US09877411B2
An electronic device, such as a set top box comprises an enclosure that houses a circuit board having a peripheral edge positioned in the set top box. A heat sink has orientation features on its periphery that contact and orient the circuit board. Further, the heat sink has positioning tabs at a leading edge that contact a control surface on a rear wall of the set top box enclosure and orients the heat sink within the set top box. Antenna assemblies are positioned in corners of the set top box enclosure and adjacent to one of the vertically oriented walls, wherein the antenna assemblies are positioned outside the peripheral edge of the circuit board and the periphery of the heat sink.
US09877408B2
A package assembly includes a housing frame, a power module, a first heat dissipating module and a second heat dissipating module. The housing frame is fixed on the first heat dissipating module. The power module is disposed within a hollow part of the housing frame, and covers a first open end of the hollow part. The power module includes a first surface, a second surface and at least one pin. The first surface has a periphery region and a middle region. The second surface is attached on the first heat dissipating module. The at least one pin is disposed on the periphery region. The at least one pin is penetrated through the corresponding opening and partially exposed outside the housing frame. The second heat dissipating module is disposed within the hollow part and attached on the middle region of the first surface of the power module.
US09877407B1
The disclosed apparatus may include at least one physical extension handle that connects to at least one ejector that facilitates securing a line card to a chassis of a telecommunications system and ejecting the line card from the chassis of the telecommunications system. The physical extension handle may, when connected to the ejector, extend the ejector such that a user is able to access the ejector by way of the physical extension handle to secure the line card to or eject the line card from the chassis of the telecommunications system using the physical extension handle. Additionally or alternatively, the physical extension handle may facilitate physically supporting one or more communication cables connected to the line card in a horizontal orientation such that the communication cables avoid hanging down vertically directly from the chassis. Various other apparatuses and systems are also disclosed.
US09877405B2
An electronic device includes a housing; a plug-in unit that is inserted into the housing and electrically connected to a connection substrate within the housing; a guiding member that includes a retention portion retaining the plug-in unit, the guiding member being moved between a protruding position protruding from the housing to a front side of an insertion direction of the plug-in unit and a retracting position retracting to the housing side, the guiding member being electrically connected to the housing; a biasing member that biases the guiding member to the protruding position; and a conductive member that is positioned between the plug-in unit and the guiding member, the plug-in unit and the guiding member being in a conduction state by the conductive member.
US09877402B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display unit including a display panel, a back cover positioned on a back surface of the display panel, and a light shielding plate positioned between the display panel and the back cover, a housing into which at least a portion of a lower area of the display unit is inserted, and on which a printed circuit board (PCB) is mounted, and a link bar connecting the housing to the display unit and having at least one opening. A transparent fixer is mounted in the opening of the link bar and is attached to a back surface of the back cover.
US09877401B2
A portable electronic device includes at least one electronic module and the electronic module includes, in particular, a main plate provided with a cavity arranged for receiving an electrical energy source, at least one movement associated with a printed circuit, an elastically deformable contact member for ensuring an electrical connection between the electrical energy source and the printed circuit, and a holder for holding the electrical energy source. The holder includes a removable holder made of insulating material arranged to receive the energy source and including a removable clamp for holding the energy source in place. The holder can be inserted inside the cavity.
US09877400B2
An embodiment of the present invention disclose a flexible display device, comprising: a housing; a supporting member, disposed inside the housing; a flexible display screen, having a first end and a second end opposite to each other, the first end being connected with the supporting member and being able to rotate around an axis; and at least one bracket rotationally connected with the housing and having a slot is arranged thereon, wherein, a side edge portion of the flexible display screen located between the first end and the second end is capable of moving along a direction of the slot under guidance of the bracket.
US09877398B2
Method and apparatus for attaching an electrical component to a printed circuit board. The apparatus includes a circuit board, an elastomeric connector, a rotary electrical component having a connector housing for holding the elastomeric connector, and one or more fasteners for securing the electrical component to the circuit board with sufficient force to compress the elastomeric connector and thereby ensure electrical contact between the electrical component and the printed circuit board.
US09877396B2
A method for producing a receptacle for a sensor element, such as a combustion chamber pressure sensor, includes introducing a first amount of a pre-ceramic substance into an injection mold, forming a base layer of the receptacle by molding the pre-ceramic substance in the mold, and applying at least one conductor track to the base layer. A further amount of a pre-ceramic substance is introduced into the mold onto at least a partial region of the conductor track. A top region of the receptacle is formed directly on the base layer while at least partially covering over the conductor track by molding the further pre-ceramic substance in the injection mold. The method also includes debinding and sintering the molded body. The method forms a receptacle for a sensor element that has conductor tracks lying on the inside and incorporated in a gas-tight manner in a ceramic body.
US09877389B2
Disclosed is a mobile terminal including a terminal body; a first module detachable from a back surface of the terminal body; and a printed circuit board, wherein the back surface of the terminal body includes a first recess to receive the first module, and wherein the first module includes a contact terminal configured to contact the printed circuit board through a connector having one or more electrode regions such that the first module is electrically connected to the printed circuit board when the first module is received in the first recess.
US09877379B2
Disclosed is a flexible electronic device, including: a body made of a flexible material; a display unit; a flexible circuit board; a bending adjuster having a first plate that maintains a flat shape at room temperature, and a second plate that maintains a bent state at a specific temperature or more and having an elastic force larger than that of the first plate in a superelastic state, and is configured to adjust bending of the body by these plates, such that it is possible to improve reality of an image on a display unit by controlling the overall electronic device to be bent at a predetermined angle, more stably maintain a bent state and a flat state, reliably prevent a display unit and a flexible circuit board from being damaged, and stably maintain the bent state and the flat state despite using for a long period of time.
US09877377B2
A lighting control device having a first wireless communicator that wirelessly communicates with a lamp; first memory that stores identification information identifying the lighting control device; a first controller that transmits a control command for controlling the lamp to the lamp via the first wireless communicator; an operator interface suspended under its own weight; and a power generator that is connected to the operator interface, generates power from mechanical energy produced by the operator interface being moved in a predetermined direction, and supplies the power to the first controller, the first memory, and the first wireless communicator. Further, when the operator interface is moved and the first controller receives the power, the first controller reads the identification information from the first memory, transmits the identification information and the control command to the lamp via the first wireless communicator, so as to control the lamp.
US09877370B2
The invention provides a lighting device (100) comprising a first set of light emitting diodes (10) arranged to emit light (14) in a first wavelength range of 300 nm-490 nm, a second set of light emitting diodes (11) arranged to emit light (15) in a second wavelength range of 300 nm-490 nm, a first luminescent element (12) radiationally coupled to the first and second set of light emitting diodes and arranged to convert at least a part of the light of the first wavelength range and at least a part of the light of the second wavelength range into first luminescent element light, a second luminescent element (13) radiationally coupled to at least a subset of the second set of light emitting diodes and arranged to convert at least a part of the light (15) of the second wavelength range into second luminescent element light, wherein, during operation, the brightness level of the light (14) emitted by the first set of light emitting diodes (10) and the brightness level of the light (15) emitted by the second set of light emitting diodes (11), respectively, is controllable independently of each other and wherein the lighting device is arranged to generate white lighting device light (101).
US09877369B2
Lighting device including a plurality of lighting elements, at least one sensor receiving sensory stimuli from an establishment, and a control means connected with the at least one sensor and with the lighting elements. The control means can send lighting management instructions to the lighting elements depending on the captured and processed information. The lighting device also allows managing lighting in an intelligent manner. The lighting device can light with greater intensity the areas of an establishment where there are more people or the areas where greater attention is needed but are not visited often enough. The lighting device can also light in any other suitable manner depending on the information provided by the implemented sensory metrics or other independent business rules.
US09877364B2
A backlight unit which significantly reduces overshoot of a light source driving current and audible noise includes a light source driven by a light source driving voltage, a light source controller controlling the light source driving voltage, and a soft starter generating a first soft start voltage by receiving a charge signal from the light source controller and outputting the first soft start voltage to the light source controller, and generating a second soft start voltage when the charge signal is not applied thereto and outputting the second soft start voltage to the light source controller.
US09877345B2
A method of creating a projection of a situational network includes creating, by an event node server, an event node in a multi-dimensional personal information network, where the event node corresponds to a situation. A projection of nodes of the situational network is formed using geographic locations of a plurality of devices corresponding to nodes in the multi-dimensional personal information network. An invitation is transmitted to establish a link with the event node server to the devices corresponding to each node in the projection. A response is received from at least one of the devices accepting the invitation to establish a link with the event node server. A link with each device accepting the invitation is established.
US09877337B2
Disclosed is a method by which a representative terminal of a specific cluster performs scheduling for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises the steps of: receiving a first signal from a terminal of a neighboring cluster; and comparing a priority given to the neighboring cluster with a priority given to the specific cluster in a specific resource among a plurality of resources so as to perform D2D communication scheduling on a component terminal of the specific cluster, wherein the first signal includes information on the neighboring cluster.
US09877328B2
A method to provide interoperable mechanisms for efficient use of frequency bands and channels in Wi-Fi networks, including receiving, by an access point device, a wireless request message from a wireless device, requesting information on candidate wireless networks; determining, by the access point device, whether the wireless device is associated with the access point device; and composing, by the access point device, a forwarding message to be transmitted by the access point device to a server, and including in the forwarding message an indication that the wireless device is associated with the access point device, if the wireless device is associated with the access point device.
US09877322B1
A method and system to help manage air interface resources for communication between a user equipment device (UE) and a base station. As disclosed, a UE or base station detect a situation where a transport block that the base station would allocate to the UE would be too small to hold carry a packet that the UE would seek to transmit, and the UE and base station responsively switch to a mode of operation in which the UE will receive a multi-TTI transport block allocation rather than a single-TTI transport block allocation. Given a per-TTI limitation of available air interface resources, the allocation of a transport block spanning multiple TTIs may thus provide the UE with increased air interface capacity for transmission, thus optimally allowing the UE to transmit without a need for segmentation.
US09877316B2
The invention relates to a new structure of a control channel region within a sub-frame of a 3GPP-based based communication system using OFDM in the downlink. This new structure of a control channel region is inter alia particularly suitable for conveying physical downlink control channel information from a donor eNodeB to a relay node. The control channel region is divided in CCEs that have equal size irrespective of the presence of further cell-specific and/or UE-specific reference signals within the control channel region. This is achieved by dividing the control channel region in plural sub-CCEs that are combined to CCEs all having equal size (in terms of resource elements that can be used for the signaling of control information). The control channel region is divided in the frequency domain and/or time domain in a FDM respectively TDM fashion in order to obtain the sub-CCEs.
US09877315B2
The present invention provides a method and a device for transmitting or receiving channel state information (CSI). According to the present invention, when a user equipment can be set with one or more CSI processes per serving cell, a CSI request field included in downlink control information for a specific serving cell indicates at least whether a non-periodic CSI report triggered by the CSI request field is triggered for a set of CSI process(es) set by a higher layer from among the CSI process(es) for the one serving cell.
US09877309B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink control information (UCI), which is carried out by a terminal in a wireless communication system. If the number of information bits of the UCI falls inside a specific range when different types of UCI are transmitted through the same PUCCH format, a bit sequence of each of the UCI are channel-coded by aligning/interleaving, wherein the aligning/interleaving is carried out so that the UCI having high importance are channel-coded so as to have better decoding performance.
US09877305B2
Disclosed are methods for codebook sub-sampling. In various implementations, a wireless terminal receives a reference signal, determines, based on the reference signal, a first precoding index i2 for a first subband and a second precoding index i′2 for a second subband. The wireless terminal transmits a representation of i2 and a representation of i′2 to a base station. In various implementations, i′2 belongs to the set Si2 which, in one implementation, equals {mod(i2−K1+k,K), k=0, 1, . . . , K2}, where K1>1, and where K2>1 and K>1 are integers. According to an implementation, the wireless terminal receives the reference signal from a first base station and transmits the representations of i2 and i′2 to a second base station.
US09877298B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure include an efficient method for identifying receiving devices with similar attributes and displaying their respective locations to each other using data packets receiving from transmission associated with beacons. The system can receive unique beacon identifiers from a first receiving device, determine its location, receive a request for a match comprising a set of attributes, query a database and identify a second user associated with a second receiving device based on the received set of attributes, determine a location for the second receiving device, and generate/transmit a graphical user interface to the first receiving device informing the first user about the location of the second user.
US09877297B2
A locating method, user equipment, and a base station are provided. The locating method includes: receiving, by user equipment, a locating broadcast message sent by a base station, where the locating broadcast message carries a locating list, and the locating list includes an identifier of locatable user equipment. If the locating list does not include an identifier of the user equipment, the method includes ignoring a locating signal sent by the base station.
US09877296B2
An electronic tag, e.g. for use as a tracker tag or combined tracker and data tag, with a cellular communication module is disclosed. The cellular communication module is configured to transmit an indication of a current geographical location to an external data server. The electronic tag can optionally receive tag data from an external tag reader and optionally comprises an output means configured to output the tag data. The tag's microprocessor is configured to switch off at least a transmitter part of the cellular communication module in response to first data contained in a Mode S signal of an aircraft transponder. Said transmitter part may be switched on again depending on data in signals from external source(s) as received in the tag.
US09877293B2
The invention is directed to a method of synchronizing transmission between two nodes in a wireless network. The method comprises the steps of obtaining an expected interference profile for each node; and agreeing a synchronized transmission schedule between the nodes, where the expected interference profile of the or each node meets predetermined criteria.
US09877288B2
A method for operating a user equipment (UE) configured for estimating channel quality includes receiving a downlink fractional control channel from a non-serving HS-DSCH cell, estimating a quality of the downlink fractional control channel over a specified time period, and deriving downlink synchronization primitives in accordance with the quality of the downlink fractional control channel. Further methods for deriving the transmit power of an uplink control channel from downlink fractional control channels transmitted by the serving and non-serving HS-DSCH cells are disclosed.
US09877286B2
A transmitting circuit includes a serializer that converts parallel data into serial data based on a clock signal, a driver that generates differential signals based on the serial data, and a clock buffer that provides the clock signal to the serializer. In a standby state, the clock buffer cuts off the clock signal and the serializer outputs the serial data according to a reset signal such that standby differential signals indicating the standby state are generated by the driver irrespective of the clock signal.
US09877277B2
A user equipment (UE) may receive an OFDM signal having control channel elements (CCEs). The CCEs may be arranged in levels where a first level aggregates less CCEs than a second level. A processor may search for a control channel from control channel candidates that is comprised of the CCEs. A limited number of CCEs may be searched on the first level.
US09877270B2
A mobile communication device may include a cell search circuit configured to process a first block of signal waveform data to extract a first discrete parameter set, wherein the first discrete parameter set identifies one or more first potential cells present in the first block of signal waveform data, process the second block of signal waveform data to extract a second discrete parameter set, wherein the second discrete parameter set identifies one or more second potential cells present in the second block of signal waveform data, and compare the first discrete parameter set and the second discrete parameter set to identify one or more matching cells, and an RF transceiver configured to transmit or receive radio signals based on the identification of the one or more matching cells.
US09877266B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure can be used to monitor, access, and utilize resources available at workspaces effectively using location-aware devices. Methods and systems disclosed herein integrate location signals received from beacons and other indoor positioning systems for better management of shared resources, such as conference rooms, audiovisual equipment, and other equipment, and address dynamic changes to the availability or non-availability of these resources based on data from location-aware devices and beacons.
US09877262B2
Methods for transmitting and receiving data of a station includes setting a direct route to a corresponding station and a relay route to a relay device, selecting one route as between the direct route and relay route, and transmitting and receiving data through the selected route. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may store a program including instructions to cause a computer to perform the method. The setting may be performed by a processor and the transmitting and receiving may be performed respectively by a transmitter and a receiver.
US09877257B2
Wireless communication is disclosed using a wireless communication device, such as a user equipment (UE) having a high-gain antenna. In a cell that uses at least one of reference signal received power (RSRP)-based cell selection or RSRP-based cell reselection, the wireless communication device may determine an offset RSRP by applying an offset to a measured RSRP if a signal quality of communications from a serving base station of the cell fails to satisfy a signal quality threshold. The UE may initiate at least one of a cell selection or cell reselection operation based on the offset RSRP.
US09877232B2
A method and a radio network node for handling traffic on an Access Stratum “AS” bearer are disclosed. The radio network node receives, from a second core network node, an AS bearer request for setting up the AS bearer to carry traffic between a first core network node and a wireless communication device, wherein the AS bearer request includes a first AS Quality of Service profile, a second AS Quality of Service profile, and at least one criterion for applying the first or second AS Quality of Service profile when processing the traffic. The radio network node processes the traffic while applying the first or second AS Quality of Service profile based on whether one of the at least one criterion is fulfilled. Furthermore, corresponding methods, a first core network node, a second core network node and a wireless communication device for handling traffic on a common bearer are disclosed.
US09877229B2
According to some embodiments, a radio node receives target channels from a target cell and interfering channels from first and second interfering cells. The first target channel and the first interfering channel each comprise a first channel type, and the second target channel and the second interfering channel each comprise a second channel type. The radio node receives the first interfering channel when receiving the first target channel and determines first information accordingly. The radio node uses one or more gaps impacting receipt of the second interfering channel relative to receipt of the second target channel and determines second information based on receipt of the second target channel and second interfering channel. The radio node reduces interference associated with the at least one of the interfering cell based on at least one of the first information and the second information.
US09877205B2
A wireless network deployment method, apparatus and system where the includes: initializing the wireless network to determine a deployment area and the number of access points needing to be deployed; initializing positions of the access points, and dividing the deployment area into grids; calculating a virtual force of each access point based on signal coverage of each grid; calculating a movement position of each point according to the virtual force; performing edge controlling on each point; and terminating processing when a terminating condition is satisfied. A deployment process is simulated as a dynamic physical process, movement of the access points along a direction of a resultant force of all repulsion forces and attractive forces is controlled following the principle that an overlapping covered area produces a repulsion force and an uncovered area produces an attractive force.
US09877202B2
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for providing a victim database discovery procedure. The victim database discovery procedure may be guided by an initial list of potential victim databases that may be defined by physical properties such as the geographic or regional relationships of the areas that may be protected by each database. Exchange procedures are disclosed in which incumbent information between two databases is exchanged. Also described herein are exchanges of information between databases whereby a querying database may receive restrictions on associated operating parameters of Cognitive Radio Systems (CRSs) under their control in an area. Further, a procedure is described herein by which a database that receives a request for shared spectrum from a CRS may first forward the request to a neighboring or victim database to determine the allowable channels and then may make the actual allocation based on this information and its own incumbents.
US09877200B2
A data center includes an access controller with a short range wireless communication controller, and an access point with a long range wireless communication controller. The access point is coupled to the access controller via a secure link. The access controller, receives a security credential from a mobile device via the short range wireless communication controller, authenticates the mobile device, receives access information for the mobile device via the short range wireless communication controller in response to authenticating the mobile device, and provides the access information to the access point via the secure link. The access point uses the access information to connect to the mobile device via the long range wireless communication controller.
US09877186B2
A phone number switching method and an associated apparatus are provided, where the phone number switching method may be applied to a first electronic device. For example, the phone number switching method may include the steps of: determining whether a predetermined activity corresponding to both of the first electronic device and a second electronic device occurs, to generate a determination result; and according to the determination result, selectively sending a switching request from the first electronic device to a service provider, wherein a phone number is previously associated to a first subscriber identity module (SIM) within the first electronic device by the service provider, and the switching request asks for re-associating the phone number to a second SIM within the second electronic device.
US09877182B2
Disclosed is a system for retrieving an EID of a terminal, comprising a Machine Type Communications (MTC) server, a processor of the MTC serbver is configured to be capable of executing programmed instructions comprising: storing a corresponding relationship between an EID of a terminal and a Reference Number (RN) of the EID of the terminal; and when a terminal responds to a trigger request from a Machine Type Communications (MTC) server, retrieving an EID of the terminal which corresponds to an RN according to the RN of the EID of the terminal and the corresponding relationship. By employing the system, the network side can retrieve the EID of the terminal, and use a correct EID to respond to a terminal trigger request from an MTC server.
US09877175B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a device that facilitates presentation of a textual transcription of an audio portion of an active voice call between a first communication device and a second communication device on a first display device. A presence of the first communication device being nearby local device is detected during the active voice call. In response to the detecting of the presence, the facilitating of the presentation of the textual transcription on the first display device is discontinued, wherein the textual transcription is provided to the local device for presentation on a second display device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09877172B1
An officer can utilize an offender monitor to track remotely and manage the whereabouts of an offender, such as someone who as been convicted of a crime and is on parole. The officer can compose and send custom messages to send to the offender via the offender monitor. The offender monitor can store a received message so that the offender can play the message at an appropriate time via pressing a button on the offender monitor or making another input. If the officer deems that a message is urgent or needs to be played immediately, the officer can transmit a command to the offender monitor that causes the message to be played automatically.
US09877165B2
Embodiments of the invention disclose an indoor positioning method and apparatus. The method includes: acquiring current cell signal strength information of a terminal located indoors; determining, according to three-dimensional (3D) indoor positioning matching information, horizontal position information and height information of an indoor grid that are corresponding to the current cell signal strength information, where the 3D indoor positioning matching information includes a correspondence between cell signal strength information of the indoor grid and the horizontal position information and the height information of the indoor grid; and determining, according to the horizontal position information and the height information of the indoor grid, a horizontal position at which the terminal is located indoors and a height at which the terminal is located. In this way, high-accuracy 3D indoor positioning can be implemented.
US09877162B2
Systems and methods for generating a user location history are provided. One example method includes obtaining a plurality of location reports from one or more devices associated with the user. The method includes clustering the plurality of location reports to form a plurality of segments. The method includes identifying a plurality of location entities for each of the plurality of segments. The method includes determining, for each of the plurality of segments, one or more feature values associated with each of the location entities identified for such segment. The method includes determining, for each of the plurality of segments, a score for each of the plurality of location entities based at least in part on a scoring formula. The method includes selecting one of plurality of locations entities for each of the plurality of segments.
US09877155B1
The invention described is a system and method for tracking assets. Mobile devices on the assets communicate their location to a central station. When the mobile devices are in an area with interference or no network then the mobile devices connect to a base station. The base station in turn can communicate with the central station and report on the locations of mobile devices connected to that base station. The base stations can be placed in areas such as warehouses, mines or other locations.
US09877144B2
Provided are a method of transmitting an Internet Packet version 6 (IPv6) packet over near field communication (NFC) and a device for performing the method. The method of transmitting an IPv6 packet over NFC includes receiving the IPv6 packet through a Logical Link Control Protocol (LLCP), and transmitting the IPv6 packet to an Information Field in Protocol Data Unit (I PDU) of the LLCP, and transmitting the IPv6 packet through an adaptation layer for IPv6 over NFC, wherein the maximum number of octets in the I PDU is determined based on a Maximum Transfer Unit (MTU).
US09877141B2
A mechanism is described herein for enhancing the radio coverage for a wireless device based on an exchange of uplink and downlink radio condition information, referred to as uplink and downlink Radio Coverage Category (RCC) values, between the wireless device and a network (e.g., a Radio Access Network (RAN) node, Core Network (CN) node) for use in data transmission (e.g., control plane related signaling or user plane related payload transmission).
US09877139B2
Technology for enabling device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless network is disclosed. One method comprises receiving a traffic flow optimization message at a first transmission node in the wireless network from a detection function (DF) module. A D2D setup message can be transmitted from the first transmission node to establish a D2D link, wherein the D2D link bypasses a serving gateway for the wireless network and provides communication between a first wireless device and a second wireless device.
US09877138B1
A system and method for localized data retrieval to disseminate data about points of interest at a display venue, based on a local area network established with a series of commonly named wireless access points operatively connected to a main router. The system is connected to a user's mobile device through an application they are directed to download. Each WAP has a common name and is located about the display venue in close enough proximity to other WAPs so as to constitute an uninterrupted communication platform with the main LDRS computer from which data about the points of interest is polled. Interspersed about the display venue is a series of tracking devices causing nearby mobile devices to self report their location to the LDRS computer.
US09877124B2
Low-latency audio networking is disclosed. In one embodiment, an example playback device includes a processor and memory having stored thereon instructions executable by the processor. The example instructions are to cause the first playback device to perform functions comprising: receiving audio information; selecting a first frequency channel of a first spectrum based on a threshold latency associated with the audio information; transmitting to the second playback device via a second frequency channel of a second spectrum, control information that identifies the first frequency channel of the first spectrum; and transmitting to the second playback device via the first frequency channel of the first spectrum, the audio information to be played by the second playback device.
US09877116B2
A method of operating a hearing device comprising a first antenna, a first transceiver coupled to the first antenna, an acoustic output transducer, a microphone, and a processing unit, the processing unit being coupled to the first transceiver, the acoustic output transducer, and the microphone, the method includes: pairing the hearing device with an audio system; initiating detection of hearing device motion; sending position data indicative of a position of the hearing device to the audio system; wirelessly receiving a first audio stream based on the position data; converting the first audio stream to a first wireless input signal; mixing the first wireless input signal with an audio input signal from the microphone of the hearing device to form a mixed signal; processing the mixed signal to form an output signal; and converting the output signal to an audio output signal.
US09877114B2
A laser microphone can include a detection system including plurality of laser subsystems. The detection system can be configured to produce emitted electromagnetic radiation based on a frequency pattern and receive reflected electromagnetic radiation reflected from an object. The detection system can be configured to define combined frequency data based on a frequency of the emitted, electromagnetic radiation and a frequency of the reflected electromagnetic radiation. The detection system can be configured to define a set of spectral bins in a frequency domain based on the combined frequency data, modify the combined frequency data based on a datapoint obtained from a subset of the set of spectral bins, and define at least one of a range or a velocity based on the combined frequency data. The laser microphone can include an audio processor configured to define an audio signal based on the at least one of the range or velocity.
US09877107B2
An audio processing circuit comprises an analyzer circuit that includes a plurality of energy detector units, and an equalizer circuit that includes a plurality of equalization filters. The equalizer circuit is coupled with the analyzer circuit. The analyzer circuit is configured to receive an audio signal, obtain sub-bands of the audio signal using the energy detector units, measure energy of each sub-band, compare the energy of each sub-band to a threshold energy value and, based on the comparison, determine parameters for an equalization filter for processing the sub-band. The equalizer circuit is configured to receive the audio signal concurrently with reception of the audio signal by the analyzer circuit, obtain the sub-bands using the equalization filters, receive the parameters for the equalization filters from the analyzer circuit, equalize each sub-band by applying the parameters corresponding to the sub-band, and generate an output audio signal that includes the equalized sub-bands.
US09877106B2
An amplifier circuit, for a capacitive acoustic transducer defining a sensing capacitor that generates a sensing signal as a function of an acoustic signal, has a first input terminal and a second input terminal, which are coupled to the sensing capacitor and: a dummy capacitor, which has a capacitance corresponding to a capacitance at rest of the sensing capacitor and a first terminal connected to the first input terminal; a first buffer amplifier, which is coupled at input to the second input terminal and defines a first differential output of the circuit; a second buffer amplifier, which is coupled at input to a second terminal of the dummy capacitor and defines a second differential output of the circuit; and a feedback stage, which is coupled between the differential outputs and the first input terminal, for feeding back onto the first input terminal a feedback signal, which has an amplitude that is a function of the sensing signal and is in phase opposition with respect thereto.
US09877103B2
An acoustic device that has a neck loop that is constructed and arranged to be worn around the neck. The neck loop includes a housing with a first acoustic waveguide having a first sound outlet opening, and a second acoustic waveguide having a second sound outlet opening. There is a first open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the first waveguide and a second open-backed acoustic driver acoustically coupled to the second waveguide.
US09877099B2
A system provides media content/communications data to a plurality of devices. The system includes a server system that includes a central server in communication with a plurality of local units each acting as a client to the central server. The central server is configured to provide content to each local unit. The system includes at least one earphone device linkable to each local unit to convert an audio signal received from the server system into an audible sound output to a user. The system is configured to identify a potential unlinking of an earphone device from an output of a local unit, store user-specific data corresponding to a condition of operation of the local unit substantially at the time of the potential unlinking, identify an attempt to link the earphone device with an output of a local unit, and retrieve the stored user-specific data.
US09877093B2
A linear vibrator includes a stator having a housing including a receiving space therein, a moveable unit, an elastic member suspending the moveable unit in the receiving space, and a protection member located between the stator and the moveable unit. The protection member forms a first bevel along a vibration direction of the moveable unit, one of the stator and the moveable unit includes a second bevel corresponding to the first bevel. The second bevel keeps a distance from the first bevel for rubbing each other when the linear vibrator falls.
US09877091B2
A system includes an optical fiber cross-connect module with upstream ports and downstream ports, a first set of optical fibers connected from optical line terminals to the upstream ports, and a second set of optical fibers connected to the downstream ports and a customer optical network unit. The optical line terminals provide multiple wavelengths carrying optical signals at different bitrates over the first set of optical fibers. The customer optical network unit includes a tunable filter configured to receive any one of the multiple wavelengths. The optical fiber cross-connect module divides the optical signals received at each of the upstream ports into each of the downstream ports, and the customer optical network unit may be tuned to pass through a particular wavelength from the multiple wavelengths.
US09877090B2
A network cable (20) including wires intended to convey network electrical power and a device for visual identification of the ends of the cable, the device includes a first electronic circuit (101) having a light-emitting diode (11), a switch (12) and a second electronic circuit (102) having at least one light-emitting diode (21); both circuits being connected via a conductive link (103); the electronic circuits being arranged so that activation of the switch (12) allows the network power source to power at least the light-emitting diode of the electronic circuit of opposite end.
US09877089B2
A wireless environmental sensor or monitoring device includes a processor unit, a monitor module for monitoring and collecting data corresponding to an environmental parameter, a radio module configured to enable wireless communication of the data to a remote system, and logic executable by the processor unit to: monitor wireless communication connectivity between the radio module and the remote system; and responsive to detecting a loss of wireless communication connectivity with the remote system, automatically enable a wireless access point (AP) mode of the radio module to initiate a broadcast of a local wireless network identifier to enable a client device to wirelessly locate and connect to the sensor device.
