US09832916B2
An EMI shielding device for an optical transceiver is disclosed. The EMI shielding device includes a shell with an optical and electrical interfaces al opposed ends. The shell includes a base and an upper cover. The upper cover includes a plate having at least two flanks, each having a lateral plate that extends downward. The base includes a base plate having at least two flanks, each having a base side baffle. The upper covet plate is located between the base side baffles. The lower ends or surfaces of the upper cover lateral plates have serrations thereon. A conductive gasket under the serrations contacts the base. The conductive gasket and the serrations result in reliable multipoint contact between the upper cover lateral plates and the base, thereby providing reliable electrical continuity between the upper cover and the base, and reducing electromagnetic leakage.
US09832915B2
According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of board level shields. In an exemplary embodiment, a board level shield (BLS) includes a fence and a lid. The fence is solderable to a printed circuit board (PCB). When the lid is engaged to the fence that has been soldered to the PCB, the BLS provides substantial electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding protection to the components covered by the BLS. The lid may be constructed of a frame and a cover. The cover may be a film or foil. The lid may attach to the fence via a one way directional latching mechanism, which may be enhanced by the use of one or more interior downward tabs on the lid that meet one or more inward protrusions from the fence to create pressure on the lid and fence.
US09832905B2
A system includes a rack and one or more server systems mounted in the rack. A server system includes at least one sever node and each server node includes an array of devices including mass storage devices and at least one server device. Segments of the array of devices of a particular server node are mounted in sub-node chassis that include intra node connectors. Multiple sub-node chassis that each include devices such as mass storage devices or server devices of the sever node couple together via the intra node connectors when installed in a server system chassis to form a server node. Each server node of a server system may be a separate logical node. Also, the sub-node chassis of a server node may be configured for vertical airflow through the sub-node chassis in addition to cross airflow.
US09832901B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward techniques and configurations for a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly mountable to a computer chassis. In one instance, the PCB assembly may comprise a PCB having two through holes and a PCB mounting device that may include a U-shaped component having a non-linear portion and two rods extended from the non-linear portion and a housing having a base with protrusions extending from ends of the base. The rods may be extended through the protrusions such that the base and the non-linear portion of the U-shaped component form an opening to engage a mounting element of the chassis. The extended portions of the rods may be inserted into and soldered to the through holes of the PCB, to electrically couple the PCB to the PCB mounting device and the chassis to ground the PCB. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09832900B2
A fastening device and fastening method for fastening a distribution box control panel to a distribution box, the fastening device comprising a push block, a biasing member, a shell, and a locking member sleeved in the shell, wherein the method utilizes the biasing force of the biasing member to fasten the device, and utilizes the elasticity of the locking member having a bending structure to realize assembly and disassembly, where a user can conveniently assemble the device with hand alone, i.e., during assembly, the fastening device is pushed in along a notch in the distribution box control panel and then pressed tightly, and during disassembly, the fastening device can be pushed out after the locking member is pressed such that in comparison to a screw fastening method, the fastening device of the present invention provides a constant fastening force, thus realizing more stable and reliable fastening.
US09832898B2
A USB flash drive, comprising a housing comprising internal walls defining a receiving space, at least one of the internal walls having an engagement component, a memory main body disposed in the receiving space and comprising a hook slot component, and a fastener disposed in the receiving space comprising a protrusion component and a hook component, the hook component engaged with the hook slot component of the memory main body, and the protrusion component engaged with the engagement component of the housing, thereby fastening the memory main body to the housing.
US09832893B2
A first roof extends over and covers an area above an aperture through which an input connector is accessible, so as to receive water drops flowing down along a side surface of a case. A first reinforcement reinforces a fixture by which the case is fixed to a fixed surface. The first roof and the first reinforcement are a single piece of material. Thus, since the first roof and the first reinforcement are the single piece of material, if the first roof is provided to the case, there is no need to form the first roof and the first reinforcement separately. Therefore, it is possible to prevent generation of additional mold production cost and material cost for the first roof.
US09832890B2
A cover window includes a light-transmitting substrate, a metal layer pattern on the light-transmitting substrate, the metal layer pattern being in a peripheral region of the light-transmitting substrate, a first light-blocking layer pattern on the metal layer pattern, a second light-blocking layer pattern extending from the light-transmitting substrate to the first light-blocking layer pattern, the second light-blocking layer pattern covering inner side surfaces of the metal layer pattern and the first light-blocking layer pattern, and a light-transmitting area on the light-transmitting substrate, the light-transmitting area being surrounded by the second light-blocking layer pattern.
US09832885B2
Disclosed is a circuit board having a contact pad for connection with an external device, which protrudes from an upper surface of an outermost insulating layer. A device can be mounted on the circuit board, and a connection terminal of the device can be connected to the contact pad of the circuit board by a wire etc.
US09832884B2
A conductive ball mounting device is provided. The conductive ball mounting device includes: a mask having a thickness equal to or larger than a diameter of a conductive ball and having an opening formed therein, wherein the conductive ball is absorbed and desorbed into and from the opening; a frame having a vacuum hole formed therein and formed to enclose sides and an upper portion of the mask; and a porous member formed between the frame and the upper portion of the mask.
US09832882B2
Provided herein is a conductive pattern making method and conductive pattern, the method including forming a groove such that its width in an inlet area is bigger than its width in an inner area; filling the groove with a conductive ink composition; and drying the conductive ink composition so that a solvent contained in the conductive ink composition inside the groove is volatilized to reduce the volume of the conductive ink composition.
US09832881B2
Provided herein is a method for forming a transparent electrode film for display and the transparent electrode film for display, the method comprising forming an electrode pattern by printing a fine electrode pattern on a release film using a conductive ink composition; forming an insulating layer by applying an insulating resin on the release film on which the electrode pattern has been formed; forming a substrate layer by laminating a substrate on the insulating layer; and removing the release film.
US09832875B2
A method for fabricating printed electronics includes printing a trace of an electrical component on a first substrate to form a first layer. The method further includes printing a trace of an electrical component on at least one additional substrate to form at least one additional layer. The first layer is stacked with the at least one additional layer to create an assembled electrical device. At least one of the layers is modified after printing.
US09832868B1
An electronic device may have layers of glass for forming components such as a display. A display cover glass layer may overlap an array of pixels. A touch sensor may be formed under the display cover glass layer. Conductive structures such as transparent conductive electrodes or other conductive layers of material may be formed on the outer surface of the display cover glass layer. The electrodes on the outer surface of the display cover glass layer may be coupled to metal contacts and other circuitry on the inner surface of the display cover glass layer using conductive vias. Vias may be provided with barrier layers, opaque coatings, tapers, and other structures and may be formed using techniques that enhance compatibility with chemical strengthening processes.
US09832867B2
A device having embedded metallic structures in a glass is provided. The device includes a first wafer, at least one conductive trace, a planarized insulation layer and a second wafer. The first wafer has at least one first wafer via that is filled with conductive material. The at least one conductive trace is formed on the first wafer. The at least one conductive trace is in contact with the at least one first wafer via that is filled with the conductive material. The planarized insulation layer is formed over the first wafer and at least one conductive trace. The planarized insulation layer further has at least one insulation layer via that provides a path to a portion of the at least one conductive trace. The second wafer is bonded to the planarized insulation layer.
US09832866B2
A multilayered substrate includes unit substrates laminated in a direction of thickness thereof, and the unit substrates include a photosensitive insulating layer, a conductive pattern disposed in the photosensitive insulating layer, and a bump penetrating into the photosensitive insulating layer and providing an interlayer connection to the conductive pattern.
US09832859B2
A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly includes a PCB, electronic components mounted on the PCB, a shield can provided to block electromagnetic waves of the electronic components, and an insulating layer provided to prevent an electrical short between the electronic components and the shield can, and the insulating layer is sprayed and formed on the shield can. The insulating layer which is sprayed and formed on the shield can does not have an adhesive layer, and thus the thickness thereof can be remarkably reduced compared to insulating materials requiring an adhesive layer.
US09832858B2
A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate that covers the first substrate, a sealing member between the first and second substrates, the sealing member bonding the first and second substrates to each other, and one or more heating parts between the first substrate and the sealing member to apply heat to the sealing member during a sealing process of bonding the first and second substrates to each other.
US09832857B2
Provided are interconnect circuits for combined electrical and thermal energy transfer to devices connected to these circuits. Also provided are methods of fabricating such interconnect circuits. An interconnect circuit may include an electro-thermal conductor and at least one insulator providing support to different portions of the conductor with respect to each other. The insulator may include one or more openings for electrical connections and/or heat exchange with the electro-thermal conductor. The portions of the conductor may be electrically isolated from each other in the final circuit. Initially, these portions may be formed from the same conductive sheet, such as a metal foil having a thickness of at least about 50 micrometers. This thickness ensures sufficient thermal transfer in addition to providing excellent electrical conductance. In some embodiments, the conductor may include a surface coating to protect its base material from oxidation, enhancing electrical connections, and/or other purposes.
US09832856B2
Disclosed are a circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same. The circuit board includes an insulating part, a heat-transfer body disposed in the insulating part, the heat-transfer body including a thermally conductive material formed in a column shape, and a function hole penetrating the heat-transfer body between a top surface and a bottom surface of the heat-transfer body.
US09832854B2
In a laser produced plasma (LPP) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) system, a droplet is irradiated by a laser pulse to produce a plasma in a chamber. This generates forces that cause the plasma to destabilize and subsequent droplets to have their flight trajectory and speed altered as they approach the plasma. This destabilization is detectable from oscillations in the amount of EUV energy generated. To reduce the oscillations by stabilizing the plasma and travel of the droplets, a proportional-integral (PI) controller algorithm is used to modify an energy of subsequent laser pulses based on the EUV energy generated in the chamber. By modifying the energy of subsequent laser pulses, the plasma stabilizes, which reduces effects on droplet flight and stabilizes the amount of EUV energy generated, allowing the plasma chamber to operate for longer intervals and to lower the amount of reserve power maintained by a laser source.
US09832830B2
A solid state lighting module is disclosed. In one example, the module comprises a light source and a resistor circuit, wherein an output resistance of the resistor circuit is for conveying to a connected driver information on a desired power to be applied to the solid state light source. A control interface is provided for receiving configuration information from an external configuration device and a control circuit configures the resistor circuit thereby to set the output resistance in response to received configuration information. This approach involves integrating the configuration function in the lighting module instead of in the driver. The output resistance can be determined by existing driver architectures without modification, while at the same time the ability of the user to tailor individual lighting modules to their needs is enabled.
US09832826B2
Battery charge function may be in an LED driver which eliminates the duplication of line interface circuitry. A single line interface circuit provides the input power conversion for both the battery charge function and normal operation of the LED driver. During a loss of power, the LEDs may be controlled using power from the battery backup module.
US09832824B2
There was a problem that it was difficult for a semiconductor device in the related art to increase the switching frequency of a step-up circuit, and it was difficult to stabilize an output current and an output voltage. A semiconductor device controls a step-up circuit including an inductor and a drive transistor to drive the inductor. The semiconductor device calculates upper and lower limits which determine the variable range of an input current, based on an output current and an input voltage, controls the switch timing of the drive transistor based on the relation between the upper and lower limits and the magnitude of the input current, and at the same time, corrects the upper and lower limits to be calculated, based on the magnitude of the difference between the output current and a target output current value as an ideal value of the output current.
US09832821B2
A control method causes a computer of an information terminal apparatus to perform a process including: receiving, from a first server, first display data causing a user of the information terminal apparatus to confirm the purpose of use of recipe information and asking for the permission to collect the recipe information; accessing a second server and receiving selected recipe information and control data for a cooker for preparation based on the selected recipe information; and when it is selected to permit collecting the recipe information for a purpose of use related to health care, and it is determined that selected recipe information corresponding to the set control data has an identifier indicating that the recipe is for food related to a specific constitution, disorder, disease, or allergy, transmitting the selected recipe information with the identifier, in association with a user ID of the information terminal apparatus, to the first server.
US09832816B2
Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to a reflector for use in a thermal processing chamber. In one embodiment, the thermal processing chamber generally includes an upper dome, a lower dome opposing the upper dome, the upper dome and the lower dome defining an internal volume of the processing chamber, a substrate support disposed within the internal volume, and a reflector positioned above and proximate to the upper dome, wherein the reflector has a heat absorptive coating layer deposited on a side of the reflector facing the substrate support.
US09832814B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a transceiver configured to support operation of the apparatus in accordance with a first radio access technology, RAT, and a second radio access technology, RAT, the transceiver being configured to receive an indication conveyed over the second radio access technology, the indication indicating that data is incoming to the apparatus and that the data is to be conveyed over the first radio access technology, and at least one processing core configured to, responsive to the indication, cause the apparatus to receive the data by operating in accordance with the first radio access technology.
US09832810B2
A method and apparatus for controlling Discontinuous Reception (DRX) by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The UE receives a DRX configuration parameter from an evolved Node B (eNB), and determines whether to start an on-duration timer based on the DRX configuration parameter, after a change in DRX cycle is completed in a subframe, thereby preventing system performance degradation caused by transmission mismatch between the eNB and the UE.
US09832809B2
A method and apparatus for controlling Discontinuous Reception (DRX) by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The UE receives a DRX configuration parameter from an evolved Node B (eNB), and determines whether to start an on-duration timer based on the DRX configuration parameter, after a change in DRX cycle is completed in a subframe, thereby preventing system performance degradation caused by transmission mismatch between the eNB and the UE.
US09832803B2
A user terminal comprises: a receiver configured to: receive first information for a Device to Device (D2D) discovery procedure for discovering a proximity terminal, from a serving cell; and receive second information for the D2D discovery procedure from another cell of another frequency different from a frequency of the serving cell in order to receive a discovery signal by the D2D discovery procedure in the another frequency from another user terminal.
US09832800B2
A first terminal receives a first Timing Advance (TA) value from a base station and includes a second TA value that is obtained based on the first TA value in a Scheduling Assignment (SA) signal. The first terminal transmits the SA signal to a second terminal at downlink (DL) timing for receiving a downlink signal of the base station in cellular communication. When a length of a Cyclic Prefix (CP) that is set for the D2D communication and a length of a CP that is set for the cellular communication are different, the first terminal transmits data of the D2D communication to the second terminal at first timing that is obtained by applying the second TA value to the DL timing.
US09832786B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, device, and system for scheduling a data flow, which are used to improve the processing efficiency. A network side device marks a priority of a subsequent uplink and/or downlink data flow of a UE corresponding to a downlink data packet in the downlink data packet, and enables a downstream node to schedule an access network resource or air interface resource according to the priority. Therefore, a bearer does not need to be modified during the process of distinguishing different service flows and performing differentiation scheduling on different service flows, thereby reducing the workload and improving the processing efficiency.
US09832774B2
A communication device for handling a signal transmission on an unlicensed component carrier (CC) comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing means coupled to the storage unit. The processing means is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise detecting at least one first signal transmitted by at least one base station on an unlicensed CC; determining at least one first time interval where the at least one first signal is transmitted by the at least one base station; and transmitting at least one second signal on the unlicensed CC in at least one second time interval to a communication device wherein the at least one second time interval is not overlapped with the at least one first time interval.
US09832762B2
There is provided a technology associated with a terminal apparatus, a base station apparatus, a communication system, a notification method, and an integrated circuit, in all of which the capability of the terminal apparatus is efficiently notified. The terminal apparatus configures multiple pieces of terminal apparatus capability information that include information indicating whether or not to support transmission of multiple physical uplink control channels in a secondary cell, and information indicating whether or not to support data transfer control that is independent of a primary cell and the secondary cell, and transmits a terminal apparatus capability message including the multiple pieces of terminal apparatus capability information, to the base station apparatus.
US09832757B2
A mobile terminal is used in a mobile communication system including a general cell supporting a broadcast distribution of MBMS data and a specific cell not supporting a broadcast distribution of MBMS data. The mobile terminal has a controller that executes an autonomous search that searches for a specific cell to which the mobile terminal is allowed to connect. In an idle state, the controller halts the autonomous search when the user terminal receives the MBMS data from the general cell.
US09832742B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for determining transmit power and a user equipment, which relates to the field of information technologies, and can improve a success rate of establishing a connection between the user equipment and a base station. The method includes: determining, according to a preconfigured rule, a transmit power used for sending a random access message; and, sending the random access message to a base station by using the determined transmit power. The present disclosure is applicable to establishment of the connection between the user equipment and the base station.
US09832741B1
The technology disclosed herein enhances the operation of a wireless access node to dynamically provide transmit power based on Reference Signal Receive Power (RSRP). In one implementation, a method of operating a wireless access node includes transmitting first signals with wireless communication devices using a first transmit power, and identifying RSRP values for the wireless communication devices. The method further includes identifying distances between the wireless access node and each wireless communication device, normalizing the RSRP values based on the distances, identifying a target RSRP based on the normalized RSRP values, and determining a second transmit power based on the target RSRP. The method further provides transmitting second signals to the wireless communication devices using the second transmit power.
US09832735B2
An uplink signal may be transmitted by a user equipment (UE) in a time interval using an uplink control channel. The uplink signal may include hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) control information related to received downlink data. If the UE determines that information indicating a coding and modulation is to be transmitted at a same time interval as the H-ARQ control information, the uplink signal may include the information that indicates the coding and modulation.
US09832733B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting a power control command. The method for a UE side thereof comprises: determining a TPC-RNTI corresponding to each carrier group and a tpc-index corresponding to each carrier group; detecting a PDCCH adopting a DCI format 3/3A and scrambled by using the TPC-RNTI corresponding to each carrier group in a common search space of a PCC; and according to the tpc-index corresponding to each carrier group, determining the position of an uplink power control command corresponding to the carrier group in the detected PDCCH scrambled by using the TPC-RNTI corresponding to the carrier group, and acquiring the uplink power control command corresponding to the carrier group from a corresponding position. Thus, a user equipment transmits a corresponding uplink power control command while supporting that uplink channels are transmitted over different uplink carriers corresponding to different carrier groups, thereby guaranteeing the normal and stable operation of a system.
US09832730B2
A communication device receives at least a portion of a packet. Power is reduced to a subset of components of a communication device. The subset of components for which power is reduced is determined based, at least in part, on a length of the packet. The power is reduced for a time period based, at least in part, on the length of the packet.
US09832723B2
A method for controlling the activity of a base station entity of a first type in a mobile communication network via a mobile device having a communication link to a base station entity of a second type includes: sending, by the mobile device, a connection request to the base station entity of the second type, the connection request being related to a request of the mobile device to have a communication link with the base station entity of the first type while the base station entity of the first type is in its second operational mode; and activating the first operational mode of the base station entity of the first type and establishing the communication link between the mobile device and the base station entity of the first type established.
US09832719B2
Some aspects of the disclosure provide various methods, apparatuses and computer-readable medium configured for wireless communication. A method operable at a user equipment (UE) may include transmitting a connection request message configured to request initial connection with a radio access network (RAN) node. The connection request message may include information configured to indicate a service profile of the UE. A method operable at the RAN node may include receiving the connection request message from the UE. The connection request message may include information configured to indicate the service profile of the UE. A method operable at a serving node may include receiving a connection request message from the RAN node. The connection request message may be configured to establish communication with the UE and may include a service profile corresponding to the UE.
US09832717B2
Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for camping, assisted serving cell addition or removal, and discontinuous reception (DRX) in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell. In other aspects, enhancements to Layer 1 channels and uplink timing alignments are provided in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell. In further aspects, assisted serving cell Layer 2 architecture and transport channels are provided in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell. In further aspects, collaborated HARQ solutions are provided in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell.
US09832711B2
The present invention relates to a wireless access system, and provides a method of transmitting and receiving cell information by using a synchronization signal in a small-cell layout environment and a device supporting the same. A method of transmitting cell information in a wireless access system as an embodiment of the present invention may include the steps of: configuring one or more pieces of cell information by means of a base station; configuring a downlink synchronization signal including one or more pieces of cell information by means of the base station; and broadcasting the downlink synchronization signal by means of the base station. In this case, the cell information is configured to be information different from the downlink synchronization information configured based on the downlink synchronization signal.
US09832707B2
Devices, networks, systems and methods for coordinating industrial control and monitoring communications on multi-path radio frequency transmission mesh networks include establishing path metrics allowing a respective comparison of a plurality of available communication paths between neighboring radios communicating in the mesh network. Replies to route requests may be delayed based on the path metrics of available paths for message transmission to ensure that the best available connection routes through the mesh network can be understood and utilized.
US09832703B2
In an embodiment, there is provided a method for optimization of application layer traffic carried by an IP connection over a multi-access technology mobile network between a User Equipment UE and an IP connection endpoint in an IP network, the optimization being based on network information provided using a network information service, the network information including path costs capable of indicating preferences in terms of network paths for the IP connection, the preferences in terms of network paths including preferences in terms of access technologies.
US09832702B2
A base station device is able to perform radio communication with a mobile terminal that exists in a first cell, and includes a memory and a transmitter. The memory stores therein position information on a second cell that can be a move destination for the mobile terminal. The transmitter transmits the position information on the second cell to the mobile terminal so as to cause the mobile terminal to detect that the mobile terminal has approached the second cell using the position information.
US09832698B2
A cellular communication system comprises: a UE configured to perform a WLAN-related process for switching an access network for accommodating a traffic of the UE to an E-UTRAN from a WLAN, on the basis of WLAN control information; and an eNB configured to manage a cell in which the UE exists. The UE transmits, to the eNB, a WLAN Interworking Indication indicating whether or not it is possible to perform the WLAN-related process, on the basis of at least one parameter related to the UE. The eNB having received the WLAN Interworking Indication determines whether or not to provide the UE with the WLAN control information, on the basis of the WLAN Interworking Indication.
US09832695B2
The present invention provides a method, a device, a network element and a system for-switching a network. The method may include: obtaining, through a first network that a terminal accesses, a message required by a preparation process before the terminal switches to a second network; alternating with the second network according to the message, after the preparation process before the switching is completed, releasing a first connection so as to make the terminal directly establish a connection to the second network after releasing the first connection channel. According to the solution of the present invention, the problem of interference generated when two networks switch is avoided.
US09832690B2
A mobile communication system which can transfer information on the number of packets counted up until then by a base station of a mobile source, to a base station of a mobile target, even when a terminal performs a handover. UE moves to a Target eNode B, but a Source eNode B decides to perform a handover, and the Source eNode B includes information on the number of packets counted up until then in a Handover Request message to the Target eNode B, so as to notify the Target eNode B. After receiving a Handover Confirm message from the UE, the Target eNode B includes information on the number of packets received from the Source eNode B in a Handover Complete message transmitted to a CN Node, so as to notify the CN Node.
US09832674B2
A management system implemented in a cloud computing environment for automatically managing a plurality of Wi-Fi access points in a network can receive information from each of the plurality of Wi-Fi access points. The system can analyze the received information from each Wi-Fi access point to determine at least one operation condition of at least one Wi-Fi access and determine at least one new operation setting for the at least one Wi-Fi access point based on the analyzed information. The system can remotely configure the at least one Wi-Fi access point based on the at least one new operation setting.
US09832671B2
A method, a computer program product and a device, the method is for evaluating a state of a radio access network (RAN), and may include parsing control plane massages that are exchanged between the RAN and a core network that is coupled to the RAN; and determining, by an edge bandwidth manager, a current state of the RAN based on the control plane massages.
US09832667B2
A method for estimating noise and interferer parameters includes receiving a signal comprising a noise and interference signal contribution. Noise and interference power samples are generated based on the signal. The noise and interference power samples are quantized into quantization levels. The occurrences of noise and interference power samples are accumulated for each quantization level during an observation period. Noise and interferer parameters are estimated based on the number of occurrences of noise and interference power samples per quantization level during the observation period.
US09832655B2
An apparatus including: at least one processor, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processor, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least: conduct a processing related to set up a spectrum cooperation relationship in which a spectrum used for communication by a second communication network is allowed to be shared by at least one access network element of a first communication network, receive and process control information indicating an establishment of a spectrum cooperation relationship between the first communication network and the second communication network, and establish, on the basis of the control information, a communication connection path to the second communication network wherein the at least one access network element of the first communication network acts as a communication element of the second communication network.
US09832647B1
Systems and methods for keyword— and location-based user authentication are disclosed. An example method includes, detecting a user request by a first user to complete a gaming task; detecting a user acceptance by a second user to accept the gaming task; tracking a first plurality of locations of the first user; tracking a second plurality of locations of the second user; obtaining a first keyword through a first user device associated with the first user; obtaining a second keyword through a second user device associated with the second user; authenticating the first user in accordance with the second keyword and the first plurality of locations; authenticating the second user in accordance with the first keyword and the second plurality of locations; and deeming the gaming task completed in accordance with authenticating the first user and authenticating the second user.
US09832646B2
A system for providing continuous automated verification of user identity and intent includes a processor within at least one server that implements a first processing node and a second processing node for monitoring a mirrored live-data flow of a live-data flow passing through the first processing node in a non-intrusive manner that does not affect the live-data flow passing through the first processing node to detect relevant network access and activity in the mirrored live data flow. At the second processing node, a first set of verification criteria, comprising a first set of dynamically generated dialog of questions with associated answers to be provided by the at least one user, are dynamically generated based on live data inputs from the mirrored live-data flow and external data sources to verify an identify and an activity of the at least one user attempting to access the network prior to access and performing an activity on the network. A second set of verification criteria, comprising a second set of dynamically generated dialog of questions with associated answers to be provided by the at least one user, are dynamically generated at the second processing node based on the responses provided by the at least one user to the first set of dynamically generated dialog of questions to verify the identity and the activity of the at least one user attempting to access the network. A required threshold level is adjusted at which the first and second verification criteria must be met by the at least one user attempting the network access in order to allow or deny the network access and activity by the at least one user. The relevant network access and activity are denied if the verification criteria are not met at the required threshold level, to preempt unverified and unwanted access to and activity on the network by the at least one user. The relevant network access and activity are allowed if the verification criteria are met at the required threshold level. The system continues to monitor and verify the user identity and the user activity for a dynamic time period after access and activity on the network is granted to ensure continued user identity and activity fidelity.
US09832645B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising authenticating, by a server comprising a processor, a communication device to a first communication network, in accordance with authentication information stored in a first repository of the first communication network. The method also comprises determining, by the server, that a second communication network is accessible to the communication device. The method further comprises providing, by the server, the authentication information to a second repository of the second communication network in accordance with the determining, wherein the providing is performed independently of a request from the second communication network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09832636B2
Provided are a method, device and system for determining a working mode of a data card type terminal. In the method, when a data card type terminal is connected to a wireless AP/CPE or PC, the data card type terminal determines whether a working mode request from the wireless AP/CPE is received; if so, sets a working mode of the data card type terminal to a wireless AP/CPE working mode; otherwise, sets the working mode of the data card type terminal to a PC working mode. In the solution, when the data card type terminal is connected to the wireless AP/CPE or PC, the data card type terminal determines whether a working mode request from the wireless AP/CPE exists, if so, sets a working mode of the data card type terminal to an AP/CPE working mode, while if not, sets the working mode of the data card type terminal to a PC working mode, so that the data card type terminal can automatically adjust, through interaction with the PC or wireless AP/CPE device, the working mode according to different working environments without manual interference of a user.
US09832634B2
A method for providing a multi number service using a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) comprises the steps of: according to a command received from the outside of a UICC, selecting any one subscriber identification information set among a plurality of subscriber identification information sets stored in a memory allocated to a subscriber identification information set managing application; and activating the selected subscriber identification information set.
US09832632B2
A device that includes one or more processors may receive instructions to scan, at a given time, one or more channels in one or more frequency bands for presence of wireless devices in an environment of the device. The device may also identify one or more operations of the device that are occurring at the given time. The device may also adjust a duration of scanning the one or more channels based on the identified operations. The device may also cause a wireless receiver of the device to scan, for the adjusted duration, the one or more channels for the presence of the wireless devices.
US09832627B2
Method and system to include a TETRA member (subscriber) in an ongoing PS-LTE group call using SS-LE, by mapping a plurality of specific SS-LE messages is disclosed. The embodiments herein enable TETRA SS-LE service to interwork with PS LTE GCS. The process involves the steps of queuing the TETRA call leg at the PS LTE GCS AS, informing the TETRA SwMI to activate SS-LE for a TETRA member, embedding a SS-LE PDU as a payload in the SIP messaging module, defining and interrogating a SS-LE service on a GCS AS via the authorized user on the TETRA SwMI or on the PS-LTE network. The TETRA member is connected to the ongoing group call through a gateway. The TETRA SwMI works as the TETRA core and the LTE to TETRA Gateway facilitates the process of message mapping and protocol conversion.
US09832625B2
A method for facilitating social discovery includes: obtaining, by a first device associated with a first user, device information associated with at least a second device from the second device; transmitting the device information associated with the second device to a social discovery platform; receiving, from the social discovery platform, user information associated with a second user of the second device in response to the device information associated with the second device; and displaying, to the first user, the user information associated with the second user.
US09832624B2
An information processing method including: starting, by an information processing device, an application program designating a peripheral device type of a plurality of peripheral device types, each of the plurality of peripheral device types corresponding to each peripheral device set, the application program utilizing a specified peripheral device included in a specified peripheral device set to which the designated peripheral device type corresponds, detecting at least one peripheral device that is configured to cooperate with the information processing device, determining the specified peripheral device of the designated peripheral device type, from among the detected at least one peripheral device, and obtaining a specified driver program for utilizing the determined specified peripheral device, wherein the application program utilizes the determined specified peripheral device based on the obtained specified driver program.
US09832619B2
An electronic device providing a message service includes: a communication unit configured to exchange a message with another device; a display configured to display a message received from the another device, a message input by the electronic device, and at least one response message generated by the electronic device, all together on a message service screen of the display; and a processor configured to determine whether the received message includes an inquiry, and provide at least one piece of recommended content based on the inquiry in response to the received message being determined as including the inquiry, and transmit the at least one response message comprising the at least one piece of recommended content to the other device.
US09832615B2
Method, mobile device, computer program product, and apparatus for optimizing sensor reporting are described. A mobile device can measure radio frequency (RF) signal characteristics while receiving data from one or more mobile device sensors. The mobile device may determine its relative displacement between RF signal measurements. The mobile device can send a representation of the RF signal characteristics and the displacement data to one or more servers. The representation displacement data may include one or more reliability characteristics and/or a displacement reliability rating. A server can obtain the displacement data and RF signal characteristics to determine positioning of wireless transmitters in an environment and build a positioning database.
US09832614B2
It is provided a method, a server and a terminal for information interaction. One method for information interaction includes the following steps: obtaining, at a server, position information of a first terminal in a social network, direction information of the first terminal shooting a scene image, and an information search range corresponding to the first terminal; searching, at the server, for an information collection in the information search range corresponding to the first terminal in the social network according to the position information of the first terminal and the direction information of the first terminal shooting the scene image; and sending, at the server, the information collection to the first terminal so that the first terminal displays the information collection in the scene image shot by the first terminal.
