed with respect to OTP memory cells in the OTP memory device in response to the program command. The OTP device generates accumulated verification result signal by accumulating program verification results with respect to the OTP memory cells. The accumulated verification result signal is transferred from the OTP memory device to the tester.
US09754674B2
In an embodiment, a first page of memory cells in a first memory plane is read concurrently with a second page of memory cells in a second memory plane. The second memory plane is different than the first memory plane, but is in the same memory array as the first memory plane. The second page of memory cells has a different page address than the first page of memory cells.
US09754672B2
According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a control unit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in a matrix. The control unit erases data of the memory cells. The control unit interrupts the erase operation of the memory cells and holds an erase condition before the interrupt in accordance with a first command during the erase operation, and resumes the erase operation based on the held erase condition in accordance with a second command.
US09754671B2
A method of programming a memory includes boosting a channel voltage while a first portion of a plurality of increasing programming pulses is applied to a selected access line, and when a criteria is met, reducing the channel voltage to a reduced voltage level and subsequently boosting the channel voltage, starting from the reduced voltage level, while a second portion of the plurality of increasing programming pulses is applied to the selected access line. Differences between the channel voltage boosted while the first portion of the plurality of increasing programming pulses is applied and voltages of the first portion of the plurality of increasing programming pulses are substantially the same as differences between the channel voltage boosted while the second portion of the plurality of increasing programming pulses is applied and voltages of the second portion of the plurality of increasing programming pulses.
US09754665B2
Vacancy-modulated conductive oxide resistive RAM device including an interfacial oxygen source layer
A vacancy-modulated conductive oxide (VMCO) resistive random access memory (ReRAM) device includes at least one interfacial layer between a semiconductor portion and a titanium oxide portion of a resistive memory element. The at least one interfacial layer includes an oxygen reservoir that can store oxygen atoms during operation of the resistive memory element. The at least one interfacial layer can include an interfacial metal oxide layer, a metal layer, and optionally, a ruthenium layer.
US09754664B2
A semiconductor memory includes a first block array including first to n-th blocks (n is a natural number of 2 or more) arranged in a first direction, each of the first to n-th blocks including a first memory cell, a first conductive line extending in the first direction, and shared by the first to n-th blocks, first to n-th current amplifiers corresponding to the first to n-th blocks, the i-th current amplifier (i is one of 1 to n) including an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminal of the i-th current amplifier being electrically connected to the first memory cell in the i-th block, the output terminal of the i-th current amplifier being electrically connected to the first conductive line, and a sense amplifier electrically connected to the first conductive line.
US09754662B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a control circuit. The control circuit executes control to perform a verify operation with respect to only a lowest threshold voltage level of a memory cell at a time of a data write operation, and to skip the verify operation with respect to the other threshold voltage levels. The control circuit determines whether a verify pass bit number of the lowest threshold voltage level, which is counted by a bit scan circuit, is a prescribed bit number or more, and the control circuit further executes control, if the verify pass bit number is the prescribed bit number or more, to perform the verify operation with respect to only the lowest threshold voltage level and a threshold voltage level that is higher than the lowest threshold voltage level, and to skip the verify operation with respect to the other threshold voltage levels.
US09754654B1
Dynamically controlling voltage for access (i.e., read and/or write) operations to magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) bit cells to account for process variations is disclosed. An MRAM bit cell process variation measurement circuit (PVMC) is configured to measure process variations in MTJs that affect MTJ resistance, which can change write current at a given fixed supply voltage applied to an MRAM bit cell. The MRAM bit cell PVMC may also be configured to measure process variations in logic circuits representing process variations in access transistors employed in MRAM bit cells. These measured process variations in MTJs and/or logic circuits are used to dynamically determine a supply voltage for access operations to MRAM.
US09754651B2
A magnetoresistive memory element is provided with a read module having a first pinned layer with a magnetoresistance that is readable by a read current received from an external circuit. A write module has a nanocontact that receives a write current from the external circuit and, in turn, imparts a spin torque to a free layer that functions as a shared storage layer for both the read module and the write module.
US09754650B2
A memory device and system supporting command bus training are provided. An operating method of the memory device includes entering into a command bus training mode, receiving a clock signal, a chip selection signal and a first command/address signal, generating an internal clock signal by dividing the clock signal, generating a second command/address signal by latching the first command/address signal at a rising edge or a falling edge of the internal clock signal when a chip selection signal is activated, and outputting the second command/address signal.
