US09913416B2
Methods of fabricating tamper-respondent assemblies are provided which include an electronic enclosure, a tamper-respondent electronic circuit structure, and at least one security element. The electronic enclosure encloses, at least in part, at least one electronic component to be protected, and includes an inner surface. The tamper-respondent electronic circuit structure includes a tamper-respondent sensor covering, at least in part, the inner surface of the electronic enclosure, and the at least one security element overlies and physically secures in place, at least in part, the tamper-respondent sensor covering, at least in part, the inner surface of the electronic enclosure. In enhanced embodiments, the electronic enclosure is secured to a multilayer circuit board which includes an embedded tamper-respondent sensor, and together, the tamper-respondent sensor covering the inner surface of the electronic enclosure and the embedded tamper-respondent sensor within the multilayer circuit board define a secure volume about the electronic component(s).
US09913408B1
A waterproof cabinet includes a cabinet body, a cooling device and a waterproof device. The cabinet body includes a gate, the cooling device is slidably received in the cabinet body via the gate. The waterproof cabinet can be switched between a storage state, where the cooling device is accommodated in the cabinet body, and a working state, where the cooling device is located out of the cabinet body and the connection portions of the cooling device and the cabinet body are sealed by the waterproof device. A container data center is further disclosed.
US09913402B2
A scalable liquid submersion cooling system for electronics. The system includes a plurality of modular system components, such as electronics enclosures, manifolds, pumps, and heat exchanger units. The modular system components permit the liquid submersion cooling system to be scaled up or down to accommodate changing needs. In addition, the modularity of the components facilitates portability, allowing relatively easy transport and set-up/break-down of electronic systems.
US09913401B2
A pivotable fan assembly includes a mounting frame, a panel, and a bracket. The panel can be coupled to the mounting frame at a first edge. The panel can pivot about the mounting frame between a first position and an angularly displaced second position. At least one fan assembly can be coupled to the bracket, which extends distally from the panel with a first pair of adjacent sides of the fan assembly bounded by the panel and the bracket and a second pair of adjacent sides of the fan assembly unbounded and exposed. When attached to a chassis cover, the panel can pivot to expose the fan assembly for tool-less replacement.
US09913393B2
An energy storage system is provided. The system includes an energy storage device including at least one battery module, a power adjuster that adjusts power of the energy storage device, a controller that controls the energy storage device and the power adjuster, a rack that accommodates the energy storage device, the power adjuster and the controller, the rack including at least one stationary coupler fixed to a movable unit and at least one support device that supports the energy storage system against the moveable unit.
US09913388B1
A universal magnetic mounting assembly having a case assembly with a hole that has a first circumference, and a rear wall, first and second lateral walls, and top and bottom walls. The rear wall has interior and exterior faces. The case assembly cradles an electronic device. A magnet has an interior wall, a perimeter edge having a second circumference, an exterior wall, an angled wall, and an interior edge. The angled wall is concavely shaped and extends from the exterior wall to the interior edge. The magnet protrudes through the hole, whereby the first circumference is larger than the second circumference. A cover plate has a third circumference larger than the first circumference and is ferromagnetic and/or metallic. The cover plate is positioned between the electronic device and the interior face of the rear wall. Further having a mounting device with a base and a spherically shaped metallic surface.
US09913386B2
An electronic subassembly for a personal care product with a housing defining a chamber having an open end. A first circuit board having a rigid end is positioned within the chamber and a flexible portion is positioned outside the chamber. A second circuit board is positioned within the chamber. The second circuit board has a connector dimensioned to receive the rigid end of the first circuit board.
US09913382B2
The present invention relates to forming an anchored cap in a filled via in a PCB. The cap is formed by making an anchor opening in the filled via, depositing copper into the anchor opening to form an anchor portion, and subsequently depositing a cap portion over the filled via and the anchor portion, so that the anchored cap is anchored to the filled via by the anchor portion. In another embodiment, the anchor portion and cap portion may be deposited in one step.
US09913371B2
A programmable circuit includes an array of printed groups of microscopic transistors or diodes. The devices are pre-formed and printed as an ink and cured. A patterned hydrophobic layer defines the locations of the printed dots of the devices. The devices in each group are connected in parallel so that each group acts as a single device. Each group has at least one electrical lead that terminates in a patch area on the substrate. An interconnection conductor pattern interconnects at least some of the leads of the groups in the patch area to create logic circuits for a customized application of the generic circuit. The groups may also be interconnected to be logic gates, and the gate leads terminate in the patch area. The interconnection conductor pattern then interconnects the gates for form complex logic circuits.
US09913369B2
A circuit board structure with selectively corresponding ground layers includes a first ground layer, a second ground layer, and a dielectric layer arranged between the first ground layer and the second ground layer to define a ground layer height difference between the first ground layer and the second ground layer. The first ground layer includes a plurality of non-electromagnetic shield areas. The circuit board includes a plurality of conductor wires formed thereon and selectively classified and divided into a first group of conductor wires and the second group of conductor wires. The first-group conductor wires are arranged to correspond to and electromagnetically couple to the first ground layer, and the second-group conductor wires are arranged to correspond to and electromagnetically couple to the second ground layer through the non-electromagnetic shield areas respectively, so that impedance value control is achieved.
US09913365B2
A printed circuit board (PCB) is disclosed. The PCB includes a substrate have a top surface and a bottom surface. A first conductive layer is disposed on the top surface of the substrate. The first conductive layer comprises a first signal net and a second signal net. An outermost insulating layer is disposed on the top surface of the substrate to cover the substrate and the first conductive layer. The outmost insulating layer comprises an opening to expose a portion of the second signal net. And, a second conductive layer is disposed on the outermost insulating layer and substantially covering at least a portion of the first signal net. The second conductive layer is filled into the opening to electrically connect to the second signal net which is able to provide one of a ground potential and a power potential.
US09913364B2
A printed circuit board includes a pad to receive an electric signal from a controller, a plurality of signal lines connected to the pad to transmit the electric signal received at the pad, and a signal transmission unit connected to the signal lines to transmit the electric signal to a coil. The plurality of signal lines are configured to face each other in at least a partial region and/or disposed in a zigzag form in at least a partial region. If the printed circuit board and a vibration actuator including the printed circuit board are used, it is possible to change a high frequency interference region according to a pattern by changing a pattern of the printed circuit board, and to improve receiving efficiency of an antenna by reducing high frequency noise.
US09913358B2
The present invention relates to a plasma-generating device, comprising an anode, a cathode and at least one intermediate electrode, said intermediate electrode being arranged at least partly between said anode and said cathode, and said intermediate electrode and said anode forming at least a part of a plasma channel which has an opening in said anode. Further, the plasma-generating device comprises at least one coolant channel which is arranged with at least one outlet opening which is positioned beyond, in the direction from the cathode to the anode, said at least one intermediate electrode, and the channel direction of said coolant channel at said outlet opening has a directional component which is the same as that of the channel direction of the plasma channel at the opening thereof. The invention also concerns a plasma surgical device and use of such a plasma surgical device.
US09913356B2
A connected light node (CLN) induction light ballast module for powering an induction lamp includes a printed circuit board having components mounted thereon and an earth ground region electrically isolated from a PCB ground region. A heat sink is disposed on a lower layer of the printed circuit board and electrically connected to the earth ground region, wherein a parasitic capacitance occurs between the printed circuit board ground region and the heat sink. A capacitive shield sandwiched by a lower insulating pad and an upper insulating pad is electrically isolated from the heat sink supporting the shield. A damping network electrically connects the capacitive shield to the PCB ground region. Switch-mode power converters are mounted above the upper insulating pad and the shield. The damping network suppresses noise by a parasitic capacitance between the PCB ground region and the heat sink during high frequency power converter operation.
US09913336B2
A light emitting diode (LED) tube lamp includes: a lamp tube, for receiving an external driving signal, a rectifying circuit, a filtering circuit, and an LED module coupled to the filtering circuit and configured to receive a filtered signal for emitting light, wherein the LED module comprises an LED unit, a current-limiting element for receiving the external driving signal, the current-limiting element coupled to one or more of the external connection terminals, and coupled to or in the rectifying circuit, and a ballast interface circuit coupled to the current-limiting element and having a first terminal and a second terminal, for the LED tube lamp to be compatible with a ballast providing the external driving signal, wherein the ballast interface circuit comprises a detection circuit and a switching circuit coupled to the detection circuit, and the ballast interface circuit is configured to detect whether the external driving signal comes from a ballast, and to conduct or cut off the switching circuit based on a result of the detection. The detection circuit is configured such that, when the external driving signal is from a ballast and is being input to the LED tube lamp, the detection circuit conducts the switching circuit according to a state of a property of a detection signal transmitted through the first terminal and the second terminal.
US09913326B1
An LED driving circuit includes a charging-discharging circuit and a constant-current unit. The charging-discharging circuit is coupled to an AC current source, and includes an impedance, a diode and an energy storing circuit. The energy storing circuit is coupled to the impedance, the diode, and an LED unit. The constant-current unit is coupled to the charging-discharging circuit in series, and is arranged to regulate current. During the positive half cycle of the AC current source, the constant-current unit charges the energy storing circuit via the impedance; and during the negative half cycle of the AC current source, the energy storing circuit provides the LED unit with a discharging current via the diode, making the driving current of the LED driving circuit remain stable even when the AC current changes from the positive half cycle to the negative half cycle, thus preventing the flicker effect.
US09913325B1
A light emitting diode (LED) direct AC drive (DACD) circuit includes LED groups that are connected in series. An LED DACD controller includes current regulators that regulate the LED current of the LED groups. The LED DACD controller measures an on-time of an LED group, and regulates the LED current of the LED groups based on the measured on-time of the LED group.
US09913321B2
A container that experiences vibrations when transported allows an inner container which defines a chamber holding a substance to move relative to an outer shell under the influence of vibrations. An energy generator such as a magnet and a corresponding coil or a piezoelectric generator that does not move with the inner container is juxtaposed with the inner container to cause an electrical current to be introduced in the inner container when the inner container moves relative to the magnet. The electrical current is dissipated as heat to transfer heat into the substance in the chamber.
US09913316B2
Embodiments described herein relate to extending an awake period (on duration) or an inactivity timer duration in a Connected Discontinuous Reception (CDRX) mode for a first subscription based on activities of a second subscription. A method according to some embodiments includes determining that the awake period of the CDRX cycle associated with the first subscription collides with the activities of the second subscription, and extending the awake period by an extended awake period in response to determining that the awake period collides with the activities of the second subscription. In addition, a method according to some embodiments includes determining that the inactivity timer duration collides with the activities of the second subscription, and extending the inactivity timer duration for an extended inactivity timer duration in response to determining that the inactivity timer duration collides with the activities of the second subscription.
US09913313B2
A method for using legacy Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) simultaneously is provided. The method includes entering a device discovery process of Wi-Fi P2P, if use of a Wi-Fi P2P function is requested while using a legacy Wi-Fi function, acquiring a Group Owner (GO) right of Wi-Fi P2P in the device discovery process, performing a listen state over the same channel as a channel where the legacy Wi-Fi function is in use, through the acquisition of the GO right, and performing a search state over a social channel of Wi-Fi P2P, and repeating the listen state and the search state until the device discovery process is ended.
US09913312B2
A user terminal, apparatus therefor, and method performed at a user terminal perform device-to-device (D2D) communication that is direct inter-terminal communication. The terminal stores preconfigured resource information and power information used to control the D2D communication, determines whether the user terminal is in out of coverage by not detecting at least one cell meeting a criterion based on a received power of radio signal, and determines to use the resource information and the power information stored in the storage in response to an out of coverage determination. The user terminal transmits data to other user terminal by the D2D communication based on both the resource information and the power information while the user terminal exists in the out of coverage.
US09913306B2
A communication terminal is described comprising a communication circuit configured to establish a first radio link to a first communication network; and to receive, via the first radio link to the first communication network, a message from the first communication network that indicates establishing a second radio link to a second communication network for a call; a controller configured to select at least one channel frequency from a plurality of stored channel frequencies provided for the call to the second communication network; control the communication circuit to establish the second radio link to the second communication network using the selected at least one channel frequency and to establish the call via the established second radio link.
US09913305B2
A user equipment (UE) is configured to send one or more service requests to a third party server via a mobile communications network, such as an evolved packet core (EPC). The UE is configured to determine that there is an error or delay in receiving a response to the one or more service requests from the third party server, and to send a wake-up request to a network element in the mobile communications network requesting notification when the third party server is available.
US09913301B2
A content sharing method for a first electronic device is provided. The method includes: scanning several wireless signals and determining several slave electronic devices sending the wireless signals; according to the wireless signals, calculating a wireless signal strength corresponding to each slave electronic device; and according to the wireless signal strengths of the slave electronic devices, choosing a first slave electronic device among the slave electronic devices, wherein the wireless signal strength of the first slave electronic device is stronger than the wireless signal strengths of the other wireless signal strengths among the wireless signal strengths. The method further includes: building up a connection to the first slave electronic device; and, through the connection, automatically sending a content played in the first electronic device to the first slave electronic device and synchronously displaying the content on the first slave electronic device.
US09913298B2
A disclosed example method to setup a Groupcast with Retries service for use with wireless communications involves receiving an association response at a wireless station from an access point. The association response is responsive to a General Link capability of the wireless station sent in an association request from the wireless station to the access point. The example method also involves confirming a General Link and the Groupcast with Retries service between the wireless station and the access point based on the association response indicating that the access point has successfully associated the wireless station with the access point.
US09913296B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly to a method for enabling a station (STA) to perform a backoff in a wireless LAN system and an apparatus therefor. In a wireless LAN system according to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for enabling a station (STA) to perform a backoff includes the steps of: performing a first backoff procedure at a first primary channel for a transmission of a data unit having a size of a first channel width; performing a second backoff procedure at a second primary channel for a transmission of a data unit having a size equal to or greater than a second channel width; if a transmission opportunity (TXOP) is permitted as a result of the first backoff procedure, transmitting the data unit having a size of the first channel width; and if a TXOP is permitted as a result of the second backoff procedure, transmitting the data unit having a size equal to or greater than the second channel width.
US09913294B2
A radio communication system includes a radio base station and a terminal device. The radio base station and the terminal device share correspondence information about subsets of preamble sequences obtained by segmenting preamble sequences available in the radio communication systems into groups, each of the subsets being associated with a received signal level at the terminal device and a number of repetitions for transmitting the preamble sequences of each of the subsets. Based upon a receive level of a signal transmitted from the radio base station, the terminal device selects a subset corresponding to the receive level by referring to the correspondence information and transmits a preamble sequence included in the selected subset at the number of repetitions associated with the selected subset.
US09913292B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, a method and a device for restricted access window-based channel access in a WLAN system are disclosed. The method whereby a station (STA) performs channel access in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: receiving restricted access window (RAW) cross-border transmission allowance (CBTA) information from an access point (AP) in case an RAW is allocated to the STA; and performing transmission by the STA on the basis of the RAW CBTA information. In case the RAW CBTA information is configured as a first value, transmission by the STA beyond the border of the RAW may be allowed.
US09913290B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for handling uplink transmission in a wireless communication system. In one method, a user equipment (UE) connects to at least two base stations including a first base station controlling a first serving cell and a second base station controlling a second serving cell. The method further includes the UE receiving a downlink signaling in the second serving cell. The method also includes the UE transmitting a reference signal in the first serving cell in response to the reception of the downlink signaling.
US09913282B2
A device may receive channel monitoring information associated with an unlicensed radio frequency (RF) spectrum band. The device may determine channel availability information associated with one or more channels of the unlicensed RF spectrum band based on the channel monitoring information. The channel availability information may include one or more channel availability parameters, corresponding to the one or more channels, that indicate availability for communicating via the one or more channels. The device may receive, from an access point that provides network access via the unlicensed RF spectrum band, a request for a channel recommendation associated with the unlicensed RF spectrum band. The device may determine a set of recommended channels of the unlicensed RF spectrum band based on the channel availability information and the request for the channel recommendation. The device may provide, to the access point, information that identifies the set of recommended channels.
US09913281B1
A user equipment (UE) comprising a processor, a non-transitory memory, wherein the non-transitory memory comprises a default access point name (APN), a cellular radio transceiver, a first mobile application, stored in the non-transitory memory, and a dynamic customization application, stored in the non-transitory memory. When executed by the processor, the dynamic customization application receives an index that associates a plurality of mobile applications to APNs via the cellular radio transceiver, wherein the index associates the first mobile application to a first APN that is different from the default APN, stores the index in the non-transitory memory, receives a request to establish a data communication session from the first mobile application, looks up the first APN in the index based on a name of the first mobile application, and establishes a data communication session over a communication channel defined by the first APN via the cellular radio transceiver.
US09913273B2
A receiver capable of receiving and a transmitter capable of transmitting LTE (Long-Term Evolution) signals. The receiver is capable of executing firmware to determine position location from a received LTE-like position waveform over signals modulated on a carrier in a positioning frequency band. In one embodiment the positioning signals are transmitted in a positioning band continuously for up to 100 ms, allowing the receiver to integrate the received positioning signals over a period of up to 100 ms. In one such embodiment, the signals can be integrated coherently for up to 60 ms, assuming acceptable stability of the clock in the receiver and further assuming that less than a predetermined amount of Doppler shift has been introduced in the received signal. The number of physical resource blocks (PRB) can be determined to optimize the signal allocation for the available bandwidth.
US09913270B2
A method for use in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for receiving data over physical downlink shared channels from different cells, monitoring physical downlink control channels of a first cell for downlink control information associated with the WTRU, and recovering data from the physical downlink control channel in response to the downlink control information.
US09913268B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In detail, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for acquiring system information by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring time and frequency synchronization from a synchronization channel; performing PBCH detection in a wireless frame on the basis of the time and frequency synchronization; and acquiring the system information from the PBCH, wherein, when the terminal is a non-MTC terminal, the PBCH detection is performed by a singular sub frame in the wireless frame, and when the terminal is an MTC terminal, the PBCH detection is performed by a plurality of sub frames in the wireless frame.
US09913265B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a detecting method, a transmitting method and an apparatus for a common control channel. The detecting method includes: determining a candidate resource set within virtual downlink resources of a current cell. The candidate resource set can include at least one candidate resource carrying a common control channel of the current cell. A detection is performed on at least one candidate resource in the candidate resource set, so as to acquire the common control channel of the current cell. In the embodiments of the present invention, a selection range of resources for transmitting a common control channel is extended, so that inter-cell interference of the common control channel can be coordinated, and a detection performance of the common control channel can be improved.
US09913264B2
A method for coverage enhancement is described. The method includes determining a DCI assignment for a communications device experiencing limited coverage. A DCI assignment includes a plurality of configuration fields. Selecting an indication of the DCI assignment is included in the method. The indication of the DCI assignment uses fewer resources than the DCI assignment. The method also includes sending the indication of the DCI assignment to the communications device. The communications device receives the indication of a DCI assignment. The method also includes determining, by the communications device, the DCI assignment for the communications device based at least in part on the indication of the DCI assignment.
US09913260B2
A terminal device is equipped with: a sequence determination unit that determines a sequence number with a different pattern than the assignment pattern for the sequence number assigned to the cell in which the host device resides; a reference signal generation unit that generates a reference signal for a sequence group corresponding to the sequence number that has been determined; and a wireless transmission unit that transmits the reference signal that has been generated to a base station. The sequence determination unit employs a configuration whereby, with the sequence number assigned to the cell in which the host device resides as a cell-specific sequence number, a dynamic offset which periodically changes over time and for which the same value is not consecutive is added to the cell-specific sequence number, thereby determining a sequence number which never overlaps with the cell-specific sequence number.
US09913254B2
A method includes communicating with a first cell using a first uplink and downlink configuration and a second cell using a second uplink and downlink configuration, said first cell having predetermined configuration; providing communication feedback for said first cell and the second cell on said second cell using a physical uplink shared channel; and determining a codebook size for said feedback in dependence on downlink assignment indicator information received in an uplink grant.
US09913253B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of selecting a wireless communication channel to communicate in a wireless communication network. For example, a wireless communication device may include a channel selector to determine a plurality of channel grades of a respective plurality of potential wireless communication channels, the channel selector to determine a channel grade of the plurality of channel grades according to a weighted function of a plurality of channel assessment parameters corresponding to a potential wireless communication channel of the plurality of potential wireless communication channels, wherein the channel selector is to select, based on the plurality of channel grades, a selected wireless communication channel from the plurality of potential wireless communication channels; and a radio to communicate over the selected wireless communication channel.
US09913252B2
Communication systems and methods suitable for use with multiple lines associated with one or more devices are disclosed. Exemplary systems and methods provide multi-line, multi-device device capability discovery that allow capability discovery of devices with shared lines.
US09913250B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a paging method, apparatus, and system, so as to implement paging of UE in an area with relatively poor signal coverage. UE includes: a receiving unit, configured to receive a broadcast message sent by a base station; and a determining unit, configured to determine whether the UE is first UE where the determining unit is further configured to: in a case in which it is determined that the UE is the first UE, determine a start PF and a start PO according to the first radio frame parameter; the determining unit is further configured to determine a first subframe set according to the start PF and the start PO; and the receiving unit is further configured to receive, according to the start PF, the start PO, and the first subframe set, a paging message sent by the base station.
US09913248B2
A method and apparatus can be configured to receive a first data from a first transmitter. The first data comprises data to be forwarded by the apparatus. The method may also include triggering a polling of a group of transmitting nodes. The triggering may be based on the received first data. The group of transmitting nodes may comprise nodes from which data is to be aggregated. The method may also include waiting for a period of time to receive a second data from a second transmitter of the group of transmitting nodes. The second data may comprise data to be forwarded by the apparatus. The first transmitter and the second transmitter may share communication resources to communicate with the apparatus. The method may also include aggregating the first data and the second data. The method may also include forwarding the aggregated data.
US09913244B2
Systems and methods for determining a location of user equipment (UE) in a wireless system can comprise receiving reference signals via a location management unit (LMU) having two or more co-located channels, wherein the two or more co-located channels are tightly synchronized with each other and utilizing the received reference signals to calculate a location of the UE. Some systems may include multichannel synchronization with a standard deviation of less than or equal 10 ns. Some systems may include two LMUs, with each LMU having internal synchronization, or one LMU with tightly synchronized signals.
US09913243B2
A positioning method includes: obtaining a cell identity of a to-be-positioned terminal; determining at least one neighboring terminal of the to-be-positioned terminal according to the cell identity of the to-be-positioned terminal, where a cell identity of each neighboring terminal of the at least one neighboring terminal is the same as the cell identity of the to-be-positioned terminal; obtaining geomagnetic information of a location of each neighboring terminal of the at least one neighboring terminal and geomagnetic information of a location of the to-be-positioned terminal, to generate a geomagnetic information group of the to-be-positioned terminal; and obtaining, geographic location information of the to-be-positioned terminal.
US09913241B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a receiver configured to receive a first plurality of lists of access points, at least one processor configured to determine a first access point which is comprised in a highest number of lists in the plurality of access points, the at least one processor further configured to determine a second access point which is comprised in a highest number of lists in a second plurality of lists, wherein the second plurality of lists is comprised of lists of access points from the first plurality of lists which do not comprise the first access point, and the at least one processor further configured to set a significance flag for the first access point and the second access point.
US09913239B2
Disclosed are system and method for classifying location of a mobile device in a femtocell. In an aspect, the system and method are configured to receive, by a femtocell, location measurement information and performance measurement reports from a mobile device; classify location of the mobile device as indoors or outdoors based on the received location measurement information; and adjust a coverage area, transmit power, and/or radio frequency (RF) channel/band of the femtocell based on the location classification of the mobile device and performance measurements reports.
US09913233B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus may transmit a message in a first subset of a set of resources. The message may include a position of the apparatus and a resource ID indicating at least one symbol in a second subset of the set of resources for transmitting a sequence. The apparatus may transmit the sequence in the at least one symbol in the second subset of the set of resources identified by the resource ID, receive at least one other sequence, adjust a transmission timing based on the received at least one other sequence, and transmit, based on the adjusted transmission timing, the sequence in one or more symbols in a third subset of the set of resources.
US09913230B1
An electronic device includes one or more processors and a wireless communication circuit. The one or more processors cause the wireless communication circuit to engage in a pairing procedure with at least one other electronic device to establish, during a pairing process, a peer-to-peer wireless communication link with the second electronic device. During pairing, the electronic device determines a minimum signal strength of wireless communication signals required to establish the peer-to-peer wireless communication link. Thereafter, the electronic device communicates at, and/or transmits a device discovery beacon having, a signal strength equal to or less than the minimum signal strength to conserve power.
US09913225B2
Digital content can be broadcast in a sideband of an analog broadcast channel using multiple digital in-band on-channel (IBOC) transceivers connected in a mesh configuration to form an IBOC mesh network. The digital IBOC transceivers are positioned at various geographic locations, so that unlike traditional “HD” radio broadcasts, the IBOC broadcast transmission is spread out over a wide area, using multiple low power digital IBOC transceivers rather than being broadcast from the same location as the analog signal. An edge transceiver can limit IBOC transmission power of the IBOC transceivers to a desired portion of the power used to broadcast the analog signal. The edge server can make this determination based on measurements taken at the geographically distributed digital IBOC transceivers. The IBOC mesh network provides bi-directional communication between a mesh transceiver and a user device, and can be used to deliver user feedback.
US09913218B2
A communications device establishes a communications context for communicating data packets using a packet communications bearer from the communications device via the mobile communications network. A controller of the communications device is configured to identify that the communications device can enter a stasis state because no data packets are available for transmission for a predetermined time via the packet communications bearer or there are no data packets to receive via the packet communications bearer, to transmit a stasis state message to the mobile communications network, and to store information relating to the communications context associated with the packet communications bearer in a data store. The stored information can be used by the controller to re-establish the packet communications bearer to transmit and/or receive data packets using the packet communications bearer, the communications device thereby entering the stasis state.
US09913205B2
The present invention provides a method for transmitting common information, a base station, and user equipment, where the method includes: generating additional information according the common information, where the common information is a paging message and/or system information, and data packets of the additional information and data packets of the common information are the same at a Media Access Control MAC layer; and sending the common information and the additional information to the user equipment. In embodiments of the present invention, because the additional information and the common information carry same MAC layer data packet content, in a case of receiving the common information and the additional information, the user equipment may determine a data packet at the MAC layer according to the common information and the additional information; therefore a probability of correct detection of the common information may be increased.
US09913201B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting potentially illegitimate wireless access points may include (1) detecting an attempt by the computing device to automatically connect to a wireless access point that resembles a known wireless access point whose geographic location is stored by the computing device, (2) identifying a current geographic location of the computing device, (3) determining that the current geographic location of the computing device is beyond a certain distance from the geographic location of the known wireless access point, and then (4) determining, based at least in part on the determination that the current geographic location of the computing device is beyond the certain distance from the geographic location of the known wireless access point, that the wireless access point is potentially illegitimate. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09913198B2
Methods and systems for routing data are disclosed. In one aspect, service management can be implemented on one or more computing devices located between at least one router and one or more nodes. The one or more computing devices can be a default gateway for a plurality of user devices. In another aspect, the disclosed methods and systems can use a tag in routing a data block (e.g., service data) via a predefined route. For example, a device can transmit a request for a tag to a network node for routing a data block via a predefined route. Upon receiving the request, the network node can allocate a tag and create an interface. The interface can be associated with the tag and communications between the network node and the device for routing the data block.
US09913193B2
A first access point (AP) detects a communication between a client device and a second AP. The first AP determines at least one criteria for AP steering is satisfied. AP steering is then used by the first AP to cause the client device to associate with the first AP, or a particular network of the first AP. For example, the first AP may transmit a disassociation message to the client device. The disassociation message may identify the second AP associated with the client device and cause the client device to disassociate from the second AP. After the client device disassociates from the second AP, the client device may select and associate with the first AP. The first AP may manage which network the client device associates with using a blacklist at the first AP.
US09913188B2
Some embodiments relate to a method of establishing a connection between user equipment and a base station of a radio network, wherein connection parameters used to establish a first connection between the user equipment and the base station are stored in a memory of the user equipment and in a memory of the base station prior to the release of the first connection. The method comprises comparing the stored connection parameters with connection parameters to be used to establish a second connection between the user equipment and the base station, generating a connection establishment request comprising the connection parameters to be used for establishing the second connection that differ from the stored connection parameters, and transmitting the connection establishment request to the base station.
US09913186B2
A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus for switching between a first radio access network (RAN) using the first radio access technology (RAT) and the second RAN using a different, second RAT are provided. The method includes switching a wireless device operating at a first signal frequency in the first RAN to a second RAN and switching from the second RAN back to the first RAN. In an aspect, the wireless device is switched to one of the cells operating at the first signal frequency in the first RAN if each signal parameter from the one of the cells satisfies a criterion. The wireless device is otherwise switched to another one of the cells operating at a second signal frequency in the first RAN based on parameters from the another one of the cells. The first signal frequency is different from the second signal frequency.
US09913181B1
Described embodiments can help a user equipment (UE) participate in a handover procedure that is carried out by the UE's serving base station. In particular, when a neighbor sector is heavily loaded, the base station that serves the neighbor sector may vary the power in at least one reference signal in each subframe in the neighbor sector, thereby providing an indication of the heavy traffic load to UEs that receive the subframe. When a UE is being served by a different base station than the base station that serves the neighbor sector, and the UE detects such load information for a neighbor sector, the UE may report the load information to its serving base station, or may simply refrain from sending a signal strength report that could trigger a handover to the neighbor sector.
US09913174B2
A method, device and system for implementing optimized inter-RAT handover are disclosed. In the method, a user equipment or a source network decides to prepare for a handover to a target network. A corresponding target network ID is obtained from a configured mapping between cell IDs and target IDs according to a received cell ID. Target network bearers are set up after determining an access node of the target network. The user equipment is connected to the target network after handover preparation is complete.
US09913172B2
A method for enabling coexistence of multiple communication modes in mobile terminal and a mobile terminal thereof are provided. The method includes: when the mobile terminal is currently working in a first communication mode, if the mobile terminal receives a first signal of a second communication mode in a first frequency band, determining whether to continue working in the first communication mode or to shift to work in first frequency band of the second communication mode based on a preset priority rank. Accordingly, interferences between multiple wireless communication modes in a mobile terminal can be reduced.
US09913169B2
A method including modifying access rights for a Wi-Fi network in response to a condition, wherein modifying the access rights for the Wi-Fi network allows users without Wi-Fi subscriptions to access the Wi-Fi network. The method may further include returning the access rights back to their prior state when the condition is no longer met.
US09913166B2
A method and system for optimizing and keeping operational a wireless link layered network in which a system control and modifying message (SCMM) is elicited from nodes receiving information packets and based upon whether the node originating the SCMM is from a link layer level which is equal to or less than the link layer level eliciting the SCMM, rerouting or adjusting future transmissions can be effected or items like a less current time at a receiving node and a most recent utilization rate of a receiving node can be adjusted, recorded or set.
US09913165B1
A wireless relay attaches to a communication network. A relay control system receives a relay attachment message and transfers a create relay session message to the wireless relay indicating a data gateway. The wireless relay receives the create relay session message and transfers a Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol (PMIP) message to the data gateway. The wireless relay transfers a media service message to the control system. The control system receives the media service message and transfers a relay bearer message to the wireless relay indicating a media gateway. The wireless relay receives the relay bearer message and transfers a media PMIP message to the media gateway. The wireless relay and data gateway exchange internet data for User Equipment (UE) over a PMIP data tunnel having an internet quality-of-service. The wireless relay and media gateway exchange media data for the UE over a PMIP media tunnel having a media quality-of-service.