US09832612B2
In an aspect, a generic positioning protocol (GPP) may be used to support satellite-based positioning methods and terrestrial-based positioning methods for different access types. A terminal may exchange a first GPP message with first information for a positioning method and an access type supported by GPP. The terminal may exchange a second GPP message with second information for the positioning method and the access type. Each GPP message may include at least one position element, and each position element may be for a specific positioning method. The terminal may obtain a position estimate for itself based on the second information. In another aspect, positioning may be performed based on measurements for cells of different wireless access types. In yet another aspect, received transmission times may be transformed to converted times based on common timing, which may be applicable for multiple wireless access types.
US09832603B2
A wireless data processing device is described which periodically exits an unpowered state and transmits location data. For example, one embodiment of a wireless data processing device comprises: power circuitry for maintaining the wireless data processing device in a powered or unpowered state, the power circuitry causing the wireless data processing device to enter into an unpowered state responsive to user input; a timer to periodically power up the wireless device or portion thereof in response to reaching a predetermined time; a location services module determining a current location of the wireless data processing device using one or more specified location determination techniques; a transmit thread transmitting the current location of the wireless device over one or more specified communication channels; and the power circuitry powering down the wireless data processing device a second time after the current location has been transmitted.
US09832600B2
A communication system includes a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal. The first communication terminal provides first terminal identification information read out from a memory to a first mobile terminal. The second communication terminal obtains the first terminal identification information from a second mobile terminal, the second mobile terminal being a mobile terminal that has received the first terminal identification information from the first mobile terminal through a first communication session. The second communication terminal further transmits a request for starting communication with the first communication terminal to establish a second communication session with the first communication terminal.
US09832597B2
A method and apparatus for starting a device-to-device (D2D) operation in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) supporting proximity services (ProSe) starts a D2D operation if at least one of conditions is satisfied. For example, when the UE detects radio link failure or handover failure, when a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment procedure fails, when any cell is not detected, when neither an acceptable cell or suitable cell is found, when RRC connection release is received, or when the UE enters an idle mode, the UE may start the D2D operation.
US09832595B2
Optimizations are provided for improving the collection and transmission of sensor collected data. In particular, sensor related data is initially collected. Then, a determination is made regarding a state of an anticipated recipient of the collected sensor related data. Based on the state of the anticipated recipient, a determination is made regarding a representation of the sensor collected data. At least some of this sensor collected data is then delivered to the anticipated recipient in the determined representation.
US09832592B2
A radio communication device including: a first memory to store a plurality of program modules into which a first program is divided, the first program providing a first radio access technology (RAT), a second memory to store a second program providing a second RAT for executing, a first processor to input a command to a second processor when a RAT used by the radio communication device is changed from the second RAT to the first RAT, the second processor to execute a program or a program module that is stored in the second memory, wherein the first processor predicts the command based on a communication state of the radio communication device, selects at least one preferential program module among the plurality of program modules based on the predicted command, and controls to load the at least one preferential program module from the first memory to the second memory preferentially.
US09832587B1
Techniques are described for assisting near distance communications. A first device comprising a receiver, a sensor and a processor may be configured to perform the assisted near distance communication techniques. The receiver may receive, from a second device located within a conversational distance to the first device, monophonic audio data representative of the near distance communication. The sensor may generate a sensor signal representative of spatial information of the near distance communication. The processor may render, based on the spatial information and the monophonic audio data, multi-dimensional audio data in which the near distance communication originates in a soundfield from a location of the second device relative to the first device. The processor may next output the multi-dimensional audio data to a transducer so as to reproduce the near distance communication in multiple dimensions.
US09832574B2
A method and apparatus reduce feedback in a hearing aid. The method involves a first transfer function, which includes a feedback path, being estimated for a first section of a signal response. A power of a feedback signal from a second transfer function of the feedback path is estimated for a second section of the signal response, and a parameter of the signal processing device and/or of the feedback suppression unit is adjusted on the basis of the estimated power.
US09832551B2
An optical transmission device includes: a receiver configured to receive a signal including data; a generator configured to generate an output clock to output the data based on a signal clock synchronized with the signal; and a controller configured to control a frequency of the output clock based on a first amount of the data so that the output clock follows a clock of a transmission source of the data.
US09832549B2
The present invention provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for subsea optical to electrical distribution. The present invention comprises one or more routing units adapted to convert optical signals to electrical signals and route the converted electrical signals to an appropriate end device. The routing unit is a compact device that may be installed without the use of heavy equipment.
US09832545B2
A distributed directional aperture (DDA) system provides the capability to receive and/or transmit signals, limiting that reception or transmission to a 3-dimensional beam. The DDA system includes sensing and/or emitting array subsystems which comprise sensors and/or emitters distributed across, within, or under the skin of an aircraft, ship, ground vehicle, or fixed installation. The sensors receive energy, convert the received signals to digital information, and transmit that information via a telemetry subsystem to a beamformer subsystem. The beamformer subsystem analyzes the received signals from the sensors and/or emitters in order to determine the signal content from a specific direction. The emitters transmit energy, converting signals received from the beamformer subsystem via the telemetry subsystem into energy emissions. Methods of providing the DDA system including subsystems thereof are also disclosed.
US09832540B2
A method and apparatus for encoding a source media program is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of transcoding the source media program to produce a constant video quality transcoded version of the media program, determining if a portion of constant video quality version of the transcoded media program fails to satisfy a constraint, if the portion of the transcoded media program fails to satisfy the constraint, adjusting at least one transcoding parameter of a set of transcoding parameters, transcoding the portion of the source media program according to the adjusted at least one transcoding parameter to produce a constant bit rate version of the portion of the transcoded media program, and substituting the constant bit rate version of the portion of the transcoded media program for the constant video quality portion of the transcoded media program.
US09832538B2
There are instances of a content item having synchronization information, one being an instance of a reference content item, another being a candidate content item. A synchronizing processor determines a synchronization point between the reference content item and the candidate content item, on the basis of matching the synchronization information of the reference content item and the candidate content item. A timeline metadata transmitter transmits stored timeline metadata to a device on which the reference content item is playing, the transmission of the stored timeline metadata beginning from the synchronization point. The stored timeline metadata includes timeline metadata that has been previously aggregated from earlier broadcasts of instances of the reference content item. Related systems, apparatus, and methods are also described.
US09832526B2
A smart playback method for TV programs includes: converting voice data to text data including a plurality of words; selecting a keyword from the words in the text data; providing a TV program according to the keyword; and controlling a screen to play the TV program.
US09832520B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to broadcast advanced television system committee (ATSC) video in switched digital video (SDV) systems. An example SDV broadcast method includes accessing an instruction to de-multiplex at least one of a plurality of multiple program transport streams, the instruction identifying a first program stream of the plurality of program streams for inclusion and a second program stream of the plurality of program streams for exclusion based on a rating region table (RRT). The plurality of program streams are de-multiplexed according to the instruction.
US09832513B2
Disclosed are a digital device and controlling method thereof. The present invention includes a display unit, a communication unit connecting a communication with a 1st external device, the communication unit receiving a play information of at least one content played in the 1st external device from the 1st external device, a memory storing the play information of the at least one content received from the 1st external device and a controller configured to control the communication unit to connect a communication with a 2nd external device, control the display unit to display at least one indicator corresponding to each of the at least one content on a screen based on the play information of the at least one content, and control the communication unit to transmit a control signal for playing a specific content corresponding to the 1st indicator and a play information of the specific content to the 2nd external device in response to a 1st command for selecting a 1st indicator from the at least one indicator.
US09832512B2
A display device for a vehicle includes a housing, a display screen, and at least one functional unit, including an operating element, each being a switch unit or a communication unit, adapted to be releasably coupled to the housing and includes an insertion portion and an operating element support portion supporting the respective operating element, and a first contact arrangement provided on the insertion portion and electrically coupled to the operating element. The housing includes at least one functional unit coupling arrangement, each adapted to be selectively and releasably coupled to at least one of the at least one functional unit and including a cavity inside the housing for receiving the insertion portion of the at least one functional unit, a second contact arrangement in the cavity, a retaining means, and an opening in an exterior wall of the housing communicating the cavity with the exterior of the housing.
US09832503B2
A scheme for optimizing segment sizes for an adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming client engaged in a current ABR streaming session. In one implementation, a determination is made whether a wireless UE device executing the ABR streaming client is approaching a radio white spot area. If so, a video buffer of the ABR client is configured to preload a fixed number of segments having an adjusted size depending on the duration of the radio white spot area. The preloaded segments may comprise lower quality video segments, and as the wireless UE device exits the radio white spot area, the segment size and/or bitrates may be restored depending on the signal quality.
US09832497B2
A method and a system enabling inter-destination synchronization of processing of content of at least a first and second media stream, wherein said first and second media stream are associated with one or more markers for marking one or more content parts of said first and second media streams respectively. The method comprises the steps of: detecting a first marked content part in said first media stream and a second marked content part in said second media stream, said first and second market content part being associated with a first and second marker respectively; associating first timing information, preferably comprising a first clock time, with said detected first marked content part and associating second timing information, preferably comprising a second clock time, with said detected second marked content part; determining a timing difference on the basis of said first and second timing information; and, generating on the basis of said timing difference synchronization information for enabling a first and/or second synchronization client to adjust the processing of said first and/or second media stream respectively.
US09832483B2
To reduce noise or the like generated at a boundary of tiles introduced in a video coding method. In a motion vector detection unit, a first tile video signal and a second tile video signal included in one picture are supplied to a first detection unit and a second detection unit, and a reference image is supplied from a frame memory to the first detection unit and the second detection unit. The first detection unit performs processing, by inter prediction, on the video signal positioned on or in the vicinity of a tile boundary between a first tile and another tile among many video signals included in the first tile. In this processing, the first detection unit generates a motion vector so as to preferentially refer to the reference image included in another tile different from the first tile among the reference images read out from the frame memory.
US09832477B2
A method of encoding data includes selecting a line to define an adjustment target coefficient group in each of a plurality of coefficient groups included in a transform unit that has been transformed and quantized. Each of the coefficient groups comprises a plurality of coefficients. For each of the coefficient groups, a sum of the coefficients for the respective coefficient group is calculated. For each of the coefficient groups, a value of one adjustment target coefficient included in the adjustment target coefficient group is adjusted according to a result of the calculation of the sum of the coefficients for the respective coefficient group.
US09832472B2
An intra prediction method and a device using the intra prediction method are provided. The intra prediction method includes the steps of: deriving a current prediction mode as a prediction mode of a current block; constructing neighboring samples of the current block with available reference samples; filtering the available reference samples; and generating predicted samples of the current block on the basis of the filtered available reference samples. The filtering step includes performing the filtering using the available reference sample located in the prediction direction of the current prediction mode and a predetermined number of available reference samples neighboring to the prediction direction of the current prediction mode.
US09832461B2
A method and apparatus for deblocking of reconstructed video in a video coding system are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention determine boundary strength between two blocks without checking whether the block boundary is a coding unit (CU) boundary. In one embodiment according to the present invention, the method comprises determining whether any of the two blocks is Intra coded. If any of the two blocks is Intra coded, the boundary strength is assigned a first value. Otherwise, additional decision processing is performed to determine the boundary strength. In another embodiment, said determining the boundary strength for the block boundary comprises determining whether the block boundary is a TU boundary and whether any of the two blocks contains coefficients. In yet another embodiment, said determining the boundary strength for the block boundary comprises determining whether the two blocks have different reference pictures or different motion vectors.
US09832451B2
A method for reduced-bandwidth wireless 3D video transmission includes receiving initial first-eye frame data, reprojecting the initial first-eye frame data to the second eye (which creates initial second-eye frame data), receiving sensor data; time-warping the initial first-eye and second-eye frame data, and receiving next second-eye frame data S140. The method can additionally or alternatively include perspective warping the initial first-eye frame data; reprojecting the next second-eye frame data to the first eye (which creates next first-eye frame data); performing infilling on the next first-eye frame data with the perspective-warped initial first-eye frame data; time-warping the next first-eye and second-eye frame data; and/or encoding transmitted frame data with sensor data.
US09832448B2
Using the techniques discussed herein, a set of images is captured by one or more array imagers (106). Each array imager includes multiple imagers configured in various manners. Each array imager captures multiple images of substantially a same scene at substantially a same time. The images captured by each array image are encoded by multiple processors (112, 114). Each processor can encode sets of images captured by a different array imager, or each processor can encode different sets of images captured by the same array imager. The encoding of the images is performed using various image-compression techniques so that the information that results from the encoding is smaller, in terms of storage size, than the uncompressed images.
US09832444B2
A three-dimensional object detection device includes an image capturing unit, an image conversion unit, a three-dimensional object detection unit and a light source detection unit. The image conversion unit converts a viewpoint of the images obtained by the image capturing unit to create bird's-eye view images. The three-dimensional object detection unit detects a presence of a three-dimensional object within the adjacent lane. The three-dimensional object detection unit determines the presence of the three-dimensional object within the adjacent lane-when the difference waveform information is at a threshold value or higher. The three-dimensional object detection unit set a threshold value lower so that the three-dimensional object is more readily detected in a rearward area than forward area with respect to a line connecting the light source and the image capturing unit.
US09832441B2
Methods, systems, devices, and software are described for providing supplemental content for presentation on a mobile device that identifies a video and a portion within the video. In one embodiment, a system includes a mobile device with an integrated video camera that tracks a display playing a movie. The mobile device automatically identifies the current scene in the movie and then accesses supplemental non-video content related to the identified scene. The accessed supplemental non-video content (e.g., audio, tactile, olfactory data) is then presented to the user at the same time the movie is played.
US09832439B2
Disclosed are a device for determining a principal facial image in a captured image capable of determining a person participating in a specific event as a principal person among multiple captured images, a control method and a control program therefor, and a recording medium storing the control program. Multiple captured image P1 and the like are grouped by event, and a captured image group G1 and the like are obtained. Face detection is performed on the captured images for each of the captured image group G1 and the like, a facial image F1 and the like are obtained, and a plurality of facial image group FG1 and the like are obtained. In each of the facial image group FG1 and the like, a principal facial image RF1 and the like are obtained. A facial image of a person who participates only in a specific event can be determined as a principal facial image, and an electronic album where the person of the principal facial image is a main character can be generated.
US09832437B2
Described are improved approaches to implement color sequential displays that can mitigate problems with conventional display technologies. Color-breakup is mitigated by modifying the original color channels and adding one or more additional color channels derived from the original ones.
US09832435B2
An optical scanning image forming apparatus includes: a light source section; an illumination scanning section; a light detection section; a calculation section calculating a drive waveform for providing a illumination light scanning pattern; and an image drawing section drawing an image, based on detection light detected by the light detection section and image construction coordinates, the calculation section providing different light scanning patterns to the illumination scanning section and calculating distortion correction data, based on comparison between data on the detection lights detected when scanned in the different scanning patterns. An optical scanning image forming method includes: providing different light scanning patterns to an illumination scanning section which scans the illumination light from a light source section to irradiate an object with the illumination light; and calculating distortion correction data, based on comparison between data on the detection light detected when scanned in the different scanning patterns.
US09832432B2
A control apparatus includes a depth information acquirer (3) which acquires depth information of an object image, a position attitude acquirer (8) which acquires position information or attitude information of an apparatus, and an image processor (7, 9) which generates three-dimensional information based on information relating to an optical vibration-proof state of the apparatus, the depth information, and the position information or the attitude information.
US09832431B2
The present invention provides a device, comprising one or more embedded tamper deterrent and security systems that trigger an alarm if the device is tampered.
US09832428B2
A droplet measurement system (DMS) is used in concern with an industrial printer used to fabricate a thin film layer of a flat panel electronic device. A clear tape serves as a printing substrate to receive droplets from hundreds of nozzles simultaneously, while an optics system photographs the deposited droplets through the tape (i.e., through a side opposite the printhead). This permits immediate image analysis of deposited droplets, for parameters such as per-nozzle volume, landing position and other characteristics, without having to substantially reposition the DMS or printhead. The tape can then be advanced and used for a new measurement. By providing such a high degree of concurrency, the described system permits rapid measurement and update of droplet parameters for printers that use hundreds or thousands of nozzles, to provide a real-time understanding of per-nozzle expected droplet parameters, in a manner that can be factored into print planning.
US09832424B2
A communication system 100 is used to manage content. The content is transferred to a content delivery network 280. The content has publication start time and a purge time associated therewith. The content start time and purge time may be provided in the metadata associated with the content. The system publishes the content according to a publication start time and purges the content from the content delivery network at the purge time.
US09832420B2
A source device that provides contents to a sink device and a communication method thereof are provided. The communication method of the source device includes: transmitting a communication signal including a High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) signal to the sink device; determining a communication status with the sink device using an HDCP communication result received from the sink device; and adjusting the communication signal according to the determined communication status. Therefore, the communication method can provide a user with optimized contents.
US09832415B2
In one aspect, a TV set is provided. A base includes two supporting mounts. One end of the first supporting mount is rotatably connected with a back side of a display screen assembly. The second supporting mount includes two supporting arms symmetrically disposed on two sides of the first supporting mount. One end of each supporting arm is rotatably connected with the first supporting mount respectively at a rotatory connection point. When the base is in a supporting state, for each supporting arm, a triangular supporting structure is formed by the rotatory connection point, the other end of the first supporting mount, and the other end of the supporting arm. When the base is in a retracted state, the first supporting mount is attached to the back side of the display screen assembly, and the second supporting mount is superimposed on an outer side wall of the first supporting mount.
US09832405B2
A solid-state imaging device is capable of simplifying the pixel structure to reduce the pixel size and capable of suppressing the variation in the characteristics between the pixels when a plurality of output systems is provided. A unit cell includes two pixels. Upper and lower photoelectric converters and, transfer transistors and connected to the upper and lower photoelectric converters, respectively, a reset transistor, and an amplifying transistor form the two pixels. A full-face signal line is connected to the respective drains of the reset transistor and the amplifying transistor. Controlling the full-face signal line, along with transfer signal lines and a reset signal line, to read out signals realizes the simplification of the wiring in the pixel, the reduction of the pixel size, and so on.
US09832404B2
An image sensor captures a subject image of a partial luminous flux passed through different regions from among a total luminous flux through one optical system. The image sensor is configured from a pixel arrangement in which a plurality of each of at least three types of pixels are arranged, including non-parallax pixels which comprise an aperture mask that produces a viewpoint in a reference direction, first parallax pixels which comprise an aperture mask that produces a viewpoint in a first direction different from the reference direction and second parallax pixels which comprise an aperture mask that produces a viewpoint in a second direction different from the reference direction, wherein each of the aperture mask of the first parallax pixels and the aperture mask of the second parallax pixels has a width of a greater-than-half-aperture aperture area in the direction of change of the viewpoint.
US09832400B2
An image sensor includes a pixel array unit including an active pixel area including active pixels, a first dark area including first dark pixels, and a second dark area including second dark pixels, an offset extractor configured to extract a final dark offset value, and a corrector configured to correct pixel data values of the active pixels based on the final dark offset value. The offset extractor extracts a per-column dark offset value, a global dark offset value, a per-row average, and a per-row noise value, selects one of the extracted per-column dark offset value and global dark offset value, and extracts the final dark offset value from the per-row noise value and either the per-column dark offset value or the global dark offset value.
US09832396B2
A method for thermally imaging a moving workpiece of a gas turbine engine comprises identifying a plurality of geometric features to construct a composite image. The geometric features include at least one integral thermal feature of the moving workpiece, and at least one artificial feature applied to the workpiece for diagnostic purposes. One of the plurality of geometric features is identified as a master feature, and the remainder of the plurality of geometric features are located relative to the master feature with relative actual coordinates. A pixel location of the master feature is identified or each image, and the remainder of the plurality of geometric features are located relative to the master feature with relative pixel coordinates. Offset, rotation, and scaling of the secondary images are varied to minimize a relative difference between the relative pixel coordinates and the relative actual coordinates. The offset, rotated, and scaled secondary images are combined with the reference image to form a composite image.
US09832391B2
An image capturing apparatus comprises: an image sensor including a pixel region including a plurality of pixel units, arranged in a matrix, each having first and second photoelectric conversion units, and a storage unit provided for each column; and a driving unit configured to drive the image sensor by, for each pixel unit to be read of the plurality of pixel units, exclusively selecting an operation of combining a signal of the first photoelectric conversion unit and a signal of the second photoelectric conversion unit for each pixel unit and outputting the combined signal to the storage unit, an operation of reading a signal from the first photoelectric conversion unit of each pixel unit to the storage unit, or an operation of reading a signal from the second photoelectric conversion unit of each pixel unit to the storage unit.
US09832390B2
A first photographing mode in which plural pieces of image information are acquired while a configuration of an exposure is fixed and a focus position is changed and a second photographing mode in which plural pieces of the image information are acquired while the focus position is fixed and the configuration of the exposure is changed are included, and image processing is performed from the pieces of image information that are acquired in the first photographing mode and the second photographing mode.
US09832387B2
The electronic camera has an imaging device that images a subject with subject reflectance R (%) with a dynamic range wider than that at displaying or printing to acquire image data and a recording device that converts the image data acquired by the imaging device with a predetermined function and records the converted image data and the information on the function as digital values (digit). Therefore, a printed image with an automatically or manually corrected density can be obtained at the displaying or the printing.
US09832378B2
Special blend operations for wide area-of-view image generation utilizing a “floating auto exposure” scheme are described. Pixel values in the two images being stitched together are blended within a transition band around a “seam.” identified in the overlap region between the images after changes in exposure and/or color saturation are accounted for. In some embodiments, changes in exposure and/or color saturation are accounted for through the use of one or more exposure mapping curves, the selection and use of which are based, at least in part, on a determined “Exposure Ratio” value, i.e., the amount that the camera's exposure settings have deviated from their initial capture settings. In other embodiments, the Exposure Ratio value is also used to determine regions along the seam where either: alpha blending, Poisson blending—or a combination of the two—should be used to blend in the transitional areas on each side of the seam.
US09832372B1
Aspects of present disclosure relates to a dynamic videotelephony system. In certain embodiments, dynamic videotelephony system includes a first dynamic videotelephony device for a first user group, and a second dynamic videotelephony device for a second user group, and a network connecting these two dynamic videotelephony devices for a dynamic video conference between the two user groups. Each of the dynamic videotelephony devices has a gaze detection device group to detect a corresponding principal location of pupils of a corresponding user group, and sends control instructions to the opposite dynamic videotelephony device to control dynamic video capturing such that the captured dynamic video is focused and centered at an object corresponding to the corresponding principal location of pupils of the corresponding user group on the corresponding dynamic video display device, and the captured dynamic video is transmitted from the opposite dynamic videotelephony device to corresponding dynamic videotelephony device for display.
US09832356B2
A camera module, in particular for a vehicle, the camera module having at least: an objective having a lens mount and at least one lens, an image sensor for acquiring and converting optical signals into electrical signals, a bearer device on which the image sensor is mounted and contacted, and a camera housing for accommodating the objective and the bearer device. The objective is connected to the camera housing, in particular to a first housing part, and is borne by the camera housing. The bearer device can in particular be fixed on the objective or on the first housing part.
US09832353B2
The disclosure relates to digital watermarking, steganography, and specifically to message coding protocols used in conjunction with digital watermarking and steganographic encoding/decoding and payload interpretation methods. One claim recites a method for interpreting a data structure having fixed and variable message portions, the method comprising: processing the fixed message portion to determine a version of the variable message portion; decoding the entire payload field of the variable message portion according to the determined version; and interpreting only a portion of the decoded payload field according to the determined version. Of course, other features and claims are provided too.
US09832348B2
A recording data generation apparatus is provided that generates recording data in CMYK form including color information related to CMYK values and color information other than the CMYK values based on image data in RGB form including color information related to RGB values and transparency information related to transparency degree.
US09832328B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a character recognition apparatus comprises a decolorization control section configured to carry out a decolorization processing for a sheet; an image reading control section configured to carry out an image reading processing for the sheet to which the decolorization processing is carried out; and a character recognition processing section configured to carry out a character recognition processing for a decolorized image read through the reading processing after the decolorization processing is carried out or for a generated image generated according to the decolorized image.
US09832325B2
An information processing apparatus includes a plurality of human body detecting sensors that detect a user, each of the human body detecting sensors having a detection area for detecting the presence of the user; an operation part that receives an operation by the user; and an erroneous detection determination part that determines an erroneous detection if the operation part does not receive the operation by the user within a predetermined time after one of the human body detecting sensors detects the presence of the user. If a number of erroneous detections of the one of the human body detecting sensors is equal to or more than a first threshold, the erroneous detection determination part sends an instruction to reduce the detection area to the one of the human body detecting sensors and sends an instruction to increase the detection area to another one of the human body detecting sensors.
US09832321B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a collect call method and system thereof, more particularly, in order to charge the called party with a uniform toll for collect call, which is determined by only the type and location of called party terminal. In one embodiment, the collect call method, system and a counsel service providing method use a free VoIP network for part of the voice call link and a charge PSTN network for the rest of the voice call link. In one embodiment, if the first link corresponding to the collect call request is established, the collect call switch calls the called party terminal to establish the second link, and billing on the second link is initiated.
US09832320B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for down-converting a long-range communication signal that is wirelessly received via a first antenna of a communication device to extract a first version of a baseband signal, down-converting a short-range communication signal wirelessly received from a second device via a second antenna of the communication device to extract a second version of the baseband signal from the long-range communication signal that can be received at the second device, which is remote from the communication device, via a second antenna. The first version and second version of the baseband signal can be combined to generate an information signal that can be processed. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09832319B2
A system and method provide an indication by a calling device of a transfer preference for an interaction with a called device. The called device is enabled or restricted to transfer the interaction based on the transfer preference. The transfer preference is provided by a session initiation protocol or various other call topologies.
US09832317B2
Methods and apparatus to obtain voice messages are disclosed. One example method includes receiving at a mobile device an indication to access voicemail, determining if visual voicemail is available, and initiating a call to a voicemail system in response to determining that visual voicemail is unavailable.
US09832315B1
A method for routing customer service requests to call centers includes collecting data associated with customer service experience between a customer and a call center regarding a completed customer call. The collected data is analyzed to determine a quality of customer service for one or more completed calls between the customer and the call center. A nature of an incoming customer call is determined. The incoming customer call is routed to a call center based upon making reference to the analyzed collected data such that the nature of the customer call matches with corresponding one or more favorable attributes of the call center.
US09832309B2
A method and apparatus for detecting a stale number. A stale number detection device obtains a call number, a call number contact creation date, and a call number issue date for the call number. The stale number detection device determines that a stale number state exists when the call number issue date is later than the call number contact creation date. The stale number detection device generates a stale number notification based on the stale number state.
US09832304B2
A method of delivering an audio and/or visual media file including, for example, one or more of full or partial master recordings of songs, musical compositions, ringtones, videos, films, television shows, personal recordings, animation and combinations thereof, over the air wirelessly, from one or more servers to an electronic device with or without an Internet connection. The method comprising transmitting and audio and/or visual media file in compressed format to an electronic device, and wherein the electronic device is effective to receive the audio and/or visual file and playback on demand by a user.
US09832302B2
A communication apparatus may perform: receiving a specific signal from a first external apparatus via a second interface; changing a state of a first interface from a first state to a second state, in a case where the specific signal including predetermined information is received via the second interface while the state of the first interface is the first state; maintaining the state of the first interface in the first state, in a case where the specific signal not including the predetermined information is received while the state of the first interface is the first state; and performing a communication of target data with the first external apparatus via the first interface being in the second state, after the state of the first interface has been changed to the second state.
US09832301B2
A system and method is provided for health management, for performing a parameter measurement in a fluid sample, including a mobile communications device with an application adapted to perform health management for one or more health related conditions; a strip adapted to absorb a fluid sample and to produce a signal indicative of the parameter level in the sample; and a fluid testing apparatus for obtaining an analog measurement of the fluid parameter, the fluid testing apparatus including an adaptor adapted to connect the strip to the mobile communications device to thereby allow delivery of the produced signal or a correlated signal to the mobile communications device for obtaining a measurement of the fluid parameter displayed on the mobile communications device, wherein the fluid testing apparatus relies on the mobile communications device for at least one of power supply and display means, and wherein the system includes a power level adjustment means associated with the device audio jack and/or the adaptor, for providing a suitable power output to operate the fluid testing apparatus.
US09832292B2
An electronic device includes an inner case, at least one radiator disposed on a surface of the inner case, and an outer case integrally formed on the surface of the inner case, in which the outer case at least partially conceals the radiator. A method for manufacturing a housing of an electronic device includes molding an inner member by injecting resin into an injection mold, extracting the inner member from the mold, forming or disposing a conductive pattern on a surface of the inner member, inserting the inner member comprising the conductive pattern into another injection mold, and molding a periphery member that encloses at least a portion of the inner member by injecting resin to the other injection mold, wherein rigidity or stiffness of the inner member is higher than that of the periphery member. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09832281B2
A method, device and system for carrying out telecommunication capability group sending is provided, each node of a system for carrying out telecommunication capability group sending corresponds to a database service node, a plurality of database service nodes perform load balancing or switching on failure within themselves and each node of the system for carrying out telecommunication capability group sending may quickly read the subscription relationships and send down messages to users. The above technical solution increases the database access speed and avoids the problem of database's resources shortage and improves service performance of the telecommunication capability group sending.
US09832279B2
A plurality of networks each having a host are connected to achieve a transparent transaction between devices belonging to the different networks. A target apparatus includes a station and a host. In response to a get device handle request from an initiator apparatus, the station acquires, from the host, configuration information of a target device and relays transactions between the initiator apparatus and the target device, without requiring involvement of the host.
US09832274B1
Disclosed is a method and system for online directory management in which a succession of values is aggregated as human behavior data from client devices visiting a website. A new value is automatically transmitted in response to a correlation signaling that the new value signifies a true mutation.
US09832271B2
A method for connection between a server and a client includes discovering, by the server, a client through a device discovery procedure, transmitting device-related information of the server to the client, or receiving the device-related information from the client, connecting with the client, and performing a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) operation through the connection.
US09832266B1
Methods and systems to perform methods comprising receiving, at a computer system from a first electronic device a first electronic media work; extracting one or more features therefrom; determining that at least a portion of the first electronic media work corresponds to a first reference media work based on a matching of the extracted features against a database of reference features; receiving, from a second electronic device, a query related to the first electronic media work; linking the query to action information in an action database based upon determining that at least a portion of the first electronic media work corresponds to the first reference media work; generating machine-readable instructions associated with the action to be performed based at least in part on the linking of the query to the action information; transmitting, to the second electronic device, the machine-readable instructions; and logging an event associated with the machine-readable instructions.
US09832255B2
An event distribution method, a control device, and a processor on a software-defined network (SDN), where an event distribution module processes, in a preset order using a first workflow that includes at least two event processing nodes, an event that is generated by a device object generating module, and sends a processed event to a first application program processing module using a first application event processing node. The first workflow is created according to an instruction of the first application program processing module, so that the event that is sent to the first application program processing module can be processed according to the instruction of the first application program processing module. Therefore, the event that is sent to the application program processing module does not need to meet a predetermined requirement.
US09832245B2
Methods, systems and machine readable storage medium for allowing playback of streaming media at playback rates of other than 1× are described. In one embodiment, a method can determine different sets of I-frames that are available before a display deadline, where each set can have a different cadence, and one of the sets can be selected for download and display to achieve playback at other than 1×. Byte range requests from a client device can be used to retrieve each of the I-frames. Other methods, system and media are also described.
