US09986567B2
A User Equipment (UE) in communication with a base station is configured by the base station for operation with an adapted Time Division Duplex (TDD) UpLink-DownLink (UL-DL) configuration. A process enables UL power control for transmissions of various channels or signals from the UE in two different sets of UL Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs) and a process enabling receptions of data transport blocks by the base station in two different sets of UL TTIs.
US09986564B2
The present invention relates to a method in a network control node of a wireless communication system, said wireless communication system using a system frequency bandwidth for downlink transmissions from said network control node to one or more mobile stations of said wireless communication system; said method comprising the steps of: allocating K number of sets of physical resource units arbitrarily chosen within said system frequency bandwidth for downlink transmissions, wherein K is an integer equal to or larger than 1 and the number of physical resource units of each set is selected from a finite set of allowed values; jointly encoding the frequency positions of the K number of sets of physical resource units into a first unique combinatorial index q; and signalling said first combinatorial index q in the downlink.
US09986563B2
A bandwidth reallocation circuit can monitor data traffic to and/or from logical network segments (LNSs) of a segmented network. As the data traffic rate to and/or from individual LNSs changes, the bandwidth reallocation circuit can dynamically reallocate the total bandwidth among the LNSs to meet changing bandwidth needs. Thus, as some of the LNSs become busy with data traffic, network bandwidth can be temporarily borrowed for less active LNSs. This can result in more efficient use of the network bandwidth capacity of the network than has been achieved in the prior art, which can significantly increase the speed at which data can be uploaded and/or downloaded to the individual LNSs.
US09986558B2
The disclosure discloses a method for transmitting system information for transmitting system information, a system and a device. The method includes that: a position of a resource for repeatedly sending the system information for repeatedly sending system information in a transmission period for the system information is determined; and the system information is sent on the resource for repeatedly sending the system information for repeatedly sending system information.
US09986552B2
A radio communication device includes an information acquisition unit to acquire information of a frequency position at which predetermined indispensable information is allocated in a data area of a downlink subframe transmitted by an adjacent base station, and a transmission control unit to transmit a narrow band carrier in a data area of a downlink subframe of a current cell in a manner that the narrow band carrier does not overlap with the frequency position at which the predetermined indispensable information is allocated, the narrow band carrier having a narrower band than a donor band.
US09986546B2
According to some aspects, a base station may transmit a radio resources control (RRC) message to a wireless device. The RRC message may comprise configuration parameters for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) associated with one or more subframes in a frame. The base station may transmit, via the ePDCCH, scheduling information for a packet. The base station may receive the packet according to the scheduling information, for example.
US09986541B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) for Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) using carrier aggregation is disclosed. Methods for UCI transmission in the uplink control channel, uplink shared channel or uplink data channel are disclosed. The methods include transmitting channel quality indicators (CQI), precoding matrix indicators (PMI), rank indicators (RI), hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK), channel status reports (CQI/PMI/RI), source routing (SR) and sounding reference signals (SRS). In addition, methods for providing flexible configuration in signaling UCI, efficient resource utilization, and support for high volume UCI overhead in LTE-A are disclosed.
US09986539B2
A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting UCI through a PUSCH. The method includes coding data bits and UCI bits, respectively; multiplexing the coded data bits and the coded UCI bits; and transmitting the multiplexed bits. The PUSCH includes two TBs, and a number of coded modulation symbols per layer of the UCI is determined based on a value related to a number of bits in at least one code block of a first TB, a number of Single-Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access symbols of the first TB, scheduled bandwidth for the first TB, a value related to a number of bits in at least one code block of a second TB, a number of Single-Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access symbols of the second TB, scheduled bandwidth for the second TB, a number of bits of the UCI, and an offset of the PUSCH.
US09986536B2
To execute appropriate process when “Time-Switched UL CA” is executed and even when transmission of uplink information using a plurality of CCs has been scheduled in a same TTI. A radio base station eNB according to the present invention includes a UL transmission processing unit 11 configured to transmit uplink information at TTI#n+4 using a CC allocated over a PDCCH to the mobile station UE at TTI#n. The UL transmission processing unit 11 is configured to transmit the uplink information at each of TTIs using only one CC, and when a plurality of CCs is allocated at TTI#n, the UL transmission processing unit 11 is configured to select uplink information to be transmitted at TTI#n+4, based on a priority corresponding to the uplink information to be transmitted using each of the plurality of CCs allocated.
US09986525B1
In instances where a user equipment (UE) encounters an issue during an attempt to subscribe for registration status, the UE is configured with improved logic for handling the encountered issue. For instance, the UE may transmit a number of subsequent registration requests up to a predetermined number of registration requests before ultimately refraining from transmitting any additional registration requests. The UE may also wait until a lapse of a period of time before transmitting any next registration request and/or subscription request, thereby giving the carrier network sufficient time to resolve any recoverable issues before transmitting a next registration request and/or subscription requests. On subsequent iterations, the time period may be incremented to provide longer and longer wait times before transmitting subsequent registration requests and/or subscription requests.
US09986524B2
Described herein is a system with a first network element and a second network element. The first network element contains a processor configured to synchronize with the second network element; and maintain synchronization with the second network element. The first network element is a small cell eNB and the second network element is one of the following: a macro cell enhanced node-B (eNB); or a small cell eNB.
US09986521B1
Systems and methods are provided for detecting a received synchronization signal. The method includes receiving, at a receiver, a signal from a transmitter and the signal includes the received synchronization signal. The method includes processing the received signal and a plurality of candidate synchronization signals to obtain a plurality of correlation signals. Each candidate synchronization signal is associated with one of the plurality of correlation signals. The method includes selecting, based at least in part on the plurality of correlation signals, one of the plurality of candidate synchronization signals. The selected candidate synchronization signal is correlated with the received synchronization signal. The method includes detecting the received synchronization signal based at least in part on (i) the received signal, and (ii) a characteristic obtained from the correlation signal that is associated with the selected candidate synchronization signal.
US09986517B2
A technique is disclosed for reducing a number of transmissions of power control signals to a wireless device in a communication network. The technique is performed in the communication network or a network node and involves the determining if the wireless device is implementing a routine for discarding a power control signal. The technique further involves the reducing of the number of transmissions of power control signals to the wireless device based on the determining if the wireless device is implementing a routine for discarding a power control signal.
US09986513B1
A wireless access point dynamically controls Device-to-Device (D2D) transmission power. The wireless access point exchanges wireless communications with a plurality of User Equipment (UEs) comprising Device-to-Base Station (D2BS) UEs and D2D UEs, determines geographical locations for each of the D2BS UEs and the D2D UEs, and processes the geographical locations for each of the D2BS UEs and the D2D UEs with a neighbor distance threshold to identify which of the D2BS UEs neighbors the D2D UEs and which of the D2BS UEs do not neighbor the D2D UEs. The wireless access point monitors a Radio Frequency (RF) interference for the neighbor D2BS UEs and the non-neighbor D2BS UEs, determines that a difference between the RF interference of the neighbor UEs and the non-neighbor D2BS UEs is above an RF interference threshold, and transmits an instruction to the D2D UEs neighboring the neighbor D2BS UEs to decrease a transmission power amount.
US09986505B2
Specific embodiments of the present invention are for use by a base station (BS) that enables power efficient wireless radio frequency (RF) communication between the BS and a medical device (MD), which may or may not be an implantable medical device (IMD). In an embodiment, once a communication session is established between the BS and the MD, the BS selectively turns a drop link mode on and off. The drop link mode is a communication mode that while turned on (i.e., enabled) reduces and preferably minimizes the length of time that an RF link is maintained between the BS and the MD. In accordance with an embodiment, at any given time during a communication session the drop link mode is either turned on (i.e., enabled) or turned off (i.e., disabled).
US09986504B2
Time division multiple access (TDMA) media access control (MAC) adapted for single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. Various com systems may include smart meter stations (SMSTAs) and/or wireless stations (STAs). Appropriate coordination is made with respect to such communication devices to ensure appropriate uplink (and/or downlink) communications between a network manager or coordinator (e.g., an access point (AP)) and the SMSTAs and/or STAs. With respect to SMSTAs, the relative duration of time that such communication devices are awake and operative versus asleep (or in a reduced power and/or functionality state) can be significant. Certain implementations may include a relatively large number of such communication devices (e.g., 10s, 100s, 1000s, or more), and appropriate coordination and scheduling of such communications to/from them is made using one or more variations of TDMA signaling (e.g., including different respective service periods (SPs), communication medium access operational modes, adaptation thereof, etc.).
US09986502B2
A network of nodes includes data nodes and at least one sink node to exchange packets between the sink node and the data nodes in a multi-hop manner. The data nodes include a battery powered node (BPN) having a transceiver, a memory, and a battery to provide energy to components of the BPN. The BPN includes a processor to determine a sleep schedule of the BPN independently from the sleep schedules of other data nodes and independently from commands transmitted by the sink node. The processor of the BPN switches the transceiver ON and OFF according to the sleep schedule to form an active period and a sleep period of the BPN. Also, the processor partitions at least part of the active period into a receiving (RX) period and a transmission (TX) period and causes the transceiver to transmit the data packets only during the TX period.
US09986497B2
A method includes: acquiring a first report message of an operation event in a source system; acquiring a second report message of the operation event in a target system; and correlating the first report message with the second report message according to the first user equipment identifier and the second user equipment identifier, and performing event statistics collection according to the correlated first report message and second report message.
US09986491B2
Disclosed is a method for scanning for an access point in a wireless LAN system. An active scanning method comprises the steps of: transmitting a probe request frame to an access point; and receiving, from the access point, a probe response frame corresponding to the probe request frame. The probe response frame may include time information of a beacon transmitted after the probe response frame. Thus, the efficiency of a wireless channel can be improved in a wireless LAN system.
US09986486B2
A data transmission method of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: identifying a probability density function for battery consumption by time by accumulating information on a user's battery consumption pattern; identifying information on next charging time (T); identifying the battery depletion probability using the probability density function and the next charging time (T); and transmitting data if the battery depletion probability is less than a predetermined threshold value.
US09986483B1
An LTE base station facilitates handoffs in an LTE communication system. The LTE base station is configured to exchange session communications with a UE and receive session information transmitted from an LTE communication control system, the session information including a media type of the communication session and a vector associated with the UE. The LTE base station is further configured to identify a plurality of candidate base stations within a proximity threshold to a path of the vector associated with the UE, poll the plurality of candidate base stations for capability information, process the capability information to determine a set of the candidate base stations that support the media type of the communication session, select a target base station for a handoff from the set of the candidate base stations that support the media type, and instruct the UE to initiate the handoff to the target base station.
US09986480B2
Methods and apparatus for efficiently communicating network connectivity information in a communications system are described. Two types of signals with different characteristics, e.g., long range synchronous beacons, e.g., LTE-D beacons, and short range asynchronous beacons, e.g., WiFi beacons, are used in combination to advertise network connectivity information and accelerate the acquisition of a routing path for a communications device to a device serving as a gateway for a infrastructure network. Reception of a first type signal triggers monitoring for a second type signal, and a received second type signal communicates information used to determine a communications path to a gateway device.
US09986478B2
In some embodiments, a user equipment device (UE) may be configured to perform handover of a communication session from a first packet data network (PDN) to a second PDN. The UE may include a radio and processing circuitry coupled to the radio and configured to interoperate with the radio. The radio may include one or more antennas for performing wireless communications over at least a first packet data network (PDN) (i.e., packet-switched network) and a second PDN. The UE may be configured to communicate over the first PDN according to first context information that was assigned to the UE and initiate a handover operation from the first PDN to the second PDN. In response to initiating the handover operation, the UE may communicate over the second PDN using the first context information for at least a first time duration.
US09986475B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method, including applying a voice quality model to network performance information associated with a voice over internet protocol call session to generate a measure of voice quality associated with a first wireless radio access network wirelessly coupling a mobile device and a communication network, detecting a trigger condition for a measurement reporting according to the measure of voice quality, a first signal of the first wireless radio access network, and a second signal of a second wireless radio access network, and detecting a trigger condition for a measurement report according to the measure of voice quality, a first signal of the first network, and a second signal of a network. The measurement report can be transmitted to the first wireless radio access network responsive to detecting the trigger condition for the measurement reporting. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09986467B2
Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a base station, user equipment and Mobility Management Entity, and corresponding methods, for providing handling during a combined Single Radio Voice Call Continuity and Packet Switched Handover procedure.
US09986466B2
A system may identify a first intermediary device responsible for delivering an anycast stream in a first service area associated with a first foreign agent, identify an active anycast stream, identify a second foreign agent associated with a mobility event, identify a second intermediary device responsible for delivering the active anycast stream in a second service area associated with the second foreign agent, receive an indication that the second intermediary device is different from the first intermediary device, establish a content tunnel between the first foreign agent and the second foreign agent, and route communications associated with the active anycast stream over the content tunnel.
US09986463B2
For Inter-APN routing flow distribution, a step of receiving, by a UE from a server, an Inter-System Routing Policy (ISRP) rule that comprises flow distribution rules for at least one of a For Flow Based flow distribution container used for IP Flow Mobility (IFOM), a For Service Based flow distribution container used for Multi-Access PDN Connectivity (MAPCON), a For Non-Seamless Offload flow distribution container used for Non-Seamless WLAN Offload (NSWO), and an Inter-APN routing flow distribution container, is performed. Here, the Inter-APN routing flow distribution container comprises information related to routing IP flows with respect to a plurality of APNs for using PDN connections to access multiple IP networks. Then a step of selecting, by the UE, among active/valid flow distribution rules in the received ISRP rule, a flow distribution rule having highest priority is performed.
US09986458B2
An example method may include receiving, by a computing device, control plane signaling associated with a first service to be performed by a first communication device, wherein the computing device is within a radio access network (RAN) and is in limited communication with a core network via a backhaul connection that is constrained due to a backhaul bottleneck condition. The example method may include conditionally permitting, by the computing device, a first feature of the first service based at least in part on the backhaul bottleneck condition. Another example method may include receiving, by a computing device, control plane signaling associated with a service to be performed by a first communication device, wherein the computing device is within a RAN and is in limited communication with a core network via a backhaul connection that is constrained due to a backhaul bottleneck condition.
US09986455B1
A wireless access point (WAP) supports one or more physical layer (PHY) operational parameters which can be restricted from use to lessen congestion within a wireless network (WN). The WAP periodically transmits a management frame to enable one or more communication devices to establish and/or maintain communication with the WAP. The wireless network can restrict one or more of the one or more PHY operational parameters, such as PHY data rates to provide an example, that are supported by the WAP from being utilized for communicating the management frame. This restriction of the one or more PHY operational parameters allows the WAP to periodically transmit the management frame at an increased PHY data rate thereby decreasing time needed for communicating the management frame which can lessen the congestion within the WN.
US09986451B2
A method is provided for transceiving a signal through at least two data streams in a wireless communication system. A first base station measures a wireless channel state for a link with a second base station by using an orthogonal pilot signal. The first base station receives channel status information related to a link of a first mobile station from the first mobile station, channel status information related to a link of a second mobile station from the second mobile station, and channel status information related to a device-to-device (D2D) link from the second mobile station. The D2D link is a channel link between the mobile stations. The first base station exchanges the received channel status information with the second base station, the first mobile station and the second mobile station using a broadcast signal, and determines data stream directions of the first base station and the second base station.
US09986444B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, in particular, to a method and apparatus for feeding back aggregated CSI using multiple CSI-RS setting information in a wireless communication system which supports CoMP. The method of a terminal feeding back aggregated CSI for cooperative transmission in the wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes the steps of respectively receiving first CSI-RS setting information and second CSI setting information for a first base station and a second base station participating in the cooperative transmission; receiving a first CSI-RS and a second CSI-RS setting information; calculating first CSI and second CSI using the first CSI-RS and the second CSI-RS; and transmitting the aggregated CSI calculated on the basis of the first CSI and the second CSI, wherein the first CSI-RS and the second CSI-RS can be transmitted on the same subframe.
US09986441B2
Systems and methods for designing cellular backhaul networks are disclosed. The system can include an Adaptive Graph Minimum Spanning Tree (AG-MST) algorithm to identify and connect stranded cellular sites at minimum cost. The system can compare pending bids for new connections such as, for example, new microwave or fiber optic links at stranded sites to provide new connectivity. The system can design a network that connects the maximum number of stranded sites at the minimum average cost per site.
US09986439B2
Compensation is provided for foreign interference within a cell. Uplink (UL) noise on an UL channel to a first base station (BS) device is detected. Whether the UL noise includes interference is determined. Interference can include any device other than a mobile device configured to communicate with a BS device associated with a cell. The first service area of the BS device can be modified, e.g., scaled based on determining that the UL noise includes interference. Scaling can include reducing the first service area to a second service area that does not include an imbalance region in the first service area caused by the foreign interference. Scaling can be effected by reducing the amount of downlink power from the first BS device, or by adjusting a re-selection parameter associated with reducing the range of the BS device.
US09986437B2
A computing device is provided, which includes a processor configured to, detect a plurality of display devices configured for wireless communication, send a request to the plurality of display devices to cause the plurality of display devices to each display different associated codes, receive user input of one of the codes associated with a target display device of the plurality of display devices, send the one of the codes to the plurality of display devices, receive an identification message from the target display device associated with the one of the codes, establish a display session via a wireless connection with the target display device, and send display content to the target display via the wireless connection.
US09986434B2
A route update system (RUS) may support increased efficiency and speed for performing a routing table update. The RUS may include a control plane processor device, which may implement update snoop module circuitry. The RUS may also include a data routing switch, which may implement update inject module circuitry. The RUS may include one or more RUS connectivity systems that link the update snoop module circuitry and the update inject module circuitry.
US09986429B2
A privacy protection method and apparatus for a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes specifying basic information, privacy protection indication, and fictitious information of a contact item to be recorded in a contact list, determining, when a contact is received from an external terminal, whether a privacy protection function is activated for the external terminal, and outputting, when the privacy protection function is activated for the external terminal, a contact reception screen and a contact handling screen that include pre-specified fictitious information of the external terminal and exclude pre-specified basic information thereon. As a result, when a contact is received from a counterpart, information on the counterpart can be prevented from being displayed on the screen. Hence, it is possible to prevent inadvertent disclosure of counterpart information.
US09986427B2
A method for transmission of images and/or video over bandwidth limited transmission channels having varying available bandwidth, which uses a classification algorithm to decompose the images and/or video to be transmitted into multiple spatial areas, each area having a specific image type; detecting the image type of each of those areas; and separately selecting for each of those areas an image and/or video encoding algorithm having a compression ratio. The classification algorithm is used to prioritize each of the areas, increase the compression ratio of the image and/or video encoding algorithm dedicated to spatial areas having lower priority in case of decreasing bandwidth.
US09986422B2
A wireless communication device capable of changing a communication parameter to be used according to a surrounding situation includes a learning database that stores, in association with each other, the surrounding situation of the wireless communication device and a communication performance in a case where communication is performed by using a given communication parameter, a plurality of sensors, surrounding situation determination unit configured to determine the surrounding situation of the wireless communication device from information obtained from the plurality of sensors, communication parameter candidate determination unit configured to refer to the learning database to determine candidates for the communication parameter that are appropriate in the determined surrounding situation, communication parameter determination unit configured to determine the communication parameter used in communication from among the candidates determined by the communication parameter candidate determination unit based on the requirement of the communication, and wireless communication unit configured to perform communication by using the communication parameter determined by the communication parameter determination unit. With this, it is possible to select an appropriate communication parameter according to the surrounding situation of the wireless communication device.
US09986418B2
A method of determining a network leakage rate within a wireless communication network that uses counters within an application server. The number of users at a second point in time, determined by the counters, is subtracted from a number of users at a first point in time, determined by the counters, to provide a first result. The number of user attempts to access the network, determined by the counters, is multiplied by a success rate and then the number of users leaving the network (de-registering from the network or handing off to a different network) is subtracted to provide a second result. The second result is subtracted from the first result and then divided by the number of users at the first point in time. The absolute value is the network leakage rate.
US09986412B2
There is provided discovery in a wireless communications network. A communications device wirelessly receives, using a short-range communications technology, at least one beacon signal from at least one wireless device in the wireless communications network. The communications device wirelessly transmits, using the short-range communications technology, information relating to the received at least one beacon signal in at least one message such as to allow for discovery of the wireless device.
US09986390B2
A video cell phone messenger that provides caller ID streaming with sound and/or video, and provides a virtual greeting that users get when a call or text. A customized message is sent as part of an outgoing communication to another user who is being contacted by the user, in place of a numerical caller ID. The phone also sends text messages, and a second picture and sound forms a second customized message for texts.
US09986370B2
Connection switching for Bluetooth headsets is disclosed. A Bluetooth headset includes a Bluetooth transceiver configured to receive a message from a first Bluetooth device over a first Bluetooth connection with the first Bluetooth device. The message includes a command to establish a second Bluetooth connection with a second Bluetooth device. The Bluetooth headset also includes a processor configured to cause the Bluetooth transceiver to (i) release the first Bluetooth connection and then (ii) establish the second Bluetooth connection with the second Bluetooth device responsive to the Bluetooth transceiver receiving the message. Computer-readable media for the Bluetooth devices is also disclosed.
US09986367B2
A communication system according to the present invention includes an application server (10) and a relay apparatus (20) that relays a communication between the application server (10) and a communication network (40). The application server (10) comprises a communication unit (11) that transmits to the relay apparatus (20) a first message in which a first identifier has been set as a destination, the first identifier identifying a communication terminal (30) that performs communication via the communication network (40). The relay apparatus (20) includes a converter (21) that converts the first identifier into a second identifier that uniquely identifies the communication terminal (30) in the communication network (40), and a communication unit (22) that transmits a second message in which the second identifier has been set as a destination to the communication terminal (30) via the communication network (40).
US09986366B2
Described embodiments relate to a machine to machine (M2M) server for controlling a data collection interval of a M2M device. The M2M server may be configured to determine data dependency between a first M2M device and a second M2M device based on sensing data collected from the first M2M device and the second M2M device and to control a data collection interval of at least one of the first M2M device and the second M2M device based on sensing data variation of one of the first M2M device and the second M2M device.