US09913163B2
The present invention relates to control of downlink data in a packet based telecommunications network and in particular to UE control of downlink data. This is provided in devices and methods for handling such control, for instance a user equipment (101), UE, in a telecommunications network (100). The UE has an associated Internet Protocol, IP, address. The UE comprises at least one processing unit (201), at least one computer readable storage unit (202), at least one communications interface (203), and wherein the processing unit is arranged to execute instructions sets stored in the storage unit for determining that no downlink data is to be received on the communication interface and sending a message using the communication interface to an infrastructure node (103, 104) indicating that no downlink data is to be transferred to the UE.
US09913161B2
A user equipment (UE) includes a processor to determine channel quality information and a transmitter, coupled to the processor, that transmits first channel quality information reports reporting channel quality information determined for resource blocks at a first reporting frequency. The transmitter also transmits second channel quality information reports reporting channel quality information determined for a subset of resource blocks between transmission of the first channel quality information reports. A plurality of second channel quality information reports for the subset of resource blocks are transmitted at a second reporting frequency different from the second reporting frequency.
US09913153B2
Techniques for operating a wireless network in a plurality of radio operating environments are disclosed. In some embodiments, an apparatus receives a first parameter value set that is selected from a group of multiple parameter value sets, wherein the first parameter value set is appropriate for a first target radio operating environment that corresponds to one or more of: a first level of mobility of user devices or a first range of wireless transmission. In some embodiments, the apparatus is reconfigured to receive wireless broadcast transmissions from a second broadcast transmitter using a second parameter value set that is appropriate for a second target radio operating environment. The first and second broadcast transmitters may be the same or different. The parameter value sets may include a first parameter based upon which the apparatus is configured to determine subcarrier spacing and a second parameter that indicates a cyclic prefix size.
US09913152B2
A discovering master communication device for discovering high resources consuming wireless network resources to optimize resources consumption during network discovery session(s) within a group of nearby communication devices, comprising: a first interface for communicating with remote site(s) over high resources consuming wireless network(s), a second interface for communicating with nearby device(s) which include similar first interface and located within range of the second interface. For a similar communication session, resources consumption of the second interface is lower compared to the first interface, and processor(s) executing a stored code for activating the first interface to discover availability of high resources consuming wireless network resource(s) with assistance of the nearby device(s), sending availability message to the nearby device(s) over the second interface, and sending master assignment message to one of the nearby device(s) over the second interface.
US09913148B2
A communication apparatus capable of participating in a network formed by a relay apparatus establishes communication with a data processing apparatus via a first network, receives a notification indicating whether the data processing apparatus forms the first network as the relay apparatus from the data processing apparatus, and controls whether to transmit or receive data via the Internet according to contents of the notification received from the data processing apparatus via the relay apparatus forming the first network in which the communication apparatus participates at present.
US09913139B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing a profile including an expected fingerprint of expected parameters for received signals associated with a network path comprising a wired connection between network devices, comparing a fingerprint with the expected fingerprint where the fingerprint is generated from parameters measured from a signal, and authenticating a network device along the network path associated with the transmitting of the signal according to the comparing. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09913125B1
A Long Term Evolution (LTE) network receives a registration request from User Equipment (UE) and responsively identifies a mobile data Access Point Name (APN) and an Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) APN for the UE. The LTE network establishes a mobile data bearer and an IMS bearer responsive to APNs. The LTE network receives a user instruction to disable the mobile data service for the UE and responsively releases the mobile data bearer and disables the mobile data APN for the UE. An IMS server system exchanges messages with the UE over the IMS bearer when the mobile data service is disabled. The LTE network receives a user instruction to enable the mobile data service for the UE and responsively enables the mobile data APN for the UE.
US09913118B1
A method and apparatus are provided for presenting multimedia content to a caller and/or a called party in association with a telephone call. Content may be presented pre-ring (before the called party's telephone rings), in-call, and/or post-call. Content presented to a party may be related to or selected by another party participating in the call, or may be related to or selected by a third party (e.g., an advertiser that paid for the ability to have its content presented). Presented content may be actuable, and allow a caller to change the destination of a call, take advantage of an offer presented to him, redeem a coupon, schedule or queue a subsequent call, etc. To find a desired destination party, a caller may initiate a manual or automatic search of his local contacts (on his telephone) and/or a central or global directory or contact list.
US09913109B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of communicating traffic to a plurality of wireless devices. For example, an apparatus may include logic and circuitry configured to cause a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) device to communicate one or more discovery messages during at least one Discovery Window (DW) of a NAN cluster including the NAN device; and communicate data within a data link group after the DW, the data link group including the NAN device and one or more NAN devices of the NAN cluster.
US09913108B2
A method and apparatus for managing group communications are disclosed. A base station may provide multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) data for transmission to groups of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs). The WTRUs may be divided into groups based on a respective MBMS service to be received by each respective group. The base station may assign a respective logical channel for the respective MBMS service of each respective group. The base station may then transmit, to one of the groups, a group assignment message indicating physical resources for a transmission of MBMS data for the group's MBMS service. Also, the base station may further transmit MBMS data of the group's MBMS service using the respective logical channel of the group using the indicated physical resources. The physical resources may include subcarriers. Each respective group may have a respective assigned group identification. The base station may be an eNode-B.
US09913101B2
A method and apparatus for use in a mobile device telemetry system is disclosed. The method and apparatus relate to a telematics furtherance visualization system. The system can sense mobile device remote observation misalignment risk and reconcile mobile device remote observation alignment by communicating a subsequent log of mobile device vector data for rendering a sequence of next positions in the furtherance of a mobile device. The system can also provide an adaptive rendering based upon a phase shift, a log of mobile device vector data, or predictive rendering until receipt of the next subsequent log of mobile device vector data.
US09913100B2
Techniques for storing information representing a venue are described. A venue data provider may upload venue data to a venue data service. The venue data can include locations, geometries, and business categories of the buildings and floors. The venue data service can validate the venue data, and request a survey service to survey the venue using the validated venue data. A survey can include recording measurements of an environment variable at various locations of the venue. The location service can generate location fingerprint data from the survey. The location fingerprint data can include expected measurements of the environment variable at various locations of the building. The venue data service can provide the location fingerprint data to a mobile device such that the mobile device can determine a location of the mobile device in the venue using sensor readings of the environment variable.
US09913095B2
Systems and methods for an in-vehicle base station are described. In one embodiment, a mobile base station is disclosed comprising a first access radio for providing an access network inside and outside a vehicle; a second backhaul radio for providing a backhaul connection to a macro cell; and a global positioning system (GPS) module for determining a location of the mobile base station, and for transmitting the location of the mobile base station to a core network, wherein a transmit power of the first access radio is configured to increase or decrease based on a speed of the vehicle.
US09913090B2
The present disclosure describes how a master beacon having a known UUID can be used to capture beacons within its range and superimpose a systematic address scheme on those beacons. The superimposed address scheme can then be used as a proxy for the individual beacons when developing applications that make use of the beacons. A master beacon automatically detects each beacon in a plurality of beacons and, for a set of beacons in the plurality of beacons, automatically changes either the first profile identifier or the second profile identifier for each beacon in the set of beacons. The change is such that the first profile identifier or the second profile identifier is identical for each beacon in the set of beacons and is also associated with the master beacon.
US09913086B1
A device may receive, from a server device, information that identifies a user device and information that identifies an object. The device may receive, from the user device, information that identifies a geolocation of the user device. The device may receive information that identifies a geolocation of the object. The device may determine that a proximity condition associated with the user device and the object is satisfied. The device may provide information that identifies that the proximity condition is satisfied to permit an action to be performed in association with the object.
US09913081B1
A vehicle gateway module adapted to communicate using short range wireless communication (SRWC) and a method of receiving data from a wireless source via a SRWC chipset in a vehicle. The method includes the steps of: detecting the wireless source using a first SRWC chipset in a gateway module in the vehicle; in response to detecting the wireless source with the first SRWC chipset, triggering a second SRWC chipset in the gateway module to wake-up by exiting a POWER OFF mode, wherein the first and second SRWC chipsets are configured to communicate according to different SRWC protocols; and in response to the triggering step: exiting the POWER OFF mode at the second SRWC chipset; and receiving content data from the wireless source at the gateway module via the second SRWC chipset.
US09913070B2
A system and method is provided for using information broadcast by devices and resources in the immediate vicinity of a mobile device, or by sensors located within the mobile device itself, to ascertain and make a determination of the immediate environment and state of the mobile device. This determination may be used to control and manage the actions that the device is asked to carry out by or on behalf of the user.
US09913062B2
Decoding of Ambisonics representations for a stereo loudspeaker setup is known for first-order Ambisonics audio signals. But such first-order Ambisonics approaches have either high negative side lobes or poor localization in the frontal region. The invention deals with the processing for stereo decoders for higher-order Ambisonics HOA. The desired panning functions can be derived from a panning law for placement of virtual sources between the loudspeakers. For each loudspeaker a desired panning function for all possible input directions at sampling points is defined. The panning functions are approximated by circular harmonic functions, and with increasing Ambisonics order the desired panning functions are matched with decreasing error. For the frontal region between the loudspeakers, a panning law like the tangent law or vector base amplitude panning (VBAP) are used. For the rear directions panning functions with a slight attenuation of sounds from these directions are defined.
US09913057B2
An example implementation may involve a computing device detecting a trigger condition that initiates concurrent calibration of multiple playback devices. The implementation may further involve the computing device sending, to at least one of the multiple playback devices, one or more commands that instruct each playback device of the multiple playback devices to repeatedly output a calibration sound according to a sequence. The sequence involves the calibration sound cycling through frequencies of a calibration frequency range and the one or more commands instruct the multiple playback devices to stagger emission of the calibration sounds such that each successive calibration sound is outputted at a delay relative to output of a preceding calibration sound. During the output of the calibration sounds, the implementation may also involve the computing device detecting, via at least one microphone, an audio signal comprising the outputted calibration sounds.
US09913054B2
The present invention relates generally to a method and system for defining a reference sound position and producing an indicia proximate thereto in relation to one or more sound characteristics. The present invention, in one or more embodiments, provides for displaying a holographic image at a reference sound location which is determined in relation to the identification of one or more target sounds being associated with one or more identified sound characteristics. In other embodiments, the present invention provides for an indicia to appear to be interactive with a reference sound location and may be used in a variety of environments including but not limited to rock theatrics, homeland security and residential security.
US09913047B2
A sound generator includes a vibration unit including a piezoelectric element having a multilayer structure. The vibration generates vibration according to a sound signal, and an object generates a sound using the vibration and acts as a speaker. The object is different from the sound generator and from a human body, and is in contact with the sound generator.
US09913046B2
A sound generator includes a housing (20), a piezoelectric vibrator (60) including a piezoelectric element (61), at least a portion of the piezoelectric vibrator (60) protruding from the housing (20), and an anchor (10) applying a load to the piezoelectric vibrator (60). A portion or all of the piezoelectric vibrator (60) withdraws into the housing (20) under a force of a predetermined load or greater. While the load from the anchor (10) is being applied to the piezoelectric vibrator (60), the piezoelectric vibrator (60) deforms in response to a sound signal, and deformation of the piezoelectric vibrator (60) vibrates a contact surface contacted by the piezoelectric vibrator (60), causing sound to be emitted from the contact surface.
US09913041B2
A voice coil motor controller configured to determine a voltage across and a current through a voice coil motor having an input signal supplied thereto and determine its impedance therefrom, the controller further configured to identify asymmetry in variations of said impedance over time to determine an asymmetry value, the controller further configured to provide for control of said voice coil motor using said asymmetry value.
US09913037B2
[Object] To provide an acoustic output device capable of reproducing a more natural stereophonic sound giving a realistic sensation regardless of the influence of individual differences in the shapes of ears or an imperfection of the recording system or the reproducing system, through a combination of an air conduction sound and a bone conduction sound produced through bone conduction. [Solution] Provided is an acoustic output device including: an air conduction sound providing unit configured to provide an air conduction sound; and a bone conduction sound providing unit configured to provide a bone conduction sound. The bone conduction sound providing unit is positioned on a portion other than near an ear of a user when worn by the user. According to the an acoustic output device, it is possible to reproduce a stereophonic sound regardless of the influence of individual differences in the shapes of ears or an imperfection of the recording system or the reproducing system.
US09913029B2
Provided is an earset. The earset includes an internal microphone provided inside an earphone worn on a user's ear, and configured to receive a first sound transferred from the user's mouth through an external auditory meatus via an Eustachian tube and convert the first sound into a first sound signal, at least one external microphone provided outside the earphone, and configured to receive a second sound provided from the user's mouth and convert the second sound into a second sound signal, and a controller configured to filter a noise of the second sound signal based on the first sound signal, remove the noise, and generate a third sound signal.
US09913026B2
A method implemented during a communication event conducted between a user device and at least one further user device over a communications network, the method comprising: receiving an audio signal that is to be output from a speaker of said user device, said audio signal comprising at least one microphone signal transmitted from the at least one further user device; detecting that said audio signal comprises at least one audio component of a microphone signal transmitted from one or more of one of said at least one further user device that is co-located with said user device; and based on this detection, removing said at least one audio component from said audio signal to produce an output audio signal for output from said speaker.
US09913020B2
A noise-cancelling headphone is provided that prevents degradation in the sound quality of the sound output from the driver unit caused by the sounds leaking through the vent hole for adjusting the sound quality. The noise-cancelling headphone includes a housing unit having an interior and an exterior, a driver unit attached to the housing unit, and a microphone collecting sound at the exterior of the housing unit. The housing unit includes an accommodating portion accommodating the microphone and a vent hole establishing communication between an air chamber behind the driver unit and the exterior of the housing unit. The housing unit is constructed such that emitted sounds from the vent hole are prevented from being collected by the microphone.
US09913019B1
A connector for providing audio signals to reduce noise during transmissions. A multi-pin connector receives audio signals and a ground, power, and audio signal connector transfers the audio signals to a noise-reduction device. An audio output transfers audio signals from the multi-pin connector to an in-ear system and at, least one ear-protection device. A multi-pin signal separator in communication with the multi-pin connector, the ground, power, and audio signal connector, and the audio output can receive all or a portion of the audio signals from the multi-pin connector, the ground, power, and audio signal connector, and the audio output and can selectively pass the audio signals to at least one of: the in-ear system and the at least one ear-protection device, while accepting a plurality of pin configurations.
US09913014B2
A speaker system such as a sound bar assembly having a plurality of speaker units and improved sound quality is provided. Opposing mating portions of front and back panels of the assembly or system are fused or welded together to form outer boundary and interior joints where the front and back panels are welded together. The front and back panels are spaced apart at their first and second ends to define first and second speaker compartments, respectively, separated by a central compartment. A speaker unit is positioned in each of the speaker compartments. The speaker compartments are acoustically isolated from one another by the interior joints to improve the sound quality.
US09913011B1
A loudspeaker system can have first and second loudspeakers selectively operable in a single-channel mode or in a multi-channel mode. In the single-channel mode, the first and the second loudspeakers are configured to simultaneously reproduce a substantially identical signal. In the multi-channel mode, the first loudspeaker reproduces a first-channel signal and the second loudspeaker reproduces a second-channel signal. The first-channel signal and the second-channel signal can constitute respective portions of a multi-channel signal. Such loudspeaker systems can also have a mode selector configured to select one of the single-channel mode and the multi-channel mode. In some embodiments, such selection can occur in response to one or more detected proximities of another loudspeaker system. Multi-zone loudspeaker systems are also disclosed.
US09913002B2
A method of operating a video display device is provided. A reception unit obtains uncompressed audio and video content. A display unit displays the uncompressed audio and video content. An enhanced service management unit receives first content information comprising a trigger based on first characteristic information extracted from the uncompressed audio and video content, executes an application related to the uncompressed audio and video content based on the trigger, receives second content information related to the uncompressed content based on second characteristic information extracted from the uncompressed audio and video content, and terminates the application when the content information satisfies an application termination condition.
US09913000B2
In accordance with some implementations of the disclosed subject matter, mechanisms for presenting recommended media content items are provided. In some implementations, a method for providing media guidance is provided, the method comprising: receiving a request for supplemental content relating to a program being presented by a media device; causing a content interface to be presented on a mobile device; identifying the program that is being presented on a media device; determining keywords associated with the program, wherein each of the keywords is associated with a particular portion of the program; obtaining and storing supplemental content items corresponding to the program based on the keywords; causing the content interface to present a first supplemental content item; receiving state information associated with the mobile device that indicates a subsequent visit to the content interface; and causing the content interface to present a second supplemental content item based on the state information.
US09912998B2
A multi-switch for distributing satellite signals of different levels includes: multiple inputs for connection to controllable sources for satellite signals of the different levels; multiple outputs for connection to receivers for the satellite signals; and a switching unit for connecting outputs to inputs, the switching unit receiving requests for levels via the inputs and assigning the inputs dynamically to outputs on which the same requests were output. The switching unit outputs the requests for levels in accordance with the sequence of their arrival on unused inputs in a corresponding sequence. The requests are dynamically switched at the inputs in accordance with the requests at the outputs and are not assigned according to a predetermined scheme.
US09912993B2
A coax server acts as a proxy between a coax transmission infrastructure and an Internet Protocol (IP) transmission infrastructure. An incoming request is received from a particular one of a plurality of coax client devices on the coax infrastructure. A request for specific media content is transmitted to a media-on-demand server in response to receiving the incoming request. A media stream is received over the IP infrastructure from the media-on-demand server, the media stream corresponding to the specific media content, and the coax server allocates a coax channel of sufficient bandwidth on the coax infrastructure and transmits the media stream on the coax channel utilizing the RF modulation scheme. A pointer indicating the coax channel on which the media stream is being transmitted is sent to the particular coax client device. The coax channel is unknown to other of the coax client devices besides the particular coax client device.
US09912983B2
Methods and apparatus for efficiently directing communications are disclosed. On example entails receiving, from a mobile terminal, a communication directed to a cellular communication network, the communication being received in an alternative channel that differs from a channel of the cellular communication network. The communication is then converted for a relayed communication to the cellular communication network on behalf of the mobile terminal, the relayed communication being made through the cellular communication network.
US09912981B2
A broadcast receiver includes a mode determination unit to determine a current operation mode among a plurality of operation modes, a communication interface to transmit the determined current operation mode to a mobile device through interactive communication, and to receive a control command from the mobile device, and a controller to provide a service of the determined current operation mode according to the control command received from the mobile device. Accordingly, a user controls the broadcast receiver through the mobile device according to the operation mode so that user's convenience is improved.
US09912979B2
System and method for flexible video construction, particularly of a personalized video clip which provides instructions to a viewer with regard to health and wellness. An ordered list of video input files is chained together, to create a single output video file using a chosen container. Timestamp values are tracked, to ensure synchronization of multiple joined clips, optionally using adjustments of the audio channel or the video channel. A video construction server utilizes information from multiple sources, to construct the video clip.
US09912976B1
A system and method includes a first user device and a head end. The head end has a billing system an audience measurement module. A billing system associates first content package data with first account data comprising a first account identifier. The first user device communicates a viewing history to the audience measurement module. The audience measurement module stores the viewing history over time. The head end communicates account data and the viewing history to a customer service system. The customer service system forms a selection signal by selecting second package content data. A comparison list is displayed comparing first package data and second package data. The customer service system communicates a confirmation signal to the billing system. The billing system associates the first content package data with the first account data. An authorization signal is communicated to the first user device to enable receiving the second content package.
US09912975B2
A method is provided for managing key rotation (use of series of keys) and secure key distribution in over-the-top content delivery. The method provided supports supplying a first content encryption key to a content packaging engine for encryption of a first portion of a video stream. Once the first content encryption key has expired, a second content encryption key is provided to the content packaging engine for encryption of a second portion of a video stream. The method further provides for notification of client devices of imminent key changes, as well as support for secure retrieval of new keys by client devices. A system is also specified for implementing a client and server infrastructure in accordance with the provisions of the method.
US09912970B1
Systems and methods for superimposing the human elements of video generated by computing devices, wherein a first user device and second user device capture and transmit video to a central server which analyzes the video to identify human elements, superimposes these human elements upon one another, and transmits the newly created superimposed video back to at least one of the user devices.
US09912965B2
Methods and apparatus for stereoscopic image encoding and decoding are described. Left and right eye images are encoded following an entropy reduction operation being applied to one of the eye images when there is a difference between the left and right images of an image pair. Information about regions of negative parallax within the entropy reduced image of an image pair is encoded along with the images. Upon decoding a sharpening filter is applied to the image in an image pair which was subjected to the entropy reduction operation. In addition edge enhancement filtering is performed on the regions of the recovered entropy reduced image which are identified in the encoded image data as regions of negative parallax. Interleaving of left and right eye images at the input of the encoder combined with entropy reduction allows for efficient encoding, storage, and transmission of 3D images.
US09912954B2
A method of decoding video, the method including receiving and parsing a bitstream which includes encoded video; extracting encoded image data relating to a current picture, which image data is assigned to at least one maximum coding unit, information relating to a coded depth and an encoding mode for each of the at least one maximum coding unit, and filter coefficient information for performing loop filtering on the current picture, from the bitstream; decoding the encoded image data in units of the at least one maximum coding unit, based on the information relating to the coded depth and the encoding mode for each of the at least one maximum coding unit; and performing deblocking on the decoded image data relating to the current picture, and performing loop filtering on the deblocked data, based on continuous one-dimensional (1D) filtering.
US09912951B2
Provided are encoding and decoding methods and apparatuses for a video by selectively determining and using a scan mode. The video encoding method includes: generating transformation coefficients by performing transformation based on a transformation unit to encode an image; determining a scan mode, from among a plurality of scan modes, indicating a scanning direction of the generated transformation coefficients, based on characteristics of the transformation coefficients; and determining and outputting an encoding order of the generated transformation coefficients based on the scanning direction of the determined scan mode.
US09912950B2
An apparatus of decoding an image is discussed. The apparatus can include an intra prediction unit for generating a prediction block using an intra prediction mode of a current prediction unit; an inverse scanning unit for inversely scanning significant flags, coefficient signs and coefficient levels according to an inverse scan pattern which is selected based on the intra prediction mode and a size of a transform unit to generate a quantized block; an inverse quantization unit for inversely quantizing the quantized block using a quantization parameter and a quantization matrix to generate a transform block; an inverse transform unit for inversely transform the transform block to generate a residual block; and an adder for adding the prediction block and the residual block to generate a reconstructed block.
US09912949B2
Provided is a method extracts a merge index from a bit stream, constructs a merge candidate list using available spatial and temporal merge candidates, selects a merge predictor among merge candidates using the merge index, and sets motion information of the merge predictor as motion information of the current prediction unit. The temporal merge candidate includes a reference picture index and a motion vector, and a motion vector of a temporal merge candidate block of a temporal merge candidate picture is set as the motion vector of the temporal merge candidate. Accordingly, the coding efficiency of the motion information is improved by including various merge candidates. Also, the computational complexity of an encoder and a decoder is reduced maintaining improvement of coding efficiency by adaptively storing motion information of reference picture and adaptively generating a temporal merge candidate.
US09912938B2
A autostereoscopic display system includes an autostereoscopic display configured to project images representing a left-eye view and a right-eye view of an image, an emitter configured to emit a tracer beam having a directional relationship to that of the projected images, a sensor configured to detect reflections of the tracer beam, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to control an emission of the tracer beam, receive feedback data from the sensor, use the feedback data to determine an impact site on the viewer corresponding to the tracer beam and adjust a direction of the tracer beam based on the impact site.
US09912935B2
To provide a stereo camera device capable of maintaining performance and reliability, while realizing thickness reduction, provided are a first image pickup device, a first communication connection unit to output a first image captured with the first image pickup device, a first image pickup substrate where the first image pickup device and the first communication connection unit are provided, a second image pickup device, a second communication connection unit to output a second image captured with the second image pickup device, a second image pickup substrate where the second image pickup device and the second communication connection unit are provided, and a housing where the first image pickup substrate is provided at one end and the second image pickup substrate is provided at another end. In the first image pickup substrate, the first image pickup device and the first communication connection unit are provided in parallel with each other in a lengthwise direction of the housing. In the second image pickup substrate, the second image pickup device and the second communication connection unit are provided in parallel with each other in the lengthwise direction of the housing. The first image pickup substrate and the second image pickup substrate are symmetrically provided.
US09912934B2
Two dimensional images captured by a camera or other device may be used to generate three dimensional information for target objects included in the two dimensional images. Sensor information and other information associated with the device capturing the two dimensional images may be obtained and used to determine a displacement or movement of the camera during capture of the two dimensional images. The displacement or movement may be used to calculate a distance of the target object in the two dimensional images. The distance information may be used to generate virtual planes corresponding to the target objects.
US09912930B2
Devices and methods are disclosed for detecting a focus of at least one viewer as being directed to a particular region of a video display. A first portion of a frame of video for presentation in the region of the viewer's focus is processed differently than another portion of the frame of video related to a region that is not part of the viewer's focus.
US09912928B2
A system, method, and computer program product for generating a digital image is disclosed. The system includes a first image sensor configured to capture a first image that includes a plurality of chrominance values, a second image sensor configured to capture a second image that includes a plurality of luminance values, and an image processing subsystem configured to generate a resulting image by combining the plurality of chrominance values with the plurality of luminance values. The first image sensor and the second image sensor may be distinct image sensors optimized for capturing chrominance images or luminance images.
US09912922B2
A projection system includes an invisible light projector, a background member, an imaging unit, an image generator, and a visible light projector. The invisible light projector projects a predetermined invisible light image onto the object via invisible light. The background member is disposed behind the object in a direction of the invisible light emitted from the invisible light projector. The imaging unit captures an image of the invisible light projected from the invisible light projector. The image generator measures a shape of the object based on the image captured by the imaging unit to generate image data showing image content for projection onto the object in accordance with the measured shape. The visible light projector projects the image content shown by the image data onto the object via visible light. The background member has a light shielding surface that does not diffusely reflect the invisible light incident thereon.
US09912914B2
A surveillance apparatus continuously records imaged data from a camera into a circular buffer in a local memory. When a record signal is received, the system records the video stream that was recorded before the record signal was received, and the video stream that is recorded after the record signal was received. The recorded segment is then write-protected, so that the surveillance apparatus does not overwrite the recorded segment. The recorded segment could then be sent to a remote memory via a wireless connection to free up local memory for future recording sessions.
US09912910B2
A media content updating method is presented, wherein the method is performed by a media transmit end, including obtaining a changed media object attribute on a side of the media transmit end; determining an updating operation instruction for the changed media object attribute according to a change type of the changed media object attribute; and sending a first announcement message to a media receive end, where the first announcement message includes the updating operation instruction and the changed media object attribute, so that the media receive end updates, according to the updating operation instruction and the changed media object attribute, media content that is on the side of the media transmit end and that is stored on a side of the media receive end. In embodiments of the present disclosure, an announcement message carries a changed media object attribute, so that a bandwidth occupancy rate can be reduced.
US09912906B2
A communication management system includes: a storage unit configured to store destination information of a first communication terminal that establishes a first session with a relay device that relays communication data, destination information of a conversion system that performs mutual conversion between communication schemes of communication data transmitted from the first communication terminal and a second communication terminal and establishes a second session with the relay device, and destination information of the second communication terminal that establishes a third session with the conversion system; a receiving unit configured to receive start request information to start communication between the communication terminals from the first communication terminal; an extracting unit configured to extract destination information of each communication terminal and the conversion system stored in the storage unit, based on the received start request information; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the extracted destination information to the relay device.
US09912905B2
Provided in embodiments of the present invention are a method and device for implementing high-definition image capturing, comprising: collecting and acquiring image data of a first set format by using an image sensor, image processing the image data then encoding into modulated data of a second set format, converting the modulated data into an analog electric signal of a third set format by using a synchronous clock, and filtering the analog electric signal by using a filter circuit then transmitting via a coaxial cable. The above series of operations is capable of implementing the collection and processing of a high-resolution video, and solves the problem that existing high-definition camera are incapable of ensuring timeliness during a video transmission process and provides poor stability and reliability, while at the same time, employment of the present invention also allows an existing analog camera to use a cable device for video transmission, thus implementing full utilization of existing resources.
US09912899B2
A system that displays a video signal on a display for a computer system is presented. During operation, the system receives a signal to switch from displaying a video signal from an internal video source to displaying a video signal from an external video source. In this system, the internal and external video sources are coupled to a bi-directional video port for the computer system, wherein the internal video source generates an output video signal and the external video source generates an input video signal. The system then determines whether the external video source is coupled to the bi-directional video port. If so, the system couples the external video source to the display and determines whether the external video source is a valid video source. If the external video source is a valid video source, the system displays the video signal from the external video source on the display.
US09912898B2
According to an embodiment, an amplifier which amplifies a first signal to output a second signal includes the following elements. The comparator compares the first signal with a third signal to output a fourth signal. The delay circuit delays a fifth signal by a delay time to generate a sixth signal. The first capacitor is connected between a voltage source and a first node that provides the third signal. The second capacitor is connected between the first node and a second node that provides the second signal. The first switch is connected between the second node and a constant current source, and is controlled by the fourth signal and the fifth signal. The second switch is connected between the first node and the second node, and is controlled by the fifth signal and the sixth signal.
US09912894B2
An imaging apparatus and a method of driving the same that can generate a digital data of a high resolution pixel signal are provided. The imaging apparatus includes: a pixel (10-1) for generating a signal by photoelectric conversion; a comparing circuit (30-1) for comparing a signal based on the pixel with a time-dependent reference signal; a counter circuit (40-1) performing a counting operating until an inversion of a magnitude relation between the signal based on the pixel and the time-dependent reference signal; and a selecting circuit (30-2) for setting a time-dependent change rate of the reference signal, according to a signal level of the signal based on the pixel.
US09912891B2
The present technique relates to a solid-state imaging device, a solid-state imaging device manufacturing method, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of providing a solid-state imaging device that can prevent generation of RTS noise due to miniaturization of amplifying transistors, and can achieve a smaller size and a higher degree of integration accordingly.A solid-state imaging device (1-1) includes: a photodiode (PD) as a photoelectric conversion unit; a transfer gate (TG) that reads out charges from the photodiode (PD); a floating diffusion (FD) from which the charges of the photodiode (PD) are read by an operation of the transfer gate (TG); and an amplifying transistor (Tr3) connected to the floating diffusion (FD). More particularly, the amplifying transistor (Tr3) is of a fully-depleted type. Such an amplifying transistor includes an amplifier gate (AG) (gate electrode) extending in a direction perpendicular to convex strips (33) formed by processing a surface layer of a semiconductor layer (11), for example.
US09912889B2
There is provided an image pickup apparatus that has a mixture readout mode configured to mix and read outputs of a plurality of pixels in an image sensor (107), when pixels to be mixed are image pickup pixels, they are mixed. When the pixels to be mixed contain a focus detection pixel, a signal of the image pickup pixel is not mixed with a signal of the focus detection pixel.
US09912878B2
A flicker detection apparatus and method where flickers in the video images are detected based on the mean detection values obtained from pairs of neighboring frames in the current frame and the former n frames, which is able to perform flicker detection efficiently, and the detection results are accurate.