US09877088B2
A method and system for relaying a sensor communication to a central monitoring system by utilizing a crowdsourcing model. The method includes: obtaining a registered device through crowdsourcing; registering the registered device into a central monitoring system; configuring the registered device to communicate with a plurality of road management sensors and with the central monitoring system; monitoring and gathering location information of the registered device by the central monitoring system; transmitting, via the central monitoring system, a request to gather a sensor communication from a sensor to the registered device; executing the request, via the registered device, by capturing the sensor communication emitted from the sensor, wherein the sensor communication is emitted using a passive radio-frequency identification tag; and relaying at least a part of the sensor communication from the registered device to the central monitoring system.
US09877075B2
A method includes receiving data from a communication device at a processor of a proxy device, the data requesting a recording of media content. The method includes, sending a first command to a first media recording device and a second command to a second media recording device. The first command instructs the first media recording device to generate a first recording based on the media content, and the second command instructs the second media recording device to generate a second recording based on the media content. The first recording has a first file format and the second recording has a second file format. The second file format is compatible with a portable device.
US09877074B2
An information processing apparatus includes a sight line detecting unit configured to detect a sight line of a viewer who is viewing content data and output sight line information which is a result of the detection, a viewing condition estimating unit configured to estimate a viewing condition of the viewer based on the output sight line information and visual attention information relating to the content data, and a content suggesting unit configured to make various suggestions with respect to the content data for the viewer based on the estimated viewing condition.
US09877071B1
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for proactively determining identification information for a plurality of audio segments within a plurality of broadcast media streams, and providing identification information associated with specific audio portions of a broadcast media stream automatically or upon request.
US09877064B2
A portable system including a digital connection plug, a processing hardware unit, and a non-transitory storage device including code causing the processing hardware unit to perform operations including dividing a received source video file or virtualized source video into a plurality of equal- or non-equal-sized image components. A resulting data-content package is stored at the system such as at a framebuffer thereof. System operations further comprise generating a meta-index package comprising a plurality of index components, each index component corresponding to a respective one of the equal-sized image components, storing the meta-index package, and sending the data-content package and the meta-index package to the host device for publishing of the image components sequentially, in accord with an order of the meta-index package, for display rendering streaming video corresponding to the source video file or virtualized source video.
US09877054B2
In example embodiments, a system and method for dynamically scheduling advertising is provided. For example, an advertisement order that describes an advertising campaign in logical terms is received. Stored data of statistically sampled metrics associated with previously distributed programs may be accessed. Based on the stored data and requirements indicated in the advertisement order, the logical terms of the advertising campaign may be translated into physical parameters adapted to facilitate placement of advertisements into an advertising schedule. The physical parameters of the advertising campaign may be provided to a device for creating the advertising schedule.
US09877053B2
Methods, systems, and media for indicating viewership of a video are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: identifying a video; identifying a first group of users; determining an affinity score for each user with the identified video; receiving a request to present a page that includes a representation of the video; identifying a second group of users connected to the first user associated with the user device; determining a viewership status of each user in the second group of users corresponding to the video; identifying a subset of users in the second group of users based at least in part on the viewership status; and causing groups of indicators to be presented on the user device, wherein each indicator in the groups of indicators represents the viewership status of the user, and wherein the indicators are presented on the requested page in connection with the representation of the video.
US09877045B2
A device includes a coder or a codec configured for interleaved image data utilizing diamond shaped blocks for motion estimation and/or motion compensation and utilizing square or orthogonal transforms of residual data. In various embodiments, the decoder may be configured, among others, to perform de-blocking on edges of the diamond shaped blocks and/or data padding at boundaries of the image data.
US09877044B2
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.
US09877041B2
A method and apparatus for deriving a scaled motion vector (MV) for a current block based on a candidate MV associated with a candidate block determines a first picture distance between a current picture corresponding to the current block and a target reference picture pointed to by a current motion vector of the current block, and then determines a second picture distance between a candidate picture corresponding to the candidate block and a candidate reference picture pointed to by the candidate MV of the candidate block. The method further determines a pre-scaled distance division having a first value related to dividing a pre-scaling factor by the second picture distance, and determines an intermediate scaling factor by right-shifting a multiplication result associated with the first picture distance and the pre-scaled distance division by q bits, wherein q is a positive integer.
US09877027B2
In a moving picture coding device that codes moving pictures in units of a block by partitioning a first block, which is obtained by partitioning each picture of the moving pictures into predetermined sizes, into one or a plurality of second blocks, a quantization parameter calculation unit calculates a quantization parameter of the second block. A predictive quantization parameter deriving unit derives a predictive quantization parameter of the second block using quantization parameters of a third block adjacent to the left of the second block and a fourth block adjacent to the top of the second block. A differential quantization parameter generation unit generates a differential quantization parameter of the second block from a difference between the quantization parameter of the second block and the predictive quantization parameter. A first bitstream generation unit codes the differential quantization parameter of the second block.
US09877025B2
A video decoder has a transform mode and a transform skip mode and in the transform skip mode a residual prediction mode is selected. A compressed bit-stream is entropy-decoded to obtain a block of quantised values. An inverse quantiser operates in the transform mode to form transform coefficients and in the transform skip mode to form differential residual values. In the transform mode an inverse transform is performed to form residual values. In the transform skip mode residual prediction is used perform residual prediction using high accuracy locally decoded residual value. The residual value is then down-scaled to obtain the reconstructed residual. A block predictor is formed from decoded image values at the same precision at which video samples are stored in the frame memory.
US09877021B2
A merging motion information candidate list construction unit generates a merging motion information candidate list, which is a list of merging motion information candidates, using a spatial merging motion information candidate and a temporal merging motion information candidate. A second merging motion information candidate supplying unit generates a new merging motion information candidate including, if a reference index indicates an available reference picture, the reference index and, if the reference index does not indicate an available reference picture, a predetermined reference index along with a motion vector having a size and a direction that are preset and adds the new merging motion information candidate to the merging motion information candidate list. A merging motion information selection unit selects one merging motion information candidate from the merging motion information candidate list to which the new merging motion information candidate has been added.
US09877020B2
Provided are an inter-layer video encoding method and apparatus therefor and an inter-layer video decoding method and apparatus therefor. An inter-layer video decoding method involves reconstructing a first layer image, based on encoding information obtained from a first layer bitstream; in order to reconstruct a second layer block determined as a predetermined partition type and to be in a prediction mode, determining whether to perform illumination compensation for the reconstructed second layer block determined by using a first layer reference block that is from among the reconstructed first layer image and corresponds to the second layer block; and generating the reconstructed second layer block by using inter-layer prediction information obtained from a second layer bitstream and the first layer reference block, and generating a second layer image including the reconstructed second layer block whose illumination is determined according to whether the illumination compensation was performed.
US09877014B2
A stereo image display apparatus that causes a display device to display a stereo image having a parallax, wherein a stereo image of a currently displayed frame is advanced frame by frame to a stereo image of the next frame in response to a frame-by-frame advance indication, the apparatus comprising: a frame-by-frame advancing device that, once frame-by-frame advance is indicated, switches the stereo image of the current frame on the display with a parallaxless image of the current frame, thereafter advances the image frame by frame to display a parallaxless image of the next frame, and further thereafter displays a stereo image of the next frame on the display device, wherein the frame-by-frame advancing device performs the frame-by-frame advance with sliding-out/sliding-in.
US09877001B2
A three-plate image projecting optical system that has a compact and simple configuration and achieves enhanced luminance efficiency and reduction of light quantity loss on the dichroic coating, and a projector equipped with the optical system. The optical system includes a color separating/combining prism having a first/second dichroic coatings, and a first to third digital micromirror devices. A first plane including an illumination light axis and a projection light axis on an image display surface of the third digital micromirror device and a second plane including a surface normal of the first/second dichroic coatings and a surface normal of a center of the third digital micromirror device are relatively rotated with respect to each other from orthogonal states toward a direction in which an incident angle of the illumination light axis with respect to the first dichroic coating or the second dichroic coating is decreased.
US09876995B2
The present invention provides an image sensor, including: a sensor array layer formed of a plurality of normal sensor units and a plurality of spectrometer sensor units; a first guided mode resonance (GMR) structure having a first grating pitch and disposed on the sensor array layer to cover N (where N is an integer) of the spectrometer sensor units; a second GMR structure having a second grating pitch and disposed on the sensor array layer to cover N of the spectrometer sensor units; and a plurality of color filter units disposed on the sensor array layer to cover the normal sensor units.
US09876993B2
A video tracking system and method are provided for tracking a target object with a video camera.
US09876976B2
An analog-digital converter includes: a first comparator configured to make a comparison between a pixel voltage and a first reference voltage, the pixel voltage being a signal voltage outputted from a pixel including an photoelectric conversion element, the pixel voltage corresponding to electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion element; a second comparator configured to make a comparison between the pixel voltage and a second reference voltage; and a voltage follower configured to connect an input terminal for the first reference voltage of the first comparator and an input terminal for the second reference voltage of the second comparator through a switch.
US09876972B1
Multiple mode, multiple waveband detector systems and methods are provided. A first window selection signal is received. Based on the first window selection signal, a first read-out pixel window comprising a first subset of pixels of a plurality of pixels of a detector array is determined. A plurality of first image portions of a scene are generated over a first period of time by iteratively, for each iteration of a plurality of iterations over the first period of time, integrating photons on the detector array, reading out only the first subset of pixels in the first read-out pixel window, and storing a first image portion of the scene of the plurality of first image portions of the scene based on the read-out of the first subset of pixels.
US09876968B2
A method reduces drift induced by environment changes when imaging radiation from a scene in two wavelength bands. Scene radiation is focused by two wedge-shaped components through a lens onto a detector that includes three separate regions. The wedge-shaped components are positioned at a fixed distance from the lens. The radiation from the scene is imaged separately onto two of the detector regions through an f-number of less than approximately 1.5 to produce a first pixel signal. Imaged radiation on each of the two regions includes radiation in one respective wavelength band. Radiation from a radiation source is projected by at least one of the wedge-shaped components through the lens onto a third detector region to produce a second pixel signal. The first pixel signal is modified based on a predetermined function that defines a relationship between second pixel signal changes and first pixel signal changes induced by environment changes.
US09876963B2
A moving image generation system includes a CPU and memory storing programs which when executed by the CPU cause the CPU to perform: receiving a determination of whether a designated subject is present in each of a plurality of photographed frame images in moving images acquired by image capture devices that are disposed such that respective photographing areas thereof overlap; at certain timings, selectively clipping a subject-included image area from at least one of the photographed frame images, wherein the subject-included image area is a partial image area in which the subject is detected and included at a predetermined position and in a predetermined size in which all of the subject is provided and a predetermined margin can be provided around the subject; and coupling a plurality of selectively clipped image areas so as to generate a single moving image.
US09876961B2
A setting unit does not set a limit angle of rotating a second housing by a driving unit with respect to a first housing in accordance with information output from a sensor configured to output information related to whether or not an object exists in a predetermined range until an elapsed time since an operation unit is operated exceeds a predetermined time, and the setting unit sets the limit angle in accordance with the information output from the sensor after the elapsed time since the operation unit is operated exceeds the predetermined time.
US09876958B2
The interchangeable lens includes: a shake correction processing unit configured to calculate an amount of shake correction for the correction lens and an imaging device; and a lens driving unit configured to perform image blur correction by moving the correction lens in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis based on an output from the shake correction processing unit. The camera body includes a device driving unit configured to perform image blur correction by moving the imaging device in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis. The lens driving unit moves the correction lens to a predetermined center position and the device driving unit shifts the imaging device by an amount corresponding to an amount of the movement of the correction lens to the center position at a beginning of exposure. The lens driving unit drives the correction lens during a period of the exposure.
US09876947B2
The optical apparatus includes an optical system forming an optical image on a rectangular image capturing surface having long and short sides, a plastic lens, a holder holding the plastic lens, and a pressing member pressing the plastic lens to the holder. One of the plastic lens and the holder includes first and second protrusions located on mutually opposite sides across an optical axis in a first direction parallel to the short sides. Another of the plastic lens and the holder includes a first hole portion into which the first protrusion is inserted to prevent a displacement thereof in a second direction parallel to the long sides and the first direction and a second hole portion into which the second protrusion is inserted to prevent a displacement thereof in the second direction and to allow a relative displacement thereof in the first direction.
US09876946B2
An imaging device with low power consumption is provided. A pixel circuit has a configuration of detecting difference data between data of a reference frame and data of a target frame in a pixel, and a peripheral circuit has a configuration of efficiently converting the difference data by A/D conversion so as to obtain high compressibility. Difference data which is encoded by compression is written into a memory element and read sequentially. At this time, the frequency of a clock signal can be lowered in accordance with the amount of data. The read data is expanded and the expanded data is added to the reference frame to constitute an image.
US09876942B2
An image processing apparatus includes: a controller configured to perform: acquiring original image data representing an original image and corrected image data representing a corrected image, the corrected image data being generated by executing specific correction processing on the original image data; calculating a first index value and a second index value, the first index value relating to a color distribution of the original image by using the original image data, and the second index value relating to a color distribution of the corrected image by using the corrected image data; and determining which processing, among a plurality of processing candidates that are executable by the image processing apparatus, corresponds to the specific correction processing, based on comparison of the calculated first index value and the calculated second index value.
US09876938B2
An image processing apparatus configured to execute variable magnification processing on an image includes a position determination unit configured to serially determine pixel insertion or removal positions in the image in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the variable magnification processing, and an insertion or removal processing unit configured to execute insertion or removal processing on pixels existing at the insertion or removal positions determined by the position determination unit. The position determination unit is configured to determine, within a range defined by a position distant from an immediately previously determined insertion or removal position by a first distance in the variable magnification processing direction and a position distant therefrom by a second distance in the variable magnification processing direction, a next insertion or removal position while referring to the immediately previously determined insertion or removal position.
US09876930B2
An image formation method using an image formation system, in which a mobile terminal is connected to a charge management device and an image formation device, includes: causing the mobile terminal to connect to the charge management device via a first communication path, and to update charge information; causing the mobile terminal to connect to the image formation device via a second communication path different from the first communication path; and causing the mobile terminal to transmit print data to the image formation device via the second communication path, and thereafter to update the charge information.
US09876926B2
A server 100 capable of surely synchronizing MFPs 102 and 103. The server 100 writes a first time that the server 101 measures in response to storing of information changed in the MFP 102. When the time that the server 101 measures is changed, a time difference between the time before the change and the time after the change is calculated. A modified first time is acquired by applying the calculated time difference to the written first time when the time that the server 101 measures is changed after the first time has been written. When the modified first time is a time between a time when a previous inquiry was received from the MFP 103 and a time when a current inquiry from the MFP 103 is received, the information indicating the content of the changed information is transmitted to the MFP 103.
US09876925B2
An image reading apparatus comprising: an original reading unit configured to read an image of each of multiple originals placed on an original table in batch by a batch-scan; a cropping unit configured to crop an image of each original from an entire image which is read by the batch-scan; an image output unit configured to output a cropped image of each original; and a control unit configured to control the original reading unit, the cropping unit, and the image output unit, wherein the control unit is capable of selectively executing: an inversion multi-crop process in which an image density of an edge of each original is supposed to be higher than an image density of a reading-area outside of the original, and an area to be cropped is determined on the basis of a difference in the image density between the edge and the reading-area outside of the original; and a non-inversion multi-crop process in which an image density of an edge of each original is supposed to be lower than an image density of a reading-area outside of the original, and an area to be cropped is determined on the basis of a difference in the image density between the edge and the reading-area outside of the original.
US09876916B1
An image processing apparatus incorporated in an image forming apparatus includes a data acquisition unit, a proofreading processing unit, and an image generating unit. The data acquisition unit acquires data to be proofread representing sentences that are targets of proofreading. The proofreading processing unit proofreads the data to be proofread acquired by the data acquisition unit, and detects an erroneous writing including an error, and a regular notation representing a correct form of the erroneous writing. The image generating unit synthesizes an image representing the erroneous writing and the regular notation detected through the proofreading process performed by the proofreading processing unit with the data to be proofread, to thereby generate a proofreading result image.
US09876913B2
In an audio conferencing mixing system of the type taking a plurality of audio input streams of input audio information of conference participants, including mixing transition events and outputting a plurality of audio output streams including output audio information, a method of mixing the audio output streams so as to reduce the detectability of the mixing transition events, the method including the steps of (a) determining that a transition event is to occur; (b) determining that a masking trigger is to occur; (c) scheduling the transition event to substantially occur when the masking event occurs. Change blindness mechanism to mask changes in audio conference mix and maintain perceptual continuity.
US09876910B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail device having a controller to detect a recording of a voicemail message, generate a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, wherein the SIP message contains visual voicemail data associated with the recorded voicemail message, and transmit the SIP message to a cordless phone system, wherein the SIP message is received by the cordless phone system over a data port of the cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system comprises a base station and at least one cordless communications device, wherein the visual voicemail data is retrieved by the base station, and wherein the visual voicemail data is transmitted by the based station to the at least one cordless communications device by utilizing a cordless wireless access protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09876906B2
This invention is a system and method for making remote calls linked to a call center, which is also capable monitoring the quality of the calls made by the sales agents at a call center. The sales agents can make the calls, without the need for a computer, using only a fixed or mobile telephone line from a remote station, which may be their home or elsewhere. The system includes a database with information of the customers and of the recorded calls made by the agents, a centralized call platform (CCP) with a server connected to the database, which concentrates in a virtual place all the calls made by the various agents and controls the numerical menus with the respective options through an automated interactive voice response (IVR) system that allows the platform to interact with an agent through the use of voice and touch input via keyboard, a plurality of remote call stations each with a fixed telephone line, and a central station or call center where the centralized platform is disposed.
US09876903B2
Apparatus, system, and method for notifying a mobile station of an incoming circuit switched call during a packet switched session. During the packet switched session, a mobile station may receive a call notification of the circuit switched call. The call notification may be received via a packet switched network associated with the packet switched session. Additionally, the call notification may identify a calling party. In response, an indication of the circuit switched call may be displayed to a user on a display of the mobile station. This indication of the circuit switched call may identify the calling party. Additionally, the indication may be displayed while maintaining the packet switched session. In response, the user may provide input to the mobile station regarding whether to accept the circuit switched call. Based on this input, the mobile station may accept or reject the circuit switched call.
US09876896B1
A method of thwarting infiltration of malware onto a mobile communication device. The method comprises a filtering application executing on an ad gateway server computer analyzing a mobile advertisement by to determine a signature of the mobile advertisement, where the signature comprises at least one of a brand identity, a color scheme, a reference image, and a font type, searching a rules data store using the signature of the mobile advertisement as a search key to obtain a first rule, and identifying a first mobile presentation context in the first rule. The method further comprises the filtering application determining that a mobile presentation context of a mobile communication device to which the mobile advertisement is directed by matches the first mobile presentation context and the filtering application blocking transmission of the mobile advertisement from the ad gateway server to the mobile communication device.
US09876893B2
A mobile terminal and a mobile terminal audio signal processing system including the same are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a first body including an opening, a main circuit board, and a main earphone jack, a first audio signal processing body including a first circuit board, on which a sub-sound module receiving a digital audio signal from the first body and converting the digital audio signal into an analog audio signal is mounted, and a sub-earphone jack outputting the analog audio signal, and a controller outputting a first audio signal to the sub-earphone jack and outputting a second audio signal to the main earphone jack. The first audio signal processing body is a first state where the first audio signal processing body is coupled with the opening, or a second state where the first audio signal processing body is separated from the first body.
US09876890B2
An air quality monitor carried by a smart phone and an air quality monitoring system carried by the smart phone are provided. The quality monitor carried by the smart phone includes a shell body, wherein a sensor is provided inside the shell body; a plug is provided on the shell body for being connected to the smart phone; a signal output terminal and a power input terminal of the sensor are both connected to the plug; wherein no power source or power source managing module is provided inside the shell body; no display module is provided on the shell body. Product weight and volume are greatly reduced, in such a manner that a product of the present invention is easy to carry. An air quality monitoring system carried by a smart phone includes: the smart phone, wherein the smart phone comprises a port and a signal processing system.
US09876882B2
A method for transmitting data in a wireless local area network, the method comprising: receiving, by a receiving station, a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) from a transmitting station, the PPDU including a signal-A field, the signal-A field including a bandwidth in which the PPDU is received, decoding the PPDU, wherein, when the PPDU is used for single-user (SU) transmission, the PPDU is decoded with assuming that the PPDU does not include a signal-B field, and, when the PPDU is used for multi-user (MU) transmission, the PPDU is decoded with assuming that the PPDU include the signal-B field, and wherein the signal-B field includes a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) used for the receiving station.
US09876881B2
Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a node, and corresponding method, for managing GTP control plane messaging based on priority information provided in the header of the GTP control plane message. By providing the priority information in the header of the GTP control plane message, message processing may be reduced.
US09876878B2
Embodiments are directed to progressively migrating source computer nodes where the source computer nodes perform a computer-implemented service. In one embodiment, a computer system determines that execution of the performed service is to be migrated from the source computer nodes to target computer nodes. The computer system groups the source computer nodes into multiple source subgroups, where each source subgroup includes at least one source computer node. The computer system then schedules creation of target subgroups of target nodes. These target subgroups include at least one source computer node and, themselves, correspond to a source subgroup. The computer system activates a first target subgroup corresponding to a first source subgroup, and deactivates the first source subgroup. In this manner, the first target subgroup replaces the first source subgroup. Still further, the target subgroups are scheduled to be created only after the first source subgroup has been deactivated.
US09876870B2
A user selects a content item that he wishes to send. He then performs a “sending” gesture and specifies an initial “content-sharing zone.” In order to be eligible to receive the selected content item, a receiving device must be located within the content-sharing zone. However, the content-sharing zone can evolve over time. It can grow in size, change shape, or move (e.g., it can remain centered on the sending user as he moves). A potential recipient makes a “receiving” gesture, and, if the location of the receiving device is located within the evolving content-sharing zone, as currently defined, then the content item is sent from the sending device to the receiving device (either directly or via a content server). A maximum size or duration of the evolving content-sharing zone can be specified. Other restrictions can be stated so that, for example, only intended recipients can receive the content item.
US09876864B2
In one implementation, an access point includes a wireless communications interface, a service discovery module in communication with the wireless communications interface, and a forwarding module. The service discovery module is to receive a service discovery message, to identify a service discovery announcement within the service discovery message, and to determine whether the service discovery announcement is allowed by a service filter. The forwarding module is to forward a portion of the service discovery message including the service discovery announcement if the service discovery announcement is allowed by the service filter and to drop the portion of the service discovery message including the service discovery announcement if the service discovery announcement is not allowed by the service filter.
US09876857B2
An operation method of communication node in a vehicle network is provided. The operation method includes transitioning from a sleep mode to an active mode and generating a first message that includes a first information indicating at least one communication node to be operated in the active mode. In addition, the method includes transmitting the first message to a second communication node to thus enhance performance of a vehicle network.
US09876853B2
According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for embedded compute engine architecture optimization is provided. The method may include receiving an object. The method may also include determining a first category for the received object, whereby the determined first category is associated with a node. The method may then include storing the received object on the node associated with the determined first category. The method may further include receiving an algorithm. The method may also include determining a second category for the received algorithm, whereby the determined second category is associated with the node. The method may then include executing the received algorithm on the node, whereby the received algorithm uses the received object stored on the node.
US09876847B2
A method and system of managing downloads of a file from a server. A determination is made of whether or not a number of current connections between the client and the server is less than a preset threshold number, exceeding one, of allowable concurrent connections with the server. If the determination is that the number of current connections is less than the preset threshold number, responsive to a request by the client to download the file pursuant to another connection between the client and the server, the computer establishes the other connection between the client and the server and downloads the file to the client via the other connection. If the determination is that the number of current connections is at least the preset threshold number, the computer denies a request by the client to download the file from the server using another connection between the client and the server.
US09876842B2
Techniques are presented herein for receipt/transmission of packets to/from a host via a connected input/output (IO) device. In general, a packet is associated with a payload, an inner packet header, and an outer overlay header. The IO device is configured to perform independent offload operations on the inner packet header and the outer overlay header.
US09876835B2
An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit is communicable with a plurality of client apparatuses over the same network that are capable of buffering and reproducing data transmitted from a server by progressive download. The control unit is capable of regularly obtaining buffer time information indicating a buffer time that expresses an amount of data buffered by the plurality of client apparatuses using a time necessary for reproduction of the data. Further, the control unit is capable of determining a client apparatus whose buffer time is minimum among the plurality of client apparatuses as a priority apparatus to which the data should be preferentially transmitted.
US09876825B2
Systems and methods for monitoring user authenticity according to user activities on an application server. A user-modeling process and a user-verification process are performed. In the user-modeling process, a user model is adapted session-by-session to user activities in which the user model includes a plurality of adaptive feature-specific user-behavior models. The user-verification process includes determining a plurality of feature-specific risk-score values, comparing the at least one of the adaptive feature-specific user-behavior models with a respective feature extracted from user activity in the user session on the application server, and determining a total risk-score value indicative of user authenticity by weighting and combining the plurality of feature-specific risk-score values. If the total risk-score value is greater than a given threshold, a corrective action is performed.
US09876824B2
Presented herein are techniques for adding a secure control layer to a distributed communication fabric that supports publish-subscribe (pub-sub) and direct query (synchronization) communication. The secure control layer is configured to perform policy-based authentication techniques to securely manage the exchange of data/information within the communication fabric and enable registration/discovery of new capabilities.
US09876819B2
A method for restoring a website in the event of a hack or defacement is disclosed. The method comprises the step of copying the at least one webpage of the website with at least one functional element to create a replicated website on a restorer server, the at least one functional element of the replicated website capable of accepting user input to trigger an event. The method further comprises the steps of creating at the restorer server, a secure website replica from the replicated website by deactivating the at least one functional element such that the secure website replica is incapable of accepting user input to trigger the event, and presenting the secure website replica in place of the website once the hack or the defacement of the website has been detected.
US09876817B2
A cloud checking and killing method includes, but is not limited to, a cloud server receiving a cloud checking and killing request for performing virus checking and killing on a sample; the cloud server analyzes the cloud checking and killing request, and determines whether it is a cloud checking and killing request of an anti-antivirus test; if so, the cloud server returns a cloud checking and killing result that the sample does not carry a virus; and if not, comparing the sample with a virus library to determine whether the sample carries a virus and perform corresponding virus checking and killing. The cloud checking and killing does not return any virus information in an “anti-antivirus test”, allowing the anti-antivirus test to pass. When a Trojan horse is spread online, the cloud checking and killing returns the correct result, thereby allowing antivirus software to kill the Trojan horse.
US09876813B2
The technology described herein provides a novel system and method for web-based log analysis. The analysis combines the benefits of typical log monitoring systems with those of typical vulnerability managements systems. The synergy of the combined log monitoring and vulnerability management results in a single provider detecting vulnerability and subsequently accessing archived log data to detect if the vulnerability has been exploited in the past, identifying compromised machines for customers.
US09876811B2
A response to a cyber attack on a carrier network is provided. The response can be based on inspection of traffic flowing through a carrier network. The response can automatically adapt the traffic flow in response to a perceived threat. Traffic can be adapted by dynamically updating permission variables related to allowing access for user equipment (UE) to a carrier network, withdrawing or denying access to the carrier network for selected UEs. In other embodiments, signaling can be initiated at the carrier network to cause selected UEs to disable transmission of traffic contributing to the traffic flow. Determining a cyber attack condition can be based on predetermined rules associated with the traffic flow. Further, the determination can be performed at a front end of the carrier network to limit exposure of the carrier network to a detected cyber attack.
US09876800B2
A method for associating a web event with a member of a group of users is implemented at a first computing device. The method includes: receiving a data access request from a second computing device; determining whether the user has previously provided personal information and authorization to the first computing device through the second computing device; if the user's personal information and authorization are found: generating a record for the data access request; if the user's personal information is found but the user's authorization is not found: generating a record for the data access request; and if neither of the user's personal information and authorization is found: identifying one or more user identifiers that are associated with the second computing device; and returning personal information associated with the one or more user identifiers to the second computing device.
US09876791B2
A method and apparatus for authenticating a user are provided. An authentication apparatus includes a data set generator configured to generate an authentication data set by extracting waveforms from a biosignal of a user, a similarity calculator configured to match each of the extracted waveforms to registered waveforms included in a registration data set, and calculate a similarity between each of the extracted waveforms and the registered waveforms, and an auxiliary similarity calculator configured to extract a representative authentication waveform indicating a representative waveform of the extracted waveforms and a representative registration waveform indicating a representative waveform of the registered waveforms, and calculate a similarity between the representative authentication waveform and the representative registration waveform.
US09876783B2
Distribution of verification of passwords for electronic account. Password verification is distributed (divided) across multiple entities to reduce potential exposure in the event of a server exposure.
US09876781B2
A login controller has a function of allowing a user to log in to an information processing apparatus. A sign-in controller has a function of allowing the user to sign in to a network service provided by a server. At login time, a login information receiving unit receives a pass code input by the user for login authentication. A login processing unit performs login authentication using the received pass code. If it is determined that the pass code received by the login processing unit is incorrect, a sign-in processing unit causes the user to sign out of the network service. When the user again signs in to the network service, a screen generating unit receives the pass code for login authentication. A registration processing section then registers the received pass code in a registered user information holding section as a new pass code.
US09876778B2
A method for providing secure remote access by a controller is described. The method includes establishing a link through a security service to a client device via a cloud server based on a security token from the client device. The method also includes receiving a command message from the client device for an application program interface (API) located within the controller. The command message is forwarded by the cloud server. The method further includes producing an automation command based on the command message. The API interprets the command message.