US09986362B2
The present disclosure provides an information processing method and an electronic device. The method comprises: obtaining an audio signal in an output signal; determining N channel signals in the audio signal, where N is a positive integer; determining whether the audio signal needs to be adjusted or not; and adjusting, when the audio signal needs to be adjusted, an output parameter of at least one of the N channel signals respectively, and outputting the N adjusted channel signals via an audio output device, such that the N adjusted channel signals correspond to a sound source position of the audio signal. The above method according to the present disclosure can solve the technical problem that the audio signal cannot be adjusted in real time and achieve a technical effect of automatic adjustment of the audio signal.
US09986358B2
To prevent the measurement of the position of a speaker from not being performed in a case where the position of the speaker is changed, and prevent the measurement of the position of the speaker from being performed more than necessary. An AV amplifier (1) according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a control unit (105) that detects a change in the installation position of at least one speaker (2) that supplies an audio signal; and a measurement unit (106) that measures the installation position of at least the speaker (2) of which the installation position is changed among the plurality of speakers (2), automatically or according to a user operation, after the change is detected by the control unit (195).
US09986352B2
An acoustic processing device comprises: a resonant band detecting means that detects a resonant band of sound output from a speaker based on a measurement result of a predetermined measurement signal reproduced through the speaker; an analyzing means that analyzes the measurement result of the predetermined measurement signal; a control parameter generating means that generates a control parameter for controlling the resonant band detected by the resonant band detecting means based on an analysis result by the analyzing means; and an audio signal controlling means that controls an audio signal input from a predetermined audio signal reproducing device based on the control parameter generated by the control parameter generating means such that a resonant band component of reproduced sound of the audio signal is suppressed to be short on a time axis.
US09986351B2
A portable audio device may be configured to measure load characteristics of headphones. The device may measure direct current (DC) and/or alternating current (AC) characteristics of the load. These characteristics may be measured by an audio component, such as an audio codec chip or integrated circuit (IC) controller, and reported to software or firmware executing on a processor coupled to the audio component. The software or firmware may then take action based on the measured load characteristics. For example, the load characteristics may be compared to a database of headphones and their known load characteristics to determine a particular headphone model or type of headphone attached to the audio output. The processor may then apply an appropriate equalization curve.
US09986348B2
An antenna unit is disclosed. A hearing device, such as a hearing aid, having an antenna device is disclosed. The antenna unit allows wireless communication to and from the hearing device.
US09986346B2
A binaural hearing system comprising first and second hearing devices, e.g. hearing aids, adapted to establish a communication link between them, each comprising a) first and second input units providing first and second electric input signals representing first and second sound signals from the environment of the binaural hearing system, b) a beamformer unit for generating a beamformed signal from the first and second electric input signals, and c) a control unit for controlling the beamformer unit. In a specific dual DIR mode of operation aimed at a listening situation comprising first and second target sound sources, the control units of the first and second hearing devices are configured to focus their respective beamformer units on the first and second target sound sources, respectively. The application further relates to a method of operating a binaural hearing system.
US09986341B2
An electroacoustic converter includes a piezoelectric film whose principal surface expands and contracts according to an electric field, a viscoelastic support which is in close contact with the principal surface of the piezoelectric film, a pressing member which presses the piezoelectric film to the viscoelastic support, and an expandable pressing sheet which is tensioned and in close contact with the surface of the piezoelectric film opposite to the viscoelastic support to press the piezoelectric film and the viscoelastic support. In a section in a predetermined direction perpendicular to the principal surface of the piezoelectric film, the piezoelectric film has a flat portion which is held by the pressing sheet and the viscoelastic support in a portion thereof excluding a pressed portion by the pressing member, and an inclined portion which is connected to the pressed portion and the flat portion and extends in a direction of intersecting the pressed portion. With this, an electroacoustic converter having excellent acoustic characteristics and stab resistance is provided.
US09986340B2
A loudspeaker is disclosed. The loudspeaker includes a magnetic circuit system including a first magnetic part, a second magnetic part surrounding the first magnetic part, and a magnetic gap formed by the first and second magnetic parts. At least one of the first and second magnetic parts is a magnet. The first magnetic part includes a body and an avoiding part formed surrounding an edge of the body.
US09986337B2
Implementations disclosed herein relate to transmitting audio in a target space relative to an electronic device using a directional speaker and non-directional speaker. In one implementation, a directional speaker or non-directional speaker is selected to transmit audio based on a target space for the audio. The audio may then be transmitted from the selected speaker.
US09986326B2
A signal processing device includes a noise analysis unit for analyzing a frequency component of a noise signal obtained by converting a collected sound into an electrical signal, a plurality of filtering units for carrying out predetermined filtering operations on the noise signal on the basis of an analysis result, and an output control unit for temporally varying a synthesis rate of outputs of the plurality of filtering units according to a change in the analysis result of the noise analysis unit. When the analysis result of the noise analysis unit changes, one filtering unit starts a predetermined filtering operation by characteristics different from those of other filtering units that carry out predetermined filtering operations on the noise signal according to the change in the analysis result of the noise analysis unit.
US09986319B2
A MEMS sensor is disclosed. The MEMS sensor includes a housing having an acoustic port, a base plate forming an accommodation cavity together with the housing, a MEMS chip accommodated in the accommodation cavity, and a control mechanism having a first working position and a second working position. At the first working position, the acoustic port communicates the accommodation cavity with an external space of the housing, while at the second working position, the control mechanism isolates the accommodation cavity from the external space of the housing.
US09986311B2
A method for automatically pairing one or more operators with one or more pieces of equipment where each of the one or more operators carries an identification unit having an identification code stored therein, and where each piece of equipment includes an equipment data sensor configured to wirelessly receive the identification code in any identification units within a particular range may include receiving a plurality of different identification codes in data received from a particular equipment data sensor where for each of the different identification codes the data comprises signal information about strength or frequency of the one or more wireless signals through which each identification code was received by the particular equipment data sensor, and determining an operator of the equipment associated with the particular equipment data sensor based at least in part on a comparison of the signal information associated with each identification code.
US09986306B2
A main stream contains successive content elements of video and/or audio information that encode video and/or audio information at a first data rate. A computation circuit (144) computes main fingerprints from the successive content elements. A reference stream is received having a second data rate lower than the first data rate. The reference stream defines a sequence of the reference fingerprints. A comparator unit (144) compares the main fingerprints with the reference fingerprints. The main stream is monitored for the presence of inserted content elements between original content elements, where the original content elements have main fingerprints that match successive reference fingerprints and the inserted content elements have main fingerprints that do not match reference fingerprints. Rendering of inserted content elements to be skipped. In an embodiment when more than one content element matches only one is rendered. In another embodiment matching is used to control zapping to or from the main stream. In another embodiment matching is used to control linking of separately received mark-up information such as subtitles to points in the main stream.
US09986302B2
The present technology relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and at reception method that enable a plurality of transport protocols to coexist.The transmission apparatus generates transport protocol selection information used for selecting a transport protocol to be used in a specific service from a plurality of transport protocols conforming to a predetermined standard, and transmits, together with the transport protocol selection information, a content provided by the specific service according to the transport protocol set in the transport protocol selection information. The present technology is applicable to, for example, IP packet broadcasting.
US09986301B2
A method for processing a broadcast signal includes encoding broadcast data for at least one broadcast service; encoding first level signaling information including attribute information regarding the at least one broadcast service; encoding second level signaling information including information for listing the at least one broadcast service; and generating a broadcast signal including the encoded broadcast data, the first level signaling information, and the second level signaling information.
US09986300B2
Delivery of internet protocol television (IPTV) content, in one aspect, may comprise monitoring social media streams. Trends may be identified from the social media streams, the trends describing interests in IPTV content by location, time and subscriber types. Information may be received associated with a schedule for delivering the IPTV content. The trends may be compared with the received information to predict an expected demand of the IPTV content at the time at different locations and by different subscriber types. Resources may be reallocated to meet the expected demand in delivering the IPTV content to the different subscriber types at the different locations and the time.
US09986297B2
Methods and apparatus for improving channel browsing experience for users by presenting an automatically appearing and automatically scrolling program guide are described. The methods and apparatus are well suited for use with remote control devices with limited numbers of input buttons, e.g., under five buttons, but can be used with remote controls with more buttons. The program guide can be used to allow access to a grid guide to users of hospital remotes or other remotes with limited input keys, e.g., an up down arrow and/or a power button. The method in some embodiments uses time spent on a channel in combination with user selection of an input key to determine an action to be taken, e.g., enter or display the program grid guide and/or select a channel and/or corresponding program being displayed in the grid guide.
US09986296B2
Methods and systems for sharing content includes detecting a secondary device that is paired to a main device. The main device is used to render publicly viewable content. Each secondary device is associated with a user and is used to access and view content provided by one or more content sources over a network and share the content with the main device and with other secondary devices. Selection of a multimedia content for sharing, is detected at the secondary device. The selection causes the rendering of the multimedia content at a display screen of the secondary device. Share attributes defined for the multimedia content selected for sharing, is identified on the secondary device. The multimedia content selected for sharing is populated and is available for viewing on the main device and/or one or more secondary devices of other users in accordance to the defined share attributes.
US09986282B2
Supplemental network services are synchronized with a program using the program's audio signal. A synchronization method employs local caching of portions of a fingerprint database to manage network services for identifying which programs a user's mobile device is exposed to and the timing of events within the program. The system enables background recognition and synchronization of network services in a way that consumes less device power and bandwidth.
US09986279B2
Particular embodiments permit a computer program running within a security sandbox to discover and communicate with networked services for example print servers, or remote control programming interfaces for TVs, stereos, and game boxes. The sandbox allows the computer program to originate unicast connections to a limited set of hosts but otherwise provides no access to the network. Particular embodiments may require no prior install, zero configuration, no account names or passwords, and yet resists spam. This is achieved by using centralized global infrastructure to coordinate the communications rather than local multicast, anycast, or datalink broadcast.
US09986274B2
The present invention provides a security module having a communication interface being capable of operating according to any from a selection from a plurality of predetermined operation modes or communication protocols. The security module further comprises a voltage detector to detect the voltage on the module's power supply connection. Depending on the value of the detected voltage or to which of a plurality of predetermined voltage ranges the detected voltage may be categorized, the security module is made to function according to one from the plurality of predetermined communication protocols. According to an embodiment of the present invention the plurality of communication protocols require that the security module operate at a plurality of different frequencies.
US09986268B2
A video or multimedia distribution system receives multiple video streams and transcodes them into a single stream of UDP packets with each of the plurality of video data packets for respective ones of the video streams being assigned a port number corresponding to the respective video stream. The UDP packets are routed to a plurality of Access Points (APs) for transmission. A User Equipment (UE) communicates with the APs and selects one or more of the video streams for viewing on the UE by selecting the port number corresponding to the desired video streams. The UE can “change channels” to view other video streams by changing the port number to the port number of the desired video stream.
US09986267B2
There is provided a method for use by a system. The method includes receiving live broadcasting of a segment of a video content from a live encoder; recording the segment in a video database of the non-transitory memory, receiving edits to the segment from a producer to produce an edited segment, encoding the edited segment to produce an encoded edited segment, and transmitting a network address of the encoded edited segment to a content management system (CMS) for distribution to a plurality of user devices.
US09986254B1
Implementations are provided that relate, for example, to view tiling in video encoding and decoding. A particular method includes accessing a video picture that includes multiple pictures combined into a single picture (826), accessing information indicating how the multiple pictures in the accessed video picture are combined (806, 808, 822), decoding the video picture to provide a decoded representation of at least one of the multiple pictures (824, 826), and providing the accessed information and the decoded video picture as output (824, 826). Some other implementations format or process the information that indicates how multiple pictures included in a single video picture are combined into the single video picture, and format or process an encoded representation of the combined multiple pictures.
US09986253B2
The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium that enable content having a wide dynamic range of brightness to be displayed with an appropriate brightness. A recording medium, on which the reproduction device of an aspect of the present technology performs reproduction, records coded data of an extended video that is a video having a second brightness range that is wider than a first brightness range, brightness characteristic information that represents a brightness characteristic of the extended video, and brightness conversion definition information used when performing a brightness conversion of the extended video to a standard video that is a video having the first brightness range. The reproduction device outputs data of the extended video after adding frame information including the brightness characteristic information to frame data when information acquired from a display device that is to be an output destination of the video includes information representing a display performance of the extended video, and when no information representing the display performance of the extended video is included, outputs the data of the standard video. The present technology can be applied to a player that reproduces content.
US09986252B2
A method and apparatus for Data Transmission Oriented on the Object, Communication Media, Agents, and State of Communication Systems (TOMAS) is disclosed. TOMAS addresses an issue of efficiency of conventional data communication systems. The superior efficiency of TOMAS is achieved by: 1) matching the requirements of agents with capabilities of the communication systems and the communication media using the features of data objects; 2) monitoring of time-varying characteristics of all components, such as a charge of batteries and a status of all hardware, firmware and software components; 3) using an information about time-invariant characteristics of the systems, such as devices screen sizes, employed operational systems (OS), etc.; 4) using a flexible system architecture; and 5) using a fast signal processing algorithm described in [12] and [9] at the stage of data object analysis-syntesis and the codestream multiplexing-demultiplexing.
US09986240B2
In an embodiment, digital video frames in a flow are subjected to a method of extraction of features including the operations of: extracting from the video frames respective sequences of pairs of keypoints/descriptors limiting to a threshold value the number of pairs extracted for each frame; sending the sequences extracted from an extractor module to a server for processing with a bitrate value variable in time; receiving the aforesaid bitrate value variable in time at the extractor as target bitrate for extraction; and limiting the number of pairs extracted by the extractor to a threshold value variable in time as a function of the target bitrate.
US09986229B2
The present disclosure discloses methods, systems and modules for adjusting an interpupillary distance of a head-mounted 3D display. The method comprising: receiving a signal to start the head-mounted 3D display, after receiving the signal, scanning an interpupillary distance of a user wearing the head-mounted 3D display; setting centers of left and right eye images of a display screen based on the interpupillary distance of the user, wherein the centers of the left and right eye images are symmetrical about a physical midline of the display screen; and playing the same left and right eye guiding images by taking the centers of the left and right eye images as their centers, respectively, on the display screen to guide the user to adjust positions of left and right eye lenses. A head-mounted 3D display adopting the technical solution of this invention has an interpupillary distance adjustment function, making it suitable for different users.
US09986226B2
A video display method using a display apparatus for displaying a glasses free 3D video, the display apparatus including a display unit in which sub-pixels constituting pixels are arranged in a matrix, the video display method including: (a) displaying, in a row of sub-pixels of the display unit, a video in which a left-eye video and a right-eye video are disposed alternately in units of display each unit made up of n sub-pixels, where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2; and (b) detecting a distance from the display unit to a viewer, wherein in step (a), if the detected distance is different from a predetermined distance, the number of sub-pixels of at least one unit of display, among a plurality of units of display included in the row of sub-pixels, is varied as a function of the detected distance.
US09986218B2
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a creation unit to combine first section data in moving image data with other content data to create a composite moving image content, a reproduction unit to reproduce the moving image data, an operation reception unit to receive a predetermined operation input by a user during reproduction of the moving image data, and a control unit to extract second section data including a reproduction position of the moving image data at a time when the predetermined operation input is received and control the creation unit so that the creation unit changes the first section data in the composite moving image content into the second section data, the second section data being different from the first section data.
US09986215B1
An apparatus includes one or more MEMS mirrors, a light source driver and a controller. The light source driver selectively drives one or more light emitting elements of a light source to thereby produce a light beam that is directed towards a same MEMS mirror. The controller controls rotation of the MEMS mirror(s) in a fast-axis direction and a slow-axis direction in order to raster scan an image using the light beam reflected from the MEMS mirror(s). In order to achieve a first line density in a first portion of the image being raster scanned and to achieve a second line density, that is less than the first line density, in a second portion of the image being raster scanned, the controller dynamically adjusts a speed at which one of the MEMS mirror(s) is rotated in the slow-axis direction. Related systems and methods are also disclosed herein.
US09986213B2
An image sensor includes a substrate, a first set of sensor pixels formed on the substrate, and a second set of sensor pixels formed on the substrate. The sensor pixels of the first set are arranged in rows and columns and are configured to detect light within a first range of wavelengths (e.g., white light). The sensor pixels of the second set are arranged in rows and columns and are each configured to detect light within one of a set of ranges of wavelengths (e.g., red, green, and blue). Each range of wavelengths of the set of ranges of wavelengths is a subrange of said first range of wavelengths, and each pixel of the second set of pixels is smaller than each pixel of the first set of pixels.
US09986205B2
A method and apparatus for detecting a hotspot scene of a video conference are provided. The method includes: a plurality of video receivers recognize in real time and perform statistics on specific behavior, including at least one of a discussion behavior, screen watching behavior and handclap behavior, of various viewers at a video conference site according to video data at video conference site; the video receivers judge, according to statistics, whether a frequency at which or a time length for which various viewers at video conference site perform the specific behavior, exceeds a first preset value; the video receivers send the video sender time period of the video played at video conference site, for which a result of the judgment is that the first preset value is exceeded; and the video sender determines a hotspot scene of the played video according to the time periods sent by the video receivers.
US09986190B2
Provided is an imaging apparatus, including: a photoelectric conversion element; an amplifier transistor configured to output a voltage corresponding to electric charges generated by the photoelectric conversion element; a load transistor configured to supply a bias current to the amplifier transistor; and a voltage supply unit configured to input one of a first voltage and a second voltage, which have different voltage values, to a control node of the load transistor via an input capacitor. In the imaging apparatus, a current value of the bias current to be supplied by the load transistor at a time when the second voltage is input to the control node via the input capacitor is larger than a current value of the bias current to be supplied by the load transistor at a time when the first voltage is input to the control node via the input capacitor.
US09986188B2
A unit pixel of an image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a mode control unit, a first signal generation unit and a second signal generation unit. The photoelectric conversion unit generates photo-charges in response to incident light and provides the photo-charges to a first node. The mode control unit prevents the photo-charges from being discharged from the first node in a first operation mode, and generates a sensing current by discharging the photo-charges and generates a sensing voltage proportional to the sensing current in a second operation mode. The first signal generation unit generates an analog signal based on an amount of the photo-charges accumulated in the first node in the first operation mode. The second signal generation unit generates an on signal and an off signal based on a change of the sensing voltage in the second operation mode. The unit pixel provides various sensing outputs effectively.
US09986183B2
A lens distortion correction device and an application processor having the same include a distortion correction unit configured to correct a distorted image into an undistorted image and an image enhancement unit configured to improve the undistorted image using a high-frequency component of the distorted image.
US09986177B2
A method for capturing and consolidating multi-spectral image data for regions of interest using one or more spectral boost mechanisms or techniques is disclosed. A first multi-spectral or hyperspectral workflow comprising time-stamped two-dimensional pixelated images of a region of interest is obtained by a first computer-enabled imaging device. Each of the images corresponds to image data captured for a respective frequency band of a plurality of frequency bands. First meta data is associated with the images of the first workflow and includes: a plurality of first positions and first orientations of the first imaging device indicating first positional and orientation data for the first imaging device, and indications of a respective frequency band for each of the images of the first workflow. A consolidated multi-spectral workflow for the region of interest is generated, which includes spectrally and spatially consolidating the images of the first workflow using the first meta data.
US09986167B2
A plurality of captured images having a successive relation is displayed on a display screen with the successive relation being maintained. Then, when the plurality of captured images include a plurality of first captured images acquired by a plurality of successive photographing operations and a second captured image acquired by an individual photographing operation different from the plurality of successive photographing operations, the second captured image is displayed such that it is differentiated from the plurality of first captured images by, for example, the background area of the second captured image being represented in a display form different from that of another area.
US09986165B2
A system includes an apparatus having a test medium with a machine-readable identifier, the medium enabled to accept an analyte for a test, a network-connected communication device having imaging capability, enabled to record contextual information, and executing coded instructions, a server having coupled to at least one data repository, and coded instructions executing on a processor. A user applies the analyte to the test medium, allows time to complete, and initiates an image capture, wherein a data structure, including at least a resulting image, images or video stream, including one or more images of the test result, one or more images of the machine-readable identifier, contextual information captured at the time of the test and identify of the test subject providing the analyte, is transmitted on the network to the network-connected server, where the data structure is recorded.
US09986158B2
A method and apparatus for photographing a panoramic image. The method includes detecting a Motion Vector (MV) of a plurality of images captured through a photographing unit, selecting regions to be included in the panoramic image from the plurality of images, based on the MV, and generating the panoramic image including the selected regions.
US09986154B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods are provided for producing an improved panoramic image. A three-dimensional point cloud image is generated from an optical distancing system. Additionally, at least one two-dimensional image is generated from at least one camera. The three-dimensional point cloud image is colorized with the at least one two-dimensional image, thereby forming a colorized three-dimensional point cloud image. An equal area projection panoramic image is synthesized from the colorized three-dimensional point cloud, wherein the panoramic image comprises a plurality of pixels, and each pixel in the plurality of pixels represents a same amount of area.
US09986149B2
Methods and computer program products for determining one or more settings of a camera apparatus are provided. The methods include obtaining one or more parameters of the camera apparatus and determining one or more settings of the camera apparatus using the one or more parameters and an image repository. The image repository may include images with image parameters associated with the images, which may be correlated with the one or more parameters of the camera apparatus, and the images may also have an associated rating attribute. One or more images may be identified for inclusion in a subset of images, based on an image's image parameters and/or based on an image's rating attribute. The camera settings of one image of the subset of images, corresponding to the settings used to create the one image, may be used to automatically adjust the one or more settings of the camera apparatus.
US09986145B2
A communication apparatus capable of participating in a network formed by a relay apparatus, the communication apparatus includes a data communication unit configured to establish communication with a data processing apparatus via a first network, and perform data communication with the data processing apparatus, a reception unit configured to receive a notification indicating whether the data processing apparatus has formed the first network as the relay apparatus, from the data processing apparatus, and a control unit configured, if a notification indicating that the data processing apparatus has formed the first network as the relay apparatus is received by the reception unit, to perform control to restrict transmission or reception of data via an Internet.
US09986132B2
A terminal device may send to a server a registration request requesting the server to register virtual printer relation information related to a virtual printer, receive authentication information from the server, acquire adaptability information indicating whether execution of a server print function is permitted or not from an existent printer, and in a case where the adaptability information indicates the execution of the server print function is permitted, send the authentication information to the existent printer. In a case where the adaptability information indicates the execution of the server print function is not permitted, the sending of the authentication information may not be performed. The authentication information may be associated with the virtual printer relation information in the server, and configured to be used when the existent printer acquires print data of a print target stored in the server from the server.