US09912876B1
A vehicular multi-camera vision system includes a plurality of cameras and a control having an image processor operable to process image data captured by the cameras. The control is operable to control a display intensity of video images displayed by a video display screen. Responsive to a determination of a reduction in exterior ambient light level within the field of view of at least one of the cameras, the control holds display intensity of video images displayed by the video display screen to within 15 percent of the display intensity that was displayed before the determination of the reduction in exterior ambient light level by (a) adjusting an exposure time for image data capture by at least some of the cameras and by (b) adjusting a frame rate of image data capture by at least one of the cameras and/or) adjusting a gain of at least one of the cameras.
US09912872B2
A method for controlling a graphical interface includes: calculating coordinates of a permanent magnet and direction of magnetic moment of the permanent magnet from magnetometer measurements; matching dimensions of a three-dimensional object with the calculated coordinates by multiplying each dimension of the three-dimensional object by a coefficient to obtain a three-dimensional object brought to scale and by multiplying the calculated coordinates by inverse of a coefficient to obtain scaled coordinates; constructing a two-dimensional image corresponding to the image of the object brought to scale observed from a viewpoint and along an optical axis deduced from the scaled coordinates and from the direction of the magnetic moment of the permanent magnet; and controlling the graphical interface to display the constructed image on this graphical interface.
US09912858B2
An image capturing apparatus comprises an object detection unit, a focus control unit, a shooting control unit, a focus detection unit, a prediction unit which predicts a position of the object, a setting unit which sets a focus detection area with respect to the position of the predicted object, a reliability acquisition unit which obtains a reliability regarding the focus detection area and an object moving amount acquisition unit which obtains a moving amount of the object based on the in-focus positions of the imaging optical system. Until the object detection result is obtained before the real shooting processing during continuous shooting, the focus control unit drives the imaging optical system based on the in-focus position indicated by detection results up until the previous real shooting processing, the reliability and the moving amount of the object.
US09912857B2
A method and system for controlling a setting of an equipment related to image capture comprises capturing position data and orientation data of a sensing device; determining position information of a region of interest (i.e. a node) to be treated by the equipment, relative to the position and orientation data of the sensing device; and outputting a control signal directed to the equipment, in order to control in real-time the setting of the equipment based on said position information of the region of interest.
US09912853B2
The subject matter described herein relates to switching between cameras of an electronic device. A method, system and computer storage medium are provided for switching between cameras of an electronic device. In an embodiment, the method comprises detecting at least a partial obstruction of a camera of the electronic device; and upon detection, switching between the at least partially obstructed camera and another camera of the electronic device. In such a way, it enables a user to switch between two different cameras by simply at least partially obstructing one of the cameras using, for example, a finger, which improves the accuracy of user operations and enhances usability of the electronic device, thereby providing a better user experience.
US09912852B2
The present application relates to the technical field of ultrafast imaging, and provides an ultrafast framing optical imaging device with a real-time high spatial resolution. The optical imaging device includes an ultrashort pulse laser system with a magnitude of femtosecond, a frequency multiplier, a wavelength splitter, a continuous illumination laser, a sampling plate, a calibration camera, a first imaging record module, and a second imaging record module. The present application mainly utilizes continuous light illumination ultrafast events and non-collinear light parameter amplifying technology that uses ultrashort pulse laser to pump/sample events at different moments, and adopts a plurality of CCD cameras to receive corresponding idle light images simultaneously and respectively and thereby realize ultrafast framing optical imaging with a high time resolution.
US09912850B2
An ultrasonic motor includes a vibrator to which a piezoelectric element is fixed and a friction member having a frictional contact surface in contact with the vibrator. A pressurizing member pressurizes the vibrator toward the friction member using a resilient force of a coil spring. A pressurizing force setting unit transmits a driving force of a pressurizing force setting motor to a holding member and then sets the pressurizing force by altering an amount of deflection of the coil spring depending on the relative position of the holding member with respect to the pressurizing member. The friction member is driven relative to the vibrator by an elliptic vibration of the vibrator in a state where the projections provided on a vibration plate are brought into pressurized contact with the frictional contact surface of the friction member by the pressurizing force.
US09912848B2
Turbine engines are inspected by insertion of a zoom image or foveated image optical head through internal passages within the engine. The zoom image optical generates a first magnified image portion or a second image portion having a wider field of view and lower magnification. The foveated image optical head has a central first image portion having higher magnification that is included within and subtended by a second image portion having a wider field of view. The foveated or zoom image first and second image portions are separately simultaneously displayed on a common display, so that navigation position of the optical head and the magnified inspection image are correlated. In this way an inspector can confirm what area of interest within the turbine has been inspected while evaluating the adjacent magnified inspection image. The dual images correlation can be documented, such as by storing the simultaneously displayed images.
US09912847B1
A user can capture an image of an object, using a computing device, to obtain information about that object. If a specular highlight (or other saturated region) is detected, the device can attempt to determine a location of a light source associated with the highlight. The device can then provide instructions as to a direction to move in order to reduce the presence of the specular highlight in subsequent images. Multiple images of the object can be captured and analyzed to generate a three-dimensional reconstruction of the environment, whereby a position of the light source can be determined. In other embodiments, movement of the specular reflections in response to movement of the device is used to determine a direction of the light source. In other embodiments, an image of the user is captured to determine the position of the light source based on shadows or reflections on the user.
US09912845B2
A video information reproduction system includes first and second video information reproduction devices. A first synchronization signal processor of the video information reproduction device as a master device generates a phase synchronization signal including a first vertical synchronization signal and a first counter value and sends it to the second video information reproduction device. A second synchronization signal processor of the second video information reproduction device as a slave device compares the phase synchronization signal with a second vertical synchronization signal on the basis of a second video clock signal, and a second clock generator changes the frequency of a second decode reference clock signal on the basis of a result of the comparison.
US09912843B2
A High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) receiving circuit receives an image signal and an input clock transmitted via HDMI and generates output data. The HDMI receiving circuit includes: a sampling circuit, sampling the image signal according to a transmission mode and the input clock to generate the output data; a data comparison circuit, coupled to the sampling circuit, determining whether the output data includes predetermined data to generate a determination result; and a control circuit, coupled to the sampling circuit and the data comparison circuit, determining the transmission mode according to the determination result.
US09912840B2
Disclosed are an image sampling apparatus and method. The image sampling apparatus includes a probe angular velocity detector configured to detect an angular velocity of a probe representing a change in an angle of the probe at a surface of an object, an image segmenter configured to receive the angular velocity and an image captured by the probe, and to segment the image into sub-regions based on the angular velocity, and a differential sampler configured to sample the sub-regions with a different sampling rate based on a position of a sub-region.
US09912829B2
Tools (for example, system, apparatus, application software, a method, etc.) can be provided for processing scan images corresponding to a hardcopy document that has been scanned according to a document processing profile. For example, when such profile specifies a division size, the scan images corresponding to the scanned hardcopy document may be assembled into multiple divided image files (each no greater than the division size) and such multiple divided image files are sent to a specified scan image target as a grouping of divided image files associated with the hardcopy document.
US09912828B2
An image reading apparatus includes a light receiving element configured to receive light from an image to perform photoelectric conversion, an amplification unit configured to amplify a signal generated by the photoelectric conversion, a switch element electrically connected to first and second ends of the amplification unit to be in parallel with the amplification unit, and a capacitor. The capacitor is electrically connected to the first and second ends of the amplification unit to be in parallel with to the amplification unit, and includes a first wire electrically connecting a first end of the light receiving element, the first end of the amplification unit, and a first end of the switch element, and a second wire electrically connecting the second end of the amplification unit and a second end of the switch element. The capacitor includes capacitance that is interconnect capacitance between the first and second wires.
US09912826B2
A system and method for customized multifunction peripherals includes a document processing controller including a processor and a memory, a scanner, a scanner engine, a printer, a user input and a display. The memory stores electronic customization groups, each corresponding to a unique business type. Each electronic customization group includes electronic files, such as forms, applications, screen backgrounds, company logos, screen positioning information, and labels. The memory also stores device customization data sets, each corresponding to document processing in the multifunction peripheral. Indicia on the display identify each of the customization groups by business type, and the user input receives a selection of a selected customization group. A customizations menu on the display lists available customizations from the selected customization group. A document processing options menu on the display includes document processing options corresponding to a portion of the device customization data sets associated with the selected customization group.
US09912818B2
A customer may be allowed to request a service and to very quickly be put in touch with a local service provider who can perform the requested service. The customer need not know the identity of the vendor beforehand, and the vendor may not know the identity of the customer before agreeing to discuss the service. Multiple local service providers may be contacted in parallel by a centralized server configured to connect the customer with the local service providers. The most qualified or most highly rated local service providers for the particular service may be identified and then contacted first. The customer may be put in touch with one or more vendors in a very short amount of time after submitting the request, e.g., within 90 seconds.
US09912815B2
A system and method for performance-based routing of interactions in a contact center. A routing server receives information on an interaction to be routed, and identifies a call reason for the interaction. The identification of the call reason may be based, for example, speech analytics. The routing server identifies one or more agents having experience in handling the topic. The routing server further determines a proficiency level of the identified agents in handling the topic, and selects one of the identified agents having at least a minimum level of proficiency. The routing server transmits a message for routing the interaction to the selected agent.
US09912800B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: a voice delivery application, running on a mobile device of a user, receives a text message from a user; by use of sensor inputs of the mobile device, the mobile device stores data regarding environment of the mobile device including external audio equipment, speed of the user, and bystanders within a hearing range of the environment; various data describing a sender of the text message and the bystanders are analyzed for respective relationships with the user and with each other to determine a confidentiality group dictating whether or not the text message may be heard by the bystander; the text message may be scanned for content screening, then according to configuration of the voice delivery application, the text message is securely delivered to the user by voice.
US09912797B2
An apparatus including at least one sensor configured to sense location of at least one portion of a head of a user relative to the apparatus; at least one processor; and at least one memory having software. The processor and the software are configured to process audio signals based, at least partially, upon output from the sensor.
US09912796B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method for correcting an input number, the system comprising a memory having instructions stored thereon and at least one processor to execute the instructions to cause: obtaining and displaying an input number; detecting a user's error correction operation and expanding display areas of digits of the input number after the error correction operation is detected; receiving correction on the input number; wherein the receiving correction on the input number comprises: receiving a user's correction on the input number by a digit correction control, wherein the digit correction control is disposed at a position corresponding to the expanded display area of the respective digit; and the digit correction control is a digit-rolling control or a digit-increasing/decreasing control.
US09912787B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing zero-copy multiplexing using copy-on-write are disclosed. Examples generally relate to both physical and virtualized computer systems. A computer-implemented method may include receiving notification of an incoming network packet, determining that a section of the network packet is to be modified, creating a copy of the network packet section to be modified, modifying the network packet section copy, and sending a memory location of the modified network packet section copy to an application. In a virtualized computer system, a hypervisor may receive notification of an incoming network packet, determine that a section of the network packet is to be modified, create a copy of the network packet section to be modified, modify the network packet section copy, and send a memory location of the modified network packet section copy to a guest when providing a modified network packet to the guest.
US09912783B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to secure internal services in a distributed environment. A service call initiated by a client process of a client is intercepted. In this example, the service call is a request for an internal service provided by a server deployed in a target appliance. The client is deployed in a source appliance. The service call includes an identifier, and the identifier identifies the internal service. If one or more rules are specified for the identifier, a service packet is generated by multiplexing client information associated with the client process as well as information in the service call. The service packet is forwarded to the target appliance.
US09912775B2
Various systems and methods for transmitting a message to a secondary computing device are described herein. An apparatus comprises a context processing module, a context-aware message mode module, and a message retrieval module. The context processing module retrieves a context of a user of a primary computing device. The context-aware message mode module identifies a message mode for communicating with a secondary computing device of the user based on the context. A message retrieval receives a communication message at the primary computing device, determines that the communication message is to be transmitted to the secondary computing device of the user based on the message mode, and based on the determining, translates the communication message into a translated message according to the message mode and transmits the translated message to the secondary computing device from the primary computing device.
US09912763B2
An improved system and method for communicating Presence Information. According to various embodiments, the sequence of actions undertaken in established Presence procedures are changed, and enhancements are also provided for Watcher 5 information notifications. Upon the initiation of a Presence Service, the Presence Source starts publishing Presence Information about a Presentity using a soft-state approach. Instead of having publication occur first, the Presence Source makes a subscription for the Watcher information first or simply waits until the Presence Server contacts the Presence Source. As a result, publication occurs only when there is a demand therefor.
US09912762B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for displaying splash screen content, a terminal, a content server, and a system therefor. The method includes: receiving a content request sent by a terminal, the content request carrying first time and/or a geographical location of the terminal, the first time being time when the terminal last requests splash screen content; acquiring splash screen content according to the first time and/or the geographical location of the terminal; and sending the splash screen content to the terminal such that the terminal displays the splash screen content. The content server includes: a first receiving module, a first acquiring module, and a first sending module. The terminal includes: a second sending module, a second receiving module, and a display module. The system includes: a terminal and a content server. The present disclosure enhances personality and interest of a terminal product and improves user experience.
US09912758B2
The present teaching relates to continuing a user session of an application from one device to another device. Information related to a first user session of a first application installed on a first device is received. The first user session information may indicate content and content presentation provided via the first application. A request, based on a pre-defined URL, for the first session information is received from a second device. Responsive to the request, the information related to the first user session is provided to the second device so that a second user session of a second application at the second device provides the same content in the same presentation as in the first user session. The first and second user sessions both may be associated with a same specific user identity, and the first and second applications have at least one common function.
US09912745B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, at a second computing device by a first computing device, an invitation to establish a peer to peer communication channel. The second computing device may accept the invitation. An application may be utilized on the second computing device. Content created by the application on the second computing device may be automatically shared with the first computing device, via the peer to peer communication channel, based upon utilization of the application on the second computing device. Access to the content may be prevented on the second computing device.
US09912743B2
The invention is directed to a system and method of asynchronously collecting different types of information for an event (e.g., football game) and aggregating the information in real-time according to sub-events (e.g., plays from scrimmage). One or more terminals (e.g., smartphones, tablet or laptop computers) are configured to capture information (video, still images, metadata) of each sub-event and distribute the captured information to the other terminals in real-time. Such distribution may be facilitated using a cloud network and server, or else a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. Further, one of the terminals is configured to notify the other terminals when a particular sub-event has commenced, thus allowing the captured information of the particular sub-event to be associated with a corresponding sub-event identifier. The captured information may be aggregated according to the sub-events by use of sub-event identifiers for presentation to users, e.g., in a playlist.
US09912741B2
Workload, preferably as one or more partitions, is migrated from a source server to one or more target servers by computing a respective projected performance optimization for each candidate partition and target, the optimization being dependent on a projected processor-memory affinity resulting from migrating candidate workload to the candidate target, and selecting a target to receive a workload accordingly. A target may be pre-configured to receive a workload being migrated to it by altering the configuration parameters of at least one workload currently executing on the target according to the projected performance optimization.
US09912726B2
A control method causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display a display screen representing a floor plan on a display; display on the display screen device icons, the device icons including a dehumidifier icon; when selection of the dehumidifier icon is sensed, display on the display an operation screen for operating a dehumidifier corresponding to the dehumidifier icon, the operation screen being displayed on the display screen and outside of a region corresponding to a room where the selection of the dehumidifier icon is sensed; output a control command for operating the dehumidifier to a network based on an operation on the operation screen; and display an operation state of the dehumidifier in the region corresponding to the room where the selection of the dehumidifier icon is sensed based on the operation on the operation screen.
US09912712B2
Some embodiments provide methods, systems and apparatuses for use in managing playback of content. Some of these methods comprise: maintaining, at a playback device, a first media stream in a stand-by mode; continuing to acquire, from over a distributed network while in the stand-by mode, one or more index files of the first media stream, where the one or more index files identify a plurality of media files of the first media stream configured to be played back at the playback device, while not acquiring the media files of the first media stream while the first media stream is in the stand-by mode; and tracking the one or more index files relative to a playback timing of the first media stream while in the stand-by mode, where the playback timing continues to increment while the first media stream is in the stand-by mode.
US09912700B2
Disclosed is a system for escalating security protocol requirements. The system typically includes a processor, a memory, and a security protocol module stored in the memory. The module is typically configured for: monitoring electronic activities associated with a user and collecting device identification information for local network devices associated with the electronic activities; receiving from the user a request to perform a subsequent electronic activity using a first computing device in communication with a first local network; collecting device identification information associated with the first computing device; identifying one or more local network devices in communication with the first local network and collecting device identification information associated with the local network devices in communication with the first local network; and denying the subsequent electronic activity or increasing or decreasing a level of authentication required to complete the subsequent electronic activity based on the collected device identification information.
US09912695B1
Techniques for operating a security system are provided. An example method for operating a security system according to the disclosure includes monitoring interactions of an unauthorized party with a computing environment configured to simulate the server, generating synthetic content based on the unauthorized party's interactions with the computing environment, and configuring the security system to permit the unauthorized party to access the synthetic content responsive to the unauthorized party's interactions with the security system.
US09912692B1
A method includes selectively implementing, via a component resident and executing on a point of sale system, one or more of a set of proactive operations to counter an information theft attack against the point of sale system. The set of proactive operations comprises: generating false information that appears to be actual information and creating at least one process executable in the point of sale system that comprises the false information; injecting false information that appears to be actual information into at least one process executing in the point of sale system; replacing actual information with false information that appears to be actual information; and blocking at least one process in the point of sale system to prevent actual information from being taken from the point of sale system.
US09912690B2
A system and method in accordance with example embodiments may include systems and methods for generating and transforming data presentation. The method may include receiving, using a processor, a request for a web page, and submitting, by the processor, the request to a computer server system. The request can include a user identification and a user password. The method may further include receiving, from the computer server system, data corresponding to the requested web page. Further, the method includes storing, in a memory, the received data, and causing the received data to be shown on a display associated with the user device.
US09912686B2
Network security risk assessment systems and methods are provided. The system has a remote subscriber computer, a risk assessment viewer application, and a risk assessment server that receives a list of software applications operating within the subscriber organization network and a plurality of properties for each of the software applications, and receives a list of organizational nodes within the subscriber organization and a plurality of properties for each of the organizational nodes, determines one or more risk assessment scores and transmits a notification to the remote subscriber computer when a predefined reporting threshold is exceeded.
US09912684B1
A system is provided with one or more virtual machines and a replayer. The virtual machine(s) are configured to mimic operations of a first device. The replayer is configured to mimic operations of a second device. Herein, the replayer receives a portion of network data under analysis, dynamically modifies the portion of the network data, and transmits the modified portion of the network data to at least one virtual machine of the one or more virtual machines in accordance with a protocol sequence utilized between the first device and the second device.
US09912674B2
In compiling map data, a server communicates with a programmable device and determines an authorization level of the device or a user of the device by comparing an authorization request with maintained authorization data; the server receives from the device first geocoordinates, a first property location identifier, and a first location description, the first geocoordinates locating a geoposition on or near a property identified by the first property location identifier; and the server incorporates one or more of the first geocoordinates, the first property location identifier, and the first location description into a database including a plurality of geocoordinates, if the determined authorization level matches or exceeds a property authorization level, wherein the property authorization level is associated with the property and is indicative of whether one of the user or the device is authorized to submit for incorporation into the database geocoordinate information and/or location description information for the property.
US09912672B2
A system for operating an enterprise computer network including multiple network objects, said system comprising monitoring and collection functionality for obtaining continuously updated information regarding at least one of access permissions and actual usage of said network objects, and entitlement review by owner functionality operative to present to at least one owner of at least one network object a visually sensible indication of authorization status including a specific indication of users which were not yet authorized by said at least one owner of said at least one network object.
US09912669B2
An electronic communication system, such as a question-and-answer service, is provided in which a user submitting a question specifies one or more dialog network members to whom a notification of the question is provided. Authenticated responses by a member are published to the asker and other members. Responses may be made available to external users, with content contributors being either publicly identified or anonymous. If authorized, members of a dialog may add other individuals as members of the dialog, and imbue upon them special rights relative to the dialog.
US09912664B1
Allowing a subscriber of media content services or products to receive filtered content based on the current viewer's profile (i.e., age, gender, maturity, etc.) as opposed to the viewer's physical location is provided. Media content for which filtering may apply may be in the form of movies, television shows, music for listening/downloading, video games, internet browsing, and the like. Upon logging in from the endpoint device interface (television/set-top-box, desktop computer, laptop computer, smart-phone, touch computer, etc.), log-in information may be compared with predefined profiles set up by the primary account holder and filtered media content may be delivered to match the profile of the current logged in end user.
US09912658B2
There is provided a communication terminal including a transmission controller configured to allow transmission of, to a verification target device, authentication information for authenticating the verification target device based on first information acquired from an information processing device, and a verification unit configured to verify validity of the verification target device based on a response to the authentication information and second information acquired from the information processing device, the second information being associated with the first information.
US09912653B2
Techniques are described for controlling data and resource access. For example, methods and systems can facilitate controlled token distribution across systems and token processing in a manner so as to limit access to and to protect data that includes access codes.
US09912651B2
An example computer implemented method to create an authenticated server view includes sending a client secret to an online-synchronized content management system and receiving an authentication key. The example method can then include generating a server view of the online-synchronized content management system using instantiation data. The instantiation data can include a resource address and the authentication key. The server view can be configured to request server elements from the online-synchronized content management system using the instantiation data and render the server elements.
US09912648B2
Disclosed is a technology for password-free account authentication. The technology includes utilizing a mobile device running an application (“App”) associated with a payment service (PS) system. Using the App, a user can enter an addressable handle, which is transmitted to the PS system. The PS system identifies an account state, based on the receipt of the addressable handle, for example, whether the addressable handle corresponds to a user's system account and device. A first authentication factor is based on the knowledge that the user is in possession of and has access to a device that corresponds to the user and the addressable handle. The PS system pushes a notification to the corresponding device, based on the account state, prompting entry of a security code. Receipt of a security code that corresponds to a payment card linked to the user's system account serves as a second authentication factor.
US09912647B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for vehicle wireless internet security are provided. A connection request is received from a mobile device. A data request is transmitted to the mobile device. The data request includes a request for location-based data of the mobile device. A first data is received from the mobile device that corresponds to the data request. A vehicle data is generated that comprises location-based data of the vehicle. A match between the first data and the vehicle data is determined. A match is determined where the location based data of the mobile device is with a pre-determined threshold of the location-based data of the vehicle.
US09912644B2
A system and method to communicate secure information between computing machines using an untrusted intermediate with resilience to disconnected network topology. The system and method utilize agnostic endpoints that are generalized to be interoperable among various systems, with their functionality based on their location in a network. The system and method enable horizontal scaling on the network. One or more clusters may be set up in a location within a network or series of networks in electronic communication, e.g., in a cloud or a sub-network, residing between a secure area of the network(s) and an unsecure area such as of an external network or portion of a network. The horizontal scaling allows the system to take advantage of a capacity of a local network. As long as an agent has connectivity to at least one locale of the network, the agent is advantageously operable to move data across the system.
US09912642B1
A secure electronic storage system includes an authentication gateway, a user/system interface coupled to the authentication gateway, a secure digital storage including a plurality of memory blocks (Containers) that store at least one information resource (Fact), wherein a target Container can only be accessed by a Fact comprising a valid authorization path (Authorization), and a memory controller coupling the user/system interface to the secure digital storage. In a non-limiting example embodiment, the memory controller is operative to: (a) manage the creation, sharing and unsharing of Containers; and (b) determine if a request to access a target Container includes a valid Authorization for that Container.
US09912641B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) detecting an online communication session established between a plurality of computing devices, (2) identifying at least one application involved in the online communication session established between the plurality of computing devices, (3) determining a security mode for a security proxy that inspects the online communication session based at least in part on the application involved in the online communication session, and then (4) configuring the security proxy to inspect the online communication session in accordance with the determined security mode. Various other systems, methods, and apparatuses are also disclosed.
US09912640B2
A UE communicates with a network gateway to access a provisioning device via a provisioning network. The provisioning device uses identification data of the UE to authenticate the UE for a primary network, and provides primary network configuration data to the UE. Using the primary network configuration data, the UE communicates with the network gateway to access the primary network. The primary network configuration data can include data to enable the UE to establish communications with one or more private networks accessible via the primary network.
US09912639B1
A device may receive a firewall filter entry that includes one or more match conditions associated with filtering network traffic. The device may identify an access control list (ACL) template associated with the firewall filter entry. The ACL template may be associated with a template type. The device may identify one or more rules, for verifying the firewall filter entry, based on the template type associated with the ACL template. The device may verify the firewall filter entry using the one or more rules. The device may determine a hardware resource, for storing the firewall filter entry, based on the template type and based on verifying the firewall filter entry. The device may store the firewall filter entry using the hardware resource of the device.
US09912634B2
A system and method for providing an address for a Domain Name System (DNS) server to a consumer device, wherein the consumer device connects to the Internet through a vehicle, includes providing an address for a default DNS server to the consumer device; receiving a request from the consumer device to convert a domain name to an Internet Protocol (IP) address using the default DNS server; forwarding the request to the default DNS server; determining if the request has been resolved by the default DNS server within a time-to-respond limit; and updating the consumer device with a different address for a DNS server retrieved from a list stored in vehicle hardware if the request has not been resolved within the time-to-respond limit.
US09912633B2
Systems and methods for managing communication in an IP network between a server and a probe that does not maintain an IP address by selectively restricting which IP addresses that are identified as active in the network may be borrowed for the probes. Restriction of IP addresses may include a black list to exclude specific IP addresses, a white list from which IP addresses can be drawn or both. This permits control over which IP addresses may be borrowed by probes, reducing false alarms, alerts or other network concerns caused by unexpected IP traffic on a particular IP address in the network.
US09912628B2
A method and apparatus for a computer and telecommunication network which can receive, send and manage information from or to a subscriber of the network, based on the subscriber's configuration. The network is made up of at least one cluster containing voice servers which allow for telephony, speech recognition, text-to-speech and conferencing functions, and is accessible by the subscriber through standard telephone connections or through internet connections. The network also utilizes a database and file server allowing the subscriber to maintain and manage certain contact lists and administrative information. A web server is also connected to the cluster thereby allowing access to all functions through internet connections.
US09912624B2
According to one embodiment, a method for lossy data compression is provided. The method may include receiving a data message from a sender. The method may also include determining a length and a plurality of bounding characters associated with each data item within the received data message. The method may further include encoding each data item within the received data message by replacing each data item with the determined length and the determined plurality of bounding characters. The method may also include transmitting the received data message to a recipient.
US09912623B2
A system to adaptively control multimedia communication sessions includes a mediator unit in an intermediary communication position between two or more remote clients and a media infrastructure. The mediator unit includes a receiver, a transmitter and a control processor that controls the receiver and the transmitter. The mediator unit communicates remote clients across a communication network, where the first client initiates a communication session and the mediator unit assigns a unique session identifier to the communication message. Additional remote clients send join requests including the unique session identifier, and the mediator unit acts as a back-to-back user agent to pass messages between two remote clients of a two-client communication session. The control processor configured to execute predefined context-sensitive strategies including the number of remote clients in the communication session, bridging incompatible peer-to-peer communications, supporting multiple devices of a single remote client, and dynamic allocation of multipoint control unit resources.
US09912611B2
A router fabric for switching real time broadcast video signals in a media processing network includes a logic device configured to route multiple channels of packetized video signals to another network device, a crossbar switch configured to be coupled to a plurality of input/output components and to switch video data of the multiple channels between the logic device and the plurality of input/output components in response to a control instruction, and a controller configured to map routing addresses for each video signal relative to the system clock, and to send the control instruction with the mapping to the crossbar switch and the logic device.
US09912605B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for utilizing dynamic trait compilation and recognition to respond to requests for finite resources associated with a distributed platform are allocated across the distributed platform in a prioritized manner.
US09912604B2
Reduction of silicon area for ethernet PFC protocol implementation in queue based network processors
In a pipelined network processor, a first stage in the pipeline is responsive to receipt of a pause indication from a third stage. The pause indication is associated with one of a plurality of ports and priority classes of frames advancing through the pipeline. The first stage asserts a hold indication to a second stage in response to the pause indication. The second stage is responsive to the hold indication by marking frames associated with the one of a plurality of ports and priority classes as they arrive from the pipeline at the second stage by returning them to the first stage interface instead of transmitting them to the third stage. The marked frames are stored in memory external to the network processor.
US09912596B2
Mechanisms are provided for performing traffic load balancing on ingress traffic directed to a Link Aggregation Group (LAG). The mechanisms monitor a ingress traffic load across a plurality of links of the Link Aggregation Group (LAG). The mechanisms determine if the ingress traffic load across the plurality of links is unbalanced. Moreover, the mechanisms, in response to determining that the ingress traffic load across the plurality of links is unbalanced, send a message to a switch associated with the LAG requesting the switch to modify routing of ingress traffic to the LAG to perform ingress traffic load balancing.
US09912593B2
A distributed system for collecting and processing packet routing information is provided. A service provider, such as a content delivery network service provider, can maintain multiple Points of Presence (“POPs”). Routing computing devices associated with each POP can forward information about the packet routing information to a packet routing management component. The packet routing component can process the information provided by the various POPs. The packet routing component can then update, or otherwise modify, packet routing information used by one or more of the POPs. Accordingly, the packet routing management component can then selectively distribute the updated or modified packet routing information, including the distribution to all POPs, the targeted distribution to specific POPs and the creation of centrally accessible routing information.
US09912590B2
A method and apparatus for in-line processing a data packet while routing the packet through a router in a system transmitting data packets between a source and a destination over a network including the router. The method includes receiving the data packet and pre-processing layer header data for the data packet as the data packet is received and prior to transferring any portion of the data packet to packet memory. The data packet is thereafter stored in the packet memory. A routing through the router is determined including a next hop index describing the next connection in the network. The data packet is retrieved from the packet memory and a new layer header for the data packet is constructed from the next hop index while the data packet is being retrieved from memory. The new layer header is coupled to the data packet prior to transfer from the router.
US09912588B2
An IEEE 802.11 media access control (MAC) frame (or contents thereof) at a transmitter apparatus includes information from which a logical channel carrying traffic can be identified, so that a receiver apparatus, when unpacking the IEEE 802.11 MAC frame (or contents thereof), is able to route the traffic to the appropriate radio link control (RLC) entity associated with the logical channel. An evolved Node B (eNB) that is also an access point (AP) distinguishes conventional uplink wireless local area network (WLAN) traffic from traffic that is to be routed to an RLC layer.
US09912587B2
Communication is performed by selecting any one of or two or more paths from among multiple paths existing between a communication apparatus and the other party in communication. In addition to measuring an effective rate itself, the effective rate is estimated from a combination of Phy rate, received power, Phy rate, and statistics information. Then, on the basis of information about the effective rate of each path, a path used for data transmission is selected according to a single selection method for selecting a single path or a multi-selection method for selecting multiple paths at a time. The single selection method can be classified into a method for each session or a physically exclusive method. The multi-selection method includes weighting method and redundancy degree attaching method.
US09912585B2
In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for management of path selection and reservation between layer 3 devices, as well as path selection and reservation across L2/L3 boundaries. In one implementation, path selection can be managed by separating independent but “cooperating” layers, with layer 3 topology and non-adjacent layer 2 topologies handled separately. A first layer 3 router can be identified as a path computation engine (PCE), while other layer 3 routers can be implemented as path control clients (PCC(s)). One layer 2 PCE can be assigned per layer 2 topology, preventing competing path assignments and reservations.