US09754649B2
A memory system includes a memory controller and a memory. The memory controller selectively operates in a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the memory controller transmits a first command continuously during a plurality of clock cycles. In the second mode, the memory controller to mix a second command with the first command and transmit the mixture of the first command and the second command. The memory changes command latch timing depending on the first or second mode.
US09754646B1
Embodiments relate to circuits, electronic design automation (EDA) circuit layouts, systems, methods, and computer readable media to enable logic devices operating on a core supply voltage to drive memory devices operating on a different supply voltage using low power and high data rates while avoiding voltage over-stress of thin-oxide transistors. In an embodiment, channels of a thin-oxide PMOS transistor, a thick-oxide PMOS transistor, a thick-oxide NMOS transistor, and a thin-oxide NMOS transistor are coupled in order from a memory device voltage supply rail to a low voltage supply rail. Gates of the thin-oxide PMOS transistor and the thick-oxide NMOS transistor are coupled with an output of a flying capacitor circuit that level-shifts an input signal by a difference between the memory device supply and core supply voltages, while gates of the thick-oxide PMOS transistor and the thin-oxide NMOS transistor receive the input signal via a buffer.
US09754639B2
A device is disclosed that includes memory cells, a reference circuit, and a sensing unit. Each of the memory cells is configured to store bit data. The reference circuit includes reference switches and reference storage units. The reference switches are disposed. A first reference storage unit of the reference storage units is configured to generate a first signal having a first logic state when a first reference switch the reference switches is turned on. A second reference storage unit of the reference storage units is configured to generate a second signal having a second logic state when a second reference switch of the reference switches is turned on. The sensing unit is configured to determine a logic state of the bit data of one of the memory cells according to the first signal and the second signal.
US09754638B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide a sense amplifier that includes a first amplifying circuit, a second amplifying circuit, a coupling circuit and a detection circuit. The first amplifying circuit is configured to receive an input signal that carries digital values and amplify the input signal to generate a first output. The coupling circuit is configured to combine the input signal with an offset signal to form a combined signal. The offset signal is used to cancel an offset of the first amplifying circuit. The second amplifying circuit is configured to receive the combined signal of the input signal and the offset signal and amplify the combined signal to generate a second output. The first output and the second output are combined to form a combined output. The detection circuit is configured to detect the digital values based on the combined output.
US09754625B2
Digital content encoded on a physical media, such as a DVD or Blu-Ray disk, includes first content comprising a video feature such as a motion picture or the like, and a user-selectable application configured to operate as follows. When activated using an icon off of a menu screen, the application records an identifier for scenes (discrete portions) of the first content that are selected by a user to generate a playlist. The user may select the scenes by indicating a start and end of each scene. The application saves the playlist locally, then uploads to a server. Via a user account at the server, a user may publish the playlist to a user-created distribution list, webpage, or other electronic publication, and modify the playlist by deleting or reordering scenes.
US09754620B2
An apparatus and associated method contemplating a head gimbal assembly (HGA) and a bridge circuit including first and second microactuators attached to the HGA. Computation logic is connected to the bridge circuit and configured to independently measure an electrical output of each microactuator and to sum the electrical outputs to derive a value related to a vertically dominant modulation mode of the HGA.
US09754619B1
In an optical disc apparatus for reproducing information recorded on a track of an optical disc, an optical head irradiates a light beam onto the track, detects a reflected light reflected by the track, and generates a reproduction signal based on the reflected light. A decoder circuit decodes the reproduction signal, and generates a decoded signal including information recorded on the track. A correlation detector circuit calculates a cross-correlation value between the reproduction signal and the decoded signal. A servo circuit detects a deviation amount of an irradiation position of the light beam onto the track, from the reproduction signal, and controls the irradiation position of the optical head based on the cross-correlation value and the deviation amount.
US09754615B1
Systems and manufacturing methods are disclosed herein that can beneficially reduce manufacturing cost while providing size efficient enclosures to house hard drives or other types of storage drives. An enclosure system can be used for separately housing one of two storage devices having different thicknesses. A first portion can be interchangeable with both storage devices. Second and third portions can each have a thickness to size efficiently accommodate the thickness of one storage device. Each of the second and third portions has an engagement surface to engage the first portion forming an enclosure. Either the first portion, or both second and third portions can comprise an opening or a shock mounting element. When the opening or the shock mounting element are on both the second and third portions, the opening or the shock mounting element is collectively identically spaced from the engagement surface on both the second and third portions.