US09832242B2
In one embodiment, a multicast communication is received at a particular node of a plurality of nodes receiving the multicast communication in a network. The particular node selects a subset of subcarriers using a probabilistic data structure, such that each of the plurality of nodes selects a respective subset of subcarriers using the probabilistic data structure. The particular node transmits an acknowledgement of receipt of the multicast communication on the subset of subcarriers selected by the particular node. The transmission occurs simultaneously with transmissions of acknowledgements from the other of the plurality of nodes.
US09832231B2
User input mechanisms are displayed for defining a compliance policy update. A unified compliance policy update is generated according to a unified schema that is consistent across different workloads. The unified compliance policy update is sent to a workload where it is deployed.
US09832228B2
A method of managing firewall change requests for a communication network includes providing a change request interface comprising a plurality of change request form types, each request form including an interface for entering requestor identification information, Internet Protocol (IP) address information, change implementation schedule information, and submission information specifying any requestor instructions for implementing the change, receiving completed change request forms from at least one requestor, arranging the completed change request forms in a request queue, and presenting the request queue to at least one administrator responsible for implementing firewall changes in the communication network.
US09832224B2
Techniques for dynamic throttling of scan requests for multiple scanners in a cluster of nodes are described. An apparatus may comprise a dynamic throttling service component for executing the dynamic throttling of scan requests for the multiple scanners in the cluster of nodes. The dynamic throttling service component operative to estimate, by the scanner proxy, a resource limit count value representative of resource capacity for servicing scan requests for each one of the multiple scanners in the cluster of nodes; detect a first scan request exceeds the resource limit count value for a first scanner; dynamically throttle each subsequent scan request for the first scanner in response to the first scan request exceeding the resource limit count value; and revise the resource limit count value, by the scanner proxy, for the first scanner.
US09832223B2
Technologies for protecting systems and data of an organization from malware include a data integrity server configured to receive a data file for import from an external source. The data integrity server analyzes the received data file with multiple anti-malware engines to determine whether the data file includes hidden malware. The data integrity server discards the data file in response to a determination that the data file includes hidden malware. Additionally, the data integrity server verifies the type of the received data file based on the file extension associated with the received data file. The data integrity server cleans the received data file in response to verification of the file type. The cleaned data file is transmitted to a computing device to be imported. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09832210B2
The disclosure discloses a multi-core browser and a method for intercepting a malicious network address in a multi-core browser, wherein a malicious network address determining module is arranged in the multi-core browser. The method comprises: obtaining URL information of a webpage currently requested to be loaded; after determining a core for rendering the webpage to be loaded according to the URL information, initiating a request to the malicious network address determining module arranged at the multi-core browser side for judging whether a network address is a malicious network address; and intercepting loading access to a network address which is determined as a malicious network address at the multi-core browser side. The disclosure is capable of solving the problem that a terminal can not intercept a malicious network address accessed in the browser since no third-party device is installed on the terminal or when a third-party device is not started on the terminal; and achieving the beneficial effect of ensuring a timely and effective interception of a malicious network address.
US09832203B2
An application permission management method, includes: generating a running request in response to an operation of running an object of a terminal device, therein, the running request includes object information of the object; obtaining geographical location coordinates of the terminal device in response to the running request; determining whether the terminal device is located in one monitoring area and determine the monitoring area in which the terminal device is located; and determining forbidden lists corresponding to the determined monitoring area, determining the object according to the object information in the running request, and determining whether the object is forbidden to run according to the forbidden lists corresponding to the monitoring area.
US09832198B2
A message access layer frame and an implementation method thereof are provided, relating to a technical field of software. After initiating a system, a controller parses a configuration file, initiates a database access service unit and initializes and initiates other components. After an application front end sends a request, a receiver receives the request of the application front end, translates the request into data in a consistent format and sends the data in the consistent format to a next handling module. An account password checker and a session processor, serving as main information handling modules of the frame, handle a client request and send the handled client request to the repeater. A repeater translates the handled data in the consistent format into data acceptable to an application back end and sends the data acceptable to the application back end to the application back end for a data handling by cloud.
US09832197B2
An information processing apparatus includes a memory that includes a first storage area and a second storage area and a processor that generates link information to access the file stored in the first storage area, in the second storage area associated with the user identification information associated with the first storage area, requests a notification server that transmits a notification, with identification information that identifies a communication apparatus that corresponds to the user identification information associated with the first storage area, and transfers, in response to a request from the communication apparatus that receives the notification, the link information stored in the second storage area associated with the user identification information corresponding to the communication apparatus and that further transfers, in response to access of the file by the communication apparatus using the link information, the file obtained from the first area to the communication apparatus.
US09832194B2
Systems and methods for generating and using ephemeral identifiers are provided. One example method includes determining, by one or more computing devices, a current time-count. The method includes determining, by the one or more computing devices, a time-modified identifier based at least in part on a static identifier and the current time-count. The method includes determining, by the one or more computing devices, an ephemeral identifier based at least in part on the time-modified identifier and a rotation key. One example system includes a plurality of beacon devices, at least one observing entity, and at least one verifying entity.
US09832193B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatuses, methods and computer program products for validating a device. An exemplary apparatus is configured to: determine a device accesses an application; determine whether the device is a trusted device based on a device fingerprint associated with the device; in response to determining the device is a trusted device, create an authenticated session; and enable performance of a transaction using the device during the authenticated session.
US09832190B2
User-specific data for use with a software service may be stored in an encrypted form, where the encryption and/or decryption keys used are associated with a user's biometric data (that the user voluntarily provides after appropriate disclosure, to protect the user's interest in privacy). When the user uses the software service on a device, the device may receive the user-specific data in an encrypted form, and then may use the biometric data to retrieve or generate the cryptographic key that is used to decrypt the user-specific data. The user-specific data is then decrypted and used on the device with the software service.
US09832182B2
The object of this invention is a method for securing an electronic document. In particular, this invention relates to a method that prevents the forging of documents in which an electronic chip is incorporated. To that end, the invention proposes a method in which the data on the document medium are associated with a fingerprint of the document, so as to make them inseparable. That fingerprint is determined on the basis of measurable physical units of the electronic chip or the medium. Thus, the invention allows the combination of the physical protection of the document and the protection of the chip so as to reinforce the security of said documents.
US09832180B2
An authentication system for authenticating a human requester requesting a service, wherein the authentication system is configured to establish via a first and a second port of the authentication system an authentication communication channel comprising a first communication channel to the requester and a second communication channel to a human authenticator, such that at least one of an audio stream of a voice of the requester, a video stream of a face of the requester and a 3D-data stream of the face of the requester is transmittable between the end node device of the requester and the end node device of the authenticator; and to record a confirmation message of the authenticator, wherein the confirmation message confirms or rejects at least one of the claimed identity and the requested service.
US09832178B2
Personalization and projection of television or other content related services is contemplated. Services may be personalized according to a user identifier or other identifier associated with a mobile device, a second screen device or other type of device. The personalized services may be projected, transferred or otherwise accessed through another device, such as but not necessarily limited to a computer, a television, a settop box (STB), a gateway, etc.
US09832175B2
Techniques are presented for optimizing secure communications in a network. As disclosed herein, a key server is configured to provision a plurality of routers that are part of a virtual private network. The key server selects a counter value that is part of a security association and calculates a key value. The key server sends the key value, together with the security association, to the plurality of routers that are part of the virtual private network to enable them to exchange encrypted packets with each other in the virtual private network using the key value and the security association. The key server then increments the counter value to a value within a range of counter values capable of being predicted by the plurality of routers that received the key value.
US09832167B2
A method for configuring an Internet protocol (IP) address of a small cell includes determining whether the small cell has received authorization from a core network of a mobile operator, determining whether the core network has priority over a local network to connect to the small cell, obtaining a local IP address from a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) function implemented in the small cell or in an access point of the local network of the small cell, and using a core network IP address assigned to the small cell by the core network when the core network has priority over the local network. The small cell determines whether the core network IP address is the same as the local IP address. When the core network IP address is the same as the local IP address, the local IP address of the small cell is changed.
US09832161B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying attribute information of at least a first wearable associated with an outfit of a user. Information about an event may be received. An electronic message may be sent about whether at least a portion of the outfit is recommended for wearing at the event based upon, at least in part, the attribute information of at least the first wearable and the information about the event.
US09832160B2
A document management site registers a scan document, generates a URL of the scan document and transmits it to an image forming apparatus (an image processing apparatus), the image forming apparatus posts the registered scan document on an SNS site by using the URL of the scan document. The document management site generates a comment ticket that is control information for causing the image forming apparatus to transmit a comment about the posted content shared in the SNS site, and the image forming apparatus acquires the comment ticket from the document management site. Then, the image forming apparatus transmits the comment about the posted content and information relating to an electronic document for a comment according to the comment ticket.
US09832154B2
A method of enabling collaboration between users of a collaborative Business Intelligence (BI) system comprising pages based on said BI system data, comprising: displaying a page comprising a view of at least one online analytical processing (OLAP) cube to one of a plurality of users of a BI system; deducing from semantics of said at least one OLAP cube a relevancy of each of at least some of said plurality of users for a collaboration session with said user; selecting the most relevant users from said plurality of users for said displayed page according to said deduced relevancy; and initiating a collaboration session with at least one of said most relevant users.
US09832151B2
Techniques for aggregating electronic mail messages are described, including receiving electronic mail associated with a domain, the electronic mail including multiple messages, each message indicating a address being associated with an account, identifying the account with which the address is associated, generating a clean version of each message, the clean version including a subject and a body of a message, and publishing the clean version on a shared environment, including displaying at least a portion of the clean version in the shared environment, the shared environment accessible using access information associated with the account.
US09832149B2
Users of communication applications may be enabled to select from a user-friendly and efficiently provided list of files that may be of interest to them to attach to a correspondence and send to one or more recipients. For example, the communication application may retrieve information from one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) associated with applications of the user to determine the list of files. The files may be local files or cloud-based files, and a variety of criteria may be used to determine, group, and present the files to the user for selection. Once selected by the user, the files or links to cloud destinations of the files may be attached to the correspondence, where the files or links may be displayed in an attachment well or a body of the correspondence. Permissions associated with the attachments may be set by default, by user configuration, and/or modified by user.
US09832148B2
An electronic mail message sent from a sender device is received by an email server. The electronic mail message includes an attachment holder block including an authentication token and an address of an attachment stored at a remote server. The authentication token is transmitted to the remote server to login to the remote server to access the attachment. The attachment is retrieved from the remote server using the address of the attachment. The attachment is attached to the electronic mail message by replacing the attachment holder block with the attachment. The electronic mail message including the attachment is transmitted to a recipient.
US09832138B1
Systems and methods for providing web service instances to support traffic demands for a particular web service in a large-scale distributed system are disclosed. An example method includes determining a peak historical service load for the web service. The service load capacity for each existing web service instance may then be determined. The example method may then calculate the remaining service load after subtracting the sum of the service load capacity of the existing web service instances from the peak historical service load for the web service. The number of web service instances necessary in the large-scale distributed system may be determined based on the remaining service load. The locations of the web service instances may be determined and changes may be applied to the large-scale system based on the number of web service instances necessary in the large-scale distributed system.
US09832135B2
An apparatus for managing data queues is disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one sensor for collecting data, a data interface for receiving data from the sensor(s) and for placing the collected data in a set of data queues, and a priority sieve for organizing the set of data queues according to data priority of a specific task. The priority sieve includes a scoreboard for identifying queue priority and a system timer for synchronization.
US09832134B2
One embodiment includes a firewall, intrusion prevention, or other device that automatically and dynamically adjusts packets subjected to certain rate limiting based on the reputation level associated with these packets (e.g., based on the reputation score of the source of a packet). In response to measured traffic, one embodiment automatically adjusts the range of reputation scores determining which packets are subjected to this rate limiting (e.g., which packets are possibly dropped), such as, but not limited to increase or decrease the measured traffic. For example, packet traffic with a worse reputation can be singled out for this rate limiting during a period of increased traffic, and then when the measured traffic subsides, the range of reputation scores can be correspondingly changed to allow more measured traffic.
US09832126B1
A system, method and non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when read by a processor perform receiving a list including a plurality of possible recipients of telephony network connections, the recipients identified by a telephony number, determining a status characteristic of the intended recipient based on the addressing information, based on the status characteristic, determining whether the intended recipient would successfully receive a telephony connection request if the telephony connection request was forwarded to the intended recipient, and indicating the determination of whether the intended recipient would successfully receive the telephony connection request on the list.
US09832123B2
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates efficient and secure transportation of content. An intermediate node receives a packet that corresponds to a fragment of a content object message that is fragmented into a plurality of fragments. One or more fragments of the plurality of fragments indicate a unique name that is a hierarchically structured variable-length identifier that comprises contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level. The received fragment indicates an intermediate state which is based on a hash function performed on an intermediate state from a previous fragment and data included in the received fragment. In response to determining that the received fragment is a first fragment, the system identifies a first entry in a pending interest table for an interest with a name that is based on a hash of a content object and that corresponds to the first fragment.
US09832122B2
Apparatus, systems and methods may be used to monitor data flows and to select and track particularly large data flows. A method of tracking data flows and identifying large-data (“elephant”) flows comprises extracting fields from a packet of data to construct a flow key, computing a hash value on the flow key to provide a hashed flow signature, entering and/or comparing the hashed flow signature with entries in a flow hash table. Each hash table entry includes a byte count for a respective flow. When the byte count for a flow exceeds a threshold value, the flow is added to a large-data flow (“elephant”) table and the flow is then tracked in the large-data flow table.
US09832121B1
In some examples, a network device of a network comprises a first component configured to store a plurality of next hop instructions corresponding to respective logical or physical network structures of the network. The network device also comprises a second component configured to send, to the first component, a message that identifies an association of the plurality of next hop instructions, wherein the first component is further configured to modify, in response to receiving the message, each of the plurality of next hop instructions.
US09832118B1
Methods and apparatus that allow clients to connect resource instances to virtual networks in provider network environments via private IP. Via private IP linking methods and apparatus, a client of a provider network can establish private IP communications between the client's resource instances on the provider network and the client's resource instances provisioned in the client's virtual network via links from the private IP address space of the virtual network to the private IP address space of the provider network. The provider network client resource instances remain part of the client's provider network implementation and may thus also communicate with other resource instances on the provider network and/or with entities on external networks via public IP while communicating with the virtual network resource instances via private IP.
US09832111B2
An OFS in-band communication method and an OFS are disclosed. The method includes: receiving an LLDP data packet; creating a controller list entry or updating a controller list entry when it is determined, by using a role sub-field, that a sender type of the received LLDP data packet is OFC; acquiring a first-time TCP handshake packet used for establishing a TCP connection, and checking, according to a destination MAC and a destination IP that are carried in the TCP handshake packet, whether a corresponding controller list entry exists in a controller list; and if yes, updating a flow entry according to the MAC, the IP, and the in_port in the corresponding controller list entry in the controller list, so that an OFS can forward, by using a flow table, a packet to be sent to an OFC to the OFC.
US09832104B2
Architecture that provides reliable communications of broadcast data (e.g., a message) in a collection of nodes. Each node in the collection is assigned a range of identifiers in a token. The union of the tokens for all nodes is the entire identifier range space. Each node that receives a reliable broadcast message from an originator node acknowledges receipt of the message using its token. One or more intermediate nodes forward the message from the originator node to other nodes with which the originator node has no direct communications (multi-level node structure). The indirect nodes each send acknowledgements back to the parent nodes (which can be an intermediate node) which combine the tokens to ensure the entire range space for the associated assigned token range is covered. The originator node ultimately receives tokens to compute if all nodes have received the message.
US09832103B2
A method for sending and receiving a data through multiple communication paths and an apparatus for receiving a data through multiple communication paths. A method for receiving a data through multiple communication paths by an apparatus for receiving a data includes receiving at least t (here, 0
US09832100B2
Disclosed are a method, device, and computer storage medium for implementing IP address advertisement. An advertisement for controlling LSA11 and an advertisement control switch for flooding are added into a router. The router performs, according to a state indicated by the advertisement control switch, IP address advertisement or flooding for LSA11 encapsulated with an IP address.
US09832089B2
Detecting a leak of an OFDM signal from an HFC network, where the HFC network extends over a network area. The OFDM signal includes a first continuous pilot subcarrier having a first harmonic. The first harmonic is defined by a pre-determined first frequency. The method or apparatus comprises the steps of or means for: (a) moving a leakage detector through the network area; (b) tuning the leakage detector to receive the first harmonic of the OFDM signal, based on the pre-determined first frequency of the first harmonic; (c) with the leakage detector, receiving over-the-air, at a received first frequency, the first harmonic of the OFDM signal leaked from the HFC network; and (d) with the leakage detector, detecting the first harmonic received in step (c), whereby the leak of the OFDM signal is detected based on the detection of the first harmonic.
US09832083B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus and method for detecting channel spacing and a system. The apparatus for detecting channel spacing includes a first estimating unit configured to estimate a frequency offset of a center channel according to a received signal, a second estimating unit configured to estimate a frequency offset of a neighboring channel according to the received signal, and a determining unit configured to determine channel spacing according to the frequency offset of the center channel estimated by the first estimating unit and the frequency offset of the neighboring channel estimated by the second estimating unit. With the embodiments of the present disclosure, estimation accuracy of channel spacing may be ensured, and influence of non-ideal factors on estimation value may be reduced.
US09832082B2
A wireless access point system includes a processor configured to tap event data and process the event data using a plurality of event filters. Each event filter of the plurality of event filters applies event criteria to detect one or more types of events. The wireless access point system includes a memory configured to store the tapped event data. The wireless access point system includes a communication interface configured to report a report of a detected event type. At least a portion of the report is correlated to analyze a performance of a wireless network.
US09832080B2
The present invention provides a method for commissioning of nodes of a network. The method comprises the steps of (S10) receiving, at a first node (30a) of the network, at least one indication message including identification information of a second node (30b) of the network; (S20) receiving, at the first node (30a), parameter information indicating a parameter sensed with at least one parameter sensor associated with the first node (30a); (S30) determining whether the at least one indication message and the parameter information temporarily correlate; and (S40), if a correlation is determined, adding correlation information about the second node (30b) to a register table of the first node (30a).
US09832079B2
Mechanisms for determining a network topology are disclosed. Client computer information messages are received from a plurality of client computers. The client computer information messages include a network identifier that identifies a network address of a respective client computer. A first link table that identifies ports of a first switch device and corresponding network identifiers of at least some client computers is received from the first switch device. A second link table that identifies ports of a second switch device and corresponding network identifiers of other client computers is received from the second switch device. A nodal tree structure is generated that identifies the plurality of client computers, the communication links between the plurality of client computers, the first switch device, and the second switch device based on the client computer information messages, the first link table, and the second link table.
US09832075B2
In terminal management method, a server sends operation information for performing a management operation on a target terminal to a gateway. The operation information carries a return format of an execution result of an operation command for performing the management operation on the target terminal. After receiving an operation command execution result sent by the target terminal, of the operation command and if there is an indication of a return format for the operation command execution result, the gateway processes the operation command execution result according to the indicated return format of the operation command execution result to obtain an operation command execution result conforming to the return format. The operation command execution result conforming to the return format is sent to the server.
US09832073B2
Techniques are provided for generating a network complexity score. In one approach, a plurality of node configurations that includes a first node configuration and a second node configuration are analyzed. A network complexity score is generated for a network based, at least in part, on one or more of (a) a degree of similarity between the first node configuration and the second node configuration or (b) a dependency between the first node configuration and the second node configuration.
US09832069B1
Embodiments are directed towards managing persistence of network traffic using deep packet inspections of network response packets from an application server. In one embodiment, the network packets are associated with SIP messages. A traffic management device (TMD) interposed between client devices and a plurality of application servers receives messages from the client device and/or the application servers. The TMD performs a deep packet inspection to determine if a defined key value pair that includes a session identifier is detected. If so, and the message is from the application server, the session identifier is then mapped to an application server identifier to persistently refer each subsequent inbound packet from a client device having the same session identifier to the application server mapped to the session identifier.
US09832067B2
In one implementation, a system for network tool synchronization includes a methodology engine to receive a data methodology of an enterprise architecture tool from the enterprise architecture tool. In addition, the system includes a functionality engine to analyze deployment diagrams of an orchestration tool to determine a functionality of the orchestration tool. In addition, the system includes an architecture engine to select information from the enterprise architecture tool based on the functionality of the orchestration tool. In addition, the system includes an information engine to export the selected information to the orchestration tool.
US09832062B2
An IS-OFDM system for point-to-point wireless communications that suppresses narrow-band interference comprises an IS-OFDM transmitter and an IS-OFDM receiver, wherein a transmitted signal comprises a plurality of subcarriers, and further wherein each subcarrier contains more than one and potentially all symbols transmitted in a given frame. The IS-OFDM transmitted signal is at a data rate that is equal to the data rate of the input data stream via the use of P/S converters.
US09832057B2
In a method for transmitting a data unit in a wireless communication network, a physical layer (PHY) preamble and a media access control layer (MAC) header are generated. In generating the MAC header, a first address field to include a first address and a second address field to include a second address are generated. The first, not globally unique, address indicates a communication device for which the data unit is intended or a communication device that is transmitting the data unit. The second address field indicates the other one of a communication device for which the data unit is intended or a communication device that is transmitting the data unit. The first address field and the second address field are included in the MAC header. The MAC header omits a globally unique address corresponding to the first address of the first address field.
US09832048B2
A transmitter circuit for generating a modulated signal in a transmitter of an integrated circuit is described. The transmitter circuit comprises a multiplexing stage having a multiplexing circuit configured to receive a differential input signal and to generate a differential output signal at a first output node of a first current path and at a second output node of a second current path, the multiplexing stage having a gain circuit configured to increase the swing of the differential output signal generated at the first output node and the second output node. A method of generating a modulated signal in a transmitter of an integrated circuit is also disclosed.
US09832041B2
To provide a switch device and a control method of the switch device which reduce a burden on a manager in an FCoE communication. A switch device relays the FCoE communication between a storage and a server disposed in an internal network and a FCF disposed in an external network. A reception port receives, from the FCoE, information of an external VLAN in the external network in response to a transmission request for information of a virtual network used in the FCoE communication. A protocol processing unit selects an internal VLAN, corresponding to the external VLAN, in the internal network. A transmission port notifies an end node of information of the internal VLAN as information of the VLAN used in the FCoE communication. A packet processing unit relays the FCoE communication between the end node and the FCF based on the internal VLAN and the external VLAN.
US09832038B2
A communication system and a method for operating a communication system, the communication system having a CAN bus and at least two devices connected with the aid of the CAN bus. Such a device has a CAN control unit, an asynchronous, serial communication (ASC) interface unit, and a switch. The CAN control unit is suitable for transmitting, in a first transmission mode, CAN data frames over the CAN bus with the aid of a first physical protocol. The asynchronous, serial communication interface unit or ASC interface unit is suitable for transmitting, in a second transmission mode, ASC data frames over the CAN bus with the aid of a second physical protocol. The switch is designed for switching over between the first transmission mode and the second transmission mode as a function of at least one agreement effective between the device and at least one other device.
US09832031B2
A data packet forwarding method including receiving, by a network node, a data packet that comprises a bit string, a BFIR identifier (ID), and a multicast replication path (MRP) ID, wherein the BFIR ID identifies an ingress network node for a multicast group, and wherein the MRP ID identifies the multicast group, identifying an entry in a BIER Replication Path Cache Table (BRCT) using the BFIR ID and the MRP ID, wherein the entry identifies a replication neighbor (NBR) list associated with the BFIR ID and the MRP ID, and forwarding the data packet in accordance with the replication NBR list.
US09832030B2
An approach is described for routing data to a plurality of output terminals via a integrated switch router including a crossbar switch having both a crossbar and a plurality of crossbar bypass lines. Whereas the crossbar may connect each input of the crossbar switch to each output of the crossbar switch, each of the plurality of crossbar bypass lines may connect a single input of the crossbar switch to a corresponding single output of the crossbar switch. According to such approach, a replicated copy of a multicast packet may be forwarded to an output terminal via a crossbar bypass line in parallel with other data forwarded via the crossbar, thus increasing integrated switch router bandwidth.
US09832024B2
Methods, systems, and devices are provided for authenticating API messages using PKI-based authentication techniques. A client system can generate a private/public key pair associated with the client system and sign an API message using the private key of the private/public key pair and a PKI-based cryptographic algorithm, before sending the signed API message to a server system. The server system (e.g., operated by a service provider) can authenticate the incoming signed API message using a proxy authenticator located in less trusted zone (e.g., a perimeter network) of the server system. In particular, the proxy authenticator can be configured to verify the signature of the signed API message using the public key corresponding to the private key and the same cryptographic algorithm. The authenticated API message can then be forwarded to a more trusted zone (e.g., an internal network) of the server system for further processing.
US09832023B2
Authenticity and responsiveness of evidence (e.g., biometric evidence) may be validated without regard for whether there is direct control over a sensor that acquired the evidence. In some implementations, only a data block containing evidence that is (1) appended with a server-generated challenge (e.g., a nonce) and (2) signed by the sensor may validate that the evidence is responsive to a current request and belongs to a current session. In some implementations, trust may be established and/or enhanced due to one or more security features (e.g., anti-spoofing, anti-tampering, and/or other security features) being collocated with the sensor at the actual sampling site.
US09832022B1
Integrated circuits may be programmed using configuration data to implement desired custom logic functions. The configuration data may be generated using a logic design system in the form of a configuration bit stream. The logic design system may generate a hash value for the stream by performing multiple hashing operations on the stream in a direction from a trailing end to a leading end of the stream in a reverse direction with respect to the order of the stream. The system may append the generated hash value to the leading end of the stream, may encrypt the hash value, and may provide the stream to an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may decrypt or otherwise authenticate the hash value, may generate multiple test hash values for the stream and may compare the test hash values to hash values in the stream to determine whether the stream is authentic.
US09832010B1
The present solution provides a signal processing device, including: an encoder which encodes second transmitting data by referring to first transmitting data which is previously transmitted and the second transmitting data which is a current transmitting target such that at least one bit signal of the second transmitting data has a binary level different from that of a corresponding bit signal of the first transmitting data; and a transmitter which sequentially transmits the first transmitting data and the second transmitting data.
US09832002B2
System and apparatus embodiments are provided for high capacity wireless communication. In an embodiment, a system for high capacity wireless communication includes a plurality of small radio unit modules (SRUMs) and a single central module (CM) configured to connect to the SRUMS over a high speed transport layer (TL), wherein the SRUMs each comprise a SRUM radio frequency (RF) element and an antenna, wherein the CM comprises a digital signal processor (DSP), an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, a plurality of digital-to-analog (D/A) converters, and a plurality of CM RF elements, wherein each of the plurality of SRUMs is uniquely associated with a CM RF element, and a D/A converter thereby forming a radio unit (RU) that is configured to operate independently of other RUs.
US09831991B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a cooperative communication method and system, an access network device, and a user equipment. The method includes, when a access network device receives downlink data belonging to a first user equipment UE, if it is determined that a supporting UE in a support list of the first UE cannot serve as a current supporting UE of the downlink data, establishing a cooperative communication relationship between a second UE and the first UE, that is, setting the second UE as the current supporting UE of the first UE. The second UE is another UE except the first UE and the supporting UE in the support list of the first UE. The downlink data is sent to the second UE, so that the second UE sends the downlink data to the first UE.
US09831988B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of exchanging data packages between first and second portable communication devices over a bi-directional wireless communication channel. The method includes generating, by the first portable communication device, a first data package belonging to a first packet category comprising audio data or to a second packet category without audio data and transmitting the first data package from the first portable communication device to the second portable communication device through the wireless communication channel. Where an acknowledgement indicator of the second data package is unset or the second data package is absent, the first portable communication device retransmits the first data package from the first to the second portable communication device for at the most N times if the first data package belongs to the first packet category; N being a positive integer between 1 and 4.
US09831986B2
A method and transmitting system for processing data are discussed. The method according to an embodiment includes randomizing enhanced data; first encoding the randomized enhanced data to add first parity data for error correction, thereby forming a frame; dividing data of the frame into a plurality of groups, wherein the plurality of groups have a same size; first interleaving data of each group; second interleaving the first-interleaved data; encoding signaling information at a code rate; and transmitting a broadcast signal including the second-interleaved enhanced data and the encoded signaling information. Second encoding on the randomized enhanced data is selectively performed, wherein, when the second encoding is performed, second parity data for error detection are added to the randomized enhanced data. The signaling information includes transmission parameters to indicate whether the second encoding is performed.
US09831984B1
A method of error decision, comprising: for each of a plurality of demodulated decision information in a codeword, identifying by a controller, a decoded bit for the demodulated decision as an erasable error bit if the demodulated decision information is larger than a first threshold and smaller than a second threshold; for all the identified erasable error bits, enumerating by a calculator, all possible combinations of the identified erasable error bits; for each combination of all enumerated possible combinations feeding by the calculator, each combination with all other decided decoded bits of the code word into a header correction checker; performing, by the header correction checker, header correction checking for each combination; and outputting, by a decision circuit connected to the header correction checker, a combination with a correct header correction check (HEC) result as an output sequence.
US09831983B2
Systems, method and apparatus of managing wireless communication are described herein.
US09831980B2
The invention concerns a vehicle tracking network including a plurality of subscriber vehicles and a control-center; and systems and methods for tracking vehicles, which are subscribers to such vehicle tracking network. In certain implementations, the method for tracking a subscriber vehicle includes the following operations carried out at the subscriber vehicle: monitoring operation of one or more services related to at least one of a wireless network communication service and positioning service associated with the subscriber vehicle; upon detecting a failure in at least one of said services, generating a corresponding distress signal encoded to be identifiable by other subscriber vehicle(s) of the vehicle tracking network; and broadcasting the encoded distress signal such that it is detectable by one or more of the other subscriber vehicles of the vehicle tracking network, which are located in the vicinity of the subscriber vehicle broadcasting the distress signal. Another subscriber vehicle(s), which receive the distress signal, may thereby initiate automatic notification of the condition of the vehicle broadcasting the distress signal to the control center.
US09831972B2
A method for establishing synchronization between a master clock and a slave clock. A transmitter near the master clock transmits a pulse sequence onto an electrical cable that extends between the transmitter and a receiver near the slave clock. Each pulse of the pulse sequence is either a null pulse (i.e., a zero pulse) or a pulse of exponential kind, depending a corresponding bit in a bit sequence. Each pulse of exponential kind has a leading edge pf exponential shape corresponding to the exponential coefficient α. The bit sequence represents the sum of (a) a current timestamp of the master clock and (b) an adjustment value that represents the one-way time of-flight of the exponentially shaped leading edge through the cable. The receiver recovers the bit sequence from the pulse sequence, and loads the bit sequence into the slave clock, to establish synchronization.
US09831968B2
A digital switching signal sequence is realized as a previously digitized, high-pass filtered white noise signal of a predetermined length T, with a high-pass cut-off frequency which lies above the frequency where the loudness threshold characteristic in silence of the human hearing has its highest sensitivity, if possible. The switching signal sequence is employed for switching purposes (206), e.g., for switching between two information signals (201, 207).