US09912573B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for testing a network service associated with a communications network. In use, a network service to be tested is identified, the network service including at least one network service associated with a communication network. Further, test criteria associated with the network service to be tested is identified. Additionally, a test scenario is generated for testing the network service based on the testing criteria. Furthermore, a Software Defined Networking (SDN) controller is programmed such that: a request associated with the generated test scenario is sent to an ingress point associated with the network service; the request is received at an egress point of the network service, upon the request being processed utilizing the network service; and the request is passed back to a testing software module that initiated the request, the testing software module having knowledge of rules associated with the SDN controller for generating the testing scenario. Moreover, the request that is passed back to the testing software module that initiated the request is analyzed to test the network service. Still yet, a generated response to the request is sent to the egress point of the network service such that the network service is applied to the generated response and the generated response is passed back to the software testing module from the ingress point of the network service. The abovementioned sequence is repeated until testing is completed.
US09912571B2
A method, program product, and system for a transaction parallelization improvement metric calculation includes receiving tracking data. The tracking data includes information about inbound and outbound subtransactions between domains over a time frame. Each domain includes at least one computer. Using the tracking data received, a number of interactions are determined based on a number of the inbound and outbound subtransactions. A total number of domains is determined using received tracking data. A transaction parallelization metric is calculated using the tracking data and a transaction parallelization improvement metric is calculated based on the number of interactions, the number domains, and the transaction parallelization metric.
US09912569B2
A data communication method for a set of hard real-time applications with an associated set of predefined network requirements (PNR) is provided. The method comprises configuring the physical layer of the network with a set of static modulation parameters (SMPs) to guarantee the PNRs are met at worst-case operating conditions for the network. The method further comprises measuring the current network performance within the network based on a given network performance monitoring schedule and, whenever the current network performance exceeds the PNRs by predefined amounts, adjusting the physical layer of the network by selecting a set of dynamic modulation parameters (DMP's) to increase the bandwidth availability within the network. Advantageously, the invention further allows for the allocation of the excess bandwidth to a set of non-hard real-time applications, whenever the current network performance exceeds the PNR.
US09912566B1
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a trace request packet at a service node in a service chain, the trace request packet comprising a service path identifier, a service index, and a service index limit, processing the trace request packet at the service node, generating a trace report packet at the service node, the trace report packet comprising service function information for the service node, and transmitting the trace report packet. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
US09912565B2
Methods and systems for a networked storage system are provided. One method includes filtering performance data associated with a resource used in a networked storage environment for reading and writing data at a storage device; and determining available performance capacity of the resource using the filtered performance data. The available performance capacity is based on optimum utilization of the resource and actual utilization of the resource, where utilization of the resource is an indicator of an extent the resource is being used at any given time, the optimum utilization is an indicator of resource utilization beyond which throughput gains for a workload is smaller than increase in latency and latency is an indicator of delay at the resource in processing the workload.
US09912559B2
A method, apparatus, or computer program relates to load balancing between a plurality of gateway elements in a communication system. In particular, the method can include determining in one gateway element that a network load level in the one gateway element has changed. The method may also include deactivating, at the one gateway element, at least one inactive user session when the network load level is above a threshold of the network load level.
US09912551B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for implementing a virtual service control point in a telecommunications network. In one embodiment, the system and methods involve implementing the functions of a service control point (SCP) device on one or more computing devices, such as application servers of the network, of the telecommunications network to create a virtual service control point device. In one embodiment, the virtual SCP may translate toll-free communications, such as 8xx based telephone communications, into a destination address associated with a customer of the network. In addition to resolving communications into a destination address or number, a virtual SCP instantiated in a network may provide one or more routing rules or features for such communications to a customer.
US09912550B2
A switching system maintains a control-plane operating system and a web server which is in communication with the control-plane operating system. The switching system then sends content by a web page hosted by the web server to a browser on a client device without being solicited by the browser, and allows a user to configure the switching system from the client device via a command line interface presented within the web page on the browser.
US09912547B1
A communication network operation center (NOC) network inventory data platform. The platform comprises a processor, a non-transitory memory, a data store, and a plurality of applications and logic modules. The logic modules collect data from element management systems associated with network equipment. The applications convert the data to data structures and transcode the data structures in a common data format. The applications store the transcoded data structures in an inventory database. A NOC management application presents a network management view based on the inventory database.
US09912533B1
An individual score is generated for a first combination of a transmitter configuration value and a receiver configuration value. The transmitter configuration is used to configure a first physical layer circuit and the receiver configuration is used to configure a second physical layer circuit. The individual score is based on measured characteristics observed by the second physical layer circuit in response to the first configuration combination. A neighbor weighted score is then generated for the first configuration combination. The neighbor weighted score is based on measured characteristics observed by the second physical layer circuit in response to a second configuration combination that is within a first distance from the first configuration combination within a multidimensional array of configuration combinations. The individual score is summed with the neighbor weighted score to generate a final neighbor weighted score for the first configuration combination.
US09912519B2
An apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store therein, in association with one another, group identification information for identifying groups to which transmission terminals each belong, transmission terminal identification information for identifying the terminals belonging to the respective groups, and display information to be displayed on the transmission terminals belonging to the groups. The apparatus also includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire the group identification information of a certain group and a change instruction for the display information; a changing unit configured to change the display information associated with the group identification information in the storage unit based on the change instruction; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the display information associated with the certain group in the storage unit and changed to the terminal identified by the transmission terminal identification information associated with the group identification information of the certain group in the storage unit.
US09912514B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting data based on different pilot tone patterns in a wireless LAN. The method for transmitting data based on the different pilot tone patterns in a wireless LAN may comprise the steps of: an AP transmitting, to a first STA, a first data field generated based on a first pilot tone pattern, from a first frequency bandwidth; and the AP transmitting, to a second STA, a second data field generated based on a second pilot tone pattern, from a second frequency bandwidth, wherein the size of the first frequency bandwidth is n times larger than the size of the second frequency bandwidth, the size of IFFT applied to the first data field and the size of IFFT applied to the second data field are identical, the first pilot tone pattern includes a plurality of first pilot tones, wherein the plurality of first pilot tones are respectively allocated to each of a plurality of first pilot tone indexes, the second pilot tone pattern includes a plurality of second pilot tones, wherein the plurality of second pilot tones are respectively allocated to each of a plurality of second pilot tone indexes, and wherein a portion of the first pilot tone indexes may be identical to the plurality of second pilot tone indexes.
US09912503B2
Disclosed herein are a Bluetooth signal receiving device and method. The Bluetooth signal receiving device includes a frequency shift demodulator circuit, a sampler circuit, a training bit pattern discriminator circuit, and a frequency offset compensation circuit. The frequency shift demodulator circuit generates a baseband signal by performing frequency shift demodulation on a received signal, and generates a frequency proportion signal having a value proportional to the frequency of the baseband signal. The sampler circuit generates a plurality of series of bit streams from the frequency proportion signal. The training bit pattern discriminator circuit determines whether the plurality of series of bit streams generated by the sampler circuit satisfies a training bit pattern condition. The frequency offset compensation circuit compensates the frequency proportion signal by using a measured error metric as a effective error metric when the plurality of series of bit streams satisfies the training bit pattern condition.
US09912502B2
A wireless transmission system includes: a communication unit for transmission; and a communication unit for reception. The communication units for transmission and reception are housed in a housing of the same electronic apparatus, or the communication unit for transmission is housed in a housing of first electronic apparatus and the communication unit for reception is housed in a housing of second electronic apparatus and a wireless signal transmission path enabling wireless information transmission between the communication units is formed between the communication units when the first and the second electronic apparatus are disposed at given positions to be integrated with each other. The communication unit for transmission includes a first carrier signal generating unit and a first frequency converter, and the communication unit for reception includes a second carrier signal generating unit, and a second frequency converter.
US09912500B2
The filter estimate produced by post-equalization processing of an optical signal at a receiver is used to generate pre-equalizer filter coefficients that are communicated back to the source of the optical signal for performing pre-equalization. In one advantageous aspect, the already existing post-equalization modules of an optical receive equipment can thus be used to produce, in addition, a pre-equalizer filter for use by the source side.
US09912490B2
A method and a device are provided for deleting a smart scene in the field of smart home. The device receives an unbundling notification message indicating that a designated smart device has been successfully unbundled. The device detects whether a target smart scene set with the designated smart device exists among established smart scenes. When a target smart scene set with the designated smart device exists among the established smart scenes, the device deletes the target smart scene. A smart scene set with a smart device is deleted after the designated smart device is successfully unbundled.
US09912487B2
The invention relates to a DC power distribution system, especially an EMerge DC power distribution system (1). The system is adapted such that power conductors (3, 4) electrically connected to different groups (5, 6) of ports (14) belong to separate power line communication (PLC) channels, wherein several electrical loads (7 . . . 10; 11 . . . 13) are in power line communication with a group of ports of a same PLC channel. The separation of the different PLC channels allows for a relatively simple determination to which group of ports which electrical loads are electrically connected. This information can be used by, for instance, a user to commission the electrical loads. For example, if the locations of the power conductors, which are electrically connected to certain groups of ports, are known, the information about which electrical loads are connected to which groups of ports can be used for determining the location of the respective electrical load.
US09912463B2
In a wireless network, full duplex communication is established using a half-duplex mechanism. During a full duplex communication opportunity, a first quantum of data is transmitted from a first station to a second station and a second quantum of data is received by the first station from the second station. The full duplex transmission opportunity is implicitly or explicitly established and ended using a transmission mechanism understood by half duplex wireless stations.
US09912462B2
Apparatuses, computer readable media, and methods for extending a long-training field are disclosed. An apparatus of a high-efficiency (HE) wireless local-area network (HEW) device is disclosed. The apparatus including transceiver circuitry and processing circuitry configure to determine if a HE long training field (HE-LTF) portion of a HE physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (HE-PPDU) is to be extended, and if the HE-LTF portion is to be extended, configure the HE-LTF portion to use a longer symbol duration, or one or more additional HE-LTFs. The transceiver circuitry and processing circuitry configure also to transmit the HE-PPDU in accordance with orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA). An apparatus of a HEW device includes circuitry configured to receive a HE-LTF portion of a HE-PPDU, determine if the HE-LTF portion of the HE-PPDU is extended, and if the HE-PPDU portion is extended, use the extended portion to improve channel estimates.
US09912454B2
An information handling system may include a processor, a network interface communicatively coupled to the processor, a storage resource communicatively coupled to the processor, and a basic input/output system (BIOS). The BIOS may be configured to, during a pre-boot environment of the information handling system: receive a datagram at the network interface from a network communicatively coupled to the network interface; determine if a variable is set within a header of the datagram indicating that a data payload of the datagram is to be bypassed by at least a portion of a network stack and a storage stack of the BIOS; and responsive to determining the variable is set, bypass the data payload by at least a portion of the network stack and the storage stack of the BIOS.
US09912452B2
This disclosure describes methods, apparatus, and systems related to a high efficiency signal field encoding structure. A device may determine a communications channel having a bandwidth of a frequency band. The device may determine a first group of subchannels of the bandwidth and a second group of subchannels of the bandwidth. The device may determine a high-efficiency signal field to be transmitted on the communications channel to a first device. The device may encode the high-efficiency signal field using the first group of subchannels and the second group of subchannels. The device may cause to send the high-efficiency signal field to the first device.
US09912450B2
A mobile telecommunications system including mobile terminals of first type and second type configured to transmit uplink data to a network over a radio interface using plural sub-carriers. The mobile terminals of first type configured to transmit uplink data on a first group of the sub-carriers over a first bandwidth and the mobile terminals of second type configured to transmit uplink data on a second group of the sub-carriers within the first group of sub-carrier over a second bandwidth smaller than the first bandwidth. The mobile terminals of first type transmit random access request messages to a base station of the network requesting uplink radio resources on a first random access channel. The mobile terminals of second type transmit random access request messages to the base station of the network requesting uplink radio resources on a second random access channel on sub-carriers within the second sub-carrier group.
US09912429B2
A transmission device includes: a signal receiving part configured to receive a time division multiplexing signal in which a plurality of packets are stored; a separating part configured to separate the plurality of packets from the time division multiplexing signal; an assigning part configured to assign an identifier corresponding to a stored position in the time division multiplexing signal to each of the plurality of packets; and a packet transmitting part configured to transmit at least two packets having different identifiers out of the plurality of packets through a common transmission path.
US09912422B2
A radio broadcast system and method can assist employees in a hydrocarbon field that is compliance monitored using a checkpoint monitor installed therein. A radio transmitter located on the checkpoint monitor is configured to transmit a broadcast signal including a radio program, in a selected radio broadcast band, to be received by a radio device on a vehicle occupied by the employees of the compliance monitored hydrocarbon field. The radio program includes company rules and regulations, safety related information and employee activity status and assignment status information for the hydrocarbon field.
US09912418B2
In some embodiments, an electromagnetic measurement system to perform radio frequency, RF, downlink testing of a device under test, DUT, in a chamber is provided. Exterior to the chamber is an emulator core configured to introduce an impairment in each of at least one transmit signal to produce at least one impaired signal for each of at least one emulated channel. Within the chamber, for each of the at least one emulated channel, an up-converter is configured to up-convert an impaired signal of the emulated channel to produce a radio frequency, RF, signal.
US09912402B2
A direct broadcast satellite (DBS) reception assembly may receive a desired satellite signal and process the desired satellite signal for output to a gateway. The DBS assembly may also receive one or more undesired satellite signals and determine a performance metric of the one or more undesired satellite signals. The elevation angle of the assembly and/or the azimuth angle of the assembly may be adjusted based on the performance metric(s) of the undesired satellite signal(s). The adjusting of the elevation angle and/or the azimuth angle may comprise electronically steering a directivity of a receive radiation pattern of the DBS reception assembly and/or mechanically steering one or more components of the assembly via motors, servos, actuators, MEMS, and/or the like. The performance metric may be received signal strength of the undesired signals, received signal strength of the desired signal, SNR of the desired signal, and/or SNR of the undesired signals.
US09912394B2
A method for transmitting feedback information to a base station at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes receiving a pilot signal from the base station at a first time and a second time, measuring first channel quality at the first time and second channel quality at the second time based on the pilot signal and transmitting the feedback information including information about a variation value between the first channel quality and the second channel quality to the base station.
US09912385B2
Various embodiments provide a contactless circuit arrangement. The contactless circuit arrangement includes at least one antenna, an antenna tuning circuit having a plurality of electrical components, and an energy supply interface which is connected to the antenna tuning circuit in an electrically conductive manner and is intended to supply electrical energy for electrically connecting or disconnecting at least one electrical component of the plurality of electrical components for adapting the antenna tuning circuit to a target frequency.
US09912380B2
A power supply apparatus including a near-field wireless communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a plurality of communication terminals, a power transmission unit that sets a plurality of resonance frequencies to transfer power in a non-contact manner to each of the plurality of communication terminals, and a control unit that determines a priority level of each of the communication terminals based on identification information received from the communication terminals and determines an amount of power transmitted at each of the resonance frequencies based on the determined priority levels.
US09912378B2
A method of performing an operation related to a second device, performed by a first device, via near field wireless communication, and an apparatus therefore. When a signal for wireless communication is received from the second device, the method includes calibrating the strength of the received signal; comparing the strength of the calibrated signal with operation signal information that is a result of calibrating a range of strengths of signals which are for the wireless communication and which are received from the second device moving between a plurality of points set to be within a predetermined distance from the first device; and as a result of the comparison, selectively performing the operation related to the second device.
US09912375B1
Cancellation of alien interference in signals transmitted over communication channels. In one aspect, one or more signals are received at a receiver from a communication link, an alien interference in the received signals is determined based on at least one of the received signals, one or more canceling signals is determined based on the alien interference, and the canceling signals are used to reduce the alien interference in the one or more received signals.
US09912371B2
A self-activated transfer switch is disclosed. The self-activated transfer switch includes a transmit (TX) switch coupled between a TX port and an antenna port. A receive (RX) switch is coupled between the antenna port and an RX port, and RF-to-bias generator circuitry is coupled to the TX port and the antenna port. The RF-to-bias generator circuitry is configured to generate a bias signal to turn off the RX switch and turn on the TX switch when either of a TX signal is provided at the TX port and a jammer signal is received at the antenna port. The bias signal is generated from energy of at least one of the TX signal and the jammer signal. The TX switch is turned off and the RX switch is turned on when the bias signal is not being generated.
US09912363B2
A short-range wireless communication apparatus is disclosed. The short-range wireless communication apparatus comprises: multiple connection devices and a control device. The connection devices are capable of simultaneously connecting multiple communication interfaces to a communication counterparty apparatus to enable sound data transfer. When the control device determines that, in cases where the communication interfaces are communicably connected, there arises a request to start outputting the sound data transferred by one of the communication interfaces, the control device disconnects another one of the communication interfaces while keeping the one of the communication interfaces connected and causes a sound data output device to output the sound data transferred from the communication counterparty apparatus by the one of the communication interfaces.
US09912352B1
Technology is described herein for encoding and decoding numbers. In one aspect, floating point numbers are represented as binary strings. The binary strings may be encoded in a manner such that if one bit flips, the average and maximum distortion in the number that is represented by the binary string is relatively small. In one aspect, 2^n binary strings are ordered across an interval [a, b) in accordance with their Hamming weights. Numbers in the interval may be uniformly quantized into one of 2^n sub-intervals. For example, floating point numbers in the interval [a, b) may be uniformly quantized into 2^n sub-intervals. These 2^n sub-intervals may be mapped to the 2^n binary strings. Thus, the number may be assigned to one of the 2^n binary strings. Doing so may reduce the distortion in the number in the event that there is a bit flip in the assigned binary string.
US09912349B1
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for processing a floating point number matrix, an apparatus and a computer readable storage medium. In embodiments of the present disclosure, the minimum value of the floating point number model matrix and the maximum value of the floating point number model matrix are obtained according to a floating point number model matrix to be compressed, and then, compression processing is performed for the floating point number model matrix to obtain the fixed point number model matrix according to the bit width, the minimum value of the floating point number model matrix and the maximum value of the floating point number model matrix. The compression processing is performed for the floating point number model matrix of the deep learning model by a fixed point method, to obtain the fixed point number model matrix and reduce the storage space and amount of operation of the deep learning model. Meanwhile, the present disclosure proposes a framework for implementing the apparatus in the deep learning network to maximize the deep learning network precision, that is, a multiplication portion of the matrix uses the apparatus, and operations of other portions such as activation function retain the floating point operation.
US09912348B1
A wide bandwidth radio system designed to adapt to various global radio standards and, more particularly, to a radio receiver composed of a demodulator operative to work in a delta sigma mode and a Nyquist mode, and wherein a filter and feedback loop may utilized in response to the modulation mode of an RF signal.
US09912347B2
A successive approximation ADC capable of reducing deterioration in AD conversion accuracy due to noise is provided. An AD converter according to an embodiment includes: a DA converter that generates a comparison voltage based on a sampling value obtained by sampling an analog signal, and a successive approximation control signal; a reference voltage generation circuit that generates a reference voltage used for the successive approximation process; a comparator that compares the comparison voltage with the reference voltage and outputs a successive approximation result; a successive approximation processing unit that generates the successive approximation control signal based on the successive approximation result; and a storage unit that stores an expected value of the AD conversion process. The reference voltage generation circuit generates the reference voltage based on the expected value stored in the storage unit.
US09912345B2
Methods and systems for frequency generation may comprise a circuit with a first input coupled to receive a first satellite signal at a first satellite downlink frequency, a second input coupled to receive a second satellite signal at a second satellite downlink frequency, and a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having an input coupled to receive the first satellite signal. The first ADC may be configured to create a first digital output signal representing the first satellite signal. A second ADC having an input coupled to receive the second satellite signal may be configured to create a second digital output representing the second satellite signal. The circuit may comprise a dielectric resonator oscillator having an output and a clock generator circuit having an input coupled to the oscillator output and configured to output one or more clocks used by the first and second ADCs.
US09912343B1
Various techniques that can provide a capability to background calibrate ADC linearity error, e.g., due to capacitor mismatch drift and other parameter drift, during normal ADC operation in which analog-to-digital signal conversions are ongoing. A method can include grouping capacitors of an ADC into multiple clusters and calibrating under an arbitrary signal condition. To quickly converge the calibration result, the same arbitrary signal can be converted twice, and the capacitor(s) being calibrated can be modulated after first conversion. The difference between the results of the first and second conversions can contain the error information that can be used for calibration, and the signal component can be removed by this process. These techniques can provide improved linearity at 20-bit level and beyond.
US09912340B1
Methods of generating a gradient waveform, gradient waveform generators and magnetic resonance imaging systems are provided. In one aspect, a first digital value is obtained by quantizing and coding spatial position information of a voxel of a subject according to the number of preset quantization bits, wherein the number of the quantization bits are more than the number of allowed input bits for a DAC; a second digital value is determined to be inputted into the DAC according to the first digital value and the number of the allowed input bits for the DAC; a quantization error is determined according to the first digital value and the second digital value; an error accumulating value is updated by accumulating the quantization error to the error accumulation value; the second digital value corrected according to the error accumulation value; and the corrected second digital value is inputted into the DAC.
US09912335B2
Aspects of this disclosure are directed to level-shifting approaches with communications between respective circuits. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments characterized herein, a voltage level of communications passed between respective circuits are selectively shifted. Where the respective circuits operate under respective power domains that are shifted in voltage range relative to one another, the voltage level of the communications is shifted. This approach may, for example, facilitate power-savings for stacked circuits in which a low-level voltage of one circuit is provided as a high-level voltage for another circuit. When the respective circuits operate under a common power domain, the communications are passed directly between the respective circuits (e.g., bypassing any level-shifting, and facilitating fast communication).
US09912330B2
A circuit for controlling a collector current of a substrate bipolar junction transistor (BJT) is provided. The circuit includes a first current mirror configured to generate a first mirroring base current corresponding to a replicate current of a base current of the substrate BJT, a current transmitter configured to transmit the first mirroring base current, a second current mirror configured to generate a second mirroring base current corresponding to a replicate current of the first mirroring base current received from the current transmitter and configured to supply the second mirroring base current to an emitter of the substrate BJT, and a current source configured to supply a drive current corresponding to a collector current of the substrate BJT to the emitter of the substrate BJT.
US09912329B2
A semiconductor device includes a high side driver, in which the high side driver has an output transistor configured to supply a power voltage to an output terminal based on a driving voltage applied to a gate electrode of the output transistor; a short circuit transistor configured to couple the gate electrode of the output transistor with the output terminal; and a switch transistor connected in series between the gate electrode of the output transistor and a drain electrode of the short circuit transistor. The switch transistor is controlled by a back gate of the switch transistor.
US09912321B2
Provided is a data output circuit including: a control code generation unit suitable for generating a control code; and a driving unit suitable for driving an output pad with driving power determined by the control code in response to a data signal, wherein the control code generation unit generates an initial value of the control code in an initialization section, a calibration value of the control code in a calibration section, and a blocking value of the control code before the initialization section, wherein the calibration value is adjusted by a calibration operation in the calibration section, and wherein the driving unit is blocked by the blocking value.
US09912320B2
An exponentially-scaling switched impedance circuit includes: two or more impedance scaling circuits, wherein each impedance scaling circuit comprises: an input port; an output port; and a switched impedance circuit connected in parallel to the output port. Each impedance scaling circuit is configured to provide an effective impedance at the input port corresponding to a scaled-down version of the exponentially-scaling switched impedance circuit. The two or more impedance scaling circuits are connected in a cascade such that an input of an impedance scaling circuit is connected to an output of a previous impedance scaling circuit and/or an output of the impedance scaling circuit is connected to an input of a next impedance scaling circuit.
US09912318B2
In a filter device, first and second filter sections are connected in parallel between an input terminal and an output terminal. The first filter section is a longitudinally coupled resonator-type elastic wave filter including first and second inter-stage wiring lines with a two-stage cascading connection. The second filter section is a longitudinally coupled resonator-type elastic wave filter including third and fourth inter-stage wiring lines with a two-stage cascading connection. The phases of signals flowing in the third inter-stage wiring line and the second inter-stage wiring line are inverse. Terminal portions of an interdigital transducer electrode connected to the second inter-stage wiring line and an interdigital transducer electrode connected to the third inter-stage wiring line that are connected to a potential that is not a hot-side potential are connected by a virtual ground wiring line. A hot-side wiring portion that is adjacent to the virtual ground wiring line is disposed on an insulating film provided on the piezoelectric substrate.
US09912316B1
A mechanical hub is provided. The mechanical hub is attachable to a cable and includes an outer shell and tiles. The outer shell surrounds the cable. The tiles are spaced to surround the circumference of the cable. The tiles may be positioned between the outer shell and the cable such that a translation of the outer shell alters the distance between the tiles and the cable. The mechanical hub may improve signals that are transmitted over segments of a cable that have degraded signal quality.
US09912311B2
Provided is a reconfigurable amplifier. The reconfigurable amplifier includes a gain circuit including a gain path configured to amplify an input signal, and a feed forward circuit including a feed forward path configured to receive the input signal and perform feed forward compensation on the input signal, and a first control circuit configured to perform the feed forward compensation in a first mode by activating the feed forward path, and deactivate the feed forward path in a second mode different from the first mode.
US09912304B2
A two-input amplifier is disclosed. The amplifier can include an amplification path for a first input signal that can have adjustable flatness or high-frequency peaking, and an amplification path for a second input that can be substantially independent of the frequency-shaping aspect of the first-input path. The first-input amplification path can include an operational amplifier as an active device and a plurality of passive elements for frequency shaping. The second-input amplification path can include a device that injects its output current into a node of the first path. The signals of the two paths can be combined and appear substantially independently of each other at the output of the amplifier.
US09912293B2
A sub-harmonic mixer two or more cascaded stages for converting a Radio Frequency signal to an Intermediate Frequency signal. Each stage comprises a common-emitter transistor or a common-source transistor and each stage having an input and an output, the output of each stage is coupled to the input of a next stage by a capacitor. An Alternating Current choke is coupled at a collector or drain of each transistor. An LO input is coupled to the input of a first stage of the two or more stages; an RF input is coupled to the output of the first stage of the two or more stages; and an IF output is coupled to the output of a last stage of the two or more stages.
US09912278B2
In one embodiment, a control circuit for a linear vibration motor may be configured to drive the linear vibration motor to vibrate using a closed loop run mode or an open loop run mode, and may be configured to control the linear vibration motor to stop vibrating using an anti-drive signal wherein the frequency is adjusted to be near to an estimated value of the natural frequency of the linear vibration motor.
US09912276B2
In one embodiment, a control circuit for a linear vibration motor may be configured to drive the linear vibration motor to vibrate using a closed loop run mode followed by an open loop run mode, and may be configured to control the linear vibration motor to stop vibrating using an anti-drive signal wherein the frequency is adjusted to be near to an estimated value of the natural frequency of the linear vibration motor.
US09912275B2
A method of normalizing phase measurements for a motor using a normalizing phase measurements (NPM) algorithm that a processor implements to cause a motor controller coupled to stator terminals of the phases to execute forcing a set of input current or voltage vectors (set of input vectors) including repeating the forcing after rotating the rotor through a full mechanical cycle to generate resulting current or voltage samples (resulting samples) of non-normalized phase A and phase B waveforms. The magnitude of the input vectors are sufficiently small to not move the rotor. A maximum value (x_max) and a minimum value (x_min) are determined for each of the non-normalized phase A and phase B waveforms. An offset value and normalization scale factor (NSF) are determined from the max and min values. The offsets and NSFs are applied to the non-normalized phase waveforms to generate normalized phase A and phase B waveforms.
US09912271B2
The present invention provides a linear actuator including a motor; a linear driving unit coupled to the motor and including a magnet; a sensor unit configured to sense a change amount of magnetic flux depending on a position of the magnet and convert the sensed change amount of magnetic flux into measured voltage data; a data unit in which reference voltage data corresponding to the change amount of magnetic flux depending on a position of the magnet is stored; and a judging unit configured to compare the reference voltage data with the measured voltage data at the corresponding position of the magnet. The present invention is advantageous in that, by compensation-controlling a position of the motor, feedback control may be performed in the step motor to secure performance of the product to which the present invention is applied.
US09912266B2
A method and system of reducing/eliminating ripple in an electric motor. An electric parameter, such as current is sensed in an input electric signal. Ripple is detected in the signal using one or more current sensors and a discrete Fourier transform calculation. Ripple is reduced by adjusting the electric signal being sent from a drive control to an electric motor, using a closed-loop configuration. The electric motor might be a regenerative electric motor that is configured to sink or supply electricity to a power grid.
US09912264B2
A system and method for limiting the vibration of an electric motor so as to avoid situations in which extreme vibration may result in damage to the motor or other equipment. A motor control subsystem runs the motor in accordance with a command specifying a speed or torque. A vibration sensor, such as a three-axis accelerometer, senses a vibration of the electric motor, or, alternatively, software indirectly detects the vibration based on phase or torque ripple. Such vibration may be caused by, e.g., a broken fan blade or an accumulation of snow or ice. A control element receives data regarding the vibration, determines whether the vibration exceeds a pre-determined limit, and if so, takes action to reduce the vibration of the electric motor below the pre-determined limit. Such action may involve slowing or stopping the motor, thereby avoiding damage, increasing reliability, and reducing cost.
US09912263B2
A control system for a refrigeration system motor includes an angle determination module that generates an output rotor angle indicating a desired angle of a rotor of the motor. A control module controls the motor based on the output rotor angle. An estimator module determines an estimated rotor angle. A transition module generates a transition signal in response to convergence of the estimator module. Upon startup, the angle determination module generates the output rotor angle based on a first rotor angle. Upon generation of the transition signal, the angle determination module generates the output rotor angle based on the first rotor angle and the estimated rotor angle. After generation of the transition signal, the angle determination module reduces a contribution of the first rotor angle to the output rotor angle over time until the output rotor angle is based on the estimated rotor angle independent of the first rotor angle.
US09912257B2
A micro machine may be in or less than the micrometer domain. The micro machine may include a micro actuator and a micro shaft coupled to the micro actuator. The micro shaft is operable to be driven by the micro actuator. A tool is coupled to the micro shaft and is operable to perform work in response to at least motion of the micro shaft.
US09912248B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a power module having high reliability. The power module according to the present invention, includes a circuit body and a case housing the circuit body. The case has a first case member including a first base plate and a second case member including a second base plate. The first case member has a first side wall portion formed in an arrangement direction of the first base plate and the second base plate. The second case member has a second side wall portion formed in the arrangement direction, the second side wall portion coupling to the first side wall portion. The first side wall portion and the second side wall portion are formed so as to have the sum of lengths of the first side wall portion and the second side wall portion in the arrangement direction smaller than the thickness of the circuit body. The first case member has a deforming portion smaller than the first base plate and the second base plate in rigidity.
US09912244B2
Control method and circuit for resonant converters with capacitive protection. When a resonant converter enters into a capacitive mode, a high-side switch and a low-side switch of the resonant converter are turned off. After the high-side switch and a low-side switch are turned off for N switching cycles, the high-side switch is turned on once a current sense signal flowing through a resonant inductor of the resonant converter is increased to a zero-crossing threshold during an ascent stage of the current sense signal, and the low-side switch is turned on once the current sense signal is decreased to the zero-crossing threshold during a descent stage of the current sense signal.