US09754611B1
A magnetic write apparatus has a media-facing surface (MFS), a pole having leading and trailing surfaces, a trailing shield having a pole-facing surface, a write gap and coil(s). The pole's trailing surface has a portion adjoining the MFS and oriented at a nonzero, acute bevel angle from a direction perpendicular to the MFS. The pole-facing surface includes a first portion adjoining the MFS and oriented at a first angle substantially the same as the bevel angle, a second portion oriented at a second angle greater than the first trailing shield angle, and a third portion oriented at a third angle substantially the same as the first angle. The write gap has first, second and third thicknesses adjacent to the first, second and third portions of the pole-facing surface, respectively. The first thickness is constant. The second thickness varies. The third thickness is constant and greater than the first thickness.
US09754610B2
A storage system includes a magnetic write head, a magnetic storage medium, a write data circuit having a write data output and a magnet length signal output, and a preamplifier that receives the write data and a magnet length signal from the write data circuit, and sets at least one write current characteristic through the magnetic write head based at least in part on the magnet length signal. The write data circuit processes write data to be recorded on the magnetic storage medium by the magnetic write head. The magnet length signal output communicates magnet lengths in the write data.
US09754600B2
In general, techniques are described for indicating reusability of an index that determines a Huffman codebook used to code data associated with a vector in a spherical harmonics domain. The bitstream may comprise an indicator for whether to reuse, from a previous frame, at least one syntax element indicative of the index. The memory may be configured to store the bitstream.
US09754597B2
A digital signal is processed by splitting it into at least two frequency subbands and the two subband signals are downsampled. A filter is applied in at least one of the subband signals. At least one of the phase and magnitude of the subband filtered signals is matched in the transition frequency band between the two subbands.
US09754594B2
Present disclosure provide an encoding method and apparatus, which relate to the communications field and can perform proper quantization bit allocation for spectral coefficients of an audio signal, thereby improving quality of a signal obtained by a decoder by means of decoding. The method includes: after splitting spectral coefficients of a current data frame into subbands, acquiring quantized frequency envelope values of the subbands; modifying quantized frequency envelope values of subbands of a first quantity in the subbands; allocating quantization bits to the subbands according to modified quantized frequency envelope values of the subbands of the first quantity; quantizing a spectral coefficient of a subband to which a quantization bit is allocated in the subbands; and writing the quantized spectral coefficient of the subband to which a quantization bit is allocated into a bitstream.
US09754585B2
Different advantageous embodiments provide a crowdsourcing method for modeling user intent in conversational interfaces. One or more stimuli are presented to a plurality of describers. One or more sets of describer data are captured from the plurality of describers using a data collection mechanism. The one or more sets of describer data are processed to generate one or more models. Each of the one or more models is associated with a specific stimulus from the one or more stimuli.
US09754581B2
The present invention, pertaining to the field of speech recognition, discloses a reminder setting method and apparatus. The method includes: acquiring speech signals; acquiring time information in speech signals by using keyword recognition, and determining reminder time for reminder setting according to the time information; acquiring text sequence corresponding to the speech signals by using continuous speech recognition, and determining reminder content for reminder setting according to the time information and the text sequence; and setting a reminder according to the reminder time and the reminder content. According to the present invention, acquiring time information in speech signals by using keyword recognition ensures correctness of time information extraction, and achieves an effect that correct time information is still acquired by keyword recognition to set a reminder even in the case that a recognized text sequence is incorrect due to poor precision in whole text recognition in the speech recognition.
US09754579B1
A method, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable storage medium, in one embodiment, interpreting at least one input from a user via a wireless device, receiving at least one user account with the at least one input, deriving at least one representation of user intent, identifying at least one task based on the at least one representation of user intent, contacting at least one service to perform the identified at least one task and synthesizing speech to communicate a result of the contact to the wireless device.
US09754578B2
According to various embodiments, a loudspeaker horn and cabinet are designed to achieve a sound coverage pattern characterized by narrow vertical dispersion and a wide horizontal dispersion. A loudspeaker horn may comprise at least two horn sections, each extending from an inlet to a mouth. A first plurality of outlet channels is disposed in an interleaved column with a second plurality of outlet channels. A loudspeaker cabinet may comprise a primary enclosure having a front wall, the front wall having an aperture in which a low frequency loudspeaker driver is mounted. The loudspeaker cabinet further comprises a top baffle section having a top end and a bottom baffle section having a bottom end, each extending vertically from the primary enclosure. The top baffle section has a first width that gradually increases towards the top end and the bottom section has a second width that gradually increases towards the bottom end.