US09876776B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and web content management server computing device that receives, from a client device, requested data comprising at least a template identifier, information for a custom attribute, and a unique item identifier for an item. A public identifier and a uniform resource locator (URL) comprising at least the public identifier are generated. The public identifier is stored in a requested sites database as associated with the requested data. A preview panel comprising a selectable application indication is generated and sent to the client device. The URL is sent to the client device in response to receiving a selection of the selectable application indication from the client device.
US09876772B1
A message having at least one intended recipient is encrypted using a first key. The first key is encrypted with a second key associated with the recipient. At least two of the encrypted message, the encrypted first key, and an identifier associated with the at least one recipient are encapsulated in a secure communication protocol encapsulation. The secure communication protocol encapsulation is transmitted to a server.
US09876758B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a user device. The apparatus determines that a network server IP address of a first network has changed. The apparatus transmits information associated with the change to one or more client devices in a second network. In an aspect, the one or more client devices in the second network are connected to the first network using the network server IP address of the first network.
US09876754B2
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for relaying messages in a communications system. In one aspect, a method is performed at a server. The method includes: (1) obtaining a plurality of incoming messages, including at least one target message and at least one priority message from a first user of the communication system; (2) obtaining a one or more interests of a second user; (3) selecting the target message based at least in part on the one or more interests of the second user; (4) sending the target message to a client device of the second user; (5) after sending the target message, receiving a notification from the client device indicating that the second user has interacted with the target message; and (6) in response to receiving the notification from the client device, sending to the client device the priority message.
US09876753B1
An electronic messaging system includes a messaging server that identifies a recipient for an electronic message. The messaging system sends the recipient an electronic message that includes instrumented content. A web server monitors activity and determines whether interaction occurred with the instrumented content. The web server determines whether a sandbox intercepted the message based on whether interaction occurred, or did not occur, with the instrumented content within a threshold time period or with one or more activity characteristics.
US09876751B2
Systems and methods for presenting a graphical visualization of user related content in a network or across networks are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include analyzing the content from within the network or across the networks, identifying trending topics, and customizing the graphical visualization based on a given topic. The given topic can be user specified and/or can be based on implicit and/or explicit user interests or preferences. The given topic can also be administrator specified. The graphical visualization can present the topics as being connected to the given topic, where the given topic is presented as a center node and the topics relating to that given topic are arranged radially from the center node. The trending topics can change based on a configurable timeframe (e.g., minutes, days, weeks, etc.).
US09876748B1
Systems and methods are provided for notifying a user regarding movement of a content item which the user has previously expressed interest in, to a new network location. In one or more aspects, a system includes a notification generation component configured to generate a notification indicating a content item has been moved from a first content source to a second content source in response to movement of the content item from the first content source to the second content source. The system further includes a notification posting component configured to send the notification to a device or an account of a user based in part on a subscription of the user to the first content source or the content item.
US09876746B2
Example methods and apparatus associated with a messaging policy controlled email deduplication are provided. In one example a messaging policy is accessed. It is determined whether a received message complies with the policy based on rules of the messaging policy. If a message complies with the messaging policy, the message is displayed. If the message does not comply with the messaging policy, it is determined whether the message is duplicative. If the message is deemed duplicative it is not displayed. Conversely, if the message is not deemed duplicative it is displayed.
US09876730B1
A technology to select a virtualized instance is described. A computing specification is received. The computing specification is mapped to specifications of a virtualized instance. Information about the virtualized instance is provided as a result.
US09876726B2
Systems and methods for optimizing system performance of capacity and spectrum constrained, multiple-access communication systems by selectively discarding packets are provided. The systems and methods provided herein can drive changes in the communication system using control responses. One such control responses includes the optimal discard (also referred to herein as “intelligent discard”) of network packets under capacity constrained conditions. The systems and methods prioritize packets and make discard decisions based upon the prioritization. Some embodiments provide an interactive response by selectively discarding packets to enhance perceived and actual system throughput, other embodiments provide a reactive response by selectively discarding data packets based on their relative impact to service quality to mitigate oversubscription, others provide a proactive response by discarding packets based on predicted oversubscription, and others provide a combination thereof.
US09876724B2
The present invention provides a method for seamless multi-link network connectivity, wherein such method utilizes a plurality of connections at the same time by providing an application-sensitive seamless connectivity between two end systems via several links so that the data are seamlessly transmitted among these links. In the method of the present invention when one link fails, the traffic is automatically transmitted via the available links of said plurality of connections and when it comes back up, it is automatically used again. In the method of the present invention when more than one link is active and the Quality of Service needs of an application can't be met by using a single link, more than one link is used through load-balancing mechanism. Said method provides the best possible service for each type of application based on its own Quality of Service requirements.
US09876703B1
A technology for testing a computing resource is provided. In one example, services available for the computing resource are identified. The services may be automatically tested on the computing resource and metrics for testing of the services may be collected. Performance of the services may be determined based on the metrics.
US09876702B2
In some embodiments a remote request is received relating to a context of a device after the device has been powered off. A sensor of the device is turned on to obtain context information of the device from the sensor. The obtained context information is provided from the device to a remote device while the device is still powered off. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09876701B1
An indexing arrangement enables efficient search and retrieval of indexes persistently stored in a metadata repository and used to locate packets captured from a network and persistently stored in a data repository. The packets are captured at a packet capture and retrieval system having persistent storage devices organized as files of the metadata and data repositories. Search and retrieval of the indexes within the files of the metadata repository occur at substantially a same time as one or more other captured packets is written to one or more files of the data repository to realize a substantially high sustained packet transfer rate of the network.
US09876700B2
A method for active network fabric management. The method includes receiving a probe packet by a termination beacon, where the probe packet is associated with a stream, the stream is identified using an origin beacon identification (ID) for an origin beacon, a stream source IP address, a stream destination IP address, an L2 origin interface, and a TTL value or an IP Hop value. The method further includes generating, after receiving the probe packet and after the expiration of a probe rate request (PRR) refresh timer, a rate control packet (RCP) by the termination beacon where the RCP includes a PRR for the stream, and sending the RCP to the origin beacon using an origin beacon IP address, where the origin beacon IP address is different than the stream source IP address.
US09876695B2
Replicating on a test server a production load of a production server. The production load can be created on the production server by processing client requests received from clients. While the client requests are processed, in real time, the production load can be replicated to generate a replicated production load that represents the client requests and defines state information representing unique states formed between the production server and the respective clients. In real time, the replicated production load can be communicated in order to replicate the production load on the test server.
US09876693B1
Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided. In one embodiment, the location of computing entities can be monitored to determine whether they are within a configurable distance from each other. In another embodiment, direct communications with each other can be monitored. The locations or communications can be used to initiate specific actions/steps.
US09876682B2
Methods and devices are provided for regulating traffic on a network. According to some aspects of the invention, if a subscriber's upstream traffic exceeds a predetermined level over a first period of time, the subscriber's quality of service is adjusted without requiring the subscriber to re-register. According to some embodiments, a first token bucket is used to determine whether the subscriber's upstream traffic exceeds the predetermined level over the first period of time. In some such embodiments, the first token bucket is used to control the burst size of another token bucket, depending on the subscriber's upstream traffic during the first period of time.
US09876680B2
The present invention provides a system and method of configuring embedded electronic devices in a data center. The method includes: requesting device configuration information by the one or more embedded electronic devices via a wireless protocol; receiving the request at an update apparatus; in response to receiving the request at the update apparatus, retrieving a configuration file at the update apparatus, wherein the configuration file comprises a series of instructions for configuring the one or more embedded electronic devices in a default configuration; transmitting the configuration file from the update apparatus to the one or more embedded electronic devices via the wireless protocol; and configuring the one or more embedded electronic devices according to the configuration file.
US09876675B1
In one embodiment, primary circuits may be established on a network link, where each primary circuit individually allocates primary bandwidth of the network link and is assigned to one of either a respective primary weighted queue of the network link corresponding to a size of the respective primary circuit or a shared primary weighted queue of the network link corresponding to a total size of the individually allocated primary bandwidth for the network link. In addition, protection circuits may also be established on the network link, where the protection circuits collectively allocate shared backup bandwidth of the network link and are assigned to a shared backup weighted queue of the network link corresponding to a size of the shared backup bandwidth for the network link. As such, primary and backup packets may be forwarded on the network link according to the primary and backup weighted queues (e.g., allowing 1:1 protection).
US09876666B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for acquiring device-to-device (D2D) synchronization by a terminal in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving a subframe; and detecting a D2D synchronization signal including a first synchronization signal and a second synchronization signal, from a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals of the subframe, wherein the terminal can determine a kind of an application related to the D2D synchronization signal from a symbol structure formed by an OFDM symbol through which the first synchronization signal is transmitted and an OFDM symbol through which the second synchronization signal is transmitted.
US09876664B2
Disclosed is a method for transmitting a broadcast signal. The method comprises formatting input streams with multiple data transmission channels, and the formatting step comprises adding a header indicating a format of a payload of the BBF.
US09876658B2
An electronic receiver may generate a differential detection sequence based on a received symbol sequence and based on a m-symbol delayed version of the received symbol sequence, where m is an integer greater than 1. The particular differential detection sequence may be a result of an element-by-element multiplication of the particular received symbol sequence and the conjugate of an m-symbol delayed version of the particular received symbol sequence. The receiver may calculate differential decision metrics based on the differential detection sequence and based on a set of differential symbol sequences generated from the set of possible transmitted symbol sequences. The receiver may generate a decision as to which of a set of possible transmitted symbol sequences resulted in the received symbol sequence, where the decision is based on the differential decision metrics and the set of possible transmitted symbols sequences.
US09876653B1
A system, method and apparatus for augmenting a building control system domain. A sensor network platform can be configured to collect data based on measurements from sensors outside of a legacy building control system domain, and to present information based on the collected data to a known interface supported by the legacy building control system. In one embodiment, the collected data can undergo customized processing by an operation center outside of the legacy building control system domain.
US09876637B2
A cloud storage system supporting user agnostic encryption and deduplication of encrypted files is described. Further the cloud storage system enables users to share a file, a group of files, or an entire file system with other users without a user sending each file to the other users. The cloud storage system further allows a client device to minimize the utilization of bandwidth by determining whether the encrypted data to transfer is already present in the cloud storage system. Further the cloud storage system comprises mechanisms for a client device to inform the cloud storage system of which data is likely to be required in the future so that the cloud storage system can make that data available with less latency one the client device requests the data.
US09876634B2
A transmission/reception system 1 includes a transmission device 10 configured to transmit image data and a reception device 20 configured to receive the image data transmitted from the transmission device 10. The transmission device 10 includes a serializer 11, an encoding unit 12, a data buffering unit 13, a data selection unit 14, a counter 15, and a synchronization signal generation unit 16. The data buffering unit 13 buffers data every n bits in synchronization with the clock. The data selection unit 14 outputs m-bit data selected from the data buffered by the data buffering unit 13 on the basis of a count value from the counter 15.
US09876626B2
A microwave backhaul system having quadruple capacity. In one embodiment, an outdoor communication unit in a microwave backhaul system is provided, which includes a first and second dual channel processing modules that are each configured to process two transmission/reception channels. The outdoor communication unit also includes two transmitter modules that are each configured to upconvert two channels for transmission at vertical polarization and a horizontal polarization.
US09876621B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting an uplink signal in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation of a plurality of cells including a first cell having a first type cyclic prefix and a second cell having a second type cyclic prefix, and an apparatus for the same, the method comprising: transmitting an uplink physical channel signal through the first cell in a specific sub-frame; and transmitting a sounding reference signal through the second cell in the specific sub-frame, wherein the second type cyclic prefix length is greater than the first type cyclic prefix length, a transmission interval of the sounding reference signal is overlapped with a transmission interval of the uplink physical channel signal during a specific interval, and the transmission of the sounding reference signal is omitted during the specific interval when the transmission power of the terminal does not exceed a specific value.
US09876617B2
A mobile station apparatus includes a transmission circuit or circuitry. The mobile station apparatus is configured to transmit a sounding reference signal (SRS) in a single carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbol corresponding to an SRS symbol. In addition, the mobile station apparatus is configured to, in a case that a region for SRS transmission on a given component carrier is extended based on a higher layer signal, transmit a first SRS in the SC-FDMA symbol, and transmit a second SRS in the extended region, where the first SRS is an SRS transmitted based on a first higher layer signal and the second SRS is an SRS transmitted based on a second higher layer signal and an SRS request in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
US09876598B2
A data transmission switch configured to be carried onboard an aircraft comprises: at least one input configured to receive data from a flight management computer on a first transmission channel, the channel functioning in multidirectional mode; at least one output configured to transmit the data to at least one avionic equipment on a second transmission channel, the switch further comprising a transducer configured to generate instructions for synchronization of the second transmission channel. The invention enables retrofitting to aircraft with an old avionic system under very economic conditions.
US09876595B2
A first semiconductor die may comprise an interface circuit and a demodulation circuit. The interface circuit may be operable to receive an externally generated signal and recover decisions of a symbol de-mapper carried in the externally generated signal. The demodulation circuit may be operable to recover one or more transport streams based on the decisions of the symbol de-mapper. The first semiconductor die may comprise circuitry operable to combine a plurality of signals from a plurality of second semiconductor dice, where each of the plurality of signals comprises decisions of a respective one of a plurality of symbol de-mappers.
US09876588B2
Radio-frequency performance of wireless communications circuitry on an electronic device under test (DUT) may be tested without external test equipment such as signal analyzers or signal generators. A first DUT may transmit test signals to a second DUT. External attenuator circuitry interposed between the DUTs may attenuate the test signals to desired power levels. The second DUT may characterize and/or calibrate receiver performance by generating wireless performance metric data based on the attenuated test signals. A single DUT may transmit test signals to itself via corresponding transmit and receive ports coupled together through the attenuator. The DUT may generate performance metric data based on the test signals. The DUT may include feedback receiver circuitry coupled to an output of a transmitter via a feedback path and may characterize and/or calibrate transmit performance using test signals transmitted by the transmitter and received by the feedback receiver.
US09876586B2
A radio frequency (RF) noise reduction system is disclosed to include a first antenna for receiving a RF signal, a phase shifter coupled to the first antenna for generating a phase shifted RF signal, and an amplitude detector coupled to the first antenna for outputting a signal representative of an amplitude of the RF signal. Additionally, the RF noise reduction system includes a microcontroller coupled to the amplitude detector for controlling the phase shifter. Still yet, the RF noise reduction system includes a second antenna coupled to the phase shifter and being configured to transmit the phase shifted RF signal.
US09876576B2
Layered coaxial transmitter optical subassemblies (TOSAs) with a support bridge therebetween may be used in an optical transmitter or transceiver for transmitting optical signals at multiple channel wavelengths. The coaxial TOSAs may include cuboid type TO laser packages having substantially flat outer surfaces that may be mounted on substantially flat outer surfaces on a transmitter or transceiver housing or on the support bridge. The support bridge supports and isolates one layer of the TOSAs mounted over another layer of the TOSAs such that the TOSAs may be stacked to fit within a small space without sacrificing optical coupling efficiency.
US09876571B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupler that includes a tapered collar that surrounds a transmission wire. A coaxial coupler, that surrounds at least a portion of the transmission wire, guides an electromagnetic wave to the tapered collar. The tapered collar couples the electromagnetic wave to propagate along an outer surface of the transmission wire. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09876565B2
A method includes defining a target performance for a communication network that includes multiple network nodes interconnected by Active Optical Cables (AOCs). Respective parameters, which cause the communication network to achieve the target performance, are selected for the AOCs. Commands are sent to the AOCs to set the selected parameters.
US09876563B1
Systems, methods, and software described herein provide enhancements for deploying applications in satellite systems. In one example, a satellite system comprises a communication interface configured to receive software payloads, and a satellite control system configured to operate logistical control elements of the satellite system. The satellite system further comprises a virtualized execution system configured to execute ones of the software payloads deployed on the satellite system as associated virtual nodes that share resources of the satellite system.
US09876557B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting an indication in a wireless communication system is provided. A relay node (RN) transmits an indication which indicates that the RN is either a fixed relay node or a mobile relay node, and receives initial parameters from an operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) according on the indication. If the RN is the mobile relay node, the initial parameters includes a list of donor eNodeB (DeNB) cells at a trajectory of the RN.
US09876554B2
A radio network node (110), a user equipment (120) and methods therein for managing a transmission from the user equipment (120) to the radio network node (110) are disclosed. The radio network node (110) adapts (302) a transport format relating to the transmission based on information indicating at least one mode switching point of a radio transmitter (1420). The radio transmitter (1420) is comprised in the user equipment (120). The user equipment (120) adapts (1110) the transmission based on the information indicating at least one mode switching point of the radio transmitter (1420) comprised in the user equipment (120).
US09876549B2
A communications apparatus includes a wireless communications module and a controller. The wireless communications module uses a preferred receiving beam determined in a beam training procedure to communicate with a network control device and further monitors one or more candidate receiving beam(s) by using the one or more candidate receiving beam(s) to receive signals from the network control device. The controller calculates a detection metric for the preferred receiving beam and the preferred control beam and a detection metric for each combination of the one or more candidate receiving beam(s) and the preferred control beam, and determines whether to change the preferred receiving beam according to the detection metrics for the preferred receiving beam and the preferred control beam and for each combination of the one or more candidate receiving beam(s) and the preferred control beam.
US09876541B2
The present disclosure discloses a method in a wireless access network node for controlling a UE. The UE comprises at least two transmit antennas, and is capable of uplink transmit diversity. There is an antenna weight associated with each transmit antenna. First, the wireless access network node determines that the antenna weights of the user equipment may be controlled. Then, it creates a control signal that comprises control information and transmits it to the user equipment. The control information controls a UE autonomous selection of the antenna weights in the UE.
US09876540B2
A method and a first radio node for determining a first precoder to be used by the first radio node for sending a transmission to a second radio node. The first radio node measures a set of cross-channel responses. The first radio node encodes the set of cross-channel responses into a first code-book index using a quantization scheme. The first radio node sends the first code-book index to a central unit. The first radio node receives a second code-book index from the central unit. The first radio node obtains a second precoder by decoding the second code-book index. The first radio node determines the first precoder by compensating the second precoder while taking the quantization scheme and the co-operative interference mitigation scheme into account. The first radio node applies the first precoder to the transmission, to be sent by the first radio node, to the second radio node.
US09876538B2
There is disclosed a mobile terminal including a housing comprising a first metal case, a second metal case and a first non-conductive case arranged between the first metal case and the second metal case, a battery embedded in the housing, a first coil arranged in an area covered by the first metal case inside the housing, a main board comprising a charging module implemented to recharge the battery using electric currents which flow in the first coil, and a first resonator arranged in an area covered by the first non-conductive case and comprising a first matching circuit corresponding to a first frequency, such that the examples of the mobile terminal in accordance with the present disclosure may enhance performance of the wireless communication unit and wireless charging performance, without design change of the housing having the metal case.
US09876536B1
The embodiments described herein include a transmitter that transmits a power transmission signal (e.g., radio frequency (RF) signal waves) to create a three-dimensional pocket of energy. At least one receiver can be connected to or integrated into electronic devices and receive power from the pocket of energy. The transmitter can locate the at least one receiver in a three-dimensional space using a communication medium (e.g., Bluetooth technology). The transmitter generates a waveform to create a pocket of energy around each of the at least one receiver. The transmitter uses an algorithm to direct, focus, and control the waveform in three dimensions. The receiver can convert the transmission signals (e.g., RF signals) into electricity for powering an electronic device. Accordingly, the embodiments for wireless power transmission can allow powering and charging a plurality of electrical devices without wires.
US09876524B1
The glove and swiveling tablet computer case is an apparatus for holding a personal data device. The glove and swiveling tablet computer case comprises a PDD case, a glove, and a fastener. The fastener attaches the glove to the PDD case. The personal data device is inserted into the PDD case. When the glove and swiveling tablet computer case is arranged in this fashion the fastener mechanically attaches the glove to the PDD case to a hand in such a manner that the personal data device does not need to be held when the glove is worn. In the first potential embodiment of the disclosure, the fastener further attaches the personal data device to the glove in such a manner that the personal data device can be rotated to a convenient position while in use.
US09876513B2
A three dimensional (3D) multiplexer structure may include a first two dimensional (2D) inductor capacitor (LC) filter layer. The first 2D LC filter layer may include a first 2D spiral inductor and a first capacitor(s). The 3D multiplexer structure may also include a second 2D LC filter layer. The second 2D LC filter layer may include a second 2D spiral inductor and a second capacitor(s) stacked directly on and communicably coupled to the first 2D LC filter.
US09876512B2
A bit interleaver, a bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) device and a bit interleaving method are disclosed herein. The bit interleaver includes a first memory, a processor, and a second memory. The first memory stores a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword having a length of 64800 and a code rate of 2/15. The processor generates an interleaved codeword by interleaving the LDPC codeword on a bit group basis. The size of the bit group corresponds to a parallel factor of the LDPC codeword. The second memory provides the interleaved codeword to a modulator for 16-symbol mapping.
US09876510B2
The invention relates in an aspect A to a method for determining active input elements (S1a, S2a) of an input arrangement (10), comprising providing input elements (S1a to S2b) that are connected according to a matrix arrangement, providing within the matrix arrangement at least two drive lines (L1, L2) that are each connected to a respective driving circuit (2, 4), providing within the matrix arrangement at least two sense lines (Ca, Cb) that may be used to detect active input elements (S1a, S2a), providing within the matrix arrangement serial connections (SC1 to SC4) each comprising one of the input elements (S1a) and a resistor (R1a) and each serial connection (SC1 to SC4) being connected to a respective one of the drive lines (L1, L2) and to a respective one of the sense lines (Ca, Cb), providing pull resistors (Ra, Rb) that connect the sense lines (Ca, Cb) to a first potential, and using a control device for the driving circuits that drives an active drive line (L1) to a second potential that is different from the first potential and that drives a non active drive line (L2) or non active drive lines to the first potential or to a potential having an absolute offset value from the first potential that is at most 50 percent or at most 10 percent of the absolute value of the difference of the first potential and of the second potential.
US09876508B2
A system, method and computer program product for encoding an input string of binary characters representing alphanumeric characters. A system includes: a character writing engine for writing a binary character to an empty cell of a multi-dimensional shape beginning with a starting empty cell; a next cell determination engine for determining a next empty cell by traversing neighboring cells in the multi-dimensional shape until an empty cell is located; a loop facilitator for looping back to the character writing engine and the next cell determining engine until no more data characters or a next empty cell is not determined; and a serialization engine for serializing the cells into a one dimensional binary string of characters representing an encoded string of alphanumeric characters.
US09876506B2
To provide a measuring device wherein a measurement range corresponding to a wave shape to be measured can be set with a simple configuration. A measuring device (100) has: a measuring unit that measures changes of indexes with time, said indexes relating to an object event; a conversion unit that converts a measurement value measured by means of the measuring unit into a predetermined format within a previously set measurement range; and a control unit that controls the measurement range. The control unit changes the measurement range in the cases where a conversion value obtained by converting the measurement value by means of the conversion unit satisfies predetermined conditions in a predetermined period.
US09876505B1
An isochronous receiver system is provided and includes a single flux quantum (SFQ) receiver to receive a data signal from a transmission line. The single flux quantum receiver then converts the data signal to an SFQ signal. The system also includes a converter system to convert the SFQ signal to a reciprocal quantum logic (RQL) signal and to phase-align the RQL signal with a sampling phase of an AC clock signal.
US09876499B2
A semiconductor device suitable for low-voltage driving. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a power supply line, a circuit, and a memory circuit. The first transistor controls electrical continuity between the circuit and the power supply line. The memory circuit stores data for setting a gate potential of the first transistor. The second transistor controls electrical continuity between an output node of the memory circuit and a gate of the first transistor. The second transistor is a transistor with an ultralow off-state current, for example, an oxide semiconductor transistor. In a period for operating the circuit, a first potential is input to the power supply line and the second transistor is turned off. In a period for updating the gate potential of the first transistor, a second potential is input to the power supply line. The second potential is higher than the first potential.
US09876498B2
The present disclosure provides physically unclonable products and fabrication methods thereof. An exemplary fabrication method forming a resistor block; performing a resistance randomizing process to the resistor block to cause the resistor block to have a random resistance; forming a resistor block array using at least two resistor blocks obtained after the resistance randomizing process; and coupling at least one resistor block array with a product to form the physically unclonable product.
US09876496B2
A radio frequency switch circuit, according to examples, includes a switching circuit controlled to be in a turned on or turned off state on the basis of a gate signal to thereby allow a radio frequency signal to pass or be blocked; a voltage dividing circuit connected to terminals of the switching circuit that the radio frequency signal passes through and outputting intermediate voltage between the terminals by a voltage dividing node; and an impedance circuit connected between the voltage dividing node and a body terminal of the switching circuit.
US09876494B2
A high voltage output driver circuit includes a first regulator having a first input, a second input, and an output coupled to the second input, a second regulator having a first input, a second input and an output, a driver having a first signal input, a second signal input, a first control input coupled to the output of the first regulator, a second control input coupled to the output of the second regulator, a first control output, and a second control output, a first power transistor coupled to the first control output of the driver, and a second power transistor coupled to the second control output of the driver. An integrated circuit comprising the high voltage output driver does not require external bootstrap components, such as capacitors, nor the attendant extra pins required to connect to such external bootstrap components.
US09876493B2
A decode switch and a method for controlling a decode switch are provided. The decode switch includes a power source providing a first voltage, a source capacitance coupled to the power source, and a target capacitance coupled to the power source. The power source charges the source capacitance to the first voltage. The source capacitance is connected to the target capacitance and the source capacitance charges the target capacitance to a second voltage. The power source charges the target capacitance from the second voltage to the first voltage.
US09876479B2
A filter includes a substrate; a signal line formed on the substrate and including an input terminal and an output terminal at either end of the signal line; and a first pair of resonant lines connected between the signal line and a ground portion, wherein the first pair of resonant lines are connected to the signal line at the same point.
US09876478B2
Apparatus and methods for wireless local area network (WLAN) power amplifiers are provided. In certain configurations, a WLAN power amplifier system includes a WLAN power amplifier, an output impedance matching network, and an envelope tracker. The WLAN power amplifier includes an input that receives a WLAN signal having a fundamental frequency and an output that generates an amplified WLAN signal for transmission over an antenna. The output impedance matching network is electrically connected to the output of the WLAN power amplifier, and can provide a load line impedance between 10Ω and 35Ω at the fundamental frequency. The envelope tracker receives an envelope of the WLAN signal, and controls a voltage level of a power supply of the WLAN power amplifier based on the envelope signal.
US09876472B2
An apparatus includes a first predistorter configured to calculate a first predistortion parameter and configured to distort an input signal using the first predistortion parameter to output a first distortion signal, a second predistorter configured to calculate a second predistortion parameter and configured to distort the first distortion signal using the second predistortion parameter to output a second distortion signal, a power supply configured to receive the first distortion signal to generate a first envelope signal, and configured to limit a bandwidth of the first envelope signal to obtain a second envelope signal to supply a source voltage, and a power amplifier configured to receive the source voltage and to output an output signal obtained by amplifying the second distortion signal.
US09876471B2
Apparatus and methods for phase compensation in power amplifiers are disclosed herein. In certain implementations, a method of phase compensation in a power amplifier includes amplifying a radio frequency signal using a power amplifier that includes an input stage and an output stage, powering a bipolar transistor of the output stage using a power amplifier supply voltage, changing a voltage level of the power amplifier supply voltage, the bipolar transistor having an input reactance that changes in response to the change in the voltage level of the power amplifier supply voltage, and compensating for a variation in a phase delay of the power amplifier arising from the change in the input reactance of the bipolar transistor using a compensation circuit that is electrically connected to an output of the input stage.
US09876465B2
An assembly comprises at least two structural profiles arranged parallel to each other with respect to their length direction and at least one solar panel. Each of the structural profiles is doubled walled and comprises a continuous top cover and a plurality of spaced panel support sections. Each of said plurality of structural profiles is positioned such that, in between the respective top covers and their corresponding panel supports of adjacent structural profiles, along the length direction, the at least one solar panel can be slidably mounted at both its opposing edges.
US09876457B2
The invention relates to an electric motor (1), in particular a fan motor, comprising a device (5) for generating a sequence (3) of signals that comprises a plurality of especially blocks (22) of signals. The blocks (22) of signals comprise a plurality of signals (19) having a specific signal duration (20). According to the invention, the signal duration (20) of the individual signals (19) varies.
US09876439B2
An ultra high voltage regulator includes a rectifying circuit, a first transistor, a second transistor, an output capacitor, a bootstrap diode, a bootstrap capacitor, and a gate driver circuit. The ultra high voltage regulator converts a received alternative current into a direct voltage to an electrical component. The ultra high voltage regulator is capable of providing a larger current becomes more compact and thinner in size without cooperating with a mass transformer/high voltage capacitor, which satisfies the request for miniaturization of the electrical components.
US09876438B2
In a converter unit system, converter units are connected in parallel. The converter unit includes a converter circuit connected to an AC power supply and a DC bus, a first inrush-current suppression resistor connected to the DC bus, a first contactor connected in parallel to the first inrush-current suppression resistor, a smoothing capacitor provided after the first inrush-current suppression resistor and the first contactor, a second contactor externally outputting ON/OFF signal, a voltage detection unit measuring a DC voltage value across the smoothing capacitor, and a control unit controlling the first contactor and the second contactor. The converter unit system includes a third contactor connected to the converter units, and a second inrush-current suppression resistor connected in parallel to the third contactor. When contacts of the second contactors are all closed, a contact of the third contactor is closed.
US09876428B2
A voltage regulator device is disclosed, comprising a first pin and a second pin, a regulator circuit implemented between the first pin and the second pin, one or more internal blocks configured to be powered through a supply node to facilitate operation of the regulator circuit and an internal supply circuit coupled to the first pin, the second pin, and the supply node, the internal supply circuit configured to provide a supply voltage to the supply node from either or both of the first and second pins.