US09912241B2
In some embodiments, a power system includes an integrated circuit (IC). The IC includes a first switching transistor having a load path coupled between a sensing terminal of the IC and a first terminal of the IC. The first terminal of the IC is configured to be coupled to a first load path terminal of a second switching transistor. The IC also includes a first diode coupled between the first terminal of the IC and a second terminal of the IC. The second terminal is configured to be coupled to an auxiliary winding of the power system. The IC further includes a first driver circuit having an output coupled to a third terminal of the IC. The third terminal is configured to be coupled to a control node of the second switching transistor.
US09912239B2
A power supply includes a DC-DC converter, a boost converter, an energy storage element; and a voltage clamping circuit. The DC-DC converter is connected to a power source with an output voltage in a first voltage range. The voltage clamper circuit is configured to discharge at least a portion of energy of the energy storage element and to produce current at a clamped output voltage range that is substantially equal to the first voltage range. The discharged energy provides hold-up time for the power supply.
US09912203B2
An axial-flux electric machine with a winding rotor comprises a stator section and a rotor section, both developing around and axis. The rotor section comprises a rotor, which, in turn, comprises a toroidal rotor core made of a ferromagnetic material and a plurality of windings and of teeth, which are angularly distributed on the rotor core in an alternated configuration. The teeth have, on at least one lateral surface of theirs, a shaped profile defining at least one holding surface, which is such as to cooperate with a resin matrix, which is suited to steadily lock the teeth on the rotor core.
US09912194B2
Disclosed is a wireless power apparatus to repeat power between a wireless power transmitter and a wireless power receiver. The wireless power apparatus includes a resonant coil resonance-coupled with the wireless power transmitter to wirelessly repeat the power, an induction coil for transferring, to a load, a power generated through coupling the induction coil with the resonant coil and a detecting unit for detecting an existence of the wireless power receiver, wherein the wireless power apparatus operates in one mode of a power reception and a power repeat mode according to a result of a detection of the wireless power receiver, wherein the power reception mode is supplying the power to the load and the power repeat mode is transferring the power the wire-less power receiver.
US09912192B2
Methods and systems for managing, tracking, and displaying power usage information in connection with colocation datacenters are described. In particular, one or more current transformers determine an amount of current associated with breaker positions of a breaker panel. The current readings may then be used to construct one or more virtual circuits. Access to the current and power readings associated with the virtual circuit is provided to clients via a communication network. Additionally, the current readings may be utilized to track actual current and/or power use in conjunction with one or more client allocated amounts of power.
US09912189B2
Methods, systems, and products charge a battery in a mobile device. A calendric pattern describes habitual usage of the mobile device. The battery may thus be charged based on the calendric pattern.
US09912186B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that manages use of a battery corresponding to a high-voltage lithium-polymer battery in a portable electronic device. During operation, the system monitors a cycle number of the battery during use of the battery with the portable electronic device, wherein the cycle number corresponds to a number of charge-discharge cycles of the battery. If the cycle number exceeds one or more cycle number thresholds, the system modifies a charging technique for the battery to manage swelling in the battery and use of the battery with the portable electronic device.
US09912174B2
A system for transmission of at least power using inductive wireless coupling includes an environmentally sealed dongle and a mounting component which releasably mates with the dongle. The dongle is sized for use with one hand, and may be coupled by an umbilical to either a garment of the user or to a vehicle structure for example a seat, in which case the mounting component is coupled to the vehicle structure or to the garment respectively. The dongle and the mounting component include first and second inductive coils respectively and corresponding ferrite cores. The coils are positioned within the dongle and mounting component so that they are aligned for their inductive coupling when the dongle and mounting component are mated. The positioning and alignment of the coils provides a substantially closed magnetic path between the coils. The mounting component may be a receptacle.
US09912169B2
A wireless power supply device, which supplies electric power to a movable body by causing an end surface of a power supply coil that is provided in an electric power supply space to face a power receiving coil that is provided in the movable body, and by electromagnetically coupling the power supply coil with the power receiving coil, includes a position setting member configured to set the end surface of the power supply coil in a vertical position in a state of not detecting entry of the movable body into the electric power supply space, and to cause a position of the end surface of the power supply coil to change from the vertical position to a horizontal position upon detecting entry of the movable body into the electric power supply space.
US09912166B2
A remote device in accordance with the present invention includes an adaptive power receiver that receives wireless power from the wireless power supply by induction. The adaptive power receiver may be switched among two or more modes of operation, including, for example, a high-Q mode and a low-Q mode. By controlling the switching between modes, the amount of energy received by the adaptive receiver may be controlled. This control is a form of adaptive resonance control or Q control.
US09912165B2
Systems and techniques are provided for a power receiver circuit. A power generating mechanism may include power generating elements that may generate alternating current signals. Rectifier circuit may include rectifiers that may generate a direct current signal from an alternating current signal, and diodes. Group circuits that may connect groups of rectifier circuits in electrical circuits to combine the direct current signals from the rectifier circuits in a group into a single direct current signal. A step down converter may be connected to the group circuits. The step down converter may convert a direct current signal to a direct current signal of a target voltage level. An output switch may be connected to the step down converter. A linear regulator may be connected to the step down converter. A microcontroller may be connected to the linear regulator and the output switch and may control the output switch.
US09912155B2
Devices (1) for controlling gates (21-24) arranged to control amounts of power to be supplied to loads (51-54) via cables (2) may comprise receivers (11) for receiving requesting signals from the gates (21-24), analyzers (12) for analyzing requests defined by the requesting signals in view of available cable power capacities, generators (13) for in response to analysis results generating instructions for the gates (21-24) and transmitters for transmitting instructing signals defining the instructions to the gates (21-24). The analyzers (12) may analyze the requests in view of load-information comprising steady-state-information/transient-state-information. The devices (1) may comprise communicators (15) for communication with auxiliary converters (31-33) coupled to auxiliary sources (41-43) such as batteries (41) and solar panels (42, 43) and may comprise predictors (16) for predicting the available cable power capacities. The improved devices (1) are no longer informed afterwards by the gates (21-24) but are informed beforehand by the gates (21-24) and control these gates (21-24) in response to the analysis results.
US09912138B2
A waterproof structure for a portable terminal including a flexible printed circuit (FPC) extending outside of a first housing of a pair of housings from inside the first housing and arranged inside of a second housing of the pair of housings. A wiring hole is formed in each housing to provide a path allowing passage of the FPC therethrough. A waterproof member provided in the wiring hole substantially contacts at least inner walls of the housings and an outer circumferential surface of the FPC to prevent movement of the FPC. An outer circumferential surface of the waterproof member substantially contacts a circumference of an inlet of the wiring hole or an inner wall of the wiring hole. The waterproof member is provided between the housing of the portable terminal and the FPC improving a waterproof function and preventing moisture or water from being introduced into the housing of the terminal.
US09912137B2
A multilayer composite structure with integrated fastener-to-conductive layer surface lightning protection interconnection employs a conductive layer with an inner surface and a plurality of chamfered recesses forming countersinks in an outer surface. A carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) composite layer is disposed on the inner surface of the conductive layer and conforms to the surface shape. A plurality of holes extend through the plurality of chamfered recesses in the conductive layer and the adjoining CFRP composite layer in a manner such that the conductive layer defines a countersink portion extending into the openings of the plurality of holes. The chamfered recesses in the conductive layer provides an electrically conductive surface area that contacts conductive countersunk fasteners installed within the plurality of holes to enable current sharing between groups of neighboring fasteners.
US09912121B2
A device includes one or more reflector components. Each reflector component comprises layer pairs of epitaxially grown reflective layers and layers of a non-epitaxial material, such as air. Vias extend through at least some of the layers of the reflector components. The device may include a light emitting layer.
US09912112B1
A height-adjustable table comprising a worktop having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end and an opposite second end. The table has a first adjustable leg having an upper end and a lower end wherein the upper end is attached to the bottom surface of the worktop, a first base member attached to the lower end of the first adjustable leg, a second adjustable leg having an upper end and a lower end wherein the upper end of the second adjustable leg is attached to the bottom surface of the worktop, and a second base member attached to the lower end of the second adjustable leg. The adjustable legs allow the height of the worktop to be increased or decreased. The table has an electrical power center attached to the bottom surface of the worktop. The electrical power center moves with the worktop as the height of the worktop is adjusted. The power center has a housing, a pair of electrical interface connectors mounted to the housing and electrically connected to each other, and at least one electrical power source receptacle that is electrically connected to the pair of electrical interface connectors. The table also has a first power cable having first and second electrical interface connectors, wherein the first electrical interface connector of the first power cable is electrically connected to one of the pair of the electrical interface connectors of the power center. The table also has a first bracket attached to the bottom surface of the worktop. The first bracket secures the second electrical interface connector of the first power cable to the bottom surface of the worktop. The table includes a second power cable having first and second electrical interface connectors. The first electrical interface connector of the second power cable is electrically connected to the other one of the pair of electrical interface connectors of the power center. The table also includes a second bracket attached to the bottom surface of the worktop. The second bracket secures the second electrical interface connector of the second power cable to the bottom surface of the worktop.
US09912108B2
An electrical connector is disclosed. The electrical connector comprises a housing and an attachment block disposed on the housing. The attachment block has a first end, an opposite second end, a first truncated conical portion having an outer radius continuously increasing from the first end toward the second end, and a second truncated conical portion having an outer radius continuously increasing from the second end toward the first end.
US09912101B1
A connector includes a first housing, a second housing, a mate assist slider, and a cam gear. The first-housing has a first outer surface. The second housing is configured to mate with the first housing, and the second housing includes a pin extending from a second outer surface. The connector also includes a mate assist slider moveable from an unmated position to a mated position. The connector also includes a cam gear mounted to the first outer surface. The cam gear moves in response to a movement of the mate-assist-slider from the unmated position to the mated position. The cam gear has a cam slot with an inertial detent. A vibratory feedback is provided to an assembler indicative of a properly positioned connector housing when the pin is moved past the inertial detent.
US09912098B2
A connector (10) includes a housing (20) having a wire pull-out surface (27), and wires (500) are pulled out from the wire pull-out surface (27). The housing (20) also has an outer peripheral surface (28) arranged to intersect with the wire pull-out surface (27). A wire cover (60), including a cover main body (61), is mounted on the housing (20) and is arranged to cover the wire pull-out surface (27) of the housing (20) while having the wires (500) arranged inside. A fitting tube (63) is connected integrally to the cover main body (61). The fitting tube (63) covers the outer peripheral surface (28) of the housing (20) and is held in a state where rotation about an axis extending in a fitting direction of the fitting tube (63) is regulated.
US09912089B2
An electrical connector is disclosed having a terminal housing, a female terminal, and a holding protrusion. The female terminal is positioned in the terminal housing and has a terminal body into which a complementary male terminal may be inserted and extracted. The holding protrusion projects from the terminal body in a direction orthogonal to inserting and extracting directions, and is press-fitted in the terminal receiving terminal housing.
US09912086B2
An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector, a printed circuit board, and an electrical device. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a tongue portion, a number of first contacts and second contacts, and a shielding shell. The tongue portion has an exposed part exposed from a front edge of the shielding shell to receive in a mating hole of the electrical device. The electrical device has an installing portion assembling the electrical connector. The electrical connector is mated with a mating connector through the mating hole, the exposed part of the tongue portion is received in the mating hole of electrical device, and the electrical connector except the exposed part is exposed our of the installing portion of the electrical device.
US09912085B2
The invention relates to a module interface with a device-side connector provided on an electronic module with a number of contact elements. They are designed to form a plug-type connection with several corresponding plug-type connectors with different numbers of contact elements.
US09912083B2
A communication plug including a substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing side surfaces and opposing end surfaces, a grounding plane in the substrate, a grounding strip on a side surface of the substrate in electrical communication with the grounding plane, where the grounding strip is electrically connected to the ground plane in the substrate.
US09912078B2
The invention provides an antenna arrangement having an operating frequency band with a mean wavelength λ and comprising at least two columns of antenna elements with at least two antenna elements in each column. Each column of antenna elements extends above a separate elongated column ground plane with a column separation defined as a distance between mid-points of neighbouring column ground planes. The antenna elements in each column are located along a column axis pointing in a longitudinal direction of the column ground plane wherein all column separations are below 0.9λ and wherein a parasitic element extends above at least one antenna element in each column. Parameters of the parasitic element are adapted for proper excitation thus achieving a reduced beamwidth for each of said columns of antennas. The invention also provides a method to manufacture the antenna arrangement.
US09912074B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for forming an antenna array are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed method involves determining at least one coprime moduli set based upon a differential phase gain requirement and a differential phase range requirement for the antenna array. The method further involves producing at least one configuration for relative spacing of antenna elements of the antenna array by using at least one coprime moduli set. Also, the method involves choosing one of configurations for the antenna array to employ by evaluating a resultant gain and an unambiguous angle of arrival (AOA) for each of the configurations. Further, the method involves determining the absolute spacing of the antenna elements of the antenna array for the chosen configuration for the antenna array according to a wavelength requirement for the antenna array.
US09912065B2
A dipole antenna module and an electronic apparatus include an antenna element, a power feeder formed at an end of the antenna element and connected to a circuit board to process an antenna signal through a cable, and a ground part to ground a ground of the cable such that the ground part keeps a preset gap from the antenna element and is grounded to a conductor of the circuit board.
US09912063B2
One embodiment discloses an antenna structure. An antenna structure comprises: a transmit antenna element comprising a plurality of transmit antenna sub-elements; a receive antenna element comprising a plurality of receive antenna sub-elements, wherein the transmit antenna element and the receive antenna element are orthogonally-polarized with respect to each other; a ground plane defining a reflector for the antenna structure; at least one electronic component coupled with the ground plane, the at least one electronic component comprising: a transmit balanced to unbalanced (BALUN) circuit configured to split a transmit signal from a transmitter into two balanced transmit signals, wherein the plurality of transmit antenna sub-elements are coupled to the transmit BALUN; and a receive BALUN circuit configured to combine feeds from the plurality of receive antenna sub-elements into a receive single output to a receiver.
US09912033B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupler including a receiving portion that receives a first electromagnetic wave conveying first data from a transmitting device. A guiding portion guides the first electromagnetic wave to a junction for coupling the first electromagnetic wave to a transmission medium. The first electromagnetic wave propagates via at least one first guided wave mode. The coupling of the first electromagnetic wave to the transmission medium forms a second electromagnetic wave that is guided to propagate along the outer surface of the transmission medium via at least one second guided wave mode that differs from the at least one first guided wave mode. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09912032B2
A waveguide assembly for propagating electromagnetic signals along a defined path includes a conductive waveguide and a dielectric waveguide. The conductive waveguide includes two side walls that extend parallel to each other between first and second ends of the conductive waveguide. A channel is defined between the two side walls. The dielectric waveguide includes a cladding formed of a first dielectric material. The cladding defines a core region therethrough that is filled with a second dielectric material different than the first dielectric material. A mating end of the dielectric waveguide is received in the channel at the first end of the conductive waveguide to electromagnetically connect the dielectric waveguide to the conductive waveguide. A remainder of the dielectric waveguide is exterior of the conductive waveguide and extends away from the conductive waveguide.
US09912030B2
A dielectric waveguide for propagating electromagnetic signals includes a cladding and an electrically conductive shield. The cladding has a body composed of a first dielectric material. The body defines a core region therethrough that is filled with a second dielectric material different than the first dielectric material. The cladding further includes at least two ribs extending from an outer surface of the body to distal ends. The shield engages the distal ends of the ribs and peripherally surrounds the cladding such that air gaps are defined radially between the outer surface of the body and an interior surface of the shield.
US09912028B2
A wide band radio frequency (RF) circulator is presented. The RF circulator includes at least one stage having four ports, a first end, and a second end, wherein a first port and a third port are connected at the first end of the at least one stage, wherein a second port and a fourth port are connected at the second end of the at least one stage, wherein each of the at least one stage includes a pair of couplers connected through a first delay line and a second delay line, thereby forming a network of couplers in the at least one stage.
US09912026B2
A tunable filter element comprises a resonator unit that defines a longitudinal axis, the resonator unit includes an inner conducting portion defining an inner shorting end along the longitudinal axis and an inner capacitive end opposing the inner shorting end, an outer conducting portion arranged around the inner conductor defining an outer shorting end along the longitudinal axis and an outer capacitive end opposite to the outer shorting end. The inner and the outer conductors maintain an annular gap there-between, and are coupled to form a shorting end at one end and a capacitive end at the other. The filter element further comprises a ferrite insert disposed between the inner and the outer conducting portions and substantially filling the annular gap, the ferrite insert being configured to receive a bias magnetic field in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis.
US09912013B2
Secondary batteries capable of improving cycle characteristics are provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. A separator provided between the cathode and the anode is impregnated with the electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution contains a solvent and an electrolyte salt. The solvent contains a cyclic compound having a disulfonic acid anhydride group (—S(═O)2-O—S(═O)2-) and at least one of a nitrile compound. Compared to a case that the solvent does not contain both the cyclic compound having the disulfonic acid anhydride group and succinonitrile or a case that that the solvent contains at least one thereof, chemical stability of the electrolytic solution is improved. Thus, even if charge and discharge are repeated, electrolytic solution decomposition is inhibited.
US09912011B1
Described herein are additives for use in electrolytes that provide a number of desirable characteristics when implemented within batteries, such as high capacity retention during battery cycling at high temperatures. In some embodiments, a high temperature electrolyte includes a base electrolyte and one or more polymer additives, which impart these desirable performance characteristics.
US09912008B2
An electrical energy storage device 20 is disclosed as a secondary battery device 22 having an anode 28 containing Aluminum and Indium and a cathode 38 that includes an electroactive layer 42 with a host lattice 44 having a conjugated system with delocalized π electrons. A dopant 48 containing Aluminum is bonded with and intercalated in the host lattice 44. A membrane 34 of cellulose is wetted with a non-aqueous electrolyte 24 containing glycerol and first ions 26 containing Aluminum and having a positive charge and second ions 27 containing Aluminum and having a negative charge, and is sandwiched between the anode 28 and the cathode 38. A method for constructing a secondary battery device 22 is disclosed as well, including steps for producing the electrolyte 24, the anode 28, and the cathode 38 including the dopant 48.
US09911997B2
A fuel cell stack 5 adapted for an electrochemical reaction of a fuel gas to generate an electric power is provided with a working point measuring section 51 for measuring a generation voltage and a generation current of the fuel cell stack 5, and connected to a controller 7 including an output characteristic map memory 72 for storing output characteristics of the fuel cell stack 5, and a potential output power estimator 71 for estimating a potential output power of the fuel cell stack 5 based on a combination of a current generation voltage VO and a current generation current IO measured by the working point measuring section 51 and pieces of information stored in the output characteristic map memory 72.
US09911991B2
Disclosed herein is an air shut-off valve for a fuel cell system that can completely close an air passage (11) communicating with a cathode of a fuel cell stack, even though a butterfly-type valve is employed, upon the halt of operation of the fuel cell system, thereby greatly improving the durability of the fuel cell stack.
US09911987B2
A fuel cell stack (1) includes a plurality of stacked power generation cells (3), a heat exchange unit (7) provided between adjacent two of the power generation cells, a fuel gas supply path arranged to supply the power generation cells with a fuel gas, and an oxidant gas supply path (3, 7, 33, 34, 38) arranged to supply the power generation cells with an oxidant gas, wherein the fuel gas supply path includes in series a first path (7, 31) passing through the heat exchange unit (7), a second path (3, 32, 35, 37) passing through some of the plurality of power generation cells (3) in parallel, and a third path (3, 32, 36) passing through the other power generation cells in parallel.
US09911986B2
A manufacturing method for manufacturing a fuel cell separator assembly includes a joining step for bringing opposing projections of uneven portions of separators into contact with each other through use of pressing members to join the projections through use of a welding robot. In the joining step, an elastic member is interposed between the pressing members and at least one of first and second separators so that a pressing force from the pressing members is imparted to the first and second separators. In this way, the opposing projections are brought into contact with each other by elastic deformation of the elastic member.
US09911984B2
Semi-solid electrolyte compositions are disclosed. The semi-solid electrolyte compositions contain a glyme or mixture of glymes, a lithium salt(s), and a polymeric complexing agent(s).
US09911983B2
A fuel cell electrode catalyst including an active complex including a cerium (Ce)-nitrogen (N) bond and having an oxygen reduction activity. Also, a method of preparing a fuel cell electrode catalyst, the method including providing a pre-catalyst including a pre-active complex having a cerium-oxygen bond; and thermally treating the pre-catalyst in the presence of a nitrogen-containing material at a temperature of from about 700° C. to about 2000° C. to prepare the electrode catalyst, the electrode catalyst including an active complex comprising a cerium-nitrogen bond. Also a fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly, the membrane-electrode assembly including: a cathode; an anode disposed opposite to the cathode; and an electrolyte membrane disposed between the cathode and the anode, at least one of the anode and the cathode including the fuel cell electrode catalyst.
US09911979B2
A binder for a battery including polymethyl methacrylate particles and a binder polymer is disclosed. Additionally, a binder composition, and an anode and a lithium battery which include the binder are also disclosed.
US09911977B2
Disclosed herein is a cathode active material including a lithium manganese oxide, in which the lithium manganese oxide has a spinel structure with a predetermined constitutional composition represented by Formula 1 described in the detailed description, wherein a conductive material is applied to the surface of lithium manganese oxide particles, so as to exhibit charge-discharge properties in the range of 2.5 to 3.5V as well as in the 4V region.
US09911975B2
The present application relates to a carbon nanotube-sulfur composite including a carbon nanotube aggregate, and a method for preparing the same.
US09911964B2
An auxiliary power storage device for an electric device installed in a vehicle, is connectable to a battery for the electric device in parallel to supply power to a vehicle load installed in the vehicle, and the auxiliary power storage device comprises a power storage portion and a housing case storing the power storage portion, and further the hosing case comprises a hole portion fitted to a terminal portion of the power storage portion, a mountain-shaped projecting portion integrally formed on a wall surface standing from a peripheral portion of the hole portion for preventing a liquid drop flowing down along the wall surface from intruding into the hole portion, and a projecting portion integrally formed along the peripheral portion of the hole portion for preventing a liquid drop from intruding into the hole portion from the peripheral portion of the hole portion.
US09911962B2
A secondary battery includes a case having an opening therein, a cap plate attached to the case, a plurality of electrode assemblies in the case, each electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, and uncoated edges of the positive and negative electrode plates extending out of each electrode assembly defining electrodes, an electrode terminal protruding outside the cap plate, a gasket covering the electrode terminal, an electrode current collector electrically connecting the electrode assemblies and the electrode terminal, a retainer between the electrode current collector and the case, the retainer being connected to the electrode assemblies, and a damper on a front side of the retainer that faces the electrode assemblies, the damper extending to be positioned between the electrodes of adjacent electrode assemblies.
US09911961B2
An energy storage apparatus includes: an energy storage device including an electrode terminal; an outer housing containing the energy storage device; a first outer electrode attached to an outside of the outer housing; an electrical device disposed inside the outer housing; a first electrical conductor electrically connecting the first outer electrode and the electrical device; and a second electrical conductor electrically connecting the electrical device and the electrode terminal. The electrode terminal and the first outer electrode are disposed on opposite sides of the electrical device in a plane along a surface of the energy storage device.
US09911960B2
A multilayer porous membrane comprising a porous membrane containing a polyolefin resin as a main component; and a porous layer containing an inorganic filler and a resin binder and laminated on at least one surface of the porous membrane; wherein the porous membrane has an average pore size d=0.035 to 0.060 μm, a tortuosity τa=1.1 to 1.7, and the number B of pores=100 to 500 pores/μm2, which are calculated by a gas-liquid method, and the porous membrane has a membrane thickness L=5 to 22 μm.
US09911958B2
Disclosed is a separator containing a porous polymer substrate and an inorganic particle layer formed on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate, and the separator has increased insolubility for an electrolyte and enhanced dimensional stability at high temperatures, therefore, short circuit between a cathode and an anode may be suppressed even when an electrochemical device is overheated, and high temperature cycle characteristics of the electrochemical device are enhanced. In addition, discharge characteristics are improved due to an ion conductance enhancement, since the impregnation of the separator for the electrolyte increases. Therefore, the separator according to the present invention is suited for electrochemical devices that require heat resistance, in particular, for lithium secondary batteries for electric vehicles, since, while the separator according to the present invention has excellent heat resistance, an electrochemical device that includes the separator gives equal performance in electrochemical properties when compared to existing separators.
US09911957B2
A composite membrane including ion conductive inorganic particles; and a polymer layer, wherein the ion conductive inorganic particles penetrate the polymer layer. Also, a preparation method thereof, and a lithium-air battery including the composite membrane.
US09911956B2
A polyolefin microporous membrane includes a polyethylene composition, and 0.5% or more but less than 5% by mass of polypropylene, wherein the polyethylene composition includes polyethylene having a mass average molecular weight of 2.5×105 to 5×105 and ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene having a mass average molecular weight of 1×106 to 3×106 in an amount of more than 5% by mass and not more than 50% by mass based on 100% by mass of polyethylene composition and has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 5.0 to 300, and the polyolefin microporous membrane has an injection of electrolyte of 20 seconds or less and a uniform polypropylene distribution in at least one plane perpendicular to the thickness direction.
US09911953B2
A device for aiding in the fracture of a vent of an electrochemical cell includes a main body having a first surface and a plurality of lobes extending out from the first surface of the main body such that an open space is provided between adjacent lobes. Each of the plurality of lobes are configured to make contact with the vent during deployment of the vent such that the vent completely separates from a bottom of the electrochemical cell. The open space provided between adjacent lobes is configured to allow gases from inside the electrochemical cell to pass through during deployment of the vent.
US09911949B2
There is provided a secondary battery including an electrode assembly having a stack structure of an anode/a separation film/a cathode, a pouch type exterior member configured of a lower surface in which a receiving part is formed and an upper surface covering the receiving part, a single electrode assembly or a plurality of electrode assemblies being received in the receiving part, and an electrode terminal formed outwardly of the pouch type exterior member, the secondary battery including: a sealing part formed by bonding edges of the pouch type exterior member, wherein a portion of the sealing part formed on a surface of the pouch type exterior member on which the electrode terminal is not formed outwardly of the exterior member is folded downwardly at an angle of 90 degrees.
US09911945B2
A display device includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes respectively corresponding to a plurality of unit pixels that constitute an image; a light-emitting element layer stacked on the plurality of pixel electrodes so as to be in contact with each of the plurality of pixel electrodes and provided so as to emit light with a luminance controlled by an electric current; a common electrode provided so as to be stacked on and in contact with the light-emitting element layer above the plurality of pixel electrodes; and a sealing layer made of a light-transmissive material and stacked on the common electrode so as to seal the light-emitting element layer. The sealing layer is formed of a plurality of layers that are stacked on one another. The interface between two adjacent layers of the plurality of layers includes irregularities in regions located above the plurality of pixel electrodes.
US09911944B2
A display panel is disclosed, which includes: a first substrate; a first metal line disposed above the first substrate and having a first surface and a first side, wherein the first side connects to the first surface, and the first side has a concave shape; and a sealant unit in contact with the first metal line, wherein the first metal line includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer and a third metal layer, the second metal layer locates between the first metal layer and the third metal layer, the sealant covers at least a portion of the first metal layer, and a part of the sealant locates between the first metal layer and the third metal layer.
US09911941B2
An organic light emitting display device may include a first auxiliary electrode, a first first-group first-color corresponding electrode, a second first-group first-color corresponding electrode, and a first group electrode. The second first-group first-color corresponding electrode is larger than the first first-group first-color corresponding electrode. The first group electrode overlaps both the first first-group first-color corresponding electrode and the second first-group first-color corresponding electrode. A first portion of the first group electrode directly contacts the first auxiliary electrode and is positioned closer to the first first-group first-color corresponding electrode than to the second first-group first-color corresponding electrode.
US09911933B2
Provided is a display device including: a base material; a plurality of light-emitting elements located over a first surface of the base material and having an emission region; and a first trench located over a second surface of the base and overlapping with a non-emission region sandwiched between the emission regions of two adjacent light-emitting elements selected from the plurality of light-emitting elements. Alternatively, the display device includes: a base material; a plurality of pixels located over a first surface of the base material and having a light-emitting element; a first trench located over a second surface of the base material and overlapping with a region sandwiched between two adjacent pixels selected from the plurality of pixels; and a ridge located over the first surface of the base material, overlapping with the first trench, and consisting of the base material.
US09911926B2
An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer. The organic layer includes a first compound represented by one of Formulae 1-1 to 1-3 below and a second compound represented by Formula 2 below: where A1 to A5, B1 to B5, D1 to D5, R1 to R5, R12, R13, R41 to R44, L11, L2, L3, and ba to bi are as defined in the specification.
US09911919B2
A process of dissolving in a solvent to produce a first mixture. To the first mixture a reagent is added to produce a second mixture. A H—R′—R″ is then added to the second mixture to produce a third mixture. The third mixture is then refluxed to produce
US09911917B2
The present invention relates to the field of electronic devices, such as organic electronics, wherein said device includes a substrate and a multitude of layers, wherein at least one of said layers is a buffer layer, wherein said buffer layer includes metal oxide nanoparticles coated with dispersant as described in the specification. The invention further provides for electronic device component and materials suitable for manufacturing such electronic devices, to specific manufacturing methods and to specific uses.
US09911906B2
A light emitting device package is provided. The light emitting device package may include a package body, a circuit pattern on the package body, a light emitting chip on the circuit pattern, a connector to connect the light emitting chip to the circuit pattern, a phosphor layer on the light emitting chip, and a first protective layer including a Group III nitride provided on the package body to cover the circuit pattern, the light emitting chip, and the connecting member.
US09911901B2
A light-emitting device according to an embodiment comprises: a substrate; a first buffer layer disposed on the substrate; a second buffer layer disposed on the first buffer layer and containing Al; a first conductive type semiconductor layer disposed on the second buffer layer; an active layer disposed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer; and a second conductive type semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer, wherein the second buffer layer comprises a first layer and a second layer which are horizontally disposed, the first layer having an increased Al composition ratio as the first layer becomes closer to the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and the second layer having an decreased Al composition ratio as the second layer becomes closer to the first conductive type semiconductor layer. The embodiment configures the buffer layer by horizontally disposing the first layer of which the Al composition ratio linearly increases and the second layer of which the Al composition ratio linearly decreases, thereby having an effect of being capable of effectively controlling strain due to the lattice mismatch and the thermal expansion coefficient difference between the substrate and the first conductive type semiconductor layer.
US09911899B2
A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a light-emitting member that includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, and a light-emitting layer between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, a first metal layer electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, and a second metal layer electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer. The light-emitting member has a first surface including a front surface of the first semiconductor layer, a second surface including a front surface of the second semiconductor layer, a side surface including an outer periphery of the first semiconductor layer, and a recess extending inwardly of the second surface to an interior portion of the first semiconductor layer to expose an inner surface on a side of the recess facing the side surface.
US09911896B2
In accordance with embodiments of the invention, at least partial strain relief in a light emitting layer of a III-nitride light emitting device is provided by configuring the surface on which at least one layer of the device grows such that the layer expands laterally and thus at least partially relaxes. This layer is referred to as the strain-relieved layer. In some embodiments, the light emitting layer itself is the strain-relieved layer, meaning that the light emitting layer is grown on a surface that allows the light emitting layer to expand laterally to relieve strain. In some embodiments, a layer grown before the light emitting layer is the strain-relieved layer. In a first group of embodiments, the strain-relieved layer is grown on a textured surface.