US09754576B2
A system includes a microphone, a controller, and a speaker. The microphone is configured to detect noise generated by a functional hardware component due to user interaction with the component. The controller is configured to identify the component from the noise and obtain a noise cancelling signal pre-associated with identification of the component. The speaker is configured to output a noise cancelling sound based on the noise cancelling signal whereby the noise is attenuated.
US09754572B2
Vocal musical performances may be captured and continuously pitch-corrected at a mobile device for mixing and rendering with backing tracks in ways that create compelling user experiences. In some cases, the vocal performances of individual users are captured in the context of a karaoke-style presentation of lyrics in correspondence with audible renderings of a backing track. Such performances can be pitch-corrected in real-time at the mobile device in accord with pitch correction settings. In some cases, such pitch correction settings code a particular key or scale for the vocal performance or for portions thereof. In some cases, pitch correction settings include a score-coded melody sequence of note targets supplied with, or for association with, the lyrics and/or backing track. In some cases, pitch correction settings are dynamically variable based on gestures captured at a user interface.
US09754543B2
The present invention provides an image self-calibration method and device for LCD displays, comprising a front optical sensor and a calibration reference device. The front optical sensor is employed to calibrate the gray scale level and color temperature of the display. The calibration reference device is employed to pre-calibrate the front optical sensor. The present invention has the following advantages. Image pre-calibration is performed on the installed optical sensor before it leaves a factory, and the calibrated optical sensor directly performs gray scale level and color temperature calibration on the display. The present invention is easy to implement, can effectively inspect and calibrate images on the display, and can save human resources and reduce manufacture and maintenance time.
US09754542B2
An electrowetting display device including a display panel that includes a display area in which a plurality of pixels is partitioned by a partition wall and a non-display area, a data driver that applies data voltages to the pixels through a plurality of data lines, and a gate driver disposed in the non-display area to apply gate signals to the pixels through a plurality of gate lines. The pixels receive the data voltages in response to the gate signals and display gray scales corresponding to the data voltages, and the partition wall is extended in the non-display area to cover the gate driver.
US09754536B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel includes a driving transistor outputting a data current based on a data voltage to emit light from an organic light emitting diode; and a panel driver which drives the display panel in a sensing mode and a display mode, wherein the panel driver calculates a threshold voltage prediction value of the driving transistor for each pixel by sensing a mobility and a threshold voltage of the driving transistor for each pixel through a reference line connected with a sensing node between the driving transistor and the organic light emitting diode of each pixel for the sensing mode, and the panel driver drives each pixel based on the threshold voltage prediction value of the driving transistor of each pixel for the display mode.
US09754531B2
The present invention relates to display technology field, provides a shift register unit and a method for driving the same, a shift register, and a display apparatus for solving a problem that the shift register unit of prior art cannot output a stable signal. The shift register unit of the present invention comprises an input module, a pull-up module, an output control module and an output pull-down module; the input module is connected with a signal input terminal, a first clock signal input terminal and a low level signal terminal; the output control module is connected with a second clock signal input terminal and a high level signal terminal; the pull-up module is connected with the high level signal terminal; the output pull-down module is connected with the first clock signal input terminal, the second clock signal input terminal, the high level signal terminal and the low level signal terminal.
US09754529B2
A gate controlling unit, a gate controlling circuit, an array substrate and a display panel, where, the gate controlling unit includes: a gate driving subunit configured for driving a gate line; a first reset subunit configured for resetting the gate driving subunit after the gate driving subunit finishes driving the gate line; and a suspension and resumption subunit configured for controlling the gate driving subunit to suspend and resume the gate driving subunit. The gate controlling circuit, formed by cascaded gate controlling units connected in series, can be suspended and resumed several times within a frame. The display panel with the gate controlling circuit can perform scanning of the touch signal during the suspension time period, thereby ensuring the stability of the display system and both improved touch position reporting rate and better linearity of the touch system.
US09754505B2
A method for training staff for quality control when filling amorphous products into primary packaging. The method includes a provision step during which a test set having a plurality of primary packages filled with an amorphous product is provided, wherein at least one of the filled primary packages is afflicted by a contaminant comprising a fluorescent marker. A training step includes presenting the test set to a person to be trained, who carries out a visual quality control for detecting contaminants. The result of the training step is documented. A verification step is conducted during which the test set is irradiated by excitation light, wherein fluorescing contaminants are detected and the result of the verification step is documented. A comparison step is done during which the result of the training step and the result of the verification step are compared. Also disclosed is an inventive test kit and test set.