US09986126B2
A communication apparatus may determine whether specific apparatus identification information for identifying a specific external apparatus is stored in a memory in a case where the specific apparatus identification information is received via a second interface from the specific external apparatus, shift an operating state of the communication apparatus from a non-parent station state to a parent station state in a case where it is determined that the specific apparatus identification information is stored in the memory, receive a wireless connection request from the specific external apparatus via a first interface after the operating state has been shifted from the non-parent station state to the parent station state, and form the wireless network in which the communication apparatus operates as the parent station and the specific external apparatus operates as a child station, in a case where the wireless connection request is received from the specific external apparatus.
US09986123B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of process modules including a first process module for performing an embedding process by which information is embedded in image data; a setting unit configured to set a condition for performing the embedding process by the first process module; and a controlling unit configured to control a workflow in which one or more processes respectively performed by the process modules, including the first process module, are sequentially performed; wherein the first process module performs the embedding process under the set condition in response to detecting that image data input to the first process module in controlling the workflow is in a preset image format.
US09986113B2
An information processing apparatus includes a controller. If images related to devices that have been identified are superimposed on one another, the controller causes information about one or plural cooperative functions that use functions of the devices to be displayed.
US09986109B2
An information processing apparatus capable of instructing a facsimile transmission by controlling a device capable of transmission and receiving of a facsimile, and a method of controlling the apparatus are provided. The apparatus specifies address information indicating a transmission destination of a designated document, and determine whether or not the specified address information includes information of a communication mode. If the address information includes the information of the communication mode, in a case where a driver, that instructs the device to perform the facsimile transmission, supports the communication mode, the apparatus performs the facsimile transmission in accordance with the address information and the communication mode, and if the specified address information does not include the information of the communication mode, the apparatus performs the facsimile transmission in accordance with a communication mode that the driver supports.
US09986107B2
An image forming apparatus capable of being remotely operated by a mobile terminal includes: a specification unit configured to specify an image to be displayed on the mobile terminal as an operation image for the image forming apparatus; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on the number of display units of the mobile terminal; a decision unit configured to, when a plurality of images is specified as the operation images and the number of the display units of the mobile terminal is recognized as two or more, make a first decision that at least two of the plurality of images are to be displayed on at least two of the two or more display units of the mobile terminal; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a display instruction based on the first decision to the mobile terminal.
US09986104B2
A device may determine a subscriber identifier associated with a subscriber device. The device may obtain a service indicator based on the subscriber identifier. The service indicator may identify a network service to which a subscriber, associated with the subscriber identifier, is subscribed. The device may obtain a charging data function (CDF) identifier based on the service indicator. The CDF identifier may identify a destination CDF for charging messages associated with the network service. The device may establish a communication session associated with the subscriber device and the network service. The device may transmit one or more charging messages, associated with the communication session, to the destination CDF identified by the CDF identifier.
US09986100B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to a method and system of integrating a user's voice mail onto a single voice messaging service, e.g., a Unified Messaging (UM) service, such that a client may access this single source for voice mail retrieval, even where such voice mails are from a variety of sources, e.g., work, mobile phone, etc. A user, or the user's mobile operator, need only agree to accept the service, and the registration and configuration requirements for providing the service and forwarding calls to the service are automatically configured. The user's existing “speed dial” key or other setting for retrieving voice mail may also be automatically configured to the access number(s) for the service. Configurations may monitor the status of the service and update access and/or forwarding numbers. Voice mail forwarding and settings may also be automatically reverted back to the user's original service.
US09986098B1
A method comprises receiving a first request from a source, the first request comprising an identification of a first person, a source of the first request, and an indicator whether the first person is currently available for communication. The method further comprises assigning a weight to each of the identification of the person, the source, and the indicator whether the first person is currently available for communication, wherein the assigned weights are based on historical data about the first person and summing each of the assigned weights to produce a prioritization factor. The method further comprises sending the first request to a first telephone dialer if the prioritization factor for the first request is above or equal to a threshold and sending the first request to a second telephone dialer if the prioritization factor for the first request is below the threshold.
US09986091B2
This document discusses, among other things, limiting contact to a networked contact center that is a host to multiple tenants. In an example embodiment, a communication is received by a networked contact center. In determining whether to allow the communication to reach contact center resources, a contact rate value may be examined. The contact rate value may represent an allowable quantity of contact within a time interval. For some example embodiments, a determination of whether the network contact center is to accept or reject the communication is made based on the contact rate value.
US09986088B2
A computer device may include logic configured to detect a mobile directory number (MDN) subscriber line transfer triggering event; identify a first user device associated with the MDN subscriber line, wherein the first user device corresponds to a connected device with respect to the MDN subscriber line; and identify a second user device associated with the MDN subscriber line, wherein the second user device corresponds to a non-connected device with respect to the MDN subscriber line. The logic may be further configured to determine that the MDN subscriber line is to be transferred from the first user device to the second user device based on the detected MDN subscriber line transfer triggering event and transfer the MDN subscriber line from the first user device to the second user device, in response to determining that the MDN subscriber line is to be transferred.
US09986084B2
Systems and methods are provided for context determination. In one implementation one or more indications can be received, each of the one or more indications corresponding to a perception of one or more access points in relation to a user device. The one or more indications can be processed to determine one or more characteristics of at least one of the one or more access points. Based on the one or more characteristics, a context of the user device can be determined.
US09986083B2
An information transmitting method includes the following steps: generating a connecting code and displaying the connecting code on a display of the information sending device; receiving a second unique identity from the server; obtaining contents selected by a user; generating an information sending request; and sending the information sending request to the server. According to above information transmitting method, by establishing a connection between two terminals, or two browser applications, information of different categories can be efficiently transmitted from one terminal to the other terminal. In addition, this disclosure also publishes an information transmitting device and an information transmitting system.
US09986076B1
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a closed loop calling process that selects and maintains an optimized list of prospects to use in calling sessions, using historical information stored concerning past contact activity relating to the prospects. For each prospect, information is stored concerning the status of the prospect, attention appropriate for the prospect, a date before which the prospect should not be contacted, and information concerning next steps to be taken with respect to the prospect. In addition, methods and systems are disclosed for automatically integrating an automated calling system with a customer relationship management system, contact management system, and/or task management system, so that historical information stored concerning past contact activity and automated calling sessions relating to contacts is automatically updated in the customer relationship management system, contact management system, and/or task management system.
US09986072B2
There is disclosed a mobile terminal including a case comprising an electric control unit in which electronic components are loaded; a display unit coupled to a front surface of the case; a frame coupled to the case and supporting a rear surface of the display unit, the frame comprising a metallic material; a mainboard loaded in the case; a drive chip loaded in the mainboard; a shield can covering components loaded in the mainboard, the shied comprising a hole formed, corresponding to the drive chip; a thermal conductivity sheet comprising one surface in contact with a top surface of the drive chip and the other surface in contact with an inner surface of the frame; and a flexible material insertedly filling in a space formed between the thermal conductivity sheet and the frame, so that the heat generated in the drive chip of the mobile terminal may be effectively emitted and that only the portion of the mobile terminal, where the drive chip is loaded, may be prevented from being heated when the user is using the mobile terminal and the other components may be prevented from being damaged by the heat.
US09986053B2
A method for tracking a user's movements between network addresses can include, subsequent to a request for a (current) network address from a user, receiving the network address and an identifier for a region associated with the network address. The method can also include locating a record that contains the identifier for the region and a time that immediately precedes the request for the network address from the user. The record may further contain a prior network address. The method can further include generating an entry for a table that includes the identifier for the region, the current network address, and the prior network address. A server computer or a client computer can generate the entry. Improved accountability and improved user profile accuracy can be obtained with the method. A data processing system readable medium can comprise code that includes instructions for carrying out the method.
US09986050B2
A method, system and computer program product for updating the time-related information in a post to make it more relevant for the requester on a subsequent retrieval of the post. A post with a reference to an event or activity (e.g., “leaving for Florida in 3 days”) is identified using natural language processing. Upon receiving a request from a requester to retrieve the post prior to the expiration of the event/activity, the post is updated by substituting a time countdown in the post with an up-to-date time countdown or with a current status of the referenced event/activity. If, however, the request is received after the expiration of the event/activity, then the post is removed or updated with an indication that the referenced event/activity has expired. In this manner, the requester will be receiving more accurate and relevant time-related information concerning the event or activity referenced in the post.
US09986047B2
In some examples, a network data center comprises a cloud-based services exchange point comprising a network, the cloud-based services exchange point operated by a cloud exchange provider that operates the network data center; and a programmable network platform comprising at least one programmable processor configured to receive a service request that specifies a plurality of cloud services provided by respective cloud service provider networks operated by respective cloud service providers, wherein the service request further specifies a topology for the plurality of cloud services; and provision, responsive to the service request, the cloud-based services exchange point to forward service traffic for the plurality of cloud services according to the topology for the plurality of cloud services.
US09986046B2
In some examples, a network data center comprises a cloud-based services exchange point comprising a network, the cloud-based services exchange point operated by a cloud exchange provider that operates the network data center; and a programmable network platform comprising at least one programmable processor configured to receive a service request that specifies a plurality of cloud services provided by respective cloud service provider networks operated by respective cloud service providers, wherein the service request further specifies a topology for the plurality of cloud services; and provision, responsive to the service request, the cloud-based services exchange point to forward service traffic for the plurality of cloud services according to the topology for the plurality of cloud services.
US09986045B2
During voice communication between multiple telecommunications devices, a shareable application facilitates concurrent sharing of data and processes between the devices. The application may be configured to monitor the voice communication and execute a predetermined function upon detecting a predetermined condition in the voice communication. The application may further facilitate sharing of functionality and user interface displays during the voice communication. In some implementations, a server computing device on a communications network may facilitate functions of shareable applications on one or more telecommunications devices.
US09986031B2
Embodiments relate to container migration and provisioning. An aspect includes receiving a request to migrate a composite application to a container-based environment. Another aspect includes determining a plurality of software components that make up the composite application. Another aspect includes determining communications patterns between the plurality of software components. Another aspect includes determining a containerization plan for the composite application based on the determined communications patterns. Another aspect includes creating a plurality of containers, and communications channels between the plurality of containers, for the software components of the composite application based on the containerization plan.
US09986017B2
An operable mechanism implements a stub utility to facilitate the migration of stub files, where the stub utility is integrated with a data storage product and a data storage technique of an existing storage site containing the stub files. The stub utility identifies the stub files and uses virtualization to migrate the stub files to a new storage site without concomitantly recalling or accessing source files linked to the stub files.
US09986012B2
Systems and methods for providing remote access to an application program. A server remote access program may cooperate with display data interception application to provide display data to a client computing device. The client computing device may connect to the application at a Uniform Resourced Locator (URL) using a client remote access application to receive the display data. The client remote access application may provide user inputs, received at the client computing device, to the application to affect the state of the application.
US09985997B2
A gateway receives a message from a first terminal to establish a connection between the first terminal and a second terminal. The gateway sends a second message to the second terminal to offer a connection. After receiving the first message from the first terminal, the gateway receives subsequent third messages from the first terminal that identify candidates for assisting in the formation of the connection. The gateway saves information about these candidates. The gateway either uses such information for facilitating the formation of the connection or forwards that information to the second communication terminal after receiving an answer accepting the establishment of a connection from the second terminal and determining whether the second terminal has a WebRTC client.
US09985964B2
Block chain-based multifactor personal identity verification may be provided. Verification addresses may be established on a block chain by: associating identifiers with individuals having previously verified personal identities, assigning verification addresses on a block chain to the individuals, and recording identifiers and biometric data associated with the individuals at corresponding verification addresses. Block chain-based multifactor personal identity verification using the verification addresses may be performed by: receiving one or more identifiers in connection with one or more requests to verify an identity of one or more individuals, extracting the biometric data associated with the one or more individuals from the corresponding verification addresses, and verifying the identity of the one or more individuals upon receiving matching biometric data and private keys.
US09985960B2
A method for protecting data on a mass storage device. The device has a security module and a data storage area configured to be switched between a protected state, in which accessing the data storage area is forbidden and an unprotected state, in which accessing the data storage area is authorized. Switching the data storage area from the protected state to the unprotected state by sending a request to a remote server, receiving a one-time password on a communication device, in response to the sent request, providing the received one-time password to the security module, authorizing access to the data storage area by the security module, once the provided one-time password is deemed valid by the security module.
US09985958B2
Apparatus, methods, and systems described herein are for segmentation, handshaking, and access control solutions for Opendots technology. One embodiment described a charging pad that includes a plurality of conductive strips, switches, and decipher circuitry. A switch is coupled to the plurality of conductive strips whereas the decipher circuitry is coupled to the plurality of conductive strips and the switch. In response to contact with one conductive strip of the plurality of conductive strips, the decipher circuitry determines whether a security password has been received. The switch allows a voltage higher than a threshold voltage level to be supplied to an external device if the security password is received by the decipher circuitry. However, the switch can also prevent a voltage higher than a threshold voltage level to be supplied to an external device if the security password is not received by the decipher circuitry.
US09985956B2
A client authentication system receives authentication requests associated with a web page in response to a client computing system requesting access to the web page. The authentication system determines whether a storage device contains configurations for the authentication requests. The authentication system configures client authentication for the client authentication requests in view of whether the storage device includes the configurations for the authentication requests. The GUI allows control to change the client authentication configuration for at least one of the authentication requests.
US09985955B2
The embodiments herein provide a system and method to enable a single sign-on into a plurality of thick-client applications through an external application. The system includes an authentication module for authenticating the user credentials for the plurality of thick-client applications received by a receiving module. The authenticated user credentials for the plurality of thick-client applications is stored in a data based and encrypted with an encryption module. The plurality of thick-client applications is launched with a launching module. A display module is provided to display the user credentials for launching the plurality of thick-client applications.
US09985954B2
A new management node associated with a new rack sends at least a public key of the new management node to a first management node associated with a first rack and a plurality of autonomous management nodes. The first management node sends the new management node an access token trusted by at least a portion of the plurality of autonomous management nodes and a set of public keys corresponding to at least a portion of the plurality of autonomous management nodes. The new management node can send its public key and the access token to at least a portion of the plurality of autonomous management nodes. In response, the new management node can establish a mutual trust relationship with at least a portion of the plurality of autonomous management nodes.
US09985952B2
The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide a computing device configured for ensuring its proximity to a communication partner. In one aspect, the computing device may comprise a communication port and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a request from the communication partner via the communication port, send a response to the request to the communication partner, generate a secondary value that includes a selected portion of the request and a selected portion of the response, generate authenticating data to authenticate the secondary value and send the generated secondary value and authenticating data to the communication partner via the communication port. In another aspect, the communication partner is configured to ensure proximity of the computing device.
US09985949B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for authenticating a user. The application server receives a user log in request and determines if a unique identification accompanies the received user log in request. The application server uses the unique identification to authenticate the identity of the user. The application server determines if the unique identification has been previously received by searching a first database to see if the unique identification was already stored in the first database. If the unique identification is not in the first database then the application server stores the unique identification and grants the user access to the one or more applications hosted on the application server.
US09985945B2
A protocol controller may execute a spoofing protection protocol for verifying a message received over a network from a network-connected thing, in the presence of a spoofed message transmitted from a spoofed thing illicitly representing the network-connected thing. The protocol controller may include a message handler configured to implement the spoofing protection protocol, including receiving a message identified as originating from the network-connected thing, executing a verification of a transmission characteristic of the message against an expected transmission characteristic previously stored with respect to the network-connected thing within a transmission characteristic repository, and determining whether the message originated from the network-connected thing, based on the verification.
US09985939B2
In a case in which information about authorization that is identified based on an authorization token issued in an old authentication system satisfies a condition, the old authorization token is updated with a new authorization token.
US09985934B2
A method and apparatus where network-layer devices use host-provided, detailed, per-packet, semantic information (DPPS information), which describes the content, meaning, importance, and/or other attributes of particular application data and is associated with each packet, to provide enhanced network services. In some embodiments of the above method, network-layer devices use DPPS information that includes QoS-related information to provide fine-grained, content-aware, and/or complex QoS assurances or similar services. In some embodiments, network-layer devices use DPPS information to provide network-based, application-protocol-independent, rate-adaptation services. In some embodiments, network-layer devices use DPPS information to provide highly efficient, application-protocol-independent, publish/subscribe dissemination services.
US09985933B2
The proliferation of personal computing devices in recent years, especially mobile personal computing devices, has led to increased concerns regarding the safety and security of documents and messages that are sent over networks. Users desire a system that provides for the setting of custom, content-agnostic, permissions at a message, document, and/or sub-document-level through communications networks. Such a system may allow users to apply customized privacy settings and encryption keys differently to particular parts of documents and/or messages. Such a system may also allow the user to manipulate outgoing message objects of pre-existing formats, so as to “hide” the encrypted document and/or message content within one or more portions of the message object that are not displayed in existing message viewer applications, e.g., metadata fields or unused headers. As such, only authorized message viewing applications may know where to look for (and have the necessary keys to decrypt) such hidden content.
US09985921B2
A user interface (UI) may be provided that allows a user to connect a first identity in a first social community to another identity in another social community by allowing the user to specify the first identity and another identity. Responsive to a user utilizing the UI, the user may be presented with an option to identify connections in the first social community according to a criteria with members associated with another identity in said another social community. A list of identified connections may be presented.
US09985920B2
In an approach to event notification, one or more computer processors determine a baseline for a volume of activity on a social media website in a geographic location. One or more computer processors determine whether a deviation from the baseline for the volume of activity occurs. Responsive to determining a deviation from the baseline occurs, one or more computer processors identify an event that caused the deviation. One or more computer processors calculate an estimate of population for the geographic location. One or more computer processors identify based, at least in part, on the identified event and the estimated population, a relevant party to be notified of the event. One or more computer processors generate a recommendation based, at least in part, upon one or more of the identified event, the estimate of population, and the identified relevant party.
US09985911B2
In one embodiment, edge devices can be configured to be coupled to a multi-stage switch fabric and peripheral processing devices. The edge devices and the multi-stage switch fabric can collectively define a single logical entity. A first edge device from the edge devices can be configured to be coupled to a first peripheral processing device from the peripheral processing devices. The second edge device from the edge devices can be configured to be coupled to a second peripheral processing device from the peripheral processing devices. The first edge device can be configured such that virtual resources including a first virtual resource can be defined at the first peripheral processing device. A network management module coupled to the edge devices and configured to provision the virtual resources such that the first virtual resource can be migrated from the first peripheral processing device to the second peripheral processing device.
US09985908B2
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code to receive data from a source at a plurality of gateways for distribution using a selected priority. The data is transmitted from the plurality of gateways to a plurality of receivers using the selected priority. Every gateway in the plurality of gateways has an adaptive bandwidth control process and a respective set of parameters for controlling the adaptive bandwidth control process for sending the data at the selected priority. Transmission of the data from each gateway for the selected priority has a different impact on other traffic at different gateways in the plurality gateways for the selected-priority when different values are set for the set of parameters for the different gateways.
US09985904B2
Provided are systems and methods for reliable, out-of-order transmission of packets. In some implementations, provided is an apparatus configured to communicate with a network and a host device. The apparatus may receive messages from the host device at a send queue, where each message includes destination information. The apparatus may further determine, using the destination information and an identify of the send queue, a transport context associated with a destination on the network. The apparatus may further, for each message and using the transport context, generate a packet including the message and transmit the packet over the network. The apparatus may further monitor status for each transmitted packet.
US09985902B2
A method and system for transmitting data based on deterministic quality of service by at least one peripheral device in a communication network is disclosed. The method includes exchanging reservation information with peripheral devices in the communication network, negotiating traffic specification (TSPEC) with the at least one peripheral device for at least one traffic type, based on the reservation information, establishing a quality of service associated with the at least one traffic type, using the TSPEC, reserving a wireless medium based on the established quality of service associated with the at least one traffic type and transmitting data through the reserved wireless medium, based on the quality of service and reservation information.
US09985894B1
In an example, there is disclosed a computing apparatus for providing load-balanced switching, including a switching network; one or more logic elements operable for providing network switching or routing; and one or more logic elements providing a load balancing engine operable for: load balancing at least some incoming network traffic; receiving an exclude list identifying a network node excluded from load balancing; identifying a network packet directed to the network node excluded from load balancing; and directing the network packet to the network.
US09985893B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a load sharing method and apparatus, and a board. The method includes: receiving, by a built-in forwarding unit, to-be-transmitted data; obtaining, by a management control unit, current load ratios of forwarding units; and if it is determined that a current load ratio of any forwarding unit of the forwarding units is less than a preset load ratio threshold, determining that the forwarding unit is a unit for forwarding the to-be-transmitted data, where the built-in forwarding unit and the management control unit are located in a same board, and the forwarding units include the built-in forwarding unit and another forwarding unit outside the board. The present invention can solve a problem of low data transmission reliability in an existing load sharing method.
US09985892B1
A system and method is provided for sending congestion notification messages through L3 networks and implementation of QCN in L3 switches. For example, according to this system and method, an L3 switch receives one or more data packets, and determines, based on the received one or more data packets, whether the L3 switch is congested. If the L3 switch is congested, it generates a congestion notification message, the congestion notification message including an Internet Protocol (IP) header, the IP header identifying a source of the one or more received data packets as its destination. The L3 switch sends the congestion notification message to the source of the one or more received data packets using information in the IP header.
US09985891B2
A firmware controller of a node of a distributed system determines a self-regulation threshold for at least one metric associated with traffic transmitted via an interconnect. The threshold is set to a value lower than the maximum permitted by the interconnect protocol. The controller transmits a request to an application-layer traffic endpoint to limit traffic based on the threshold. A hardware congestion management unit collects measurements on traffic metrics, including at least one metric other than the one for which the threshold is defined. Based on measurements obtained from the hardware congestion management unit, the controller modifies the self-regulation threshold and notifies the application-layer endpoint.
US09985886B2
Technologies for pacing transmission of network packets by a computing device to a remote computing device include performing a segmentation offload operation to segment a payload of a network packet into a plurality of network packet segments in response to a determination that a size of the payload is greater than a maximum allowable payload size. The computing device additionally determines a packet pacing interval and transmits the plurality of network packet segments to the remote computing device at a transmission rate based on the packet pacing interval.