US09831961B1
An adaptive envelope tracking calibration module executes a routine to calibrate a radio frequency (RF) transmitter in a communication device comprising an envelope tracking system. The routine includes receiving a selection of a calibration target power that is greater than a desired output power of the RF transmitter and determining an output power estimate for the power amplifier as a supply voltage for the power amplifier varies according to an output of the envelope tracking system. The routine further includes adaptively adjusting the calibration target power when the output power estimate is not greater than the calibration target power.
US09831953B2
An excitation light source device includes: an excitation light source to generate the Raman excitation light; a light source controller to control an intensity of the Raman excitation light; an amplified spontaneous emission noise measurer to measure an intensity of amplified spontaneous emission noise caused by the Raman excitation light; and a transmission line abnormality analyzer to detect abnormality in the transmission line on a basis of a control state of the light source controller and a measurement result of the amplified spontaneous emission noise measurer. In a state where the abnormality is not detected, the light source controller controls the intensity of the Raman excitation light to gradually increase to a set value. In a state where the abnormality is detected, the light source controller controls the excitation light source to stop or reduce generation of the Raman excitation light.
US09831949B2
A modulation device includes a modulator circuit that causes a light source to perform light communication, storage storing an internal ID, and a control circuit that determines whether an external ID is input into the modulation device. When the control circuit determines that the external ID is input into the modulation device, the control circuit causes the input external ID to be input, as a modulation signal, into the modulator circuit. When the control circuit determines that the external ID is not input into the modulation device, the control circuit causes the internal ID stored in the storage to be input, as a modulation signal, into the modulator circuit.
US09831945B2
Provided are methods, apparatuses and a system for monitoring a Reconfigurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) optical network. The method includes: loading, in an optical signal at a sending end, a wavelength label frequency and attribute information of a channel used for transmitting the optical signal; sending the wavelength label frequency and/or the attribute information; receiving, at a monitoring end, the optical signal and acquiring, from the optical signal, the wavelength label frequency and/or the attribute information of the channel used for transmitting the optical signal; and monitoring the ROADM optical network according to the wavelength label frequency and/or the attribute information. The technical solution solves the technical problem in related art that the ROADM optical network cannot be effectively monitored, and achieves the effective monitoring of the ROADM optical network.
US09831924B2
An apparatus including a board, an inductor that is provided on the board, a guard ring that includes a first guard ring part provided to be adjacent to a circumference of the inductor and a second guard ring part provided to be adjacent to an outer side of the first guard ring part, in which one end of the second guard ring part is connected to one end of the first guard ring part, and a first power supply that is connected to another end of the first guard ring part and another end of the second guard ring part.
US09831923B2
A communication system and communication method enable various types of near field communication. NFC communication apparatuses have two features in that each can perform communication in two communication modes and that each can perform data transmission at a plurality of transfer rates. The two communication modes consist of a passive mode and an active mode. In the passive mode, between the NFC communication apparatuses, for example, a first NFC communication apparatus transmits data to a second NFC communication apparatus by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself, while the second NFC communication apparatus transmits data to the first NFC communication apparatus by performing load modulation on the electromagnetic waves generated by the first NFC communication apparatus. Alternatively, in the active mode, either of the NFC communication apparatuses transmits data by modulating electromagnetic waves generated by itself. The present innovation can be applied to, for example, an IC card system, etc.
US09831913B2
A power source equipment for Power over Ethernet system continues to inspect power consumption of all connecting ports, in order to adjust power allocation to the communication ports. When the power consumption of a particular connecting port shows a trend of increase, its power allocation is increased; otherwise, decreased. After a total power allocation is decreased, additionally available power may be generated and provided to an additional communication port. A method for adjusting the power allocation is also disclosed.
US09831906B1
An active electronically scanned array (AESA) includes a plurality of power amplifiers including first power amplifiers and second power amplifiers. The first power amplifiers are biased by a first drain voltage. The second power amplifiers are biased by a second drain voltage. The second drain voltage is different from the first drain voltage.
US09831905B1
According to various embodiments, there is provided a case for an electronic device. The case includes a cover having a peripheral wall defining an interior for receiving at least a portion of the electronic device, the cover having a protrusion extending in a length dimension. The case further includes a control feature extending through the peripheral wall of the cover. The control feature has a first body portion configured to engage a switch of the electronic device, when the electronic device is received in the interior of the cover. The control feature further has a second body portion accessible from outside of the interior of the cover. The control feature further has a central body portion between the first body portion and the second body portion, the central body portion having a channel in which the protrusion is received, wherein the control feature is moveable along the length dimension of the protrusion, relative to the cover.
US09831895B2
The complexity of sparse code multiple access (SCMA) decoding can be reduced by pruning codebooks to remove unlikely codewords prior to, or while, performing an iterative message passing algorithm (MPA). The pruned codebook is then used by to perform one or more iterations of MPA processing, thereby reducing the number codeword probabilities that are calculated for the corresponding SCMA layer. The pruned codebook also reduces the computational complexity of calculating codeword probabilities associated with other SCMA layers. The pruned codebook may be “reset” by reinserting the pruned codewords into the codebook after a final hard-decision for a given set of received samples is made, so that the pruning does not affect evaluation of the next set of samples.
US09831888B1
A sort-and-delay time-to-digital converter (TDC) is provided, made up of a plurality of serially connected sort-and-delay circuits. Each sort-and-delay circuit accepts a time-differential input signal with a first edge separated from a second edge by an input duration of time. The first and second edges are selectively routed as a time-differential output signal with a delayed edge separated from a trailing edge by an output duration of time representing a compression of the input duration of time. Each sort-and-delay circuit also supplies a TDC coded bit (e.g., Gray code) indicating the order in which the first and second edges are routed as leading and trailing edges. The TDC outputs a digital output signal representing the initial input duration of time associated with the initial time-differential input signal received by the initial sort-and-delay circuit. Associated TDC, sort-and-delay, and time amplification methods are also provided.
US09831887B2
A circuit can include a voltage comparator Vd having a first input, a second input, and an output; a first plurality of capacitors Cp[0:n] that each have a top plate and a bottom plate, wherein each top plate is electrically coupled with the first input of the voltage comparator Vd, wherein each top plate is also switchably electrically coupled with a common mode voltage Vcm, and wherein each bottom plate is switchably electrically coupled between a first input voltage Vinp, a reference voltage Vref, the common mode voltage Vcm, and ground; a second plurality of capacitors Cn[0:n] that each have a top plate and a bottom plate, wherein each top plate is electrically coupled with the second input of the voltage comparator Vd, wherein each top plate is also switchably electrically coupled with the common mode voltage Vcm, and wherein each bottom plate is switchably electrically coupled between a second input voltage Vinn, the reference voltage Vref, the common mode voltage Vcm, and ground; and a successive approximation register (SAR) controller coupled with the output of the voltage comparator Vd.
US09831886B2
A system and method where a comparator is operatively coupled to an output of a Digital-to-analog Converter (DAC). The DAC may comprise a single DAC core or a plurality of interleaved DAC cores. The comparator is configured to capture properties of DAC core output. A digital engine is operatively coupled to receive output of the comparator and configured to calculate a cross-correlation between comparator output and input to the DAC core(s). The digital engine may be configured to determine if the skew of each DAC core is positive or negative and to determine if a skew correction term for the DAC core(s) should be decreased or increased, based on the skew of each DAC core being positive or negative, respectively. In interleaved DAC core devices, clock frequency sampling edges of the comparator may alternate between clock edges of each of the interleaved DAC cores.
US09831883B1
In one aspect a system is provided. The system a plurality of flash compare modules to output a set of unordered output signals based on an analog input signal; a plurality of device selection modules that receive the unordered output signals and generate ordered signals representing the analog input; and a temperature and voltage compensation module for receiving one or more of temperature and voltage signals from at least a temperature and voltage sensor module that senses one or more of temperature and voltage values that are used to compensate for changes in output signals caused by changes in one or more of die temperature and core voltage.
US09831869B2
An RF switching device having distributed shunt switches distributed along transmission lines to improve RF bandwidth as well as the signal isolation of the device. The shunt switches may be physically positioned on both sides of the transmission lines to keep an integrated circuit (IC) design essentially symmetrical so as to provide predictable and reliable operational characteristics. Some embodiments include stacked FET shunt switches and series switches to tolerate high voltages. In some embodiments, the gate resistor for each FET shunt switch is divided into two or more portions.
US09831868B2
A drive signal generator includes a drive signal generator that generates a drive signal for driving a capacitive load. In the drive signal generator, a set of a first MOSFET and a second MOSFET which are electrically connected in series between a wire of a high potential and a wire of a low potential is arranged in plurality in series. A part or all of the first MOSFETs and the second MOSFETs in the plurality of sets have different sizes from each other.
US09831860B2
A clock generation circuit includes a two-phase non-overlapping clock generation circuit, an inverter, and a delay circuit. The two-phase non-overlapping clock generation circuit is configured to generate a first phase clock signal and a second phase clock signal based on a non-inverted clock signal and an inverted clock signal. The first phase clock signal and the second phase clock signal correspond to a same logical value during a first duration and a second duration within a clock cycle. The inverter is configured to generate the inverted clock signal based on an input clock signal. The delay circuit is configured to generate the non-inverted clock signal based on the input clock signal. The delay circuit has a predetermined delay sufficient to cause a difference between the first duration and the second duration to be less than a predetermined tolerance.
US09831858B2
A clock generator comprises a first capacitor, a current source, and a voltage node. A first switch is coupled between the first capacitor and the current source. A second switch is coupled between the first capacitor and voltage node.
US09831844B2
Approaches are provided for an apparatus that includes an input buffer, an analog-to-digital converter coupled to the input buffer, a decompress module coupled to the analog to digital converter, and a gain control module coupled to the input buffer and the decompress module. The input buffer has a first adjustable gain and operating in the analog domain. The analog-to-digital converter converts the input analog data received from the input buffer into digital data. The decompress module operates in the digital domain, and is configured to decompress the digital data received from the analog-to-digital converter. The decompress module has a second adjustable gain and produces an output digital signal. The gain control module determines when to compensate for changes in characteristics the input analog data by selectively controlling the first gain of the input buffer in the analog domain and the second gain of the decompress module in the digital domain.
US09831843B1
An audio playback path of an audio apparatus includes a digital modulator, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and a power amplifier. The digital modulator receives a playback signal corresponding to playback audio content and generates a digital input signal in accordance with the playback signal. The DAC receives the audio input signal and generates an analog preamplifier signal. The power amplifier generates an audio output signal in accordance with the preamplifier signal and an analog attenuation determined by the analog attenuation signal. The apparatus may include a volume control input to receive a volume control signal and a playback controller configured to perform operations including generating an analog attenuation signal in accordance with the volume control signal, monitoring a playback state indicated by the playback parameters, and responsive to detecting the playback state satisfying the playback criterion, modifying a selected playback parameter to improve a performance parameter of the playback path.
US09831839B2
A method for producing an output voltage to a load may include, in a power stage comprising power converter having a power inductor, a plurality of switches arranged to sequentially operate in a plurality of switch configurations, and an output for producing the output voltage comprising a first output terminal and a second output terminal, controlling the linear amplifier to transfer electrical energy from the input source of the power stage to the load in accordance with one or more least significant bits of a digital input signal, and controlling the power converter in accordance with bits of the digital input signal other than the one or more least significant bits to sequentially apply switch configurations from the plurality of switch configurations to selectively activate or deactivate each of the plurality of switches in order to transfer electrical energy from the input source of the power stage to the load.
US09831836B1
An automatic gain control (AGC) circuit and method are provided herein to control the gain, and the gain step size, of an amplifier circuit based on a duration of a detected overload condition. According to one embodiment, a method of gain control may include comparing a received signal to a threshold value, detecting an overload condition if the received signal exceeds the threshold value, detecting a duration of the overload condition, and controlling the gain, and the gain step size, of the amplifier circuit based on the detected duration of the overload condition.
US09831831B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may include a comparator stage, a resistor, a capacitor, and active switches arranged to provide a clock signal having a time period that is independent of a first source voltage. Independence may be achieved by using a second source voltage derived from the first source voltage as a fixed ratio.
US09831823B1
An obstacle crossing mechanism, adapted and arranged on a cleaning rack of a photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment configured to clean photovoltaic panel arrays is disclosed. The cleaning rack includes connecting rods detachably-connected, and fixed rods arranged on respective connecting rods. The obstacle crossing mechanism includes a moving rack and a fixed rack, in which moving rack is used for temporarily stopping photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment; and the fixed rack is located below the moving rack and the moving rack ascends or descends on the fixed rack. A telescopic mechanism is further provided with the obstacle crossing mechanism so that the two mechanisms together facilitates the photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment to travel from a photovoltaic panel array to reach another photovoltaic panel array during cleaning process of photovoltaic panels without requiring any human assistance, thus achieve total automation.
US09831821B1
A correction mechanism, mounted on a cleaning rack of a photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment, for cleaning photovoltaic panels is disclosed. Cleaning rack includes four connecting rods which are detachably connected; the correction mechanism includes a first correction guide wheel and a second correction guide wheel, the first correction guide wheel and second correction guide wheel are both detachably mounted on the third connecting rod, and when the cleaning rack stably moves on photovoltaic panel, the first correction guide wheel and the second correction guide wheel are not in contact with side surfaces of lower edges of the photovoltaic panel. By adopting the correction mechanism and the photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment having the correction mechanism provided by the present invention, the body of the photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment can be enabled to stably move on the photovoltaic panels when the photovoltaic panels are inclined, thus preventing shaking from occurring.
US09831819B2
A rotating, pivoting mount for mounting a panel is disclosed. The mount can include a mounting block, a driveshaft, and a base. A socket in the mounting block can be mounted on a ball of the base to pivotally couple the panel to a structure. The ball can also include a cam profile, while the mounting block can include a complementary cam follower. As the mounting block rotates, therefore, the cam follower can follow a path set forth by the cam profile to tilt the mounting block about one axis as the mounting block rotates about a second axis. In this manner, the panel can be rotated and tilted—or moved about two axes—using a single motor. The use of a single motor can, in turn, reduce the cost and complexity of the system, while maintaining high efficiency for the panel (e.g., a solar panel) mounted thereon.
US09831816B2
Erroneous mounting of a semiconductor power module can be more easily detected. A semiconductor power module (9) according to the present invention includes: a status signal generation unit (90) configured to detect a status in the semiconductor power module (9) and generate and output a status signal indicating the detected status; an identification information storage unit (91) configured to preliminarily store identification information for identifying the semiconductor power module (9) and output an identification signal indicating the identification information; and a switching unit (92) configured to select one of the status signal output from the status signal generation unit (90) and the identification signal output from the identification information storage unit (91) and output the selected signal to an outside of the semiconductor power module (9).
US09831814B2
An electric motor drive control device includes: an inverter circuit that converts DC power inputted via a DC bus to multiphase AC power and outputs the multiphase AC power to an electric motor; a current detector that detects a DC current flowing in the DC bus; a PWM generator that generates PWM signals and outputs the PWM signals to the inverter circuit; a current calculator that calculates a current value for each of phases to be flowed to the electric motor based upon a value of the DC current and the PWM signals; and a current controller that generates a command signal based upon the current value, and outputs the command signal to the PWM generator, wherein: if one of the phases of the AC power has become missing, the current calculator determines which phase is one that has become missing and calculates current values for other phases.
US09831813B2
A motor driving apparatus includes a boosting section, a drive voltage output section, a detecting section, a storage section and a determining section. The boosting section generates a post-boosting voltage by boosting an input voltage. The drive voltage output section generates a drive voltage to drive a motor using the post-boosting voltage. The detecting section detects a value of the input voltage or a variation width relative to a reference value of the input voltage as variation power source variation information when there is power source variation. The storage section stores target value association information associating the power source variation information and a boosting target value of the post-boosting voltage. The determining section determines the boosting target value based on the power source variation information and target value association information. The target value association information is determined based on a range of operations of the drive voltage output section.
US09831804B2
Nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS) devices that utilize thin electrically conductive membranes, which can be, for example, graphene membranes. The membrane-based NEMS devices can be used as sensors, electrical relays, adjustable angle mirror devices, variable impedance devices, and devices performing other functions.
US09831801B2
A three-phase inverter system, in one configuration, includes an inverter main circuit and a control circuit. The inverter system includes current sensors which detect output currents in, for example, U- and W-phases, respectively, the inverter main circuit includes a semiconductor switching device with a current sense which is provided in, for example, the V-phase. The control circuit is configured to detect current values from the current sensors inputted thereto and produce driving signals, which drive the upper-arm and lower-arm semiconductor switching devices of the inverter main circuit, based on the detected current values, estimate, based on a detected signal from the semiconductor switching device with the current sense, an output current value in the one of the three series circuits, and detect failure in at least one of the current sensors based on the detected current values from the two current sensors and the estimated output current value.
US09831800B2
A self-balanced modulation method and a closed-loop magnetic flux rebalancing control method for parallel multilevel inverters. The combination of the two methods provides for balancing of the magnetic flux of the inter-cell transformers (ICTs) of the parallel multilevel inverters without deteriorating the quality of the output voltage. In various embodiments a parallel multi-level inverter modulator is provide including a multi-channel comparator to generate a multiplexed digitized ideal waveform for a parallel multi-level inverter and a finite state machine (FSM) module coupled to the parallel multi-channel comparator, the FSM module to receive the multiplexed digitized ideal waveform and to generate a pulse width modulated gate-drive signal for each switching device of the parallel multi-level inverter. The system and method provides for optimization of the output voltage spectrum without influence the magnetic balancing.
US09831795B2
Various embodiments may relate to a synchronous rectifier including at least one rectifier cell, to which power is supplied via a secondary winding of a transformer arranged between the input connections of the synchronous rectifier. The rectifier cell comprises a bipolar main switch operated in the inverse mode, wherein an energy store is provided in the base line of the bipolar main switch, which energy store, in conjunction with an auxiliary switch which is concomitantly controlled by the relevant secondary winding for the bipolar main switch, ensures that the main switch is switched off prior to the end of the inverse phase.
US09831793B2
A control apparatus configured to control a chain link voltage source converter, the control apparatus comprising; two converter controllers, each converter controller configured to receive a measure of the output voltage and/or current from the converter and determine a control signal therefrom for controlling the voltage source converter, each converter controller including at least one integrator element configured to perform an integration operation and output an integrator term in said determination of the control signal, a selector configured to select which one of the converter controllers provides its control signal to the converter; wherein each integrator element is configured to have two modes, a first mode in which the integrator element determines the integrator term and a second mode in which the integrator term is provided by a corresponding integrator element in the other converter controller.
US09831786B2
A switching power-supply device includes an input power detecting part that finds a DC input power from a detected DC input voltage and a detected DC input current, and an operation mode setting part that sets a burst mode operation or a continuous mode operation based on the DC power detected by the input power detecting part. The operation mode setting part also may set a ratio of a switching active period Tact, in which the main switching element is caused to perform switching operations, to a switching stop period Tstop, in which the switching operations are stopped, in the case of the burst mode operation in accordance with the detected input power.
US09831779B2
A controller of a DC-DC converter is configured to: obtain respective temperatures of a plurality of switching elements from a plurality of temperature sensors while the controller is driving all of the plurality of switching elements; determine at least one preservation target switching element from the plurality of switching elements based on the respective temperatures of the plurality of switching elements such that the at least one preservation target switching element includes a switching element a temperature of which is highest among the plurality of switching elements; and drive at least one non-preservation target switching element other than the at least one preservation target switching element to adjust an output current of a DC-DC converting circuit to a target value.
US09831774B2
A constant on-time pulse width control-based apparatus used in a voltage converter includes a comparator, a logic circuit, and a controller. The comparator is configured for generating a logic control signal to a logic circuit according to two resultant signals of the controller. The logic circuit is configured for generating a pulse control signal with an on-time pulse width to charge an output capacitor of an output stage circuit of the voltage converter according to the logic control signal. The controller is configured for generating the two resultant signals to the comparator by detecting an inductor current signal from an inductor of the output stage circuit, generating a voltage ramp signal, amplifying and generating an output voltage ripple signal based on a reference voltage.
US09831764B2
According to an embodiment, a circuit includes a protection voltage generator coupled to a first voltage node, a second voltage node, and a ground voltage node, the protection voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of protection voltages at a first plurality of nodes based on the first voltage node and the second voltage node, and a voltage protection ladder coupled between the first voltage node and a low voltage circuit, the voltage protection ladder coupled to the plurality of protection voltages at the first plurality of nodes, the voltage protection ladder configured to generate a first low voltage based on the first voltage node and the plurality of protection voltages.
US09831760B2
An electrical converter is interconnected via a filter with an electrical load or an electrical power source. A method for controlling the converter comprises the steps of: receiving a reference flux (ψ*i) for the electrical converter; determining output signals (y) comprising currents and/or voltages measured in the filter; determining an estimated flux (ψi) from the output signals (y); determining a corrective flux (ψi,damp) from the output signals (y) based on a mathematical model of the filter and a quadratic cost function; determining control input signals (u) for the electrical converter based on a sum of the estimated flux (ψi) and the corrective flux (ψi,damp); controlling the converter with the control input signals (u); and algorithmic filtering of at least one of the output signals (y) by applying a signal filter to the at least one output signal, which is designed for amplifying the at least one output signal at a resonance frequency of the filter, whereby the corrective flux (ψi,damp) is determined from the filtered output signals.
US09831758B2
A power electronic converter for converting electric energy and a method for controlling a power electronic converter are disclosed. The converter includes a plurality of PE switches, and a control system adapted to transmit control information to the PE switches. The control system includes a master controller and a plurality of local controllers controlling the PE switches. The control system further includes one or more slave devices controlled by the master controller. The control system is configured so that the master controller and the one or more slave devices are connected in a ring network topology. Each slave device and one or more of the local controllers are connected in a star network topology.
US09831739B2
A bearing isolator and explosion-proof current diverting device may be configured to dissipate an electrical charge from a rotating piece of equipment to ground, such as from a motor shaft to a motor housing. One aspect of an explosion-proof current diverter ring may include a stator that may be mounted to the equipment housing and a rotor that may be mounted to a shaft. The rotor may rotate with the shaft. A conductive assembly may be positioned in a radial bore formed in the stator such that the conductive assembly contacts the rotor to conduct electricity from the shaft to the housing through the explosion-proof current diverting device. The explosion-proof current diverting device may be configured to define a flame path to achieve various explosion-proof certifications.
US09831734B2
In the electric machine according to the present invention, conductor wires are housed inside slots so as to be arranged into multiple layers in one column so as to contact each other in a slot depth direction in each column such that a longitudinal direction of a long side of an oblong cross section of a conductor portion faces in the slot depth direction, and a thickness of a portion of an insulating coating that is formed on a surface of the conductor portion that faces in the slot depth direction is thinner than a thickness of a portion of the insulating coating that is formed on a surface of the conductor portion that faces in a direction of slot arrangement.
US09831730B2
The present invention relates to a wound stator. The wound stator comprises: a stator and a plurality of wires. The stator comprises: an annular body and a plurality of radial grooves defined therein. The annular body has a plurality of separating posts protruding inwardly and radially from an inner circumference of the annular body. An end of each of the separating posts extends from its two sides to form a plurality of magnetic shoes. The plurality of radial grooves is defined between the separating posts. Each of the grooves has an opening defined between adjacent two of the plurality of magnetic shoes. The plurality of wires comprises: a first end, a second end, and a plurality of wave-shaped coils located between the first end and second end. Each wave-shaped coil is formed of straight portions and curved portions that alternate with each other.
US09831725B2
A wireless power supply and power receiving device includes a sensor, a control module, a coil module and a rectifying and switching module. The control module determines a position or a direction of the wireless power supply and power receiving device according to the sensor, and the rectifying and switching module selectively operates in a wireless power supply mode or a wireless power receiving mode according to the position or the direction. When in the wireless power supply mode, the rectifying and switching module converts the power energy to wireless power energy to provide power to a first external device by using the coil module. When in the wireless power receiving mode, the rectifying and switching module receives wireless power energy from a second external device via the coil module.
US09831722B2
Described herein are embodiments of a source high-Q resonator, optionally coupled to an energy source, a second high-Q resonator, optionally coupled to an energy drain that may be located a distance from the source resonator. A third high-Q resonator, optionally coupled to an energy drain that may be located a distance from the source resonator. The source resonator and at least one of the second resonator and third resonator may be coupled to transfer electromagnetic energy from said source resonator to said at least one of the second resonator and third resonator.
US09831719B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for transmitting wireless power, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for transmitting wireless power that rapidly and precisely adjusts impedance so as to transmit desired power. Disclosed an apparatus for transmitting wireless power that performs wireless power transmission, including: an oscillator; an amplifier; an impedance matcher including a matching network which adjusts impedance according to a digital control signal and an analog signal, a sensor, a digital controller which outputs a digital control signal, and generates an analog control start signal when adjustment of the impedance by the digital control signal is completed, and an analog controller which outputs the analog control signal, and a transmitting antenna which radiates the magnetic field by using the transmission power.
US09831713B2
An antenna unit includes: an external body; a display unit which is provided on one side of the external body and displays information; an antenna which is provided on the other side of the external body and is disposed to face the display unit at an interval therebetween; an internal body which accommodates the antenna and is movable with respect to the external body toward a side opposite to the display unit. The external body has a belt connecting section which protrudes toward the side opposite to the display unit. The internal body protrudes from the external body by moving toward the side opposite to the display unit. The internal body protrudes farther from the external body than the belt connecting section from the external body.
US09831712B2
A non-contact charger aims to control transmitted power efficiently. The non-contact charger includes a transmitting coil, an inverter circuit, a receiving coil, and a transmitted power control circuit. The inverter circuit outputs the transmitted power to the transmitting coil. The receiving coil receives power as received power from the transmitting coil. The transmitted power control circuit drives the inverter circuit at a frequency higher than maximum received power frequencies at which the received power has one or two maximum values.
US09831701B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that monitors a battery in a portable electronic device. During operation, the system monitors a state of charge of the battery while the battery is powering the portable electronic device. Next, when the state of charge of the battery reaches a predetermined reserve capacity, the system monitors a voltage of the battery. Then, when the monitored voltage of the battery reaches a predetermined termination voltage, the system puts the portable electronic device into a low power usage state.
US09831695B2
A device includes a battery pack receptacle that removably connects to one of multiple adapters for an associated battery pack that is used for a cordless device. At least one accessory device is connected to the battery pack receptacle. Power from the associated battery pack is used as a power source for the at least one accessory device.
US09831692B2
A rechargeable battery charging apparatus includes a battery module including a plurality of battery cells, a charging unit configured to charge the battery module using power supplied from an external power source, and an overcharge preventing unit configured to deform according to an internal pressure of the battery module to electrically couple the battery module and the charging unit, wherein the charging unit is configured to stop charging the battery module when the charging unit is electrically coupled to the battery module by the overcharge preventing unit.
US09831690B2
The invention provides a method for balancing the electrical voltages of at least two electrical accumulator units that are connected in series. According to the invention, one accumulator unit is connected to the winding of a coil in order to excite the coil, and the other accumulator unit is charged by the excited coil by the subsequent connection of the winding to the other accumulator unit. In addition, the invention provides a corresponding electrical accumulator.
US09831684B2
A wireless power transfer system includes a wireless power receiver having a rectifier. The rectifier includes switches. The wireless power receiver is operable to control the switches for ensuring a complex impedance at the input of the rectifier.
US09831682B2
Disclosed is a method for transferring energy wirelessly including transferring energy wirelessly from a first resonator structure to an intermediate resonator structure, wherein the coupling rate between the first resonator structure and the intermediate resonator structure is κ1B, transferring energy wirelessly from the intermediate resonator structure to a second resonator structure, wherein the coupling rate between the intermediate resonator structure and the second resonator structure is κB2, and during the wireless energy transfers, adjusting at least one of the coupling rates κ1B and κB2 to reduce energy accumulation in the intermediate resonator structure and improve wireless energy transfer from the first resonator structure to the second resonator structure through the intermediate resonator structure.
US09831678B2
In a method for black start of a power station including a plurality of inventers connectable to a local AC electrical grid, a first AC voltage is built up in the AC electrical grid by a first inverter, said first AC voltage being reduced in comparison with a rated voltage of the AC electrical grid by at least a quarter, and at least one second inverter is connected to the AC electrical grid after synchronization with the first AC voltage. After connection of the second converter, a second AC voltage, which is higher than the first AC voltage, is built up in the AC electrical grid.
US09831674B2
An information processing system includes a controller that controls the supply route of electric power in a house, a determining unit that determines, based on the driving schedule of an electric vehicle, necessary energy with which the car battery of the electric vehicle should be charged, and a detector that detects first charge energy with which the car battery is charged. The controller selects, based on the necessary energy and the first charge energy, which one of electric power supplied from a power company and electric power supplied from the car battery is to be consumed in the house.
US09831665B2
A sensing transistor is provided to supply a detection current in proportion to a current flowing to an output transistor. A shunt resistor is connected between a source of the sensing transistor and the ground. A voltage follower circuit receives a terminal voltage of the shunt resistor and have a base-emitter path of each of transistors in a path between its input and its output. An output voltage of the voltage follower circuit is applied to a current generation resistor. A current drawing circuit draws a control current, which corresponds to a current flowing in the current generation resistor, from a gate control line extending from a gate control circuit to a gate of the output transistor.
US09831651B2
A fastening device for a cable is operatively connected to a motor vehicle. The fastening device includes a holder fixedly secured to the motor vehicle. The holder defines a receiving opening with a stop extending out along a side of the receiving opening. A cable feedthrough grommet surrounds a portion of the cable in a cable longitudinal direction. The cable feedthrough grommet includes a radial thickening and defines a groove extending through the radial thickening. The groove is received by the receiving opening of the holder to hold the cable feedthrough grommet in place. The cable feedthrough grommet includes a protuberance that extends radially out from the radial thickening to engage the stop of the holder to prevent the cable feedthrough grommet from being secured to the holder in a misaligned manner.
US09831644B2
Connection structure between main transformer and high-voltage device box and railcar including same
A connection structure includes: a circuit breaker connected to a power cable through which high-voltage power is supplied; a high-voltage device box accommodating the circuit breaker; a main transformer configured to transform a voltage of the high-voltage power and provided under the floor of the car; a first connector device electrically connected to the circuit breaker and provided at a dividing wall of the high-voltage device box; a second connector device electrically connected to the main transformer and provided at a dividing wall of the main transformer; and a high-voltage cable covered with an insulating coating and having both end portions to which cable connector portions are respectively attached, wherein the high-voltage cable connects the first connector device and the second connector device in such a manner that the cable connector portions respectively fit and are connected to the first connector device and the second connector device.
US09831642B2
A vertical support provides for the rapid assembly, disassembly, and modification of a shelving system in a variety of configurations, as determined by the practical and aesthetic requirements of the user. The vertical support facilitates the mounting of a variety of attachment members, such as shelves, hangers, or media boards, that contain powered appliances, allowing the user to further customize the shelving system to his practical and aesthetic requirements. The vertical support makes it easy for a user to mount these attachment members and hides the connections of the various components, to maximize the aesthetic appeal of the shelving display. Additionally, vertical support can be configured with other subcomponents to form shelving systems.