US09754502B2
A method of monitoring a trainee to determine when the trainee subconsciously identifies an object previously associated with a desired trainee response includes attaching at least one biological response sensor to the trainee and receiving biological response data of the trainee from the at least one biological response sensor. The method further includes comparing the biological response data of the trainee to biological responses linked to different ones of a plurality of trainee responses using a processor in communication with the at least one biological response sensor, the plurality of trainee responses including the desired trainee response, and detecting trainee recognition of the object previously associated with the desired trainee response based, in part, on the biological response data being linked to the desired trainee response included with the plurality of trainee responses. The desired trainee response is below the conscious awareness of the trainee.
US09754490B2
Various embodiments relate generally to autonomous vehicles and associated mechanical, electrical and electronic hardware, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to provide an autonomous vehicle fleet as a service. In particular, a method may include receiving, from a user device, a ride request to transport a user to a destination from an origin location through an autonomous vehicle system service. Based on the origin location associated with the request, an autonomous vehicle system may be selected from a fleet of autonomous vehicles to execute the ride request. The fleet may be managed by the autonomous vehicle system service. The ride request may then be provided to the autonomous vehicle system, and information about the autonomous vehicle system may also be provided to the user device.
US09754488B2
A method is provided for generating an alarm signal in a vehicle for indicating that the vehicle is in the proximity of an object includes detecting a degree of proximity to the object, calculating a value of the distance (d) between the vehicle and the object, generating the alarm signal at least as an audio signal when the distance (d) is less than a predetermined first threshold value (d1), and generating the alarm signal in the form of a sequence of signal stages as the distance (d) decreases. A system is also provided for generating an alarm signal in a vehicle.
US09754483B2
Disconnected from the powerline, a battery-powered receiver is configured to conserve power. The receiver communicates information between a local controller and a communication network that uses the powerline and a radio frequency (RF) band to propagate messages. An antenna wirelessly detects the presence of the powerline carrier signal that radiates into free space, which indicates a first message encoded onto the powerline. A computer processor wakes up from an inactive state based on the presence of the carrier signal and receives a second message via a second RF signal having a different frequency than the powerline carrier signal, and determines whether the device address in the second message is the assigned address of the receiver. If the message is not addressed to the receiver, the receiver returns to an inactive state.
US09754481B2
A method for processing key value information of a remote control, a control device, and a remote control are provided. The present application can avoid a problem, in the prior art, of reduced operation efficiency and reduced operation reliability caused by the need of simultaneous operations on two remote controls. By using the technical solution provided by this embodiment of the present invention, it may be implemented that another remote control is synchronously set by performing operations on one remote control and displaying, by using a display device, a to-be-learned button on the another remote control, which is easy to operate and thereby improves operation efficiency and operation reliability.
US09754480B2
A controlling device such as a remote control has programming for transmitting a signal response to a plurality of control environments, each environment including a signaling device. Each signaling device in receipt of the signal request sends a signal response having a unique ID which is chosen to be characteristically attenuated by the surroundings of the environment. Because the controlling device can only be in one environment at a given time, and given the attenuation characteristics of the signal response from each signaling device, only one signal response will be received by the controlling device in each environment. Location definitions associated with the received unique ID may be used by programming in the controlling device to recall saved devices states, commands sets, macros, and even to dynamically generate commands based on the location information.
US09754475B2
A flap detector can detect significant flapping with magnitudes of state deltas (i.e., differences between values representing events or states). The flap detector aggregates monotonic state deltas. Aggregating monotonic state deltas yields a magnitude of monotonic state deltas. A magnitude of a series of same direction state deltas can be considered the magnitude of flap because the end of the series corresponds to a beginning of a state delta series in a different direction. When directional transition occurs (i.e., flapping occurs), the flap detector generates multiple monotonic state delta magnitudes. The determined magnitudes can be used to filter out insignificant flapping that could be considered noise.
US09754466B2
A system, a device and a method for providing directional indication are provided. The system includes a detector (113) configured to sense a condition, a guidance indicator (117) configured to provide an indication regarding a path for egress, and a control unit configured to control the guidance indicator based on a signal from the detector.
US09754463B2
The described embodiments relate generally to an accessory device for a tablet device. The accessory device takes the form of a flexible screen protector that can be disposed over a display portion of the tablet device. Because the flexible screen protector covers the display of the tablet there is no visual way for the tablet to provide notifications to the user while the screen protector overlays it. By providing a data and power connection between the tablet and the accessory device, the processor of the tablet device can command illumination elements disposed in the accessory device to be illuminated in any of a number of illumination states. Each of the illumination states can be associated with an operating state of the tablet device thereby allowing the tablet device to visually communicate operating state information while the display is covered.