US09985885B1
Common portions of forwarding routes in a routing table may be aggregated. A hash table may store common portions of forwarding routes in shared entries that include route aggregation maps. When a network packet is received, a shared entry may be identified that includes a common portion that is a longest matching portion of the destination address. The route aggregation map in the shared entry may then be evaluated to select a forwarding route described by the route aggregation map that matches a longest portion of the destination address subsequent to the common portion of the shared entry. The network packet may then be forwarded according to the selected forwarding route.
US09985883B2
An advanced routing system and protocol (referred to herein as “Route Exchange” or “REX”) hides familiar IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and replaces traditional routing logic with words and relationships between named elements. Among other things, this makes IP routing tables significantly easier to understand. In addition, a single routing scheme can be used for any combination of private networks, public networks, IPv4 addressing models, and IPv6 addressing models. Underneath the words lie real IP addresses that move the packets from place to place. These routing addresses abstract away the underlying network.
US09985873B1
A data storage system provides asymmetric multi-path access to a storage device from a host computer using a storage protocol such as SCSI. Device state information is maintained indicating that one path of set of paths between the host computer and the storage device is a non-fully-functional path. In response to receiving device discovery commands from the host computer on the one path and the one path being indicated to be a non-fully-functional path, the data storage system returns respective good responses indicating that the storage device is accessible to the host computer via the non-fully-functional path. However, in response to receiving a test unit readiness command from the host computer on the one path and the one path being indicated to be a non-fully-functional path, an error response is returned which causes the host computer to select an alternative path of the set of paths for the data transfer.
US09985869B2
In one embodiment, a controller includes a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor, the logic being configured to receive a query from a network device for instruction regarding where to send network traffic, the query including a first cookie, determine whether the first cookie is legitimate, and send a message to the network device, the message including either: the first cookie in response to a determination that the first cookie is legitimate or a second cookie which indicates a second next hop device determined by the controller in response to a determination that the first cookie is not legitimate. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in more embodiments.
US09985863B2
Techniques are disclosed for providing an aggregate key performance indicator (KPI) that spans multiple services and for providing user adjustment to KPI factors via a GUI that enables a user to configure an aggregate KPI with feedback that better characterizes the performance of the services. The GUI may enable a user to select KPIs and to adjust weights (e.g., importance) associated with the KPIs. The weight of a KPI may affect the influence a value of the KPI has on the calculation of an aggregate KPI value (e.g., score). The GUI may provide near real-time feedback concerning the effect the weights have on the aggregate KPI value by displaying the aggregate KPI value (e.g., score) and updating the aggregate KPI value as the user adjusts the weights.
US09985851B2
A method includes performing operations as follows on a processor that include receiving metrics reported by user terminals via a data network. The metrics indicating a measured operation of an application program processed by the user terminals. The operations further include determining when a collection of the metrics received from across the user terminals satisfies a rule for modifying metric reporting, and communicating a metric reporting modification command to the user terminals, based on the collection of the metrics received from across the user terminals satisfying the rule for modifying metric reporting, to control future metrics reported by the user terminals for the measured operation of the application program. Related computer program products and systems are disclosed.
US09985844B2
Provided is a method for measuring a throughput of a backhaul network. The method includes: estimating an available bandwidth of a backhaul network; determining the sizes (P) of packet trains by using the estimated available bandwidth; and calculating a virtual throughput of the backhaul network by using at least one parameter by transmitting N packet trains having the determined sizes to the backhaul network (N is a natural number that is equal to or greater than 2).
US09985843B2
According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for parallel processing a network of nodes having at least one ordering constraint and at least one conflict constraint is provided. The method may include breaking a plurality of loops caused by the at least one ordering constraint. The method may also include determining a node order based on the at least one ordering constraint. The method may then include determining a conflict order based on the at least one conflict constraint, whereby no new loops are created in the network. The method may further include performing parallel processing of the network of nodes based on the node order and the conflict order.
US09985836B2
A network taxonomy indicating relative locations of network access device within an access network is determined using timing data, performance data such as equalization coefficient data, and/or various other types of data. The timing data may indicate a travel time for a pair of network messages (e.g., network packets) between two network nodes such as two network access devices within the access network. A distance between the two network nodes may then be determined using this time of travel and a propagation velocity of signals transmitted through a transmission media via which the network nodes are connected.
US09985835B2
Methods and apparatus to allocate bandwidth between first and second subscribers of a communications network are disclosed. An example method includes, based on a projection that a first data allotment for a first network access account of the first subscriber within a time period will be exceeded, identifying the second subscriber. The first and second subscribers are in a same subscriber group. The second subscriber is projected to have a second network data usage that is below a second data allotment for a second network access account of the second subscriber within the time period. The first and second subscribers have different billing addresses. Assent from the second subscriber to transfer a portion of the second data allotment to the first subscriber is determined. In response, the portion of the second data allotment from the second network access account is transferred to the first network access account.
US09985832B2
A method and system for synchronization and distribution of configuration cross cluster without blocking are provided herein. The method includes: responsive to detecting a node in the group of nodes of a distributed system becoming inactive, recording current operations database version as a node version of the inactive node; initiating a removal of the inactive node from the group of nodes; maintaining the version of the operations database unchanged until the inactive node is removed; enabling a change of the database version once the removal of the inactive node is completed; sending a join request once the inactive node wishes to rejoin; obtaining a list of operation objects for synchronization of the rejoining node; and accepting the rejoining node to the group, only whenever the joining node is at a same state as the nodes group, otherwise, repeating the sending of the join request until the synchronization is completed.
US09985828B2
An information handling system includes a transmission queue and a media client module. The media client module is in communication with the transmission queue. The media client module receives a disk command, stores a first number of packets in the transmission queue in response to the disk command, and transmits the first number of packets to a server associated with the disk command. The media client module also receives a restart message, stops transmission of the first number of packets in response to the restart message, calculates a delay between burst of packets and sets a second number of packets based on the restart message, stores a second number of packets in the transmission queue, and transmits the second number of packets to the server.
US09985819B2
To decide, whether or not a SON function instance is allowed to execute, a priority, an impact time and an impact area for the SON function instance is determined, and priorities of other SON function instances scheduled to be run during the impact time of the requesting SON function instance and having an overlapping impact area are compared to the priority of the requesting SON function instance.
US09985817B2
A universal phone number service and method of providing a universal phone number service that allows a user to receive phone calls on any phone service with a single phone number. A telephone is disclosed that is associated with more than one phone number and a universal phone number, wherein any phone call placed to the universal phone number results in the call being completed to the telephone regardless of the service associated with the more than one phone number.
US09985814B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting data unit in a WLAN. A method for transmitting data unit in a WLAN comprises: a step of an STA generating a PPDU; and a step of the STA transmitting the PPDU to an access point (AP), wherein the PPDU comprises a first field and a second field, wherein the first field is transmitted on the basis of a first and the second field is transmitted on the basis of a second IFFT.
US09985811B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and methodology for reducing peak-to-average-power ratio (PAPR) for IQ radio frequency digital-to-analog converter (RFDAC). Processing circuitry may be configured to generate a digital signal comprising an in-phase (I) signal component and a quadrature (Q) signal component having a peak-to-average-power-ratio (PAPR). The processing circuitry may determine the I signal component and the Q signal component are higher than a predetermined threshold value, and limit the I signal component and the Q signal component to be less than or equal to the predetermined threshold value. The processing circuitry may rotate the signal components to generate rotated signal components to reduce the PAPR based on the I and Q signal components having less than or equal to the predetermined threshold value, and may generate an output radio frequency (RF) signal based on the rotated signal components.
US09985809B2
A cellular radio architecture that includes a programmable bandpass sampling radio frequency front-end and an optimized digital baseband. The architecture includes a receiver module having a plurality of signal channels for different frequency bands, where each signal channel in the receiver module includes a receiver delta-sigma modulator that converts analog receive signals to a representative digital signal. The architecture also includes a transmitter module having a transmitter delta-sigma modulator for converting digital data bits to analog transmit signals, where the transmitter module includes a power amplifier and a switch for directing the transmit signals to one of the signal paths. The architecture also includes a dual self-cancellation circuit providing digital and analog cancellation of the transmit signal in the receiver module.
US09985807B1
A system may comprise a finite impulse response circuit configured to receive one or more samples of a first signal and generate an equalized signal based on the plurality of samples of the input signal and one or more updatable tap coefficients. The system may include an adaptation circuit configured to update the one or more updatable tap coefficients based on the plurality of samples of the input signal. The system may further comprise a recovery circuit configured to accumulate one or more retuning values based on the plurality of samples of the input signal and, in response to an error condition, generate one or more retuned tap coefficients for the finite impulse response circuit based on the one or more retuning values and replace the one or more updatable parameters with the one or more retuned parameters.
US09985806B2
An integrated circuit equalizes a data signal expressed as a series of symbols. The symbols form data patterns with different frequency components. By considering these patterns, the integrated circuit can experiment with equalization settings specific to a subset of the frequency components, thereby finding an equalization control setting that optimizes equalization. Optimization can be accomplished by setting the equalizer to maximize symbol amplitude.
US09985801B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide an apparatus and method for estimating a frequency offset, an apparatus and method for estimating a channel spacing and a system. The apparatus for estimating a frequency offset includes: a synchronization extracting unit configured to perform a training sequence synchronization extraction on a receiving sequence containing a periodic training sequence to obtain the training sequence; a delay correlation processing unit configured to parallelly perform autocorrelation operations of different delay amounts on the training sequence to obtain multiple parallel correlation sequences; a superimposition processing unit configured to perform a superimposition operation on the multiple parallel correlation sequences to obtain a single sequence; and a frequency offset estimating unit configured to determine a frequency offset according to a phase of a synchronization position of the single sequence in the training sequence. With the embodiments of this disclosure, anti-noise characteristic of the frequency offset estimation may be improved.
US09985791B2
A physically unclonable function generating system and related methods. Implementations may include comparing at least one physical parameter of a memory cell with a threshold value of the physical parameter and identifying a relationship of the at least one physical parameter of the memory cell to the threshold value. Implementations may also include associating one of a 0, 1, or X state to the memory cell based on the relationship of the at least one physical parameter to the threshold value and programming at least one state storage memory cell to store a programmed value corresponding with the associated 0, 1, or X state. Implementations may include including the programmed value of the at least one state storage memory cell in a PUF data stream.
US09985788B2
The invention provides a method and apparatus for the secure electronic signing of electronic documents and data. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining a first digital representation in a high level first data format of the set of application data; generating a second digital representation in a low level second data format of the application data whereby the low level second data format is different from the high level first data format; presenting an analog representation of the set of application data to a user, whereby the second digital representation is a precise and accurate representation of said analog representation; obtaining an indication whether the user approves the analog representation for signing; if the indication indicates that the user approves the analog representation for signing, generating the first digital signature over the second digital representation using a first signature key associated with the user.
US09985783B2
An information processing apparatus including a hardware security module includes a verification unit configured to verify whether an encryption key of the hardware security module is usable and a disabling unit configured to disable a user authentication function if the verification unit verifies that the encryption key is not usable.
US09985782B2
A method relates to receiving, by a processing device, a first request to decrypt encrypted data stored on an encrypted portion of a drive, transmitting, to a decryption server, a second request comprising an encrypted first encryption key, wherein the encrypted first encryption key is produced by encrypting a first encryption key using a public key of an asymmetric key pair, receiving the first encryption key from the decryption server, decrypting an encrypted second encryption key using the first encryption key to produce a second encryption key, and decrypting the encrypted data using the second encryption key to produce data.
US09985780B2
A hash value generating device for generating a hash value based on the KECCAK algorithm includes a θ processing unit, a ρ processing unit, a π processing unit, a χ processing unit, and an ι processing unit for performing processing of five steps θ, ρ, π, χ, and ι, included in round processing of the KECCAK algorithm. The θ processing unit includes a θ1 processing unit for performing column sum calculation processing and a θ2 processing unit for performing column sum addition processing. In the round processing, the π processing unit performs processing before the θ2 processing unit and the ρ processing unit performs processing, and the ρ processing unit performs processing on a lane after rearrangement processing by the π processing unit.
US09985779B2
An encrypted text matching system is provided. The system is configured to generate first auxiliary data and second auxiliary to verify matching between a first encrypted text that is and a second encrypted text based on a Hamming distance between plaintexts; perform one-way conversion on at least part of the first auxiliary data; perform one-way conversion on intermediate data that is generated based on a difference between the first encrypted text and the second encrypted text and on the second auxiliary data; and determine, by using a result of the one-way conversion performed on the intermediate data as well as using the first auxiliary data that underwent the one-way conversion, whether a Hamming distance between plaintexts is equal to or less than a predetermined certain value, the Hamming distance corresponding to the difference between the first encrypted text and the second encrypted text.
US09985775B2
A phase-locked loop (PLL) filter of a read channel includes a filter portion having an input coupled to delay circuitry having an output. The input of the filter portion is configured to receive a phase error signal. A look-up table is coupled to the filter portion. The look-up table comprises phase coefficients and frequency coefficients associated with a plurality of phase error magnitudes. The look-up table is configured to provide one or both of a selected phase coefficient and a selected frequency coefficient based on a magnitude of the phase error signal. The PLL filter is configured to adjust a bandwidth of the filter portion using one or both of the selected phase coefficient and the selected frequency coefficient. A phase signal indicative of estimated phase disturbance is produced at the output of the delay circuitry.
US09985758B2
A user terminal that communicates with a plurality of cell groups (CG), each group being formed with one or more cells to use different frequency bands. The user terminal receives downlink signals transmitted from each cell, and selects at least one cell, from cells to which uplink control signals can be allocated, and which are configured in each CG, and controls the cell as a cell to transmit an uplink control signal. When information to indicate cross-carrier scheduling (CCS) is include in a downlink control signal, the user terminal decides whether or not the cell having received the downlink control signal and the cell to transmit the uplink control signal are the same, and determines the resource to allocate to the uplink control signal based on this decision. Thus, maintaining system performance even when CCS and uplink control signal transmission in secondary cells are employed at the same time.
US09985757B2
A method for enhancing usable bandwidth between an access point of a radio access network of a telecommunications network and a User Equipment of a subscriber of the telecommunications network, in which the User Equipment and the access point are configured to mutually communicate based on a standardized mobile communication technology using carrier aggregation of at least a first communication carrier having a first carrier frequency and a second communication carrier having a second carrier frequency. The first carrier frequency is a standardized and licensed frequency and is related to the standardized mobile communication technology. The second carrier frequency is an unlicensed frequency.
US09985754B2
An information processing apparatus comprises a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry first/second demand response requests from first/second communication devices. The second circuitry creates first request content information representing contents of the first demand response request, sends it to a time-stamping authority, and acquires first time certification information containing a time stamp that the time-stamping authority issues for the first demand response request. The second circuitry stores the first time certification information in a storage device to be associates with the first demand response request; and determine, when the second demand response request is received, whether the second demand response request is retransmission of the first demand response request. When it is the retransmission, the second circuitry causes the first circuitry to send the second demand response request and the first time certification information associated with it in the storage device, to a second communication device.
US09985732B2
A method for a phase calibration in a frontend circuit of a near field communication (NFC) tag device is disclosed. An active load modulation signal is generated with a preconfigured value of a phase difference with respect to a reference signal of an NFC signal generator device. An amplitude of a test signal present at an antenna of the NFC tag device is measured. The test signal results from overlaying of the reference signal with the active load modulation signal. The following steps are repeated: modifying the value of the phase difference, providing the active load modulation signal with the modified value of the phase difference, measuring an amplitude of the test signal and comparing the measured amplitude with the previously measured amplitude until the measured amplitude fulfills a predefined condition. The value of the phase difference corresponding to the previously measured amplitude is stored.
US09985722B2
A method and device for performing a contention based random access procedure by a mobile communication terminal in communication with a base station. The method according to an embodiment includes transmitting a random access preamble message to the base station; receiving a random access response from the base station, the random access response including a timing advance command; determining a status of a mobile communication terminal time alignment timer; and ignoring the timing advance command if the mobile communication terminal time alignment timer is determined to be running in the determining step.
US09985721B2
A very small aperture terminal (VSAT) installation tool is provided having the ability to measure cable loss along an interfacility link (IFL) between an outdoor unit and an indoor unit of the VSAT. Radio frequency (RF) signals can be transmitted from the indoor unit to the outdoor unit, where the RF signals are intercepted along the IFL prior to reaching the outdoor unit, and the output power is determined. The determined output power is compared to an expected output power at the indoor unit. The delta between the determined output power and the expected output power can be used to adjust the power of the indoor unit such that the outdoor unit can operate without reaching its compression point. The determined output power can be extrapolated based upon measured of the output power performed over a range of frequencies at which the indoor unit operates.
US09985720B2
An Internet protocol low noise block downconverter (IP LNB) assembly, which is within a satellite dish assembly, may be operable to collect information received from one or more sensors that are integrated within or coupled to the IP LNB assembly. The IP LNB assembly may provide data and/or services associated with the satellite dish assembly based on the collected information received from the sensor(s). The collected information may be stored locally or remotely. The sensor(s) may comprise a camera, an atmospheric sensor, a motion sensor, a directional sensor, an insolation sensor, an acoustic sensor and/or a seismic sensor. The IP LNB assembly may communicate, to at least a user, one or more alarms based on temporal or spatial changes in the collected information. The sensor(s) may perform infrared (IR), cosmic radiation, ultraviolet (UV), far infrared (FIR), terahertz (THz) radiation, millimeter wave (MMW) and/or microwave sensing.
US09985719B2
An observation satellite is used for obtaining information about electromagnetic energy emitted from the earth. The observation satellite orbits the earth in an orbit having an inclination larger than 90° and smaller than 270°. Further, the observation satellite comprises at least one receiving antenna, the at least one receiving antenna having a receiving pattern directed towards the earth, and suitable for receiving electromagnetic energy in the radio frequency range as the observation satellite is orbiting relative to the surface of the earth. The observation satellite also comprises a transmitter configured for at least one of: (i) retransmitting the received electromagnetic energy, (ii) transmitting information representing the received electromagnetic energy, and (iii) transmitting information derived from the received electromagnetic energy. The invention also relates to systems and methods therefor.
US09985718B2
Embodiments of methods for providing distributed airborne wireless communications are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of providing wireless communication services includes: receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal from a first area by a distributed airborne communication payload, wherein the distributed airborne communication payload is comprised of sections located on respective ones of a plurality of airborne platforms; relaying the RF signal along the sections located on different airborne platforms; and transmitting the RF signal to a second area.
US09985716B2
In a wireless multi-hop relay network arranged in a tree topology, the base station and one or more relay stations are associated as a virtual base station (VBS). The base station and each relay station have a unique virtual base station identifier (VBS-ID) associated with the path defined by the base station and the one or more relay stations. A relay station in the branch uses its VBS-ID for communicating with an attached subscriber station (e.g. a mobile station) such that communications between the base station and subscriber station occur via the VBS. Subscriber station data communications are relayed between the base station and the one or more relay stations over the VBS via a tunnel connection. The VBS is auto configurable. Mobility for subscriber stations and 10 relay stations is provided through reconfiguration of VBS's.
US09985713B2
An apparatus for defining and generating boundaries of satellite coverage. The apparatus includes a processor that is configured to select a plurality of beam points, from a set of points on a coordinate system, to be included within a beam definition, and determine a number of ellipses capable of enclosing the selected beam points while excluding all remaining points of the set of points. The processor then assigns the selected beam points to a corresponding ellipse, and optimizes geometric information for each ellipse to enclose the beam points assigned thereto. A coverage beam is then defined based on a contour resulting from the combined shape of all the ellipses using the optimized geometric information.
US09985710B2
The present invention is a method and system for supporting a beamforming antenna system in a mobile broadband communication network with an improved beam pattern, beam sweep pattern, pilot channel design with feedback and reporting rules, and control signaling design. Specifically, the improved beam pattern includes a method of supporting wireless communications in a wireless network forming at least two spatial beams within a cell segment where the at least two spatial beams are associated with different power levels, and separately, where at least two spatial beams can be moved across the cell segment according to a unique sweep pattern. The pilot channel design improves network bandwidth performance and improves user mobility tracking. Feedback and reporting rules can be established using a particular field designator, CQI, in the preferred embodiment.
US09985708B2
System and method for dimension reduction and for channel and interference condition feedback in a Multi-User Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MU MIMO) wireless communication system. The method for dimension reduction includes determining a number of virtual antennas, vk, for beamformees pertaining to a multi user (MU) transmission group, reducing the dimension of said matrix by selecting a sub-set of antennas or by Eigen mode selection and sending a reduced dimension candidate transmit beamforming matrix or an effective channel matrix to a beamformer. The method for channel and interference condition feedback Interference condition includes sending to a beamformee metric indicative of the interference level from other streams.
US09985705B2
An apparatus and a method for generating a frame for communication using beamforming in a wireless communication system are provided. A method for transmitting a signal in a transmitting stage includes determining a beam change time of a region for transmitting information in a frame, and transmitting the information to a receiving stage over the region for transmitting the information by considering the beam change time. The frame includes a plurality of regions divided based on a type of the information transmitted to the receiving stage, and the plurality of the regions includes different beam change times.
US09985700B2
A method of performing downlink multiuser superposition transmission (MUST) with enhanced channel state information (CSI) feedback is proposed. When a user equipment (UE) reports CQI/SINR feedback for RI=RANK-2, the UE also reports a single beam CQI/SINR feedback for RI=RANK1. As a result, the scheduling base station can calculate the actual SINRs based on different MUST scenarios and thereby determining appropriate modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the UE. Furthermore, if the granularity of the CQI table cannot reflect the high values of the single beam SINR, then a predefined scaling factor (0<β<1) known to both the base station and the UE may be applied.
US09985693B2
An integrated circuit for near field communication (NFC) is provided. The integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate; a first transmitter disposed on the semiconductor substrate and configured to operate in a first NFC card mode, an NFC reader mode, and a peer-to-peer mode; a second transmitter disposed on the semiconductor substrate and configured to operate in a second NFC card mode; first transmitting pins connected to the semiconductor substrate and configured to transmit an output signal of the first transmitter to a first NFC antenna; second transmitting pins connected to the semiconductor substrate and configured to transmit an output signal of the second transmitter to a second NFC antenna; and a logic circuit disposed on the semiconductor substrate and configured to receive a control signal, and control an operation of the first transmitter and an operation of the second transmitter based on the control signal.