US09911891B1
A method of installing and connecting together one or more photovoltaic (PV) modules is disclosed. Electrically conductive contacts embedded into the surface of each of one or more photovoltaic (PV) modules provide the connection point for two PV modules to be connected together. PV modules are connected together by removing a protective backing material from an adhesive area surrounding a first set of contacts of a first PV module, and adhering to an adhesive area surrounding a second set of contacts of a second PV module, the adhesive making the connection and sealing and protecting the contact area. No external wiring, connectors or devices are required to make the electrical connection between two PV modules. Contacts are integral and embedded into the surface of each individual PV module. The PV modules have adhesive on the back to allow them to be adhesively attached to a surface without additional mounting hardware. Once the PV modules are connected together, protective spacers are adhesively attached to protect all exposed contacts. Electrical circuit connectors are adhesively attached to the contacts on one end of the series of interconnected PV modules, which then in turn electrically connects to an electrical device or load. The entire assembly of interconnected PV modules is then adhesively attached to an installation surface.
US09911886B2
A system, method, and apparatus for a lateral solar cell structure are disclosed herein. In particular, the present disclosure teaches a lateral solar cell structure that includes nanorods that are formed the during epitaxial growth process to produce electrodes extending into the absorber region. This structure allows for a long optical absorption length of the absorber, such as 0.5-3 microns, but also allows for carrier collection over sub-micron distances enabling high collection efficiency from materials with a sub-micron diffusion length. The disclosed method of manufacturing the lateral solar cell structure involves providing a substrate, and epitaxially growing an absorber region and an emitter region on the substrate. The emitter region comprises a plurality of nanorods extending into the absorber region. The absorber region and the nanorods are oppositely doped. The absorber region and the nanorods are also oppositely strained.
US09911863B2
According to one embodiment, a manufacturing method of thin film transistor includes forming an oxide semiconductor layer on a first insulating film, forming a first conductive layer formed of molybdenum or a molybdenum alloy on the oxide semiconductor layer, forming a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer, forming a resist mask on the second conductive layer, and forming a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion by performing dry etching of the second conductive layer using the resist mask.
US09911860B2
An object is to improve field effect mobility of a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor. Another object is to suppress increase in off current even in a thin film transistor with improved field effect mobility. In a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor layer, by forming a semiconductor layer having higher electrical conductivity and a smaller thickness than the oxide semiconductor layer between the oxide semiconductor layer and a gate insulating layer, field effect mobility of the thin film transistor can be improved, and increase in off current can be suppressed.
US09911851B2
Integrated circuit devices having a cavity and methods of manufacturing the integrated circuit devices are provided. The integrated circuit devices may include a pair of spacers, which define a recess. The integrated circuit device may also include a lower conductive pattern in the recess and an upper conductive pattern on the lower conductive pattern. The upper conductive pattern may have an etch selectivity with respect to the lower conductive pattern and may expose an upper surface of the lower conductive pattern adjacent a sidewall of the upper conductive pattern. An inner sidewall of one of the pair of spacers, the upper surface of the lower conductive pattern and the sidewall of the upper conductive pattern may define a space and a capping pattern may be formed on the upper conductive pattern to seal a top portion of the space, such that a cavity is disposed under the capping pattern.
US09911850B2
A method includes providing a plurality of semiconductor fins parallel to each other, and includes two edge fins and a center fin between the two edge fins. A middle portion of each of the two edge fins is etched, and the center fin is not etched. A gate dielectric is formed on a top surface and sidewalls of the center fin. A gate electrode is formed over the gate dielectric. The end portions of the two edge fins and end portions of the center fin are recessed. An epitaxy is performed to form an epitaxy region, wherein an epitaxy material grown from spaces left by the end portions of the two edge fins are merged with an epitaxy material grown from a space left by the end portions of the center fin to form the epitaxy region. A source/drain region is formed in the epitaxy region.
US09911846B2
An interlayer insulating film is formed on a gate insulating film and a gate electrode, and the interlayer insulating film is opened forming contact holes. Next, the interlayer insulating film and regions exposed by the contact holes are covered by a titanium nitride film, and the titanium nitride film is etched to remain only at portions of the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film exposed in the contact holes. The interlayer insulating film and the regions exposed by the contact holes are covered by a nickel film, and after the nickel film directly contacting the interlayer insulating film 8 is removed, the nickel film is heat treated and a nickel silicide layer is formed.
US09911839B2
An RB-IGBT is provided that has a new emitter trench structure with improved breakdown voltage achieved by improving the electrical field distribution of the drift region. The RB-IGBT includes an isolation region having a first conductivity type on a side surface of a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate includes a drift region having a second conductivity type; a collector region having the first conductivity type and provided farther downward than the drift region; and an emitter trench portion provided extending to the drift region in a thickness direction from a front surface to a back surface of the semiconductor substrate. The emitter trench portion includes a trench electrode electrically connected to an emitter electrode provided above the semiconductor substrate; an upper trench insulating film directly contacting a bottom portion and side portions of the trench electrode; and a lower trench insulating film provided below the upper trench insulating film.
US09911833B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor structure includes forming a plurality of first fin structures in a peripheral region of a substrate and a plurality of second fin structures in a core region of the substrate, forming a first dummy gate structure including a first dummy oxide layer and a first dummy gate electrode layer on each first fin structure and a second dummy gate structure including a second dummy oxide layer and a second dummy gate electrode layer on each second fin structure. The method further includes removing each first dummy gate structure together with each second dummy gate electrode layer, forming a first gate oxide layer on the exposed portion of each first fin structure, and then removing each second dummy gate oxide layer. The method further includes forming a first gate structure on each first fin structure and a second gate structure on each second fin structure.
US09911831B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device comprising forming a semiconductor fin on a substrate, forming a first sacrificial gate stack over a first channel region of the fin and forming a second sacrificial gate stack over a second channel region of the fin, forming spacers adjacent to the first sacrificial gate stack and the second sacrificial gate stack, depositing a first liner layer on the spacers, the first sacrificial gate stack and the second sacrificial gate stack, depositing a first sacrificial layer on the first liner layer, removing a portion of the first sacrificial layer over the first gate stack to expose a portion of the first liner layer on the first sacrificial gate stack, and growing a first semiconductor material on exposed portions of the fin to form a first source/drain region adjacent to the first gate sacrificial gate stack.
US09911830B2
An integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor fin over the semiconductor substrate, a gate stack on a top surface and a sidewall of the semiconductor fin, a source/drain region on a side of the gate stack, and a contact plug encircling a portion of the source/drain region.
US09911829B2
A FinFET includes a substrate, a fin structure on the substrate, a source in the fin structure, a drain in the fin structure, a channel in the fin structure between the source and the drain, a gate dielectric layer over the channel, and a gate over the gate dielectric layer. At least one of the source and the drain includes a bottom SiGe layer.
US09911818B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor region made of a material to which conductive impurities are added, an insulating film formed on a surface of the semiconductor region, and an electroconductive gate electrode formed on the insulating film. The gate electrode is made of a material whose Fermi level is closer to a Fermi level of the semiconductor region than a Fermi level of Si in at least a portion contiguous to the insulating film.
US09911811B2
A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device comprises: a step for forming a front-surface electrode (30) on a front surface side of a silicon carbide wafer (10); a step for thinning the silicon carbide wafer (10) by reducing a thickness of the silicon carbide wafer (10) from a back surface side thereof; a step for providing a metal layer (21) on the back surface of the thinned silicon carbide wafer (10); a step for irradiating the metal layer (21) with laser light, while applying an external force such that the silicon carbide wafer and the metal layer are planarized, to form the carbide layer (20) obtained by a reaction with carbon in the silicon carbide wafer (10), on a back surface side of the metal layer (21); and a step for forming a back-surface electrode (40) on a back surface side of the carbide layer (20).
US09911809B2
A semiconductor device having an impurity region is provided. The semiconductor device includes a fin active region having protruding regions and a recessed region between the protruding regions. Gate structures overlapping the protruding regions are disposed. An epitaxial layer is disposed in the recessed region to have a height greater than a width. An impurity region is disposed in the fin active region, surrounds side walls and a bottom of the recessed region, has the same conductivity type as a conductivity type of the epitaxial layer, and includes a majority impurity that is different from a majority impurity included in at least a portion of the epitaxial layer.
US09911790B1
A plurality of alternating stacks laterally spaced apart by line trenches is provided over a substrate. Each alternating stack includes respective word lines and respective dielectric material layers. An alternating sequence of vertical bit lines and inter-bit-line cavities is formed within each of the line trenches. Resistive memory material layers including resistive memory elements are provided at intersection regions between the word lines and the vertical bit lines. Air gaps are formed by removing at least a predominant portion of each of the dielectric material layers selective to the word lines, the vertical bit lines, and the resistive memory material layers, thereby forming a plurality of alternating stacks of the word lines and air gaps. A dielectric isolation layer including vertically-extending voids can be formed over the plurality of alternating stacks in the inter-bit-line cavities.
US09911789B2
A 1-Selector n-Resistor memristive device includes a first electrode, a selector, a plurality of memristors, and a plurality of second electrodes. The selector is coupled to the first electrode via a first interface of the selector. Each memristor is coupled to a second interface of the selector via a first interface of each memristor. Each second electrode is coupled to one of the memristors via a second interface of each memristor.
US09911786B2
The present disclosure is to provide an optoelectronic device. The optoelectronic device comprises a heat dispersion substrate; a first connecting layer on the heat dispersion substrate; a diode stack structure comprising a protection layer and a second connecting layer on the protection layer, wherein the protection layer is on the first connecting layer; a light-emitting structure on the diode stack structure, wherein the light-emitting structure comprises a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and the second conductivity type semiconductor layer; and a first electrode electrically connected to the diode stack structure and the light-emitting structure.
US09911782B2
The semiconductor device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, and first transistors fewer than the number of the plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels each includes a photodiode and an amplifier circuit. The amplifier circuit holds the accumulated charge and includes at least a second transistor electrically connected to a cathode of the photodiode. The cathode of the photodiode in the pixel in an n-th row and the cathode of the photodiode in the pixel in an (n+1)-th row are electrically connected to the first transistor. The number n is a natural number. The pixel in the n-th row and the pixel in the (n+1)-th row are in an identical column.
US09911779B2
Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging device including: a laminated semiconductor chip configured to be obtained by bonding two or more semiconductor chip sections to each other and be obtained by bonding at least a first semiconductor chip section in which a pixel array and a multilayer wiring layer are formed and a second semiconductor chip section in which a logic circuit and a multilayer wiring layer are formed to each other in such a manner that the multilayer wiring layers are opposed to each other and are electrically connected to each other; and a light blocking layer configured to be formed by an electrically-conductive film of the same layer as a layer of a connected interconnect of one or both of the first and second semiconductor chip sections near bonding between the first and second semiconductor chip sections. The solid-state imaging device is a back-illuminated solid-state imaging device.
US09911772B2
A solid-state imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: a semiconductor base; a photoelectric conversion element provided in the semiconductor base; a photoelectric conversion film arranged on a light receiving surface side of the semiconductor base; a contact section to which a signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion film is read, the contact section being provided in the semiconductor base; a first film member covering the photoelectric conversion element; and a second film member provided on the contact section.
US09911767B2
A semiconductor device using an oxide semiconductor is provided with stable electric characteristics to improve the reliability. In a manufacturing process of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, an oxide semiconductor film containing a crystal having a c-axis which is substantially perpendicular to a top surface thereof (also called a first crystalline oxide semiconductor film) is formed; oxygen is added to the oxide semiconductor film to amorphize at least part of the oxide semiconductor film, so that an amorphous oxide semiconductor film containing an excess of oxygen is formed; an aluminum oxide film is formed over the amorphous oxide semiconductor film; and heat treatment is performed thereon to crystallize at least part of the amorphous oxide semiconductor film, so that an oxide semiconductor film containing a crystal having a c-axis which is substantially perpendicular to a top surface thereof (also called a second crystalline oxide semiconductor film) is formed.
US09911754B1
A process for fabricating a 3D memory is shown. Linear stacks, each of which includes alternately stacked gate lines and insulating layers, are formed. A charge trapping layer is formed covering the linear stacks. An amorphous semiconductor layer is formed on the charge trapping layer. An ultra-thin cap layer is formed on the amorphous semiconductor layer. The amorphous semiconductor layer is annealed to form a crystalline channel layer, wherein agglomeration of the material of the amorphous semiconductor layer is suppressed by then ultra-thin cap layer.
US09911723B2
An apparatus comprises an inductor module including: a module substrate including a magnetic dielectric material; a plurality of inductive circuit elements arranged in the module substrate, wherein an inductive circuit element includes conductive traces arranged as a coil including a first coil end, a second coil end and a coil core, wherein the coil core includes the magnetic dielectric material; and a plurality of conductive contact pads electrically coupled to the first and second coil ends. The contact pads electrically coupled to the first coil ends are arranged on a first surface of the inductor module, and the contact pads electrically coupled to the second coil ends are arranged on a second surface of the inductor module.
US09911721B2
A semiconductor device includes a light emitting element comprising a substrate having a first and a second surface and an outer edge connecting the first and second surfaces. A light emitting layer is on a central portion of the first surface but not on a peripheral portion between the central portion and the outer edge of the substrate. A first insulating layer is disposed on the peripheral portion of the first surface, a side surface of the light emitting layer, and a third surface of the light emitting layer that is spaced from the first surface of the substrate. A first electrode is electrically contacting the third surface of the light emitting layer. A light receiving element is provided in a propagation path of light emitted from the light emitting element.
US09911720B1
In some examples, device includes an integrated circuit (IC) inside a first insulating layer, an inductor, and a second insulating layer arranged between the first insulating layer and the inductor. The first insulating layer shares an interface with the second insulating layer, and the inductor is attached to the second insulating layer. The device further includes a conductive path configured to conduct electricity between the IC and the inductor, wherein the conductive path is inside the second insulating layer.
US09911713B2
A method for applying a bonding layer that is comprised of a basic layer and a protective layer on a substrate with the following method steps: application of an oxidizable basic material as a basic layer on a bonding side of the substrate, at least partial covering of the basic layer with a protective material that is at least partially dissolvable in the basic material as a protective layer. In addition, the invention relates to a corresponding substrate.
US09911712B2
A clip for a semiconductor package. Implementations may include: an electrically conductive clip having a first end and a second end and a middle section between the first end and the second end. The first end may be configured to couple to a first die through a bonding material. The second end may be configured to couple to a second die through a bonding material. The middle section may be configured to couple to an emitter structure through a bonding material. The clip may include an integrally formed electrically conductive material and include an M-shape. A middle of the M-shape may be coupled to the emitter structure.
US09911708B2
A method of fabricating a pillar-type connection includes forming, on a bond pad, a first conductive layer including a hollow core. A second conductive layer is formed on a first conductive layer to define a conductive pillar that includes a non-planar top surface defining a recess aligned with the hollow core.
US09911702B2
A semiconductor package structure and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The fabrication method comprises: providing a substrate strip, the substrate strip comprising a plurality of substrate units; disposing a plurality of chips on the plurality of substrate units; disposing a packaging encapsulant on the substrate strip to encapsulate the chips; forming a warp-resistant layer on a top surface of the packaging encapsulant; and dividing the substrate strip to separate the plurality of substrate units to further fabricate a plurality of semiconductor package structures, wherein the warp-resistant layer is formed of a selected material with a selected thickness to make a variation of warpage of the semiconductor package structure at a temperature between 25° C. and 260° C. to be smaller than 560 μm.
US09911696B2
Packaged semiconductor assemblies including interconnect structures and methods for forming such interconnect structures are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a packaged semiconductor assembly includes a support member having a first bond-site and a die carried by the support member having a second bond-site. An interconnect structure is connected between the first and second bond-sites and includes a wire that is coupled to at least one of the first and second bond-sites. The interconnect structure also includes a third bond-site coupled to the wire between the first and second bond-sites.
US09911695B2
A wiring board includes an insulating layer, a first wiring layer, and a second wiring layer. The first wiring layer is formed in a first surface of the insulating layer, and includes a pad on which a semiconductor chip is to be mounted and a wiring pattern. The second wiring layer is formed on a second surface of the insulating layer opposite to the first surface. The roughness of a surface of the first wiring layer exposed at the first surface of the insulating layer is smaller than the roughness of a surface of the second wiring layer exposed on the second surface of the insulating layer.
US09911686B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device includes forming device regions in a semiconductor substrate having a first side and a second side. The device regions are formed adjacent the first side. The method further includes forming a seed layer over the first side of the semiconductor substrate, and forming a patterned resist layer over the seed layer. A contact pad is formed over the seed layer within the patterned resist layer. The method further includes removing the patterned resist layer after forming the contact pad to expose a portion of the seed layer underlying the patterned resist layer, and forming a protective layer over the exposed portion of the seed layer.
US09911684B1
A system, in some embodiments, comprises: a first surface of a lead frame; a second surface of the lead frame, opposite the first surface, said second surface having been etched; and one or more holes passing through said lead frame and coincident with the first and second surfaces, wherein said one or more holes are adapted to control fluid flow on said first surface.
US09911681B2
In an example, a silicone-based thermal interface material includes a thermally conductive material and a silicone-based polymeric material having a solubility parameter that is not less than 9.09 cal1/2 cm−3/2.
US09911667B2
A package includes a device die, which includes a metal pillar at a top surface of the device die, and a solder region on a sidewall of the metal pillar. A molding material encircles the device die, wherein a top surface of the molding material is substantially level with a top surface of the device die. A dielectric layer overlaps the molding material and the device die, with a bottom surface of the dielectric layer contacting a top surface of the device die and a top surface of the molding material. A redistribution line (RDL) extends into the dielectric layer to electrically couple to the metal pillar.
US09911665B2
Integrated circuits, methods of forming integrated circuits, and methods of determining gate dielectric layer electrical thickness in integrated circuits are provided. An exemplary integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate including an active region and an STI structure disposed therein, adjacent to the active region. A first gate electrode structure overlies the active region and includes a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate electrode layer. A second gate electrode structure includes a second gate dielectric layer that overlies the first gate electrode layer and a second gate electrode layer that overlies the second gate dielectric layer. A source and drain region are formed in the active region, adjacent to the first gate electrode structure. First electrical interconnects are in electrical communication with the source and drain regions. A second electrical interconnect is in electrical communication with the first gate electrode layer.
US09911662B2
The present invention relates generally to a semiconductor device, and more particularly, to a structure and method of forming a compressive strained layer and a tensile strained layer on the same wafer. A lower epitaxial layer may be formed adjacent to a tensile strained layer. An upper epitaxial layer may be formed over a portion of the lower epitaxial layer. Thermal oxidation may convert the upper epitaxial layer to an upper oxide layer, and thermal condensation may causes a portion of the lower epitaxial layer to become a compressive strained layer. The upper oxide layer and a remaining portion of the lower epitaxial layer may be removed, leaving the tensile strained layer and the compressive strained layer.
US09911661B2
A method includes depositing a sacrificial layer on a first dielectric layer over a substrate; applying a first patterning process, a second patterning process, a third patterning process to the sacrificial layer to form a first group of openings, a second group of openings and a third group of openings, respectively, in the sacrificial layer, wherein three first openings from three different patterning processes form a first side, a second side and a first angle between the first side and the second side, and three second openings from the three different patterning processes form a third side, a fourth side and a second angle between the third side and the fourth side, wherein the first angle is approximately equal to the second angle and forming nanowires based on the first group of openings, the second group of openings and the third group of openings.
US09911658B2
Among other things, one or semiconductor arrangements, and techniques for forming such semiconductor arrangements are provided. An etch sequence is performed to form a first etched region over a planar region of a semiconductor arrangement. The first etched region exposes a planar structure, such as an alignment mark used for alignment during semiconductor fabrication. The etch sequence forms a second etched region over a semiconductor fin region of the semiconductor arrangement. In an embodiment, the etch sequence forms a first trench, a first fin nub and a first pillar in the semiconductor fin region, where the first trench is formed in a semiconductor substrate of the semiconductor fin region. A multi-depth STI structure is formed over at least one of the first trench, the first fin nub, or the first pillar.
US09911654B2
The present invention provides a method for plasma dicing a substrate. The method comprising providing a process chamber having a wall; providing a plasma source adjacent to the wall of the process chamber; providing a work piece support within the process chamber; placing the substrate onto a support film on a frame to form a work piece work piece; loading the work piece onto the work piece support; providing a clamping electrode for electrostatically clamping the work piece to the work piece support; providing a mechanical partition between the plasma source and the work piece; generating a plasma through the plasma source; and etching the work piece through the generated plasma.
US09911652B1
Mandrel lines non-mandrel lines, and spacers are located in a structure having several layers. A spacer in the set of spacers comprises a structure formed above the top mask layer. A first trench is etched at a first location on a mandrel line through the top mask layer and stopping at the middle mask layer. A second trench is etched at a second location on a non-mandrel line through the top mask layer and stopping at the middle mask layer. A spacer material is removed from a structure resulting from the etching the trenches. Vias are formed in the first and second trenches. An air-gap is formed at a location of the spacer. The first via structure and a first portion of the bottom mask layer under the first via structure are removed and filled with a conductive metal.
US09911651B1
A method of forming a skip-via, including, forming a first dielectric layer on a first metallization layer, forming a second metallization layer on the first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer on the second metallization layer, removing a section of the second dielectric layer to form a via to the second metallization layer, removing a portion of the second metallization layer to form an aperture, and removing an additional portion of the second metallization layer to form an exclusion zone.
US09911638B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes: a reaction chamber; a plasma generation unit; a stage disposed inside the reaction chamber; an electrostatic chuck mechanism including an electrode portion disposed inside the stage; a support portion which supports the conveyance carrier; and an elevation mechanism which elevates and lowers the support portion relative to the stage. In a case in which the conveyance carrier is mounted on the stage, the electrostatic chuck mechanism performs an operation of applying a voltage to the electrode portion after contact of an outer circumferential portion of a holding sheet of the conveyance carrier to the stage, the operation including a voltage varying operation of increasing and decreasing an absolute value of the voltage, and the plasma generation unit generates plasma after completion of the voltage varying operation.
US09911631B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a processing system and a method for processing with a heated etching solution. In one example, tight control over temperature and hydration level of an acidic etching solution is provided. According to one embodiment, the method includes forming the heated etching solution in a first circulation loop, providing the heated etching solution in the process chamber for treating a substrate, forming an additional heated etching solution in a second circulation loop, and supplying the additional heated etching solution to the first circulation loop. According to one embodiment, the processing system includes a process chamber for treating the substrate with the heated etching solution, a first circulation loop for providing the heated etching solution into the process chamber, and a second circulation loop for forming an additional heated etching solution and supplying the additional heated etching solution to the first circulation loop.
US09911630B2
A device for processing wafer-shaped articles comprises a closed process chamber providing a gas-tight enclosure, and a rotary chuck located within the closed process chamber. The closed process chamber comprises an annular duct surrounding the rotary chuck and extending along a first direction radially outwardly of the rotary chuck and obliquely to a rotary axis of the rotary chuck, from an inlet end that communicates with the rotary chuck to an outlet end that communicates with an exhaust duct. The annular duct comprises a duct section extending between the inlet and outlet ends that is defined by an inner chamber wall spaced apart from an outer chamber wall. The extent of the duct section along the first direction is at least twice a spacing of the inner and outer chamber walls throughout the duct section, as measured in a direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US09911625B2
In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, an oxide insulating layer is formed so as to be in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer. Then, oxygen is introduced (added) to the oxide semiconductor layer through the oxide insulating layer, and heat treatment is performed. Through these steps of oxygen introduction and heat treatment, impurities such as hydrogen, moisture, a hydroxyl group, or hydride are intentionally removed from the oxide semiconductor layer, so that the oxide semiconductor layer is highly purified.
US09911624B2
This disclosure relates to a method for dissolving a silicon dioxide layer in a structure, including, from the back surface thereof to the front surface thereof, a supporting substrate, the silicon dioxide layer and a semiconductor layer, the dissolution method being implemented in a furnace in which structures are supported on a support, the dissolution method resulting in the diffusion of oxygen atoms included in the silicon dioxide layer through the semiconductor layer and generating volatile products, and the furnace including traps suitable for reacting with the volatile products, so as to reduce the concentration gradient of the volatile products parallel to the front surface of at least one structure.
US09911621B2
This method for processing a target object includes steps ST1 to ST4. The target object has an organic polymer layer and a resist mask on a substrate. In step ST1, the target object is electrostatically attached to an electrostatic chuck in a plasma processing apparatus. In step ST2, the organic polymer layer is etched through the resist mask by means of a plasma of a first gas. In step ST3, the target object is detached from the electrostatic chuck while a plasma of a second gas is generated. In step 4, the resist mask is peeled off. The second gas is either oxygen gas or a mixture of oxygen gas and a rare gas having an atomic weight lower than that of argon gas.
US09911617B2
The invention discloses a novel dry etching method, which comprises the following steps: forming a to-be-etched layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a masking material on the to-be-etched layer; carrying out dry etching on the masking material and the to-be-etched layer; simultaneously carrying out lateral etching (parallel to the surface of the substrate) of a masking layer and longitudinal etching (vertical to the surface of the substrate) of the to-be-etched layer; and obtaining the inclination angle (the included angle between a slope surface and the surface of the substrate) of the corresponding etched slope surface by accurately controlling the speed ratio. The method can flexibly adjust the inclination angle of the etched slope surface within a large range (0-90 degrees), and especially has advantages in the field of the application with a small inclination angle (smaller than 20 degrees) of the etched slope surface in comparison with a conventional etching method.
US09911607B2
A controllability of a size of a mask can be improved in a multi-patterning method. A process of forming a silicon oxide film on a first mask and an antireflection film is performed. In this process, plasma of a first gas including a silicon halide gas and plasma of a second gas including an oxygen gas are alternately generated. Then, a region of the silicon oxide film is removed such that only a region along a side wall of the first mask is left, and then, the first mask is removed and the antireflection film and an organic film is etched.
US09911592B2
A semiconductor device including a gate structure present on at least two suspended channel structures, and a composite spacer present on sidewalls of the gate structure. The composite spacer may include a cladding spacer present along a cap portion of the gate structure, and an inner spacer along the channel portion of the gate structure between adjacent channel semiconductor layers of the suspended channel structures. The inner spacer may include a crescent shape with a substantially central seam.
US09911582B2
The present disclosure provides methods and an apparatus for controlling and modifying line width roughness (LWR) of a photoresist layer with enhanced electron spinning control. In one embodiment, an apparatus for controlling a line width roughness of a photoresist layer disposed on a substrate includes a processing chamber having a chamber body having a top wall, side wall and a bottom wall defining an interior processing region, a support pedestal disposed in the interior processing region of the processing chamber, and a plasma generator source disposed in the processing chamber operable to provide predominantly an electron beam source to the interior processing region.
US09911581B2
A device for detecting includes a cathode forming a hollow sphere, filled with an ionisation and amplification gas, and an anode placed at the centre of the hollow sphere by the intermediary of a maintaining cane, wherein the anode is formed by an insulating ball and by at least two conductive balls positioned around the insulating ball and at the same predetermined distance from the insulating ball.
US09911580B2
A conventional substrate processing apparatus for generating plasma cannot generate plasma with high density and thus throughput of substrate processing is low. In order to solve this problem, provided is a substrate processing apparatus including a reaction vessel having a tubular shape and provided with a coil installed at an outer circumference thereof; a cover installed at a first end of the reaction vessel; a gas introduction port installed at the cover; a first plate installed between the gas introduction port and an upper end of the coil; a second plate installed between the first plate and the upper end of the coil; a substrate processing chamber installed at a second end of the reaction vessel; and a gas exhaust part connected to the substrate processing chamber.
US09911570B2
Technology is described for an antiwetting coating attached to a substrate (e.g., metal substate) on a liquid metal container. In one example, the liquid metal container includes a first enclosure member, a second enclosure member, liquid metal, and an antiwetting coating. The first enclosure member includes a first substrate with a first surface. The second enclosure member includes a second substrate with a second surface. The first enclosure member is positioned proximate to the second enclosure member such that a gap is formed between the first surface and the second surface. The liquid metal positioned within the gap. An antiwetting coating attached to the first surface and/or the second surface. The antiwetting coating includes chromium nitride (CrN), dichromium nitride (Cr2N), chromium (III) oxide (Cr2O3), and/or titanium aluminum nitride (TiAlN) attached to the first surface and/or the second surface.
US09911569B2
A method of manufacturing an X-ray tube component, includes diffusion bonding or brazing an anode of rhodium, molybdenum or tungsten to a heat spreader of molybdenum, tungsten, or a composite of molybdenum and/or tungsten. Suitable joint materials for diffusion bonding include gold; suitable joint materials for brazing include an alloy of silver and copper, an alloy of silver, copper and palladium, an alloy of gold and copper or an alloy of gold, copper and nickel. The resulting tube component delivers reliable behaviors and the joint can withstand high temperatures, high temperature gradients, fast temperature changes, extremely high radiation and extremely high electric field, while maintaining good high vacuum properties.
US09911566B2
Fuses having a melamine-coated-steatite foam filler are described. In particular, melamine-coated-steatite foam filler for use in a fuse comprising steatite coated in a melamine compound (e.g., plasticized melamine resin) and then heated to form crystalline foam filler are described. The foam filler may comprise steatite of substantially 3 times the melamine compound by weight and may be heated and then cooled to form the foam filler.
US09911559B2
Examples are disclosed that relate to magnetically aligned switching circuits. One disclosed example provides an electronic component comprising a first terminal, a second terminal, and a deformable host material arranged between the first terminal and the second terminal. Aligned magnetically within the host material is an ensemble of particles each comprising a ferromagnetic material, each particle having greater electrical conductivity than the host material. The ensemble of particles is configured to form at least one complete conduction path from the first terminal to the second terminal.
US09911558B2
An electrical switch element is disclosed. The electrical switch element includes a housing having a switch chamber, an opening to the switch chamber, electrical switch contacts arranged in the switch chamber, and at least one positive-locking counter-element extending at least partially around the opening. The electrical switch element also includes a cover having at least one positive-locking element engaging the at least one positive-locking counter-element, the cover extending over the opening.
US09911557B2
A sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) insulated circuit breaker system having a controller coupled to at least two different sensor devices and operative to control a heat output of an SF6 heater based on signals from the sensor devices. An SF6 insulated circuit breaker system includes a controller coupled to a circuit breaker position indicator and operative to control an SF6 heater based on a signal from the contact position indicator sensor. An SF6 insulated circuit breaker system has a controller coupled to an SF6 density monitor and operative to control an SF6 heater based on a signal from the SF6 density monitor.
US09911556B2
A control knob having an image output part is provided. The control knob having an image output part of the present invention includes: a head part through which an image is output; a body part into which a portion of the head part is inserted; a guide part which is provided inside the body part and coupled to the head part so as to guide the horizontal movement of the head part; and a returning part which is connected to the head part with the guide part and guides the head part horizontally moved along the guide part to the central portion of the body part.
US09911553B2
A keyboard or keyboard key that has a force sensor that measures the force imparted to the key when a user presses the key or rests a finger on a key. Key embodiments may also include an actuator that excites the in order to provide feedback to the user in accordance with various feedback methods disclosed herein.
US09911552B2
Disclosed herein is an operating device including: a circuit board; a frame arranged on top of the circuit board; a plate-shaped operating member located on top of the frame, the plate-shaped operating member including a surface touched by a user's finger and a touch sensor adapted to detect the position of the user's finger that has touched the surface, the plate-shaped operating member being arranged to be able to move up and down so that the operating member can be pressed by the user; and an elastic member arranged between the frame and operating member to bias the operating member upward.