US09754462B2
A device (10) for reading a magnetic stripe and/or chip card has a card reader (16) for reading out data from the magnetic stripe and/or chip card, said card reader having a transport path (14) along which the magnetic stripe and/or chip card is moved when it is inserted into the card reader (16) and/or when it is removed from the card reader (16) and/or is received during the readout of data. Further, the device (10) has an image capturing unit (20) for capturing images of the card reader (16). The card reader (16) is designed to use images captured by the image capturing unit (16) to detect whether a skimming module is inserted into the transport path (14) of the card reader (16).
US09754454B2
Systems and methods of the invention relate to integrating into an existing hard copy lottery ticket system for adaptation to sell soft copies of lottery tickets. A master virtual device can provide data communications related to a sale of a soft copy of a lottery ticket to a master terminal such that the master terminal processes the sale to a lottery authority as if the sale is for a hard copy of the lottery ticket. The master virtual device can include a virtual lottery application that is configured to receive data related to a request to purchase a soft copy of a lottery ticket, format and communicate such data to the master terminal, and communicate confirmation of the soft copy of the lottery ticket.
US09754453B2
A system for an electronic raffle based on the final score of at least one sporting event. Tickets are sold which are assigned at least one unique outcome of the at least one sporting event. The winning ticket is dictated by the matching of the scores on the ticket with the actual scores of the sporting event. If a winning ticket is not sold, or there is an anomaly in that a score or scores is outside the range of scores that are in the pool, a winner is chosen from a random drawing of the tickets sold.
US09754451B2
An electronic gaming machine that provides a gambling game and an entertainment game, including: a real world engine, an entertainment software engine, and a game world engine; the system constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credit from a wager in a gambling game, wagers triggered during an entertainment game; and to collect parameter data indicative of player performance during the player's skillful execution of the entertainment game at each of a plurality of difficulty settings, the parameter data indicative of the player's actions during the player's skillful execution of the entertainment game and indicative of a rate of accumulation of game world credit during the entertainment game; and select a difficulty setting from the plurality of difficulty settings for the skill based entertainment game based upon the collected parameter data.
US09754448B1
One aspect of the disclosure relates to providing durational promotions to players in an online game. The system may adjust the outcome probabilities of winning in a slot machine type of game once the player's content drops below a predetermined threshold so that the player will experience some substantial winning in the initial period. The system may adjust the outcome probabilities of winning in the slot machine type of game for a period of time once a player has purchased content to continue to play the game. This may temporarily adjusting outcome probabilities within the game in favor of a player that has recently made a purchase. This may facilitate positive player experiences subsequent to making purchases, thereby increasing further purchases and/or the likelihood thereof.
US09754440B2
A game playing information integration system is provided which is capable of objectively performing selection and/or settings according to preference of a player, and is capable of effectively making entry into market, based on a result of logical analysis of a gaming machine invoking demands of a player as a user and a manger in gaming facility in a well-balanced manner. The system includes a plurality of gaming machine units and a server connected to enable communication with each gaming machine unit. Each gaming machine unit includes player identification information reading means, number-of-consumptions data output means, and number-of-payouts data output means. Gaming machine unit identification information is individually assigned to each of the gaming machine units. The server stores data storage means for storing each of number-of-consumptions data and number-of-payouts data in association with reception time data, player identification information, and gaming machine unit identification information.
US09754430B1
A method and apparatus for providing instructions to operate a manual release are provided. The method includes detecting a condition for providing a notification to operate a manual release of the vehicle; and controlling to output the notification to operate the manual release based on the detected condition. The apparatus and method may be used in a vehicle or other apparatus to prevent a user from being hindered from egress in a vehicle during times at which the electronic door release is not operable.
US09754427B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a Black box with Satellite Transmitter (BSAT) for underwater vehicles. The BSAT provides a mission data backup of sunken under water vehicles and it is akin to a black box recorder of aircrafts. The BSAT comprising a sealed enclosure to receive and transmit IR and electromagnetic signals, a Global Positioning System (GPS) with an antenna to provide GPS parameters of the BSAT, a transmit antenna to transmit the GPS parameters and parameters associated with the underwater vehicle, an ejection mechanism to eject the BSAT from the underwater vehicle on detecting a pre-defined condition, by an electronic controller. The electronic controller to perform at least one of sending control signals, communicating using IR transceiver, acquire and store underwater vehicle parameters, identifying an ejection instant, acquiring and storing data GPS parameters, scheduling data transmission through a satellite after ejection of the BSAT from the underwater vehicle.