US09985690B2
An electric submersible pump system can include a multiphase electric motor operatively coupled to a fluid pump where the multiphase motor includes a wye point; telemetry circuitry operatively coupled to the wye point where the telemetry circuitry generates AC telemetry signals; a multiphase power cable operatively coupled to the multiphase electric motor; and a tune filter operatively coupled to the multiphase power cable where the tune filter passes and amplifies AC telemetry signals generated by the telemetry circuitry, the AC telemetry signals being transmitted to the multiphase power cable via the wye point. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
US09985683B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for canceling interference, to resolve a problem that performance of interference cancellation is poor because accuracy of equalizer coefficients obtained by a CMTS through calculation is not sufficiently high. A specific solution is as follows: (101) A CMTS calculates L equalizer coefficients of an L-tap filter according to a preamble sequence by using an adaptive algorithm, and performs adaptive equalization on a received signal by using the L equalizer coefficients, where L is a positive integer greater than 24; and (102) the CMTS selects K equalizer coefficients from the L equalizer coefficients, and sends a ranging response message carrying the K equalizer coefficients to a cable modem CM, so that the CM performs pre-equalization on a to-be-sent signal according to the received K equalizer coefficients, where K is a positive integer less than or equal to L.
US09985681B2
A module comprising: a first transmit filter that passes a transmission signal of a first band; a first receive filter that passes a reception signal of the first band; a second transmit filter that passes a transmission signal of a second band; a second receive filter that passes a reception signal of the second band; a third transmit filter that passes a transmission signal of a third band; and a third receive filter that passes a reception signal of the third band, wherein a transmit band of the first band overlaps with at least a part of a receive band of the second band, a receive band of the third band does not overlap with the transmit band of the first band or a transmit band of the second band, and the third receive filter is located between the first receive filter and the second receive filter.
US09985676B2
A battery powered, portable multi-channel audio mixing console is disclosed. The mixing console is configured to be easily held in a user's hand like a remote control. The console is configured to wirelessly receive, via separate channels, two or more independent stereo input audio signals from separate audio sources such as cellular phones, iPads, iPods, or other computing or media player devices, independently equalize the frequencies of those input signals, independently adjust the volume of those input signals, and then mix those audio signals into a combined output signal. The console further includes user controls that can vary the relative magnitude of the first and second input signals in the combined output signal. The console is further adapted to transmit the combined output signal to one or more speakers via independent channels.
US09985675B2
An electronic device including a housing that encloses a space between opposing faces and has an opening in a side face of the housing, the opening including a hole portion. A tray is configured to be inserted into the hole during mounting of the tray and removed therefrom when the tray is demounted. The device further includes a first fixing structure disposed substantially parallel to a side face of the tray inside the hole, and configured to be at least partially rotated about an axis in a direction outwardly from the hole. Further, including two terminals vertically arranged inside the hole with the tray being interposed therebetween so the terminals do not contact the tray, and a control circuit electrically connected to at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal, wherein, when the first terminal and the second terminal are electrically connected to each other, the control circuit is configured to detect demounting of the tray, and when the first terminal and the second terminal are electrically separated from each other, the control circuit is configured to detect mounting of the tray from the hole portion.
US09985674B2
A SIM card connector includes a base, signal spring, a detection apparatus, and a controller. The detection apparatus includes a fixed contact and a detection spring. An action of a SIM card can be detected by means of separation or union between the fixed contact and the detection spring. A trigger part of the detection spring can press against a surface of the SIM card to move a movable end of the detection spring. A power supply of the signal spring can be cut off before the SIM card is separated from the signal spring, and the power supply of the signal spring can be switched on after the SIM card presses against the signal spring.
US09985658B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving data and in an iterative process until decoded data is output or a predetermined number of full iterations have occurred: C1 decoding all first subsets of the data, determining whether to stop decoding the data after the C1 decoding, incrementing a half iteration counter to indicate completion of a half iteration, C2 decoding all second subsets of the data two or more times in each half iteration using two or more C2-decoding methods in response to a determination that a second subset is not decoded successfully using a first C2-decoding method, determining whether to stop decoding the data after the C2 decoding, incrementing the half iteration counter to indicate completion of another half iteration, and outputting the set of decoded data in response to a determination that all subsets of the data are decoded successfully.
US09985647B2
Methods of encoding a near-symbol balanced (NSB) sequence may include selecting, with a controller, a constraint based on an amount of bits, determining, with the controller, a plurality of sections in a codebook based on permutations defined by the selected constraint, and partitioning, with the controller, a section among the plurality of sections into a plurality of partitions until each of the plurality of partitions include a number of entries equal to or less than a predetermined number of entries.
US09985643B2
A level shifter, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and a buffer amplifier, and a source driver and an electronic device including the same are provided. The source driver includes a level shifter configured to receive digital bits and provide a level-shifted output signal; a DAC including a resistor string configured to provide a plurality of gradation voltages formed by an upper limit voltage and a lower limit voltage being received through one end and the other end, and an N-type metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) switch and a P-type MOS (PMOS) switch configured to be controlled by the level-shifted output signal and output a gradation voltage corresponding to the level-shifted output signal; and an amplifier configured to amplify a signal provided by the digital-to-analog converter, and the lower limit voltage is provided to a body electrode of the NMOS switch.
US09985639B2
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide non-linearity detection and mitigation for a phase interpolator of a controlled oscillator circuit, such as a PLL. A bit stream output of a phase detector of the oscillator circuit is segmented according to multiple phase positions of the phase interpolator, forming a bit stream for each of the multiple phase positions. Each bit stream of each phase position is analyzed, and phase position errors may be detected and mitigated based on the contents of the bit streams.
US09985636B2
To provide a memory element where a desired potential can be stored as data without an increase in the number of power source potentials. The memory element stores data in a node which is brought into a floating state by turning off a transistor a channel of which is formed in an oxide semiconductor layer. The potential of a gate of the transistor can be increased by capacitive coupling between the gate and a source of the transistor. With the structure, a desired potential can be stored as data without an increase in the number of power source potentials.
US09985633B1
A voltage clamping system includes: (a) a first electronic device connected to a first power source and having a signal output node, a voltage clamp high node, and a voltage clamp low node, wherein the voltage clamp high node and the voltage clamp low node are coupled to a second power source different than the first power source; and (b) a second electronic device powered by the second power source and having a signal input node coupled to the signal output node of the first electronic device. The signal output node of the first electronic device is passively clamped, with low distortion, approximately rail-to-rail with respect to the second power source such that the second electronic device is protected from damage due to excessive voltage levels.
US09985627B2
A drive circuit includes a control circuit configured to output a polarity signal for controlling ON/OFF of a driving switch, a pulse transformer, electrically connected to the control circuit, configured to transmit the polarity signal, and a discharge circuit, electrically connected to the pulse transformer and a gate terminal of the driving switch, configured to discharge an electric charge accumulated in the gate terminal based on the polarity signal. When the polarity signal having a first polarity is applied to the gate terminal through the pulse transformer, the driving switch is switched to and maintained in an ON state by accumulating the electric charge in the gate terminal. When the polarity signal having a second polarity different from the first polarity is applied to the discharge circuit through the pulse transformer, the driving switch is switched to an OFF state by discharging the electric charge by the discharge circuit.
US09985622B2
A comparator includes: a first amplifying unit that includes a differential pair configured with a pair of transistors which are first and second transistors, and amplifies a difference of signals input to each of the gate electrodes of the first and second transistors, to output; a second amplifying unit that amplifies the signal output from the first amplifying unit; a third transistor that connects the first transistor to a power source voltage; a fourth transistor that connects the second transistor to the power source voltage; a fifth transistor that connects a connection point of gate electrodes of the third transistor and the fourth transistor to a drain of the third transistor; and a sixth transistor that connects a connection point of gate electrodes of the third transistor and the fourth transistor to a drain of the fourth transistor.
US09985610B2
A semiconductor device includes a power gating circuit including a synchronous reset flip-flop, a retention circuit including a retention flip-flop, a clock management circuit configured to provide an operation clock to the power gating circuit and the retention circuit, and a power management circuit configured to transmit a power gating control signal to the power gating circuit, the retention circuit, and the clock management circuit. The power gating circuit is activated to signal entry to a power reduction mode. The retention circuit retains states of the semiconductor device. Upon exit from the power reduction mode, the power management circuit is configured to complete a reset operation of the power gating circuit before signaling the retention circuit to cancel a retention state and restore the states of the semiconductor device.
US09985608B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a digital filter module for use in receivers, particularly suitable for use in a narrow-band electromagnetic receiver. Design of the module is based on a recognition that providing to the module samples of a signal received by a receiver and sampled at a sampling frequency equal to four times the intermediate frequency of the receiver, eliminating zeros in the filter, and implementing the filter module as a resource-shared second-order filter structure that includes two sections advantageously enables saving some hardware components, particularly some multipliers and adders, in implementing a versatile digital filter module that can function either as two real filters or one complex filter. In this manner, substantial reduction of area and power consumption of the filter module may be achieved, while maintaining sufficiently high filtering performance.
US09985603B2
A rectangular quartz crystal blank having long sides substantially parallel to a Z′ axis of the quartz crystal blank, and short sides substantially parallel to an X axis of the quartz crystal blank. The quartz crystal blank includes a first center region, a second region and a third region that are adjacent to the first region along a long-side direction, and a fourth region and a fifth region that are adjacent to the first region along a short-side direction. A thickness of the second region and a thickness of the third region are smaller than the thickness of the first region, and/or a thickness of the fourth region and a thickness of the fifth region are smaller than the thickness of the first region, and 12.26≤W/T≤13.02, where W is a length of a short side and T is a thickness.
US09985599B2
A method capable of manufacturing a quartz vibrator by disposing a metallic bonding material on one main surface of a ceramic plate having a quartz vibrating element mounted thereon. Thereafter, the bonding of a cap having a recess to the ceramic plate by disposing the cap on the one main surface of the ceramic plate so that an open side of the recess faces the ceramic plate, melting the bonding material, and then allowing the bonding material to set, is carried out.
US09985596B1
An acoustic device with a housing with a central portion and first and second leg portions that depend from the central portion, a first acoustic driver carried by the first leg portion, a second acoustic driver carried by the second leg portion, and an audio signal control system that directs audio signals to each of the first and second drivers, where the drivers transduce the audio signals to output sounds. The audio signal control system is arranged to apply first and second equalization modes to the audio signals in a first and second listening mode, respectively. The second equalization de-emphasizes frequencies below a first threshold frequency and boosts frequencies above the first threshold frequency.
US09985588B2
A radio-frequency (RF) module includes a driver transistor having a base, collector and emitter, an RF input port coupled to the base of the driver transistor, a cascode transistor having a base, collector and emitter, the emitter of the cascode transistor being coupled to the collector of the driver transistor, an RF output port coupled to the collector of the cascode transistor, and a coupling path connecting the base of the cascode transistor to the emitter of the cascode transistor, the coupling path including a capacitor.
US09985585B2
The application provides a radio frequency circuit, including: a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit is configured to receive a first signal and a second signal; split the first signal into a third signal and a fourth signal, and split the second signal into a fifth signal and a sixth signal; adjust a phase of the fifth signal to obtain a seventh signal; and combine the seventh signal and the third signal into an eighth signal. The second circuit includes a primary power amplifier branch and a secondary power amplifier branch, and the primary power amplifier branch is configured to process the fourth signal and the sixth signal, and the secondary power amplifier branch is configured to process the eighth signal.
US09985584B2
According to one embodiment, a high-frequency semiconductor amplifier includes an input terminal, an input matching circuit, a high-frequency semiconductor amplifying element, an output matching circuit and an output terminal. The input terminal is inputted with a fundamental signal. The fundamental signal has a first frequency band and a first center frequency in the first frequency band. The input matching circuit includes an input end and an output end. The input end of the input matching circuit is connected to the input terminal. The high-frequency semiconductor amplifying element includes an input end and an output end. The input end of the high-frequency semiconductor amplifying element is connected to the output end of the input matching circuit. The high-frequency semiconductor amplifying element is configured to amplify the fundamental signal.
US09985581B2
A solar cell module comprises: a solar cell panel; a terminal box mounted to the back surface of the solar cell panel, which is one surface thereof; a frame mounted to the edges of the solar cell panel; and a metallic first cover composed of a base section for covering the back surface of the terminal box, which is one surface thereof, and of an affixation section affixed to a frame which composes the frame.
US09985580B2
A solar junction box for a solar panel having a semiconductor layer including at least one photovoltaic cell and a foil electrically connected to the at least one cell, the solar panel having a glass layer above the semiconductor layer and a back sheet below the semiconductor layer includes a housing having walls defining a cavity. The housing is mounted at an edge of the solar panel. A terminal is received in the cavity and is configured to be terminated to the foil. An edge flap extends from the housing. The edge flap has an edge seal configured to be applied to the edge of the solar panel to seal the foil at the edge of the solar panel.
US09985572B2
A modular solar roadway/railway system (MSRS) and method (MSRM) utilizing interlocked solar/optical collection panels (SCP) having stacked solar collection strips (SCS) is disclosed. The SCS are configured with an optical input surface (OIS) configured to collect solar energy and a road support surface (RSS) configured to support automobile traffic. The SCS are stacked in an anti-symmetrical alignment pattern that allows solar energy to be efficiently collected while simultaneously supporting automobiles and other vehicles. The SCS as formed within the SCP are configured with a matrix of bottom photovoltaic cell cavities (PCC) that permit the SCP to be mated to a road/railway surface while simultaneously integrated with solar cells in the PCC for the generation of electricity. The MSRS may be configured in a flexible SCP array in rolled sheet form (RSF) suitable for installation via the use of a vehicle equipped with axial support for the RSF.
US09985570B2
A motor control apparatus that estimates a temperature of a temperature estimation target element at a time of energizing the motor and drives a motor by controlling an electric power is provided. The motor control apparatus includes a primary delay arithmetic unit that outputs a primary delay response as an amount of temperature change, a sensor value adder that adds a sensor value of a temperature sensor to the amount of temperature change, an offset adder that adds an offset temperature to an output of the sensor value adder, a response constant determination portion that determines the gain and the time constant, and an offset temperature determination portion. At least one of the response constant and the offset temperature is changed according to a supply voltage or an input voltage.
US09985565B2
Disclosed examples include motor drive power conversion systems with an inverter, as well as a controller methods to drive a motor in which output filter capacitor currents are computed and used to compensate the motor control in consideration of damping resistance values of an output filter.
US09985564B2
A system for estimating flux linkage in an electric motor includes a flux estimation module that generates estimated flux linkages based on a back electromagnetic force and estimated velocity of the electric motor, the flux linkages having an alpha flux linkage component and a beta flux linkage component, and a velocity estimation module that generates an estimated motor velocity based on the back electromagnetic force and the estimated flux linkages.
US09985561B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling a generator of electric energy that is connected to an electric supply grid on a grid connection point, comprising the following steps: incorporating at least one grid characteristic of the electric supply grid related to the grid connection point, and controlling the generator in such way that it feeds power into the electric supply grid depending on the incorporated grid characteristic.
US09985547B2
A synchronous rectifier controller is provided on a secondary side of an insulation-type synchronous DC/DC converter and controls the synchronous rectifier transistor. A driver circuit controls the synchronous rectifier transistor. A photo coupler connection terminal is coupled to an input side of the photo coupler. An error amplifier amplifies an error between a voltage detection signal according to an output voltage of the DC/DC converter and its target voltage, and to draw a current according to the error from an input side of the photo coupler via the photo coupler connection terminal.
US09985544B2
An electronic switch for switching a load, having a current path which runs between an operating voltage connection and a load connection and to which a power transistor and a current sensor sensing the load current are connected, and having a control or regulating device which controls the power transistor on the basis of the load current, wherein the control or regulating device is connected to the secondary circuit of a converter circuit having a transformer, the primary circuit of which is connected to the operating voltage connection via a controlled switch arrangement.
US09985542B2
An integrated circuit (IC) for controlling the discharge of a capacitor coupled across first and second input terminals of a power converter circuit, wherein the first and second terminals for receiving an ac line voltage. The IC includes a switching element coupled across the first and second input terminals and a detector circuit. The detector circuit including first and second comparators that produce first and second output signals responsive to a zero-crossing event of the ac line voltage. The first and second output signals being used to generate a reset signal coupled to a timer circuit responsive to the zero-crossing event. When the reset signal is not received within a delay time period, the timer circuit outputs a discharge signal that turns the switching element on, thereby discharging the capacitor.
US09985531B2
A switching controller for the generation of a plurality of DC voltages includes an auxiliary secondary circuit in addition to a primary circuit and at least two main secondary circuits. Only the auxiliary secondary circuit is controlled by a control circuit. The auxiliary secondary circuit operates in a virtually powerless manner, wherein the time constant of a parallel circuit has a third output capacitor and an auxiliary load resistor is smaller than the average time constants of at least the first and second main secondary circuits, which are defined by the output capacitors thereof and the average rating values of the load resistors to be connected.
US09985529B2
Power control method and related apparatus capable of providing compensation to inductance variation
A power supply control method capable of compensating inductance variation of an inductive device in a power supply. The power supply has a power switch controlling a winding current through the inductive device, and converts an input voltage into an output voltage. A sampling time is provided within an ON time of the power switch. The sampling time has a length substantially independent from the ON time, the input voltage, and an inductance of the inductive device. A current-sense signal, a representative of the winding current, is sampled to hold a sample voltage after the sampling time. The power switch is controller in response to the sample voltage so as to make the output voltage comply with an output rating.
US09985516B2
A DC/DC converter having an inverter which accepts a DC input voltage, a rectifier that produces a DC output voltage, a resonant tank, and a controller. The inverter includes a first and second switch as does the rectifier. The resonant tank is coupled between the inverter and the rectifier. The controller is configured to independently control and adjust the phase and duty cycle of each of the four switches such that zero-voltage switching occurs for each switch as each switch transitions. The controller utilizes input parameters such as the DC input voltage, a target output voltage, and a target output current to determine the appropriate phase and duty cycle of each of the four switches. Zero-voltage switching occurs for each of the four switches when the switch is transitioning and a voltage across the switch is substantially zero.
US09985510B2
A PM stepping motor includes a two-phase stator which includes first and stator stators, and a rotor which is rotatably supported inside the two-phase stator. Each of the first and second stators includes an outer yoke, an inner yoke and a coil. Each of the first and second stators is formed with a convex portion and a concave portion. The convex portion formed on the inner yoke of the first stator is engaged with the concave portion formed on the inner yoke of the second stator. The inner yoke is formed with two protrusions engaged with a cutout of the outer yoke. The convex portion and the concave portion are arranged line-symmetrically with respect to a center line passing through a center point of the inner yoke and a center position between the two protrusions, and an angle θ between each position and the center line ranges 30°<θ<90°.
US09985507B2
To provide a permanent magnet type motor having reduced torque ripple, in which torque ripples for electric angle sixth order and twelfth order are both reduced with a small skew angle.Driving is performed such that phases of currents flowing in two sets of three-phase armature windings 26-1 and 26-2 are different from each other by 20 degrees to 40 degrees in electric angle. A rotor 11 is composed of m stages of rotor component units arranged in the axial direction. The m stages of rotor component units are skewed to have a stage-skew structure such that a skew angle θ (unit: degree) between the adjacent units satisfies 26/m≤θ≤43.2/m (m is an integer equal to or greater than 2) in electric angle.
US09985505B2
A second core block is stacked on a first filler-vestige-accommodating steel sheet along a rotational axis and has a plurality of second magnet insertion holes. Each of the plurality of second magnet insertion holes is defined by a second inner wall. Each of a plurality of second permanent magnets is inserted into each of the plurality of second magnet insertion holes. Each of second spaces is provided between each of the plurality of second permanent magnets and the second inner wall. The filler fills the second spaces. The plurality of second magnet insertion holes have a plurality of second filler injection portions, respectively, via which the filler is injected into the plurality of second magnet insertion holes. The first filler-vestige-accommodating steel sheet has a plurality of first hole portions opposite to the plurality of second filler injection portions, respectively.
US09985502B2
An electric machine has a stator defining an interior cavity and a rotor supported to rotate in the interior cavity of the stator. The rotor has a rotor core with a plurality of permanent magnets arranged around a perimeter of the rotor core. The magnets define a cylindrical, radially facing outer surface. An electrically conductive shield is provided on and covering the cylindrical outer surface of the permanent magnets. A containment sleeve resides around the rotor core, the permanent magnets and the shield and defines an exterior cylindrical surface of the rotor. The containment sleeve is configured to retain the magnets to the rotor core during operation of the electric machine.
US09985500B2
An electric machine with fluid cooling. The electric machine includes a stator, the stator having a stator winding and a stator core having a plurality of stacked magnetic laminations, each of the laminations of the stator core having a plurality of apertures overlapping to form a plurality of stator fluid channels, a stator fluid channel of the plurality of stator fluid channels being not entirely axial. The electric machine further includes a rotor, the rotor having a shaft and a rotor core having a plurality of stacked magnetic laminations, each of the laminations of the rotor core having a plurality of apertures overlapping to form a plurality of rotor fluid channels, and a rotary fluid coupling in fluid communication with the rotor fluid channels. The rotor and the stator are configured to form a magnetic circuit comprising an air gap between the rotor and the stator.
US09985498B2
An active part (4) of an electric machine (2) is connected to a supporting body (5) via a connecting structure and is fixed relative to the supporting body (5). A rotor (4′) of the electric machine interacts electromagnetically with a stator core (4″) and is mounted rotatably relative to the stator core (4″) so that the rotor (4′) is rotatable about an axis of rotation (8). The connecting structure comprises at least one hub (9), a supporting ring (12) and first and second struts (15, 19). The hub (9) surrounds the axis of rotation (8) and extends in the axial direction from an upper hub end (10) to a lower hub end (11). The hub (9) adjoins, with the upper hub end (10), the supporting body (5) and is fastened there to the supporting body (5). The supporting ring (12), on the outer side (13) thereof, adjoins the active part (4) and is connected to the active part (4). The first struts (15) extend in a radial plane (16) radially outwards from the lower hub end (11) to the supporting ring (12). The first struts (15) merge with the hub (9) in a respective radially inner transition region (17) and with the supporting ring (12) in a respective radially outer transition region (18). The second struts (19) extend from the upper hub end (10) to the supporting ring (12). In relation to the radial plane (16), the radially inner transition region (17) and the radially outer transition region (18) of a respective first strut (15) each form an angle (a) with the axis of rotation (8).