US09876427B2
Voltage applied to switching elements of a power conversion device is suppressed to be within a predetermined range. A power conversion device (1) includes a leg (31) in which switching elements (41, 42) are connected in series, a leg (32) in which switching elements (43, 44) are connected in series, a reactor (61) connected between the midpoint of the switching elements (41, 42) and the switching-element (43) end not connected to the switching element (44), a reactor (62) connected between the midpoint of the switching elements (43, 44) and the switching-element (42) end not connected to the switching element (41), and a DC power source (10) connected between the switching-element (41) end not connected to the reactor (61) and the terminal of the switching element (44) not connected to the reactor (62). Loads can be connected in parallel to the legs (31, 32).
US09876415B2
A tool for assembly of an inner enclosure of a generator or a machine comprises a first part and a second part. The first part comprises a plate with one edge constructed to form a first half-ring. The second part comprises a second half-ring corresponding to the first half-ring of the first part. Upon assembly of the first part and the second part, the first half-ring and the second half-ring form a full-ring to encompass a shaft of the generator or the machine and to connect to an inner enclosure of the generator or the machine.
US09876411B2
A cooling jacket includes a jacket having an axial end provided with an opening, and a sealing structure which is arranged in the opening. A member selected from the group consisting of the jacket and the sealing structure has a radial deformation to connect the jacket to the sealing structure. The radial deformation is configured to extend into the opening.
US09876400B2
A rotor of a wound rotor synchronous motor is spaced apart from an interior diameter surface of a stator by a predetermined gap, and includes a plurality of teeth wound by a rotor coil, and circumferentially spaced apart from each other by a distance, where a slot is formed between the teeth, each tooth is formed with a shoe facing an interior diameter surface of the stator, and both ends of the shoe protrude in a direction of both ends of an adjacent shoe, where each tooth includes a first part corresponding to a winding body of the tooth and a second part extending in the direction of both ends of the adjacent shoe from both sides of the first part.
US09876390B2
When the preferred voltage source for a static transfer switch is a UPS, there can be a brief interruption in the voltage received from the UPS while the UPS is switching from economy mode to normal mode. Operation of the static transfer switch can be improved during such voltage disturbances. Specifically, the static transfer switch may be in data communication with the UPS and thereby made aware that the voltage disturbance is temporary. As a result, the static transfer switch can avoid an unnecessary transfer to an alternate voltage source.
US09876384B2
A charging device is disclosed herein, the charging device comprises: a charging circuit, an energy storage circuit and a control switch, wherein the charging circuit is configured to charge an object to be charged, the energy storage circuit is configured to store energy when the charging circuit is charging the object to be charged and to charge the object to be charged when the charging circuit is in a switch-off state, and the control switch is configured to alternately switch on and switch off the charging circuit according to control commands received periodically, to switch off the energy storage circuit when the charging circuit is switched on and to switch on the energy storage circuit when the charging circuit is switched off. A charging method of the charging device is also disclosed. Technical solution disclosed herein can be applied to improve charging efficiency of a charging device thereby enhancing utilization of the charging device.
US09876378B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling power transmission. A minimum voltage and a maximum voltage receivable at the at least one power receiver, a reference voltage used to divide a range between the minimum voltage and the maximum voltage, and a demanded voltage required by the at least one power receiver, are received from at least one power receiver. A report about a power reception condition is received from the at least one power receiver. The report includes a measured voltage at the at least one power receiver during power transmission from the power transmitter. It is determined whether the measured voltage is between the minimum voltage and the reference voltage. Power is adjusted and supplied when the measured voltage is not between the minimum voltage and the reference voltage.
US09876372B2
A barcode reader and a docking station for charging the barcode reader are disclosed. The barcode reader may be an elongated pen-shaped device that includes a capacitive tip for use as a stylus against a capacitive touch screen and a barcode reader for reading a barcode. The barcode reader may be docked in the docking station for charging. The docking station may include a magnetic structure for holding the barcode reader to the docking station, and a positioning structure for aligning the charging contacts of the barcode reader and the docking station. The docking station may include a battery such that the barcode reader may be charged from the battery while being docked in the docking station.
US09876360B2
An improved micro-inverter apparatus is disclosed for intelligently controlling energy harvest from photovoltaic solar panels based on one or more adjustable, user-defined variables. The improved micro-inverter apparatus may include a microcontroller configured to monitor the operating temperature of its micro-inverter and control the power harvested from associated solar panels in order to ensure the operating temperature of the micro-inverter does not approach a level that would damage the micro-inverter's circuitry or other components. Similarly, the micro-inverter apparatuses' microcontroller may be configured to monitor the total harmonic distortion of the micro-inverter's AC power output and control the power harvested from associated solar panels in order to ensure the total harmonic distortion of the AC power output does not exceed a threshold level.
US09876354B2
UPS systems and methods using coordinated static switch and inverter operation for generator walk-in
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes an AC output, an inverter coupled to the AC output and configured to provide power at the AC output, and a switch configured to selectively couple a generator (e.g., an engine-generator set) to the AC output. The system further includes a control circuit configured to variably modulate the switch to gradually increase control power flow from the generator to the AC output while causing the inverter to concurrently provide power to the AC output. The switch may be a static switch that includes at least one silicon controlled rectifier (SCR), and the control circuit may be configured to control a conduction interval of the at least one SCR to control power flow from the generator to the AC output.
US09876349B2
An intrinsically safe voltage clamping device includes a regulated rail, a ground rail, and a shunt regulator assembly. The shunt regulator assembly is coupled to both the regulated rail and the ground rail and includes one or more regulating components. The shunt regulator assembly is configured to clamp a voltage applied across the regulated rail and the ground rail to a safety clamp voltage value. The intrinsically safe voltage clamping device also includes a power-sensing component configured to cause one or more limiting components to reduce a power dissipated in the respective regulating components without raising the clamp voltage.
US09876348B2
An in-line cable termination system for use with first and second electrical power transmission cables includes an isolating apparatus having an isolating apparatus axis and including an electrically conductive first end member and an electrically conductive second end member, first and second insulators, and a fused switch mechanism. The first end member and the second end member are spaced apart along the isolating apparatus axis. Each of the first and second end members includes a respective coupling portion to mechanically and electrically engage the first and second cables, respectively. The first and second insulators each extend between and couple the first end member and the second end member. The fused switch mechanism includes a fuse module and is configured to selectively alternatively electrically connect the first and second end members, and thereby the first and second cables, through the fuse module and disconnect the first and second end members.
US09876345B2
An electrical wiring device including: a housing, a plurality of line terminals, feed-through load terminals and receptacle load terminals electrically connected to a pivotable contact structure or to a fixed contact structure comprising a conductive member having at least one contact positioned thereon, wherein in response to a make-force each pivotable contact structure is configured to perform a first pivotable movement to electrically connect each of the contacts on each pivotable contact structure to one of the contacts on a different one of the fixed contact structures in the reset state, thereby electrically connecting the terminals in the reset state; a circuit interrupting assembly including at least one breaking element being configured to perform a first linear movement in a first direction in response to a break-force in order to cause each pivotable contact structure to perform a second pivotable movement in a direction opposite the first pivotable movement to decouple each of the contacts on each pivotable contact structure from one of the contacts on a different one of the fixed contact structures thereby decoupling the terminals to effect a tripped state; and a protective electrical assembly.
US09876333B2
A circuit breaker may be plugged into a breaker compartment in a panelboard without making a connection to a power bus of the panel board. A tool may be inserted into the breaker compartment to operate movable contacts that connect, or disconnect, the circuit breaker from the power bus without de-energizing the power line network. Inserting the tool into the breaker compartment first causes a trip actuator to trip the circuit breaker.
US09876331B2
A semiconductor laser includes a main body, a strip having a narrower width provided on the main body, and an active zone that generates light radiation, wherein surfaces of the main body laterally with respect to the strip and side surfaces of the strip are covered with an electrically insulating protective layer, an electrically conductive layer as a contact is provided on a top side of the strip, a cavity is provided between a side surface of the strip and the protective layer at least in a delimited section.
US09876327B2
The present invention relates to a first container with an internal space for accommodating a vertical external cavity surface emitting laser device. Said first container hermetically seals said internal space from an external space, wherein said first container has at least one wall with at least one first through-opening. Said at least one first through-opening is adapted for passage of an optical pump beam from the external space into the internal space, and/or for passage of a laser emission beam from the internal space into the external space. Moreover, said at least one first through-opening is hermetically sealed by a sealing mirror, wherein said sealing mirror is adapted to form an external cavity of the vertical external cavity surface emitting laser device with a second mirror in the internal space. Furthermore, the present invention relates to laser device with such a first container and to an assembly method of the laser device.
US09876321B2
A cable assembly including a cable, a metal clamp, and a tuboid metal case. The cable includes a outer insulator and a outer conductor thereinside. The outer conductor includes a protruding portion protruding to one side in the first direction from an end portion of the outer insulator on the one side in the first direction. The clamp holds the protruding portion and includes an end portion on the other side in the first direction. The metal case includes a swaged portion, which houses at least the end portion of the outer insulator and the end portion of the clamp. Swaged from outside, the swaged portion is in pressure contact with and fixed to at least the end portion of the outer insulator and the end portion of the clamp so that the end portion of the outer insulator is elastically deformed and the end portion of the clamp is plastically deformed.
US09876314B1
A card edge connector includes an insulating body with a central slot extending along a longitudinal direction and for inserting an electronic card, conductive terminals arranged on the insulating body, and at least one latch device arranged at one end of the insulating body and having a rotating member pivoted to the insulating body and a pressing member pressing the rotating member and moving vertically relative to the insulating body. Each conductive terminal has a contact portion protruding into the central slot. The rotating member has a latch portion latching the electronic card and a card ejecting portion abutting against and pushing the electronic card. One of the rotating and pressing members has first and second crimping chamfers, and the other slides on the first crimping chamfer before sliding on the second crimping chamfer to form two-stage sliding during which pressing force required for the pressing member's downward movement changes.
US09876310B2
A connector pair includes a connector and a mating connector. A movement of the connector to a first position along a first direction and a subsequent movement of the connector from the first position to a second position along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction completes a connection between the connector and the mating connector. The connector includes a magnetic portion, and the mating connector comprises a mating magnetic portion. When the connector is located at the first position, the magnetic portion receives a force, which urges the connector to be moved toward the second position, from the mating magnetic portion. When the connector is located at the second position, the magnetic portion receives a force, which binds the connector at the second position, from the mating magnetic portion.
US09876298B2
A flexible connector includes a flexible substrate having a plurality of conductive pads and a plurality of conductive polymer springfingers. Each conductive polymer springfinger extends between a first end and a second end. The conductive polymer springfingers are mechanically and electrically connected to corresponding conductive pads at the corresponding second ends and the conductive polymer springfingers are configured to be mechanically and electrically connected to conductors of an electrical component at the corresponding first ends. The conductive polymer springfingers are internally conductive and compressible between the first and second ends. The conductive polymer springfingers are discrete and separated by gaps. The flexible substrate is flexible to allow the second ends of the conductive polymer springfingers to be non-coplanar and to allow the first ends of the conductive polymer springfingers to be non-coplanar for electrical connection with the electrical component.
US09876292B1
A female quick disconnect electrical terminal that can be installed in either direction onto a male tab terminal. The terminal has an electrically-conductive body with a longitudinal plane with an attachment side and a contact side. An electrical attachment and a contact are on opposite ends of the body. The electrical attachment is typically a crimp attachment but any electrical attachment may be used. The contact has a floor in the plane and a spur extending away from the contact side of plane. The spur can be a dimple or bent nib. Optionally, the spur extends from a raised land. A pair of longitudinal, parallel retention rails are formed by bending wings 90° away from the contact side and curling the wings toward each other 180°. The retention rails and floor form a slot for a male tab terminal blade.
US09876286B2
A connector is connectable with a conductive core of a cable which is inserted from a front of the connector along a front-rear direction. The connector comprises a shell and a spring member. The shell is made of a metal. The shell has an operation portion and a contact portion. The spring member is made of another metal which is harder than the metal of the shell. The spring member has an operated portion and a press portion. When the operation portion moves the operated portion, the press portion is moved away from the contact portion. The press portion presses the conductive core against the contact portion under a connection state where the conductive core is connected with the connector.
US09876283B2
An antenna is provided and includes a plate and an aperture assembly attached to the plate. The aperture assembly includes sticks that respectively include a spacer, a carrier formed separately from the spacer and on which circulators are disposed, a base defining recesses from which bosses interleaved with the recesses protrude and fasteners disposed to fasten the spacer to the base at boss locations with the carrier interposed between the spacer and the base and the circulators aligned with the recesses. The aperture assembly further includes conductive elements extending through the plate and the base for electric coupling to the circulators. Adjacent sticks define a slot extending forwardly from the plate. The slot is notched at a corresponding circulator and rounded forwardly from the corresponding circulator.
US09876278B2
An antenna board includes a first dielectric layer, a strip conductor, a ground conductor layer, a second dielectric layer, a first patch conductor, a third dielectric layer, a second patch conductor, a through conductor, and a waveguide including upper and lower ground conductors and a ground through conductor. The upper and lower ground conductors are disposed so as to hold therebetween at least one of the first, second, and third dielectric layers. The ground through conductor is disposed in such a manner that at least one lies on each of both sides in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the strip conductor, and extends through the dielectric layers lying between the upper and lower ground conductors.
US09876274B2
The present invention relates to an antenna radiator having heterogeneous antennas cross-linked with each other, and a manufacturing method therefor. More specifically, the present invention provides an antenna radiator having heterogeneous antennas cross-linked with each other, wherein the antenna radiator has an antenna pattern constituted with an in-mold antenna provided on an end of a frame, and a printed or plated antenna provided on an adjacent area to the in-mold antenna, the in-mold antenna having a protrusion on at least one area thereof, and the printed or plated antenna provided to overlap the protrusion such that the in-mold antenna and the printed or plated antenna are cross-linked with each other; and a manufacturing method for the antenna radiator.
US09876267B2
An antenna device is disclosed including a control means and at least two transmission means in predeterminable positions and at least two receiving means in predeterminable positions. The control means is set up in such a way that it alternately individually excites the at least two transmission means in transmission, in such a way that each of the at least two receiving means receives a transmitted signal generated by each of the at least two transmission means. The control means is further set up to excite the at least two transmission means jointly in transmission at a predeterminable moment in such a way that each of the at least two receiving means receives a transmission signal generated by a single virtual transmission means.
US09876257B2
Secondary battery includes a battery assembly configured by alternately stacking positive electrodes 1 and negative electrodes 6 via separators 20, in which the positive electrode and the negative electrode respectively include collectors 3 and 8, and active materials 2 and 7 applied on the collectors. On each surface of the collector, a coated portion coated with the active material and an uncoated portion not coated with any active material are provided. In one or both of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, boundary portion 4a between the coated portion and the uncoated portion on the front surface of the collector, is positioned planarly away from boundary portion 4b between the coated portion and the uncoated portion on the rear surface of the collector.
US09876244B2
One embodiment of the present invention is a unique method for operating a fuel cell system. Another embodiment is a unique system for reforming a hydrocarbon fuel. Another embodiment is a unique fuel cell system. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for fuel cell systems and steam reforming systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.
US09876243B2
A method for controlling a fuel cell system, capable of quickly detecting the pressure rise caused by a faulted open anode injector, reducing pressure in the fuel cell stack when the fault occurs, and taking remedial action to allow continued operation of the fuel cell stack, and militate against a walk-home incident.
US09876242B2
A fuel cell system (100) includes a hydrogen supply valve (33) that controls a supply of the anode gas into an anode system, a purge valve (36) that discharges an off-gas from the anode system, a pressure detecting unit (34) configured to measure a pressure inside the anode system, and a purge flow rate estimating unit (4) configured to estimate a purge flow rate of the off-gas discharged from the anode system through the purge valve (36) based on a pressure decrease in a purge valve open state and a pressure decrease in a purge valve close state when an anode gas supply into the anode system stops.
US09876240B2
The present invention relates to a connector or cable between the fuel supply and the fuel cell that in addition to transporting fuel and electrical power can also communicate control signals between the fuel cell and the cartridge to instruct the fuel cartridge or the fuel cell or both to commence or cease the operation of one or more functions. Control signals can be electrical, fluidic/hydraulic and/or mechanical. The connector or cable may also transport electricity produced by the fuel cell to power an electronic device, and/or to the fuel cartridge to power a component(s) on the cartridge or to re-charge a battery. The connector or cable may have universal connectors that can attach to multiple fuel cells, fuel cartridges and electronic devices, even when manufactured by different manufacturers.
US09876235B2
A fuel cell includes an anode, a cathode and a solid electrolyte layer that is disposed between the anode and the cathode. The cathode includes a main phase and a sub phase. The main phase is composed mostly of perovskite oxide which is expressed by the general formula ABO3 and includes at least Sr at the A site. The sub phase is composed mostly of strontium sulfate. An occupied area ratio of the sub phase in a cross section of the cathode is no more than 10.2%.
US09876229B2
A manufacturing method of the invention includes: a process of preparing a positive electrode which includes a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode which includes a negative electrode mixture layer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a process of accommodating the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the non-aqueous electrolyte in a battery case. The non-aqueous electrolyte contains lithium sulfate. In addition, when a BET specific surface area of the negative electrode mixture layer is referred to as X (m2/g) and an addition amount of the lithium sulfate with respect to a total amount of the non-aqueous electrolyte is referred to as Y (mass %), the following relationships are satisfied: 3≦X≦4.3; 0.02≦Y≦0.1; and Y/X≦0.023.
US09876221B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to negative active materials for lithium rechargeable batteries and to lithium rechargeable batteries including the negative active materials. The negative active material includes a crystalline carbon material having pores, and amorphous conductive nanoparticles in the pores, on the surface of the crystalline carbon, or both in the pores and on the surface of the crystalline carbon. The conductive nanoparticles have a FWHM of about 0.35 degrees (°) or greater at the crystal plane that produces the highest peak as measured by X-ray diffraction.
US09876210B2
As a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer having an excellent cycle characteristic, provided is a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer containing: an inorganic filler; and a polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin, the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery porous layer containing the inorganic filler in an amount of not less than 50% by weight relative to a total weight of the inorganic filler and the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin, the polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin containing an α-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin and a β-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin, assuming that a sum of (i) an amount of the α-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin and (ii) an amount of the β-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin is 100 mol %, the amount of the α-form polyvinylidene fluoride-based resin being not less than 45 mol %.
US09876209B2
The invention relates to a thermoplastic polymer-based battery separator, which contains a compound of formula R (OR1)n(COOMx+1/x)m. In said formula, R represents a non-aromatic hydrocarbon group comprising between 10 and 4,200 carbon atoms, which can be interrupted by oxygen atoms, R1 represents H, —(CH2)kCOOMx+1/x or —(CH2)k—SO3Mx+1/x, whereby k stands for 1 or 2, M represents an alkali or earth alkaline metal ion, H+ or NH4+, whereby not all variables of M are defined simultaneously as H+, n stands for 0 or 1, m stands for 0 or a whole number from 10 to 1,400 and x stands for 1 or 2. The ratio of oxygen atoms to carbon atoms in the compound according to the aforementioned formula ranges between 1:1.5 and 1:30 and n and m cannot simultaneously represent zero.
US09876197B2
A display device including pixels disposed on a substrate, and a lens layer disposed on the substrate, the lens layer including Fresnel lenses respectively corresponding to the pixels. Each of the Fresnel lenses includes Fresnel zones disposed adjacent to each other in a radial direction with respect to a center of a corresponding Fresnel lens, and refractive indices of each of the Fresnel zones change stepwise along the radial direction.
US09876190B2
Provided are an organic light emitting diode and a method for preparing the same. In more detail, the organic light emitting diode includes a substrate; organic light emitting unit in which a first electrode, an organic material layer, and a second electrode are sequentially laminated on the substrate; and an encapsulation unit encapsulating an outside of the organic light emitting unit, in which the encapsulation unit includes a sealing layer contacting the outside of the organic light emitting unit, an insulating layer provided on the sealing layer, and a metal pattern layer provided between the sealing layer and the insulating layer.
US09876186B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate with a first emitting region adjacent a second emitting region, a first anode in the first emitting region, a first organic light emitting layer on the first anode, a second anode in the second emitting region, and a second organic light emitting layer on a part of the first anode and the second anode. The second organic light emitting layer includes a material different from the first organic light emitting layer.
US09876178B2
An organic light emitting device and a display device including the same, the organic light emitting device including a first electrode; a light emitting layer on the first electrode; an electron transport layer on the light emitting layer; and a second electrode on the electron transport layer, wherein the electron transport layer includes a buffer layer, the buffer layer a buffer compound represented by the following Formula 1,
US09876168B2
Embodiments disclosed herein may include depositing a storage component material over and/or in a trench in a dielectric material, including depositing the storage component material on approximately vertical walls of the trench and a bottom of the trench. Embodiments may also include etching the storage component material so that at least a portion of the storage component material remains on the approximately vertical walls and the bottom of the trench, wherein the trench is contacting an electrode and a selector such that storage component material on the bottom of the trench contacts the electrode.
US09876162B2
This technology provides an electronic device. An electronic device in accordance with an implementation of this document includes a semiconductor memory, and the semiconductor memory may include a substrate; a plurality of structures formed over the substrate to be spaced apart from each other, each structure comprising a free layer having a variable magnetization direction, a pinned layer having a pinned magnetization direction, and a tunnel barrier layer interposed between the free layer and the pinned layer; and a magnetic correction layer formed adjacent to the plurality of structures and structured to reduce an influence to the free layer by a stray magnetic field generated by the pinned layer.
US09876156B2
The present invention provides a thermoelectric generator module including a set of module unit bodies disposed between a hot source and a cold source to serve as fundamental structures for performing thermoelectric power generation and a method of manufacturing the thermoelectric generator module. Each of the module unit bodies comprises: a first electrodes disposed at one of the hot source and the cold source; a second electrode disposed at the other of the hot source and the cold source so as to be spaced apart from the first electrodes; a first nanowire configured to interconnect the first electrode and the second electrode and composed of an n-type or p-type semiconductor; and a second nanowire.
US09876153B2
This disclosure discloses a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device includes a light-emitting diode, a metal bump, and a reflective insulation layer. The light-emitting diode includes an active layer, an insulation layer formed on the active layer and having a side surface, and a pad electrically connected to the active layer. The metal bump is formed on the pad. The reflective insulation layer covers the side surface.
US09876147B2
A semiconductor light emitting element having: a semiconductor laminated body; a full surface electrode containing an Ag provided on an upper surface of the p-type semiconductor layer; a cover electrode that covers a surface of the full surface electrode, is provided to contact on the upper surface of the p-type semiconductor layer at an outer edge of the full surface electrode, and is made of an Al-based metal material; a p-side electrode that is provided on a portion of a surface of the cover electrode; a metal oxide film that covers other surfaces of the cover electrode and contains an oxide of a metal material forming the cover electrode; and an insulation film that is made of an oxide and covers a surface of the metal oxide film, is provided.
US09876137B2
A semiconductor light emitting device includes: an n-type layer; a p-type layer; and an emission layer interposed between the n-type layer and the p-type layer and having a multiple quantum well (MQW) structure in which barrier layers and quantum well layers are alternately stacked over a plurality of periods, wherein n-type impurity concentrations of the barrier layers disposed up to a predetermined α-th layer (where α is a natural number), when counting from the p-type layer, are smaller than an n-type impurity concentration of the barrier layer disposed at an (α+1)-th layer counting from the p-type layer.
US09876132B2
A high efficiency configuration for a solar cell module comprises solar cells arranged in a shingled manner to form super cells, which may be arranged to efficiently use the area of the solar module, reduce series resistance, and increase module efficiency. In some variations a solar module comprises a white backing sheet on which rows of super cells are arranged, and the white backing sheet comprises darkened stripes having locations and widths corresponding to gaps between the rows of super cells such that white portions of the backing sheet are not visible through the gaps between the rows of super cells.
US09876117B2
Structures and formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a fin structure over a semiconductor substrate. An upper portion of the fin structure includes a first surface and a second surface which is inclined to the first surface. The semiconductor device structure also includes an isolation feature surrounding a lower portion of the fin structure. The semiconductor device structure further includes a passivation layer covering the first surface and the second surface of the upper portion. The passivation layer includes a semiconductor material and has a substantially uniform thickness. In addition, the semiconductor device structure includes an interfacial layer over the passivation layer. The interfacial layer includes the semiconductor material. The interfacial layer has a first portion covering the fin structure and a second portion covering the isolation feature. The passivation layer separates the fin structure from the interfacial layer.
US09876113B2
An embodiment of the invention reduces the external resistance of a transistor by utilizing a silicon germanium alloy for the source and drain regions and a nickel silicon germanium self-aligned silicide (i.e., salicide) layer to form the contact surface of the source and drain regions. The interface of the silicon germanium and the nickel silicon germanium silicide has a lower specific contact resistivity based on a decreased metal-semiconductor work function between the silicon germanium and the silicide and the increased carrier mobility in silicon germanium versus silicon. The silicon germanium may be doped to further tune its electrical properties. A reduction of the external resistance of a transistor equates to increased transistor performance both in switching speed and power consumption.
US09876092B2
A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor layer including a main IGBT cell and a sense IGBT cell connected in parallel to each other, a first resistance portion having a first resistance value formed using a gate wiring portion of the sense IGBT cell and a second resistance portion having a second resistance value higher than the first resistance value, a gate wiring electrically connected through mutually different channels to the first resistance portion and the second resistance portion, a first diode provided between the gate wiring and the first resistance portion, a second diode provided between the gate wiring and the second resistance portion in a manner oriented reversely to the first diode, an emitter electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, electrically connected to an emitter of the main IGBT cell, and a sense emitter electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, electrically connected to an emitter of the sense IGBT cell.
US09876089B2
Embodiments are directed to a method of forming portions of a fin-type field effect transistor (FinFET). The method includes forming at least one fin, and forming a dielectric layer over at least a portion of the at least one fin. The method further includes forming a work function layer over at least a portion of the dielectric layer. The method further includes forming a source region or a drain region adjacent the at least one fin, and performing an anneal operation, wherein the anneal operation anneals the dielectric layer and either the source region or the drain region, and wherein the work function layer provides a protection function to the at least a portion of the dielectric layer during the anneal operation.
US09876088B1
In a method of forming a Group III-V semiconductor layer on a Si substrate, a first source gas containing a Group V element is supplied to a surface of the Si substrate while heating the substrate at a first temperature, thereby terminating the Si surface with the Group V element. Then, a second source gas containing a Group III element is supplied to the surface while heating the substrate at a second temperature, thereby forming a nucleation layer directly on the surface of the Si substrate. After the nucleation layer is formed, the supply of the second source gas is stopped and the substrate is annealed at a third temperature while the first source gas being supplied, thereby forming a seed layer. After the annealing, the second source gas is supplied while heating the substrate at a fourth temperature, thereby forming a body III-V layer semiconductor on the seed layer.
US09876061B2
Organic light-emitting device including light-emitting portions disposed in two intersecting directions along a substrate main surface. Each light-emitting portion, in a first direction intersecting the substrate main surface, includes first and second electrodes, a charge transport layer, and an organic light-emitting layer, and is partitioned from adjacent light-emitting portions by first banks extending in a third direction being one of the two directions and second banks extending in a second direction being the other of the two directions. Each area between adjacent first banks is covered by the charge transport and organic light-emitting layers extending continuously across the area over the second banks. The first and second banks contain insulating material, a thickness of the second banks is no greater than 20% a height of the first banks, and the second banks have a surface portion contact angle smaller than that of the first banks.
US09876044B2
An image sensor includes a semiconductor layer including a first surface and a second surface, which are opposite to each other. A plurality of unit pixels is in the semiconductor layer. Each of the unit pixels includes a first photoelectric converter and a second photoelectric converter. A first isolation layer isolates adjacent unit pixels from one another. A second isolation layer is between the first photoelectric converter and the second photoelectric converter. The first isolation layer has a different shape from the second isolation layer.
US09876041B2
According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a back-illuminated solid-state imaging device including forming a mask with apertures corresponding to a pixel pattern on the surface of a semiconductor layer, implanting second-conductivity-type impurity ions into the semiconductor layer from the front side of the layer to form second-conductivity-type photoelectric conversion parts and forming a part where no ion has been implanted into a pixel separation region, forming at the surface of the semiconductor layer a signal scanning circuit for reading light signals obtained at the photoelectric conversion parts after removing the mask, and removing the semiconductor substrate and a buried insulating layer from the semiconductor layer after causing a support substrate to adhere to the front side of the semiconductor layer.
US09876034B2
A device comprising an array of transistors, wherein the device comprises: a first conductor layer at a first level defining a plurality of first conductors providing either source or gate electrodes for said array of transistors; a second conductor layer at a second level defining a plurality of second conductors providing the other of source or gate electrodes for said array of transistors; wherein said second conductor layer further defines routing conductors at one or more locations between said second conductors, each routing conductor connected by one or more interlayer conductive connections to a respective first conductor.
US09876033B2
A reduction in contaminating impurities in a TFT, and a TFT which is reliable, is obtained in a semiconductor device which uses the TFT. By removing contaminating impurities residing in a film interface of the TFT using a solution containing fluorine, a reliable TFT can be obtained.
US09876027B2
A select gate transistor for a NAND device includes a select gate electrode having a first side, a second side, and top and a bottom, a semiconductor channel located adjacent to the first side, the second side and the bottom of the select gate electrode, and a gate insulating layer located between the channel and the first side, the second side and the bottom of the select gate electrode.
US09876021B2
The present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit (IC) that includes a high-k metal gate (HKMG) non-volatile memory (NVM) device and that provides small scale and high performance, and a method of formation. In some embodiments, the integrated circuit includes a logic region and an embedded memory region disposed adjacent to the logic region. The logic region has a logic device disposed over a substrate and including a first metal gate disposed over a first high-k gate dielectric layer. The memory region has a non-volatile memory (NVM) device including a second metal gate disposed over a second high-k gate dielectric layer. By having HKMG structures in both the logic region and the memory region, IC performance is improved and further scaling becomes possible in emerging technology nodes.