US09831630B2
A LiDAR sensor having particular application for use on a vehicle. The LiDAR sensor includes a plurality of spaced apart VCSEL arrays each including a single lens, where the lens for each VCSEL array directs the beam of the particular laser in the array that is illuminated in a desired direction so that turning on and off of the lasers in each array creates a scanning effect. The number and the size of the VCSEL arrays are selected to provide the desired FOV for the sensor, where the VCSEL arrays can be positioned on a curved platform to provide that FOV. The sensor also includes one or more detectors for detecting reflections of the laser beams emitted by the lasers. Control electronics are provided to scan the laser beams and generate a three-dimensional point cloud of return image points.
US09831629B2
A hybrid fiber rod includes a fiber core and inner and outer cladding layers. The core is doped with an active element. The inner cladding layer surrounds the core, and has a refractive index substantially equal to that of the core. The outer cladding layer surrounds the inner cladding layer, and has a refractive index less than that of the core and inner cladding layer. The core length is about 30 to 2000 times the core diameter. A hybrid fiber rod laser system includes an oscillator laser, modulating device, the rod, and pump laser diode(s) energizing the rod from opposite ends. The rod acts as a waveguide for pump radiation but allows for free-space propagation of laser radiation. The rod may be used in a laser resonator. The core length is less than about twice the Rayleigh range. Degradation from single-mode to multi-mode beam propagation is thus avoided.
US09831624B2
Plug assemblies and related kits and techniques for using the same are disclosed herein. In one non-limiting aspect, a plug assembly protects an existing plug of a cord and facilitates replacement of a second plug that is engageable with the existing plug in the event the second plug is damaged. In one embodiment, an assembly includes a first plug member with male and female end portions, and a retaining element configured to engage with the first plug member and at least a portion of a cord that includes a second plug member configured to engage with the first plug member. When the retaining element is engaged with the first plug member, one of the female end portion and the male end portion of the first plug member is accessible for engagement with a third plug member. Additional and/or alternative embodiments, forms, features and aspects are disclosed herein.
US09831622B1
The present disclosure discloses a universal socket converter with power bank, including a housing, wherein the front of the housing is provided with a USB power jack, a universal power jack and an indicator light, the upper and lower ends of the back of the housing are respectively provided with a retractable power-taking plug, the middle part of the back of the housing is provided with a foldable power-taking plug; the inside of the housing is provided with a circuit board and a storage battery, wherein the circuit board is provided with a USB power socket and an integrated universal power socket, wherein the USB power socket and the integrated universal power socket are provided with conductors inside, wherein the conductors are connected with the circuit board, the circuit board is connected with the storage battery, the retractable power-taking plug and the foldable power-taking plug.
US09831621B2
Extendable connector ports are described herein that may be implemented in thin computing devices. An extendable connector port includes a floor, tongue, and roof that expand from a closed position stored within a computing device to an open position that extends away from the computing device. An extension mechanism of the extendable connector port maintains a parallel orientation of the floor, tongue, and roof and gaps in the extendable connector port when the port extends to the open position. The extendable connector port may then be collapsed into the closed position by reducing or eliminating gaps between the floor, tongue, and roof, so that the connector port is thinner in its closed position than it is in its open position. This collapsibility of the extendable connector port allows thin computing devices to include ports that are thicker than a housing of the device.
US09831620B2
A modular jack connector includes a housing defining a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A plurality of terminals are disposed in the housing. Each terminal having a body portion and a contact end portion connected to the body portion. Each contact end has a contact surface facing the first direction for connecting to a counterpart connector. The contact surface is a rolled surface of a metal sheet from which the contact terminals are formed. Plating process becomes more efficient and plating quality is improved, resulting in terminals with high contact surface quality being made for better electrical connectivity when connected to counterpart connectors.
US09831619B2
The invention is directed to a coaxial connector jack (1) for the interconnection to a corresponding connector plug (2). The connector jack (1) comprises an inner conductor (3) extending in an axial direction (x) and an outer conductor (4) in the form of a slotted contact sleeve (4) arranged coaxial with respect to the inner conductor (3). Furthermore the coaxial connector (1) comprises an insulator (5) positioning the inner conductor (3) with respect to the outer conductor (4) and a spacer (6) arranged inside the insulator (5) extending along an inner side wall (7) of the slotted contact sleeve (4). The spacer (6) extends in the axial direction at least to the same axial position as the slotted contact sleeve (4) or exceeds it.
US09831615B2
A connector includes contacts arranged in a contact-arrangement plane and including a source contact and a signal contact, each of the contacts having a contact portion that comes into contact with a contact of a counter-connector, a ground plate made of metal disposed in parallel with the contact-arrangement plan, an insulator that holds the contacts and the ground plate, and a shell that covers an outer periphery of the insulator and is made of metal, the ground plate being disposed so as to face the contacts through a portion of the insulator with the contact portion of each contact being exposed, and having a cutout formed at an end of the ground plate adjacent to the contact portion of the source contact, and the insulator having a projection that fills the cutout of the ground plate.
US09831611B2
A plug connector suitable for use as an airbag squib connector is presented. The plug connector includes a connector housing, having a plug-in portion and at least one female contact terminal that is arranged at least partially in the plug-in portion. The plug connector further includes a grounding contact, having an intermediate section and a contact section formed from sheet metal. The sections have respective main surfaces and circumferential edges. The contact section is configured to electrically contact a corresponding grounding contact of a counter-connector. The intermediate section branches off from the contact section. The main surfaces of the intermediate section and the contact section are parallel to the mating direction.
US09831608B1
An electrical connector includes a housing, a signal contact, and a ground shield. The housing includes a base having a front side and an opposite rear side. The signal contact is received in the base and has a mating segment that extends forward of the front side. The ground shield is received in the base and extends forward of the front side. The ground shield surrounds the signal contact on at least one side thereof. The ground shield includes a deflectable spring tab extending from an inner surface of the ground shield towards the signal contact without engaging the signal contact. The spring tab is positioned forward of the front side of the base. The spring tab is configured to be deflected outward by a mating connector in a direction away from the signal contact during a mating operation.
US09831607B2
A connector system includes a connector mounted on a circuit board. The circuit board has deeper backdrilled vias and the connector has modified signal terminal that can mate with the backdrilled vias so as to provide a surprising increase in the performance of signal traces provided in the top layers of the circuit board.
US09831605B2
Electrical connector assemblies are provided that include electrical connectors having electrical contacts that have receptacle mating ends are provided. The connector housings of the provided electrical connectors include alignment members that are capable of performing staged alignment of components of the electrical connector assemblies. The provided electrical connector assemblies and the electrical connectors provided therein are capable of operating at a data transfer rate of forty gigabits per second with worst case multi-active cross talk that does not exceed a range of about two percent to about four percent.
US09831597B2
Connectors that are able to withstand force and are easy to manufacture. The connectors may include connecting portions that may move relative to other portions of the connectors to absorb force. The connectors may be designed to partially break in order to protect devices that may be connected to. The connectors may be further designed to break in a controlled manner to prevent springs or other components that may be under compression from being dislodged from the connectors.
US09831596B1
Various electrical connector assemblies are disclosed. The electrical connector assembly can include a pin and a socket. An outer surface of the pin can have an external thread and an annular groove that has an outside diameter that is less than an outside diameter of an adjacent leading flange. The socket can have an internal thread that mates with the external thread on the pin. The connector can comprise independent securing features, such as a threaded connection and a ball detent connection. The connector can be configured such that disengagement of the first connection feature results in disconnection of mating electrical contacts of the pin and socket. In some variants, the second connection feature remains engaged and/or is disengaged independently of the first connection feature.
US09831586B2
A female terminal fitting (F) includes a rectangular tubular main body (10). The main body (10) has a rear base plate (14). Left and right side plates (15) are connected at substantially right angles to opposite left and right sides of the rear base plate (14). A main spring piece (20) is accommodated in the main body (10) and is configured to resiliently contact a tab (T) of a mating terminal (M) inserted into the main body (10). An auxiliary spring piece (23) is cantilevered from the rear base plate (14), is accommodated in the main body (10) and is configured to apply a resilient pressing force toward the tab (T) to the main spring piece (20). A reinforcing portion (28) is formed by striking a range from a base end part (23R) of the auxiliary spring piece 23 to the rear base plate (14).
US09831582B2
A cable connector includes a connection end portion of a flexible board, in which a rectangular reinforcing plate molded of a conductive resin material is fixed to part of an upper surface of a ground plate. The connection end portion of the flexible board is electrically connected to a printed circuit board through the cable connector.
US09831578B2
A board connecting connector includes a board retaining portion and a terminal retaining portion. The board retaining portion is configured to retain or accommodate a board, and the terminal retaining portion is configured to retain or accommodate terminals. When the board retaining portion and the terminal retaining portions are in a state of fitting to each other, terminal portions provided on a board surface of the board and contact portions of the terminals contact to each other. The board retaining portion includes a fitting fixing portion and a board supporting portion. The fitting fixing portion is provided on a contacting side where the terminal portions of the board contact with the contact portions of the terminals, so as to press the board to secure therein. The board supporting portion is provided at a place other than the contacting side and can support the board.
US09831571B2
A relay terminal block fixed to a fixing part by a screw includes a main body having a first surface facing the fixing part, and a second surface on a rear surface side of the first surface. The main body is formed with a recessed portion depressed from the second surface toward the first surface, a through-hole formed from a bottom surface of the recessed portion through to the first surface, and a protrusion that is provided at an edge of the recessed portion to protrude in a direction away from the second surface. The through-hole is formed to have an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of a shaft of the screw and smaller than an outer diameter of a head of the screw, and the recessed portion is formed to have an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the head of the screw.
US09831570B2
A terminal strip for latching onto a mounting rail includes a terminal housing that has a first connection side and a second connection side and a busbar arranged in the terminal housing. At least two conductor connection elements are arranged in the terminal housing. The conductor connection elements each connect at least one conductor to the busbar. Each conductor connection element has a first function shaft having at least one plug-in connection receiving region and at least a second function shaft having at least one screw-connection receiving region arranged on each of the two connection sides of the terminal housing. One connection region is formed for each plug-connection receiving region and for each screw-connection receiving region in the busbar. The function shafts of one connection side are arranged in a manner spaced apart from one another.
US09831567B2
In a manufacturing method of an aluminum wire crimp terminal formed by a base material made of a copper-based metal, at the step of forming an intermediate worked material having an unfolded shape of the crimp terminal, fine recessed parts for promoting the adhesive performance of the crimp terminal against a conductor of the wire are formed on a plate-body surface forming an inner face of a conductor crimping part of the intermediate worked material. Subsequently, a thin-film surface layer made of an aluminum-based metal is formed on at least the plate-body surface. Finally, the intermediate worked material is bent to a prescribed terminal shape.
US09831560B2
An apparatus for reducing electromagnetic scattering includes a first component having a plurality of curved segments, each including a first reflective material, and together forming an enclosed cavity; and a second component having a plurality of flat or cylindrically-curved segments, each comprising a second reflective material. The second component is positioned external to the cavity.
US09831558B1
A millimeter-wave (MMW) communication system may include an antenna array structure operating within a MMW band, having both a first antenna coupling point and a second antenna coupling point, whereby the first and the second location of the antenna coupling points are within a coplanar surface on which the antenna array structure is formed. The system may further include a single MMW transmitter device having a power splitter that splits a data modulated MMW signal into a first MMW data modulated signal and a second MMW data modulated signal identical to the first MMW data modulated signal, such that the first data modulated MMW signal is coupled to the first antenna coupling point for radio propagation at a first direction, and the second data modulated MMW signal is coupled to the second antenna coupling point for radio propagation at a second direction.
US09831555B2
An antenna device is provided and includes a circuit board, a first linear antenna, and a second linear antenna. The circuit board includes a grounding pattern and a feeding point insulated from the grounding pattern. The first linear antenna is connected to the grounding pattern and includes a first inductive element positioned between distal ends of the first linear antenna. The second linear antenna is connected to the feeding point and capacitively coupled to one of the distal ends of the first linear antenna. The second linear antenna includes a second inductive element positioned proximate a middle section of the second linear antenna.
US09831538B2
The present disclosure introduces wide tunable band filters. In one embodiment, a wide tunable band filter apparatus is described. The filter apparatus may include a microstrip patch having a plurality of symmetrical slots etched into the microstrip patch. A plurality of diodes may be coupled to the microstrip patch. Furthermore, two asymmetrical feed lines may be connected to the microstrip patch. Other embodiments are also described.
US09831534B2
A battery heater system for a battery used in cold weather operations and methods for using the battery heater system are described. Embodiments of the battery heater system may incorporate a heater switch with an indicator, a timer circuit, a controller, a voltage meter, a temperature transducer, and a heating element. In some methods of using the device, the battery powers the heating element for a fixed cycle time based on the time to discharge the battery at a cold-soaked temperature. In other methods of using the device, the battery powers the heating element for a varying cycle time as necessary to discharge the battery to a discharge cut-off voltage value. In other methods of using the device, the heating element is operated using a duty cycle that is varied based on the battery temperature.
US09831521B2
To provide a nonaqueous electrolytic storage element, which contains: a positive electrode, which contains a positive electrode material layer including a positive electrode active material capable of reversibly accumulating and releasing anions; a negative electrode, which contains a negative electrode material layer including a negative electrode active material capable of reversibly accumulating and releasing cations; a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing an electrolyte salt, wherein a pore volume of the negative electrode material layer per unit area of the negative electrode is larger than a pore volume of the positive electrode material layer per unit area of the positive electrode.
US09831514B2
A method for operating a solid oxide fuel cell having cathode-anode-electrolyte units, each including a first electrode for an oxidizing agent, a second electrode for combustible gas, and a solid electrolyte there between forming a metal interconnection between the CAE-units. The interconnect including a combustible gas distribution structure, and a second metallic gas distribution element having two channels for the oxidizing agent and separate channels for a tempering fluid. Cooling the second gas distribution element and a base layer of the first gas distribution element with the tempering fluid (O2). Measuring the first and second control temperatures T1 and T2. T1 being the tempering fluid temperature entering the fluid inlet side of the fuel cell. T2 being the tempering fluid temperature leaving the second gas distribution element. Where the amount of tempering fluid supplied to the second gas distribution element is controlled based on the difference between T1 and T2.
US09831512B2
A method for activating a stack of a fuel cell is provided. The method includes supplying oxygen and hydrogen to the stack after starting an activation process to change the stack to an open circuit voltage (OCV) state and terminating the supply. Adjacent cells of the stack are electrically connected by a cell voltage sensing terminal board and the adjacent cells are shorted to allow a cell voltage to be 0V. Additionally, oxygen and hydrogen are resupplied to the stack and predetermined current density is applied for a predetermined time is executed. The voltage is again decreased to be 0V by applying current density exceeding the predetermined current density for a time exceeding the predetermined time through the open circuit voltage state to remove oxygen remaining in the stack. Oxygen and hydrogen are resupplied after a silent period has elapsed for a predetermined time after removing the remaining oxygen.
US09831492B2
A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of an embodiment includes an exterior member, a cathode including a cathode active material layer housed in the exterior member, an anode including an anode active material layer housed in the exterior member and spatially separated from the cathode by a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte filled in the exterior member. The cathode active material layer contains lithium-copper oxide and copper oxide. A peak intensity ratio d(002)/d(010) between a plane index d(010) derived from the lithium-copper oxide and a plane index d(002) derived from the copper oxide is not lower than 0.1 and not higher than 0.5 at an X-ray diffraction peak.
US09831490B2
A graphite material for a negative electrode of a lithium-ion secondary battery is provided. A ratio Lc(112)/Lc(006) defined as a ratio of expansion of graphene sheets to sheet displacement ranges from 0.08 to 0.11, both inclusive. A crystallite size Lc(006) calculated from a wide-angle X-ray diffraction line ranges from 30 nm to 40 nm, both inclusive. An average particle size ranges from 3 μm to 20 μm, both inclusive.
US09831480B2
A fiber-containing polymer film contains a host polymer and fibrous substances. The fiber-containing polymer film has an orientation area where the fibrous substances are oriented in a direction substantially parallel to a main surface of the fiber-containing polymer film and in substantially the same direction.
US09831479B2
The battery is sealed by a sealing member including a safety valve for exhausting the gas generated in the battery to the outside of the battery when the pressure in the battery is increased. A part of the sealing member is formed of a member having a melting point lower than that of high-temperature gas generated in the abnormal time and having a ratio of an area of an opening of the battery case to an area of a gas exhaust hole is 3.0×10−5 or more and 9.1×10−3 or less.
US09831476B2
This packaging material for electrochemical cells has an identification mark that can be recognized from the outside and that is difficult to forge. The packaging material includes a multilayer film which has a structure formed by laminating a base layer (11), an adhesive layer (13), a metal foil layer (12), an acid-modified polyolefin layer (14), and a heat-sealable layer (15) in this order, wherein the base layer (11) contains both a oriented polyester film (11b) and a oriented nylon film (11e) with a printed layer (11c) provided on the surface of the oriented polyester film (11b) that faces the oriented nylon film (11e).
US09831473B2
An ink jet process is used to deposit a material layer to a desired thickness. Layout data is converted to per-cell grayscale values, each representing ink volume to be locally delivered. The grayscale values are used to generate a halftone pattern to deliver variable ink volume (and thickness) to the substrate. The halftoning provides for a relatively continuous layer (e.g., without unintended gaps or holes) while providing for variable volume and, thus, contributes to variable ink/material buildup to achieve desired thickness. The ink is jetted as liquid or aerosol that suspends material used to form the material layer, for example, an organic material used to form an encapsulation layer for a flat panel device. The deposited layer is then cured or otherwise finished to complete the process.
US09831468B2
Provided is an organic electroluminescent display device, including a substrate, an organic light-emitting device on the substrate, and an encapsulation layer formed on the organic light-emitting device and the substrate. The encapsulation layer includes an inorganic layer and a polymer organic layer alternatingly stacked with an intermediate layer formed of a first organic monomer between the inorganic layer and the polymer organic layer, and one surface of the intermediate layer is bonded to the inorganic layer through bonding sites on a surface of the inorganic layer and another surface of the intermediate layer is bonded to the organic layer by polymerization.
US09831463B2
There is provided an organic EL apparatus as an electro-optic apparatus including: a substrate; a light-emitting element that is provided at a first area of the substrate; a guard line that is provided to surround the first area; and a sealing film or a sealing structure that covers the first area and reaches the guard line.
US09831459B2
A FET is formed on a semiconductor substrate, a curved surface having a radius of curvature is formed on an upper end of an insulation, a portion of a first electrode is exposed corresponding to the curved surface to form an inclined surface, and a region defining a luminescent region is subjected to etching to expose the first electrode. Luminescence emitted from an organic chemical compound layer is reflected by the inclined surface of the first electrode to increase a total quantity of luminescence taken out in a certain direction.
US09831457B2
The present disclosure provides an organic light emitting device that includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and two or more light emitting units provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein a charge generation layer is provided between, among the light emitting units, two light emitting units that are adjacent to each other, an electron transport layer is provided between the charge generation layer and the light emitting unit placed closer to the first electrode of the two adjacent light emitting units, and the electron transport layer includes a first electron transport layer doped with an n-type dopant, and a second electron transport layer doped with a metal salt, metal oxide or organic metal salt.
US09831455B2
A light-emitting display device includes a substrate having a plurality of pixels. A first electrode is provided on the substrate for each pixel, and a pixel defining layer defines each of the pixels. The pixel defining layer has an opening to expose the first electrode. A charge injection layer is on the first electrode, and a surface processing layer is on the charge injection layer. The surface processing layer extends from inside the opening of the pixel defining layer to a top surface of the pixel defining layer. The surface processing layer including a plurality of grooves in a portion extending on the top surface of the pixel defining layer. A charge transport layer is on the surface processing layer, a light-emitting layer is on the charge transport layer, and a second electrode is on the light-emitting layer.
US09831446B2
The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
US09831437B2
A composition formed of a first mixture of a first compound and a second compound wherein the first compound has different chemical structure than the second compound; the first compound is capable of functioning as a hole transporting material in an organic light emitting device at room temperature; the first compound comprises at least one carbazole group; the first compound has a evaporation temperature T1 of 150 to 350° C.; the second compound has evaporation temperature T2 of 150 to 350° C.; the absolute value of T1−T2 is less than 20° C.; the first compound having a concentration C1 in said first mixture, and the first compound having a concentration C2 in a film formed by evaporating the first mixture in a vacuum deposition tool at a constant pressure between 1×10−6 Torr to 1×10−9 Torr, at a 2 Å/sec deposition rate on a surface positioned at a predefined distance away from the mixture being evaporated; and wherein the absolute value of (C1−C2)/C1 is less than 5%.
US09831432B2
Exemplary embodiments of the inventive concept provide is a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display panel having a signal pad part including signal pads, impression pads, resistance measurement pads, and alignment pads. The display apparatus also includes a flexible circuit board having a connection pad part including first, second, third, and fourth pads which respectively correspond to the signal, impression, resistance measurement, and alignment pads. The signal, impression, and the resistance measurement pads are arranged along a first direction with a first gap therebetween, and the first, second, and third pads are arranged along the first direction with a second gap therebetween, the second gap being less than the first gap.
US09831430B2
An evaporation source is provided. The evaporation source includes a substrate, a plurality of recesses spaced from each other and arranged on the substrate, and a plurality of heating sources arranged within the plurality of recesses.
US09831426B2
Provided are a conductive bridging random access memory (CBRAM) device and a manufacturing method thereof. The CBRAM device includes a first electrode, a semiconductor oxide electrolyte layer formed on the first electrode and including a plurality of metal vacancies, a second electrode formed on the semiconductor oxide electrolyte layer, wherein when a positive voltage is applied to the second electrode, cations are reduced to the metal vacancies in the semiconductor oxide electrolyte layer to form a metal bridge.
US09831421B2
The present invention is directed to an MTJ memory element including a magnetic free layer structure which includes one or more magnetic free layers that have a same variable magnetization direction substantially perpendicular to layer planes thereof; an insulating tunnel junction layer formed adjacent to the magnetic free layer structure; a magnetic reference layer structure comprising a first magnetic reference layer formed adjacent to the insulating tunnel junction layer and a second magnetic reference layer separated therefrom by a perpendicular enhancement layer with the first and second magnetic reference layers having a first fixed magnetization direction substantially perpendicular to layer planes thereof; an anti-ferromagnetic coupling layer formed adjacent to the second magnetic reference layer opposite the perpendicular enhancement layer; and a magnetic fixed layer comprising first and second magnetic fixed sublayers with the second magnetic fixed sublayer formed adjacent to the anti-ferromagnetic coupling layer opposite the second magnetic reference layer.
US09831417B2
To perform poling treatment in a simple procedure by dry process. A magnetic field poling device includes a first holding part configured to hold a film-to-be-poled (2); a second holding part configured to hold a magnet generating a magnetic field B to the film-to-be-poled (2); and a moving mechanism configured to move the first holding part or the second holding part in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field B.
US09831411B2
A thermoelectric module having a first and second housing element, at least two thermoelectric elements arranged between the housing elements and are each connected electrically to one another via first or second electrical contacts or are connected electrically to an electrical circuit via first and/or second electrical contacts. The first electrical contacts are assigned to the first housing element and the second electrical contacts are assigned to the second housing element. The first housing element and/or the second housing element have at least one opening, which is covered by at least one section of the first electrical contacts and/or the second electrical contacts. The first electrical contacts and/or the second electrical contacts are connected to the first housing element and/or the second housing element.
US09831408B2
A light emitting device includes: a first lead including a first base portion having a constant thickness and a first small-thickness portion having a thickness smaller than that of the first base portion; a second lead including a second base portion having a constant thickness and a second small-thickness portion having a thickness smaller than that of the second base portion; wherein the first small-thickness portion and the second small-thickness portion face each other with a gap interposed therebetween; the length of the gap is 0.9 to 1.2 times the thickness of the edges of the first small-thickness portion and the second small-thickness portion; the length of the bonding wire in a plan view of the light emitting device is smaller than a value obtained by adding the thickness of the base portion, a width of a mounting-disabled area, and a width of a bonding-disabled area.
US09831391B2
The present invention aims to control power consumption of a light emitting display device by reducing parasitic capacitance between wires in a drive circuit part of a periphery region. The light emitting display device of the present invention includes an insulation film arranged above a substrate, a first wiring arranged above the insulation film in a pixel region, a second wiring arranged above the insulation film in a periphery region of a periphery of the pixel region, a common electrode continuously arranged to the pixel region and the periphery region, a first insulation layer arranged between the first wiring and the common electrode, and a second insulation layer arranged between the second wiring and the common electrode and having a larger thickness than the first insulation layer.
US09831388B2
High-performance light-emitting diode together with apparatus and method embodiments thereto are disclosed. The light emitting diode devices emit at a wavelength of 390 nm to 470 nm or at a wavelength of 405 nm to 430 nm. Light emitting diode devices are characterized by having a geometric relationship (e.g., aspect ratio) between a lateral dimension of the device and a vertical dimension of the device such that the geometric aspect ratio forms a volumetric light emitting diode that delivers a substantially flat current density across the device (e.g., as measured across a lateral dimension of the active region). The light emitting diode devices are characterized by having a current density in the active region of greater than about 175 Amps/cm2.
US09831383B2
A method of fabricating and transferring a micro device and an array of micro devices to a receiving substrate are described. In an embodiment, an electrically insulating layer is utilized as an etch stop layer during etching of a p-n diode layer to form a plurality of micro p-n diodes. In an embodiment, an electrically conductive intermediate bonding layer is utilized during the formation and transfer of the micro devices to the receiving substrate.
US09831376B2
A polyester film containing a polyester support having a terminal carboxylic acid value of from 3 to 20 eq/ton and IV of from 0.65 to 0.9 dL/g, and a conductive layer having a surface specific resistance of from 106 to 1014Ω per square with an in-plane distribution of from 0.1 to 20% exhibits an improvement in withstand voltage.
US09831367B2
A flexible solar panel module is provided having a plurality of non-flexible solar panels, a plurality of non-flexible covers and a flexible back sheet. Each of the non-flexible solar panels has a photoreactive device layer, a positive ribbon and a negative ribbon. The non-flexible covers correspond to the non-flexible solar panels respectively and are disposed on front surfaces of the non-flexible solar panels. Each of the non-flexible covers is bigger in size than each of the non-flexible solar panels. The flexible back sheet is disposed under back surfaces of the non-flexible solar panels and has a plurality of openings therein. A first water-resistant sealant is disposed between adjacent non-flexible covers and physically contacts the flexible back sheet. A second water-resistant sealant is disposed between the non-flexible covers and the flexible back sheet and covers sidewalls of the non-flexible solar panels. The non-flexible solar panels are laminated with the flexible back sheet and regions between adjacent non-flexible solar panels are flexible/bendable regions of the flexible solar panel module.
US09831364B2
Hollow bodies having a silicon-comprising shell, are produced by, in a gas comprising at least one silane of the general formula SinH2n+2−mXm with n=1 to 4, m=0 to 2n+2 and X=halogen, (a) generating a non-thermal plasma by an AC voltage of frequency f, or operating a light arc, or introducing electromagnetic energy in the infrared region into the gas, giving a resulting phase which (b) is dispersed in a wetting agent and distilled, and then (c) the distillate is contacted at least once with a mixture of at least two of the substances hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid, water, giving a solid residue comprising hollow bodies having a silicon-comprising shell after the conversion reaction of the distillate with the mixture has abated or ended.
US09831357B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to optical packages having a package body that includes a light protection coating on at least one surface of a transparent material. The light protection coating includes one or more openings to allow light to be transmitted to the optical device within the package body. In one embodiment, the light protection coating and the openings allow substantially perpendicular radiation to be directed to the optical device within the package body. In one exemplary embodiment the light protection coating is located on an outer surface of the transparent material. In another embodiment, the light protection coating is located on an inner surface of the transparent material inside of the package body.
US09831354B2
Split-gate flash memory and forming method thereof are provided. The method includes: forming a first dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a floating gate layer on the first dielectric layer; forming a mask layer on the floating gate layer; etching the mask layer until first groove exposing the floating gate layer is formed; forming a protective sidewall on sidewall of the first groove; forming a gate dielectric layer on bottom and the sidewall of the first groove; forming two control gates on the gate dielectric layer, the remained first groove serving as second groove; etching the gate dielectric layer and the floating gate layer at bottom of the second groove until third groove exposing the first dielectric layer is formed; forming a source in the semiconductor substrate under the third groove; and forming a second dielectric layer in the third groove. Reliability and durability of the memory are improved.
US09831352B2
A semiconductor device includes a lower wiring layer formed on a substrate; a lower insulating layer formed on the lower wiring layer; an upper wiring layer formed on the lower insulating layer, the upper wiring layer intersecting with the lower wiring layer across the lower insulating layer to form a wiring cross portion; and an island-shaped upper insulating layer formed on the lower insulating layer so as to be in contact with the upper wiring layer, wherein the upper wiring layer includes a first portion formed on the upper face of the lower insulating layer and a second portion disposed on the wiring cross portion and formed on a side wall of the upper insulating layer, and wherein the upper wiring layer is not formed on the upper face of the upper insulating layer at the wiring cross portion.
US09831345B2
A method of forming a FinFET with a rounded source/drain profile comprises forming a fin in a substrate, etching a source/drain recess in the fin, forming a plurality of source/drain layers in the source/drain recess; and etching at least one of the plurality of source/drain layers. The source/drain layers may be a silicon germanium compound. Etching at the source/drain layers may comprises partially etching each of the plurality of source/drain layers prior to forming subsequent layers of the plurality of source/drain layers. The source/drain layers may be formed with a thickness at a top corner of about 15 nm, and the source/drain layers may each be etched back by about 3 nm prior to forming subsequent layers of the plurality of source/drain layers. Forming the plurality of source/drain layers optionally comprises forming at least five source/drain layers.
US09831339B2
The characteristics of a semiconductor device are improved. A semiconductor device has a potential fixed layer containing a p type impurity, a channel layer, and a barrier layer, formed over a substrate, and a gate electrode arranged in a trench penetrating through the barrier layer, and reaching some point of the channel layer via a gate insulation film. Source and drain electrodes are formed on opposite sides of the gate electrode. The p type impurity-containing potential fixed layer has an inactivated region containing an inactivating element such as hydrogen between the gate and drain electrodes. Thus, while raising the p type impurity (acceptor) concentration of the potential fixed layer on the source electrode side, the p type impurity of the potential fixed layer is inactivated on the drain electrode side. This can improve the drain-side breakdown voltage while providing a removing effect of electric charges by the p type impurity.
US09831333B2
A high-voltage nitride device which can avoid vertical breakdown and has a high breakdown voltage includes: a silicon substrate; a nitride epitaxial layer, prepared on the silicon substrate; a positive electrode and a negative electrode, both of which are contacted with the nitride epitaxial layer; and at least one spatial isolation area, formed in a region between the silicon substrate and the nitride epitaxial layer vertically and between the positive electrode and the negative electrode horizontally.