US09985489B2
A separated coolant circulation structure for a water-cooled power generator includes a cooling circulation channel for a stator bar to cool heat of a stator bar winding, and a cooling circulation channel for a connector ring to heat of a connector ring, wherein the cooling circulation channel for the stator bar and the cooling circulation channel for the connector ring form separate coolant supply paths to improve cooling efficiency and reduce a pump load.
US09985482B2
In order to stably supply power even under a condition such that variations in a transmission environment occur constantly and irregularly in a wireless power transmission, a wireless power transmission control device of the present invention includes: a data collection means for obtaining data indicating the characteristics of a transmission medium for wireless transmission of power via a receiving antenna provided in a movable body; a data prediction means for deriving predicted transmission characteristics that predict a change in the characteristics of the transmission medium by using the data and for calculating a control parameter corresponding to the predicted transmission characteristics; and a parameter control means for controlling the movable body and the receiving antenna by using the control parameter.
US09985479B2
An information collection circuit includes a control circuit, which collects information of a measurement subject from a detection circuit, and a rectification circuit, which rectifies electromotive force. A first switch, coupled between the rectification circuit and the control circuit, becomes conductive based on DC voltage generated by the rectification circuit. A second switch, coupled between the control circuit and a battery, becomes conductive based on a control signal provided from the control circuit. The second switch is non-conductive when the control circuit is inactive. The control circuit is activated by a first power voltage supplied via the first switch to control the second switch to become conductive, and is operated based on a second power voltage supplied from the battery via the conductive second switch.
US09985476B2
The present invention of an electrostatic coupling type contactless electric power supply device 1 has multiple electrodes for contactless electric power supply 41 and a high-frequency power source circuit 5 provided on a fixed section 2, multiple electrodes for contactless electric power reception 61 and an electric power reception circuit 7 on a movable section 3, wherein the electrode for contactless electric power supply 41 and the electrode for contactless electric power reception 61 have base sections 441, 611 with a perpendicular cross sectional shape to the moving direction of the movable section 3 and there are multiple extending tooth sections 412, 612, and fellow tooth sections 412, 612 are mutually alternating and separated to fit together in an interdigitated array electrode, furthermore, the electrode for contactless electric power reception 61 is an interdigitated array electrode with the outer surface of the tooth section 612 covered with a conducting layer 613 and the tooth section 612 internal section and the base section 613 are formed from material that has a smaller specific gravity than the conducting layer. And from this, the electric power supply capacity and electric power supply efficiency of the contactless electric power supply is improved from that conventionally, and the movable section 3 which is the power supply target can be lighter.
US09985475B2
A power supply apparatus includes a power supply unit that outputs first power used for wireless communication or second power used for wireless power supply, a communication unit that performs a wireless communication by modulating the first power output from the power supply unit, and a control unit that controls the second power output from the power supply unit in a manner that a predetermined condition corresponding to a test mode is satisfied, in a case where the power supply apparatus is in the test mode.
US09985472B2
A sensing device includes a main body, a first battery, a second battery, and a battery switching unit. The first battery includes a power terminal and an ID terminal having a length less than a length of the power terminal. When the battery switching unit detects that the power terminal and the ID terminal are both electrically connected to a connector positioned in the main body, the battery switching unit switches to the first battery and the sensing device is powered by the first battery; when the battery switching unit detects that the ID terminal is just disconnected with the connector, the first battery keeps providing power to the sensing device through the power terminal and the battery switching unit switches to the second battery so that the sensing device is powered by the second battery before the power terminal being disconnected with the connector.
US09985470B2
The present invention provides an uninterruptable power supply system and method with a first AC source providing three-phase AC power, a DC source providing DC power, and a power converter receiving AC power from the first AC source and/or DC power from the DC source and delivering two wire DC power to a load via a DC output line. One pole of the DC output line is connected to the neutral reference of the four-wire AC-power supply line. The system may include a bypass device for passing power from its output side to the DC output line with the bypass device and the power converter being connected in parallel to the DC output line. The bypass device may include at least one switching unit, which receives AC power at its input side, and a control unit to supply pulsed power from an AC power supply.
US09985467B2
A control device of a power storage apparatus according to an embodiment includes a wind speed acquiring device, a power generation output detector, a capacity detector, and a controller. The wind speed acquiring device acquires a wind speed. The power generation output detector detects a power generation output of a wind power generation apparatus connected to a power system. The capacity detector detects a remaining capacity of the power storage apparatus that stores at least a portion of a power in the power generation output and supplies at least a portion of the stored power to the power system. The controller controls storage and supply of the power to suppress a variation in a combined output obtained by combining the power generation output and the power stored or supplied by the power storage apparatus, based on the wind speed, the power generation output, and the remaining capacity.
US09985462B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a wireless power receiver configured to receive a wireless power signal from a power transmitting unit. A wireless radio unit is configured to communicate with the power transmitting unit. A controllable rectifier circuit is configured to rectify the wireless power signal. The controllable rectifier circuit can include a rectifier configured to generate a rectified voltage from the wireless power signal, based on switch control signals. A rectifier control circuit is configured to generate the switch control signals and to generate first control data that indicates a first rectifier duty cycle of the switch control signals. The wireless radio unit sends the first control data to the power transmitting unit. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09985461B2
A system and method for self-harvesting energy from a wireless device and supplementing the battery power of the wireless device using the self-harvested energy includes the steps of collecting at least a portion of radio frequency signals transmitted by the wireless device; converting the collected radio frequency signals from radio frequency signals to direct current energy; further converting the direct current energy to energy compatible with charging requirements for a battery electrically connected to the wireless device; and transferring the compatible energy to the battery of the wireless device through a wireless device interface in order to add the compatible energy to the battery.
US09985438B2
The present application discloses a method for optimized design of an independent micro-grid system, the independent micro-grid system comprising diesel generators, wind powered generators, a photovoltaic array, and an energy storage battery, the optimization method referring specifically to a multi-objective optimization design model based on the independent micro-grid system. In terms of the optimization planning design model, the method takes into account a combined start-up mode for a plurality of diesel generators and a control strategy for coordinating between the energy storage battery and the diesel generators, such that the usage rate of renewable energy in the independent micro-grid is higher, and operations more economical and environmentally friendly. Regarding the stability of the system optimization planning design model, the method takes into account the reserve capacity needed for stability of the independent micro-grid. In terms of the solving algorithm of the optimization planning design model, the method employs a multi-objective genetic algorithm based on NSGA-II to implement multi-objective problem-solving, thereby allowing a multi-objective optimization of the three major objectives of economy, reliability, and environmental friendliness of an independent micro-grid system.
US09985437B2
A combined electrical power plant is provided to supply power to a grid and a method to operate such a combined electrical power plant comprising a thermal power generation facility and an energy storage facility with a suitable energy storage capacity being able to supply additional electrical power to the grid and to receive and store electrical power from the thermal power generation facility or from the grid. Both facilities are electrically coupled to providing a combined power output to the grid and further comprise a plant controller to process the demand signal and to generate at least a first control signal and a second control signal from the demand signal, where the first control signal is a smoothened function of time of the demand signal resulting from a smoothening process executed by the plant controller taking into account operational characteristics of the thermal power generation facility.
US09985436B2
A load control system may comprise load control devices for controlling respective electrical loads, and a system controller operable to transmit digital messages including different commands to the load control devices in response to a selection of a preset. The different commands may include a preset command configured to identify preset data in a device database stored at the load control device and/or a multi-output command configured to define the preset data for being stored in the device database. The system controller may decide which of the commands to transmit to the load control devices in response to the selection of the preset.
US09985430B2
A fault current limiter (FCL) has a core structure with a first and second magnetisable core members and an AC magnetomotive force source configured to generate a varying magnetic flux in at least a portion of the first and second magnetisable core members. Static magnetomotive force sources being positioned to provide a magnetic circuit within at least part of the magnetisable core members. The FCL may have a ring core structure and the static magnetomotive force sources may include a mitered or tapered joint interface with the core member.
US09985429B2
Systems and methods for reducing inrush current into a component, such as a power converter (e.g., LED driver), which receives alternating current (AC) power from an AC power source (e.g., AC mains). The method may include pre-charging the input capacitance of a component or circuit for a determined period of time after closing of a control switch (e.g., photocontrol, contactor) using a capacitive load pre-charge circuit (e.g., resistor), and then shorting the capacitive load pre-charge circuit using a bidirectional AC switch coupled in parallel with the capacitive load pre-charge circuit after the determined period of time to selectively bypass the capacitive load pre-charge circuit. The bidirectional AC switch may include two source-connected metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) which have a very low “on resistance,” such that during steady-state operation, the protection circuit wastes very little power compared to conventional inrush protection circuits.
US09985424B2
According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, an adhesive-backed duct having controlled elongation properties is described. The adhesive backed duct has a main body having a conduit portion with a cavity formed longitudinally therethrough, a flange portion having an adhesive backing layer disposed thereon to mount the duct to a mounting surface, and at least one rod-like strength member disposed within and extending longitudinally with the main body of the duct. The at least one rod-like strength member is comprised of a plurality of aligned segments.
US09985401B2
A brush holder has a core side position regulator engaged with a first connection plate to regulate a relative position. The core side position regulator has a projection part projected toward an armature core in the axial direction, and a fitting groove portion defined on both sides of the projection part in a circumferential direction. The relative position in the circumferential direction is regulated by an engagement between the projection part and a slit of the first connection plate. The relative position in the axial direction is regulated by an engagement between sides of the slit and the fitting groove portion. A width of the projection part in the circumferential direction is larger than a width of a brush in the circumferential direction.
US09985396B1
A power strip assembly includes a receptacle having a carrier member extended from the receptacle, a number of plug connecting members engaged in the receptacle, a clamping device includes a coupling extension extended from a follower, and one or more anchoring elements disposed below the follower and each pivotally attached to the coupling extension with a pivot axle for engaging with the table plate, the anchoring element is pivotable relative to the coupling extension between a working position parallel to the coupling extension and a folded position perpendicular to the coupling extension, and a fastener is engaged with the carrier member and the follower for moving the follower relative to the table plate and to be secured to the table plate with the fastener.
US09985395B2
A medical cable connector of a medical cable receives a medical lead while an electrical receptacle within the medical cable connector is placed into a distal position relative to an outer body of the medical cable connector. The electrical receptacle is retracted to a proximal position once insertion of the medical lead into the medical cable connector is completed. The electrical receptacle may be mounted to an inner body which moves relative to the outer body. A biasing member may be present to bias the inner body to a particular position. A slider may be present to provide a clinician with a surface to touch when applying force to position the electrical receptacle in the distal position for insertion of the medical lead. Various other features may be present to facilitate insertion of the medical lead and/or to maintain the position of the electrical receptacle relative to the outer body.
US09985393B2
An electrical connector includes: a contact module including an insulative housing and an upper and lower rows of contacts, the insulative housing having a rear base and a front tongue, the base having a pair of side latching walls; and a shielding shell enclosing the contact module, the shielding shell having a main part and a pair of side arms extending rearwardly from the main part, each side arm having an inserting portion and a soldering leg; wherein each inserting piece engages a corresponding side latching wall to prevent an associated soldering leg from moving outwardly.
US09985383B2
An electrical connection component for a machine cable is described. The electrical connection component is suitable for transmission of power with voltage levels greater than or equal to 1 k V and comprises a first electrical contact arranged for electrically coupling with a second contact and arranged for direct or indirect coupling to a conductor of the machine cable. The electrical connection component also comprises a housing in which at least a portion of the first electrical contact is positioned, a flexible element for engaging with an outer surface portion of the machine cable, and a cable clamping assembly arranged to couple with a portion of the housing and to clamp the flexible element such that the clamped flexible element secures the machine cable relative to the housing.
US09985382B2
Provided is a connector in which first and second connector members are fitted with each other. The first connector member includes a first housing formed with a protrusion. The second connector member includes a second housing; hood member; elastic member; and locking mechanism. The hood member is to cover and to be mounted with the second housing. The elastic member is to be provided between the hood member and second housing. The locking mechanism is to lock the protrusion. The locking mechanism is operated so that the protrusion is drawn in a fitting direction. After the movement of the first and second connector members in the fitting direction is restrained, the locking mechanism is operated so that the hood member is moved while compressing the elastic member, which fix the locking mechanism with the elastic member being compressed.
US09985381B2
A housing assembly for a waterproof connector includes a housing, a sealing device, and a protective cover. The housing has a sealing chamber receiving a seal. The sealing device is movable to cover the seal in the sealing chamber. The protective cover covers the seal and the sealing device.
US09985378B2
The invention relates to a liquid extraction module (1) for extracting liquid from a liquid tank, in particular of an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system of a motor vehicle, having an insert part (2) which is produced at least substantially from plastic and which has at least one extraction opening (5) and at least one plug connector (14) for the electrical contacting of an electrical consumer (10, 7) of the liquid extraction module (1). It is provided that a housing (16) of the plug connector (14) is formed separately and has at least one encapsulated undercut (22, 32) for fastening to the insert part (2).
US09985377B2
An electronical connector includes an insulation body and first and second conductive terminals. The insulation body includes a basal part, a middle part and a front end part defining a socketing space. The insulation body defines first and second terminal slots, with both communicating with the socketing space. The first terminal slot is positioned in the middle part and on an inner surface of a lower wall of the front end part. The second terminal slot is positioned in the middle part and on an inner surface of an upper wall of the front end part. The first and second conductive terminals are individually positioned in the first and second terminal slots. The first and second conductive terminals each include a contact part, a connection part, and a welding part. The contact part is positioned in the socketing space and the welding part protrudes out of the basal part.
US09985364B2
A shield connector includes an outer housing accommodating a shield shell in a shell insertion direction. A stepped part protrudes from an inner wall of the outer housing to support the shield shell. A cover plate portion of the shield shell includes a bendable side portion extending along the shell insertion direction. A tip imaginary line of an end face of the stepped part is curved so that a position of the end face corresponding to the joining portion is located on a far side from an electric wire pullout opening in the shell insertion direction than a position of the end face corresponding to the bendable side portion, to thereby urge the cover plate portion in a bending direction when an inner housing with the shield shell is inserted into the outer housing.
US09985360B2
An electrical connector may be used to connect and propagate signals between electrical systems, devices, and components. The electrical connector may comprise a male conductor component with one or more contacts positioned on a member. The electrical connector may comprise a female conductor component configured to be a receptacle for receiving a portion of the male conductor and having one or more moveable conduction arms which may be actuated to contact respective one or more contacts positioned on the member of the male conductor component.
US09985353B1
An embedded antenna system is described for use with metallized enclosures and housings used with wireless communication devices. One or multiple radiators are coupled to a metal cover, with ground points established on the metal cover to improve radiation efficiency and control the frequency response of the antenna system. Dynamic tuning methods are described wherein detuning of the antenna system from sources such as body-loading are compensated by adjusting impedance properties of the combination of radiator and metallized cover.
US09985349B1
A surface-mounted multi-band LTE antenna that covers the frequency band of 698-960 MHz (LTE 700/800/900 bands) and 2400-2500 GHz (WLAN 2.4G band) is disclosed herein. The antenna preferably has high gain and high radiation efficiency, and is used for a variety of wireless communication devices applications. The surface-mounted multi-band LTE antenna has compact size, wide bandwidth, good return loss, high gain and high radiation efficiency, and no matching circuit is needed.
US09985344B2
Electronic articles, antennae, and processes of producing electronic articles are disclosed. The electronic article includes a rigid substrate having a non-planar region and a sintered conductive ink positioned on the non-planar region. The antenna is a specific type of electronic article covered by the disclosure. Additionally or alternatively, the antenna has a light transmission of at least 85%. The process includes positioning a substrate having a non-planar region, applying a conductive ink to the non-planar region, and sintering the conductive ink on the non-planar region thereby producing the sintered conductive ink on the electronic article and/or producing an antenna having a light transmission of at least 80%.
US09985338B2
A mobile terminal, including metal back cover including metal cover plate, first and second metal frames respectively arranged at two opposite sides thereof for forming first gap, first metal frame comprising first, second and third radiating portions; antenna module fixed on metal back cover close to first metal frame, antenna module comprising system ground connected with metal cover plate, and antenna circuit board connected with system ground and first metal frame, antenna circuit board including grounding, feeding, matching circuit and tuner; grounding circuit comprises grounding point and grounding pin and going across first gap; the feeding circuit comprises feeding point and feeding pin and going across first gap; first, second and third radiating portions are configured that when tuning in middle-high frequency, first and second radiating portions serve as radiator of antenna module, and when tuning in low frequency, second and third radiating portions serve as radiator.
US09985337B2
A mobile terminal comprises: a terminal body; and a first antenna device and a second antenna device disposed at one side of the terminal body in an adjacent manner, and formed to operate at different frequency bands, wherein the first antenna device and the second antenna device are provided with conductive members each having a slit at one side thereof, and wherein the conductive members form part of an appearance of the terminal body.
US09985336B2
An antenna apparatus comprises a semiconductor die embedded in and adjacent to a first side of a molding compound layer, a plurality of first interconnects formed on the first side of the molding compound layer, wherein the plurality of first interconnects are electrically connected the semiconductor die and an antenna structure formed on a second side of the molding compound layer, wherein the antenna structure is electrically connected to the semiconductor die through a via connected between the plurality of first interconnects and the antenna structure.
US09985333B2
There is provided a window glass for a vehicle, the window glass including a glass antenna for transmitting and receiving communication waves. The glass antenna includes a pair of electrodes that are a ground electrode and a power feeding electrode; a first antenna element connected to the power feeding electrode; a second antenna element connected to the power feeding electrode, the second antenna element extending downward; a third antenna element connected to the power feeding electrode, the third antenna element extending in a direction that differs from that of the second antenna element; a fourth antenna element, one end of the fourth antenna element being connected to an end portion of the third antenna element; and a fifth antenna element, one end of the fifth antenna element being connected to the end portion of the third antenna element and the one end of the fourth antenna element.
US09985332B2
The waveguide is composed of a solid dielectric, and an outer conductor covering the periphery of the dielectric, the transverse section of the dielectric being rectangular and having a shape bulging outward on the pair of long sides, and the inner surface of the outer conductor adhering closely to the outer surface of the dielectric.
US09985328B2
A method for producing electric power from hydrogen and hydrogen from electric power, comprising: a reversible electric power-hydrogen conversion stage comprising a fuel cell stack to produce electric power from stored hydrogen and an electrolytic cell stack to produce hydrogen from electric power; a hydrogen pressure modification stage to modify the pressure of hydrogen supplied to or produced from the reversible electric power-hydrogen conversion stage; an electric power management and conditioning stage to condition electric power from/to the reversible electric power-hydrogen conversion stage; and a management stage to differentially manage the operation of the reversible electric power-hydrogen conversion stage, the hydrogen pressure modification stage and the electric power management and conditioning stage according to whether the system produces electric power from hydrogen or hydrogen from electric power and on a user-settable operation management strategy.
US09985325B2
An exemplary method of controlling flow through a battery pack includes, in a first operating condition, moving flow through a first section of an enclosure using a first fan, and moving flow through a second section of the enclosure using a second fan. In a second operating condition, the method moves flow through the second section using the first fan.
US09985319B2
A method for producing a laminate battery includes: forming a membrane electrode assembly having a multilayer structure including a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and an electrolyte layer, the electrolyte layer being provided between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, a tab attachment step including joining terminal tabs to end portions of the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate of the membrane electrode assembly on an outer packaging material, and covering the membrane electrode assembly with the outer packaging material. Each terminal tab is joined by bending at least a part of the end portion of the outer packaging material in a direction opposite to the membrane electrode assembly, and then joining the terminal tab to the positive electrode plate or the negative electrode plate at a portion corresponding to the bent part of the end portion of the outer packaging material.
US09985301B2
The invention relates to fuel cell assemblies, and in particular to improvements relating to sealing of such assemblies, embodiments of which include a fuel cell assembly (200) comprising a membrane electrode assembly (104), a cathode separator plate (208) having a series of corrugations extending, and providing air flow paths, between first and second opposing edges of the plate, a gasket (105) providing a fluid seal around a peripheral edge of the membrane electrode assembly (104) between the separator plate (208) and the membrane electrode assembly (104) and a metal shim (107) disposed between the gasket (105) and the separator plate (208) over the peripheral edge of the membrane electrode assembly (104).
US09985300B2
In order to prevent a reduction in workability when inserting an insulator, the insulator is to be disposed between a stacked body having a cell stack including a plurality of stacked unit cells and an end member to be disposed outward from the cell stack in stacking directions of the plurality of unit cells, and a covering to be disposed so as to separate in a perpendicular direction to the stacking directions from a side face of the stacked body parallel to the stacking directions. In a state where an end portion of the end member in the perpendicular direction is closer to the covering than an end portion of the cell stack in the perpendicular direction, and the insulator is disposed between the stacked body and the covering, the insulator includes a planar portion for covering at least a part of the side face, and a protruded portion disposed in the planar portion and protruded toward one or more unit cells near the end member among the plurality of unit cells constituting the cell stack.
US09985290B2
Described is a salt of the general formula: Mg2+(Lx)6(PF6)2 wherein each L is a ligand selected from dichloromethane, a cyclic ether, or a nitrile of the general formula R—C≡N. The method of making the salt comprises the steps: providing Mg metal, activating the Mg metal in a first dry solution comprising a first ligand solution (L1), treating the dry solution of activated Mg metal and L1 with NOPF6 in a second dry solution comprising a second ligand solution (L2), heating the treated Mg metal solution removing residual solvent under vacuum, and recrystallizing the remaining solid to form the salt wherein Lx comprises a mixture of L1 and L2. The salt can be used as the salt in an electrolyte, or as an additive to an electrolyte, in a cell or battery.
US09985288B2
A nickel hydrogen battery configured to suppress a decrease in battery voltage. The battery comprises a cathode containing a cathode active material, an anode containing an anode active material, and an electrolyte layer in contact with the cathode and the anode. The cathode active material contains H2NiP2O7 having a crystal structure including at least one NiO6 octahedron and at least one PO4 tetrahedron.
US09985285B2
An active material is disclosed in the present invention. The active material includes a lithium active material and a complex shell which completely covers the lithium active material. The complex shell includes at least one protection covering and at least one structural stress covering. The protection covering is a kind of metal which may alloy with the lithium ion. The structural stress covering dose not alloy with the lithium active material. The complex shell efficiently blocks the lithium active material out of the moisture and the oxygen so that the lithium active material is able to be stored and operated in the general surroundings. The structural stress provided via the structural stress covering may keep the configuration of the active material unbroken after the repeating reactions.