US09876013B1
A semiconductor device is provided including first and second active fin arrays on a substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a pair of first gate spacers disposed on the first and second active fin arrays, each of the pair of first gate spacers including a first region having a first width, a second region having a second width, and a third region between the first region and the second region and having a third width; and first and second gate electrodes, the first gate electrode disposed between the first regions and the second gate electrode disposed between the second regions. The first regions are on the first active fin array, the second regions are on the second active fin array, and the third regions are between the first active fin array and the second active fin array. Each of the first and second widths is greater than the third width.
US09876001B2
A method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a semiconductor body with a pixel region including different subpixel regions, each subpixel region having a radiation exit face, applying an electrically conductive layer onto the radiation exit face of a subpixel region, wherein the electrically conductive layer is suitable at least in part for forming a salt with a protic reactant, and depositing a conversion layer on the electrically conductive layer using an electrophoresis process, wherein the deposited conversion layer comprises pores.
US09875999B2
A display substrate is provided, the display substrate comprising at least one pixel unit, the pixel unit including a pixel driving circuit (A2) located in an active driving circuit backplane, and a light-emitting diode chip (A1) disposed on the active driving circuit backplane; the light-emitting diode chip (A1) being electrically connected with the pixel driving circuit (A2). And a manufacturing method of the display substrate, and a display device comprising the display substrate are further provided.
US09875998B2
Fabricating an optics wafer includes providing a wafer comprising a core region composed of a glass-reinforced epoxy, the wafer further comprising a first resin layer on a top surface of the core region and a second resin layer on a bottom surface of the core region. The wafer further includes vertical transparent regions that's extend through the core region and the first and second resin layers. The wafer is thinned from its top surface and its bottom surface so that a resulting thickness is within a predetermined range without causing glass fibers of the core region to become exposed. Optical structures ate provided on one or more exposed surfaces of at least some of the transparent regions.
US09875995B2
A stack chip package may include a plurality of stacked semiconductor chips. Each of the semiconductor chips may have a first node, a second node, a third node and a fourth node corresponding to corners of the semiconductor chip. The plurality of semiconductor chips may be sequentially stacked such that, when a semiconductor chip is disposed directly on another semiconductor chip, the first node of the semiconductor chip is positioned over a side between the first node and the second node of the another semiconductor chip.
US09875993B2
Semiconductor devices with duplicated die bond pads and associated device packages and methods of manufacture are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device package includes a plurality of package contacts and a semiconductor die having a plurality of first die bond pads, a plurality of second die bond pads, and a plurality of duplicate die bond pads having the same pin assignments as the first die bond pads. The semiconductor die further includes an integrated circuit operably coupled to the package contacts via the plurality of first die bond pads and either the second die bond pads or the duplicate die bond pads, but not both. The integrated circuit is configured to be programmed into one of (1) a first pad state in which the first and second die bond pads are enabled for use with the package contacts and (2) a second pad state in which the first and duplicate die bond pads are enabled for use with the package contacts.
US09875984B2
A substrate having a metallized surface is provided. The substrate includes a substrate having a silanated surface, an adhesive layer disposed on the silanated surface, and a first metallic layer bonded to the silanated surface through the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is formed with a plurality of colloidal nanoparticle groups, and the colloidal nanoparticle group may include metallic nanoparticles capped with polymer. The first metallic layer and the adhesive layer have chemical bonds formed there between. The substrate may further include a second metallic layer which is electro-plated onto the first metallic layer. A method for metallizing a surface of a substrate is also provided.
US09875974B2
Provided are methods of making a transient electronic device by fabricating one or more inorganic semiconductor components, one or more metallic conductor components or one or more inorganic semiconductor components and one or more metallic conductor components supported by a mother substrate. The components may independently comprise a selectively transformable material and, optionally, further have a preselected transience profile. The components are transfer printed, thereby decoupling the component fabrication step from additional processing to provide desired device functionality and transient properties. A substrate layer is provided on top of the components and used to facilitate handling, processing, and/or device functionality.
US09875972B1
A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a first device. The semiconductor device structure includes a conductive element over the first device. The semiconductor device structure includes a first conductive shielding layer between the first device and the conductive element. The first conductive shielding layer has openings, and a maximum width of the opening is less than a wavelength of an energy generated by the first device.
US09875969B2
A multi-chip package includes a substrate (110) having a first side (111), an opposing second side (112), and a third side (213) that extends from the first side to the second side, a first die (120) attached to the first side of the substrate and a second die (130) attached to the first side of the substrate, and a bridge (140) adjacent to the third side of the substrate and attached to the first die and to the second die. No portion of the substrate is underneath the bridge. The bridge creates a connection between the first die and the second die. Alternatively, the bridge may be disposed in a cavity (615, 915) in the substrate or between the substrate and a die layer (750). The bridge may constitute an active die and may be attached to the substrate using wirebonds (241, 841, 1141, 1541).
US09875966B1
Low resistance interconnect structures containing a combined via level/line level interconnect structure and an overlying line level interconnect structure are provided in which both interconnect structures include a metal or metal alloy having a bamboo microstructure are provided.
US09875965B2
Semiconductor devices and fabrication methods are provided. In a semiconductor device, a semiconductor substrate includes a first electrode layer having a top surface coplanar with a top surface of the semiconductor substrate. A sacrificial layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate and the first electrode layer. A first mask layer made of a conductive material is formed on the sacrificial layer. The first mask layer and the sacrificial layer are etched until a surface of the first electrode layer is exposed to form openings through the first mask layer and the sacrificial layer. A cleaning process is performed to remove etch byproducts adhered to a surface of the first mask layer and adhered to sidewalls and bottom surfaces of the openings. Conductive plugs are formed in the openings after the cleaning process.
US09875961B2
This invention discloses a structure of an integrated inductor, comprising: an outer metal segment which comprises a first metal sub-segment and a second metal sub-segment; an inner metal segment which is arranged inside an area surrounded by the outer metal segment and comprises a third metal sub-segment and a fourth metal sub-segment; and at least a connecting structure for connecting the outer metal segment and the inner metal segment. The first metal sub-segment corresponds to the third metal sub-segment, and the first metal sub-segment and the third metal sub-segment belong to different metal layers in a semiconductor structure. The second metal sub-segment corresponds to the fourth metal sub-segment, and the second metal sub-segment and the fourth metal sub-segment belong to different metal layers in a semiconductor structure.
US09875932B2
A fabrication method of the semiconductor device comprises forming an isolation layer and an active region, which is defined by the isolation layer, on a substrate, forming an insulating layer on the substrate, forming a plurality of pillar masks, which are spaced from one another by a first gap and a second gap that is smaller than the first gap, on the insulating layer, forming spacers on the plurality of pillar masks, forming mask bridges in regions where the plurality of pillar masks are spaced from one another by the second gap by partially removing the spacers and forming a contact hole, which exposes the active region, by etching the insulating layer using the plurality of pillar masks and the mask bridges.
US09875918B2
Provided are an initiator and a method for debonding a wafer supporting system. The initiator for debonding a wafer supporting system includes a rotation chuck having an upper surface on which a wafer supporting system (WSS), which includes a carrier wafer, a device wafer, and a glue layer for bonding the carrier wafer and the device wafer to each other, is seated to rotate the wafer supporting system, a detecting module detecting a height and a thickness of the glue layer and a laser module generating a fracture portion on the glue layer through irradiating a side surface of the glue layer with a laser on the basis of the height and the thickness of the glue layer.
US09875915B2
Disclosed is a method for removing metal contamination present on an inner wall of a fluorine-based resin used in a chemical liquid supply line that supplies a chemical liquid to a workpiece. The method includes bringing some or all of a cleaning material reactive to a metal forming the metal contamination into a gaseous state; supplying the gaseous cleaning material to the chemical liquid supply line; and removing the metal contamination by reacting the gaseous cleaning material with the metal contamination present on the inner wall of the fluorine-based resin used in the chemical liquid supply line.
US09875901B2
A manufacturing method of MOS transistor, the MOS transistor includes a substrate, a gate oxide, a gate, a source/drain region and a silicide layer. The gate oxide is disposed on the substrate and the gate is disposed on the gate oxide. The source/drain region is disposed in the substrate at two sides of the gate. The silicide layer is disposed on the source/drain region, wherein the silicide layer includes a curved bottom surface and a curved top surface, both the curved top surface and the curved bottom surface bend toward the substrate and the curved top surface is sunken from two sides thereof, two ends of the silicide layer point tips raised up over the source/drain region and the silicide layer in the middle is thicker than the silicide layer in the peripheral, thereby forming a crescent structure. The present invention further provides a manufacturing method of the MOS transistor.
US09875900B2
A method of fabricating a tunnel oxide layer for a semiconductor memory device, the method comprising: fabricating on a substrate a first oxide layer by an in-situ-steam-generation process; and fabricating at least one further oxide layer by a furnace oxidation process, wherein during fabrication of the at least one further oxide layer, reactive gases penetrate the first oxide layer and react with the silicon substrate to form at least a first portion of the at least one further oxide layer beneath the first oxide layer.
US09875896B2
A semiconductor device comprising a substrate having a region protruding from the substrate surface; a relaxed semiconductor disposed on the region; an additional semiconductor disposed on the relaxed semiconductor; and low density dielectric disposed next to and at least partially underneath the relaxed semiconductor and adjacent to the protruding region of the substrate.
US09875890B2
A system and method for depositing a metal dielectric film includes arranging a substrate in a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) processing chamber; supplying a carrier gas to the PECVD processing chamber; supplying a dielectric precursor gas to the PECVD processing chamber; supplying a metal precursor gas to the PECVD processing chamber; creating plasma in the PECVD processing chamber; and depositing a metal dielectric film on the substrate at a process temperature that is less than 500° C.
US09875889B2
Provided are methods for the deposition of films comprising Si(C)N via atomic layer deposition processes. The methods include exposure of a substrate surface to a silicon precursor and a co-reagent comprising a compound selected from the group consisting of N═N═N—R, R2N—NR2, and (R3Si)qNH3-q, wherein q has a value of between 1 and 3, and each R is independently selected from organosilicons, C1-C6 substituted or un-substituted alkanes, branched or un-branched alkanes, substituted or un-substituted alkenes, branched or un-branched alkenes, substituted or un-substituted alkynes, branched or un-branched alkynes or substituted or un-substituted aromatics.
US09875887B1
Electrodeless high intensity discharge (HID) lamps have the promise of higher reliability and higher efficiency than traditional electroded high intensity discharge lamps. However, most electrodeless HIDs operate in the frequency range of around 400 MHz or higher resulting in expensive, inefficient RF drivers that reduce the overall efficacy of the lamp. Operating the lamp at lower frequencies results in substantial increase in the physical dimensions of the resonators used in traditional electrodeless HIDs. In this invention a novel wave-launcher technology is used allow the lamp housing's operating frequency to be independent of the physical dimensions of the lamp housing. This provides an avenue to increase the conversion efficiency of the RF driver and the efficacy of the lamp system.
US09875883B2
A process chamber for detecting formation of plasma during a semiconductor wafer processing, includes an upper electrode, for providing a gas chemistry to the process chamber. The upper electrode is connected to a radio frequency (RF) power source through a match network to provide RF power to the wafer cavity to generate a plasma. The process chamber also includes a lower electrode for receiving and supporting the semiconductor wafer during the deposition process. The lower electrode is disposed in the process chamber so as to define a wafer cavity between a surface of the upper electrode and a top surface of the lower electrode. The lower electrode is electrically grounded. A coil sensor is disposed at a base of the lower electrode that extends outside the process chamber. The coil sensor substantially surrounds the base of the lower electrode. The coil sensor is configured to measure characteristics of RF current conducting through the wafer cavity. The characteristics of the RF current measured by the coil sensor are used to confirm presence of plasma within the wafer cavity.
US09875880B2
A slide part has a surface structure in which there are at least two periodic structures among a first periodic structure with a period of 10 nm to 100 nm inclusive and a depth of 5 nm to 50 nm inclusive, a second periodic structure with a period of 100 nm to 1000 nm inclusive and a depth of 20 nm to 500 nm inclusive, and a third periodic structure with a period of 1000 nm to 10000 nm inclusive and a depth of 100 nm to 3000 nm inclusive, in which one of the at least two periodic structures is formed on the other periodic structure.
US09875879B2
A method of using a Charged Particle Microscope comprising: A specimen holder, connected to a positioning stage, for holding a specimen; A source, for producing a beam of charged particles; An illuminator, for directing said beam so as to irradiate the specimen; A detector, for detecting a flux of radiation emanating from the specimen in response to said irradiation, comprising the following steps: Providing the microscope with an interferential optical position sensor for determining a position of said specimen holder relative to a reference; Providing an automatic controller with a time-dependent position signal from said optical position sensor; Invoking said controller to use said signal to produce a vibration profile for the microscope.
US09875874B2
An apparatus for suppression of arcs in an electron beam generator including: a first module providing an operating voltage; a second module including a coil suitable for a voltage of at least 10 kV, and at least one free-wheeling diode connected in parallel to the coil; a third module including a first circuit component configured to detect a first actual value for electric voltage, and a first signal is producible when the first actual value falls below a first threshold value, a second circuit component by which a second actual value for electric current is detectable, and a second signal is generated when the second actual value exceeds a second threshold value, a control logic, which optionally links the first and second signals and a resultant output signal is producible; a semiconductor-based switch suitable for the voltage of at least 10 kV, which is opened based on the output signal.
US09875870B2
In order, for example, to improve the ohmic contact between two metal pieces located at a metallization level, these two metal pieces are equipped with two offset vias located at the metallization level and at least partially at the via level immediately above. Each offset via comprises, for example, a nonoxidizable or substantially nonoxidizable compound, such as a barrier layer of Ti/TiN.
US09875863B2
A key structure is provided. The key structure comprises a substrate, a membrane circuit disposed on the substrate, a conduction switch disposed on the membrane circuit, a keycap, a bending portion fixed to the keycap, an elastic member disposed on the membrane circuit and abutting against the keycap, and a connecting rod disposed movably between the membrane circuit and the keycap. The connecting rod includes an operating arm and an engaging portion. The operating arm is connected to the engaging portion, and the engaging portion selectively engages with the bending portion. When the operating arm moves in a direction parallel to a surface of the keycap, the operating arm drives the engaging portion to disengage from the bending portion and the elastic member provides a force against the keycap to move the keycap away from the conduction switch.
US09875861B2
A device switches a direct current. The device contains an operating current branch in which a mechanical switch is arranged, a protective switch connected to the operating current branch for interrupting the current flow in the operating current branch, a capacitor branch connected in parallel with the operating current branch in which capacitor branch a capacitor is arranged, and a damping apparatus which has a resistance element. The damping apparatus is arranged in the capacitor branch in series with the capacitor or in the operating current branch in series with the mechanical switch, which damping apparatus can be bypassed by a bypass switch connected in parallel with the damping apparatus.
US09875860B2
Embodiments of a bypass system for a multi-cell power supply are provided. An aspect includes a plurality of power cells, each of the plurality of power cells comprising a respective bypass device comprising one or more contactors. Another aspect includes a central control. Yet another aspect includes a fiber optic ring comprising a plurality of fiber optic links that connect the respective bypass device in each of the plurality of power cells and the central control in series, wherein the fiber optic ring starts and ends at the central control, and the central control is configured to communicate with the one or more contactors in the plurality of bypass devices via the fiber optic ring.
US09875853B2
An electrical storage device includes an electrical storage element and an electrolytic solution. The electrical storage element is formed of an anode body, a cathode body facing the anode body, and a separator interposed between the anode body and the cathode body. The separator includes a separator substrate and a conductive polymer adhering to the separator substrate. The electrical storage element is impregnated with the electrolytic solution. The separator includes a first surface layer having a first surface facing the anode body and a second surface layer having a second surface facing the cathode body. The first surface layer includes a first region that is not provided with the conductive polymer, and the second surface layer includes a second region provided with the conductive polymer.
US09875850B2
There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component including: a ceramic body including dielectric layers and satisfying T/W>1.0 when a width thereof is W and a thickness thereof is T; and first and second internal electrodes stacked to face each other, having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, within the ceramic body, wherein when an average width of the first and second internal electrodes stacked at an upper portion of the ceramic body in a thickness direction is M1 and an average width of the first and second internal electrodes stacked at a lower portion of the ceramic body in the thickness direction is M2, M1>M2 is satisfied.
US09875835B2
A positioning system comprising a mounting assembly arranged to move a positioning device via a magnetic coupling interaction between the mounting assembly and the positioning device. The positioning device is configured to limit the spread of flux away from the device.
US09875827B2
A method for producing an insulated electric wire comprises a first step of processing a copper alloy containing a tin and inevitable impurities into a fine wire having a diameter of 0.21 mm±0.008 mm, the tin being 0.30 wt % or more and 0.39 wt % or less, a second step of annealing the fine wire obtained in the first step so as to refine the fine wire to have an extension coefficient of 10% or more and 25% or less and a tensile strength of 300 MPa or more and 400 MPa or less, and a third step of twisting the seven fine wires having undergone the second step with a twist pitch of 15 mm±6 mm.
US09875822B2
An aluminum alloy conductor wire has a composition comprising Mg: 0.1-1.0 mass %, Si: 0.1-1.20 mass %, Fe: 0.01-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities, where Ti, B, Cu, Ag, Au, Mn, Cr, Zr, Hf, V, Sc, Co and Ni are arbitrary additive components of which at least one component may be contained or none of the components may be contained. A density of a compound having a particle size of 0.5-5.0 μm and containing Fe is 1 to 300 particles/10000 μm2.
US09875820B2
A source container for a radiation source includes a vessel having an external wall defining a space within which is located a shield formed from a radiation absorbing material and defining a cavity for receiving a radiation source, the shield including a window extending from the cavity through the radiation absorbing material, and at least two shutters, each shutter being movable between a closed position in which the shutter covers the window and an open position in which the shutter does not cover the window. The provision of two or more shutters provides a way to emit radiation of different intensities from the same source and container.
US09875812B2
An embodiment relates to a method for determining a health state of a non-volatile memory comprising: determining the health state based on at least one indicator for determining a predictable failure of the non-volatile memory.
US09875811B2
A method for reading data from memory cells of a target word line in a semiconductor memory includes determining a disturbance status of the target word line. The disturbance status reflects a disturbance of a neighboring word line on the memory cells of the target word line. The method further includes determining a read voltage for the target word line according to the disturbance status of the target word line and applying the read voltage to the memory cells of the target word line.
US09875806B2
Various systems and methods for implementing fuse-based integrity protection are described herein. A system for validating a read-only memory (ROM), the system comprising a ROM reader logic, implemented at least partly in hardware, to: access a read-only memory (ROM) having a plurality of permanently programmable electric couplings (PPECs), the PPECs having been programmed; survey a number of permanently altered PPECs in the set of PPECs to produce a counter value; read a binary representation of the counter value from PPEC values stored as a PPEC signature; and read a binary representation of the binary complement of the counter value from PPEC values in the PPEC signature; and a ROM validation logic, implemented at least partly, in hardware, to verify the integrity of the ROM using a combination of at least two of: the counter value, the binary representation of the counter value, and the binary representation of the binary complement of the counter value.
US09875801B2
Apparatuses and methods have been disclosed. One such apparatus includes a plurality of memory cells that can be formed at least partially surrounding a semiconductor pillar. A select device can be coupled to one end of the plurality of memory cells and at least partially surround the pillar. An asymmetric assist device can be coupled between the select device and one of a source connection or a drain connection. The asymmetric assist device can have a portion that at least partially surrounds the pillar and another portion that at least partially surrounds the source or drain connection.
US09875792B2
Apparatuses and methods for determining soft data for fractional digit memory cells are provided. One example apparatus can include a controller to determine states of memory cells of a group of memory cells operated as fractional digit memory cells, and determine soft data based, at least partially, on dimensions to which particular memory cells correspond with respect to the group of memory cells, determined states of the memory cells with respect to a state adjacent a state corresponding to a swapping shell, and whether a particular memory cell is a candidate for swapping.
US09875791B2
Provided are a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an SRAM cell including a first pull-up transistor, a first pull-down transistor and a first pass transistor formed on a substrate, a first read buffer transistor connected to gate terminals of the first pull-up transistor and the first pull-down transistor, and a second read buffer transistor which shares a drain terminal with the first read buffer transistor, wherein the first read buffer transistor includes a first channel pattern extending in a first direction vertical to an upper surface of the substrate, a first gate electrode which covers a part of the first channel pattern, and a first drain pattern which does not contact the first gate electrode, and which extends in the first direction, and which is connected to the first channel pattern.
US09875779B2
A storage element includes a magnetization fixed layer, and a magnetization free layer. The magnetization fixed layer includes a plurality of ferromagnetic layers laminated together with a coupling layer formed between each pair of adjacent ferromagnetic layers. The magnetization directions of the ferromagnetic layers are inclined with respect to a magnetization direction of the magnetization fixed layer.
US09875778B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes a clock circuit configured to receive first and second clock signals and perform a phase control operation in which a phase relationship between the first and second clock signals is controlled, the clock circuit configured to initiate the phase control operation each time a first control signal is asserted, the clock circuit including a comparator circuit that is configured to produce a second control signal indicative of a phase difference between the first and second clock signals, and a timing generator configured to assert the first control signal cyclically, the timing generator configured to respond to the second control signal to control a cycle of producing the first control signal.
US09875774B1
A semiconductor device includes: a sense amplifier; a branched line selectively connectable to the sense amplifier; a recycling arrangement selectively connectable to the branched line; an array of bit lines connected to corresponding memory cells; a multiplexer configured to selectively connect the branched line to a selected one of the memory cells through a corresponding line amongst the array of bit lines; and a controller. The controller is configured to: permit, during a recovery phase in which a gleaned amount of charge (gleaned charge) is recovered, flow of charge (charge-flow) between the recycling arrangement and the branched line; interrupt, during a drainage phase in which the gleaned charge is preserved, charge-flow between the recycling arrangement and the branched line; and permit, during a reuse phase in which the gleaned charge is reused, charge-flow between the recycling arrangement and the branched line.
US09875766B2
The magnetic tape has a nonmagnetic layer, a magnetic layer, and a backcoat layer; with one or both of the magnetic layer and nonmagnetic layer comprising at least one type of lubricant; with the backcoat layer comprising at least one type of lubricant; with a surface lubricant index as measured on a surface of the magnetic layer ranging from 1.00 to 4.00; and with a state of a presence of indentations on the surface of the magnetic layer satisfying condition 1 and condition 2: condition 1: a number of indentations greater than or equal to 5 nm and less than 10 nm in depth of 5 to 1,000 per 350 μm×260 μm area; and condition 2: a number of indentations greater than or equal to 10 nm in depth of less than or equal to 100 per 350 μm×260 μm area.
US09875761B1
A gradient-index lens couples light from a laser active region to a waveguide core. The gradient-index lens includes a plurality of bilayers, each of the bilayers having first and second material of respective first and second refractive indices. The bilayers conform to a planar base of the gradient-index lens and further conform to input and output sidewalls of the gradient-index lens. The input sidewall faces the laser active region and the output sidewall faces away from the laser active region. The input and output sidewalls are tilted at respective acute angles relative to the planar base.
US09875755B2
A voice enhancement device includes: a sound receiving unit configured to receive an audio signal; a vehicle state monitor unit configured to monitor a vehicle state; a noise estimation unit configured to estimate a noise component for each frequency component using a cumulative histogram created by accumulating frequency of power of the audio signal received by the sound receiving unit for each frequency component; and a voice enhancer configured to suppress the noise component for each frequency component estimated by the noise estimation unit in the received audio signal, wherein the noise estimation unit resets the cumulative histogram on the basis of a monitoring result of the vehicle state monitor unit.
US09875747B1
A sensor device may include a computing device in communication with multiple microphones. A neural network executing on the computing device may receive audio signals from each microphone. One microphone signal may serve as a reference signal. The neural network may extract differences in signal characteristics of the other microphone signals as compared to the reference signal. The neural network may combine these signal differences into a lossy compressed signal. The sensor device may transmit the lossy compressed signal and the lossless reference signal to a remote neural network executing in a cloud computing environment for decompression and sound recognition analysis.
US09875742B2
Disclosed herein are methods of diarizing audio data using first-pass blind diarization and second-pass blind diarization that generate speaker statistical models, wherein the first pass-blind diarization is on a per-frame basis and the second pass-blind diarization is on a per-word basis, and methods of creating acoustic signatures for a common speaker based only on the statistical models of the speakers in each audio session.
US09875738B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for natural language processing. One of the methods includes receiving a first voice query; generating a first recognition output; receiving a second voice query; determining from a recognition of the second voice query that the second voice query triggers a correction request; using the first recognition output and the second recognition to determine a plurality of candidate corrections; scoring each candidate correction; and generating a corrected recognition output for a particular candidate correction having a score that satisfies a threshold value.
US09875734B2
For managing audio readouts and visual notifications, a method and apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes audio output device, a display device, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to: present, via the audio output device, an audio readout to the user of the apparatus, determine a user attention state, and present, via the display device, a visual cue in a visual notification that corresponds to the audio readout, in response to the user attention state being a state of user interest. The visual cue may indicate a location in the visual notification that corresponds to a current position of the audio readout. Determining the user attention state to be a state of user interest may include receiving sensor data and determining whether a user is holding the apparatus based on the sensor data.
US09875728B1
This invention, a key-changing apparatus for stringed musical instruments, automatically sets all the strings to the necessary flats and sharps for any key signature selected. This allows musicians, particularly novices, to play musical scores in any key signature without having to remember to flatten or sharpen all the multiple notes required by the key signature.
US09875719B2
A method may include automatically remotely identifying at least one characteristic of an individual via facial recognition; and providing a display for the individual, the display having a content at least partially based on the identified at least one characteristic of the individual. A system may include a facial recognition module configured for automatically remotely identifying at least one characteristic of an individual via facial recognition; and a display module coupled with the facial recognition module, the display module configured for providing a display for the individual, the display having a content at least partially based on the identified at least one characteristic of the individual.
US09875717B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a substrate; a first gate line; a first data line and a second data line to which data voltages with different polarities are applied; a first pixel electrode connected to the first gate line and the first data line; a liquid crystal layer formed on the first pixel electrode; and a first common electrode and a second common electrode disposed on the liquid crystal layer, in which the first pixel electrode includes a first subpixel electrode overlapping with the first common electrode and a second subpixel electrode overlapping with the second common electrode. A first voltage and A second voltage are alternatingly applied to the first common electrode and the second common electrode every two or more frames, respectively.
US09875713B2
It is an object to provide a semiconductor device which can supply a signal with sufficient amplitude to a scan line while power consumption is kept small. Further, it is an object to provide a semiconductor device which can suppress distortion of a signal supplied to the scan line and shorten a rising time and a falling time while power consumption is kept small. A semiconductor device which includes a plurality of pixels each including a display element and at least one first transistor and a scan line driver circuit supplying a signal for selecting the plurality of pixels to a scan line. A light-transmitting conductive layer is used for a pixel electrode layer of the display element, a gate electrode layer of the first transistor, source and drain electrode layers of the first transistor, and the scan line. The scan line driver circuit includes a second transistor and a capacitor for holding a voltage between a gate electrode layer of the second transistor and a source electrode layer of the second transistor. The source electrode of the second transistor is connected to the scan line.
US09875707B2
A display apparatus and a gate driving method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel and a gate driver. The display panel has a plurality of gate lines. Output terminals of the gate driver are coupled to the gate lines in a one-to-one manner. The gate driver is configured to drive the gate lines according to a scrambled scan sequence.
US09875700B2
A source driver utilized for a display device and switching between two operational modes includes a reception module for receiving a plurality of display information and a plurality of transmission channels. Each transmission channel includes a register module for receiving one of the plurality of display information; a voltage level transformer for determining a voltage level of the one of display information; a polarization digital-to-analog converter for processing a digital-to-analog operation for the voltage level of the one display information; and an output module for outputting a plurality of voltage levels of the display information. The voltage levels of every two adjacent transmission channels include different polarization of voltage levels, and the output module processes an odd-number switching operation before outputting the plurality of voltage levels.
US09875698B2
A display apparatus comprises an electrowetting picture element with a first support plate with a first support plate portion comprising a layer substantially non-transmissive for light and second support plate portion substantially non-absorbing for light. A display controller is configured to control a display effect of the electrowetting picture element between a dark and light display effect, and, responsive to input data corresponding to the dark display effect, output at least one signal to a driver corresponding to the dark display effect. The driver is configured to, responsive to the at least one signal output by the display controller, apply a first, non-zero, voltage to the electrowetting picture element to switch a first and a second fluid of the electrowetting picture element to a first configuration with the first fluid and the second fluid in contact with a first surface of the first support plate portion and the first fluid in contact with a second surface of the second support plate portion.
US09875697B2
A Light Emitting Diode (LED) driver apparatus and a method of driving an LED array are provided. A Light Emitting Diode (LED) driver apparatus includes: a DC-DC converter configured to supply a driving voltage to an LED array, a plurality of LED drivers configured to drive the LED array according to a dimming signal, in which the plurality of LED drivers are connected to one another in parallel to supply currents to the LED array.
US09875689B2
The improvement of the power supply system to one of the electrodes comprising a pixel prevents said electrode from corrosion, which allows image to be displayed with high quality. A display module is provided, which module comprises an emitting device provided with a first electrode layer that is driven by an active device, an organic emitting layer that is coated on said first electrode layer and a second electrode layer CD that is formed over said organic emitting layer, wherein an electrode layer CNTB is provided on the substrate thereof lower than said second electrode layer CD and is coated with an insulating or passivation film, said electrode layer CNTB being in contact with said second electrode layer CD through a contact hole CNT.