US09911550B2
Processes for fabricating compact touch sensors for touch sensitive devices are disclosed. A process can include providing a touch sensor structure having a substrate, a first layer disposed on the substrate, and a second layer disposed on the first layer. The second layer can have an ablation fluence value that is lower than an ablation fluence value of the first layer. The process can include patterning the second layer with a laser emitting energy having a fluence value greater than or equal to the ablation fluence value of the second layer and less than the ablation fluence value of the first layer. The process can further include etching at least a portion of the first layer that was exposed during the patterning of the second layer. At least a portion of the second layer can then be removed by etching or laser ablation.
US09911548B2
An electric switching apparatus including fixed contacts respectively supported by an upstream support and a downstream support and electrically connected to an upstream power line and to a downstream power line, respectively, the fixed contacts cooperating with respective upstream and downstream mobile contacts, each of the mobile contacts being supported by a support, the supports movable simultaneously in translation by a contact carrier controlled by an actuator. This apparatus includes a device for transforming, during a device opening operation in the presence of a microweld between one of the mobile contacts and the associated fixed contact, the movement in translation of the support associated with the mobile contact in a combined movement in translation and rotation of the mobile contact so as to exert at the points of contact between the mobile contact and the fixed contact a shear force capable of breaking the aforementioned microweld.
US09911542B2
An apparatus and associated method for an energy-storage device (e.g., a capacitor) having a plurality of electrically conducting electrodes including a first electrode and a second electrode separated by a non-electrically conducting region, and wherein the non-electrically conducting region further includes a non-uniform permittivity (K) value. In some embodiments, the method includes providing a substrate; fabricating a first electrode on the substrate; and fabricating a second electrode such that the second electrode is separated from the first electrode by a non-electrically conducting region, wherein the non-electrically conducting region has a non-uniform permittivity (K) value. The capacitor devices will find benefit for use in electric vehicles, of all kinds, uninterruptible power supplies, wind turbines, mobile phones, and the like requiring wide temperature ranges from several hundreds of degrees C. down to absolute zero, consumer electronics operating in a temperature range of −55 degrees C. to 125 degrees C.
US09911541B2
Embodiments provide a hybrid supercapacitor exhibiting high energy and power densities enabled by a high-performance lithium-alloy anode coupled with a porous carbon cathode in an electrolyte containing lithium salt. Embodiments include a size reduced silicon oxide anode, a boron-doped silicon oxide anode, and/or a carbon coated silicon oxide anode, which may improve cycling stability and rate performance. Further embodiments include a hybrid supercapacitor system using a Li-active anode in an electrolyte including LiPF6 in a mixture of ethylene carbonate, diethyl carbonate, and dimethyl carbonate (EC:DEC:DMC, 2:1:2 by vol.) and 10 wt % fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC), which may reduce the self-discharge rate.
US09911537B2
A ceramic electronic component includes a laminated body including ceramic layers and conductor layers stacked alternately; and first and second external electrodes provided on portions of the laminated body. Each of the first and second external electrodes includes a sintered metal layer provided on the laminated body, a conductive resin layer covering the sintered metal layer, and a plated layer covering the conductive resin layer. The maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on the second principal surface is shorter than the maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on each of the first and second side surfaces.
US09911536B2
The aim of the present invention lies in providing a dielectric composition which has a relatively high dielectric constant of 800 or greater, and which has relatively low dielectric loss of 4% or less when a DC bias of at least 8 V/ym is applied, and also in providing a dielectric element employing said dielectric composition, an electronic component, and a laminated electronic component. A dielectric composition having a main component represented by (BiaNabSrcBad) (αxTi1−x)O3, characterized in that a is at least one selected from Zr and Sn; and a, b, c, d and x satisfy the following: 0.140≦a<0.390, 0.140≦b<0.390, 0.200≦c<0.700, 0.020≦d<0.240, 0.020≦x<0.240 and 0.950
US09911529B2
In an electronic component, a multilayer body is formed by a plurality of stacked insulator layers. A coil includes at least one coil conductor layer provided on at least one of the insulator layers. External electrodes are embedded in a lateral surface of the multilayer body which is formed by a series of continuous perimeter edges of the plurality of insulator layers, and includes a plurality of stacked external conductor layers provided on the plurality of insulator layers. The external electrodes have different shapes. The external conductor layers and the first coil conductor, which are provided on the same insulator layer, are simultaneously formed by photolithography or printing.
US09911527B2
A safety system includes an electromagnet positioned in an area. A power controller is coupled to the electromagnet to supply power to the electromagnet in accordance with an event. A trigger mechanism configured to trigger the event when the area is traversed by a person with a weapon such that upon activation of the electromagnet a magnetic force is generated capable of attracting the weapon to make continued use difficult or impossible within the area.
US09911525B2
A conductor assembly and method for constructing an assembly of the type which, when conducting current, generates a magnetic field or which, in the presence of a changing magnetic field, induces a voltage. In one embodiment the method provides a first insulative layer tubular in shape and including a surface along which a conductor segment may be positioned. A channel formed in the surface of the insulative layer defines a first conductor path and includes a surface of first contour in cross section along a first plane transverse to the conductor path. A segment of conductor having a surface of second contour in cross section is positioned at least partly in the channel and extends along the conductor path. Along the first plane, contact between the conductor surface of second contour and the channel surface of first contour includes at least two separate regions of contact.
US09911523B2
A method and system for forming ground electrodes are provided, the method includes: metal conductors are laid in grooves that are dug out on a ground surface; conductive solution is prepared, with the conductive solution consisting of 0.1%-0.5% of amylocellulose, 15%-24.9% of high conductivity carbon powders, 15%-24.9% of gel material, and 60%-70% of water, by weight percentage; and the conductive solution is poured into the grooves, wherein the conductive solution forms conductive gel after solidifying, which wraps up a part of the metal conductor contained in the groove. The system for forming grounding electrodes includes: an excavating equipment, a setup equipment, a solution preparation equipment and a pouring and molding equipment. The method and system for forming ground electrodes can make the discharging effect of lightning currents better.
US09911517B2
Disclosed is a carbon felt impregnated with inorganic particles. The impregnated carbon felt can be used together with sulfur in a cathode of a sodium-sulfur (Na—S) battery. Also disclosed is a method for producing the impregnated carbon felt. According to exemplary embodiments, the problem of the prior art can be solved in which inorganic particles such as alumina particles are not directly adhered to carbon felts, thus necessitating complicated processes. In addition, a slurry including an inorganic binder and alumina particles can be used to directly coat the alumina particles on the surface of a carbon felt, making the production procedure very simple. Furthermore, the use of the carbon felt surface coated with the alumina particles in a Na—S battery increases the wicking of sodium polysulfides, suppresses the accumulation of sulfur as an insulator on the surface of beta-alumina as an electrolyte, and inhibits non-uniform aggregation of sulfur or sodium polysulfides on the carbon felt, so that the concentration polarization of charges can be reduced without a significant increase in the internal resistance of the battery, achieving high utilization efficiency of sulfur as a reactant.
US09911512B2
An internal control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) including an electric motor is disposed in a nuclear reactor and further includes a support surface with sealed electrical connectors electrically connected with the electric motor power the motor. The internal CRDM is disposed on a support element secured inside the nuclear reactor. The support element includes sealed electrical connectors mating with the sealed electrical connectors on the support surface of the internal CRDM to power the electric motor. The sealed electrical connectors may be sealed glass, ceramic, or glass-ceramic connectors welded onto the ends of the MI cables extending from the motor. Springs, are disposed between the mating sealed electrical connectors of the support element and the support surface. A purge line is integrated with each mated connection.
US09911510B1
Various implementations described herein are directed to an integrated circuit having a memory cell array with multiple rows of memory cells including at least one redundant row of memory cells. The memory cell array may be partitioned into multiple regions of memory cells including a first region of memory cells corresponding to a first part of the redundant row of memory cells and a second region of memory cells corresponding to a second part of the redundant row of memory cells. The integrated circuit may include wordline driver circuitry coupled to the first and second regions of memory cells and their corresponding first and second parts of the redundant row of memory cells. In some instances, the integrated circuit may include row shift circuitry coupled to the first and second regions of memory cells and their corresponding first and second parts of the redundant row of memory cells.
US09911506B1
Integrated circuits with memory interface circuitry may be provided. Prior to calibration, a number of samples may be determined by computing probability density function curves as a function of timing window edge asymmetry for different degrees of oversampling. During calibration, duty cycle distortion in data strobe signals may be corrected by selectively delaying the data strobe rising or falling edges. A data clock signal that is used for generating data signals may also suffer from duty cycle distortion. The rising and falling edges of the data clock signal may be selectively delayed to correct for duty cycle distortion. The data path through which the data signals are routed may be adjusted to equalize rising and falling transitions to minimize data path duty cycle distortion. Multi-rank calibration may be performed by calibrating to an intersection of successful settings that allow each memory rank to pass memory operation tests.
US09911500B2
Techniques are provided for improving the accuracy of read operations of memory cells, where the threshold voltage (Vth) of a memory cell can shift depending on when the read operation occurs. In one aspect, a dummy voltage is applied to the word lines to cause a coupling up of the word lines and weak programming. This can occur when a specified amount of time has elapsed since a last program or read operation, or when a power on event is detected for the memory device. A number of read errors can also be considered. The dummy voltage is similar to a pass voltage of a program or read operation but no sensing is performed. The word line voltages are therefore provided at a consistently up-coupled level so that read operations are consistent. The coupling up occurs due to capacitive coupling between the word line and the channel.
US09911493B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having first wires, a second wire, and memory cells connected to the first and second wires, and a control circuit that can apply writing voltages to the second wire. One of the memory cells connected to the selected second wire and a selected first wire is a selected memory cell. One of the memory cells connected to the selected second wire and an unselected first wire is a semi-selected memory cell. When writing data into the selected memory cell, the control circuit selects one from the writing voltages and applies the one writing voltage to a third wire connected to the selected second wire. The control circuit selects the one writing voltage, based on a first current flowing through the second wire when each of the memory cells connected to the selected second wire are set as semi-selected memory cells.
US09911490B2
A memory controller includes a voltage control module that operates to isolate a target memristor of a memory crossbar array. The voltage control module applies a column voltage to a column line coupled to the target memristor, applies a first row voltage to all row lines not coupled to the target memristor and a second row voltage to a row line coupled to the target memristor, and senses a current through the target memristor to determine a state of the target memristor. The memory crossbar array includes a plurality of column lines, a plurality of row lines, a plurality of memristors, and a plurality of shorting switches. Each memristor is coupled between a unique combination of one column line and one row line. Each shorting switch has a high impedance resistor and a low impedance transistor, and each shorting switch is coupled to an end of a unique row line.
US09911487B2
Embodiments of the technology relate to storing user data and metadata in persistent storage in the event of a power failure and then recovering such stored data and metadata when power is restored.
US09911485B2
A method includes sending a first signal from a memory device to a memory controller. The first signal indicates to the memory controller that particular memory cells of the memory device are to be refreshed by the memory device.
US09911480B2
A method for accessing a plurality of DRAM devices each having a plurality of banks, the plurality of DRAM devices being interconnected to receive common address and command signals. The method includes receiving a first chip selection address and a first bank address with an active command to activate a first bank in a first DRAM device of the plurality of DRAM devices. A first bank active flag is set, corresponding to the first bank address, in the first DRAM device of the plurality of DRAM devices. A second bank address with a column command is received. A second bank is accessed in a second DRAM device of the plurality of DRAM devices having a set bank active flag corresponding to the second bank address.
US09911476B2
Systems and methods are provided for voice data processing. For example, a first data packet included in voice data transmitted by a client is received; the first data packet is stored in a storage area; whether to process one or more second data packets stored in the storage area is determined based on at least information associated with a type of the first data packet and a current storage state of the storage area; in response to a determination to process the second data packets, voice resources are applied for; and the second data packets stored in the storage area are processed using the voice resources.
US09911474B1
Devices include an array of memory cells arranged in rows and columns. Wordlines are connected to the memory cells, and each of the wordlines is connected to a distinct row of the array of the memory cells. A wordline driver circuit is connected to a near end of the wordlines. The wordline driver circuit outputs a wordline select signal. Also, a feedback circuit is connected to a far end of each of the wordlines, opposite the near end of the wordlines. The feedback circuit includes first transistors (gated by the internal clock signal and the wordline select signal) electrically connecting a relatively lower voltage source to the far end of the wordlines; and second transistors (also gated by the internal clock signal and the wordline select signal) electrically connecting a relatively higher voltage source to the far end of the wordlines.
US09911471B1
Apparatuses for receiving an input signal in a semiconductor device are described. An example apparatus includes: a first amplifier that provides first and second intermediate voltages responsive to first and second input voltages; first and second voltage terminals; a circuit node; a first transistor coupled between the first voltage terminal and the circuit node and is turned on responsive to at least one of the first and second intermediate voltages; a second amplifier including first and second inverters, at least one of the first and second inverters being coupled between the circuit node and the second voltage terminal; and first and second output nodes, the first output node being coupled to an input node of the first inverter and an output node of the second inverter, and the second output node being coupled to an output node of the first inverter and an input node of the second inverter.
US09911470B2
A memory circuit that presents input data at a data output promptly on receiving a clock pulse includes upstream and downstream memory logic and selection logic. The upstream memory logic is configured to latch the input data on receiving the clock pulse. The downstream memory logic is configured to store the latched input data. The selection logic is configured to expose a logic level dependent on whether the upstream memory logic has latched the input data, the exposed logic level derived from the input data before the input data is latched, and from the latched input data after the input data is latched.
US09911465B1
Methods and apparatus are described for adding one or more features (e.g., HBM) to a qualified SSI technology programmable IC region by providing an interface (e.g., an HBM buffer region with a switch network) between the added feature device and the programmable IC region. One example IC package generally includes a package substrate; at least one interposer disposed above the package substrate; a programmable IC region disposed above the interposer; at least one fixed feature die disposed above the interposer; and an interface region disposed above the interposer and configured to couple the programmable IC region to the fixed feature die via a first set of interconnection lines routed through the interposer between a first plurality of ports of the interface region and the fixed feature die and a second set of interconnection lines routed between a second plurality of ports of the interface region and the programmable IC region.
US09911462B2
A method and apparatus for providing stream linking in audio/video disk media is disclosed. The present invention sets-up an audio/video stream on a disk drive, uses read and write commands for accessing contiguous data and, given an established stream, establishes a linked stream by sending a linked stream request with the number of a primary stream to the drive. The new stream inherits the beginning and ending addresses of the primary stream. Passed pointer detection is enabled for linked stream pointers passing primary stream pointers.
US09911459B2
The present technology relates to an information processing device and method, a recording medium, and a program, which can improve a data transfer speed. In the recording medium, a recording area is divided into a plurality of simulated zones and a set of the plurality of simulated zones composes a simulated zone group. Then, an address is set to each area in the simulated zones so that the addresses are interleaved between the simulated zones composing the simulated zone group. By interleaving the addresses between the simulated zones in this manner, a local seek operation or a rotational delay can be reduced and the data transfer speed can be improved when recording or reproducing data to the recording medium in more than one channel at the same time. The present technology can be applied to an optical disk.
US09911457B2
There is provided a method for use by a media player to provide access to a media content. The method comprises receiving a request from a user for playing the media content, prompting a user for an authorization code, receiving the authorization code from the user, transmitting the authorization code to an authentication server over a network, receiving a valid authentication message from the authentication server over the network if the authorization code is confirmed to be valid, transmitting the valid authentication message to a content server over the network, retrieving the media content from the content server over the network, wherein the media content incorporates an identification information associating the media content with the user.
US09911452B2
A winding-up method for winding up a magnetic tape, includes: winding up the magnetic tape around a takeup reel by laying turns one on top of another while causing the magnetic tape to run; and performing a tension control of maintaining tension exerted on a wound-up magnetic tape for a predetermined time.
US09911426B2
Apparatus and methods for generating an encoded audio bitstream, including by including program loudness metadata and audio data in the bitstream, and optionally also program boundary metadata in at least one segment (e.g., frame) of the bitstream. Other aspects are apparatus and methods for decoding such a bitstream, e.g., including by performing adaptive loudness processing of the audio data of an audio program indicated by the bitstream, or authentication and/or validation of metadata and/or audio data of such an audio program. Another aspect is an audio processing unit (e.g., an encoder, decoder, or post-processor) configured (e.g., programmed) to perform any embodiment of the method or which includes a buffer memory which stores at least one frame of an audio bitstream generated in accordance with any embodiment of the method.
US09911404B2
The disclosure relates to combined active noise cancellation and noise compensation in a headphone. An audio processing device includes a selector and a noise compensation unit. The selector can select one of a plurality of first transfer functions based on at least one feature of at least one of an external noise and a content audio signal representing a sound to be reproduced through the headphone. The noise compensation unit can compute a second audio signal by applying the selected first transfer function to a first audio signal, and derive gains for the noise compensation at least based on the second audio signal. The at least one feature can be used to distinguish at least two of the first transfer functions. Each of the first transfer functions can transform the first audio signal to the second audio signal which is assumed as representing a version of the sound represented by the first audio signal, which arrives at an eardrum of a listener wearing the headphone. The first audio signal is one of a noise signal representing the external noise and the content audio signal.
US09911403B2
Vocal audio of a user together with performance synchronized video is captured and coordinated with audiovisual contributions of other users to form composite duet-style or glee club-style or window-paned music video-style audiovisual performances. In some cases, the vocal performances of individual users are captured (together with performance synchronized video) on mobile devices, television-type display and/or set-top box equipment in the context of karaoke-style presentations of lyrics in correspondence with audible renderings of a backing track. Contributions of multiple vocalists are coordinated and mixed in a manner that selects for presentation, at any given time along a given performance timeline, performance synchronized video of one or more of the contributors. Selections are in accord with a visual progression that codes a sequence of visual layouts in correspondence with other coded aspects of a performance score such as pitch tracks, backing audio, lyrics, sections and/or vocal parts.
US09911399B2
A method of image processing includes determining a supplement pixel and original pixels adjacent to the supplement pixel, deriving luminance data of the original pixels from input image data, calculating a difference value among the luminance data of the original pixels, selecting an original pixel of the original pixels as an effective pixel when the difference value of luminance data of the original pixel and a nearest original pixel to the supplement pixel is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, setting a weighted value of the effective pixel based on a distance between the supplement pixel and the effective pixel, and calculating luminance data of the supplement pixel based on luminance data of the effective pixel and the weighted value.
US09911388B2
The present application discloses a pixel structure, an array substrate and a display device comprising the same. The pixel structure comprises a pixel array comprising a first array section and a second array section alternatively arranged along a first direction; the first array section comprises at least one first pixel sequence extending along a second direction and at least one second pixel sequence extending along the second direction; the second array section comprises at least one third pixel sequence extending along the second direction and at least one fourth pixel sequence extending along the second direction. According to the present application, the brightness centers are uniformly distributed in the pixel array, thereby resulting in a more uniform brightness and a reduction of the sub-pixels' dark state light leakage when an image is displayed.
US09911383B2
A pixel circuit able to prevent a spread of the terminal voltages of drive transistors inside a panel and in turn able to reliably prevent deterioration of uniformity, wherein a source of a TFT serving as a drive transistor is connected to an anode of a light emitting element, a drain is connected to a power source potential, a capacitor is connected between a gate and source of the TFT, and a source potential of the TFT is connected to a fixed potential through a TFT serving as a switch transistor and wherein pixel circuit lines are connected by an upper line and bottom line and are arranged in parallel with pixel circuit power source voltage lines so as not to have intersecting parts.
US09911381B2
There is provided a display device including a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels may include a plurality of switching devices, at least one capacitor, and a semiconductor light-emitting device. The display device may further include a driving circuit configured to apply currents to the semiconductor light-emitting device through the plurality of switching devices and at least one capacitor. The semiconductor light-emitting device may emit red light, green light, and blue light through the currents applied by the driving circuit.
US09911380B2
An organic light emitting display device includes display pixels, auxiliary pixels, and a plurality of signal lines. The signal lines include data lines, auxiliary data lines, scan lines, and emission control lines. The auxiliary pixels are to be used for repairing defective ones of the display pixels. In operation, scan signals are supplied in a unit of p scan lines, A emission control signals are to be supplied in a unit of p A emission control lines, and B emission control signals are to be supplied in a unit of p B emission control lines, where p≧2.
US09911378B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect the display includes a display panel having first through fourth pixels and a scan driving unit that outputs a scan signal to the display panel. The display also includes a data driving unit that alternately outputs a first data signal for the first pixels and a second data signal for the second pixels to the display panel, alternately outputs a third data signal for the third pixels and a fourth data signal for the fourth pixels to the display panel, and begins outputting the first and third data signals before one horizontal period begins The display further includes a demultiplexing unit that alternately applies the first and second data signals to the first and second pixels and the third and fourth data signals to the third and fourth pixels.
US09911377B2
Provided herein are display systems and units, including those configured for dynamic communication in a physical location, such as in retail settings. Also included herein are methods for dynamically displaying product information in a physical location, such as a retail setting.
US09911367B2
Thin film labels, systems, and methods of making and using thereof are described. The thin film systems contain a label and a carrier film, where the label contains an overprint layer, indicia, and an adhesive layer. The carrier film may be coated on one or both sides with a release liner. The adhesive layer can be any suitable adhesive, such as a pressure sensitive adhesive, a fluid activatable adhesive, a heat activated adhesive, or a contact activated adhesive. The label is formed by printed or coating one or more layers of precursor material on the carrier film using standard printers. Suitable precursor materials include, but are not limited to epoxys, solvent cast films, polyurethane dispersions, such as acrylic-urethane hybrid polymer dispersions and polyester-polyurethane dispersions. After the overprint layer dries or is cured, the indicia are printed onto the overprint layer, then the adhesive is coated on top of the indicia.
US09911366B2
A shield strip includes an elongated central web, a plurality of printable identification plates for identifying electrical components, the plurality of identification plates being arranged on two sides of the central web in each case in succession along the central web and being connected to the central web via connecting webs, and at least two holding pins of a different shape and/or size being arranged on the central web, wherein the at least two holding pins are formed in each case for engagement in an associated mounting of a magazine of a printing device.
US09911358B2
A real-time wireless system for recording natural tongue movements in the 3D oral space. By attaching a small magnetic tracer to the tongue, either temporarily or semi-permanently, and placing an array of magnetic sensors around the mouth, the tracer can be localized with sub-millimeter precision. The system can also combine the tracer localization with acoustic, video, and flow data via additional sensors to form a comprehensive audiovisual biofeedback mechanism for diagnosing speech impairments and improving speech therapy. Additionally, the system can record tongue trajectories and create an indexed library of such traces. The indexed library can be used as a tongue tracking silent speech interface. The library can synthesize words, phrases, or execute commands tied to the individual patterns of magnetic field variations or tongue trajectories.
US09911357B2
A solution for training guidance is provided. A method related to the solution includes acquiring, in a training guidance apparatus, cardiovascular data representing cardiovascular measurement on a user carrying out a physical exercise, wherein the acquired cardiovascular data is real-time data measured during the physical exercise. The method further includes determining exercise guidance attributes from the cardiovascular data with respect to at least one training target of the physical exercise, selecting a video clip matching with the guidance attributes, and causing display of the video clip to the user.
US09911353B2
A content delivery system is disclosed herein. The content delivery system includes a content management server, a survey server, and a database server that are communicatingly connected with a plurality of user devices. The database server includes a plurality of databases that are organized in a tiered memory such that prioritized data is placed in memory tier having faster components and non-prioritized data is placed in a memory tier having relatively slower components. The content distribution system can generate an evaluation and evaluation data by identifying a cohort for receipt of the evaluation, compiling the evaluation, and receiving evaluation results.
US09911350B2
A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a game stimulus signal generated by a first gaming accessory device, determining a first game action result based on the game stimulus signal, analyzing the first game action result to provide a first coaching message to achieve a desired result, and presenting the coaching message. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09911347B2
Interactive and educational containers that include a body and a band slidingly mounted to the body. The body defines a cylinder and an opening and includes a base and a sidewall that extends around the perimeter of the base. The sidewall includes an exterior face and a first set of indicia disposed on the exterior face of the sidewall at a plurality of radial positions around the sidewall. The band has an exterior face and a second set of indicia disposed on the exterior face of the band in a plurality of radial positions around the band. The band rotates around the sidewall to a plurality of radial positions where the first set of indicia and the second set of indicia align. The first and second sets of indicia are selected to have educational significance when aligned in selected combinations.
US09911344B2
A camera-based obstacle detection system includes a first camera, a second camera, and one or more processors configured to acquire a first image from the first camera, acquire a second image from the second camera, determine a depth of an object based on a location of the object in the first image relative to a location of the object in the second image, and in response to the depth exceeding a threshold depth value, generate an alert.
US09911341B2
Improving automated package delivery to mobile delivery receptacles to allow accurate and reliable package deliveries comprises a delivery receptacle for an automated package delivery via an unmanned aerial delivery device. The delivery receptacle is notified of a pending delivery and travels to a receiving location. The delivery receptacle emits infrared (“IR”) beacons from one or more IR beacon transmitters. An aerial delivery device detects the IR beacon and uses the beacons to navigate to the delivery receptacle. The delivery receptacle receives IR beacon responses from the aerial delivery device and continually or periodically directs the IR beacons in the direction of the aerial delivery device. The aerial delivery device deposits the package in the delivery receptacle. After receiving the package, the delivery receptacle transports the package to a secure location, such as into a garage.
US09911338B2
A system for providing a flight planning tool is disclosed. The system may include at least one memory device for storing flight information and one or more hardware processors. The one or more hardware processors may be configured to provide an Application Program Interface (API) for facilitating communication between the system and at least one of a client device and one or more third-party devices, receive, via the API, a request including first information related to a flight, collect, via the API and based on the first information, second information from one or more third-party devices, generate flight trip data based on the first and second information, wherein the flight trip data includes information and graphics associated with the flight, and provide, via the API, one or more user interfaces to the client device for communicating the flight trip data.
US09911321B2
Systems and methods utilize a smart control hub and a relatively “dumb” remote control device that receives display information from the control hub. The remote control communicates simplified commands that are interpreted by the control hub, and translated into commands that are transmitted by the control hub to devices being controlled. Various display pages, or menus of options, may be fed to the remote control and displayed and/or updated on the remote control. A user can navigate the various pages to control various devices using a limited number of buttons and/or a limited reconfigurable input surface. The pages may be updated, for example, to reflect current state information for devices, e.g. on/off, percent power, etc., or to change available commands, e.g. alternating between “on” and “off”, “pause” and “play”, etc.
US09911318B2
A method performed at a computer system includes: receiving current location data for a user; receiving door lock activation data for a door of a dwelling of the user; receiving current occupancy data for the dwelling; determining a configuration of a controller for the dwelling, based at least in part on the received current location data for the user, the received door lock activation data for the door, and the received current occupancy data for the dwelling; if the door was locked from inside the dwelling and the user is present in the dwelling, setting or sending instructions to set a configuration of the controller to a first configuration; and, if the door was locked from outside the dwelling and the user is not present in the dwelling, setting or sending instructions to set the configuration of the controller to a second configuration, distinct from the first configuration.
US09911315B2
A system including is provided that includes a cloud application executing on a cloud processor that detects an evacuation message, a portable device that receives a notification from the cloud application of the evacuation message, a processor of the cloud application that determines a current geographic location of the portable device and an evacuation destination for the portable device and that downloads a map to the portable device showing a route from the current location to the evacuation destination, and a processor that updates the map based upon real-time events occurring along the route.
US09911314B2
An alarm system is disclosed. The alarm system includes an enclosure; at least one sensor, the sensor is configured to communicate a signal to the enclosure; and at least one of a wireless transceiver positioned in the enclosure, the transceiver configured to receive an activation signal and transmit an alarm signal.
US09911311B1
A tracking system determines that a first device of an owner of a tracking device is not within a proximity of the tracking device, that a second device is within a proximity of the tracking device, and whether a tracking application is not running on the first device. Responsive to determining that the tracking application is not running on the first device, the tracking system generates a notification informing the owner that the tracking application is not running on the first device. Responsive to determining that a location of the second device within a proximity of the tracking device is more than a threshold distance from a last known location of the tracking device, the tracking system generates a another notification informing the owner that the tracking device may be lost. The tracking system provides one or both of the notifications to the first device for display to the owner.
US09911310B2
A smart phone including a computer readable storage medium to store a hearing aid locator application and a processor coupled to the computer readable storage medium to execute the hearing aid locator application to track a last known location of a hearing aid.
US09911309B1
A personal proximity warning device for alerting a user to an approaching object includes a housing that defines an interior space. The housing is configured to couple to an article that is coupled to a user. A power module and a transmitter are coupled to the housing and positioned in the interior space. The transmitter is operationally coupled to the power module and is configured to communicate an alert to an electronic device of the user. The electronic device is configured to audibly communicate the alert to the user through one or more speakers that are coupled to the user, such as earbuds and headphones. A sensor is coupled to the housing and operationally coupled to the power module and the transmitter. The sensor is configured to detect motion in an area proximate to the user and to compel the transmitter to communicate the alert upon detection of the motion.
US09911300B2
Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage medium are provided for managing patient alerts using a mobile device. A mobile device associated with a patient caregiver receives a critical alert related to the patient, and the alert is presented on the mobile device. The alert includes important contextual information that enables the caregiver to make a quick assessment of how to effectively address the alert. The alert includes options for accepting the alert or rejecting the alert. Acceptance of the alert enables the caregiver to communicate the alert to selected caregivers that can assist in managing the alert. Rejecting the alert causes the alert to be automatically communicated to additional caregivers associated with patient.
US09911296B2
An asset includes a short range transmitter that broadcasts a first signal that includes a unique identifier associated with the asset. Each asset is carried by one of number of mobile devices, and each asset is freely exchangeable between any of the number of mobile devices. Each of at least some of the mobile devices carries a receiver to receive the first signals within reception range of the receiver. Each of at least some of the mobile devices aggregates the received unique identifiers. Each of at least some of the mobile devices carries a transmitter that transmits a second signal that includes data representative of a geolocation of the respective mobile device and data indicative of the unique identifiers received by the respective mobile device to a back-end system. The back-end system uses the data included in the received second signals to track and locate assets within a geographic area.
US09911271B2
A system for interactive gaming among a plurality of players includes a host computer system and a plurality of player terminals communicably coupled to the host computer system or gaming platform via a network. The plurality of player terminals may be located at a plurality of licensed gaming locations. The plurality of player terminals may be configured to engage the plurality of players in a common interactive game operated by the host computer system. The plurality of player terminals can include means for dispensing player winnings from the player terminal.
US09911263B2
An input device with a dynamic display function includes a panel, an interface unit, and a control module, with multiple buttons groups randomly mounted on the panel. Each buttons group has at least one button, and one buttons group has at least two buttons. Every button has a lighting unit placed adjacently and has a symbol marked thereon, and the buttons in the same buttons groups have an identical symbol. The control module is electrically connected with the interface unit and the lighting unit and lights up at least one lighting unit and its corresponding button in every buttons groups. The interface unit transfers a signal from the lit button when the button is triggered. The buttons are randomly lit up by the control module in every operation.