US09831331B2
A heterojunction structure of semiconductor material, for a high electron mobility transistor includes a substrate, a buffer layer, arranged on the substrate, of a large bandgap semiconductor material, based on a nitride from column III, where the buffer layer is not intentionally doped with n-type carriers, a barrier layer arranged above the buffer layer, of a large bandgap semiconductor material based on a nitride from column III, where the width of the bandgap of the barrier layer is less than the width of the bandgap of the buffer layer. The heterojunction structure additionally comprises an intentionally doped area, of a material based on a nitride from column III identical to the material of the buffer layer, in a plane parallel to the plane of the substrate and a predefined thickness along a direction orthogonal to the plane of the substrate, where the area is comprised in the buffer layer.
US09831329B2
A compound semiconductor device includes a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a bump. The heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a plurality of unit transistors. The bump is electrically connected to emitters of the plurality of unit transistors. The plurality of unit transistors are arranged in a first direction. The bump is disposed above the emitters of the plurality of unit transistors while extending in the first direction. The emitter of at least one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from a center line of the bump in the first direction toward a first side of a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. The emitter of at least another one of the plurality of unit transistors is displaced from the center line of the bump in the first direction toward a second side of the second direction.
US09831324B1
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a stacked configuration of first and second semiconductor layers on a semiconductor substrate, wherein the stacked configuration comprises a repeating arrangement of a second semiconductor layer stacked on a first semiconductor layer, forming a plurality of dummy gates spaced apart from each other on the stacked configuration, wherein the plurality of dummy gates cover a portion of the stacked configuration in a channel region, performing an implantation of a semiconductor material on exposed portions of the stacked configuration in a source/drain region, wherein the implantation increases a concentration of the semiconductor material in the exposed portions of the stacked configuration, and selectively removing first semiconductor layers having an increased concentration of the semiconductor material from the source/drain region, wherein the removed first semiconductor layers correspond in position to the first semiconductor layers in the channel region.
US09831308B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of substantially vertical semiconductor pillars on a substrate, and a hard mask layer overlying the plurality of semiconductor pillars. A contiguous portion of the hard mask layer connects two or more of the plurality of semiconductor pillars.
US09831299B2
An OLED display panel is provided which can control the problem of shedding even in high definition panels. Metal wiring 5 which conducts with an earth line of a flexible printed substrate 15 is provided on a substrate 1. A display area 2 comprised from a plurality of OLED elements is provided at the center of the substrate 1 and four low resistance metal films 3 are provided along each of four edges of the display area 2 on a surface of insulation films 8, 10 at the periphery of the display area 2. Among these, one low resistance metal film 3 conducts with the metal wiring 5 via a contact 3a.
US09831295B2
Provided are organic luminescence display and method for manufacturing the same. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an organic luminescence display comprising a substrate and a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate. The pixels comprise a plurality of first pixels, each comprising a first organic light-emitting layer, and a plurality of second pixels which are smaller than the first pixels and each of which comprises a second organic light-emitting layer. The surface roughness of the second organic light-emitting layer is greater than the surface roughness of the first organic light-emitting layer.
US09831286B2
This technology provides an electronic device and a method of fabricating the same. An electronic device in accordance with an implementation of this document includes a transistor comprising a semiconductor substrate including an active region defined by an isolation layer; and a gate which is formed over the active region and the isolation layer and extends in a first direction to cross the active region, wherein the active region includes a head portion towering over the isolation layer, a body portion disposed under the head portion, and a neck portion which is disposed between the head portion and the body portion and is recessed compared to the head portion and the body portion in the first direction, in a region where the gate and the active region overlap with each other.
US09831284B2
A solid-state imaging device includes an Si substrate in which a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts visible light incident from a back surface side is formed, and a lower substrate provided under the Si substrate and configured to photoelectrically convert infrared light incident from the back surface side.
US09831283B2
Single-photon avalanche diode includes a central junction having a central p+ area and a deep-n well in contact with the central p+ area, a p-type guard ring disposed between the central junction and the deep-n well, and a shallow trench isolation separated from the central p+ area. Imaging apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor-implemented single photon avalanche device and one or more signal converters electrically coupled thereto and configured to detect changes in output therefrom.
US09831279B2
An image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion portion providing a recessed region, a transfer gate provided in the recessed region, and a floating diffusion region adjacent the transfer gate. The transfer gate includes a first pattern and a second pattern, which are sequentially stacked in the recessed region and have different conductivity types from each other.
US09831272B2
A standard cell IC includes pMOS transistors in a pMOS region of a MOS device. The pMOS region extends between a first cell edge and a second cell edge opposite the first cell edge. The standard cell IC further includes nMOS transistors in an nMOS region of the MOS device. The nMOS region extends between the first cell edge and the second cell edge. The standard cell IC further includes at least one single diffusion break located in an interior region between the first cell edge and the second cell edge that extends across the pMOS region and the nMOS region to separate the pMOS region into pMOS subregions and the nMOS region into nMOS subregions. The standard cell IC includes a first double diffusion break portion at the first cell edge. The standard cell IC further includes a second double diffusion break portion at the second cell edge.
US09831269B2
According to one embodiment, the semiconductor body of the first portion includes a first semiconductor part and a second semiconductor part. The first semiconductor part extends in the stacking direction. The second semiconductor part is provided between the first semiconductor part and the first electrode layer, and has an end located closer to the first electrode layer side than the first semiconductor part. The first insulating film of the second portion includes a first insulating part and a second insulating part. The first insulating part extends in the stacking direction. The second insulating part is provided between the first insulating part and the second electrode layer, and has an end located closer to the second electrode layer side than the first insulating part.
US09831264B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes a substrate comprising a first word line formation area, a second word line formation area, and a support area interposed between the first and second word line formation areas; a first stacked structure disposed over the substrate of each of the first and second word line formation areas and having a plurality of interlayer dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers that are alternately stacked therein; a second stacked structure disposed over the substrate of the support area and having the plurality of interlayer dielectric layers and a plurality of spaces that are alternately stacked therein; a channel layer disposed in the first stacked structure; and a memory layer interposed between the channel layer and each of the plurality of conductive layers.
US09831263B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate divided into a first area and a second area, the semiconductor substrate including a first dopant of a first type, a first well formed to a first depth in the first area of the semiconductor substrate, the first well including a second dopant of a second type, wherein the second type is different from the first type, a second well including a third dopant of the first type, the second well being surrounded by the first well, and a pipe gate formed on the first area of the semiconductor substrate, the pipe gate being electrically connected to the second well.
US09831256B1
A semiconductor device includes a base member, a first structure body, a second structure body, a first contact portion, a second contact portion, and a first post. The first structure body is provided above the base member. The first structure body has a first terrace in a front surface of a first end portion of the first electrode layer. The second structure body is provided on the first structure body other than the first end portion. The second structure body has a second terrace in a front surface of a second end portion of the second electrode layer. The side surface of the second electrode layer is at a first level difference between the first terrace and the second terrace. The first post is disposed between the first contact portion and the second contact portion. The first post crosses the first level difference.
US09831251B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of forming recesses in a semiconductor substrate; epitaxial growing a first SiGe seed layer with constant Ge content in the recesses; epitaxial growing a second SiGe layer with a constant Ge content higher than the Ge content of first SiGe seed layer on the first SiGe seed layer; epitaxial growing a third SiGe layer with a constant Ge content lower than the Ge content of the second SiGe layer; and forming a cap layer on the third SiGe layer.
US09831249B2
A semiconductor manufacturing method includes preparing a substrate having a metal film formed on a surface thereof; forming an oxide layer by oxidizing a surface of the metal film by plasma of a mixed gas of an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrogen-containing gas; and forming a thin film on the oxide layer by supplying at least an oxidizing gas to the substrate.
US09831244B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an insulation film including a trench on a substrate, forming a first metal gate film pattern and a second metal gate film pattern in the trench, redepositing a second metal gate film on the first and second metal gate film patterns and the insulation film, and forming a redeposited second metal gate film pattern on the first and second metal gate film patterns by performing a planarization process for removing a portion of the redeposited second metal gate film so as to expose a top surface of the insulation film, and forming a blocking layer pattern on the redeposited second metal gate film pattern by oxidizing an exposed surface of the redeposited second metal gate film pattern.
US09831235B2
A method includes removing a first portion of a gate layer of a first transistor and leaving a second portion of the gate layer. The first transistor includes a drain region, a source region, and a gate stack, and the gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer, a gate conductive layer over the gate dielectric layer, and the gate layer directly on the gate conductive layer. The method includes removing a gate layer of a second transistor and forming a conductive region at a region previously occupied by the first portion of the gate layer of the first transistor, the unit resistance of the conductive region being less than that of the gate layer of the first transistor.
US09831230B2
A layout of a standard cell is stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and includes a first conductive pattern, a second conductive pattern, a plurality of active area patterns and a first central conductive pattern. The plurality of active area patterns is isolated from each other and arranged in a first row and a second row between the first and second conductive patterns. The first row is adjacent the first conductive pattern and includes a first active area pattern and a second active area pattern among the plurality of active area patterns. The second row is adjacent the second conductive pattern and includes a third active area pattern and a fourth active area pattern among the plurality of active area patterns. The first central conductive pattern is arranged between the first and second active area patterns. The first central conductive pattern overlaps the first conductive pattern.
US09831227B2
A semiconductor apparatus with an optoelectronic device and a further device is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide a semiconductor apparatus with an optoelectronic device and a further device, wherein the optoelectronic device and the further device are interconnected to one another in parallel when the semiconductor apparatus is in operation, wherein the optoelectronic device is connected to a first contact and a second contact, the first contact and the second contact being configured to externally contact the semiconductor apparatus, and wherein the further device is connected with at least one further contact of the semiconductor apparatus.
US09831216B2
The present disclosure discloses a chip packaging module, including: a first chip, where a first pad is disposed on a side neighboring to a front surface of the first chip; at least a second chip, where at least one second chip is disposed on a rear side of the first chip, each second chip has a second pad, and wherein the first pad of the first chip is connected to the second pad of the second chip via a redistribution layer. According to the chip packaging module in the present disclosure, a second chip is disposed on a rear side of a first chip, and a first pad is connected to a second pad via a redistribution layer. By means of a redistribution technology on surfaces of multiple chips, a lead of a pad on a front surface of a fingerprint recognition chip is masterly winded to the back for interconnection, so that an induction area on the front surface of the chip can fully contact with a human body. In addition, the multi-chip redistribution technology can also greatly narrow down an interconnection distance between chips, which improves efficiency of communication between chips.
US09831209B2
Provided is a semiconductor device which can be prevented from increasing in size. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface and a wiring substrate over which the semiconductor chip is mounted such that the second main surface of the semiconductor chip faces a first main surface of the wiring substrate. Over the second main surface of the semiconductor chip, a plurality of first terminals connected with a first circuit and a plurality of second terminals connected with a second circuit are arranged. An arrangement pattern of the plurality of first terminals and an arrangement pattern of the plurality of second terminals include the same arrangement pattern. In a region of the wiring substrate where the first circuit is close to the second circuit when viewed from the first main surface of the semiconductor chip, a voltage line which supplies a power supply voltage to the first circuit is formed. In a region of the wiring substrate where the second circuit is close to the first circuit, a voltage line which supplies the power supply voltage to the second circuit is formed.
US09831203B2
An electronic component package includes an electronic component, a redistribution layer electrically connected to the electronic component and having terminal connection pads, a passivation layer disposed on one side of the redistribution layer and having openings exposing at least portions of the terminal connection pads, and connection terminals disposed in the openings of the passivation layer and connected to the terminal connection pads. At least one of the openings of the passivation layer has a plurality of protrusion parts.
US09831195B1
Various embodiments relate to a semiconductor package structure. The semiconductor package structure includes a first chip having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The semiconductor package structure further includes a supporter surrounding an edge of the first chip. The semiconductor package structure further includes a conductive layer disposed over the first surface of the first chip and electrically connected to the first chip. The semiconductor package structure further includes an insulation layer disposed over the first surface of the first chip, wherein the insulation layer extends toward and overlaps the supporter in a vertical projection direction. The semiconductor package structure further includes an encapsulant between the first chip and the supporter and surrounding at least the edge of the first chip.
US09831181B1
An integrated circuit device having a substrate including a dielectric layer is patterned with a set of conductive line trenches. Each conductive line trench has parallel vertical sidewalls and a horizontal bottom. A first metal layer fills a first portion of the set of conductive line trenches. The first metal layer is created by an anneal and reflow process of a first metal. A liner which is an alloy of the first metal and a selected element is formed at interfaces of the metal layer and a surface of the dielectric. The liner is created simultaneously with the metal fill by the anneal and reflow process. A wetting layer is disposed on the first metal layer and fills a second portion of the set of conductive line trenches. A second metal layer is disposed on the wetting layer and fills a remainder portion of the set of conductive line trenches.
US09831180B2
According to the embodiment, the semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a stacked body; and a plurality of columnar portions. The stacked body is provided on the substrate. The stacked body includes a plurality of electrode layers stacked with an insulator interposed. The stacked body includes a stacked portion and a staircase portion. The plurality of electrode layers includes a first portion and a second portion. The columnar portions are provided in the stacked portion of the stacked body. The columnar portions extend in a stacking direction of the stacked body. The columnar portions include a semiconductor body extending in the stacking direction and a charge storage film. The second portion includes a third portion. A thickness of the third portion along the stacking direction is thinner than a thickness of the first portion along the stacking direction.
US09831173B2
A strip-line includes a ground plane extending through a plurality of dielectric layers over a substrate; a signal line over the substrate and on a side of the ground plane; a first plurality of metal strips under the signal line and in a first metal layer, wherein the first plurality of metal strips is parallel to each other, and is spaced apart from each other by spaces; and a second plurality of metal strips under the signal line and in a second metal layer over the first metal layer. The second plurality of metal strips vertically overlaps the spaces. The first plurality of metal strips is electrically coupled to the second plurality of metal strips through the ground plane, and no via physically contacts the first plurality of metal strips and the second plurality of metal strips.
US09831172B2
A semiconductor device includes a first device isolation region and a second device isolation region defining a first active region, a second active region, and a third active region in a substrate, a recess region exposing an upper surface of the first active region and upper surfaces of the first and second device isolation regions, and active buffer patterns on the second and third active regions. The first active region is located between the second and third active regions, the first device isolation region is located between the first and second active regions, the second device isolation region is located between the first and third active regions. Upper sidewalls of the second and third active regions are exposed in the recess region.
US09831168B2
According to example configurations herein, an apparatus comprises a die and a host substrate. The die can include a first transistor and a second transistor. A surface of the die includes multiple conductive elements disposed thereon. The multiple conductive elements on the surface are electrically coupled to respective nodes of the first transistor and the second transistor. Prior to assembly, the first transistor and second transistor are electrically isolated from each other. During assembly, the surface of the die including the respective conductive elements is mounted on a facing of the host substrate. Accordingly, a die including multiple independent transistors can be flipped and mounted to a respective host substrate such as printed circuit board, lead frame, etc.
US09831153B1
A heat dissipating device is provided for reducing the high production costs of conventional heat dissipating devices. The heat dissipating device is mounted on a heat generating object and includes a heat conductive base having a plurality of insertion holes. At least one heat generating region is formed in a contact area between the heat conductive base and a heat source of the heat generating object. A plurality of heat dissipating columns is disposed in the at least one heat generating region and is respectively inserted into and positioned in the plurality of insertion holes. Each heat dissipating column includes a heat conductive silicone layer disposed on an outer periphery thereof.
US09831147B2
In an embodiment, an electronic component includes a first dielectric layer including an organic component having a decomposition temperature of at least 180° C., a semiconductor die embedded in the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer arranged on a first surface of the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer including a photo definable polymer composition and defining two or more discrete openings having conductive material, and a first substrate arranged on the second dielectric layer and on the conductive material. One or more contact pads are arranged on an outermost surface of the first substrate.
US09831146B1
A molded package includes an IC chip mounted on a first surface of a lead frame, and a molded resin encapsulating the lead frame together with the IC chip. The molded resin has a second surface-side opening portion that is formed to expose a chip correspondence portion of a second surface of the lead frame corresponding to the IC chip. A filler material is filled in the second surface-side opening portion. The filler material has a thermal conductivity equal to or greater than that of the molded resin and is softer than the molded resin. The chip correspondence portion has a rough surface with fine splits so as to increase a contact area with the filler material, and the filler material is in contact with the external member.
US09831142B2
A board for an electronic component package includes a wiring part on which an electronic component is disposed, wherein the wiring part includes an insulating layer, a signal transferring wiring electrically connected to the electronic component, and an electrical testing wiring electrically disconnected from the electronic component, and the electrical testing wiring includes conductive patterns formed on both surfaces of the wiring part, and conductive vias electrically connecting the conductive patterns to each other.
US09831138B2
A display substrate includes a first gate line configured to receive a first gate clock, a second gate line adjacent to the first gate line and configured to receive a second gate clock, a first data line configured to transfer a first data signal inverted according to the first gate clock and the second gate clock, where the first data signal has a first polarity, a second data line configured to transfer a second data signal inverted according to the first gate clock and the second gate clock, where the second data signal has a second polarity different from the first polarity, a first pixel including a first high sub pixel electrically connected to the first gate line and the first data line, and a first low sub pixel electrically connected to the first gate line and the second data line.
US09831135B2
The betas of the bipolar transistors in a BiCMOS semiconductor structure are increased by forming the emitters of the bipolar transistors with two implants: a source-drain implant that forms a first emitter region at the same time that the source and drain regions are formed, and an additional implant that forms a second emitter region at the same time that another region is formed. The additional implant has an implant energy that is greater than the implant energy of the source-drain implant.
US09831134B1
A semiconductor device includes first and second voltage device regions and a deep well common to the first and second voltage device regions. An operation voltage of electronic devices in the second voltage device region is higher than that of electronic devices in the first voltage device region. The deep well has a first conductivity type. The first voltage device region includes a first well having the second conductivity type and a second well having the first conductivity type. The second voltage region includes a third well having a second conductivity type and a fourth well having the first conductivity type. A second deep well having the second conductivity type is formed below the fourth well. The first, second and third wells are in contact with the first deep well, and the fourth well is separated by the second deep well from the first deep well.
US09831126B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of preparing a semiconductor substrate including a semiconductor layer having a first main surface and a second main surface located opposite to the first main surface and an epitaxial layer formed on the first main surface, forming a trench having a sidewall passing through the epitaxial layer and reaching the semiconductor layer and a bottom portion continuing to the sidewall and located in the semiconductor layer, decreasing a thickness of the semiconductor layer by grinding the second main surface, forming an electrode layer on the ground second main surface, achieving ohmic contact between the second main surface and the electrode layer by laser annealing, and obtaining individual substrates by forming a cutting portion along the trench and dividing the semiconductor substrate along the cutting portion.
US09831124B1
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to interconnect structures and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a cobalt metallization structure with a modified surface of etch chemistries; a layer of material on the modified surface; and an interconnect structure in direct contact with the material.
US09831109B2
Lid assemblies for processing chamber and processing chambers including the lid assemblies are described. The lid assemblies include a high temperature lid module and a housing. The high temperature lid module being positioned adjacent a process liner of a processing chamber. The flexible housing positioned around the high temperature lid module and joined to the high temperature lid module with an elastomeric ring.
US09831108B2
A susceptor that holds a semiconductor wafer placed thereon is capable of moving up and down inside a chamber. For preheating with a halogen lamp, the susceptor moves to a preheating position. The preheating position is a height of the susceptor that achieves the most uniform in-plane illumination distribution of light emitted from the halogen lamp and applied to the semiconductor wafer. After the preheating is finished, the susceptor moves to a flash heating position for irradiation with a flash from a flash lamp. The flash heating position is a height of the susceptor that achieves the most uniform in-plane illumination distribution of a flash emitted from the flash lamp and applied to the semiconductor wafer.
US09831104B1
Techniques for providing a unified underfill and encapsulation for integrated circuit die assemblies. These techniques include a molding technique that includes dipping a die assembly including a substrate and one or more dies into a chamber having molding material, sealing the chamber, and lowering pressure in the chamber to coax the molding material into space between the die(s) and substrate. The use of this molding technique, as contrasted with a capillary underfill technique in which underfill material is laid down adjacent dies and fills space under the die via capillary action, provides several benefits. One benefit is that the molding material can include a higher silica particle filler content (% by weight) than the material for the capillary underfill technique, which improves CTE. Another benefit is that various design constraints related to, for example, warpage and partial underfill are eliminated or improved.
US09831103B2
A manufacturing method of an interposed substrate is provided. A metal-stacked layer comprising a first metal layer, an etching stop layer and a second metal layer is formed. A patterned conductor layer is formed on the first metal layer, wherein the patterned conductor layer exposes a portion of the first metal layer. A plurality of conductive pillars is formed on the patterned conductor layer, wherein the conductive pillars are separated from each other and stacked on a portion of the patterned conductor layer. An insulating material layer is formed on the metal-stacked layer, wherein the insulating material layer covers the portion of the first metal layer and encapsulates the conductive pillars and the other portion of the patterned conductor layer. The metal-stacked layer is removed to expose a lower surface opposite to an upper surface of the insulating material layer and a bottom surface of the patterned conductor layer.
US09831097B2
The present disclosure provides methods for etching a silicon material in a device structure in semiconductor applications. In one example, a method for etching features in a silicon material includes performing a remote plasma process formed from an etching gas mixture including HF gas without nitrogen etchants to remove a silicon material disposed on a substrate.
US09831093B2
In a semiconductor device, a memory cell is formed of a control gate electrode and a memory gate electrode adjacent to each other, a gate insulating film formed below the control gate electrode and an insulating film formed below the memory gate electrode and having a charge accumulating part therein. Also, in this semiconductor device, a capacitive element is formed of a lower electrode, an upper electrode and a capacitive insulating film formed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode. A thickness of the lower electrode is smaller than a thickness of the control gate electrode.
US09831090B2
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes providing a precursor. The precursor includes a substrate; a gate stack over the substrate; a first dielectric layer over the gate stack; a gate spacer on sidewalls of the gate stack and on sidewalls of the first dielectric layer; and source and drain (S/D) contacts on opposing sides of the gate stack. The method further includes recessing the gate spacer to at least partially expose the sidewalls of the first dielectric layer but not to expose the sidewalls of the gate stack. The method further includes forming a spacer protection layer over the gate spacer, the first dielectric layer, and the S/D contacts.
US09831089B2
A method for adjusting an effective work function of a metal gate. The method includes forming a metal gate arrangement comprising at least a metal work function layer, and performing plasma treatment on at least one layer in the metal gate arrangement. In this way, it is possible to adjust the effective work function of the metal gate in a relatively flexible way.
US09831087B2
Provided is a split-gate embedded flash memory cell and method for forming the same. The flash memory cell includes split-gate transistors in which the control gate is aligned with respect to the floating gate without the use of a photolithographic patterning operation to pattern the material from which the control gates are formed. An anisotropic blanket etching operation is used to form the floating gates of the split-gate floating gate transistors alongside sidewalls of a sacrificial layer. Local oxidation of silicon (LOCOS) methods are not needed to form the inter-gate dielectric and therefore high integrity is maintained for the floating transistor gates. The floating transistor gates are formed of charge storage material such as silicon nitride, Si3N4 in some embodiments.
US09831070B1
An expansion mount, electrode arrangement and a surface treater station include a mounting block with one or more clamps pivotally coupled to the mounting block to move between a connect position and a release position. When the mounting block is coupled to a surface treater, the one or more clamps are configured to engage the electrode in the connect position and disengage from the electrode in the release position.
US09831064B2
A plasma processing apparatus can control a ratio between an input power during a pulse-on period and an input power during a pulse-off period by a matching operation of a matching device provided on a high frequency transmission line for supplying the high frequency power as a continuous wave without a power modulation. An impedance sensor 96A provided in a matching device of a plasma generation system includes a RF voltage detector 100; a voltage-detection-signal generating circuit 102; an arithmetic-average-value calculating circuit 104; a weighted-average-value calculating circuit 106; and a moving-average-value calculating unit 108 of a voltage sensor system, and also includes a RF electric current detector 110; an electric current-detection-signal generating circuit 112; an arithmetic-average-value calculating circuit 114; a weighted-average-value calculating circuit 116; a moving-average-value calculating unit 118; and an impedance calculating circuit 120 of an electric current sensor system.
US09831054B2
A thermal cut-off device includes a plastic base, two electrodes, a temperature sensing element, and a plastic cover that fits over the base. The temperature sensing element is curved downward, and may be a bimetal or a trimetal. When the device is subject to an over-temperature condition, the orientation of the curve flips such that the temperature sensing element is then curved upward. When the temperature sensing element is curved upward, it lifts an arm of one of the electrodes, which severs the electrical connection between the electrodes. In this manner the device shuts off during an over-temperature condition in order to protect the circuit in which the device is installed. To prevent corrosion of the temperature sensing element, a first moisture insulation layer is applied to the outer surface of the thermal cut-off device. The moisture insulation layer may be an epoxy adhesive or a UV/visible light-cured adhesive or light/heat cured adhesive. In some embodiments, a second moisture insulation layer is formed on the surface of the temperature sensing element.
US09831043B2
A three-dimensional electrode array for use in electrochemical cells, fuel cells, capacitors, supercapacitors, flow batteries, metal-air batteries and semi-solid batteries.
US09831041B2
A method for producing agglomerated tantalum particles, comprising: a step for grinding secondary tantalum particles, which are obtained by reducing a tantalum salt, and adding water thereto to give a water-containing mass; a step for drying said water-containing mass to give a dry mass; a step for sieving said dry mass to give spherical particles; and a step for heating said spherical particles. A mixed tantalum powder comprising a mixture of agglomerated tantalum particles (X) with agglomerated tantalum particles (Y), wherein said agglomerated tantalum particles (X) show a cumulative percentage of particles with particle size of 3 μm or less of 5 mass % or less after 25 W ultrasonic radiation for 10 min, while said agglomerated tantalum particles (Y) show a cumulative percentage of particles with particle size of 3 μm or less of 10 mass % or more after 25 W ultrasonic radiation for 10 min.
US09831040B2
The present invention provides an electret sheet which can maintain a high generated voltage even if a large amount of pressure has been applied. Disclosed is an electret sheet of the present invention including an electrically charged propylene-based resin foam sheet which contains a crosslinked propylene-based resin that includes a propylene-α-olefin random copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 370,000 to 420,000 at a proportion of 60% by weight or more, and has a gel fraction of 30% to 50% by weight, and in which the average thickness is 90 to 150 μm, and the average number of foam cells in the thickness direction is 2 to 4 cells.
US09831031B2
A coil arrangement structure supporting wireless communication and a method for operating the same in a wireless terminal are provided. The coil arrangement structure includes a closed-loop metal frame and a coil arranged asymmetrically within the metal frame. The coil is arranged such that a distance between an outer side of the coil and an inner side of the metal frame is not constant and the coil is arranged integrally on a front surface of a display.
US09831024B2
A high-voltage resistant cable for connecting a high-voltage source and an acceleration section of an X-ray tube that each have a respective socket and a flange. The cable includes an inner conductor, a surrounding electrical insulator, an enveloping shielding made of an electrically conductive material, and plugs at each respective end. Each plug includes a plug flange for cooperating with the respective flange and having a hollow interior, and an electrical insulator that includes a conic-shape portion for extending into the respective socket, and a cylindrical portion extending within the hollow interior of the plug flange. The cable including absorber elements at each of the two ends of the cable for absorbing the energy of high-voltage discharge-related transients. Each absorber element is configured as a ring-shape, the ring-shape absorber element encircling the cylindrical portion and being located within the hollow interior of the plug flange.
US09831022B2
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a magnetic sheet having both an electromagnetic field shielding function and a heat dissipating function, and to a wirelessly charged magnetic member using same.
US09831005B2
A module for storing high level radioactive waste includes an outer shell, having a hermetically closed bottom end, and an inner shell forming a cavity and being positioned inside the outer shell to form a space therebetween. At least one divider extends from the top to the bottom of the inner shell to create a plurality of inlet passageways through the space, each inlet passageway connecting to a bottom portion of the cavity. A plurality of inlet ducts each connect at least one of the inlet passageways and ambient atmosphere, and each includes an inlet duct cover affixed atop a surrounding inlet wall, the inlet wall being peripherally perforated. A removable lid is positioned atop the inner shell and has at least one outlet passageway connecting the cavity and the ambient atmosphere, the lid and the top of the inner shell being configured to form a hermetic seal therebetween.
US09830999B2
Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods related to performing comparison operations in a memory. An example apparatus might include a first group of memory cells coupled to a first access line and configured to store a first element. An example apparatus might also include a second group of memory cells coupled to a second access line and configured to store a second element. An example apparatus might also include sensing circuitry configured to compare the first element with the second element by performing a number of AND operations, OR operations, SHIFT operations, and INVERT operations without transferring data via an input/output (I/O) line.
US09830996B2
The present disclosure provides Efuse bit cells and read/write methods thereof, and Efuse arrays. An exemplary Efuse bit cell includes a data latch configured to latch data of the Efuse bit cell, having two branches with a fuse disposed in a first branch and a resistor disposed in a second branch; a selection controller configured to control connections between one terminal of the first branch and a power source and between one terminal of the second branch and the power source, another terminal of the first branch and another terminal of the second branch being connected to ground; a first diode and a second diode, one of the first diode and the second diode being configured to input a write data signal; and a pass unit configured to transmit data stored in the Efuse bit cell and output a bit line signal.
US09830983B1
A nonvolatile memory device includes memory cells, bit lines, a word line, and a control unit performing a write operation in first and second stages. During the first stage, the control unit applies voltages to the word line and the bit lines based on first page of data to maintain threshold voltages for a first group of memory cells and shift the threshold voltages for a second group of memory cells above a first threshold. During the second stage, the control unit applies voltages to the word line and the bit lines based on second and third pages of data to shift the threshold voltages of memory cells in the first group to threshold voltages in one of first, second, and third threshold voltage ranges and the threshold voltages of memory cells in the second group to threshold voltages in one of fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh threshold voltage ranges.
US09830980B2
When a screening test at a normal temperature is performed instead of a low temperature screening test of SRAM, overkill is reduced and risk of outflow of defects due to local variation is suppressed. An SRAM including a word line, a bit line pair, a memory cell, and a drive circuit that drives the bit line pair is provided with a function that can drive one bit line of the bit line pair at a high level (VDD) potential and drive the other bit line at an intermediate potential (VSS+several tens mV to one handled and several tens mV) a little higher than a low level (VSS) potential for normal writing when writing data into the memory cell.
US09830977B2
There is provided a semiconductor integrated circuit device that can generate a unique ID with the suppression of overhead. When a unique ID is generated, the potential of a word line of a memory cell in an SRAM is raised above the power supply voltage of the SRAM, and then lowered below the power supply voltage of the SRAM. When the potential of the word line is above the power supply voltage of the SRAM, the same data is supplied to both the bit lines of the memory cell. Thereby, the memory cell in the SRAM is put into an undefined state and then changed so as to hold data according to characteristics of elements or the like configuring the memory cell. In the manufacture of the SRAM, there occur variations in characteristics of elements or the like configuring the memory cell. Accordingly, the memory cell in the SRAM holds data according to variations occurring in the manufacture.
US09830972B2
Provided is a semiconductor device comprising a signal generator that generates a differential data strobe signal, and a converter that extends a length of a postamble section of the differential data strobe signal from a first length to a second length, wherein the differential data strobe signal enters a high impedance state after the postamble section.