US09875680B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for generating gray scale adjustment voltages and a panel driver circuit using the same. With the method provided in the invention, said apparatus for generating gray scale adjustment voltages generates a plurality of gray-scale reference voltage groups at a given time interval T0, and provides them for, such as a data driver circuit for adjusting gray scale of pictures by means of the reference gray-scale voltages, wherein values of the gray-scale reference voltages in each gray-scale reference voltage group are different from one another, and the time interval T0 need to be less or equal to a quotient from the displaying time in each frame divided by the product of the number of pixels in the vertical direction of a display screen and the number of gray-scale reference voltage groups. The present invention can improve the rate for outputting the gray scale voltages by said gray scale adjustment voltages generation apparatus without modifying the original data driver circuit in the liquid crystal display, such that a displaying effect of higher-order is obtained and improvement in picture quality is accomplished. The present invention may be widely used in various image display devices.
US09875675B2
A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a collective drive lighting inspection signal input wire that electrically connects a collective drive lighting inspection terminal to a plurality of gate wires and a plurality of source wires. The collective drive lighting inspection signal input wire includes a first wire corresponding to the gate wires and a second wire corresponding to the source wires. The first wire and the second wire each include a connection wire and a lead-out wire. The connection wire includes branch points connected to each of the plurality of gate wires or each of the plurality of source wires. The lead-out wire is led out from the connection wire to the collective drive lighting inspection terminal. The lead-out wire included in the first wire or the second wire includes a high-resistance region having a resistivity greater than a resistivity of the connection wire connected to the lead-out wire.
US09875670B2
A Braille Copy Machine includes a processor configured to detect at least one Braille cell from a scanned image of an original Braille document. The detecting includes determining a coordinate and a code for the at least one Braille cell. The Braille Copy Machine also includes an embosser configured to create an embossed copy of the original Braille document based on the determined coordinate and code for the at least one Braille cell.
US09875665B2
Systems and methods for a weld training system are provided. In particular, components of the weld training system may be removably disposed within an interior volume of a portable enclosure. The portable enclosure may be easy to transport by a welding operator from various training and/or recruiting locations. In some embodiments, the components of the weld training system include a weld training device, a work surface, a sensing device, a virtual reality interface, and processing circuitry.
US09875658B2
A method for computing a setpoint trajectory of an aircraft comprising at least two subsets comprises the formulation and the solving of an optimization problem for the trajectory, and the formulation of the problem comprises at least the formulation of a constraint related to a transition of legs on at least one first subset of the trajectory, and the formulation of a constraint related to a transition of vertical flight phases on at least one second subset of the trajectory. The invention also relates to a system and a computer program for the computation of a trajectory.
US09875646B2
An approach for supervision of an audio path within an audio system that conserves power while operating in battery mode by temporarily turning off pre-determined audio components of the audio system when not performing supervision tasks and no audio is present on the audio path.
US09875641B2
A portable device including a gesture recognizer module for automatically detecting a specific sequence of gestures is described. The portable device may be used to detect a health, safety, or security related event. The portable device may further include an emergency event module for automatically determining whether the sequence of gestures corresponds to an emergency event. The portable device may further include a proximity detection module for automatically determining whether a mobile device corresponding to a user listed as an emergency contact is in a state of proximity to the portable device. The portable device may further include a notification module for automatically transmitting a message, indicating the emergency event, to the user of the mobile device determined to be in the state of proximity.
US09875640B2
A system and method of managing notifications of a plurality of states of a plant of equipment are provided. The alarm system includes a memory device and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory device. The one or more processors are programmed to receive parameters relating to a potential alarm, receive an indication of a plant event from at least one of a plurality of field devices, compare the received indication to the received parameters, and display a notification of the potential alarm as at least one of an event, a diagnostic, an alert, and an alarm based on the comparison and in accordance with the received parameters.
US09875638B2
A computer-based system can generate geofences that are useful for managing offenders who are wearing devices that track their locations, such as offender monitors. In one mode, the computer-based system can track an offender's movement patterns and associated times and utilize the resulting data to generate proposed geofences. In another mode, the computer-based system can propose geofences based on offender category. Establishment categories can be determined based on offender category, and establishments can be identified based on establishment category. Proposed geofences can be created for the identified establishments.
US09875637B1
The combination of LED lighting and particulate detectors are enhanced by exploiting the light degradation/reflection/wavelengths detected, absorbed or frequency shift seen in lighting due to the presence of smoke, gas or other molecules (such as explosives) in the air can be detected. The use of LEDs is expanded well beyond simple lighting and energy savings to include not only smoke and fire detection by also to scan for gases and particulates found based in the usage environment.
US09875636B2
A collision sensor assembly is attachable to a stationary structure such as a pallet rack, a door frame, the corner of a wall, or the like. The collision sensor is configured to sense when a collision occurs with the stationary structure such as when a piece of movable machinery contacts the stationary structure. The collision sensor assembly includes a sensor operatively connected to a processor which determines when a collision occurs, and produces a signal to an output signal generator to provide an external indication of the collision.
US09875632B2
A management controller may monitor temperatures of information handling resources in an information handling system and identify abnormalities associated with the information handling resources. When a power down sequence is initiated, the management controller may use any identified abnormalities as well as user input indicating a particular information handling resource for service. The management controller may perform service mode cooling to make the information handling system safe for servicing as soon as possible. The user may be alerted when the temperature conditions indicate safe handling of identified information handling resources. The management controller may also control an electromechanical cover preventing access to the information handling resources.
US09875629B2
A device tag including a housing that includes a first connector structure constructed and arranged to engage with a battery operated device and a second connector structure constructed and arranged to slidingly engage with a battery such that the device tag is provided between the battery operated device and the battery. The device tag also includes an electrical connector carried by the housing and constructed and arranged to provide an electrical connection between the battery operated device and the battery. The device tag further includes an electronic device carried by the housing and constructed and arranged to transmit electrical signals.
US09875620B2
The gaming system that includes a server, a gaming machine communicatively coupled to the server, and a processor. The processor is programmed to: upon receiving a wager at the gaming machine, provide a bingo based game on the gaming machine, the bingo based game comprising gaming content that includes at least one bingo game card, determine that a triggering event has occurred during play of the bingo based game, and based on the triggering event, provide the player with at least one free bingo card in a bingo based bonus game.
US09875619B2
Systems and methods related to gaming based on the results at intervals of a race.
US09875609B2
In one embodiment, an intermediary gaming trusted electronic device for use with an untrusted PED may include a position sensor configured to acquire position information, a memory configured to store at least game session data, and a processor configured to at least: securely communicate with a gaming apparatus via the wireless transceiver; securely communicate with the associated untrusted PED; determine whether a gaming session is permitted based on the position information; receive gaming data from the gaming apparatus if it is determined that the gaming session is permitted; transmit presentation data to the associated untrusted PED for presentation on a display of the associated PED, wherein the intermediary gaming trusted device is able to support interaction between the gaming apparatus and the associated untrusted PED so that the associated untrusted PED, when coupled to the intermediary gaming trusted device, can execute a gaming software.
US09875603B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a multiplay game with resultant symbols. The game is associated with a plurality of reel sets each including a plurality of reels. Each reel is associated with one or more symbol display areas. For each reel set, each symbol display area associated with a reel of that reel set is associated with a symbol display area associated with one of the reels of each other reel set. The gaming system independently generates and displays certain of the symbols on the reels of the respective reel sets at the corresponding symbol display areas. If associated symbol display areas display symbols having a designated relationship with one another, the gaming system forms a resultant symbol from those symbols. The gaming system determines any awards based on the resultant symbols and not based on any non-resultant symbols.
US09875599B2
An operation device installed on a play machine has a push button switch having a push button made of a translucent material, a floating image projector that projects a floating image into midair above the push button through the push button from a rear face side of the push button, and a gesture detector in which at least a region where the floating image is projected is set to be a detection region.
US09875594B2
A sensing system is described herein. The sensing system includes a sampling module configured to define a sampling interval. The sensing system also includes a plurality of sensors to sample an inserted item based at least on the sampling interval. The sensing system includes a tracking module configured to obtain start sensor data from the sensors, determine if start sensor data is absent, increment an absence count based at least on the determination, compare the absence count with a threshold absence count, and reject the inserted item based at least on the comparison.
US09875590B2
Automated entry to properties is provided. Properties are made available for viewing. Visitor requests to enter the properties are received. Automated entry information is provided to visitors that allows the visitors to enter the properties during specific times.
US09875585B2
A vehicle video display verification system, comprising a camera carried by the vehicle; a display unit positioned in the vehicle displaying images captured by said camera; a verification sensor monitoring the status of image information from said camera being displayed on said display unit; and, a video control unit receiving said image information from said camera and outputting said image information to said display unit, and receiving feedback information from said verification sensor; wherein said video control unit records said image information from said camera and said feedback information from said verification sensor for establishing confirmation of an image display status on said display unit in the event of a vehicle accident.
US09875583B2
Vehicle operational data can be acquired in response to receiving a vehicle occupant voice command. A voice input can be received from a vehicle occupant while a vehicle is in operation. The received voice input can be analyzed to determine whether a vehicle diagnostic command is included in the voice input. In response to determining that a vehicle diagnostic command is included in the received voice input, one or more vehicle sensors can be caused to acquire vehicle operational data based on the vehicle diagnostic command. The vehicle operational data can be presented to a user, such as a driver, a passenger, or a review entity.
US09875579B2
The described technology regards an augmented reality system and method for estimating a position of a location of interest relative to the position and orientation of a display. Systems of the described technology include a plurality of sensors, a processing module or other computation means, and a database. Methods of the described technology use data from the sensor package useful to accurately generate signals to render graphical user interface information on a display, using vision-aiding processes, including horizon-matching, land-matching and Sun-matching.
US09875578B2
A method for 3D rendering, including receiving a group of 3D triangles defining a mesh of a surface, each 3D triangle in the group having 3D vertices with respective 3D coordinates, and transforming each 3D triangle into a 2D triangle having 2D vertices corresponding respectively to the 3D vertices, each 2D vertex having respective 2D pixel coordinates and a triplet of pixel attributes corresponding to the 3D coordinates of a corresponding 3D vertex. Each 2D triangle is passed to a graphics processor, which treats the triplet of pixel attributes of each 2D vertex as interpolatable values. The graphics processor computes respective triplets of interpolated pixel attributes for pixels within each 2D triangle by interpolation between the pixel attributes of the 2D vertices, and a 3D image of the surface is rendered by converting the interpolated pixel attributes computed by the graphics processor into voxel coordinates in the 3D image.
US09875575B2
A system and method is provided for smoothing portions of a 3D model of an object based on the likelihood of a portion being an accurate representation of the surface of the object, and based on whether the surface of the object according to the model is relatively jagged or relatively smooth.
US09875574B2
A method and device for automatically identifying the deepest point on the surface of an anomaly on a viewed object using a video inspection device. The video inspection device obtains and displays an image of the surface of the viewed object. A reference surface is determined along with a region of interest that includes a plurality of points on the surface of the anomaly. The video inspection device determines a depth for each of the plurality of points on the surface of the anomaly in the region of interest. The point on the surface of the anomaly having the greatest depth is identified as the deepest point.
US09875570B2
A method for processing image data representing a three-dimensional volume, the data comprising image values for a three-dimensional grid of voxels, comprising: starting from a given voxel building up a vector path along a first dimension of the three dimensional volume, connecting a number of voxels of two-dimensional slices of the grid adjacent in the first dimension, the connected voxels representing a spatial neighborhood of the given voxel, including structurally related voxels of the three-dimensional grid; averaging the image values of the voxels of the vector path to obtain a first averaged value, assigned to the given voxel position; repeating the aforementioned steps for a number of voxels; repeating the aforementioned steps on the first averaged values, employing vector paths along a second dimension being different from the first dimension, obtaining second averaged values; and on the second averaged values repeating the aforementioned steps, employing vector paths along a third dimension being different from the first and the second dimension. Thus, filtered values are obtained that constitute processed image data representing the three dimensional volume.
US09875562B2
A vehicle information display device including: a subject detecting sensor, that detects a first object positioned in a surrounding area of the vehicle and a second object different from the object; a display portion, that has a display area that displays an object mark corresponded to the object to emphatically display the object detected by the subject detecting sensor, and displays the second object mark so that when a number of the second objects that are in the vicinity of the detected first object and are detected by the subject detecting sensor is large, the emphasizing degree of the vertical component of the second object mark is suppressed in comparison with the emphasizing degree of the vertical component of the first object mark when the number of the second objects is small or no second object is detected.
US09875556B2
Techniques, methods, and systems for image processing may be provided. The image processing may be provided for upsampling and interpolating images. The upsampling and interpolating may include interpolating the image through at least an edge weight and a spatial weight. In various embodiments, the edge weight and/or the spatial weight may be calculated with a kernel. The kernel may be a kernel with a two dimensional (2D) distribution such as a Gaussian kernel, a Laplacian kernel, or another such statistically based kernel. The image processing may also include refining the upsampled and interpolated image through a refinement weight calculation and/or through back projection.
US09875552B1
A method and apparatus for motion determination comprising generating a hash value for each changed pixel in a frame of an image display sequence, the changed pixels indicated in a set of sparse display coordinates, for each changed pixel, overwriting (X, Y) information at a position in a symbol table indexed by the hash value, the (X, Y) information comprising one display coordinate associated with the each changed pixel, generating motion vectors for a frame, each motion vector specifying a pixel area determined from at least one (X, Y) delta between one of the changed pixels represented in the symbol table and a previously changed pixel represented at the position in a previous frame symbol table for a previous frame in the image display sequence, and transmitting the motion vectors from the host computer over a network to a client computer.
US09875549B2
A method and apparatus for processing a sequence of images of a scene, includes: a controller; a first module; and a second module; wherein the first module is arranged to perform an image registration process on the sequence to produce a registered set; the second module is arranged to perform a change detection process on the registered set; and the controller is arranged to provide: to the first module, an instruction to perform the image registration process on the sequence to produce the registered set; to the second module, an instruction to perform the change detection process on the registered set; and an instruction to transfer the registered set between the modules. The sequence of images may be a sub-sequence of a larger sequence. The apparatus can include a third module arranged to separate the larger sequence into sub-sequences.
US09875547B2
The present invention provides a method for adjusting stereoscopic image parallax. An original camera is provided. A scene space corresponding to the original camera is preset, including presetting a depth range of the scene space. Preset viewing environment parameters for displaying stereoscopic images of a scene in the scene space are configured, including presetting a depth range of an actual view space. The method further includes establishing a mapping relationship between the depth range of the actual view space and the depth range of the scene space. According to the mapping relationship, the preset viewing environment parameters and the scene space, camera parameters for adjusting stereoscopic image parallax are calculated. The original camera is adjusted based on the camera parameters to capture the scene. Thus, the stereoscopic images of the scene can be generated and presented.
US09875544B2
The present invention is a method to register 3D image data with fluoroscopic images of the chest of a patient. The ribs and spine, which are visible in the fluoroscopic images, are analyzed and a rib signature or cost map is generated. The rib signature or cost map is matched to corresponding structures of the 3D image data of the patient. Registration is evaluated by computing a difference between the fluoroscopic image and a virtual fluoroscopic projected image of the 3D data. Related systems are also described.
US09875542B2
There is provided a camera calibration device capable of highly precisely and easily estimating camera parameters without installing a piece of special calibration equipment or measuring 3D coordinates of reference points employed for calibration. A normal vector acquisition unit acquires normal vectors perpendicular to a reference horizontal plane from an image of a camera to be calibrated. A rotation matrix estimation unit projects the acquired normal vectors on a projection virtual plane perpendicular to the reference horizontal plane and evaluates that the projected normal vectors are perpendicular to the reference horizontal plane thereby to estimate a rotation matrix employed for calibrating the camera.
US09875541B2
A method, controller, and non-transitory medium for obtaining images of a moving subject. Estimating changes in position of the subject based on the images. Calculating a quality metric of the estimation of the change. Comparing the quality metric to a threshold. In a first case in which the quality metric is less than the threshold, adjusting position of the scanning area based on the estimated change in position. In a second case in which the quality metric is not less than the threshold, obtaining a new second image.
US09875535B2
A wear measurement system for a component is disclosed. The wear measurement system may have an imaging device configured to obtain a plurality of two-dimensional images of the component. The wear measurement system may also have a controller. The controller may be configured to generate a three-dimensional point cloud representing the component based on the two-dimensional images. The controller may also be configured to select at least two reference points appearing in each of a subset of images selected from the two-dimensional images. Further, the controller may be configured to determine locations of the two reference points in the three-dimensional point cloud. The controller may also be configured to determine an image distance between the locations. In addition, the controller may be configured to determine an amount of wear based on the image distance.
US09875533B2
Image processing for productivity applications is provided. An image may be received by a computing device. The computing device may detect the edges comprising the received image and adjust the image based on a skew state of the detected edges. The computing device may then process the adjusted image to correct imbalances. The computing device may then assign an image classification to the processed image. The computing device may then adjust the processed image based on the assigned image classification.
US09875528B2
A method and systems of identifying one or more patches in three or more frames in a video are provided. A region in a reference frame of the video may be detected. A set of regions in a prior frame and subsequent frame that are similar to the region in the reference frame may then be identified. Temporal consistency between the region in the reference frame and two or more regions in the set of regions in the prior and subsequent frames may then be calculated. Patches of regions in the first, reference, and third frames may be identified based at least in part on the calculated temporal consistencies, with each patch identifying a region in the reference frame that can be mapped to a similar region in the prior and subsequent frames.
US09875526B1
A device displays one of multiple views of a three-dimensional image and changes the particular view displayed in response to physical movement of the device. Each of the multiple two-dimensional views of a three-dimensional image is associated with orientations or ranges of orientations of the device. The device displays the one of the views associated with the current orientation of the device. As the device is moved from one orientation to another, the device displays the view associated with the current orientation in place of the view associated with the former orientation. The orientation can be angular orientation about a vertical axis or horizontal axis, or both axes.
US09875520B1
A computer-implemented method comprises: extracting a setting from a description file of a virtual pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera used to capture an original image through a wide-angle lens; determining a first set of coordinates of a pixel of the original image for each cell of a sparse conversion map represented as a first look-up table, wherein the sparse conversion map corresponds to a sparse grid of pixels of an output image; determining, via interpolating the first set of coordinates, a second set of coordinates of a pixel of the original image for each cell of a full conversion map, wherein the second set of coordinates is represented as a second look-up table, wherein the full conversion map corresponds to a full grid of pixels of the output image; instructing a display to present the output image, wherein the original image is less rectilinear than the output image.
US09875516B2
Systems and methods are provided for frequency adjustment of graphics process units (GPUs). A system includes: a command parser configured to parse one or more first commands associated with one or more future GPU operations to obtain command information, a processing component configured to determine an operation time for the future GPU operations based at least in part on the command information, and a frequency control component configured to adjust a GPU frequency based at least in part on the operation time for the future GPU operations.
US09875509B1
A method and system may determine the condition of insured properties in a neighborhood using aerial images captured from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or from a satellite device. The neighborhood may be selected by identifying a neighborhood having a large concentration of properties which are insured by a particular insurance provider. Aerial images of the entire neighborhood may then be captured and received from the UAV or the satellite device. For each insured property in the neighborhood, a condition and level of risk may be automatically determined based on the received aerial images, and the aerial images along with indications of the level of risk may be displayed.
US09875501B2
A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein to modify a size of one or more input detection areas. A size modifier accesses user interface size data. The user interface size data comprises a size for a first user interface element and a size for a first user input detection area. The size modifier determines a size of a display area of a user device. The size modifier calculates a modified size of the first user interface element. The modified size of the first user interface element is based on the size for the first user interface element and the size of the display area. The size modifier calculates a modified size of the first input detection area based on the size for the first input detection area and a first factor unrelated to the size of the display area.
US09875496B2
A method of projecting a likeness of an item onto a surface is disclosed. A determination that a user is interested in an item is made. A schematic corresponding to the item is identified based on information about the item. The user is provided with an option to project a likeness of the item onto a surface. Based on an accepting of the option by the user, a device of the user is instructed to project the likeness of the item onto the surface based on the schematic.
US09875493B2
A method for receiving a payment includes receiving information for a transaction with a merchant over the network, wherein the transaction includes an incomplete online transaction associated with a user account. A location of a user device that is associated with the user account is then retrieved, and a payment location is determined that is within a predetermined distance of the location of the user device. The payment location is then sent over the network to the user device. The user of the user device may then go to the payment location to provide payment information offline to a payment location device (e.g., by presenting a payment card to the payment location device provider, providing cash, etc.). That payment information is then received over the network from the payment location device and, in response, the online transaction is completed.
US09875487B2
Systems and methods are provided for displaying content on a vehicle with at least one display device coupled to a frame member and extending to the right or left of the license plate receiving area of the vehicle. Content is selected and altered as desired, including based on user preferences and/or vehicle location.
US09875478B1
Methods, machine-readable media, apparatuses and systems are provided to provide an application platform that provides the ability to track and report the location of customers of various organizations such as retailers, banks and other service organizations. In one embodiment, customers' locations are tracked via automatic check-in with a centralized location service via channels of such organizations such as corporate websites, ATMs, POS terminals and so forth. In one embodiment, customers' locations are tracked via third-party websites such as social networking websites via manual and/or automated check-in with check-in facilities on such websites. Organizations, with appropriate, permissions can then inquire on, inter alia, customers' last known location.
US09875477B2
Methods, systems and articles having machine-readable instructions can be implemented to manage advertising content using a computing device, for example, by retrieving a page of content from a network, the retrieved page including at least some advertising content, presenting the retrieved page of content to the user of the computing device, receiving user input via a user interface identifying at least a portion of the presented advertising content to be saved, saving the identified portion of advertising content, receiving user input via the user interface identifying some or all of the saved advertising content to share with another user, and causing the identified saved advertising content to be shared with the other user.
US09875475B2
A method and system for detecting fraud in a payment card network using a pattern of transaction ticket size are provided. The method including receiving transaction information, for a current financial transaction, from at least one of a merchant point of sale (POS) device and a merchant website, the transaction information including a current transaction amount, the transaction information associated with a single payment card cardholder, retrieving a predetermined number of historical transactions for the single cardholder based on the transaction information, and generating a historical spend ticket size pattern based on average ticket size and dispersions for at least one of the same store, similar stores, and relevant merchant categories. The method further including comparing the current transaction amount to the historical spend ticket size pattern and generating a recommendation for approval or decline of the current financial transaction based on the comparison.
US09875468B2
A method is provided for authentication that includes receiving consumer information associated with a consumer transmitted over a first data network, determining available account authentication options based on the received consumer information and a database of potential authentication options stored in a memory, selecting a set of available authentication options from the available authentication options based on a database of the potential authentication option attributes stored in the memory, transmitting the selected set of available authentication options to the consumer over the first data network, receiving a selected authentication option transmitted over the first data network, transmitting the consumer information to an authentication provider associated with the selected authentication option over a second data network, and receiving an authentication confirmation transmitted over the second data network.
US09875467B2
A system for providing a business intelligence report for a user. The system displays a list of available business intelligence reports. The system receives a request, from a business intelligence application, for at least one business intelligence report from the list of available business intelligence reports. The system provides configuration details to the business intelligence application. The configuration details determine a query. The business intelligence application performs the query on business data of a user database. The at least one business intelligence report is based upon the results of the query.
US09875465B2
In a process control device, a workflow definition unit defines a workflow made up of multiple pieces of work. A deferred status setting unit sets, to a deferred status, incomplete work from among the pieces of work constituting the workflow. If the deferred status is set, a proceeding unit provisionally accepts that a piece of work set to the deferred status has been performed and proceeds to a next piece of work. If a result of a piece of work set to a deferred status is a different result from a result that the proceeding unit provisionally accepted as having been performed, a remanding unit extracts a piece of work to be remanded back to a previous piece of work from among the pieces of work constituting the workflow, and remands the extracted piece of work back to the previous piece of work.
US09875456B2
A device for protecting a commercial article which is a physical object (10, 32), that may or may not be packaged, against theft. The device (12, 42) includes: at least one active or passive member that is capable of emitting electromagnetic waves out from the device or receiving electromagnetic waves from outside the device; elements for attaching and locking the device to the physical object or to the packaging of same in a locked position such that a user cannot separate the device from the physical object without an external tool, the locking elements including a locking mechanism; and at least one optically readable code (24) uniquely identifying the physical object to which the device is intended to be attached and which is separate from a commercial article code (EAN, EPC, etc.) assigned to the physical object, as a commercial article.
US09875451B2
A method includes obtaining, by one or more processor, a request related to an entity, data related to a given user, external data related to the entity, and external data related to the given user, and a record related to the entity, wherein the record comprises operating hours for the entity. The one or more processor analyzes the external data related to the entity and determines if there is an inconsistency in the operating hours, which it corrects. The processor analyzes the external data related to the entity to generate a prediction for peak hours of the entity and analyzes one or more of: the external data related to the entity, the external data related to the given user, the operating hours, the corrected operating hours, or the peak hours, to generate a recommendation for an optimal time for the given user to visit the entity.
US09875450B1
A healthcare assessment system is provided for a plurality of healthcare facilities each having healthcare providers and residential areas, each area equipped with biometric sensors and activity sensors. A central server receives sensor data and stores subject information in a data storage network. The system determines potential events for each subject based on respective healthcare profiles, and an event inference engine identifies the actual occurrence and extrapolates a likely occurrence of potential events based on the stored data points with respect to time. The system assigns values representative of a level of healthcare resource needs for each subject, and values representative of a quality of healthcare resources provided for each healthcare provider. A graphical user interface includes a resource allocation report with user-selectable lists of relative rankings of the assigned values for each subject and each provider in a healthcare facility, or for each respective healthcare facility.
US09875448B2
A method and apparatus for a service platform capable of providing device-based task completion is disclosed. A request for a task is received at a service platform from a customer. A worker device to complete the task is selected from a group of worker devices registered with the service platform based on a current attribute of the worker device. Data resulting from completion of the task is received from the selected worker device, validated, and presented to the customer. A reward or incentive can be provided to the worker device in response to the data being received from the worker device and validated.
US09875441B2
The present disclosure relates to a question recommending method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: constructing, by a server, an interest vector of a user according to a short-term interest, a long-term interest, and a group interest of the user, the interest vector of the user including multiple interest items; acquiring a candidate-for-recommendation question from a set of to-be-resolved questions according to the multiple interest items; estimating, according to a click-through rate (CTR) model, probability of answering the candidate-for-recommendation question by the user, and selecting a to-be-recommended question according to the estimated probability; and sending the to-be-recommended question to a client. In this way, a real-time comprehensive recommendation result can be obtained, and a question answering rate of an interactive question-and-answer platform can also be improved.
US09875435B2
A drawing data generation apparatus includes a first intermediate data generation section that generates first intermediate data from formation image data in which a formation image is indicated as a cluster of drawing components, a second intermediate data generation section that generates, from the first intermediate data, second intermediate data indicating drawing content of each line-shaped region of the formation image, and a drawing data generation section that generates, from the second intermediate data, drawing data indicating drawing content of each line-shaped region in a row of pixel data. The second intermediate data generation section selects, based on the first intermediate data, either a first scheme of arranging an overlap of the drawing components and generating the second intermediate data from the cluster of drawing components or a second scheme of expressing and integrating the drawing components as a cluster of the pixels and generating the second intermediate data.
US09875433B2
An image processing linkage system includes: an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal device connectable with each other, wherein the image processing apparatus includes a display unit, and a transmitting unit, the portable terminal device includes a display unit, a receiving unit, a display control unit, an operation information converting unit, and a transmitting unit, and the image processing apparatus receives the operation information transmitted from the portable terminal device, and executes a process corresponding to the operation information.
US09875432B2
A card holding member is able to be inserted into a card connector via a sealing portion of an outer member and able to hold a card. The holding member includes a card holding frame portion, a connecting base portion, and a movable connecting portion. The frame portion opposing side surfaces of the card. The base portion integrally connects to the frame portion. The movable portion mounts on the base portion in the insertion/ejection direction of the holding member. The base portion includes a first sealed portion which engages a first sealing portion of the sealing portion and formed on the outer peripheral surface of the base portion. The movable portion includes a pressure receiving portion which engages a pressure imparting portion of the sealing portion. The movable portion is biased towards the insertion direction and positioned relative to the outer member when the receiving portion engages the imparting portion.
US09875419B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a recognition device and an alignment system. The recognition device is configured to recognize an alignment mark on a display substrate and comprises a camera unit and a light source unit. The camera unit is configured to shoot the alignment mark, and the light source unit is configured to radiate emitted light onto the alignment mark. The recognition device further comprises a light processing unit configured to process light emitted from the light source unit so that the luminance of the light irradiated onto the alignment mark is greater than that of the light emitted from the light source unit. Through the arrangement of the light processing unit, the recognition device enables the luminance of the light irradiated onto the alignment mark to be greater than that of the light emitted from the light source unit.
US09875412B2
This crowd monitoring system (MS) is provided with: a storage unit in which a plurality of images of a crowd including moving bodies are stored; a feature-value extraction unit which extracts a feature of each image; a number of persons input image selection unit which takes into account the distribution of the features, and selects, from among the images, a sample image for inputting the number of persons among the moving bodies; the number of persons input reception unit which displays, on a display unit, an input screen for inputting the number of persons among the moving bodies in the sample image, and receives an input of the number of persons among the moving bodies in the sample image; and a feature total number function generation unit which generates a function indicating the relationship between the features and the total number among the moving bodies.
US09875408B2
A setting apparatus that configures a setting for detecting that an object existing at different positions in images corresponding to different times has passed through a detection line or a detection area composites, on an image, an indication indicating a trajectory of an object in an image, and outputs the image on which the indication is composited, as a setting window for setting the detection line or the detection area.
US09875404B2
A Metric Information Network (MIN) with a plurality of Ground Control Points (GCPs) that are selected in an automated fashion. The GCP selection includes clustering algorithms as compared to prior art pair-wise matching algorithms. Further, the image processing that takes place in identifying interest points, clustering, and selecting tie points to be GCPs is all performed before the MIN is updated. By arranging for the processing to happen in this manner, the processing that is embarrassingly parallel (identifying interest points, clustering, and selecting tie points) can be performed in a distributed fashion across many computers and then the MIN can be updated.