US09754412B2
One embodiment of the invention is a slicing engine that generates two or more slices of a virtual 3D model given a slice plane. The slicing engine then determines connection points on each of the slices that indicate how the 3D model is to be reconnected by the user when the 3D model is fabricated. The slicing engine also determines an optimized layout for the various slices of the 3D model on fabrication material for minimal use of the material. The user is then able to “print” the layout on the fabrication material via 3D printers, and connect the various printed slices according to the connection points to build a physical representation of the 3D model.
US09754401B2
The disclosed method comprises selecting a marketing target to visualize an impression related to a given brand logo, collecting, via a processor and a network interface, a number of relevant discrete visual or text based pieces of information related to the marketing target, visually displaying the pieces of information to the marketing target in an assorted state via an electronic display device, and automatically morphing the pieces of information from the assorted state into a collected state taking a shape of the given brand logo. Computerized systems with processors, network interfaces, and storage devices are also disclosed to facilitate the visual display methods coded in software.
US09754400B2
In a method for reconstructing a motion of an object from a sequence of motion pattern segments of a computer model of the object, a motion transition between an initial motion state and a final motion state of the object in a time interval of the motion is captured based on position data of the at least one sampling point which is received from the position marker. Further, at least one motion pattern segment corresponding to the motion transition is selected from a plurality of motion patterns of the computer model which are stored in a database such that the selected motion pattern segment leads with sufficient probability from the initial motion state to the final motion state for the time interval. Furthermore, an image of the motion of the object for the time interval is reconstructed using the initial motion state and the selected motion pattern segment.
US09754399B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed an animation kit including a template page with at least one template design, an armature that moves between at least a first position and a second position, and an animation application that generates an animated segment corresponding to the template design and at least one pose of the armature. In further embodiments, a method for generating an animated segment is provided. In another embodiment, a system for generating an animated sequence includes a template design and an application that receives an image of the template design and animates at least one three-dimensional image corresponding to the captured template design.
US09754390B2
Systems and methods are provided for data reconstruction. In accordance with one aspect, data interpolation is performed on a time-varying three-dimensional (3D) image dataset of one or more vessel-like structures to generate at least one interpolated voxel value. The interpolated voxel value is used to correct at least one value of a vessel voxel representing the one or more vessel-like structures in the time-varying 3D dataset.
US09754385B2
Computer-implemented systems and methods are disclosed for encoding a display frame, wherein the systems and methods acquire a plurality of display frames. The computer implemented systems and methods further detect transient regions for a display frame of the plurality of display frames. Systems and methods are disclosed for encoding transient regions of a display frame using a first encoding mechanism if the display frame contains transient regions. Further, systems and methods are disclosed for encoding non-transient regions using a second encoding mechanism if the display frame contains non-transient regions.
US09754380B2
A remote operated selective target treatment system including a firing robot having a weapon and an optoelectronic sighting device, a central processing unit and a control screen displaying the prepared image of the target, and a control device. The central processing unit prepares the image intended for display, and includes an input module receiving digital images, an image analyzer receiving the image from the input module and detaching the target image from its environment, a modelling device modelling the contour of the image, a comparator connected to a library of silhouettes receiving the modelled image and checking it against the silhouettes, and an exclusion module receiving an image from the comparator and using a library of masks to apply a mask to the image and transmit the prepared image for display on screen.
US09754378B2
A system and method to segment an image captured from an image capture device of a high content imaging system includes an image acquisition module that receives the image captured by the image capture device. A coarse object detection module develops a coarse segmented image, wherein each pixel of the coarse segmented image is associated with a corresponding pixel in the captured image and is identified as one of an object pixel and a background pixel. A marker identification module selects at least one marker pixel from the pixels of the coarse segmented image, wherein each marker pixel is one of a contiguous group of object pixels in the coarse segmented image that is furthest from a background pixel relative to neighboring pixels of the group. An object splitting module that comprises a plurality of processors operating in parallel that associates each object pixel of the coarse segmented image with a marker pixel, wherein a distance based metric between the object pixel and the marker pixel is less than the distance based metric between the object pixel and any other marker pixel in the coarse segmented image.