US09985265B2
The present disclosure includes a battery module having a housing with a cell receptacle region defined by walls of the housing and configured to enable passage of electrochemical cells therethrough. The battery module also includes a bus bar carrier sealed in the cell receptacle region. The bus bar carrier includes a perimeter having flexible ribs extending along at least a majority of the perimeter and configured to enable intimate contact between the walls of the housing and the perimeter of the bus bar carrier.
US09985262B2
A battery capable of improving the energy density and improving the battery characteristics such as cycle characteristics and high temperature storage characteristics. A cathode and an anode are oppositely arranged with a separator in between. The open circuit voltage in full charge is in the range from 4.25 V to 6.00 V. The separator has a base material layer and a surface layer. The surface layer opposed to the cathode is formed from at least one from the group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride, polytetrafluoroethylene, polypropylene, and aramid.
US09985259B2
Battery pack includes the following elements: large number of battery cells; lower holding member provided to hold the lower parts of large number of battery cells aligned by battery holding parts, and having lower openings for exposing the negative electrode terminal side of the battery cells; a positive electrode current collecting plate and a negative electrode current collecting plate connected to the corresponding terminals of the battery cells; and holder formed of upper holding member and lower holding member. In holder, upper gas channel for guiding the gas jetted from battery cells to the front side is formed. Inside holder, lower gas channel is formed on the periphery of the large number of battery cells. In holder, exhaust port is formed. In upper holding member, a communication hole for allowing communication between upper gas channel and lower gas channel is formed.
US09985251B2
The present invention is directed towards a thin-film device. In one embodiment, the thin film device comprises a scattering layer comprising a substrate, the substrate comprising a plurality of voids, and a device stock formed atop the scattering layer, wherein the plurality of voids have a high refractive index as compared to a refractive index of the substrate. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed towards a process for fabricating a thin-film device, the process comprising dissolving a precursor in an organic solvent to form a solution, coating the solution onto a substrate to form a film, immersing the film and the substrate into an antisolvent bath for a first period of time so as to form a plurality of air voids within the film, removing the film and substrate from the anti-solvent bath to dry and cure for a second period of time to create a porous film adhered to the substrate, the porous film and the substrate forming a scattering layer.
US09985245B2
The present invention provides an organic light emitting device, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. In the organic light emitting device provided by the present invention, a first inorganic thin film entirely covers a pre-encapsulation layer and an organic light emitting unit, and the first inorganic thin film has a denser molecular structure compared with the pre-encapsulation layer, thereby more effectively preventing water and oxygen from invading the organic light emitting unit via the pre-encapsulation layer to influence the service life of the organic light emitting unit.
US09985244B2
A light emitting display panel includes a cover plate and a substrate disposed opposite to each other; a plurality of light emitting devices located between the cover plate and the substrate; and a packaging structure surrounding the plurality of light emitting devices. The packaging structure includes at least three rows of protruded frames and a first packaging material which is located between adjacent protruded frames, each of the protruded frames having four sides which are looped and the at least three rows of protruded frames being adjacent to and embedded into each other in an outward direction. The packaging structure further includes a third packaging material which is located between the cover plate and the substrate, and located outside the outermost one of the at least three rows of protruded frames and inside the innermost one of the at least three rows of protruded frames.
US09985241B2
An electro-optical apparatus includes an element substrate which includes a display region in which a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged in a matrix form, and a terminal region in which mounting terminals are arranged outside the display region; a sealing film which seals the plurality of light emitting elements; and a sealing substrate which is arranged on the element substrate via the sealing film, in which a distance between the sealing substrate and the mounting terminal is equal to or longer than a thickness dimension of the sealing substrate when seen from a surface normal direction of the element substrate.
US09985237B2
A method of manufacturing an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED). The method comprises using a solution or a solvent for removing a photo-resist used for patterning, which photo-resist is at least partly covered with a material other than photo-resist. The method of manufacturing the OLED thus comprises a lift-off process. The new method provides the benefits of low cost manufacturing and high OLED performance.
US09985230B2
The present invention is related to a process for reducing surface energy of a hole transport layer. The disclosed process comprises providing a hole transport layer; and providing a fluorine-containing layer directly on said hole transport layer. The configuration of said fluorine-containing layer reduces the structural disorder of an active layer and is able to recover a moisture-degraded hole transport layer, and thereby improves the performance of an electric device containing the same.
US09985224B2
Tridentate cyclometalated complexes with rigid six-membered coordination rings of General Formula I having tunable emission wavelengths in the visible range. These emitters are suitable for full color displays and lighting applications.
US09985223B2
Provided is a novel substance that can emit phosphorescence. Alternatively, provided is a novel substance with high emission efficiency. An organometallic complex in which a 4-arylpyrimidine derivative is a ligand and iridium is a central metal is provided. Specifically, an organometallic complex having a structure represented by a general formula (G1) is provided. In the general formula (G1), R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, R2 represents any of hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, R3 represents hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms.
US09985219B2
Provided is an organic electroluminescent device (EL device) using an indolocarbazole compound. The organic EL device is obtained by laminating an anode, a plurality of organic layers including a phosphorescent light-emitting layer, and a cathode on a substrate, and the phosphorescent light-emitting layer, a hole-transporting layer, an electron-transporting layer, a hole-blocking layer, or an electron-blocking layer contains an indolocarbazole compound represented by the general formula (1). In the general formula (1), a ring I and a ring II represent rings represented by the formula (1a) and the formula (1b) to be fused to adjacent rings, As each represent C—R or N and at least one of As represents N, Ls each represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, and at least one of Ls represents a two- to four-ring fused heterocyclic group, Rs each represent an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, or an aromatic heterocyclic group, ps each represent an integer of from 0 to 4, q represents an integer of from 0 to 2, r represents an integer of from 1 to 4, X1 to X4 each represent an aromatic hydrocarbon group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, and l, m, and n each represent an integer of from 0 to 5.
US09985218B2
A light-emitting element with low drive voltage, a light-emitting element with high current efficiency, and/or a light-emitting element with a long lifetime are/is provided. Specifically, a light-emitting element with low drive voltage, a light-emitting element with high current efficiency, and/or a light-emitting element with a long lifetime are/is provided by the use of an organic compound with a dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline skeleton in a light-emitting layer. In a light-emitting element which includes a light-emitting layer containing an organic compound between a pair of electrodes, the organic compound has a 2,3-unsubstituted dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline skeleton, a hole-transport skeleton selected from a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothiophene skeleton, a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuran skeleton, and a substituted or unsubstituted carbazole skeleton, and an arylene skeleton, and the 2,3-unsubstituted dibenzo[f,h]quinoxaline skeleton and the hole-transport skeleton are bonded through the arylene skeleton.
US09985217B2
A material for an organic electroluminescent device and an organic electroluminescent device including the same, according to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, include an amine derivative represented by Formula 1. When the amine derivative represented by Formula 1 is included in the emission layer, the emission efficiency of the organic electroluminescent device may be improved.
US09985216B2
According to the present invention, there are provided an indenoindole derivative represented by the following general formula (1); and an organic electroluminescent element including a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer sandwiched therebetween, wherein the above compound is used as a constituent material for the at least one organic layer. The indenoindole derivative of the present invention provides an organic compound, which is excellent in hole injection/transport performance, has electron blocking capability, is highly stable in a thin film state, and excels in heat resistance, as a material for a high efficiency, high durability organic electroluminescent element. An organic electroluminescent element formed using this compound is highly efficient and highly durable.
US09985211B2
The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more [1,2,5]Thiadiazolo[3,4-e]isoindole-5,7-dione (TID) repeating units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising, or being prepared from, these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.
US09985203B2
The present disclosure provides resistive random access memory (RRAM) structures and methods of making the same. The RRAM structures include a bottom electrode having protruded step portion that allows formation of a self-aligned conductive path with a top electrode during operation. The protruded step portion may have an inclination angle of about 30 degrees to 150 degrees. Multiple RRAM structures may be formed by etching through a RRAM stack.
US09985202B2
A method of fabricating a memory device, the method including forming a first magnetization layer; forming a tunnel barrier layer on the first magnetization layer; forming a second magnetization layer on the tunnel barrier layer; forming a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure by patterning the first magnetization layer, the tunnel barrier layer, and the second magnetization layer; and forming a boron oxide in a sidewall of the MTJ structure by implanting boron.
US09985196B2
A multi-layered film includes an electroconductive layer made of platinum (Pt), a seed layer including lanthanum (La), nickel (Ni), and oxygen (O), and a dielectric layer being preferentially oriented in a c-axis direction, which are at least sequentially disposed on a main surface of a substrate made of silicon.
US09985192B2
A light-emitting diode is provided. The light-emitting diode includes a first semiconductor structure having an upper surface and a lower surface; a second semiconductor layer disposed adjacent to the upper surface; a third semiconductor layer disposed adjacent to the lower surface; two light-emitting layers disposed between the upper surface and the second semiconductor layer and disposed between the lower surface and the third semiconductor layer, respectively; a first electrode disposed over the second semiconductor layer; and a second electrode disposed over the third semiconductor layer.
US09985187B2
A method of manufacturing a light emitting device, includes: mounting an LED chip on a substrate; forming a translucent sealing layer for sealing the LED chip; forming a protective layer on the sealing layer; forming a groove, which penetrates the substrate and the sealing layer, using a blade from a side opposite to the side of the substrate mounted with the LED chip, the groove being formed to extend to a lower surface or an inside of the protective layer; filling the groove with a reflector material; and removing and separating a portion of the protective layer in which at least the groove is formed, wherein the blade has a shape tapered toward an edge.
US09985183B2
Various embodiments of light emitting dies and solid state lighting (“SSL”) devices with light emitting dies, assemblies, and methods of manufacturing are described herein. In one embodiment, a light emitting die includes an SSL structure configured to emit light in response to an applied electrical voltage, a first electrode carried by the SSL structure, and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode of the SSL structure. The first and second electrode are configured to receive the applied electrical voltage. Both the first and second electrodes are accessible from the same side of the SSL structure via wirebonding.
US09985179B2
A light emitting diode device has a bulk gallium and nitrogen containing substrate with an active region. The device has a lateral dimension and a thick vertical dimension such that the geometric aspect ratio forms a volumetric diode that delivers a nearly uniform current density across the range of the lateral dimension.
US09985173B2
The present application provides nitride semiconductor nanoparticles, for example nanocrystals, made from a new composition of matter in the form of a novel compound semiconductor family of the type group II-III-N, for example ZnGaN, ZnInN, ZnInGaN, ZnAlN, ZnAlGaN, ZnAlInN and ZnAlGaInN. This type of compound semiconductor nanocrystal is not previously known in the prior art. The invention also discloses II-N semiconductor nanocrystals, for example ZnN nanocrystals, which are a subgroup of the group II-III-N semiconductor nanocrystals. The composition and size of the new and novel II-III-N compound semiconductor nanocrystals can be controlled in order to tailor their band-gap and light emission properties. Efficient light emission in the ultraviolet-visible-infrared wavelength range is demonstrated. The products of this invention are useful as constituents of optoelectronic devices such as solar cells, light emitting diodes, laser diodes and as a light emitting phosphor material for LEDs and emissive EL displays.
US09985162B2
A solar cell includes a substrate containing a first impurity of a first conductivity type and made of a crystalline semiconductor, an emitter region positioned on the substrate and containing a second impurity of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, the emitter region being made of a non-crystalline semiconductor, a surface field region positioned on the substrate and containing a third impurity of the first conductivity type, the surface field region being made of non-crystalline semiconductor, a first electrode connected to the emitter region, and a second electrode connected to the surface field region, wherein at least one of the emitter region and the surface field region is made of amorphous metal silicide containing a metal material.
US09985156B2
An optical concentration/diffusion apparatus and method is provided that uses a waveguide having a graded index of refraction in a first direction. Light propagating in a second direction different from the first direction follows a curved, path being reflected at multiple intervals by a planar interface of the waveguide. Reflectors are located along the planar interface at a spacing that is selected to limit their interaction with the light propagating in the second direction. Coupling elements are located in optical communication with the reflectors. When used as a concentrator, light is focused by the elements onto the reflectors and redirected in the second direction towards one or more exit apertures. When used as a diffuser, light in the second direction is redirected by the reflectors toward the elements and diffused at multiple exit apertures.
US09985155B2
A backsheet for a photovoltaic module includes a support and a primer provided on a side of the support facing a sealing layer, the primer including an acrylic resin and a crosslinking agent, characterized in that the acrylic resin is a copolymer including at least 5 wt % of an acrylate monomer unit containing a UV absorbing group and at least 2 wt % of an acrylate monomer unit containing a crosslinkable group both relative to the total weight of monomer units.
US09985154B2
A solar canopy has a solar panel assembly including a first solar panel coupled to a second solar panel and oriented non-parallel with respect to the second solar panel. The solar panel assembly has an effective solar-panel-assembly wind loading less than a sum of a first-solar-panel effective wind loading and a second-solar-panel effective wind loading determined individually. An actual load applied by the solar panel assembly to a solar-panel-assembly support structure coupled thereto when the solar panel assembly is subject to a wind loading is less than a design load for the solar panel assembly subject to the wind loading based on a sum of a first-solar-panel net pressure and a second-solar-panel net pressure determined independently.
US09985151B2
A component with a semiconductor body, and first and second metal layer is disclosed. The first metal layer is arranged between the semiconductor body and the second metal layer, the semiconductor body has a first semiconductor layer on a side which is averted from the first metal layer, a second semiconductor layer on a side facing towards the first metal layer, and an active layer arranged between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, the component has a through-connection, which extends through the second semiconductor layer and the active layer for the electrical bonding of the first semiconductor layer. The second metal layer has a first subregion electrically connected to the through-connection by the first metal layer, and a second subregion spaced apart laterally from the first subregion by an intermediate space. In an overhead view, the first metal layer laterally completely covers the intermediate space.
US09985140B2
A pixel array structure and manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate and a display device are provided. The manufacturing method of the pixel array structure includes: forming a doped active layer over an active layer, the doped active layer having a portion with a larger thickness and a portion with a smaller thickness; forming a source/drain metal layer on the doped active layer and the active layer; conducting an etching process on the source/drain metal layer, so as to form a source electrode and a drain electrode, one of which partially covers the portion of the doped active layer with a larger thickness; conducting an etching process on the doped active layer and the active layer in a region between the source electrode and the drain electrode, forming an optimized channel. With the manufacturing method, the on-state current of a channel of a thin film transistor can be raised.
US09985138B2
A nano-sheet semiconductor structure and a method for fabricating the same. The nano-sheet structure includes a substrate and at least one alternating stack of semiconductor material layers and metal gate material layers. The nano-sheet semiconductor structure further comprises a source region and a drain region. A first plurality of epitaxially grown interconnects contacts the source region and the semiconductor layers in the alternating stack. A second plurality of epitaxially grown interconnects contacts the drain region and the semiconductor layers in the alternating stack. The method includes removing a portion of alternating semiconductor layers and metal gate material layers. A first plurality of interconnects is epitaxially grown between and in contact with the semiconductor layers and the source region. A second plurality of interconnects is epitaxially grown between and in contact with the semiconductor layers and the drain region.
US09985135B2
A semiconductor structure including a semiconductor material portion located on a substrate and extending along a lengthwise direction, a gate stack overlying a portion of the semiconductor material portion, and a first low-k spacer portion and a second low-k spacer portion abutting the gate stack and spaced from each other by the gate stack along said lengthwise direction. The first low-k spacer portion and the second low-k spacer portion each part of a recessed dummy gate structure on the substrate and a sacrificial spacer with gaps around and above a portion of the dummy gate stack. The gaps are filled in with the first low-k spacer portion and the second low-k spacer portion.
US09985133B2
A fin field device structure and method for forming the same are provided. The FinFET device structure includes a substrate and a fin structure extending from the substrate. The FinFET device structure also includes an isolation structure formed on the substrate. The fin structure has a top portion and a bottom portion, and the bottom portion is embedded in the isolation structure. The FinFET device structure further includes a protection layer formed on the top portion of the fin structure. An interface is between the protection layer and the top portion of the fin structure, and the interface has a roughness in a range from about 0.1 nm to about 2.0 nm.
US09985128B2
A semiconductor device including a main region, a sense region, a separation region electrically isolating the main and sense region regions includes a first semiconductor layer positioned on the main surface of a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of main cells disposed in the main region, and a plurality of sense cells disposed in the sense region. Source regions of the main cell become conductive with a source electrode and source regions of the sense cell become conductive with a sense electrode. The separation region includes a plurality of second conductivity type separation body regions and a barrier region and is disposed within a first semiconductor layer and is disposed to abut on the surface of the first semiconductor layer.
US09985122B2
A semiconductor structure comprising a substrate, a pre-metal-interconnect dielectric (PMID) layer and a composite layer is disclosed. The PMID layer is above the substrate. The composite layer is between the substrate and the PMID layer. The composite layer comprises a first sublayer and a second sublayer. The first sublayer and the second sublayer are stacked. The bandgap of the second sublayer is larger than the bandgap of the first sublayer. The etch rate of an etchant with respect to the first sublayer is lower than the etch rate of the etchant with respect to the substrate and the PMID layer. Other semiconductor structures are also disclosed.
US09985120B2
Disclosed herein is a bipolar transistor capable of improving a current amplification rate while improving voltage resistance. A bipolar transistor is provided with a p-type emitter region, a p-type collector region, an n-type base region located between the emitter region and the collector region, a p-type first embedded region located below the base region, and an n-type region having a lower n-type impurity concentration than the base region, being in contact with the emitter region, the collector region, the base region and the first embedded region, separating the emitter region from the base region and the first embedded region, and separating the collector region from the base region and the first embedded region. A part of the base region projects out toward a collector region side than the first embedded region does.
US09985112B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an integrated circuit (IC) structure, which can include: a semiconductor fin; a gate dielectric positioned above a first region of the semiconductor fin; a spacer positioned above a second region of the semiconductor fin and adjacent to the gate dielectric; and a source/drain region contacting a third region of the semiconductor fin; wherein the first region of the semiconductor fin includes substantially vertical sidewalls, and the third region of the semiconductor fin includes sloped sidewalls.
US09985106B2
Semiconductor devices may include a field insulating layer that is on a substrate, a gate structure that is on the substrate and separated from the field insulating layer, a first spacer structure that is on sidewalls and a lower surface of the gate structure and is separated from the field insulating layer, and a second spacer structure that is on a part of an upper surface of the field insulating layer that is overlapped by the gate structure.
US09985098B2
A etch stop semiconductor rail is formed within a source semiconductor layer. A laterally alternating stack of dielectric rails and sacrificial semiconductor rails is formed over the source semiconductor layer and the etch stop semiconductor rail. After formation of a vertically alternating stack of insulating layers and spacer material layers, memory stack structures are formed through the vertically alternating stack and through interfaces between the sacrificial semiconductor rails and the dielectric rails. A backside trench is formed through the vertically alternating stack employing the etch stop semiconductor rail as an etch stop structure. Source strap rails providing lateral electrical contact to semiconductor channels of the memory stack structures are formed by replacement of sacrificial semiconductor rails with source strap rails.
US09985094B2
A super junction includes a substrate and an epitaxial layer over the substrate, the epitaxial layer having a first dopant type. The super junction further includes an angled trench in the epitaxial layer, the angled trench having sidewalls disposed at an angle ranging from about 85-degrees to about 89-degrees with respect to a top surface of the epitaxial layer. The super junction further includes a doped body in the epitaxial layer surrounding the angled trench, the doped body having a second dopant type, the second dopant type opposite that of the first dopant type.
US09985079B2
A display device includes: a substrate; a plurality of light-emission elements arranged, on the substrate, in a first direction and a second direction intersecting each other, each of the light-emission elements having a first electrode layer, an organic layer including a luminous layer, and a second electrode layer which are laminated in that order; and a separation section disposed, on the substrate, between the light-emission elements adjacent to each other in the first direction, the separation section having two or more pairs of steps. The first electrode layers in the light-emission elements are separated from each other, and the organic layers as well as the second electrode layers in the light-emission elements adjacent to each other in the first direction are separated from each other by the steps included in the separation section.
US09985072B1
The present disclosure relates to an image sensor integrated chip having a grid structure that reduces crosstalk between pixel regions of an image sensor chip. In some embodiments, the integrated chip has an image sensing element arranged within a substrate. An absorption enhancement structure is disposed along the back-side of the substrate. A grid structure is arranged over the absorption enhancement structure. The grid structure defines an opening arranged over the image sensing element and extends from over the absorption enhancement structure to a location within the absorption enhancement structure. By having the grid structure extend into the absorption enhancement structure, the grid structure is able to reduce crosstalk between adjacent image sensing elements by blocking radiation reflected off of non-planar surfaces of the absorption enhancement structure from traveling to an adjacent pixel region.
US09985071B2
Techniques provided herein are directed toward providing an optical sensor that reduces noise from sources of light other than the LIDAR transmitter by changing the active area of the sensor of a LIDAR receiver. The optical sensor may include a two dimensional array of single photon avalanche devices (SPADs) with row-select and column-select transistors, where rows and columns are selected based on a predicted spot size and angle of reflected laser light detected at the LIDAR receiver. Among other things, this can eliminate or reduce the need for moving parts within the LIDAR receiver.
US09985067B2
An electronic component includes a plurality of dipoles, each comprising an island solid with a base, a first electrode arranged at the top of the island and a second electrode arranged on the base. Its manufacturing includes forming, on the base, a layer of a material capable of being etched by means of a predetermined isotropic etching, forming, over the layer of material, solid patterns made of electrically-conductive material and inert to said etching, applying the isotropic etching of the thickness of material between said solid patterns to form islands totally overlooked by said solid patterns, and depositing electrically-conductive material on top of and between the islands to form the first and second electrodes of the dipoles.
US09985063B2
An imaging device that includes an array of photo detectors each configured to generate an electrical signal in response to received light, and an array of color filters disposed over the array of photo detectors such that the photo detectors receive light passing through the color filters. Each of the color filters has a color transmission characteristic, which vary. To even out color balance, some of the color filters are disposed over a plurality of the photo detectors while others are disposed over only one of the photo detectors. Additional color balance can be achieved by varying the relative area sizes of the color filters and underlying photo detectors based on color transmission characteristics, to compensate for the varying absorption coefficient of the photo detectors at different colors.