US09830969B2
An integrated circuit includes a ferroelectric memory cell. The ferroelectric memory cell includes a ferroelectric layer stack comprising at least one ferroelectric material oxide layer. Each of the ferroelectric material oxide layers includes a ferroelectric material that is at least partially in a ferroelectric state. The ferroelectric layer stack comprises at least two ferroelectric domains. Further, the voltage which is to applied to the layer stack to induce polarization reversal differs for the individual domains such that polarization reversal of individual domains or of a portion of the totality of ferroelectric domains within the ferroelectric material of can be attained.
US09830963B1
Techniques are provided for reducing program disturb and short term data retention loss. Program disturb becomes worse for the drain-side memory cells at higher temperatures, while data retention generally does not become worse at higher temperatures. In one aspect, a deeper erase is provided for drain-side memory cells when the temperature is relatively high, to reduce program disturb. In another aspect, the verify levels of the programmed data states are lowered to reduce data retention loss when the temperature is relatively high. In another aspect, the number of read errors is used to adjust the depth of the depth of the erase operation. In another aspect, a pass voltage of a drain-side cell is lowered during a verify test for another cell to account for the deep erase of the drain-side cell.
US09830959B2
A semiconductor memory apparatus may include a memory cell circuit, a data latch circuit, and a first stage amplification circuit. The data latch circuit may be electrically coupled to the memory cell circuit by a bit line. The data latch circuit may latch data transferred through the bit line. The data latch circuit may output latched data to an input/output line in response to a cell select signal. The data first stage amplification circuit may generate driving data to a voltage level of an external power supply voltage in response to a voltage level of the input/output line. The data first stage amplification circuit may precharge the input/output line to a voltage level lower than the external power supply voltage and higher than a ground voltage in response to a precharge signal.
US09830957B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide an integrated circuit (IC) chip having a memory controller. The memory controller includes a memory interface circuit configured to interface the IC chip with a memory chip having a memory array, and a first control circuit. The memory chip has a configuration circuit for adjusting one or more configurations of the memory chip. The first control circuit is configured to control the memory interface circuit and to communicate with the configuration circuit in the memory chip via the memory interface circuit to adjust the one or more configurations of the memory chip.
US09830954B2
A method and apparatus for dynamic power management of memories. In one embodiment of the invention, the power consumption of the memories is reduced based on the operating state of the memories. For example, in one embodiment of the invention, the power supply to the memories is reduced when the memories are in an inactive state by reducing and/or turning off the input voltage(s) to the memories. In one embodiment of the invention, the processing unit dynamically changes the strength of the On-Die Termination pull-up/pull-down resistance based on the memory operating mode, memory voltage, and memory temperature.
US09830953B1
An electronic module ejecting mechanism includes a frame, a door pivoted to the frame, a rod, a sliding sheet slidably disposed on the door, a swing sheet, and a button connected to the sliding sheet. An electronic module is inserted into an opening of the frame. The rod is slidably disposed in the frame and has groove and bending ends. The swing sheet is pivoted to the sliding sheet and has a latch end for inserting into the groove end when the sliding sheet slides to a lock position. When the latch end is inserted into the groove end and the swing sheet swings to an expanding position with opening of the door, the latch end pulls the groove end to make the bending end push the electronic module to partially protrude from the opening. When the door continues opening outwardly, the latch end is separate from the groove end.
US09830952B1
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes determining whether a medium in a drive is in motion, the drive being mounted in a receptacle, in response to determining that the medium is in motion, preventing physical removal of the drive from the receptacle, and in response to determining that the medium is not in motion, allowing physical removal of the drive from the receptacle. In another embodiment, a computer program product for controlling removal of a drive includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se. The program instructions are readable and/or executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform the foregoing method.
US09830949B2
The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a 4D content production service and a content production apparatus therefor. The system for providing a 4D content production service includes: a terminal device configured to transmit content source including at least one of a picture, text and video, synopsis information and video time information and video time information, to receive content and special effect codes, to select a special effect code corresponding to each play interval of the content and to transmit special effect selection information indicating selected special effect codes; and a content production apparatus configured to produce content using the content source on the basis of the synopsis information and video time information received from the terminal device, to transmit the produced content and special effect codes to the terminal device, to receive the special effect selection information from the terminal device and to generate 4D content using the special effect selection information. According to the present invention, a business proprietor can promote business expansion and improve the image of business and a user can produce 4D content by directly participating in content selection and production.
US09830944B1
First and second nominal head-to-media spacings of a magnetic recording head are determined that result in tracks being written to a magnetic recording medium at respective narrower and wider tracks widths. Three or more adjacent tracks of user data are written to the magnetic recording medium using one of the first and second nominal head-to-media spacings so that the adjacent tracks alternate between the narrower and wider track widths.
US09830943B2
A method for writing a servo pattern to a magnetic tape medium includes orienting a magnetic flux in opposite directions across gaps in the magnetic tape medium, and moving the magnetic tape medium with its servo band above two gaps in a direction along a longitudinal extension of the magnetic tape medium. The magnetic tape medium includes a servo band along the longitudinal extension of the magnetic tape medium and a servo pattern organized in a servo frame with a first burst having at least two servo stripes, and a second burst having at least two servo stripes. For at least one of the first and second bursts, different stripes within a same burst have opposite magnetic polarities with respect to one another. The method further includes applying a current pulse to the coil, moving the magnetic tape medium, and applying another current pulse to the coil.
US09830934B2
Methods, systems and apparatus for cleaning phonograph records are disclosed. In some embodiments, a phonograph record can be cleaned in a liquid basin using ultrasonic transducers, wherein the liquid basin has a dampening structure. Also, the ultrasonic transducers are disposed on a flexible wall for reducing vibrations of the cleaner.
US09830928B2
The present invention relates to coding of audio signals, and in particular to high frequency reconstruction methods including a frequency domain harmonic transposer. A system and method for generating a high frequency component of a signal from a low frequency component of the signal is described. The system comprises an analysis filter bank (501) comprising an analysis transformation unit (601) having a frequency resolution of Δf; and an analysis window (611) having a duration of DA; the analysis filter bank (501) being configured to provide a set of analysis subband signals from the low frequency component of the signal; a nonlinear processing unit (502, 650) configured to determine a set of synthesis subband signals based on a portion of the set of analysis subband signals, wherein the portion of the set of analysis subband signals is phase shifted by a transposition order T; and a synthesis filter bank (504) comprising a synthesis transformation unit (602) having a frequency resolution of QΔf; and a synthesis window (612) having a duration of DS; the synthesis filter bank (504) being configured to generate the high frequency component of the signal from the set of synthesis subband signals; wherein Q is a frequency resolution factor with Q≧1 and smaller than the transposition order T; and wherein the value of the product of the frequency resolution Δf and the duration DA of the analysis filter bank is selected based on the frequency resolution factor Q.
US09830927B2
A system for processing audio data comprising an audio data source. A delay system coupled to the audio data source and a delay input and configured to delay audio data provided by the audio data source by an amount of time equal to the delay input. A randomizer system coupled to the delay input and configured to generate an output that randomly changes as a function of time.
US09830921B2
A method for generating a high-band target signal includes receiving, at an encoder, an input signal having a low-band portion and a high-band portion. The method also includes comparing a first autocorrelation value of the input signal to a second autocorrelation value of the input signal. The method further includes scaling the input signal by a scaling factor to generate a scaled input signal. The scaling factor is determined based on a result of the comparison. The method also includes generating a low-band signal based on the input signal and generating the high-band target signal based on the scaled input signal.
US09830918B2
The present document relates to multichannel audio coding and more precisely to techniques for discrete multichannel audio encoding and decoding. In particular, the present document relates to systems and method for coding soundfields. An audio encoder (200) configured to encode a frame of a soundfield signal (110) comprising a plurality of audio signals is described. The audio encoder (200) comprises a transform determination unit (203, 204) configured to determine an energy-compacting orthogonal transform (V) based on the frame of the soundfield signal (110). Furthermore, the encoder (200) comprises a transform unit (202) configured to apply the energy-compacting orthogonal transform (V) to the frame of the soundfield signal (110), and configured to provide a frame of a rotated soundfield signal (112) comprising a plurality of rotated audio signals (E1, E2, E3). The audio encoder (200) comprises a waveform encoding unit (103) configured to encode a first rotated audio signal (E1) of the plurality of rotated audio signals (E1, E2, E3), and a parametric encoding unit (104) configured to determine a set of spatial parameters (ae2, be2) for determining a second rotated audio signal (E2) of the plurality of rotated audio signals (E1, E2, E3) based on the first rotated audio signal (E1).
US09830916B2
Audio processing methods may involve receiving audio data corresponding to a plurality of audio channels. The audio data may include a frequency domain representation corresponding to filterbank coefficients of an audio encoding or processing system. A decorrelation process may be performed with the same filterbank coefficients used by the audio encoding or processing system. The decorrelation process may be performed without converting coefficients of the frequency domain representation to another frequency domain or time domain representation. The decorrelation process may involve selective or signal-adaptive decorrelation of specific channels and/or specific frequency bands. The decorrelation process may involve applying a decorrelation filter to a portion of the received audio data to produce filtered audio data. The decorrelation process may involve using a non-hierarchal mixer to combine a direct portion of the received audio data with the filtered audio data according to spatial parameters.
US09830915B2
An audio signal decoder for providing a decoded audio signal representation on the basis of an encoded audio signal representation has a decoder preprocessing stage for obtaining a plurality of frequency band signals from the encoded audio signal representation, a clipping estimator, a level shifter, a frequency-to-time-domain converter, and a level shift compensator. The clipping estimator analyzes the encoded audio signal representation and/or side information relative to a gain of the frequency band signals in order to determine a current level shift factor. The level shifter shifts levels of the frequency band signals according to the level shift factor. The frequency-to-time-domain converter converts the level shifted frequency band signals into a time-domain representation. The level shift compensator acts on the time-domain representation for at least partly compensating a corresponding level shift and for obtaining a substantially compensated time-domain representation.
US09830911B2
Apparatuses and methods related an electronic apparatus and a voice processing method thereof are provided. More particularly, the apparatuses and methods relate to an electronic apparatus capable of recognizing a user's voice and a voice processing method thereof. An electronic apparatus includes: a voice recognizer configured to recognize a user's voice; a storage configured to have previously stored instructions; a function executor which performs a predetermined function; and a controller configured to control the function executor to execute the function in response to the instruction in response to a user's voice corresponding to the instruction being input, and controls the function executor to execute the function in accordance with results of an external server which analyzes a user's voice in response to a preset dialog selection signal and a dialog voice for executing the function being input by a user.
US09830907B2
Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method of controlling the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a signal receiver configured to receive a broadcasting signal; a display configured to display an image based on the received broadcasting signal; a sound receiver configured to receive a sound spoken by a user; a first sound recognizer configured to be supplied with power when the display apparatus is in a standby mode, and determine whether the received sound is a reserved word candidate having a high probability of corresponding to a reserved word; a second sound recognizer configured to be supplied with power when the received sound is determined as the reserved word candidate and to determine whether the received sound is the reserved word; and a controller configured to control the preset operation to be performed when the received sound is determined as the reserved word.
US09830906B2
A speech recognition control device has a plurality of microphones placed at different positions, a speech transmission control unit, and a speech recognition execution control unit. The speech transmission control unit stores data based on the speeches which are input from the microphones and time data related to ranks among the microphones, assigns ranks to the plurality of microphones using the time data based on a preset condition, and transmits a speech data signal corresponding to the microphone to the speech recognition execution control unit in the order of the ranks. The speech recognition execution control unit executes the speech recognition process according to the order of the speech data signals transmitted from the speech transmission control unit.
US09830904B2
According to an embodiment, a text-to-speech device includes a context acquirer, an acoustic model parameter acquirer, a conversion parameter acquirer, a converter, and a waveform generator. The context acquirer is configured to acquire a context sequence affecting fluctuations in voice. The acoustic model parameter acquirer is configured to acquire an acoustic model parameter sequence that corresponds to the context sequence and represents an acoustic model in a standard speaking style of a target speaker. The conversion parameter acquirer is configured to acquire a conversion parameter sequence corresponding to the context sequence to convert an acoustic model parameter in the standard speaking style into one in a different speaking style. The converter is configured to convert the acoustic model parameter sequence using the conversion parameter sequence. The waveform generator is configured to generate a voice signal based on the acoustic model parameter sequence acquired after conversion.
US09830900B2
A variable update step size is determined in proportion to a magnitude ratio or magnitude difference between a first residual signal and a second residual signal. The first residual signal is obtained by using adaptive filter coefficient sequence, where the adaptive filter coefficient sequence has been obtained in previous operations of the adaptive equalizer. The second residual signal is obtained by using a prior update adaptive filter coefficient sequence, where the prior update adaptive filter coefficient sequence is obtained by performing a coefficient update with an arbitrary prior update step size on the adaptive filter coefficient sequence having been obtained in previous operations of the adaptive equalizer.
US09830899B1
Systems and methods for controlling adaptivity of noise cancellation are presented. One or more audio signals are received by one or more corresponding microphones. The one or more signals may be decomposed into frequency sub-bands. Noise cancellation consistent with identified adaptation constraints is performed on the one or more audio signals. The one or more audio signals may then be reconstructed from the frequency sub-bands and outputted via an output device.
US09830897B2
A method for outputting a sound in an electronic device is provided. The method includes generating a loop module corresponding to a loop element; displaying the generated loop module; and outputting a sound included in the displayed loop module.
US09830895B2
A method is provided of aligning pitch data with audio data in a computing device, the method comprising the computer implemented steps of compiling a plurality of pitch data related to an audio file, each pitch data including information about at least one distinct pitch which is capable of being used by an electronic device to emulate said pitch, said plurality of pitch data compiled in a chronological order relating to said audio file, and arranging the compiled pitch data with the corresponding audio file containing audio data having at least one chord change, wherein the pitch data is offset from the audio data by a predetermined time margin. Further, an audio file is provided, stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, having pitch data corresponding to and offset from chord changes in audio data by a predetermined time margin advance, and a non-transitory computer readable medium is provided, having stored thereon a set of computer executable instructions.
US09830886B2
According to an aspect, a display device includes an image display panel in which pixels each including first to fourth sub-pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix; and a signal processing unit that converts an input signal into an output signal and outputs the generated output signal to the image display panel. The signal processing unit determines an expansion coefficient, obtains a generated signal of the fourth sub-pixel in each pixel based on input signals of the first to the third sub-pixels in the pixel itself and the expansion coefficient, obtains an output signal for the fourth sub-pixel in each pixel based on a generated signal of the fourth sub-pixel in the pixel itself and a generated signal of the fourth sub-pixel in an adjacent pixel to be output to the fourth sub-pixel.
US09830883B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a circuit for adjusting screen brightness and a display device including the circuit. The method comprises the steps: detecting a light intensity of an environment in which a display screen currently lies; predetermining an optimal brightness value that matches the light intensity of the environment in which the display screen currently lies; comparing the current brightness value of the display screen with the optimal brightness value of the display screen; and if an absolute value of a difference between the current brightness value of the display screen and the optimal brightness value of the display screen is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, the process is ended, and if the absolute value of the difference is greater than the predetermined threshold value, the brightness of the display screen is adjusted by adjusting a voltage value of an analog positive power supply of the display screen.
US09830877B2
There are provided a shift register, a gate driving circuit, a display panel and a display apparatus. The shift register comprises: an input module (01) configured to output a signal of a signal input terminal to a first node (P1); a reset module (02) configured to output a signal of a reset signal terminal to the first node (P1); an output module (03) configured to output a signal of the first node (P1) to a scanning signal output terminal (Out); a buffer module (04) configured to output the signal of the first node (P1) to a triggering signal terminal (STV); and an auxiliary module (05) configured to output a high level signal input by the clock signal terminal (CLK) to the second node (P2) which controls the output module (03) to output the scanning signal to the scanning signal output terminal. The shift register inputs selectively the clock signal when the shift register outputs a scanning signal by adding the auxiliary module, such that the power consumption of the shift register can be reduced, and thus the yield rate of display panels is raised.
US09830871B2
A method for driving a display panel having a variable refresh rate is disclosed. The method comprises detecting a condition that results in a charge accumulation in the display panel using an accumulated difference in time duration between frames of positive polarity and frames of negative polarity received from an image source. The DC imbalance is a result of a frame pattern comprising alternating frames of differing polarities, wherein frames of positive polarity within the frame pattern are of a different time duration than frames of negative polarity, and wherein the frame pattern results in an accumulation of charge in pixels of the display panel. The method also comprises correcting for the charge accumulation by disrupting the frame pattern.
US09830867B2
A display device includes an image display panel whose display is controlled by an image signal, a backlight which includes light sources and lights the image display panel from behind, and a display control section which calculates, based on the image signal, the required luminance value of the backlight for each divided area of the image display panel, calculates a tentative lighting level of each light source based on luminance distribution information for the backlight stored previously and the required luminance values, sets the lighting level of a first light source whose tentative lighting level exceeds an upper limit to the upper limit, determines the lighting level of a second light source whose tentative lighting level does not exceed the upper limit, based on the lighting level of the first light source, luminance distribution information, and required luminance value, and controls the backlight by the lighting levels.
US09830863B1
Systems and methods for providing content-based localized brightness control are disclosed. A system may include a display panel configured to support independently controllable brightness levels for a plurality of pixel groups within the display panel. The system may also include a processor in communication with the display panel. The processor may be configured to identify a specific pixel group of the display panel based on content being displayed in the specific pixel group, and the processor may be further configured to set a brightness level of the specific pixel group differently from another pixel group of the display panel.
US09830862B2
A display device includes: a sampling transistor sampling a signal voltage of a video signal; a holding capacitor holding the signal voltage sampled by the sampling transistor; and a pixel circuit including a driving transistor that drives a light-emitting portion according to the signal voltage held in the holding capacitor. The light-emitting portion is formed by stacking at least two electro-optic elements, an uppermost electrode is connected to one source or drain electrode of the driving transistor, and a lowermost electrode is connected to a node of a reference potential. A potential of an intermediate node between the uppermost electrode and the lowermost electrode at a time of extinction is set with a potential relation in which the potential of the intermediate node is lower than a threshold voltage of the electro-optic element on a side of the reference potential and is higher than the reference potential.
US09830861B2
A display device can include a display panel, in which a subpixel including a transistor where data lines and gate lines intersect, is disposed; a gate driving unit that sequentially outputs a gate signal to the gate lines; a data driving unit that outputs a data voltage to the data lines according to the gate signal provided to each gate line, and outputs to the data lines during a blank time before a specific frame, data voltages having an output waveform that is identical to data voltages of at least one gate line of the specific frame; and a timing controller that controls the gate driving unit and the data driving unit, and performs a pixel compensation which changes data provided to each subpixel.
US09830856B2
A stage circuit includes a first driver, a second driver, a first output unit, a second output unit and a controller. The first driver controls voltages of first and second nodes, according to a first power source, a third power source, a start signal or a carry signal of a previous stage input to a first input terminal, and a clock signal supplied to a second input terminal. The second driver controls voltages of third and fourth nodes, according to voltages of the first power source, the third power source, the first input terminal and the first and second nodes. The first output unit outputs a carry signal to a first output terminal, according to voltages of the first power source, the second input terminal and the third and fourth nodes. The second output unit outputs a scan signal to a second output terminal, according to voltages of the second power source, the second input terminal and the third and fourth nodes. The controller is electrically coupled to the first output terminal and the second driver.
US09830854B2
A device for sensing a threshold voltage of a driving TFT in an organic light emitting display includes a data drive circuit and a timing controller. The data drive circuit applies a data voltage to a gate node of the driving TFT during a first programming period, determines a source node voltage of the driving TFT as a first sensing voltage during a first sensing period in which a gate-source voltage is constant and higher than the threshold voltage, applies another data voltage to the gate node during a second programming period, and determines the source node voltage as a second sensing voltage during a second sensing period in which the gate-source voltage is constant and higher than the threshold voltage. The timing controller calculates a ratio between the first and second sensing voltages, and obtains a change in the threshold voltage using a change in the ratio.
US09830844B2
A method and system for displaying images on a transparent display of an electronic device. The display may include one or more display screens as well as a flexible circuit for connecting the display screens with internal circuitry of the electronic device. Furthermore, the display screens may allow for overlaying of images over real world viewable objects, as well as a visible window to be present on an otherwise opaque display screen. Additionally, the display may include active and passive display screens that may be utilized based on images to be displayed.
US09830840B2
A display device that is suitable for increasing in size is provided. A display device that is suitable for space saving is provided. A foldable display device is provided. A structure in which a plurality of supporting members each having a belt-like shape are arranged at intervals on a rear surface of a flexible display panel fixed by a fixing portion is employed. One of the plurality of supporting members, which is positioned farthest from the fixing portion, is connected to a cord, and the cord is rolled up by a roll-up mechanism at an end portion of the cord toward the fixing portion.
US09830839B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a variable member to vary a shape of the display panel, the variable member including at least a first part and a second part that are discontiguous, and a drive unit to provide energy required to vary a separation distance between the first part and the second part.
US09830834B2
Devices, systems, and methods for practicing, teaching, and/or simulating various surgical procedures are disclosed. For example, devices, systems, and methods for practicing, teaching, and/or evaluating physician competency in various surgical procedures or techniques are disclosed. As another example, devices, systems, and methods for practicing, teaching, simulating, and/or evaluating surgeon competency for a surgical procedure, such as a vaginal hysterectomy, and/or technique are disclosed.
US09830833B2
An automation unit for training purposes, with a computer, including an arithmetic and logic unit, a computer housing, a data interface and a screen, wherein the arithmetic and logic unit, the data interface and the screen are accommodated in the computer housing. At least one operating module is provided, which includes a module casing on which is formed a connection device for electrical and/or fluidic connection to an external component and in which a processing unit for the processing of electrical signals of the computer and/or the external components is accommodated, wherein the operating module is designed for location in a working position adjacent to the screen and for signal communication with the arithmetic and logic unit via a wireless and/or wired signal path which runs over the data interface.
US09830830B2
A method of conditioning a trainee to identify an object and monitoring the trainee to determine when the trainee subconsciously identifies the object is provided. The method includes using a processor to select a visceral response-evoking image for evoking the desired trainee response corresponding with the object, attaching a sensor to the trainee for detecting trainee biological responses, and providing instructions to display a stimulus image depicting the object for a first duration that is below conscious awareness of the trainee. The method includes providing instructions to display the visceral response-evoking image after the display of the stimulus image and for a duration below conscious awareness of the trainee to link the desired trainee response to the object in a mind of the trainee, and detecting trainee recognition of one of the one or more objects based on the biological response data linked to the desired trainee response.
US09830829B1
A system and method are provided for integrating voice communication systems with voice recognition devices or units and myriad other data sources to provide a harmonization between intended aircraft operations and actual aircraft operations, including logical components to provide a mechanism to flag certain alert communications that signal the initiation of particular response scenarios based on detected terms and track initiation of pre-planned processes to address specific events that are signaled through the use of the detected terms. Information from myriad data sources is collected and integrated to provide an indication of intended operations for an aircraft. A data comparison device compares the indicated real-time intended operations of the aircraft with actual monitored operations of the aircraft to discern unacceptable deviations. Data sources include operator-generated data transmissions, voice transcriptions, automated voice recognized information, measurable operations of the aircraft, and prescribed operating guidance, directives and parameters for the aircraft.
US09830824B2
A traffic information big data operation server using license plate recognition of means of transportation includes: a transportation information integrating unit which receives an image of a license plate of the transportation means, and transportation information containing acquisition time and acquisition point of the image from a plurality of user terminals, and integrates a identification number, time and location of the transportation means from the transportation information to organize traffic information big data; a target information acquiring unit which receives an identification number of a target transportation means from a control terminal; a target recent location acquiring unit which acquires target time and target location corresponding to the identification number of the target transportation means; an intersection probability calculating unit; and a target current location predicting unit.
US09830823B1
A system for identifying hazardous driving behaviors is presented. Position and motion data from a plurality of vehicles are uploaded to a data center. For each vehicle, the system computes a set of hazard metric for identifying hazardous driving behaviors based on the position and motion information received from the plurality of vehicles. A hazardous vehicle is identified based on the computed hazard metric for the plurality of vehicles. The system reports a set of information regarding the hazardous vehicle to an agency.
US09830815B2
A navigation apparatus 200 comprises a processing resource 260 configured to: determine a route to a selected destination; obtain weather-related data; and modify speed data for a plurality of route segments in dependence on the weather-related data. For each route there is a respective classifier that classifies the road type for the route segment, and the processing resource is configured to modify the speed data for each route segment based on the weather-related data and the road type represented by the classifier for that route segment.
US09830814B2
A motor vehicle system for generating and transmitting detected object attributes includes a communication system module positioned in a host vehicle receiving vehicle attribute data from a target vehicle and a sensed vehicle and preparing a fused object attribute data for transmission to the target vehicle. A vehicle track data sub-module in communication with the communication system module independently tracks the sensed vehicle and the target vehicle. An object detection and classification system module having a 3D object detection module identifies a vehicle type defined at least by a vehicle size and generates an object attribute data. A target fusion module receives the object attribute data from the object detection and classification system module, fuses the object attribute data with the vehicle attribute data to create the fused object attribute data, and forwards the fused object attribute data to the communication system module for transmission.
US09830806B2
A system for enabling one person testing and remote control of a fire control panel and generating text-to-speech audio during a walkthrough test of fire alarm system is disclosed. Typically, a technician interacts with a simulated interface displayed on the display of the mobile computing device. In response, commands are generated and sent to the control panel to cause the control panel to perform requested actions. The control panel then sends updated control panel user interface displayed information to the mobile computing device reflecting technician entered commands. Testing of the detection devices on the fire control panel generates event data that is sent to the mobile computing device, which receives the event data and enables a technician to select filtering options. The event data are then parsed to identify keywords and text-to-speech audio is generated for the filtered event data.
US09830804B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for implementing situational control processes is provided. The method includes transmitting a signal to a target device and determining whether a response signal has been received from the target device. The response signal indicates one of a presence status of the target device and an event condition. The method also includes performing a first action if no response signal is received. The first action includes generating an alert and/or determining a presence of an alternative target device.
US09830802B2
Systems and methods for automated posting of alarm information to a news feed are provided. Some methods can include receiving a first alarm and associated first alarm information from a first surveillance device, determining whether posting to a social networking or microblogging service is configured for the first alarm or the first surveillance device, and responsive to the determining, automatically posting the first alarm and the associated first alarm information to the social networking or microblogging service immediately after the first alarm occurs. A user can subscribe to receive posts from the social networking or microblogging service in real time, and the user can receive the posts from the social networking or microblogging service immediately after the first alarm and the associated first alarm information is posted to the social networking or microblogging service.
US09830798B2
Methods and devices are disclosed for monitoring environmental conditions in one or more environments. In one embodiment, the method includes maintaining a plurality of environmental-condition thresholds, each of which corresponds to an environmental condition and is predetermined based on data corresponding to the environmental condition that is received from a plurality of robots. The method further includes receiving from a first robot first data corresponding to a first environmental condition in a first environment. The method may still further include making a first comparison of the first data and a first environmental-condition threshold corresponding to the first environmental condition and, based on the first comparison, triggering a notification. Triggering the notification may comprise transmitting to the robot instructions to transmit the notification to at least one of a call center and a remote device.
US09830797B2
A high pressure hose that is resistant to microvoid formation includes an inner tube comprising a blend of crosslinked fluoroplastic material and fluoroelastomeric material, a first reinforcement layer constructed of para-aramid synthetic fibers, and an adhesive layer, and an outer cover.
US09830790B2
Smart Door device is a two-part single compact fully automated HD digital surveillance unit, comprising smart phone technology and tablet technology and complex computer sound, light and motion sensors. Speech technology Photographic technology, toxin and metal detector, GPS, alarms and LED scrolling display and intercom, all internal parts, a two part unit that's connected to each other through a hole in the upper center of the door, an intelligent identifying system that providing information and accurately answers questions by phone or at door.
US09830783B1
A fabric-based electronic device may include an electronic device housing coupled to fabric. Control circuitry may be mounted in the electronic device housing and may control the movement of an output device in the fabric that provides tactile output to a user. For example, the output device may include a wire enclosed within a flexible tube. The flexible tube may be intertwined with fibers in the fabric. The wire may include a kink or other irregularity that presses against the inner surface of the flexible tube. When the wire is rotated or moved into an appropriate position, the kink may press against the inner surface of the tube, which in turn forms a protrusion on the fabric. The protrusion may press against the user's body and may therefore be used to obtain the attention of a user that is wearing or holding the fabric-based electronic device.
US09830759B2
A modular bike lock includes a locking mechanism and a securement mechanism coupled with the locking mechanism. The securement mechanism wraps around at least a portion of a bicycle and includes a locking end configured to engage with the locking mechanism to lock the bike lock. The bike lock includes a wireless communications interface and a processor that receives, using the interface, a selection from a mobile device that indicates that the mobile device has selected to use the bike lock and communicates, using the interface, a unique identifier associated with the bike lock to the mobile device, the unique identifier enabling the mobile device to unlock the bike lock. The bike lock locks automatically in response to receiving the locking end within a portion of the locking mechanism without receiving an additional input from the mobile device. The bike lock is mountable on a support structure.
US09830756B1
An apparatus that includes a vision system configured to capture images of two-dimensional barcodes. The apparatus further includes a processor operably coupled to the vision system and a network interface. The processor is configured to process a captured image of a two-dimensional barcode on a card to obtain card processing information, to obtain user information for a user associated with the card, and to combine the card processing information with the user information to generate a resolution request message. The network interface is configured to send the resolution request message to an institution associated with the card.
US09830755B2
A system for remotely controlling the position of a land vehicle door includes a hand-held communication device such as a key fob having a low-power setting and a high-power setting for wirelessly transmitting low-power command signals and high-power command signals, respectively. Each of the command signals containing command data which identifies a command issued by a pedestrian carrying the hand-held device and identification data which identifies the hand-held device. A mobile communication device is supported on the vehicle for movement therewith and is capable of wirelessly receiving the high-power and low-power command signals. Control logic is coupled to the devices. The hand-held and mobile communication devices automatically transmit and receive, respectively, the low-power command signals as long as a pedestrian carrying an authorized hand-held device is within a predetermined short range of the mobile device.
US09830752B2
A method for detecting faults in a vehicle control system comprising functional units having an associated unique prime number label is provided. The method comprises calling each of the functional units, the call comprising a readable and updateable integer traversal value, and in case the functional unit is operating correctly, updating the traversal value to be the product of the value in the call and the label of the currently called functional unit, and in the case of a fault, not updating the traversal value. Further, the method comprises determining from the traversal value if any functional units are faulty by a comparison with an expected traversal value, and, in the case that the traversal value is not equivalent to the expected traversal value, determining which functional units are faulty by a unique prime factorization algorithm.
US09830746B2
Methods are described for charging fees in a road toll system. An on-board unit identification is input into a toll terminal to generate a transaction identification. The transaction identification is transmitted to a transaction server, and from the server to a transaction terminal. A payment card identification is input into the transaction terminal, and is transmitted with the transaction identification to the server. A substitute identification, generated in the transaction server and associated with the card identification, and the transaction identification are transmitted from the transaction server to the toll terminal. The on-board unit identification and substitute identification, associated by the transaction identification, are transmitted from the toll terminal to a toll server. The substitute identification is used in a communication between the toll server and the transaction server for charging a fee for a location usage determined in the road toll system under the respective on-board unit identification.