US09754376B1
The present invention discloses a method of generating a structured light speckle encoded pattern, comprising: fabricating an initial speckle pattern with evenly distributed speckle particles; screening positions that all speckle particles can be disturbed to in the initial speckle pattern according to a speckle particle isolation principle; performing random disturbance to each speckle particle in the initial speckle pattern according to a generated random array and the screened positions that can be disturbed to; performing window uniqueness analysis to the disturbed speckle encoded pattern to determine whether the disturbed speckle encoded pattern meets requirements of a window uniqueness distribution. The present invention further discloses an apparatus for generating a structured light speckle encoded pattern. The present invention may generate, rapidly and accurately, a speckle encoded pattern that meets requirements of window uniqueness distribution and has good anti-noise and anti-deformation competences; besides, the generated speckle encoded pattern has a high randomness and is not restricted by pattern size.
US09754368B2
An apparatus includes a gaseous region extraction unit that extracts a gaseous region from a lumen image, a residue candidate region extraction unit that extracts a candidate of a residue region from the lumen image as a residue candidate region, a boundary candidate region detection unit that detects a boundary candidate region that includes a boundary between the gaseous region and the residue candidate region, a representative direction component obtaining unit that obtains a representative direction component representing a plurality of directional components of an image in the boundary candidate region, a boundary region detection unit that detects a boundary region that includes a boundary between the gaseous region and the residue region from the boundary candidate regions based on the representative direction component, and a residue region extraction unit that extracts the residue candidate region that includes the boundary region as the residue region.
US09754365B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to methods for inspecting wafers. After a brick is sliced into a plurality of bare wafers, a two-dimensional (2D) photoluminescence (PL) image of each wafer is taken, the PL images of the wafers in sequential order (i.e., the sequence of the wafers as they are sliced from the brick) are then combined to construct a three-dimensional (3D) model of the brick that highlights similar regions in the brick.
US09754364B1
Systems and methods using registration marks to detect page mismatches when making physical books are described. The system can be configured to capture an image of a plurality of pages, analyze the plurality of pages to determine whether a page does not include a registration mark, and provide results of the analyzing. In one example, if individual pages of the plurality of pages include the registration mark, then the results can include a message indicating that the plurality of pages are associated with the physical book. However, if one page of the plurality of pages lacks the registration mark, then the results can include a message indicating that the plurality of pages are associated with at least two physical books.
US09754363B2
Implementations disclosed herein (e.g., systems, methods, and computer-readable program products) provide a high definition range “UHD” compatible version of classic image content (e.g., as-released motion pictures) that was created in an era of limited dynamic range and that maintains aesthetic characterization defined by “Director's Intent” of the classic image content. Such implementations advantageously use clues to the Director's Intent found in the classic image content to make intelligent estimations as to what a Director (or other image content editing professional) was attempting to achieve in the classic image content relative to a corresponding original image content (e.g., as-shot image content). The original image content holds original imagery details that have been altered or omitted during creation of corresponding classic image content. The classic image content exhibits attributes that reflect the Director's Intent such as, for example color, contrast, vignetting, saturation, and the like.
US09754360B2
A point spread function (PSF) of a focused scanning particle beam of an observation instrument is ascertained by obtaining a first image (reference image) based on a reference instrument, the reference image being an image of an area of a reference standard, obtaining a second image (observed image) of the area of the reference standard, and the observed image obtained using the observation instrument configured with a set of operational parameters that define a probe size for the observation instrument, the probe size being larger than a pixel size of the reference image, and then determining, based on the reference image and the observed image, the PSF of the observation instrument as a component of a convolution of the reference image that provides the observed image.
US09754359B2
A processing device receives input representing a selection of a first area of an image. The processing device determines whether the first selected area of the image corresponds to a blurred area previously created for a second selected area of the image. The blurred area is previously created for the second selected area of the image having a size that is less than a size of the image. The processing device replaces, responsive to determining that the first selected area of the image corresponds to the blurred area previously created for the second selected area of the image, the first selected area of the image with a corresponding portion of the blurred area previously created for the second selected area of the image.
US09754356B2
In various embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for processing an input image. The method includes generating a base layer portion and a detail layer portion from the input image by carrying out a linear transformation of pixels of a guidance image, and determining, for each of the pixels of the guidance image, a variance of the pixels in a surrounding window of pixels. Further, the method includes determining, for each of the pixels of the guidance image, a weight value of the pixels based on the determined variance, wherein the pixels are weighted in the linear transformation according to the determined weight value. Accordingly, a system for processing an input image is also provided.