US09875397B2
At least one example embodiment discloses a method of extracting a feature of an input image. The method includes constructing an example pyramid including at least one hierarchical level based on stored example images, generating a codebook in each of the at least one hierarchical level, calculating a similarity between the codebook and the input image, and extracting a feature of the input image based on the similarity.
US09875396B2
System and techniques for spoofing detection in image biometrics are described herein. A sequence of images may be obtained from a camera; a first plurality of images in the sequence of images including a representation of a user body part, and a second plurality of images in the sequence of images including a representation of an environment of the user. A marker may be created for the representation of the body part. A feature of the environment of the user present during the second plurality of images may be identified in the sequence of images using a third group of circuits. A correlation between the marker and the feature of the environment in the sequence of images may be quantified to produce a synchronicity metric of the degree to which the marker and the feature of the environment correlate.
US09875381B2
A command sequence is restarted from the middle even when supply of power supply voltage to an internal circuit in a wireless tag is temporarily stopped (a power flicker occurs). A register or a cache memory included in a signal processing circuit in the wireless tag continues to retain data even after the supply of power supply voltage is stopped. After the power flicker occurs, the signal processing circuit in the wireless tag is returned to the state before the supply of power supply voltage is stopped and can restart signal processing. Consequently, the command sequence can be restarted from the middle.
US09875378B2
Techniques for encrypting the data in the memory of a computing device are provided. An example method for protecting data in a memory according to the disclosure includes encrypting data associated with a store request using a memory encryption device of the processor to produce encrypted data. Encrypting the data includes: obtaining a challenge value, providing the challenge value to a physically unclonable function module to obtain a response value, and encrypting the data associated with the store request using the response value as an encryption key to generate the encrypted data. The method also includes storing the encrypted data and the challenge value associated with the encrypted data in the memory.
US09875366B2
Microprocessor system that is implemented or can be implemented in a mobile terminal and comprises: a normal operating system designed to generate and maintain a non-secure runtime environment and a security operating system designed to generate and maintain a secured runtime environment, and an operating system interface between the normal operating system and the security operating system, said operating interface being designed to control communication between the non-secure runtime environment and the secured runtime environment on the operating system level, and at least one filter interface that is designed to securely control communication between the non-secure runtime environment and a secured runtime environment on a level different from the operating system level.
US09875364B2
An approach is provided in which a knowledge manager generates a knowledge structure that includes security annotation tokens and term tokens. Each of the security annotation tokens are stored in a parallel field and align to at least one of the term tokens. The knowledge manager matches security policies corresponding to a search request to one or more of the security annotation tokens and, in turn, generates search results based upon obfuscation of one or more of the term tokens aligned to the matched security annotation tokens.
US09875362B2
For enabling improvement in throughput for generating a hash value, a hash value generation apparatus comprises: a θ operation unit configured to execute a θ operation included in a round process of a SHA-3 algorithm; a ρ operation unit configured to execute a ρ operation included in the round process; a π operation unit configured to execute a π operation included in the round process; a χ operation unit configured to execute a χ operation included in the round process; and an ι operation unit configured to execute an ι operation included in the round process, wherein the θ operation unit receives data for each sheet structure, and starts to execute the θ operation upon receiving data of three sheet structures.
US09875356B2
The present invention provides a system and a method of preventing intrusion of a malicious code based on a smart device.The system for preventing intrusion of a malicious code based on a smart device includes: a collection unit that collects at least one situation information allowing for recognition of situation of the smart device; a control unit that primarily determines whether to execute an application on the basis of the collected situation information and secondarily determines whether to execute the application on the basis of a hash value extracted from a portion of or the entire file relating to execution of the application; and a display unit that displays an image for executing the application on the basis of the result of determination, in which the control unit checks whether the application performs a function of a predetermined malicious code on the basis of the collected situation information and primarily determines whether to execute the application on the basis of the result of checking.
US09875354B1
A method of enhancing security of at least one of a host computing device and a peripheral device coupled to the host computing device through a communication interface. Data is transparently received from the peripheral device or the host computing device, and the received data is stored. The stored data is analyzed to detect a circumstance associated with a security risk. If such a circumstance is not detected, then the data is transparently forwarded to the other of the peripheral device or the host. However, if a circumstance associated with a security risk is detected, then a security process, defined by a rule, is performed. Related apparatus are provided, as well as other methods and apparatus.
US09875353B2
A log information generation apparatus includes: a process information generation unit which generates first identification information for temporally and spatially uniquely identifying a process that is an execution subject of an application program at a start of a process behavior constituted by a series of events of the process, in a space of a system including a plurality of computers, and which generates process information including the first identification information; an event information generation unit which generates event type information indicating an event type for each of the events and which generates event information including the event type information; and a log information generation unit which generates, for each of the events, log information including the process information generated by the process information generation unit and the event information generated by the event information generation unit.
US09875349B2
In an embodiment of the invention, an unlocked mobile device is configured to capture images, analyze the images to detect a user's face, and automatically lock the device in response to determining that a user's face does not appear in the images. The camera capturing and face recognition processing may be triggered by the device having detected that it has been motionless for a threshold period of time. In another embodiment, a locked mobile device is configured to capture an initial image using its camera, capture a new image in response to detecting movement of the device, determine that the device moved to a use position, capture a subsequent image in response to determining that the device moved to a use position, analyze the subsequent image to detect a user's face, and unlock the device in response to detecting the user's face. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09875339B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of performing computerized simulations of image-guided procedures. The method may comprise receiving medical image data and metadata of a specific patient. A patient-specific digital image-based model of an anatomical structure may be generated based on the medical image data and the metadata. A computerized simulation of an image-guided procedure may be performed using the digital image-based model and the metadata.
US09875336B2
A computer system aligns two or more sequences with each other to identify similarities and differences between the aligned sequences. The sequences may, for example, represent proteins. The system performs alignment quickly and accurately by representing the sequences as perceptual information and conceptual information having mappings between them in a knowledgebase, and then performing the alignment based on the representations of the sequences in the knowledgebase. The alignment may be performed in polynomial time, regardless of the number of sequences that are aligned.
US09875334B2
An illustrative method includes providing a layout of at least a portion of a photomask, the layout comprising a plurality of target features, each target feature having a shape in accordance with a corresponding one of at least one target shape, for each of the target shapes, providing a local map specifying a respective value of a local sub-resolution assist feature (SRAF) usefulness for each of a plurality of positions relative to the target shape, generating a global usefulness map specifying a respective global SRAF usefulness for each of the plurality of positions relative to at least a portion of the photomask on the basis of the assignment of the values of the local SRAF usefulness.
US09875320B1
An entity may be related to multiple related entities by one or more properties, and the entity may also be associated with one or more entity types. A system for providing sorted results may include identifying the entity, related entities, and types. The system may also determine related entity scores for each respective related entity, relative to the entity. For each property, the related entity scores of the related entities related to the entity by that property are combined to generate a property score. The properties are then sorted based on their property scores. The sorting may occur for properties associated with an entity type, and sorted search results may be provided as output for one or more entity types of interest.
US09875317B2
Methods and systems for providing content on a webpage includes rendering a webpage having a plurality of page areas. Each of the plurality of page areas is associated with an entity having display content. Selection of one of the plurality of page areas is detected. The selection causes a landing page to be rendered in place of the webpage. A return to the webpage from the landing page is detected. In response to the return, the selected page area of the webpage is modified to include at least one additional entity having associated display content.
US09875315B2
An approach is provided for managing a display of a keyword search result. First Document Object Model (DOM) element(s) in a web page DOM are identified as including DOM element(s) specifying first content that is relevant to the keyword. Second DOM element(s) in the DOM are identified as specifying second content that is irrelevant to the keyword. DOM element(s) are determined to specify paragraph(s) in the first content which were hidden from view as a result of a prior search of another keyword and based on the paragraph(s) not including the other keyword. The display of the result of the search is generated to include the first content and the paragraph(s) according to modified first attribute(s) of the DOM element(s) specifying the paragraph(s), and hide the second content from view, according to modified second attribute(s) of the second DOM element(s).
US09875311B2
A method, executed by at least one processor, may include storing, within a set of memory locations within a storage medium, data for a feature of an engineering object in a first client format and a collaborative server format that is different than the first client format, the first client format corresponding to a first CAx application operable by a first user, the collaborative server format corresponding to a collaborative server. The method may also include updating the data for the feature in both the first client format and the collaborative server format in response to receiving an update to the feature from, or detecting an update to the feature by, the first CAx application or the collaborative server. A corresponding system and computer readable medium are also disclosed herein.
US09875305B2
A search engine may maintain a list of derived metadata. When an event occurs that requires updating a search index, the search engine can determine which metadata is derived metadata and take appropriate actions with respect to the derived metadata. For example, if a request is received to update the index for a particular object, the search engine may protect the derived metadata from change while updating the other metadata in the index. As another example, if a request is received to update the text content for the object, the search engine may change the text content and the derived metadata. By identifying derived metadata, the search engine can protect the derived metadata from change when a request is received that otherwise causes metadata to change and can change the derived metadata when a request is received that would otherwise not change the metadata portion of the index.
US09875303B2
A method including: clustering a plurality of records, each record comprises at least one object image and at least one textual field associated with the object, to yield a plurality of clusters such that the object images in each cluster exhibit between them a visual similarity above a specified value; associating each cluster with a label by applying a dictionary function to the textual fields of each cluster, wherein the label reflects a common semantic factor of the textual fields of each cluster, wherein the common semantic factor has a value above a specified threshold. Accordingly, the visual similarity provides a measure of resemblances between two visual objects that can be based on at least one of: the fit between their color distribution such as correlation between their HSV color histograms, the fit between their texture, the fit between their shapes, the correlation between this edge histograms and face similarity.
US09875301B2
Systems and methods for learning topic models from unstructured data and applying the learned topic models to recognize semantics for new data items are described herein. In at least one embodiment, a corpus of multimedia data items associated with a set of labels may be processed to generate a refined corpus of multimedia data items associated with the set of labels. Such processing may include arranging the multimedia data items in clusters based on similarities of extracted multimedia features and generating intra-cluster and inter-cluster features. The intra-cluster and the inter-cluster features may be used for removing multimedia data items from the corpus to generate the refined corpus. The refined corpus may be used for training topic models for identifying labels. The resulting models may be stored and subsequently used for identifying semantics of a multimedia data item input by a user.
US09875288B2
A system, a method, and a computer program product for filtering data stored in a hierarchical data model for use by an attribute value derivation are provided. At least one filtering mechanism to filter at least one instruction containing at least one target attribute value corresponding to at least one source attribute value combination stored in a hierarchical data model is provided. The instruction is filtered using the filtering mechanism. A user interface for displaying the hierarchical data model containing the filtered instruction is generated.
US09875283B2
A method includes generating data from workforce applications, at least one of the workforce applications including at least one of forecasting, scheduling, recording, and monitoring functionalities; and storing the data from the at least one of the workforce applications in a storage area network (SAN), the SAN being operable to connect the at least one of the workforce applications to computer storage devices. This may also include keeping recorded contacts in a long term storage device such as the SAN or an operational data store (ODS) and transparently searching in both the ODS and the SAN simultaneously. With a concept of moving data on to a file system SAN which is cheaper as compared to a database technology such as ODS, the method facilitates predictable performance from the ODS and easier manageability with constant cost from SAN.
US09875274B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods facilitating extensions to software applications that access a database, and in particular to applications with embedded database procedures. In various embodiments, an extension anchor embedded in the application as well as one or more extensions implemented as database procedures are encapsulated in specially marked database-procedure methods.
US09875271B2
The present invention is directed toward methods and systems for data de-duplication. More particularly, in various embodiments, the present invention provides systems and methods for data de-duplication that may utilize a vectoring method for data de-duplication wherein a stream of data is divided into “data sets” or blocks. For each block, a code, such as a hash or cyclic redundancy code may be calculated and stored. The first block of the set may be written normally and its address and hash can be stored and noted. Subsequent block hashes may be compared with previously written block hashes.
US09875270B1
A data storage system may implement locking item ranges for creating a secondary index of an online table. A secondary index may be generated for a table of items stored in a non-relational data store. Different ranges of items in the data store may be locked while a corresponding portion of the secondary index is generated. Upon generating the corresponding portion of the secondary index, a range of items may be unlocked. While generating the secondary index, the table may be made available for servicing access requests. For a request to update the table received during the generation of the secondary index, a determination may be made as to whether the update is included within a locked range of the table. If locked, the request may be delayed until the range is unlocked.
US09875265B2
An approach for conversion between database formats (e.g., from a relational database format to a hash table or a “big table” database format) based on user data access patterns in a networked computing environment is provided. A first set of database tables having a first format is identified based on a set of access patterns stored in a computer storage device. A second set of database tables having a second database format corresponding to the first set of database tables may then be provided (e.g., accessed, augmented, and/or generated). A mapping between the first set of database tables and the second set of database tables may then be created. A column set may then be generated based on at least one condition of the set of queries. The column set may then be used as a key for the second set of database tables.
US09875260B2
Systems and methods of provisioning data storage and runtime configuration in telecommunications systems and devices. The systems and methods employ at least one decentralized revision control system as a data repository for storing data, such as configuration data, and at least one data provisioning component as an interface for accessing the configuration data stored in the data repository. By employing the decentralized revision control system in conjunction with the data provisioning component, the systems and methods can provide a data storage and runtime configuration provisioning framework that is data agnostic, application agnostic, and user agnostic, while further providing at least the capability of tracking and maintaining the version history of the configuration data.
US09875247B2
At least one subsystem among the plurality of subsystems includes a managing section operable to manage individual route information for routes in a management target region of the at least one subsystem among the plurality of regions and adjacent route information for routes positioned in a partial range from a boundary of the management target region among routes in an adjacent region that is adjacent to the management target region, and an identifying section operable to identify the route on which the moving object is positioned based on the observation position, by using the individual route information and the adjacent route information managed by the at least one subsystem. Also provided is a method and computer program product.
US09875244B1
A set of comments associated with an item of media content is identified. A set of sentiment scores associated with the set of comments is generated, wherein each sentiment score indicates a type of sentiment expressed in a comment. The sentiment profile is generated responsive at least in part to the set of sentiment scores, the sentiment profile indicating the types of sentiment expressed in comments associated with the item of media content and stored in association with the item of media content.
US09875242B2
Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for providing at least one dynamic current result to a second device, such as a mobile phone, where the at least one dynamic current result is related to content that is active on a first device such as a television. The dynamic current result may be generated based on a search query.
US09875240B2
A report creating system includes a storage part storing machine type information correlating the machine type codes of apparatuses with corresponding types of the apparatuses, pattern information showing usage patterns based on the presence or absence of usage of the types of the apparatuses, and type information correlating the usage patterns with corresponding report types; an identification part obtaining the machine type code of one or more of the apparatuses remotely managed by a remote management system and identifying the type of the one or more of the apparatuses based on the machine type code and the machine type information; a first determination part determining the usage pattern based on the identified type and the pattern information; a second determination part determining the report type based on the determined usage pattern and the type information; and a creation part creating a report based on the determined report type.
US09875228B1
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for copying inherited properties between electronic documents. An input to copy a source child element from a source application editing a source document is received. The source child element inherits a value of a property from another element. An input to paste the copied element into a destination document edited by destination application is received. The copied element is pasted into the destination document. The destination application retrieves instructions to determine a destination child value of the property and uses the instructions to determine the destination child value. The destination child value is consistent with the value which would have been determined had the copied element been pasted into the source document.
US09875227B2
A method and system for entry of data into content of cells belonging to an output field. Entered into cells of a multidimensional table located within a header record in the table are: input field labels respectively corresponding to input fields in the table entered into a respective unique cell within the header record; and an output label corresponding to the output field entered into a specifically unique cell within the header record and expressed as a mathematical expression of input field labels. The mathematical expressions are translated into the cell address of the cell containing each input field label and then pasted in each cell of the output field. The cell address of the cell containing each input field label is replaced in the pasted mathematical expression by the corresponding cell address of each input field in the same record that contains each cell of the output field.
US09875223B2
An apparatus and a method for editing memo contents of a user in a user terminal including a user interface are provided. When a part or all of the memo contents on a screen are damaged based on a memo function by using a prearranged pattern, the damaged part or all of the memo contents are deleted and a memo where the part or all of the memo contents have been deleted is displayed on the screen. At this time, the memo displayed on the screen has gone through an edit for filling a blank generated due to the deletion of the damaged part or all of the memo contents by moving successive memo contents to the deleted memo contents.
US09875216B2
An NP-processor is provided that is based on a computing environment consisting of a finite set of multiple-element triggers that are interconnected by common elements. The NP-processor has interference relations between the computing environment elements. Negative feedback is introduced and is intended for isolating an active state, which is the solution to the problem, from an exponential number of modes of oscillation in the computing environment.
US09875207B2
An apparatus includes a remote terminal unit (RTU) having one or more input/output (I/O) modules and a controller module. Each of the one or more I/O modules includes multiple I/O channels. The controller module includes at least one processing device configured to communicate with at least one industrial field device via the I/O channels of the I/O modules. The controller module includes a first connector, and a first of the one or more I/O modules includes a second connector. The first connector is configured to be physically connected to the second connector, and the first and second connectors are configured to transport data and power directly between the controller module and the first I/O module.
US09875196B2
A first device of a Multimedia Over Coax Alliance (MoCA) network may communicate with a second device of the MoCA network to control power-save operation of the second MoCA device. The first device may control the power-save operation of the second MoCA device based on an amount of data stored in a buffer, wherein the data stored in the buffer is destined for the second device. The buffer may be in a third device which sends the data to the second device, and/or the buffer may be in the first device. The first device may be operable to buffer data destined for the second device while the second device is in a power-saving state.
US09875188B1
A multi-queue cache is configured with an initial configuration, where the initial configuration includes one or more queues for storing data items. Each of the one or more queues has an initial size. Thereafter, the multi-queue cache is operated according to a multi-queue cache replacement algorithm. During operation, access patterns for the multi-queue cache are analyzed. Based on the access patterns, an updated configuration for the multi-queue cache is determined. Thereafter, the configuration of the multi-queue cache is modified during operation. The modifying includes adjusting the size of at least one of the one or more queues according to the determined updated configuration for the multi-queue cache.
US09875187B2
A first operation associated with a request for a page miss handler may be identified. A second operation associated with a current execution of the page miss handler may also be identified. An age of the first operation and an age of the second operation may be determined. The page miss handler may be interrupted based on the age of the first operation and the age of the second operation by stopping the current execution of the page miss handler for the second operation and starting execution of the page miss handler for the first operation.
US09875185B2
Operations associated with a memory and operations associated with one or more functional units may be received. A dependency between the operations associated with the memory and the operations associated with one or more of the functional units may be determined. A first ordering may be created for the operations associated with the memory. Furthermore, a second ordering may be created for the operations associated with one or more of the functional units based on the determined dependency and the first operating of the operations associated with the memory.
US09875179B2
The semiconductor memory device includes: a memory unit including a plurality of memory blocks; a decoder suitable for storing bad block information about the plurality of memory blocks, and outputting the bad block information in response to an address signal; and a control logic suitable for controlling the memory unit and the decoder to update a status register (SR) code in response to the bad block information when the semiconductor memory device at a ready state enters a busy state, and to perform a general operation according to the updated SR code and a command.
US09875176B2
An installer application implemented in a computational device receives a command to install a test application in the computational device. The installer application determines whether a selected port of a plurality of ports of the computational device is to be blocked prior to installing the test application in the computational device. In response to determining that the selected port is to be blocked prior to installing the test application in the computational device, the installer application blocks the selected port, installs the test application by binding a socket to the selected port of the plurality of ports, and tests functions of the test application by executing one or more code paths of the test application, in response to installing the test application.
US09875171B2
A technique for estimating a format of a log message (LM) according to the present invention includes creating a first directed graph structure by dividing a first LM by predetermined characters to define divided portions as nodes and arranging the nodes in order from the beginning of the first LM; creating a second directed graph structure by performing on a second LM the same processing as that performed on the first LM; comparing nodes in the first directed graph structure with nodes in the second directed graph structure to detect nodes other than nodes including a corresponding character string; adding to the first directed graph structure the node detected in the second directed graph structure among the detected nodes as a first branch node; and estimating the format, based on the first directed graph structure including the first branch node added thereto.
US09875164B2
In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for fixing logical or physical corruption in databases using LSM trees including, for example, means for storing records in a LSM database at the host organization; processing transactions to the LSM database by writing the transactions into immutable extents for subsequent merge into the LSM database; recording a history of the transactions in a log; identifying corruption in at least one of the records of the LSM database represented within the immutable extents prior to use of the immutable extents in the LSM database; and correcting the identified corruption to the at least one of the records of the LSM database based at least in part on the recorded history of the transactions in the log during live operation of the LSM database. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US09875163B1
An operating state of each of a plurality of storage units of a storage system is periodically monitored, including a storage capacity, a throughput, and overlap of clients associated with the storage units. In response to a request to redistribute data from a first of the storage units to another storage unit, a cost factor for each of remaining storage units to relocate the data of the first storage unit to each of the remaining storage units is determined. A cost factor of each of the remaining storage units is determined based on at least one of the storage capacity, the throughput, or the overlap of clients of the storage unit. A second of the storage units having a lowest cost factor amongst the remaining storage units is selected. At least a portion of the data of the first storage unit is migrated to the second storage unit.
US09875162B1
A method and system for recovering a corrupt storage system is discussed. A request to recover the system may be received. A backup snapshot for the last point-in-time the system was stable may be synthesized. A difference may be identified between that backup snapshot and the current system. The difference may be transmitted to the corrupt system to recover the data.
US09875156B2
A data storage device includes a set of latches, read/write circuitry, a memory, and an interleaver. The set of latches is configured to receive data. The read/write circuitry is coupled to the set of latches. The memory is coupled to the read/write circuitry. The interleaver is configured to interleave the data and to cause the read/write circuitry to program the interleaved data to the memory. The set of latches, the read/write circuitry, the memory, and the interleaver are integrated within a common die.
US09875146B1
A database system monitors a metric for a Workload Definition (WD) and adjusts a metric throttle for the WD to a new metric throttle level Cn, computed as the average of a theoretical metric level Cc that would drive a metric to a target T and a theoretical metric level Cr that would drive a rolling average of the metric to the target T.
US09875145B2
A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for dynamic load based resource sets that provide flexible assignment of resources to processes with nested resource sets. Resource sets include plural resource subsets so that processes that are assigned to a resource subset can have additional resources flexibly made available by providing additional resources from a parent resource set. A resource threshold is monitored to selectively adjust process resource subset assignments based upon utilization of resources within a resource subset, such as by comparing the number of threads assigned to a resource subset with the number processors available to run the threads.
US09875144B2
Aspects include identifying physical resources in a computer environment, allocating virtual resources to the physical resources, and aggregating the virtual resources, as a virtual resource pool, at a per virtual machine level in the computer environment. Other aspects include evaluating the virtual resources in the virtual resource pool against resource pool domain constraints, and determining a resource allocation adjustment as a function of the evaluating. The resource allocation adjustment is configured to achieve a maximum specified virtual machine density.
US09875142B2
A system and method schedules jobs in a cluster of compute nodes. A job with an unknown resource requirement profile is received. The job includes a plurality of tasks. Execution of some of the plurality of tasks is scheduled on compute nodes of the cluster with differing capability profiles. Timing information regarding execution time of the scheduled tasks is received. A resource requirement profile for the job is inferred based on the received timing information and the differing capability profiles. Execution of remaining tasks of the job is scheduled on the compute nodes of the cluster using the resource requirement profile.
US09875135B2
Systems and methods implementing utility-maximized scheduling of time-sensitive tasks in a resource constrained-environment are described herein. Some embodiments include a method for utility-optimized scheduling of computer system tasks performed by a processor of a first computer system that includes determining a time window including a candidate schedule of a new task to be executed on a second computer system, identifying other tasks scheduled to be executed on the second computer system within said time window, and identifying candidate schedules that each specifies the execution times for at least one of the tasks (which include the new task and the other tasks). The method further includes calculating an overall utility for each candidate schedule based upon a task utility calculated for each of the tasks when scheduled according to each corresponding candidate schedule and queuing the new task for execution according to a preferred schedule with the highest overall utility.
US09875129B2
In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer system and from a first computing device, a request to access a simulation of an application running a second computing device; identifying, by the computer system, one or more types of input that are available on the second computing device and that are not available on the first computing device; generating one or more controls for each of at least a portion of the identified types of input; instantiating, by the computer system, a virtual machine that simulates the second computing device; and providing information to the first computing device that causes i) an interface for the application as executed by the virtual machine to be presented by the first computing device and ii) the generated controls to be presented by the first computing device in association with the interface.
US09875127B2
A method of configuring a logical network in a datacenter is provided. The datacenter includes a plurality of host physical computing devices, a compute manager to configure one or more data compute nodes (DCNs) on virtualization software of each host, and a network manager. The method configures, by the network manager, a logical network. the method provides, by the network manager, a read-only configuration construct of the logical network to the virtualization software of a set of hosts in the plurality of hosts. The method obtains, by the compute manager, the read-only configuration construct of the logical network from the virtualization software of the set of hosts. The method configures, by the compute manager, a plurality of DCNs to connect to the logical network using the read only configuration construct of the logical network.
US09875123B2
A provisioning server receives a reserve command with a set of criteria and searches for a host matching the criteria. Upon finding such a host, the provisioning server reserves the host for performing a virtualization test. Upon receiving or generating a release command, the provisioning server releases the host.
US09875116B2
A primary application and a secondary application installed on a mobile communication device are both configured to obtain input from a user of the device through an application session of the primary application. The primary application transmits a notification to cause the secondary application to begin execution in the background. The primary application further transmits a request for user interface (UI) information to the secondary application. Based on UI information received from the secondary application, the primary application generates a graphical user interface (GUI) including an interface for receiving user input relating to the secondary application. The generated GUI is displayed on the device in the application session of the primary application, and user input relating to the secondary application is received in the application session of the primary application. The primary application then transmits to the secondary application user input identified as relating to the secondary application.
US09875115B2
Techniques are described for preserving application state in virtual memory during operating system reboot. A preserved virtual memory allocation that has been populated with state by an application is identified. The application is shutdown during the OS reboot. The operating system is rebooted without modifying the preserved virtual memory allocation. For example, physical memory and paging file pages associated with the preserved virtual memory allocation on the computer system are unmodified when the operating system is rebooted. The application is restarted after the operating system has been rebooted. The preserved virtual memory allocations are identified after the application is restarted, such as by checking contents of a memory region or by an API return value. The application is then reconnected to the preserved virtual memory allocation, which allows the application to immediately access the preserved state without having to rebuild new state.
US09875112B2
A data processing apparatus formed on an integrated circuit comprising: a plurality of processors; power control circuitry configured to control power up and power down of the processors; a read only memory for storing boot up software for booting up each of the processors. The power control circuitry is configured to respond to receipt of a check state request, to control one of the processors that is currently powered down to power up and to access the boot up software. The boot up software accessed in response to the check state request controls the processor to perform a measurement indicative of a current state of the data processing apparatus and to output a value indicative of the measurement.
US09875103B2
A method for use by a host microprocessor which translates sequences of instructions from a target instruction set for a target processor to sequences of instructions for the host microprocessor including the steps of beginning execution of a speculative sequence of target instructions by committing state of the target processor and storing memory stores previously generated by execution at a point in the execution of instructions at which state of the target processor is known, executing the speculative sequence of host instructions until another point in the execution of target instructions at which state of the target processor is known, rolling back to last committed state of the target processor and discarding the memory stores generated by the speculative sequence of host instructions if execution fails, and beginning execution of a next sequence of target instructions if execution succeeds.
US09875096B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory machine readable medium are provided for creating a structured report that aggregates information related to a plurality of source code files based on selective scanning of one or more repositories. A repository search request is received including a repository identifier, a project identifier, and a search term. The specified repository is scanned to identify source code files for the specified project that include the search term. It is determined whether an instance of a search term within the source code file corresponds to a reserved term. A report is generated identifying the source code files that include an instance of the search term. A new file directory is created, and populated with a first results file including the generated report.
US09875094B2
A method for upgrading microcode in a multi-module storage system may include selecting a first module from two or more modules and operating the first module using an upgraded microcode. The method may include monitoring the performance of the first module by a second module of the two or more modules and rendering an indication of performance of the first module. Further, the method may include determining whether the indication of performance of the first module is greater than or equal to a performance metric.
US09875090B2
A deployment package descriptor may be obtained. One or more application files that include application content in a plurality of different data formats may be obtained. An analysis of the application content included in the obtained one or more application files may be initiated, based on a plurality of different data formats and descriptive information associated with the obtained application files, the descriptive information included in the obtained deployment package descriptor.
US09875089B2
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving source code to be compiled into an executable file for an unaligned instruction set architecture (ISA). Aligned assembled code is generated, by a computer processor. The aligned assembled code complies with an aligned ISA and includes aligned processor code for a processor and aligned accelerator code for an accelerator. A first linking pass is performed on the aligned assembled code, including relocating a first relocation target in the aligned accelerator code that refers to a first object outside the aligned accelerator code. Unaligned assembled code is generated in accordance with the unaligned ISA and includes unaligned accelerator code for the accelerator and unaligned processor code for the processor. A second linking pass is performed on the unaligned assembled code, including relocating a second relocation target outside the unaligned accelerator code that refers to an object in the unaligned accelerator code.
US09875082B2
Embodiments are directed to a processor for adjusting an index, wherein the index identifies a location of an element within an array. The processor includes a shift circuit configured to perform a single operation that adjusts a first parameter of the index to match a parameter of an array address. The single operation further adjusts a second parameter of the index to match a parameter of an array element.
US09875071B2
An image processing device may perform an analysis by utilizing target data representing a target image of a print target, so as to select, from among a plurality of types of print orders for printing the target image, one type of print order in which a print of the target image is presumed to be completed in the shortest time period. In each of the plurality of types of print orders, an area in the target image to be printed by the initial main scanning of the print head may be mutually different. The image processing device may create print data by utilizing the target data for causing a print performing unit to perform the print of the target image according to the selected one type of print order, and supply the print data to the print performing unit.