US09830744B1
A method for generating a finite element mesh that includes receiving, by a computer system, data regarding a model of a simulated object, categorizing one or more geometric features of the model and dividing the one or more geometric features of the model into surface shapes based on the data regarding the model. The method includes generating a mesh for each surface shape; and interconnecting the generated mesh to form a mesh for the model.
US09830736B2
Disclosed is a method for segmenting a plurality of objects from a two-dimensional (2D) video captured through a depth camera and an RGB/G camera. The method comprises detecting camera motion in each 2D frame of the plurality of 2D frames from the 2D video and generate a first set of 2D frames without any camera motion. The method further comprises generating a plurality of cloud points for the first set of 2D frames corresponding to each pixel associated a 2D frames in the first set of 2D frames. The method further comprises generating a 3D grid comprising a plurality of voxels. The method further comprises determining valid voxels and an invalid voxels in the 3D grid. Further, a 3D connected component labeling technique is applied on to the set of valid voxels to segment the plurality of objects in the 2D video.
US09830733B2
A method and apparatus to perform a ray-node intersection test are provided. The method includes receiving an input representing coordinates of a bounding box and an origin coordinate of a ray as fixed-point numbers, obtaining difference values between the input coordinates of the bounding box and the origin coordinate, and obtaining multiplication values between the obtained difference values and a reciprocal number of a direction vector of the ray, where the reciprocal number is a floating-point number.
US09830732B1
A system and a method for image alignment between at least two images to a three-dimensional model. The method including: determining a lower bound and an upper bound of an acceptable likelihood of mismatch between the at least two images; evaluating the likelihood of mismatch between the at least two images over a set of poses (r), shifts (t), or both poses (r) and shifts (t); and discarding those evaluations resulting beyond the lower bound and upper bound.
US09830718B2
According to some embodiments, an image processor includes an image generator, a region acquirer, and a label applicator. The region acquirer acquires at least one two-dimensional region designated on at least one first perspective image generated from three-dimensional volume data of a target. The label applicator applies a label on at least one first three-dimensional region. The at least one first three-dimensional region is a part of a second three-dimensional region. The second three-dimensional region is defined by the at least one two-dimensional region, a point and a surface which is defined by a set of straight lines between the point and the boundary of the two-dimensional region. The first three-dimensional region is defined to be a first overlapping region where the three-dimensional volume data and the second three-dimensional region overlap.
US09830715B2
The specification relates to determining either or both of the pose of a camera with respect to a real object or a three dimensional structure of the real object. In some of the described embodiments, a captured image including the real object is analyzed with respect to a reference image that also includes the real object. A parameter set is estimated by using a homography between the reference image and the captured image. An update to the parameter set is made by using an iterative minimization process that includes comparing a first set of pixels in the reference image with a computed set of pixels in the captured image, where the computed set of pixels used for comparison varies in different iterations of the iterative minimization process.
US09830713B1
A system and related method for detecting unmanned aerial vehicles and other targets aboard an aircraft scans a region proximal to the aircraft with a network of image sensors attached to the aircraft exterior. Visual processors detect potential targets and determine location data associated with the targets based on the captured images, sending the captured images and associated location data to a visual display system for display to a pilot or crew of the aircraft along with cueing symbology. The visual display system may include a cockpit-mounted heads-down display, a monocular, binocular, or head-tracking helmet-mounted display, or an offboard mobile device. The system may scan a 3-D space around the aircraft or a proximal 2-D section of terrain.
US09830710B2
A method includes receiving an image comprising a human head from an imaging device. Further, the method includes grouping one or more pixels of the image into one or more super pixels. Furthermore, the method includes generating a polar coordinate grid for the image, wherein the polar coordinate grid comprises one or more grid points. Additionally, the method includes labeling the one or more grid points as one of a face region, a hair region, and a background region based on tiered structure constraint. The method also includes labeling the one or more super pixels as one of the face region, the hair region, and the background region based on the one or more labels of the one or more grid points. Further, the method includes transmitting a notification comprising the one or more labels of the one or more super pixels.
US09830707B2
A apparatus for generating a depth map includes a cube space setting unit configured to set cube space based on camera intrinsic parameters; a layer generating unit configured to extract objects from a planar image and generate a layer including each object; a layer editing unit configured to apply at least one of parallel translation and rotation in a depth direction for the layer based on at least one of translation input and rotation input; and a model projecting unit configured to place a model on the layer, set a depth value for a model area placed on an object area included in the layer as a depth value of the object and generate a depth map comprising the depth value corresponding to each layer.
US09830703B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for estimating a head pose of a user. The technique includes acquiring depth data associated with a head of the user and initializing each particle included in a set of particles with a different candidate head pose. The technique further includes performing one or more optimization passes that include performing at least one iterative closest point (ICP) iteration for each particle and performing at least one particle swarm optimization (PSO) iteration. Each ICP iteration includes rendering the three-dimensional reference model based on the candidate head pose associated with the particle and comparing the three-dimensional reference model to the depth data. Each PSO iteration comprises updating a global best head pose associated with the set of particles and modifying at least one candidate head pose. The technique further includes modifying a shape of the three-dimensional reference model based on depth data.
US09830699B2
The present invention relates to a method for assessing the presence and/or the severity of a lesion in an organ or tissue of a subject through automated analysis of at least one image of said organ or tissue, wherein said organ or tissue is preferably a liver organ or liver tissue, comprising the calculation of a score combining descriptors of said image, wherein said method comprises the steps of: a. measuring on said at least one image at least two descriptors of said at least one image; b. mathematically combining said at least two descriptors in a score; and c. assessing the presence and/or the severity of a lesion in the organ or tissue based on the value of the score calculated at step (b).
US09830698B2
A method for identifying an attribute of an object represented in an image comprising data defining a predetermined spatial granulation for resolving the object, where the object is in contact with another object. In an embodiment, the method comprises identifying data whose values indicate they correspond to locations completely within the object, determining a contribution to the attribute provided by the data, and identifying additional data whose values indicate they are not completely within the object. The method next interpolates second contributions to the attribute from the values of the additional data and finds the attribute of the object from the first contribution and second contributions. The attribute may be, for example, a volume, and the values may correspond, for example, to intensity.
US09830696B1
Methods, systems, and computer readable media are disclosed for determining a pixel-to-length ratio between a number of pixels disposed over a predetermined length of a reference object within an image of a siding sample and the predetermined length of the reference object. A first and second distance between respective first and second pairs of points within the image corresponding to respective first and second length measurements of the siding sample are determined, as well as a first and second number of pixels disposed between the first and second pair of points, respectively. Furthermore, the method, system, and computer readable medium disclose determining the first length measurement based on the pixel-to-length ratio and the first number of pixels, determining the second length measurement based on the pixel-to-length ratio and the second number of pixels, and identifying a siding product associated with the first and second length measurements.
US09830681B2
A system and method is provided for identifying scale, scale error, or improper positioning during construction or reconstruction of a multi-dimensional (e.g., 3D) building model using known architectural dimensions. The system identifies architectural elements that have known architectural standard dimensions. Dimensional measurements (or dimensional ratios) of architectural elements in the multi-dimensional model (poorly scaled) are compared with known architectural standard dimensions, with or without scale error, to properly scale, rescale or position one or more planes within the multi-dimensional building model.
US09830680B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer instructions to detect a first position of a viewing apparatus, wherein the viewing apparatus enables viewing of media programs, obtain a media program in a first viewing perspective that conforms to the first position, present the media program with the first viewing perspective for viewing by way of the viewing apparatus, and transmit to the viewing apparatus a first audio signal corresponding to the first viewing perspective. The storage medium can also have computer instructions to detect that the viewing apparatus has moved to a second position, obtain the media program in a second viewing perspective according to the second position, and present the media program with the second viewing perspective for viewing by way of the viewing apparatus. Other embodiments are disclosed and contemplated.
US09830675B2
An image-processing apparatus includes a memory in which first image data is recorded, wherein the first image data includes second image data an offset-calculating block configured to calculate an offset when transfer data is read for each row, wherein an amount of position gap between a storage area of data of a first row of the first image data and a storage area of data of a second row includes the offset and wherein the access boundary is a boundary of data capable of being accessed through one access to the memory, a write block configured to write the first image data, a write control block configured to control the write block, a read block configured to read the second image data, a read control block configured to control the read block, and an image-processing block configured to perform image processing on the second image data.
US09830674B2
A biometric registration and/or verification system and method may comprise: a biometric sensor for capturing biometric data; a data entry device, a computer processor for receiving captured biometric data and entered data; and a database storing records thereof. The identifying biometric data may be related to the entered data in the database record. The biometric data is tested for satisfying a predetermined quality standard before being utilized, e.g., stored in the database record and/or compared.
US09830670B2
An electronic device operative to monitor and control processes and operations based on the power cost of those processes and operations are provided. The electronic device can identify processes or networked devices requiring power, determine the expected amount of power required for the process or networked device, and calculate the cost of the power requirement. For example, the electronic device can receive data or algorithms defining the manner in which a power supplier computes the cost of consumed power, and predict the expected cost of the particular power requirement. Based on the importance of the process or device, and the expected power cost, the electronic device can perform a process or provide power to a networked device, or alternatively delay or cancel a process to ensure that the power cost of the device remains within preset boundaries (e.g., the power cost of the device or of a home network of devices does not exceed a maximum cap).
US09830669B1
A method and system which adaptively recommends potential relationships to individual users based on a set of items that are known to be of interest to the user, such as a set of potential matches previously messaged by the user. The system generates the adaptive recommendations using previously-generated user activity that indicates the user's preferences of particular attributes.
US09830663B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for determining an insurance evaluation based on an industrial classification. The system may be configured to receive search data relating to the entity seeking insurance coverage and query an interface of a third-party platform based on the search data. The system may then be configured to receive third-party platform interface data from the third-party platform, analyze the data to determine a web site address for a web page on the third-party platform relating to the entity, and retrieve third-party platform web site data from the web page on the third-party platform indicative of content related to the entity. The system may then output, based on the third-party platform interface data and web site data, first data indicative of at least one industrial classification associated with the entity.
US09830655B2
Embodiments for motion based target prediction and interaction are described herein. One example embodiment includes predicting a target element based on a user moving a cursor in relation to a trading interface. When a target element is identified, one or more actions may be pre-configured based on the target element. For example, when a target element is associated with a buy action and a price, an order message to buy a tradable object at the price may be generated based on the predicted target element. Then, a user action may be received to select the target element and to execute the action. The user action selecting the target element may be received prior to the cursor reaching the desired target.
US09830652B2
A data distribution system and method are described herein to improve the distribution of market information to subscribing client devices. Market information updates are provided to subscribing devices over a communication link every time a change in the market occurs. If a bandwidth limitation is reached on the communication link, the preferred embodiments switch to a second mode of transmission such that the market information updates are provided only at predetermined intervals. The preferred embodiment monitors the bandwidth consumption to determine what mode of transmission to apply, and in response, it can dynamically change between modes of transmission. By dynamically adjusting the mode of transmission to comport with the current network bandwidth, the preferred embodiments may provide a network friendly, data intensive, and fast response market information feed.
US09830648B2
Systems and methods for management of an account switch are disclosed. An account switch management system may include one or more memory devices storing software instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to receive a list of transaction entries to be switched from a first account to a second account and account information associated with the first account and the second account. The one or more processors may also determine a recommendation relating to a customer action based on the transaction entries and the account information. The one or more processors may provide the list of transaction entries and account information and the recommendation to the client device. The one or more processors may also receive a request from the client device to complete an action and transmit a notification to a processing device to complete the action.
US09830641B2
In an example of an ordering method, an application receives an order for a product. The application may be an in-vehicle application resident on a memory of an in-vehicle infotainment unit of a vehicle or a mobile-device application resident on a memory of a mobile device. Without contacting a merchant of the product, the application determines a preparation time for the product. The application dynamically determines an estimated time of arrival of the vehicle or the mobile device at a location of the merchant. The application holds the order for the product until the estimated time of arrival is equal to or less than the preparation time for the product.
US09830639B2
Disclosed are a system and method for providing a product order service in an electronic transaction. With the system and method, it is possible to conveniently order an online/offline product through an electronic transaction and also make and distribute a simple app for a small retail shop such as a fried chicken shop, by transmitting purchaser information required for an order to the partner company server in addition to payment-related information about purchase of the specific product or cooperating with a partner-company-related application service.
US09830638B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for managing vendor inventory information and shopping navigation routes based upon shopping list contents. A server computer can execute a shopping management service. A shopping list is obtained at the server computer. The server computer obtains location data indicating a geographic location of the user device and identifies, based upon the location data, a vendor having an inventory comprising the item. The server computer generates a navigation route comprising a stop at a vendor location associated with the vendor, and provides the navigation route to the user device. The server computer can monitor purchases of items on the shopping list, update the shopping list, and update the navigation route. The server computer also can provide suggestions to the user device based upon items in the shopping list.
US09830632B2
A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for enhancing and personalizing an interactive marketplace. The systems and methods provided herein may allow a user to receive search results that are tailored to the user's personal preferences based on social and purchasing information known about the user. In addition, the systems and methods provided herein may provide shipping updates to a buyer that include a personalized message based on location information provided by the package being shipped. In addition, the systems and methods provided herein allow merchants to provide incentives and rewards for shoppers by participating in interactive shopping games.
US09830625B2
Method for location and time specific commerce includes receiving an event request from a user using a mobile device; verifying an account of the user; obtaining a location of the user; obtaining a date and time of the request; retrieving merchandising information from one or more databases, according to the location of the user and said date and time of the request; and transmitting said merchandising information to the user.
US09830624B2
Systems and methods which provide resource utilization management, such as with respect to resources available through one or more accessible resource facilities, are disclosed. Embodiments provide resource utilization management systems and methods which facilitate user controlled reservation, access, and accounting for resource utilization. Resource utilization management systems of embodiments implement an electronic user key based infrastructure to enable access to and accounting for resources, such as resources of one or more accessible resource facility. Embodiments comprise unique tags for each resource for which resource utilization management is provided. A user device, such as a smart phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), or tablet computer, executing a resource utilization management application may be configured to provide a resource key device which is operable to scan the unique tag of a resource for accessing and relinquishing that resource, whether on an ad hoc and/or reservation basis.
US09830620B2
A computer-implemented method for organizing data using basic atomic units of information includes generating an object of interest (OI) comprising an OI name and an OI description. The OI is a basic atomic unit of information. The OI comprises an audience and data associated with the OI is searchable. The method includes assigning one or more characteristics to the OI. The one or more characteristics of the OI are searchable. A first OI is linked with one or more second OIs having at least one overlapping audience or characteristic. The second OI is accessible by a link displayed in the first OI. The first OI is displayed in a visual format that is accessible to a plurality of users.
US09830619B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and a method for searching for or advertising a service and a device for the same. A method for searching for a service, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise: transmitting a probe request frame to search for a device supporting a predetermined service desired by a first wireless device; receiving a probe response frame from a second wireless device supporting the predetermined service; transmitting, by the first wireless device, a service search request frame including a service name of the predetermined service to the second wireless device; and receiving a service search response frame from the second wireless device, wherein the service search response frame can include service status information indicating whether the predetermined service is available on the second wireless device.
US09830614B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for providing exclusive wireless service proposals to subscribers. A method for providing an exclusive wireless service proposal to a subscriber includes the steps of conducting measurements of at least one metric; sending measurement data acquired during the step of conducting to a measurement analysis machine (MAM), the MAM being configured to analyze the measurement data; analyzing the measurement data; predicting performance of at least one of wireless voice and wireless data services based upon the results of the analysis step; generating a proposal for exclusive wireless services based upon the measurement data and the performance prediction; and providing the proposal to a subscriber. Systems for performing this and additional or alternative methods are also disclosed.
US09830613B2
Various of the disclosed embodiments concern systems and methods for tracking virality and social lift of media content. In some embodiments, an analytics engine creates and tags URLs to media content using generation codes, time codes, or both. The codes and their respective values allow the analytics engine to determine whether trends or patterns exist in how media content is viewed and shared. The generation codes and time codes can be used instead of, or in addition to, conventional UTM codes. The generation code, time code, or both, can be used to determine which segments (e.g., generations, time periods) of viewers generate a profit, subsequent viewers, etc. For example, the analytics engine can determine when an advertising campaign for a piece of media content should be terminated, rather than simply indicating whether the campaign should continue.
US09830602B2
Methods for purchasing of goods or services over the internet. A customer has a customer account set up at a bank with associated account information. The account information includes verification information for verification parameters, such as authorized computer identification, authorized delivery addresses, authorized user identification, authorized telephone caller identification, and/or other account information. An order is placed by a user via an ordering computer which provides order information. Such order information includes verification variables used by the bank. Verification and/or authentication using one or more variables of the customer account information is used by the bank to validate the order before assuring payment to the merchant.
US09830591B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing access to account information using authentication tokens are presented. In some embodiments, a customer of a financial institution may visit an account information aggregator site and request to add an account maintained by the financial institution to a collection of accounts for which the aggregator collects account information on behalf of the customer. Rather than providing their username, password, or other bank login credentials to the aggregator, the customer may be redirected to a page provided by the financial institution where the customer can enter the customer's credentials and authenticate with the financial institution. After authenticating the customer, the financial institution may generate a token and provide the token to the aggregator. Subsequently, the aggregator may use the token to obtain read-only access to financial account information for one or more financial accounts that are maintained by the financial institution for the customer.
US09830585B2
A receipt issuing device, control method for a receipt issuing device, printing device, and a control method for a printing device can eliminate issuing unnecessary receipts without requiring changing the application of the host device. A transaction information reception unit 61 receives transaction information from a host device 2 that outputs transaction information and specific commands. A transaction identification command reception unit 62 receives a specific command after the transaction information is received. A decision unit 64 decides whether or not to issue a receipt R based on whether or not the specific command was received and/or the content received. A receipt issuing unit 65 prints the transaction information and issues a receipt R when the decision unit 64 decides to issue a receipt.
US09830579B2
An automation system may include a control panel monitoring one more automation system components. When an event is detected at an automation system component, the control panel may automatically access a local or remote data source and identify procedures to be implemented in response to the event. The procedures may include follow-up actions and procedures specific to a particular dealer of the automation system. Dealer-specific procedures may then be displayed or otherwise communicated by the control panel to alert the user of what actions to take or to expect.
US09830569B2
Among other things, customer account data is received from a service provider. The customer account data is representative of relationships that exist at successive times between digital assets provided by the service provider and respective entities to whom the digital assets are provided by the service provider. The received data is used to update a database to represent mappings of digital assets to respective entities to whom the digital assets are provided at one of the successive times, changes in the mappings between successive times, or both.
US09830566B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for regulating access of consumers (e.g., applications, containers, or VMs) to resources and services (e.g., storage). In one embodiment, this regulation occurs through the use of access or action permits, referred to as permits that the consumer acquires from an intermediate entity—an Action Manager (AM)—prior to accessing the resource or service. Regulating access includes, for example, controlling one or more of the number of concurrent accesses to a particular resource, the rate at which consumers access the resource, the total number of consumers in a group of consumers accessing the resource, and the total rate at which a group of consumers accesses a resource. According to various embodiments, similar regulation is applied to a group of resources (rather than a single resource).
US09830564B2
A method for creating, executing and communicating customized, automated checklists may include dynamically creating a customized checklist including a plurality of checklist items. The method may also include transmitting a notification to a predetermined recipient that the customized checklist is available. The method may additionally include displaying the customized checklist on an interface device in response to the customized checklist being selected by the recipient. The method may additionally include updating a status of each checklist item in response to each checklist item being completed. The method may further include determining if a new checklist is available during execution of an existing checklist and allowing a user to switch to the new checklist during the execution of the existing checklist.
US09830558B1
A computing device determines an SVDD to identify an outlier in a dataset. First and second sets of observation vectors of a predefined sample size are randomly selected from a training dataset. First and second optimal values are computed using the first and second observation vectors to define a first set of support vectors and a second set of support vectors. A third optimal value is computed using the first set of support vectors updated to include the second set of support vectors to define a third set of support vectors. Whether or not a stop condition is satisfied is determined by comparing a computed value to a stop criterion. When the stop condition is not satisfied, the first set of support vectors is defined as the third set of support vectors, and operations are repeated until the stop condition is satisfied. The third set of support vectors is output.
US09830557B2
Various embodiments provide systems, computer program products and computer implemented methods. Some embodiments include a method of updating an expert corpus set, including obtaining a query from a user, obtaining a raw data source, determining a relevance score for the raw data source with respect to the query, by performing actions including creating a first vector of statistical variables for the query using at least one natural language processing (NLP) socket, the statistical variables having category types, creating a second vector for the first raw data source, having category types that are the same as those for the query and generating a hypothesis regarding the relevance of the raw data source, testing the hypothesis by comparing relative statistical variables, calculating a gradient between the vectors to determine the relevance score and updating the expert corpus set with the raw data in response to the relevance score exceeds a threshold.
US09830553B2
A code book is generated for mapping source to target code words which allows encoding source data at reduced probability of incorrect decoding, e.g. for DNA storage. The target code words are grouped (102) into subsets and comprise identifying and remaining portions. The identifying portions of target code words corresponding to a same subset are identical. A first code symbol set of source code words is selected (103) for addressing the subsets. For the subsets, neighboring subsets are determined (104). The identifying portions of the target code words of neighboring subsets differ from those of the corresponding subset by up to a predetermined amount of symbols. Source code words are assigned (105) where the corresponding first code symbols address the same subset to said subset such that an amount of target code words of said subset having their remaining portions identical to their neighboring subsets corresponds to an optimization criterion.
US09830545B2
An image processing system includes a reception unit configured to receive an input of authentication information from a user, an authentication unit configured to authenticate the user based on the authentication information received by the reception unit, a setting unit configured to set a destination of image data, an operation key configured to set a folder of the user as a destination of the image data, and a transmission unit configured to send the image data to a destination set by the setting unit. The image processing system performs control not to allow a destination setting using the operation key, in the case where a destination to be set by the setting unit is limited to a destination to be set using the operation key and a folder to be set in response to an operation of the operation key is the one to be registered by the user.
US09830543B2
An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store information related to an activation of the information processing apparatus, a control unit configured to perform a control such that, in a case where the information stored in the storage unit relates to a first activation, the information processing apparatus is shifted into a standby state when power is supplied to the information processing apparatus, and in a case where the stored information relates to a second activation, the information processing apparatus is shifted into the standby state when the power is supplied to the information processing apparatus and also a signal input to the control unit is put into a particular state, and a power supply control unit configured to put the signal input to the control unit into the particular state when the information processing apparatus is not shifted into the standby state even when the power is supplied.
US09830532B1
There is described herein a method and system for detecting, in a segmented image, the presence and position of objects with a dimension greater than or equal to a minimum dimension. The objects exhibit a property whereby a distance map of the object at a first scale and a distance map of the object at a second scale greater than the first scale differ by a constant value over a domain of the distance map of the object at the first scale. A distance map of a model object is compared to a distance map of a target object using a similarity score that is invariant to an offset.
US09830529B2
A method for generating a system for predicting saliency in an image and method of use of the prediction system are described. Attention maps for each of a set of training images are used to train the system. The training includes passing the training images though a neural network and optimizing an objective function over the training set which is based on a distance measure computed between a first probability distribution computed for a saliency map output by the neural network and a second probability distribution computed for the attention map for the respective training image. The trained neural network is suited to generation of saliency maps for new images.
US09830524B2
In the present invention, at the time of measuring, using a CD-SEM, a length of a resist that shrinks when irradiated with an electron beam, in order to highly accurately estimate a shape and dimensions of the resist before shrink, a shrink database with respect to various patterns is previously prepared, said shrink database containing cross-sectional shape data obtained prior to electron beam irradiation, a cross-sectional shape data group and a CD-SEM image data group, which are obtained under various electron beam irradiation conditions, and models based on such data and data groups, and a CD-SEM image of a resist pattern to be measured is obtained (S102), then, the CD-SEM image and data in the shrink database are compared with each other (S103), and the shape and dimensions of the pattern before the shrink are estimated and outputted (S104).
US09830517B2
Lane feature data is processed to compute a feed-forward lane curvature of a left lane boundary and a right lane boundary. A look-ahead lane width and a near lane width are computed based on left and right lane boundaries. A lane width increase is computed to detect a lane split or lane merge based on differences between increasing lane widths. A side of the vehicle on which the lane split or merge occurred is identified or determined. The lane boundary on the side on which the lane split or merged occurred is ignored, and a single-sided lane centering calculation is performed based on the non-ignored lane boundary.
US09830516B1
Embodiments disclose methods, systems and non-transitory computer readable medium for joint temporal segmentation and classification of user activities in an egocentric video. The method includes extracting low-level features from a live dataset based on predefined feature categories; determining at least one activity change frame from the egocentric video frames based on the extracted features; dividing the live dataset into partitions based on the activity change frame, each partition begins with a candidate frame; computing a recursive cost function at the candidate frame of each partition based on dynamic programming; determining a beginning time instant of the candidate frame based on the computation; segmenting the live dataset into multiple segments based on the determined time instant; identifying at least one activity segment that corresponds a user activity using a trained activity model based on multiple instance learning approach; and simultaneously associating a predefined activity label with the identified activity segment.
US09830515B2
In accordance with one embodiment, an intelligent video thumbnail selection and generation tool may select a relevant and visually stimulating image from a video file and generate a thumbnail including the image. The image may be selected by computing a relevancy metric for an image in the file based on one or more selected relevant features, and comparing that relevancy metric with the metric of at least one other image in the file. In another embodiment, a series of images in a video file may be divided into shots. One of the shots may be selected based on a shot relevancy metric and a key image from the shot may be selected as a thumbnail based on a key image relevancy metric, where the shot relevancy metric and the key image relevancy metrics may be computed based on one or more relevant content features.
US09830513B2
A method for panning content on a display of a wearable device is disclosed. The method may include determining, via an eye tracking device, a gaze direction of a user. The method may also include determining, via a movement detection system, a head direction of the user. The method may further include, based at least in part on the gaze direction and the head direction both being consistent with a particular direction, causing content displayed on a display of the wearable device to be panned in the particular direction. The method may additionally include determining during panning of the content, via the eye tracking device, that the gaze direction of the user has returned to a neutral position. The method may moreover include, based at least in part on the gaze direction of the user returning to the neutral position, causing content displayed on the display to stop panning.
US09830512B2
A method for tracking a gaze includes determining a position of a first center point of a cornea by using at least two lighting reflection points detected from an eyeball area of a first face image of a user and calculating a first vector connecting at least two first image feature points detected from the first face image to the position of the first center point of the cornea. A position of a second center point of the cornea is determined using the first vector and a position of the feature point detected from the second face image. A second vector is determined using the position of the second center point of the cornea and a position of a center point of a pupil. The gaze of the user is tracked by using the second vector. An apparatus for tracking a gaze is also disclosed.
US09830505B2
Identifying and obscuring faces of specific individuals in an image may be provided. A request for an image for display on a computer display device may be received from a viewing user. One or more individuals represented in the image may be automatically determined using an image processing technique. A target individual may be identified from the one or more individuals whose facial image is to be obscured when displaying the image based an access control level associated with the viewing user and one or more criteria associated with the target individual. Responsive to the identifying, a customized image may be generated by obscuring a region having the facial image of the target individual from the image. The customized image may be transmitted for display.
US09830500B2
A method to encode and decode a digital fingerprint code by an identification encoder and an identification decoder wherein the digital fingerprint code includes a plurality of N-bit data embedded on a set of curves by changed thicknesses in the curves.
US09830494B2
A capacitive fingerprint sensing apparatus including sensing electrodes, a scanning driver, a sensing driver and a processing module is disclosed. In a self-capacitive sensing mode, the scanning driver drives a pair of adjacent scanning lines among the scanning lines and the sensing driver performs self-capacitive sensing through at least one sensing line among the sensing lines to obtain a first fingerprint sensing signal. In a mutual-capacitive sensing mode, the scanning driver drives the pair of adjacent scanning lines and the sensing driver performs mutual-capacitive sensing through at least two adjacent sensing lines among the sensing lines to obtain a second fingerprint sensing signal. The processing module generates a first fingerprint pattern and a second fingerprint pattern according to the first fingerprint sensing signal and the second fingerprint sensing signal and combines the first fingerprint pattern and the second fingerprint pattern into a combined fingerprint pattern.
US09830491B2
A particular implementation selects two or more fiducial markers to be embedded into a video to convey information. Specifically, the translation, scaling and rotation between a reference marker and a secondary marker can be used to transmit information. When more information needs to be embedded, more secondary markers can be used. The transformation between the fiducial markers can also evolve over time as the information to be embedded evolves over time. At the receiving side, a reader device captures a video including multiple fiducial markers and determines the translation, scaling and rotation between the fiducial markers. Based on the transformation of the fiducial markers, the reader device can retrieve the information embedded in the captured video by the fiducial markers.
US09830480B2
A computing device executes one or more trusted execution environment (TEE) processes in a TEE of a processor. The one or more TEE processes cryptographically protect a secret and a policy. The policy specifies a plurality of conditions on usage of the secret. A particular non-TEE process generates a request whose fulfillment involves an action requiring use of the secret. Responsive to the request, one or more non-TEE processes determine whether a first subset of the plurality of conditions is satisfied. Responsive to the first subset of the plurality of conditions being satisfied, the one or more TEE processes determine that a second, different subset of the plurality of conditions is satisfied. Responsive to determining the second subset of the plurality of conditions is satisfied, the one or more TEE processes use the secret to perform the action.
US09830479B2
A technique for providing access to a first storage structure of a system includes exposing a first key of a plurality of first keys stored in a second storage structure in response to a select code based on a plurality of corresponding select records stored in one-time programmable storage elements of the second memory structure. The technique includes providing the first key as a current first key of a memory access controller. Only one of the plurality of first keys stored in the second storage structure may be exposed at a time and other first keys of the plurality of first keys stored in the second storage structure are inaccessible from the second storage structure at the time.
US09830477B2
A method for providing audience-based redaction of sensitive information in an electronic document may include receiving a request from a computing device to access an electronic document, retrieving the electronic document, identifying the user(s) associated with the computing device, determining an access level for each user associated with the computing device, determining the lowest access level for the user(s) associated with the computing device, generating a rendering of the electronic document for display on the computing device based on the lowest access level for the user(s) associated with the computing device, and providing the rendering of the electronic document to the computing device for display. When generating the rendering of the electronic document for display, sensitive information in the electronic document is typically redacted based on the lowest access level for the user(s) associated with the computing device.
US09830465B2
An apparatus includes a boundary module that determines if a mobile device is within a secure area. The mobile device includes a computing device capable of connecting to a wireless network. The apparatus includes a download module that downloads a latest version of a file from a secure server to the mobile device in response to the boundary module determining that the mobile device has entered the secure area. The apparatus includes a copy module that copies the file from the mobile device to the secure server in response to the boundary module determining that the mobile device has left the secure area and a deletion module that deletes the file from the mobile device in response to determining that the mobile device has left the secure area and in response to having completed copying the file from the mobile device to the secure server.