US09911257B2
Systems and methods for producing an access-controlled three-dimensional environment of a facility and its assets. A method performed by an environment management system (EMS) includes receiving, from a client system, user credentials, and validating the user credentials. The method includes retrieving user-specific data corresponding to the validated user credentials and transmitting three-dimensional (3D) environment data to the client system based on the validated user credentials and the user-specific data. The method includes receiving a request for information regarding an asset of the 3D environment data and determining additional environment data on an enterprise server system (ESS) that corresponds to the received request. The method includes transmitting, to the client system, a reference to the additional environment data on the ESS. The client system can then use the reference to retrieve the additional environment data from the ESS for display on the client system.
US09911255B2
A car management system includes, for example, a second terminal generating first and second tokens in response to a request from a first terminal to use a vehicle, and sending the first token to the first terminal; and a third terminal authorizing the first terminal to use the vehicle by generating an access key that provides authority to use the vehicle using the first token and the second token in response to a request from the first terminal for the access key, and providing the generated access key to the first terminal.
US09911249B2
A method for operating a diagnostic system of a vehicle including a fail operational power system (FOPS) module and a fail operational system (FOS) module includes the FOS module requesting a microcontroller of the FOPS module to generate a diagnostic control signal. The FOS module receives the diagnostic information from a component module of the FOPS module based on the diagnostic control signal generated by the microcontroller. The FOS module executes isolator diagnostics based on the received diagnostic information.
US09911248B2
A method for operating a hybrid drive system which includes ascertaining an overall cost function that takes into account the cost function, which is a function of the operating point, for minimizing an energy usage of the hybrid drive system, and that takes into account one or more partial cost functions, which are a function of the operating point, which are each assigned to a requested special function; determining an optimized operating point of the hybrid drive system corresponding to an optimization according to the ascertained overall cost function; operating of the hybrid drive system at the operating point; and executing of those of the requested special functions for which the determined operating point is within an operating range assigned to the respective special function.
US09911243B2
A computer implemented method for visualization of a 3D model of an object, wherein the method includes: generating and displaying a first view of the 3D-model; receiving an user input, the user input are one or more interaction commands comprises interactions for customization of 3D model by at least one of adding, removing, replacing, scaling, or changing geometry, or combination thereof, of mechanical, electronic, digital, or pneumatic part/s of the 3D model by changing texture and/or graphics data of the part identifying one or more interaction commands; in response to the identified command/s, rendering of corresponding interaction to 3D model of object with or without sound output using texture data, computer graphics data and selectively using sound data of the 3D-model of object; and displaying the corresponding interaction to 3D-model.
US09911240B2
The technology disclosed relates to a method of interacting with a virtual object. In particular, it relates to referencing a virtual object in an augmented reality space, identifying a physical location of a device in at least one image of the augmented reality space, generating for display a control coincident with a surface of the device, sensing interactions between at least one control object and the control coincident with the surface of the device, and generating data signaling manipulations of the control coincident with the surface of the device.
US09911238B2
In a general aspect, a system can include a leader device. The leader device can include an interface configured to display a plurality of preview images, each preview image corresponding with respective virtual reality (VR) content. The leader device also include a selection device configured to select a preview image of the plurality of preview images and a leader application configured to control presentation of the respective VR content associated with the selected preview image. The system can further include a plurality of participant devices that are operationally coupled with the leader device. Each participant device of the plurality of participant devices can be configured to, responsive to the leader device, display at least one image included in the respective VR content corresponding with the selected preview image.
US09911231B2
A method and computing device for providing Augmented Reality (AR) is provided. The method of providing AR includes detecting at least one physical object from a real scene obtained through a camera of a computing device, rendering at least one virtual object at a desired position of the detected at least one physical object on the real scene provided on a display, enabling communication through a command for interaction between the rendered at least one virtual object, and enabling the at least one virtual object to perform an action in response to command communication between the at least one virtual object.
US09911230B2
An apparatus and method for controlling a virtual monitor in an augmented reality display system are provided. The method for controlling a virtual monitor in an augmented reality display system, including a camera for photographing an image for determining a location of the virtual monitor and for photographing an image of a user's finger, and a graphic device including window images, includes parallel-processing the image for determining a location of the virtual monitor and the window images and mapping the window images to a set location to create the virtual monitor, extracting a finger tip from the image of the user's finger, stencil-buffering an image of the finger tip not to render the image of the finger in the virtual monitor, determining whether the finger tip collides with the stencil-buffered virtual monitor, and controlling an operation of the virtual monitor according to the determination of the finger tip collision.
US09911228B2
Geometric correction of rough wireframe models derived from photographs may include rectification of either a 2D or 3D original wireframe model of a roof structure, derivation of metadata from the original wireframe, in-plane normalization of the wireframe, extrusion into a “rough” 3D wireframe based on the normalized wireframe, and correction of the “rough” 3D wireframe. The correction and normalization may be an iterative process based on initial pitch values, metadata derived from the original or corrected wireframe models and defined constraints regarding relationships between roof portions or segments. The iterative process may repeat adjusting the wireframe model until the adjusting converges to a stable state according to the various defined constraints.
US09911223B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content generating, searching, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods provide systems and methods for automatically extracting and creating an animated Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) file from a media file. The disclosed systems and methods identify a number of GIF candidates from a video file, and based on analysis of each candidate's attributes, features and/or qualities, at least one GIF candidate is automatically selected for rendering.
US09911219B2
Techniques related to pose estimation for an articulated body are discussed. Such techniques may include extracting, segmenting, classifying, and labeling blobs, generating initial kinematic parameters that provide spatial relationships of elements of a kinematic model representing an articulated body, and refining the kinematic parameters to provide a pose estimation for the articulated body.
US09911218B2
Speech animation may be performed using visemes with phonetic boundary context. A viseme unit may comprise an animation that simulates lip movement of an animated entity. Individual ones of the viseme units may correspond to one or more complete phonemes and phoneme context of the one or more complete phonemes. Phoneme context may include a phoneme that is adjacent to the one or more complete phonemes that correspond to a given viseme unit. Potential sets of viseme units that correspond with individual phoneme string portions may be determined. One of the potential sets of viseme units may be selected for individual ones of the phoneme string portions based on a fit metric that conveys a match between individual ones of the potential sets and the corresponding phoneme string portion.
US09911214B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose a display control method and a display control apparatus, relating to the field of near-to-eye display technologies. The method includes: determining a first display area, in the FOV of a user, of an image displayed on a main display device; and using at least one near-to-eye display device according to the first display area to display augmentation information related to the image. In the method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application, at least one near-to-eye display device is used to supplement a display that is provided at a suitable viewing distance of a user by a device but cannot fully fill the FOV of the user, and augmentation information is used to fill the FOV of the user as far as possible, so that good immersion media viewing experience can be provided.
US09911210B1
A system and method for well log vectorization are described that assist geologists or other technicians to rapidly and accurately vectorize well log curves that are visually evident in a raster well log image. The resulting digital well log curves are instrumental for qualitative interpretation and quantitative analysis of geologic information measured along well bores. The system and method simplifies and makes more efficient and accurate the process of vectorizing well log curves that are displayed in a digital raster log image.
US09911207B2
Apparatus and methods for Coherent Diffractive Imaging with multiple, simultaneous, spatially distinct beams chosen and configured to isolate incoherent sums of beam diffraction such that interference between the multiple beams is not present in the data prior to computationally reconstructing the image. This is accomplished through selecting the multiple beams to be non-interfering modes, or through designing the apparatus such that the interference is not recorded, or through processing the collected data to filter the interference before reconstructing the image.
US09911205B1
An indication of a polyline having multiple vertices and a stipple pattern of a not-a-power-of-two length are received. The stipple pattern is to be repeatedly rendered along the polyline. To reduce visual discontinuity, a texture of a power-of-two length, to be repeatedly applied along the polyline, is generated. The texture is made up of several whole instances of the stipple pattern and a portion of another instance of the stipple pattern defining remainder texels. The texture is modified so that visual pattern discontinuity substantially aligns with a vertex of the polyline at which a maximum amount of change in direction of the polyline occurs.
US09911196B2
A system includes an image capture device configured to capture images, and a processor programmed with one or more computer program modules. When executed, the one or more computer program modules are configured to receive the images captured by the image capture device, generate a control signal for a haptic output device as the images are received, synchronize the images and the control signal, and output a video with the synchronized images and the control signal.
US09911182B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for receiving ultrasound image data corresponding to an ultrasound image with a master dynamic range and displaying a globally tone-mapped version of the ultrasound image on an electronic display. A region of interest (ROI) within the ultrasound image may be regionally tone mapped to provide an enhanced, optimized, and/or otherwise improved image of the ROI. The regional tone mapping may allow for features within the ROI to be more easily distinguishable that are not or at least not easily distinguishable in the global tone mapping of the same region.
US09911173B2
A method for displaying a plurality of images is provided. The method includes: obtaining one or more image sets based on the plurality of images, wherein a similarity degree between each pair of images in each image set is greater than a similarity threshold; identifying an operation instruction triggered on at least one of the image sets; if the operation instruction triggered on the at least one of the image sets satisfies a predetermined updating condition, updating the similarity threshold; and displaying the plurality of images based on the updated similarity threshold.
US09911166B2
A method for tracking interactions in an emergency response environment according to embodiments of the present invention includes receiving color images and depth information from within a field of view of a sensor array; maintaining an emergency encounter record; monitoring one or both of a position of an object and movement of the object in the emergency response environment based on the color images and depth information received by the sensor array; and recording an occurrence of a condition in the emergency encounter record, wherein the condition is based on the one or both of the position of the object and the movement of the object.
US09911162B2
A method for online marketing provides that one or more processors receive content from an online social media site that is a review of a product of a product type. One or more processors determine a reviewer of the content that generates at least one positive review associated with the product of the product type and determines a reputation score of the reviewer based, at least in part, on the quantity of positive reviews and response data associated with the positive reviews, and one or more processors determine whether the reputation score of the reviewer of the at least one positive product review meets a predetermined threshold condition.
US09911161B2
A method and survey server for analyzing social media content based on survey participation data related to a website. The survey server collects survey participation data comprising text and a metric. The survey participation data correspond to survey information received from users of a plurality of user devices in relation to a visit of the website. The survey server analyzes the text of the survey participation data, to generate a correlation between words or groups of words present in the text and the metric. Social media content comprising text and related to a visit of the website is also collected. The text of the social media content is analyzed, to identify the words or groups of words. The social media content comprising the words or groups of words is associated with the metric. The analysis of the text of the survey participation data may comprise performing a semantic categorization.
US09911159B1
A method of encouraging safe driving of a vehicle using a remote starter device installed at a vehicle is provided. The remote starter device determines whether it is in signal communication with a remote starter application operating at a mobile computing device separate from the remote starter device. When the remote starter device is in signal communication with the remote starter application, the remote starter device permits ignition of the vehicle. When the remote starter device is not in signal communication with the remote starter application, the remote starter device prevents ignition of the vehicle. The remote starter application may present to a driver of the vehicle an insurance rate for taking a trip in the vehicle.
US09911158B1
Systems and methods for providing persistent state are described herein. One or more embodiments include verifying access information provided by a user of a first device in connection with a user initiated transaction session, maintaining a current state of the transaction session in a persistent store, establishing a session key corresponding to the transaction session, providing the session key to the user, and providing the user access to the current state of the transaction session via a second device in response to validation of the session key received from the second device.
US09911151B1
A system includes location detectors and a server. The location detectors are supported by respective vehicles that are for sale on a dealership lot. Each detector detects its location and wirelessly transmits location data indicating the location. The server receives the transmitted location data from each detector, and maintains a database of each vehicle's location in accordance with associated detector's location. The server receives selection criteria from a mobile communication device. The server selects a vehicle from among the vehicles based on the selection criteria. The server transmits the location of the selected vehicle to the communication device.
US09911149B2
Systems and methods for online shopping cart management are provided. According to an embodiment, a shopping cart system receives cart information for one or more items selected by a user on a plurality of merchant websites. The shopping cart system determines related items among the one or more items to populate different carts of the user. In response to receiving a checkout request for a cart containing an item related to other items, the shopping cart system provides an option to check out the other related items. The user may initiate, and the shopping cart system may process, a payment request for items in the checked-out cart. In some embodiments, the shopping cart system may remove items similar to the purchased items from the remaining carts. In further embodiments, the shopping cart system may automatically check out one of the carts after a predetermined amount of time.
US09911148B2
Querying for business service processing status information is disclosed, including: receiving a query reference message from a server, wherein the query reference message includes information associated with a set of processing nodes associated with a business service, a sequence associated with the set of processing nodes, and a set of predicted measures of time corresponding to the set of processing nodes; determining a next information query time associated with a current processing node of the set of processing nodes based at least in part on a predicted measure of time of the set of predicted measures of time corresponding to the current processing node; in response to occurrence of the next information query time, sending an information query request to the server; and receiving an information query response from the server, wherein the information query response includes a current business service processing status information associated with the business service.
US09911138B2
A computer-automated system is disclosed for promoting specifiable items of merchandise in a retail shopping facility for specifiable time periods. The automated promotion system enables a customer with an appropriately configured mobile device to avail of promotional prompts within the shopping facility electronically (i.e., within the specified time period), substantiating redemption of a related benefit at checkout (i.e., within or beyond the specified time period). The system has three principal components: a source, a node, and a checkpoint. The source enables a retailer to script the parameters of the promotion (e.g., the duration, benefit, and relevant merchandise). The node—preferably, an electronic shelf label—provides means for publishing the promotion to a customer pursuant to information entered by the retailer at the source. The checkpoint consummates the promotion.
US09911137B2
According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a reactive display system comprising a display channel, data storage coupled to the display and configured to store pre-determined and reactive messages, a sensor configured to monitor at least one variable of an area within which the system is located, and a controller coupled to the sensor, data storage and the display, wherein the controller is configured to operate data storage and the display channel to display at least one pre-determined message in a first mode of operation, and wherein the controller is further configured to operate data storage and the display channel to display at least one reactive message in a second mode of operation in response to an indication from the sensor that the at least one variable has changed.
US09911131B1
A method and system for obtaining leads based on data derived from a variety of sources is disclosed. The method is executed by a system that includes a data processing module within a leads management system, among others system components. The data processing module scans one or more external data sources; collects lead data from those sources; analyzes the data collected; identifies attributes of interest about one or more potential quality leads; identifies one or more high quality leads; creates a profile for those high quality leads; stores those profiles in an internal database; and generates a list of one or more high quality leads.
US09911126B2
A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards providing advertisement insertions at a point of consumption into digital content, such as broadcast television content. A content provider may initially mark the content for advertisement insertion, and create a metadata file indicating constraints, targets, expirations, or the like. A downstream user employs a plug-in component and provides an initial user profile, in part, to access the content with advertisements. As the content is played, and an advertising marker is encountered, fast forwarding or other skipping features are disabled, and an advertisement stream is spliced into the content stream. The advertisement stream is determined based on the user profile and/or other metadata. Moreover, the advertisement stream may be obtained over a network such that advertisements may be refreshed even years after the content has been acquired by the user. In one embodiment, the advertisement consumption may be tracked and reported.
US09911122B2
Methods and systems for facilitating and authorizing electronic transactions with various devices and systems are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention utilize audio messages to initiate, process and complete transactions between two or more parties, allowing users to efficiently and effectively enter into and complete financial transactions with businesses and other users. The need to utilize text-based entry as part of the verification process—an inefficient, error-prone and insecure authorization mechanism—is minimized and, in some embodiments, avoided altogether. Unlike recently developed authorization methods, embodiments of the present invention may be implemented using any number of existing devices including, analog or digital televisions, radios, smartphones, tablets computers, and other devices. Embodiments of the present invention may also be utilized to facilitate authorization for various other transactions including to access to an account, website or other locations, to accept or propose trades, to sign a legal or non-legal document, and to verify identity.
US09911115B1
The illustrative embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for conducting transactions with a customer using text messages. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first text message from a mobile communication device associated with a customer. The first text message includes a request from the customer to receive one or more text messages from a vendor. The method also includes adding the customer to a set of consenting customers in a customer database in response to receiving the first text message. The set of consenting customer including customers that consent to receiving text messages from the vendor. The method also includes sending a second text message to the mobile communication device. The second text message is associated with a service offered by the vendor.
US09911112B2
Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, and devices, such as product scanners (e.g., barcode scanners), that continuously adjust fraud-detection sensitivity levels of fraud-detection processes. Adjustments of fraud-detection sensitivity levels are made to maximize actual fraud detection while also minimizing false detections based on changing environmental, transaction, and customer and employee behavioral conditions and factors.
US09911109B2
A method of operating a point-of-sale (POS) system (1), the POS system comprising a POS terminal (3) having a software module (17, 21) thereon for enabling a retailer to process transactions within a transaction environment, and a peripheral device (5, 7) in communication with the POS terminal (3), the POS system (1) further comprising a driver software module (40) installed between the POS terminal (3) software module (17, 21) and the peripheral device (5, 7), the method comprising: receiving, at the driver software module (40), data sent between the software module (17, 21) and the peripheral device (5, 7) in communication with the POS terminal (3); communicating with a further device (44, 60, 64) in dependence on the data received at the driver software module (40); receiving modified data from the further device (44, 60, 64); and outputting the modified data.
US09911108B2
An electronic system and process for facilitating a financial transaction comprising a drop safe and a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, disposed at a retailer location, in communication with one another in which the POS terminal receives, from a user, a request to commence a drop request and, in response, instructs the drop safe to commence a drop request, whereupon after acceptance of the drop request the drop safe accepts, via a currency acceptor, currency that is identified and authenticated, and upon completion of the drop, the drop safe ascertains the total amount of accepted currency and transmits the ascertained amount to the POS terminal which then completes the transaction. The drop request may occur during a transaction with a customer for the purchase of goods or services or at other times. Other features are disclosed.
US09911099B2
Methods and systems for managing an electronic calendar are described. One exemplary method includes displaying a calendar on a display device, the calendar having at least one time range, and displaying an invitation, before it is accepted, on the calendar in the at least one time range with other events which are already accepted. Another exemplary method includes displaying a calendar on a display device and displaying a list of user-selectable calendars comprising an invitation calendar which presents invitations which have not yet been accepted or declined on the invitation calendar. Other methods are described, and machine readable media and systems are also described.
US09911097B2
In some embodiments, methods and systems of locating overstock items at a retail sales facility include receiving an indication that a product at the retail sales facility is out of stock and determining whether the product is located on a sales floor or in the stock room at the retail sales facility; then, in response to a determination that the product is not located on the sales floor or in the stock room, tracking a location of the product based on at least one inventory management factor associated with the retail sales facility and at least one worker task event associated with the product; and outputting to a worker at the retail sales facility, based on the tracking of the location of the at least one product, an indication of a perceived location of the least one product.
US09911094B1
A system may generate and update a key performance indicator (KPI) on a KPI dash. The system may receive a request and access KPI data to generate a self-contained KPI object. The system can also use metadata associated with the KPI to generate a set of metadata objects to be included in the KPI object. The self-contained KPI object can be displayed on the dashboard, and responsive to a rating received from a user, a cumulative rating may be updated. The new rating may be displayed within the KPI on the dashboard.
US09911088B2
A “Context-Aware Crowdsourced Task Optimizer” provides various processes to optimize task recommendations for workers in mobile crowdsourcing scenarios by automatically identifying and recommending bundles of tasks compatible with workers' contexts (e.g., worker history, present or expected locations, travel paths, working hours, skill sets, capabilities of worker's mobile computing devices, etc.). The Context-Aware Crowdsourced Task Optimizer bundles tasks to both maximize expected numbers of completed tasks and to dynamically price tasks to maximize the system's utility, which is a function of task values and task completion rates. Advantageously, the resulting task identification and recommendation process incentivizes individual workers to perform more tasks in a shorter time period, thereby helping tasks to complete faster, even with smaller budgets. While such optimization problems are NP-hard, the Context-Aware Crowdsourced Task Optimizer exploits monotonicity and submodularity of various objective functions to provide computationally feasible task identification and recommendation algorithms with tight optimality bounds.
US09911086B2
A system and methods for providing variable distribution and access control for purchased event tickets are described. In one embodiment, a network-based system receives an order for electronic tickets purchased by a buyer, receives one or more recipients other than the buyer for one or more of the electronic tickets, receives delivery options for the recipients from the buyer, receives delivery information for the recipients from the buyer, and delivers electronic ticket information to the recipients. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09911081B2
An efficient fact checking system analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The efficient fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information efficiently and/or provides a status of the information.
US09911078B2
A card has: a substrate of ID-1 format according to the ISO 7810 standard; and at least one electronic component arranged on the substrate, all or part of said at least one electronic component being disposed in at least one of the two embossing regions defined in the ISO 7811-1 standard as regions in which embossed characters can be formed on the substrate; an encapsulation of the unit comprising the substrate and said at least one electronic component; such that the thickness of the card at the level of said embossing regions does not exceed 1.32 mm.
US09911074B2
The invention concerns a security element having a magnetic coding consisting of magnetic coding elements. At least one of the magnetic coding elements has a grid-shaped magnetic region which is formed by a plurality of mutually parallel grid strips made of magnetic material which respectively have a magnetic anisotropy. The grid strips lead, through their magnetic anisotropy, to the magnetization direction of the coding element being able to differ from the direction of the applied magnetic field. Since the resultant magnetic signals that the grid-shaped magnetic regions deliver cannot be simulated by conventional magnetic regions, said coding elements increase the anti-forgery security of the security element.
US09911072B2
In this rectangular two-dimensional code, data expressed in binary code is divided into cells, and arranged as a two-dimensional matrix-like pattern. The two-dimensional code is characterized by being provided with a rectangular basic pattern section. The two-dimensional code is further characterized in that: the basic pattern section includes a plurality of position detection patterns for specifying cell positions, and version information indicating the size of the two-dimensional code; and the version information is used to enable the size of the two-dimensional code to be variably designed while the distances between the plurality of position detection patterns are in a fixed state.
US09911071B2
The disclosed method, and corresponding system, for controlling items on a production/distribution line relies on secure identification of items transported arranged in a given disposition along a transport path at a site of collection and packaging of the items, and association of ID data of some of the packed items with corresponding packaging ID data so as to ensure reliable identification of package content delivered on the line.
US09911062B1
Systems and methods of correcting eddy current-induced background phase (EC-BP) in magnetic resonance imaging (PC-MRI) data. The method includes acquiring a slice of interest (SOI) at a first table position using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, the slice of interest having a predetermined imaging orientation and being acquired having predetermined gradient waveforms; acquiring at least one additional slice at a second table position using the MRI scanner, the at least one additional slice having a same imaging orientation as the slice of interest and being acquired using the same gradient waveforms as the slice of interest; determining time-averaged phase maps from the slice of interest and the at least one additional slice; determining a correction map from the time-averaged phase maps; and correcting a background phase (BP) of the slice of interest using the correction map.
US09911060B2
Color noise is reduced while suppressing the occurrence of color blurring in the vicinity of an edge. An image processing apparatus including: a first determination unit configured to determine whether or not a first area consisting of a plurality of pixels including a pixel of interest is an area in a uniform color for the pixel of interest in input image data; a second determination unit configured to determine whether or not a second area, different from the first area, consisting of a plurality of pixels including the pixel of interest is an area in a uniform color; a setting unit configured to set a reference area consisting of the pixel of interest and adjacent pixels of the pixel of interest for the pixel of interest; and a first correction unit configured to correct the pixel value of the pixel of interest to a value for which noise has been reduced based on the pixel value of the pixel included in the reference area.
US09911057B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that can detect an event, access location information for a group of mobile communication devices that are each automatically capturing images, and identify a subset of the group of mobile communication devices that are in proximity to the event based on the location information. The processor can provide first image analysis criteria to the subset of the group of mobile communication devices without providing the first image analysis criteria to remaining devices of the group of mobile communication devices where the first image analysis criteria includes first characteristics associated with an object. The processor can receive a first target image that includes the object from a first mobile communication device of the subset of the group of mobile communication devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09911050B2
A driver active safety control system for a vehicle includes a plurality of image capture sensors, a video display screen, a central driver active safety control module and at least one non-imaging sensor. The control module at least includes an image processor, a vision core and a fusion core. The image processor processes image data captured by and received from at least a forward viewing image capture sensor for at least one of (i) automatic headlamp control, (ii) lane departure warning and (iii) traffic sign recognition. The vision core is operable to manipulate image data captured by and received at least from rearward and sideward viewing image capture sensors to form video images for displaying on the video display screen. The fusion core is operable to process inputs received to enhance control by the control module of a driver assistance system of the equipped vehicle.
US09911049B2
A lane boundary line recognition apparatus acquires an image. Based on edge points extracted from the image, a lane boundary line candidate is extracted, and a lane boundary line probability thereof is calculated. A lane boundary line candidate of which the lane boundary line probability exceeds a threshold is recognized. As the threshold, a first threshold, larger than a second threshold in normal mode, is set when a first condition is met and also a second condition is met. The first condition is that a single lane boundary line is recognized on a roadside side of a lane in which the own vehicle is traveling, and a composite lane boundary line is recognized on a side opposite the roadside side. The second condition is that a state in which a lane boundary line cannot be recognized on at least the opposite side continues for a predetermined amount of time.
US09911047B2
In the image processing device, the method and the recording medium according to the present invention, the characteristic information extractor extracts the number of times the same subject appears in the still images. The target object detector detects the target subject which appears the number of times not less than the threshold value. The image analysis condition determiner sets the image analysis condition for the portion of the moving image where the target subject is absent to be rougher than that where the target subject is present. The frame image analyzer extracts frame images from the moving image in accordance with the image analysis condition. The frame image output section calculates the evaluation value of the frame images based on the result of the image analysis and output the frame image having the evaluation value not less than the threshold value.
US09911043B2
Techniques are disclosed for analyzing a scene depicted in an input stream of video frames captured by a video camera. The techniques include evaluating sequence pairs representing segments of object trajectories. Assuming the objects interact, each of the sequences of the sequence pair may be mapped to a sequence cluster of an adaptive resonance theory (ART) network. A rareness value for the pair of sequence clusters may be determined based on learned joint probabilities of sequence cluster pairs. A statistical anomaly model, which may be specific to an interaction type or general to a plurality of interaction types, is used to determine an anomaly temperature, and alerts are issued based at least on the anomaly temperature. In addition, the ART network and the statistical anomaly model are updated based on the current interaction.
US09911042B1
Systems and methods for analyzing image data depicting properties are disclosed According to certain aspects, an electronic device may analyze image data depicting a property to identify a set of attributes of the property. The electronic device may identify, based on the set of attributes, an architectural style of the property. Further, the electronic device may identify at least one additional property having the same architectural style. Data indicative of the at least one additional property may be presented to a user for viewing and assessment.
US09911019B2
Instrumentation and methods of use are provided for a medical device identification system. The application describes embodiments of a system including a medical device, and an identification tag having an RFID chip and an electrical circuit. The system defines a first configuration in which a first attachment region of the electrical circuit is in electrical communication with a second attachment region of the electrical circuit, and a second configuration in which the first attachment region is electrically isolated from the second attachment region. When the system is in the first configuration the RFID chip is in a first state, and when the system is in the second configuration the RFID chip is in a second state different than the first state.
US09911010B2
A method and system for configuring a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) includes receiving an encrypted FPGA load-decryption key at an FPGA from a remote key-storage device. The remote key-storage device may be external to and operatively connected with the FPGA. The encrypted FPGA load-decryption key is decrypted using a session key, which may be stored at both the FPGA and the remote key-storage device. Encrypted FPGA-configuration data is received at the FPGA, and decrypted and authenticated using the decrypted FPGA load-decryption key. The decryption of the FPGA-configuration data may indicate a cryptographic state associated with the FPGA-configuration data, which may be used in recurring authentication of the FPGA-configuration data. For recurring authentication, a challenge message may be received at the FPGA from an authentication device, which may be encrypted using the cryptographic state and the session key to generate a response message. The response message may then be sent to the authentication device to determine authenticity of the FPGA-configuration data.
US09911005B2
A processor-implemented method for policy-based search privacy is provided, including a search privacy module and one or more privacy policy configurations. The privacy policy configurations include at least one semantic domain, at least one semantic scope, at least one semantic domain database, and at least one lexical database. A web search is intercepted. The search terms in the web search are compared to the semantic domain in the privacy policy configuration. If a match is found, a query is submitted to the semantic domain database to retrieve keywords within a number of levels of the semantic domain, as specified by the semantic scope. The search privacy module generates web searches that are semantically similar to the desired web search, using the retrieved keywords. These generated web searches are submitted to the search engine along with the desired web search.
US09911004B2
A federated in-memory database system (FIMDB) and a method for operating the same. The system comprises: A plurality of interconnected computing sites (LS), each installed with a local in-memory database instance, which is configured to connect to a FIMDB landscape instance; central computing infrastructure, provided by a service provider (SP), which grants access to algorithms managed by the service provider (SP) for execution on local data of the respective consuming computing site (LS); one or more communication channels (LSG1, LSG2), which are specifically adapted for connecting local and remote computing hard- and software via a digital communication channel; and configuration adjuster (CM), which are specifically adapted for configuring local hard- and software to connect to the FIMDB system (FIMDB) and for configuring local hard- and software in order to access algorithms managed by the service provider (SP) and execute them on the local computing hardware.
US09911003B2
Dynamic data masking by intercepting data derived from a database, creating a tabular representation of the data, and masking any of the data in accordance with a masking policy that specifies which of the data are to be masked if a masking condition is met, where the masking condition references the tabular representation of the data using a tabular positional reference.
US09910999B1
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive an index file that associates a characteristic in a set of documents with a set of information associated with the characteristic in the set of documents. The processor is further configured to generate an index identifier associated with the index file and calculate a set of pseudorandom logical block identifiers associated with a set of storage locations of a database based on the index identifier. The processor is then configured to parse the index file into a set of index data portions and send a signal to the database to write each index data portion from the set of index data portions at a different storage location within the database as indicated by a different identifier from the set of pseudorandom logical block identifiers.
US09910998B2
A method, system, mediation server, client, and computer program for deleting a copied file in which a master file is duplicated while maintaining a certain level of security. A mediation server receives and stores a copied file in which a master file stored in a server is duplicated, generates private-key information and public-key information, and transmits the generated public-key information and the copied file to a client. The client receives and stores the copied file and the public-key information. In a case where the copied file is updated, the client encrypts difference information on the difference arising in the updating using the public-key information and transmits the difference information to the mediation server. The client determines whether the condition for being secure is satisfied when a process for updating the copied file becomes possible. When determining that the condition is not satisfied, the client deletes the copied file.
US09910993B2
A cybersecurity system for managing cyber behavior associated with cyber actors such that the cyber behavior can be computed and predicted and cyber interactions between the cyber actors can be created. The system includes a cyber behavioral space management module configured to receive input data, and data from the interaction engine and the analytic workflow engine, and to generate a plurality of cyber behavioral spaces based on the received data. The system includes an interaction engine configured to process cyber actor data to facilitate interactions with the cyber behavioral space, a cyber scene, a cyber map, and another cyber actor. The system includes an analytic workflow engine configured to analyze the cyber behavioral spaces and update cyber data based on the analyzed data and the interaction engine data. The system includes a visualization engine configured to compute visualizations and transmit the visualizations for display.
US09910990B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for implementing a secure processing system having a first processor that is certified as a secure processor. The first processor only executes certified and/or secure code. An isolated second processor executes non-secure (e.g., non-certified) code within a sandbox. The boundaries of the sandbox are enforced (e.g., using a hardware boundary and/or encryption techniques) such that code executing within the sandbox cannot access secure elements of the secure processing system located outside the sandbox. The first processor manages the memory space and the applications that are permitted to run on the second processor.