US09875065B2
An information processing device includes a volatile memory, a non-volatile semiconductor memory, a storage circuit, and a processor. The processor records corresponding update information in a first log area when updating actual data in a first actual data area by the update data. The processor collects the update information recorded in the first log area at a specific timing. The processor writes the collected update information to a second log area. After writing the collected update information, the processor initializes the first log area. When the second log area becomes full, the processor writes the actual data in the first actual data area to the corresponding second actual data area. After writing the actual data, the processor initializes the first log area and the second log area.
US09875063B2
An administrator provisions a virtual disk in a remote storage platform and defines policies for that virtual disk. A virtual machine writes to and reads from the storage platform using any storage protocol. Virtual disk data within a failed storage pool is migrated to different storage pools while still respecting the policies of each virtual disk. Snapshot and revert commands are given for a virtual disk at a particular point in time and overhead is minimal. A virtual disk is cloned utilizing snapshot information and no data need be copied. Any number of Zookeeper clusters are executing in a coordinated fashion within the storage platform, thus increasing overall throughput. A timestamp is generated that guarantees a monotonically increasing counter, even upon a crash of a virtual machine. Any virtual disk has a “hybrid cloud aware” policy in which one replica of the virtual disk is stored in a public cloud.
US09875061B2
A distributed backup method includes defining a server group having a plurality of server computers, and providing each server computer with an identical backup policy and an identical storage policy. The method also includes transmitting, at each server computer of the server group to every other server computer of the server group, advertisement messages describing available storage space for storing backups, and receiving, at each server computer from the server, at least some of the advertisement messages. The method also includes identifying, at a first server computer using the backup policy, at least a first service to be backed up, selecting a second server computer using the received advertisement messages, transmitting, from the first server computer to the second server computer, a backup including information corresponding to the at least one service, and storing the backup, by the second server computer using the storage policy.
US09875060B1
Migrating memory MMIO from a source I/O adapter of a source computing system to a destination I/O adapter of a destination computing system, includes: collecting, by a source hypervisor of the source computing system, MMIO mapping information, where the source hypervisor supports a logical partition on the source computing system and the logical partition is configured for MMIO operations with the source I/O adapter through an MMU; placing, by a destination hypervisor of the destination computing system, the destination I/O adapter in an error state; migrating the logical partition from the source computing system to the destination computing system; configuring, by the destination hypervisor of the destination computing system, the destination computing system for MMIO with the LPAR utilizing the MMIO mapping information collected by the source hypervisor; and restarting the logical partition on the destination computing system, including recovering, by the logical partition, from the error state.
US09875059B2
Provided is a control method for a plurality of storage apparatuses that perform a migration from a pre-migration volume group to a post-migration volume group. The plurality of storage apparatuses are configured to accept a write command directed to any one of a plurality of volumes in the pre-migration volume group and the post-migration volume group when the migration is being processed. The control method includes writing write data of the write command to all of the plurality of volumes in a predetermined order, writing the write data to a last volume last among the plurality of volumes, and writing the write data to volumes different from the last volume after individually obtaining exclusive locks and, after completion of the writing the write data to the last volume, releasing the exclusive locks.
US09875058B2
A method for transferring memory pages to a first and a second page repository identifies pages in a memory sharing operation for transfer to a first page repository and pages in a memory migration operation for transfer to a second page repository. Pages in the memory migration operation may be prepared for transfer prior to transfer of the pages in the memory sharing operation. Transferring pages in the migration operation may remove the need to transfer pages in the memory sharing operation.
US09875041B1
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for backing up data. A tracking utility may receive a start request and then receive a write request directed towards the first volume. An address of the block of the volume to be modified by the write request may be recorded to a current changes list. The tracking utility may also receive a first lock request, wherein the lock request comprises an instruction to place the volume in a read-only mode. Upon receiving the first lock request, the tracking utility may copy the current changes list to a frozen changes list and clear the current changes list. Upon receiving a second lock request, the tracking utility may merge the current changes list and the frozen changes list.
US09875035B2
A memory device includes: a memory including a plurality of blocks, each including a plurality of pages; and a control logic that controls a read operation and a copy-back operation on the memory based on a combination of a block read operation number and a page read operation number.
US09875030B2
A method or system comprises determining an end data track of a write operation in response to a request for the write operation in a media storage device, saving data from an adjacent track following the end data track to a cache, performing the write operation. In one implementation, performing the write operation is comprises writing data to a plurality of data tracks in a band.
US09875028B2
A system for storing data comprises a performance storage unit and a performance segment storage unit. The system further comprises a determiner. The determiner determines whether a requested data is stored in the performance storage unit. The determiner determines whether the requested data is stored in the performance segment storage unit in the event that the requested data is not stored in the performance storage unit.
US09875027B2
A data transmitting method for a memory storage device is provided. The method includes: detecting a temperature of the memory storage device; and determining whether the temperature of the memory storage device is greater than a temperature threshold. If the temperature is greater than the temperature threshold, first data is written into a rewritable non-volatile memory module within a first delay time according to a delay count corresponding to a unit temperature.
US09875025B2
Systems and methods for retaining data are disclosed in which refresh copy operations are performed on data stored in non-volatile solid-state memory. A controller may be configured to maintain a list of physical memory locations, the list sorted by a least recently used criterion. The controller may select a first entry from a top of the list and perform a refresh operation to copy data stored in a current physical memory location associated with the first entry to a new physical memory location, and may remove the first entry from the top of the list and add a new entry associated with the new physical memory location to a bottom of the list. The controller may repeat the select, perform, remove and add steps for a plurality of entries in the list, and the steps may be timed such that all refresh operations are performed for all of the plurality of entries within a set period of time.
US09875016B2
A method and system for deploying an ancillary display screen of an electronic personal display device in rendering digital content item portions, including a persistent rendering thereof. The method comprises receiving a command to modify a page of e-book content, the page including at least one margin indicia as rendered on the primary display screen, activating the ancillary display screen while displaying the modified page bereft of the at least one margin indicia on the primary display screen; and transitioning display of the at least one margin indicia to the ancillary display screen of the computing device.
US09875014B2
An input apparatus including: a display device on which at least one operational image is displayed; a selected image determining section which determines, as a selected image, an operational image displayed at a position designated by an input operation; and a display updating section which updates a display from a first operational screen to a second operational screen where a display update condition has been satisfied, and which includes: a position specifying section which, where the input operation has been performed or expected to be performed within a period after the satisfaction of the display update condition and before the update, specify one of positions designated by the input operation and expected to be designated by the input operation; and an image arranging section which arranges the at least one operational image on the second operational screen after the update so as to avoid the specified position.
US09875010B2
The present disclosure generally relates to providing video, and more particularly to streaming of video. There is described a method and a system for performing scrubbing in a video stream of a video item selected at a media device. The video item is streamed from a server system to the media device. The method comprises dividing the selected video item into a number of segments and selecting a first snippet for each segment, which snippet is pre-buffered. The video stream of a first segment of the selected video item is played at the media device simultaneously as scrubbing to a second segment of the selected video item. When the scrubbing is done the video stream of the first segment stops and the first snippet of the second segment starts playing seamlessly.
US09875006B2
A graphical user interface (“GUI”) can be presented on a remote control accessory device that has user input and display devices. The GUI can be defined and managed by a portable media device that is controlled using the GUI. The portable media device can provide the accessory with a GUI image to be displayed. The accessory can send information to the portable media device indicative of a user operation of an input device in response to the displayed image. The portable media device can process this input to identify the action requested by the user and take the appropriate action, which can include updating the GUI image provided to the accessory.
US09875000B2
A method that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, receiving a selection from a media device corresponding to a first media content, generating a play list at a server where the play list includes second media content that is associated with the first media content by at least one of genre, artist and being published in temporal proximity, and providing play list content comprising at least a portion of the first and second media content to the media device, where at least one of the generation of the play list and the providing of the play list content is based on metadata pointers associated with the first and second media content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09874993B2
The disclosed subject matter provides a digital sign with a video camera. The digital sign and video camera are connected via a communications medium to a central computer. The central computer provides a way of changing the images displayed on the digital sign and of disseminating the video from the video camera either through real time forwarding/viewing or recording the real time video stream and playing back the recorded video to a user. The central computer also provides a user interface where an authorized user, which would normally include an authorized governmental entity, can view the video stream and unilaterally interrupt the normally displayed image (or series of images) with an emergency notification message that would display on the digital sign.
US09874992B2
One embodiment provides a method, comprising: displaying text data on a display device; receiving, using a processor, a user input positioning a cursor within the text data; and displaying, on a preview pane, at least a portion of the text data in which the cursor is positioned. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US09874990B2
During a co-browsing session between a host computer and an agent computer, a co-browsing window is displayed on a display screen of the host computer. To facilitate concurrent chat messaging, a web browser running on the host computer displays a first chat window at a first area of the display screen. A second chat window is generated based on the first chat window. The first chat window is removed from display at the first area of the display screen, and the second chat window is displayed at a second area of the display screen where the second chat window obstructs less of the co-browsing window than the first chat window did before the first chat window was removed from display at the first area of the display screen.
US09874989B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing content presentation elements in conjunction with a media content item. In one implementation, a processing device receives a request for a media content item. The processing device identifies one or more elements of a content presentation context associated with the request. The processing device provides, in response to the request, at least one of the one or more elements of the content presentation context in conjunction with the media content item.
US09874986B2
A readout device for a capacitive sense matrix includes a computer readable storage medium configured to store capacitance data. The capacitance data represents capacitance values of the capacitive sense matrix. The readout device also includes a readout circuit configured to receive a signal from the capacitive sense matrix, the readout circuit being configured based upon the capacitance data. Also described are a readout method and a method of compensating for variations in capacitance.
US09874976B2
A touch sensor includes a sensor electrode having an electrostatic capacitance for touch detection, and a touch detection circuit detecting a contact or proximity position of an object on the basis of a detection signal obtained from the sensor electrode by applying a touch sensor drive signal to the sensor electrode. The sensor electrode is split into plural stripe-like electrode patterns. Applying the touch sensor drive signal to part of the electrode patterns forms a drive line at that time. The touch detection circuit performs a detection on the basis of a first detection signal obtained from a first drive line formed in a first period, and a second detection signal obtained from a second drive line formed in a second period.
US09874968B2
This disclosure generally provides a processing system that includes a first controller coupled with a second controller via a first communication link. The first controller is configured to transmit display data to the second controller via the first communication link. The second controller is configured to drive, using the display data, one or more coupled display electrodes for performing display updating. The second controller is further configured to operate one or more coupled sensor electrodes to acquire capacitive sensing data, and to transmit the capacitive sensing data to the first controller via the first communication link.
US09874967B2
The present disclosure provides a touch-panel display device. The touch-panel display device comprises a substrate, a display module, a sensing module and a function layer. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface on opposite sides of the substrate, respectively. The display module is proximal to the first surface of the substrate, and the sensing module is disposed between the display module and the substrate. The function layer, disposed on either the first surface or the second surface of the substrate, is configured to polarize light emitted from the display module towards the substrate.
US09874963B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more display layers within a display stack, the one or more display layers include a plurality of crystals configured to adjust a polarization of light passing through the one or more display layers. The apparatus includes a reference voltage layer that provides the one or more display layers with a reference voltage. The apparatus includes a plurality of pixel-drive electrodes that adjust the polarization of the light passing through the one or more display layers by adjusting an electrical potential between the plurality of pixel-drive electrodes and the reference voltage layer. The pixel-drive electrodes provide drive signals for a touch sensor and the reference voltage layer provides sense signals.
US09874956B2
A three-dimensional cover plate includes a transparent substrate, a side panel, and a first binding layer. The side panel is bonded to a part of the transparent substrate, and the first binding layer is disposed between the transparent substrate and the side panel to bond the transparent substrate and the side panel.
US09874950B2
One embodiment provides a method, involving: receiving, at a device, handwriting input from a user; detecting, using a processor, a location of at least a part of the handwriting input; and providing, on a display device, at least one adaptive line to guide the handwriting input; wherein the at least one adaptive line is positioned based on the location of at least a part of the handwriting input. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US09874947B2
A display control apparatus for controlling displaying of a display unit includes an orientation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the display control apparatus, and a display control unit configured to, when an orientation change from a first orientation to a second orientation of the display control apparatus is detected by the orientation detection unit, perform display control based on the second orientation after the orientation change in a case where a speed of the orientation change is higher than a predetermined speed, and perform display control based on the first orientation even after the orientation change in a case where the speed of the orientation change is lower than or equal to the predetermined speed.
US09874938B2
An input device includes: a memory configured to store a length of a finger; and a processor configured to obtain a depth image that includes a hand and has pixel values corresponding to a distance from a camera to subjects including the hand, detect a hand area that corresponds to the hand from among the subjects, from the depth image, identify a tip end of the hand area and a base of the finger, identify a first three-dimensional position that corresponds to the tip end and a second three-dimensional position that corresponds to the base, based on the pixel values of the depth image, identify a direction from the second three-dimensional position to the first three-dimensional position, calculate a third three-dimensional position that corresponds to a fingertip of the finger based on the direction and the length, and generate an input signal according to the third three-dimensional position.
US09874931B1
A head-tracking system includes a georeferenced head tracker (GHT) configured to provide georeferenced head position data, and a platform-referenced head-tracker (PRHT) configured to provide platform-referenced head position data. A controller is coupled with the GHT and the PRHT, and configured to be coupled with an avionic system configured to provide georeferenced aircraft position data. The controller includes a processor configured to access the georeferenced head position data, compare a current drift error of the GHT with a predetermined error threshold. When the current drift error is below the threshold, the processor transmits a signal indicative of the georeferenced head position data being a current georeferenced head position data. When the current drift exceeds the threshold, the processor access the georeferenced aircraft position-data, generates update data based on the platform-referenced head position data and the georeferenced aircraft position data, and updates the GHT at a known instant in time.
US09874929B2
For system management applied to a computer system, a power supply of the computer system starts to power a motherboard and a CPU thereon. A reset holding module in a system management controller holds the CPU in a Power-on Reset (PoR) state. The system management controller executes an operation requested by a user. The reset holding module releases the CPU from the PoR state in response to the system management controller completing the operation.
US09874920B2
In one embodiment, a stylus includes one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals wirelessly to a device through a touch sensor of the device. The computer-readable non-transitory storage media of the stylus further embodies logic for allocating between the stylus and the device electric energy available at the stylus or the device based on one or more first criteria.
US09874919B2
In some implementations, power provided to a computing system, such as a rack system, may be interrupted. This interruption is detected, and in response, power from a battery backup system is directed to the computing system to replace the interrupted power source, which in some implementations may be a main AC power grid source. A signal is received indicating that a backup power source, for example a backup generator system, is online and prepared to deliver power to the computing system. For an initial period of time, this backup power source is prevented from providing power to the computing system. For example, the backup generator system may be providing power to a power supply unit of the computing system, but the power is not allowed to flow to the computing system. After the initial period of time passes, the power provided to the computing system by the battery backup unit is reduced at a particular rate of change while the power from the backup generator system is allowed to flow to the computing system through the power supply unit.
US09874912B2
An energization range of a laptop PC is controlled for safety component replacement. An EC can communicate with a battery unit to control a FET of the battery unit. In a power-off state, a PWC receives electricity from the battery unit or an AC/DC adapter. In the power-off state, a system of the EC stops. When a housing cover of the laptop PC is opened, a cover switch turns ON. When a logic circuit detects the operation of the cover switch, the PWC controls a DC/DC converter group to activate the system. The EC receiving electricity turns the FET OFF. Then the PWC turns the FET OFF.
US09874910B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes at least one core to initiate a hot reset, and a peripheral device that is coupled to a root complex fabric via through the root port via an peripheral component interconnect express to on-chip system fabric (PCIE to OSF) bridge. The processor also includes a power control unit that includes reset logic to decouple the peripheral device from the root complex fabric responsive to initiation of the hot reset. After the peripheral device is decoupled from the root complex fabric, the reset logic is to assert a reset of the peripheral device while a first core of the at least one core is in operation. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09874908B2
An electronic device capable of maintaining an angle between two display units at a certain angle, without any hinge structure is provided. The electronic device includes a display unit including a first display unit and a functional unit spaced apart from each other, the functional unit being equipped with an electronic component, a cover unit including a first cover part and a second cover part, to which the first display unit and the functional unit are respectively attached, and a connection unit including a shape-preserving member, which is configured to allow the display unit and the functional unit to be maintained at a certain angle, when an angle between the first cover part and the second cover part is changed by an external force.
US09874905B2
A display screen system is disclosed. The display screen system includes: a flexible display part; a winding and receiving part for winding and receiving the display part from a first end of the display part; and a control module for controlling the display part and the winding and receiving part. The control module includes a current detection circuit, which comprises a front-side electrode provided on a front side of the display part and a back-side electrode provided on a back side of the display part, and the front-side electrode and the back-side electrode are configured such that the front-side electrode is brought into contact with the back-side electrode to bring the current detection circuit into a switch-on state when the display part is wound. A control method for a display screen system is further disclosed.
US09874893B2
A self-biased cascode current mirror/scaler circuit can include a bias FET biased with an input current to generate a gate-source voltage, which can be divided by a bias circuit into a first voltage component (e.g., at a threshold voltage) and a second voltage component (at a FET drain-source saturation voltage or edge of saturation voltage). An input FET of the current mirror/scaler circuit can receive approximately the input current or a function thereof. A gate of the input FET can be biased at the first voltage component in sum with a FET drain-source saturation voltage or edge of saturation voltage of the input FET. A gate of the output FET can be connected to the gate of the input FET. A gate of a cascode FET in series with the output FET can be biased at the first voltage component in sum with the second voltage component in sum with the FET drain-source saturation voltage or edge of saturation voltage of the input FET. Multiple cascode FETs, multiple output stages, high frequency bypass capacitors, and lowpass filters are also described.
US09874889B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide a regulator circuit including an output circuit, an error detection circuit and an intermediate circuit. The output circuit is configured to receive a first supply voltage, output and regulate a second supply voltage based on a control signal. The error detection circuit is responsive to the first supply voltage, and is configured to compare the second supply voltage with a reference voltage, and generate an error signal with a voltage level that is indicative of a difference between the second supply voltage and the reference voltage. The intermediate circuit is configured to generate a first electrical current based on the error signal and a second electrical current based on the second supply voltage, combine the first electrical current and the second electrical current to generate a third electrical current, and generate the control signal at least partially based on the third electrical current.
US09874881B2
A refrigeration appliance includes a supply pipe for water and a controllable safety valve in the supply pipe which shuts off a water supply connection. A controllable functional valve in a water circuit of the refrigeration appliance distributes water.
US09874880B2
For controlling the opening of a valve (10) in an HVAC system (100) to regulate the flow φ of a fluid through a thermal energy exchanger (2) of the HVAC system (100) and adjust the amount of energy E exchanged by the thermal energy exchanger (2), determined are the flow φ through a valve (10) and the temperature difference ΔT=Tin−Tout between the supply temperature Tin of the fluid entering the thermal energy exchanger (2) and the return temperature Tout of the fluid exiting the thermal energy exchanger (2). The opening of the valve (10) is controlled depending on the flow φ and the temperature difference ΔT. For example, the opening of the valve (10) is controlled depending on a control criterion c=ƒ(φ,ΔT), calculated from the flow φ and the temperature difference ΔT.
US09874878B2
A system and method of adaptive multi-scale perception of a target for an aircraft, includes receiving sensor signals indicative of aircraft information with respect to the target; selecting one or more sensor devices in response to the receiving of the aircraft information; receiving sensor information from the one or more sensor devices indicative of the target; dynamically selecting sensor processing parameters for the one or more sensor devices; and analyzing the sensor information from the selected sensor devices and using the selected sensor processing parameters.
US09874877B2
A method and system for automatically controlling at least one following vehicle where a scout trajectory is produced for a scout vehicle and the scout vehicle is guided along an actual trajectory, the actual trajectory of the scout vehicle and scout environmental data is captured by scout sensors. A desired trajectory is produced for the following vehicle and following vehicle environmental data are captured by following vehicle sensors. A scout trajectory similarity is determined based on the scout trajectory produced and the captured actual trajectory, reference trajectory data are produced and reference environmental data are produced based on the scout environmental data. The reference trajectory data and the reference environmental data are transmitted to the following vehicle and a trajectory similarity is determined by a trajectory comparison based on the desired trajectory produced and the transmitted reference trajectory data.
US09874868B2
A method for calculating an optimized trajectory with a simulation program and an optimization routine includes making available a trajectory and adjusting it to boundary conditions, implementing a loop having the steps of a provision of one first trajectory, a modification of a (further) trajectory and adjustment of the (further) trajectory on the basis of boundary conditions, using as the optimized trajectory a trajectory which has been made available on the basis of an extremal or predetermined parameter, and, after being calculated, making available the optimized trajectory to a control device in order to move a holder for a component part.
US09874856B2
An EEPROM memory cell includes a dual-gate MOS transistor in which the two gates are separated by an insulation layer. The insulation layer includes a first portion and a second portion having lower insulation properties than the first one. The second portion is located at least partially above a channel region of the transistor.
US09874855B2
An electronic clock mechanism includes an analog display device including a ring of dates and a stopwatch hand associated with a graduation of a small counter. The ring and hand are driven by a same electric motor via a permanent gear train, the hand being mounted on a wheel of the permanent gear train, the wheel arranged between a motor pinion and a movable element including a date driving wheel. The ring and date driving wheel respectively include two sets of teeth forming a permanent gear having a relatively large clearance to define a dead angle region for the date driving wheel as the ring is positioned by a jumper. The dead angle region is used to drive the stopwatch hand independently of the ring. The permanent gear train is arranged such that torque for positioning the rotor creates for the date driving wheel a blocking torque for shock-resistance.
US09874854B2
A drum unit includes a photosensitive drum having an axis L1, a drum flange provided at an end of the photosensitive drum, and a coupling member having an axis L2. The coupling member includes (i) a first end portion connected to the drum flange, (ii) a second end portion including at least one projection, and (iii) a connecting portion connecting the first end portion and the second end portion. The coupling member is movable between (i) a first position in which a tip of the at least one projection is a first distance away from the photosensitive drum as measured in the direction of the axis L1 and (ii) a second position in which the tip of the at least one projection is a second distance away from the photosensitive drum as measured in the direction of the axis L1.
US09874835B2
A developing device mountable in a main body of an image forming device includes: a frame, a developer cartridge attachable to the frame, and a maintaining member. The developer cartridge includes: a casing having an opening; and a shutter movable between an open position and a closed position to open and close the opening. The developer cartridge is movable between a first position to be attached to the frame and mountable in the main body and a second position to be partially detached from the frame and incapable of being mounted in the main body. The shutter moves from the closed position to the open position while the developer cartridge moves from the second position to the first position. The maintaining member maintains the shutter at the closed position when the developer cartridge moves from the second position to the first position.
US09874831B2
An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source, a deflector configured to deflect a light flux from this light source to scan a surface to be scanned in a main-scanning direction, an incident optical system configured to guide the light flux from the light source to a deflection surface of the deflector, and an imaging optical system configured to guide the light flux deflected by the deflector to the surface to be scanned. The optical scanning apparatus satisfies the following conditions: 0.5<|βsi|<2.2, 3.0<|βso|<10.0, and 0.2
US09874825B2
Processes for continuously coalescing particles from an aggregated particle slurry are disclosed. The aggregated particle slurry is heated, then coalesced by raising the pH. The coalesced particles are homogenized and exit as a coalesced particle slurry. A multi-screw extruder is used for the coalescing. These processes are useful for providing coalesced particles such as toner compositions.
US09874824B2
An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprising at least a photosensitive layer on a conductive substrate, wherein the photosensitive layer is a laminate having a charge transport layer and a charge generation layer, the charge transport layer contains four or more types of compounds each having a maximum absorption wavelength falling within a wavelength range of from 300 nm to 600 nm in a tetrahydrofuran solution at 25° C., and maximum absorption wavelengths falling within the wavelength range of at least four types of the compounds of said four or more types of the compounds are separated from each other by 10 nm or more.
US09874819B2
A mirror array includes a multiplicity of displaceable individual mirrors which are subdivided into at least two groups. The individual mirrors of the first group are displaceable in a very precise manner, and the individual mirrors of the second group are displaceable in a very quick manner.
US09874813B2
A photosensitive resin material of the invention is a photosensitive resin material used to form a permanent film including one or more selected from a novolac-type phenol resin, a phenol aralkyl resin, and a hydroxystyrene resin as an alkali-soluble resin (A) and a photosensitive diazoquinone compound as a photosensitizing agent (B), in which a content of iron with respect to all non-volatile components, which is measured through flameless atomic absorption spectroscopy, is equal to or more than 0.005 ppm and equal to or less than 80 ppm, and non-ionic iron is included as the iron.
US09874806B2
A color splitting/combining prism splits apart illumination light from a projector and combines together projection light from the projector. A part of the illumination light that is not used as the projection light passes through the color splitting/combining prism as OFF-light via an image display element in a direction different from the projection light. The color splitting/combining prism includes a dichroic film of which a cutoff wavelength, at which the dichroic film exhibits a transmittance of 50% when splitting two different colors between reflection and transmission, is provided in a wavelength range in which wavelength separation is possible for all of the illumination light, the projection light, and the OFF-light that are incident at different incidence angles respectively.
US09874801B2
A device for adjusting a camera lens, which includes at least one lens ring rotatable about the optical axis of the camera lens for zoom, focus or aperture adjustment, which is connectable with a driving device actuatable by an electronic control unit, includes a retaining device connected with the camera lens, which is adapted to the contour of the camera lens, for accommodating a fastening mechanism of a drive system containing the driving device and the electronic control unit.
US09874797B2
A liquid crystal display includes an insulation substrate, a gate line and a data line disposed on the insulation substrate, a repair pattern disposed on the insulation substrate, a first passivation layer disposed on the gate line, the data line and the repair pattern and a pixel electrode and a common electrode that is disposed on the first passivation layer and that overlap each other, and a second passivation layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode where the repair pattern overlaps the pixel electrode.
US09874793B2
A narrow frame liquid crystal display, comprising: an array substrate comprising a first mounting area and a second mounting area; a color film substrate mounted on the first mounting area; a first chip bonded onto the second mounting area of the array substrate; a first flexible circuit board bonded onto the second mounting area of the array substrate; a first lead configured to electrically connect the first chip and the first flexible circuit board; and a second lead configured to electrically connect a display region of the array substrate and the first chip. The first chip, the first lead and the first flexible circuit board are sequentially arranged on the second mounting area in a first direction away from the color film substrate. A distance between the first chip and the first flexible circuit board is set to be less than 10 mm. The size of the area for mounting the chip can be reduced, and the frame of the liquid crystal display can become narrower. The present invention further provides a method of producing narrow frame liquid crystal displays.
US09874781B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate, a counter-substrate, a negative liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules, a retardation film attached to a surface of the array substrate, a first polarizer attached to the retardation film and having a first absorption axis, a second polarizer attached to a surface of the counter-substrate, and having a second absorption axis which is parallel to a direction of initial alignment of the liquid crystal molecules and perpendicular to the first absorption axis, a cover member located opposite to the second polarizer, and ultraviolet curing resin which bonds the second polarizer and the cover member to each other.
US09874780B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The liquid crystal display device uses a quantum rod orientation layer (2) to conduct parallel alignment of a quantum rod layer (3) so that the aligned quantum rod layer (3) may replace a conventional lower polarizer. The liquid crystal display device manufacturing method applies an inclined vapor deposition process to form a quantum rod orientation layer (2). The quantum rod orientation layer (2) includes a plurality of grooves (21) that has an extension direction substantially perpendicular to a transmission axis direction of an upper polarizer (7). A quantum rod layer (3) is then formed on the quantum rod orientation layer (2). The quantum rod layer (3) so formed includes a plurality of quantum rods (31) that has a long axis direction substantially parallel to the extension direction of the grooves (21), namely parallel alignment of the quantum rod layer (3). The aligned quantum rod layer (3) may replace a conventional lower polarizer to improve light transmission rate and utilization of backlighting, increasing displaying brightness and reducing manufacturing cost.
US09874779B2
A liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing the same are discussed. The liquid crystal display device can include a backlight unit; and a liquid crystal panel having a lower polarizer arranged on the backlight unit, wherein the lower polarizer includes a polarizing layer having a light axis for polarized light and a wavelength conversion material provided between the polarizing layer and the backlight unit.
US09874777B2
Color filter substrate, touch display device and method for manufacturing the color filter substrate
A color filter substrate for an in-cell touch panel, comprising: a base substrate (20); a black matrix (16) disposed on the base substrate (20) and comprising a light transmissive region and a light shielding region; a color filter (17) disposed in the light transmissive region of the black matrix (16); a set of first electrode wires (21) and a set of second electrode wires (22) disposed over the black matrix (16) and the color filter (17) and crossing each other, the first electrode wires (21) comprises a plurality of first electrodes (24) connected in series by a bridge line (23) and the second electrode wires (23) comprises a plurality of second electrodes (26) connected in series by a connection line (25), the bridge line (23) and the connection line (25) crossing each other at a cross region corresponding to the light shielding region of the black matrix (16); and a spacer (19) disposed between the bridge line (23) and the connection line (25) to insulate the bridge line (23) from the connection line (25). With such a structure, the manufacturing process for the color filter substrate in an in-cell touch panel is simplified, and the number of the masks to be used is reduced, and the manufacturing cost is lowered down.
US09874746B2
Proper display is performed in consideration of a characteristic that a vehicle head-up display device 1 is mounted in a vehicle. The vehicle head-up display device 1 for displaying a virtual image displays plural virtual images which are different in focal distance.
US09874742B2
An apparatus for micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) reinforcement is described herein. The apparatus includes a MEMS device and a stiffener. A micro scale mirror is to be embedded in a top layer of a substrate of the MEMS device. The stiffener is to be coupled to a back side of the MEMS device, wherein the stiffener is to stiffen the MEMS device via support of the MEMS device, without increasing a thickness of the MEMS device.