US09985057B2
A unit pixel element that acts as an image sensor or a solar cell according to the present invention comprises a photo detector that drives a photocurrent flow, induced by light incident onto the gate, along the channel between the source and the drain; a first switch that is wired and switched on or switched off between the source terminal of the photo detector and the first solar cell bus; and a second switch that is wired and switched on or switched off between the gate terminal of the photo detector and the second solar cell bus, and features a function of light energy harvesting and high-efficiency photoelectric conversion that generates and supplies effective electric power.
US09985055B2
A semiconductor device (100) includes: a substrate (11); a first thin film transistor (10A) supported on the substrate (11), the first thin film transistor (10A) having a first active region (13c) which mainly contains a crystalline silicon; and a second thin film transistor (10B) being supported on the substrate (11), the second thin film transistor (10B) having a second active region (17c) which mainly contains an oxide semiconductor having a crystalline portion.
US09985054B2
The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a display device that can suppress the adverse effects in display due to difference in gray-scale luminance of adjacent two rows caused by variation in capacitance of adjacent two rows of TFTs as the result of displacement of the data lines. Scan lines and data lines crossing each other are arranged on the array substrate. Each row of the scan lines is provided with a gate driver circuit, wherein each row of the scan lines is further provided with a compensation capacitor connected to the gate driver circuit, the compensation capacitor including a first metal layer and a second metal layer that are overlapped with each other to form an overlap region at which the first metal layer is isolated from the second metal layer by an insulation layer, wherein the compensation capacitor in an Nth row has a capacitance that changes in a direction opposite to the direction in which the capacitance of the compensation capacitor in an N+1th row changes, and the compensation capacitor in the Nth row has a capacitance that changes in the same direction as the direction in which the capacitance of a thin film transistor capacitor in the N+1th row changes, where N is a natural number greater than or equal to 1.
US09985035B1
A semiconductor memory structure includes a substrate including a memory cell region and a cell edge region adjacent to the memory cell region. Active regions are formed in the substrate and in the memory cell region and the cell edge region. At least a dummy bit line is formed on the active regions in the cell edge region. The dummy bit line extends along a first direction and overlaps at least two active regions along a second direction. The dummy bit line further includes a first inner line portion and an outer line portion. The first inner line portion and the outer line portion extend along the first direction and a width of the first inner line portion is different from a width of the outer line portion.
US09985025B1
An active pattern structure may include a substrate including an active pattern array defined by a plurality of trenches including first to third trenches, and first to third isolation patterns in the first to third trenches, respectively. The active pattern array may include a plurality of first and second active patterns extending in a first direction, and the first to third trenches may be between the first and second active patterns and may include different widths from each other. The active pattern array may include an active pattern group including one of the first active patterns and one of the second active patterns sequentially arranged in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. Each of the first and second active patterns may have a minute width.
US09985023B1
Structures and formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a fin structure over a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device structure also includes an isolation feature over the semiconductor substrate. The fin structure is surrounded by the isolation feature. The semiconductor device structure further includes a gate stack covering the fin structure. In addition, the semiconductor device structure includes a source or drain (S/D) structure covering the fin structure. The semiconductor device structure also includes a conductive contact connected to the S/D structure. The conductive contact includes a first portion and a second portion. The second portion extends from the first portion to the S/D structure. The first portion has a first width adjoining the second portion. The second portion has a second width greater than the first width.
US09985021B2
A semiconductor device includes structures formed in first and second regions of a semiconductor substrate. The structures in the first region are spaced with a pitch P. The first and second regions are separated by an isolation region with spacing S, wherein S is greater than P. A first insulating layer is deposited and recessed to a target depth in the first region, and to a second depth in the isolation region. The second depth is lower than the target depth. A first etch stop layer is formed over the recessed first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer is formed over the first etch stop layer to increase a level of insulating material in the isolation region to the same target depth in the first device region. The recessed first insulating layer, first etch stop layer, and second insulating layer form a uniform thickness shallow trench isolation layer.
US09985017B2
Semiconductor device with a semiconductor body that includes a clamping structure including a pn junction diode and a Schottky junction diode serially connected back to back between a first contact and a second contact. A breakdown voltage of the pn junction diode is greater than 100 V and a breakdown voltage of the Schottky junction diode is greater than 10 V.
US09985011B2
A method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip is disclosed. A semiconductor body has a pixel area, which has at least two different subpixel areas. An electrically conductive layer is applied to the radiation outlet surface of at least one subpixel area. The electrically conductive layer is designed to at least partially salify with a protic reaction partner. A conversion layer is deposited onto the electrically conductive layer by means of a electrophoresis process.
US09985009B2
Disclosed are an LED light emitting device and its manufacturing method. A blue LED chip specification is selected, a green phosphor and the blue LED chip are used to determine a green light frame on the CIE1931 chromaticity coordinates and a red phosphor together with a blue LED chip are used to determine a red light frame on the CIE1931 chromaticity coordinates, and a predetermined straight line passing through the color temperature target frame is selected, and both end points of the predetermined straight line fall within the green light frame and the red light frame, so as to determine the concentration of the green phosphor and the red phosphor, and the green and red phosphors and a blue LED chip are packaged to form a first LED and a second LED, and at least one first LED and at least one second LED are installed on a substrate.
US09984998B2
A method includes attaching a first-level device die to a dummy die, encapsulating the first-level device die in a first encapsulating material, forming through-vias over and electrically coupled to the first-level device die, attaching a second-level device die over the first-level device die, and encapsulating the through-vias and the second-level device die in a second encapsulating material. Redistribution lines are formed over and electrically coupled to the through-vias and the second-level device die. The dummy die, the first-level device die, the first encapsulating material, the second-level device die, and the second encapsulating material form parts of a composite wafer.
US09984997B2
A memory interface architecture uses a serializer/deserializer (SerDes) to connect a memory array on one semiconductor die to a device on another semiconductor die, for example via a fast interposer.
US09984988B2
A flip chip assembly is disclosed that includes a die with die circuitry and a plurality of electrical contacts electrically connected to the die circuitry. A substrate includes electrical contacts that are juxtaposed with and electrically connected to corresponding die electrical contacts. A passive component is disposed between the die and the substrate, and includes a dielectric disposed between a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode is electrically connected to a first of the die electrical contacts and a corresponding substrate electrical contact, and the second electrode is electrically connected to a second of the die electrical contacts and a corresponding substrate electrical contact.
US09984983B2
The semiconductor package includes a substrate, a die, a first metal layer, a second metal layer and an optional seed layer. The package body at least partially encapsulates the die on the substrate. The seed layer is disposed on the package body and the first metal layer is disposed on the seed layer. The second metal layer is disposed on the first metal layer and the lateral surface of the substrate. The first metal layer and the second metal layer form an outer metal cap that provides thermal dissipation and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding.
US09984978B2
In an embodiment, doped well structures distribute body biasing voltages to a plurality of body biasing wells of an integrated circuit.
US09984972B2
A semiconductor device may include a first pattern. The semiconductor device may include a second pattern intersecting with the first pattern and including an intersection region with the first pattern and a non-intersection region.
US09984966B2
Provided is a semiconductor device preventing readhesion of conductive body which forms fuse elements and breakage of the fuse elements. The semiconductor device includes a first insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of fuse elements formed on the first insulating film adjacent to one another, a protective insulating film covering at least side surfaces of the fuse elements, and a second insulating film formed of one of a BPSG film and a PSG film to cover the fuse elements and the protective insulating film. The protective insulating film is higher in mechanical strength than the second insulating film.
US09984962B2
Systems and methods for flexible hybrid electronic (FHE) systems integrate traditional rigid integrated circuits with flexible substrates and/or interconnects. The layout and components of the system may be selected and/or optimized for a desired level of performance or flexibility. Via use of exemplary FHE system principles, improved wearable devices and other portable electronic systems may be realized.
US09984961B2
A low resistance metal is charged into holes formed in a semiconductor substrate to thereby form through electrodes. Post electrodes of a wiring-added post electrode component connected together by a support portion thereof are simultaneously fixed to and electrically connected to connection regions formed on an LSI chip. On the front face side, after resin sealing, the support portion is separated so as to expose front face wiring traces. On the back face side, the semiconductor substrate is grounded so as to expose tip ends of the through electrodes. The front face wiring traces exposed to the front face side and the tip ends of the through electrodes exposed to the back face side are used as wiring for external connection.
US09984955B1
The present invention relates to a lightweight liquid-cooling-plate assembly having a plastic frame and a heat dissipation system using the same. The liquid-cooling-plate assembly includes a plastic frame and at least one coolant chamber unit. The plastic frame includes a plurality of lateral walls, at least one accommodation opening, and a plurality of fastening elements. The lateral walls are connected with each other to form and define the at least one accommodation opening. The fastening elements are disposed on a part of the lateral walls. The coolant chamber unit is connected with the plastic frame and embedded in the at least one accommodation opening, and includes at least one surface exposed.
US09984952B2
The present disclosure relates to a thermally enhanced semiconductor package having field effect transistors (FETs) with a back-gate feature. The thermally enhanced semiconductor package includes a non-silicon thermal conductive component, a silicon layer with a thickness between 100 Å and 10 μm over the thermal conductive component, a buried oxide (BOX) layer over the silicon layer, an epitaxial layer over the BOX layer and having a source, a drain, and a channel between the source and the drain, a gate dielectric aligned over the channel, and a front-gate structure over the gate dielectric. Herein, a back-gate structure is formed in the silicon layer and has a back-gate region aligned below the channel. A FET is formed by the front-gate structure, the source, the drain, the channel, and the back-gate structure.
US09984949B1
Embodiments are directed to a method of passivating a surface of a high-mobility semiconductor and resulting structures having a reduced interface defect density. A semiconductor layer is formed on a substrate. A surface of the semiconductor layer is contacted with a sulfur source including thiourea at a temperature of up to about 90 degrees Celsius to form a sulfur passivation layer on the surface of the semiconductor layer. A dielectric layer is formed on the sulfur passivation layer and a minimum of interface trap density distribution at an interface between the semiconductor layer and the dielectric layer is less than about 2.0×1011 cm−2 eV−1.
US09984948B2
A power electronics module includes: a baseplate, a power semiconductor chip arranged on the baseplate, and an encapsulation structure arranged on the baseplate and configured to encapsulate the power semiconductor chip, wherein the encapsulation structure is an epoxy having an elastic modulus in a range of 1 to 20 Giga Pascal, GPa, at room temperature and a coefficient of thermal expansion less than 20 ppm/K.
US09984939B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate, performing an N-type dopant implantation into a first region of the substrate to form an N-well, removing a portion of the substrate to form a first set of fins on the N-well and a second set of fins on a second region of the substrate adjacent the N-well, filling gap spaces between the fins to form an isolation region, and performing a P-type dopant implantation into the second region to form a P-well adjacent the N-well. The N-well and the P-well are formed separately at different times. The loss of the P-type dopant ions due to the diffusion of P-type dopant ions in the P-well into the isolation region can be eliminated, and the damage to the fins caused by N-type dopant ions can be avoided.
US09984937B1
A method of forming vertical fin field effect transistors, including, forming a silicon-germanium cap layer on a substrate, forming at least four vertical fins and silicon-germanium caps from the silicon-germanium cap layer and the substrate, where at least two of the at least four vertical fins is in a first subset and at least two of the at least four vertical fins is in a second subset, forming a silicon-germanium doping layer on the plurality of vertical fins and silicon-germanium caps, removing the silicon-germanium doping layer from the at least two of the at least four vertical fins in the second subset, and removing the silicon-germanium cap from at least one of the at least two vertical fins in the first subset, and at least one of the at least two vertical fins in the second subset.
US09984924B2
A semiconductor device and method of formation are provided. The semiconductor device comprises a metal plug in a first opening over a substrate, the metal plug is over a silicide layer, and the silicide layer is over a metal oxide layer. The metal oxide layer has an oxygen gradient, such that a percentage of oxygen increases from a top surface of the metal oxide layer to a bottom surface of the metal oxide layer. The metal oxide layer unpins the Fermi level of the interface between the metal plug and the substrate, which is exhibited by a lowered Schottky barrier height (SBH) and increased oxygen vacancy states between the V.B. and the C.B. of the metal oxide layer, which decreases the intrinsic resistivity between the metal plug and the substrate as compared to a semiconductor device that lacks such a metal oxide layer.
US09984916B2
A method for providing a uniform recess depth between different fin gap sizes includes depositing a dielectric material between fins on a substrate. Etch lag is tuned for etching the dielectric material between narrow gaps faster than the dielectric material between wider gaps such that the dielectric material in the narrow gaps reaches a target depth. An etch block is formed in the narrow gaps. The wider gaps are etched to the target depth. The etch block is removed.
US09984906B2
A plasma processing device includes a processing chamber defining a plasma processing space and a stage for mounting thereon a target substrate in the processing chamber. The plasma processing device further includes a gas supply mechanism for introducing a processing gas into the plasma processing space, a plasma generation mechanism for supplying electromagnetic energy into the plasma processing space, and a control unit configured to, if a command to start a plasma process for the target substrate mounted on a substrate carry-in stage is issued, perform a warm-up process for supplying the processing gas into the plasma processing space by the gas supply mechanism and supplying the electromagnetic energy by the plasma generation mechanism in a state where no target substrate is mounted on the stage.
US09984899B2
A ceramic package includes a ceramic substrate, a metallization layer, a first plating layer, a brazing material layer, and a seal member. The ceramic substrate has a surface, and the metallization layer is disposed along an outer periphery of a predetermined region on the surface. The first plating layer is disposed on the metallization layer. The brazing material layer is disposed on the metallization layer with the first plating layer interposed therebetween. The seal member is joined on the metallization layer via the brazing material layer. In at least one of an outer peripheral portion and an inner peripheral portion of the brazing material layer, an end of the brazing material layer is located outside a region directly below the seal member and the end of the brazing material layer is positioned nearer to the seal member than an end of the metallization layer.
US09984897B2
A chip arrangement is provided, the chip arrangement, including a carrier; a first chip electrically connected to the carrier; a ceramic layer disposed over the carrier; and a second chip disposed over the ceramic layer; wherein the ceramic layer has a porosity in the range from about 3% to about 70%.
US09984895B1
A process for chemical mechanical polishing a substrate containing tungsten is disclosed to reduce corrosion rate and inhibit dishing of the tungsten and erosion of underlying dielectrics. The process includes providing a substrate; providing a polishing composition, containing, as initial components: water; an oxidizing agent; a dihydroxy bis-sulfide; a dicarboxylic acid, a source of iron ions; a colloidal silica abrasive; and, optionally a pH adjusting agent; providing a chemical mechanical polishing pad, having a polishing surface; creating dynamic contact at an interface between the polishing pad and the substrate; and dispensing the polishing composition onto the polishing surface at or near the interface between the polishing pad and the substrate; wherein some of the tungsten (W) is polished away from the substrate, corrosion rate is reduced, dishing of the tungsten (W) is inhibited as well as erosion of dielectrics underlying the tungsten (W).
US09984893B2
A method of making a semiconductor device includes patterning a fin in a substrate; performing a first etching process to remove a portion of the fin to cut the fin into a first and second cut fin, the first cut fin having a first and second fin end and the second cut fin having a first and second fin end; forming an oxide layer along an endwall of the first fin end and an endwall of the second fin end of the first cut fin, and an endwall of the first fin end and an endwall of the second fin end of the second cut fin; disposing a liner onto the oxide layer disposed onto the endwall of the first fin end of the first cut fin to form a bilayer liner; and performing a second etching process to remove a portion of the second cut fin.
US09984892B2
Disclosed is a method for removing, from a target substrate having an insulating film with a predetermined pattern formed thereon, a silicon-containing oxide film formed in a silicon portion at a bottom of the pattern. The method includes: forming a carbon-based protective film on the entire surface of the insulating film including the pattern by ALD using a carbon source gas; selectively removing the carbon-based protective film on an upper surface of the insulating film and on the bottom of the pattern by an anisotropic plasma processing; removing the silicon-containing oxide film formed on the bottom of the pattern by etching; and removing a remaining portion of the carbon-based protective film.
US09984890B2
Isotropic silicon and silicon-germanium etching with tunable selectivity is described. The method includes receiving a substrate having a layer of silicon and a layer of silicon-germanium with sidewall surfaces of silicon and silicon-germanium being uncovered, positioning the substrate in a processing chamber configured for etching substrates, and modifying uncovered surfaces of silicon and silicon-germanium by exposing the uncovered surfaces of silicon and silicon-germanium to radical species. The method further includes executing a gaseous chemical oxide removal process that includes flowing a mixture of a nitrogen-containing gas and a fluorine-containing gas at a first substrate temperature to form a fluorine byproduct followed by executing a sublimation process to remove the fluorine byproduct at a second substrate temperature that is higher than the first substrate temperature, and controlling the second substrate temperature to tune the sublimation rate and etch selectivity of a silicon oxide material relative to a silicon-germanium oxide material.
US09984887B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a film on a substrate by time-divisionally and sequentially performing: (a) supplying a precursor gas to the substrate and causing precursor molecules, which are contained in the precursor gas and which contains a main element and ligands, to be adsorbed onto the substrate; (b) supplying a compound containing an electron withdrawing group to the substrate onto which the precursor molecules are adsorbed, and causing the compound containing the electron withdrawing group to be adsorbed to the ligands contained in the precursor molecules; and (c) supplying a reaction gas to the substrate onto which the precursor molecules and the compound containing the electron withdrawing group are adsorbed, causing the ligands and the compound containing the electron withdrawing group to be desorbed from the substrate, and causing the main element contained in the precursor molecules to react with the reaction gas.
US09984884B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first nitride semiconductor layer, forming thereover a second nitride semiconductor layer having a band gap wider than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer, and thereby forming a stacked body, etching the stacked body with a first film placed over the stacked body and including a first opening portion as a mask to form a trench penetrating through the second nitride semiconductor layer and reaching an inside of the first nitride semiconductor layer, causing an end portion of the first film to retreat from an end portion of the trench, forming a second film over the first film including the inside of the trench, and forming a gate electrode over the second film.
US09984880B2
A method for doping fins includes depositing a first dopant layer at a base of fins formed in a substrate, depositing a dielectric layer on the first dopant layer and etching the dielectric layer and the first dopant layer in a first region to expose the substrate and the fins. A second dopant layer is conformally deposited over the fins and the substrate in the first region. The second dopant layer is recessed to a height on the fins in the first region. An anneal is performed to drive dopants into the fins from the first dopant layer in a second region and from the second dopant layer in the first region to concurrently form punch through stoppers in the fins and wells in the substrate.
US09984876B2
A technique for patterning a workpiece such as an integrated circuit workpiece is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes receiving a dataset specifying a plurality features to be formed on the workpiece. A first patterning of a hard mask of the workpiece is performed based on a first set of features of the plurality of features, and a first spacer material is deposited on a sidewall of the patterned hard mask. A second patterning is performed based on a second set of features, and a second spacer material is deposited on a sidewall of the first spacer material. A third patterning is performed based on a third set of features. A portion of the workpiece is selectively processed using a pattern defined by a remainder of at least one of the patterned hard mask layer, the first spacer material, or the second spacer material.
US09984873B2
A method of forming a semiconducting material includes depositing a graded buffer on a substrate to form a graded layer of an indium (In) containing III-V material, the In containing III-V material being indium-gallium-arsenic (InGaAs) or indium-aluminum-arsenic (InAlAs) and comprising In in an increasing atomic gradient up to 35 atomic % (at. %) based on total atomic weight of InGa or InAl; and forming a layer of InGaAs on the graded layer, the layer of InGaAs comprising about 25 to about 100 at. % In based on total atomic weight of InGa.
US09984868B2
Provided are methods of for deposition of SiN films via PEALD processes. Certain methods pertain to exposing a substrate surface to a silicon precursor to provide a silicon precursor at the substrate surface; purging excess silicon precursor; exposing the substrate surface to an ionized reducing agent; and purging excess ionized reducing agent to provide a film comprising SiN, wherein the substrate has a temperature of 23° C. to about 550° C.
US09984867B2
In some embodiments, a system is provided that includes (1) a loading position; (2) a drying position; (3) a movable tank configured to (a) hold at least one substrate; (b) hold a cleaning chemistry so as to expose a substrate within the movable tank to the cleaning chemistry; and (c) translate between the loading position and the drying position; and (4) a drying station located at the drying position and configured to rinse and dry a substrate as the substrate is unloaded from the movable tank when the movable tank is at the drying position. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US09984866B2
A multi-zone heater with a plurality of thermocouples such that different heater zones can be monitored for temperature independently. The independent thermocouples may have their leads routed out from the shaft of the heater in a channel that is closed with a joining process that results in hermetic seal adapted to withstand both the interior atmosphere of the shaft and the process chemicals in the process chamber. The thermocouple and its leads may be enclosed with a joining process in which a channel cover is brazed to the heater plate with aluminum.
US09984849B2
The invention relates to an electron beam splitter (1) comprising a multi-pole electrode arrangement with a high-frequency alternating current voltage (5), which extends along a specified path (6) from an inlet side (9) to an outlet side (10), wherein the electrode arrangement (5) generates on the inlet side (9) with a first number of electrodes (7) impacted by the voltage a first oscillating electric field (61), which forms on a transversal plane a single local confinement minimum (62) in a time-averaged manner, and wherein the electrode arrangement (5) generates at least on the outlet side (10) with a second number of voltage-impacted electrodes (7) a second oscillating electric field (65), which forms at least two local confinement minimums (66, 67) in a time averaged manner.
US09984833B2
The invention relates to a step switch, comprising a pre-selector and a fine selector. The invention is characterized in that the step switch has a connection (36) between the pre-selector and the fine selector (18), at least one coupling switch (38) being arranged in said connection. A pre-selector can be switched in a largely gas-free manner by means of said switchable connection with the aid of the fine selector.
US09984832B2
A touch sensor includes a hollow tubular member that is elastic and insulative; and a first electrode wire and a second electrode wire held in the tubular member while being separated from each other. The first electrode wire and the second electrode wire contact with each other by elastic deformation when receiving an external pressure to the tubular member. The first electrode wire and the second electrode wire extend parallel to a central axis of the tubular member. A shape of a gap between the first electrode wire and the second electrode wire in a cross section orthogonal to the central axis of the tubular member is non-linear.
US09984824B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminated body and first and second external electrodes respectively on both end surfaces of the laminated body. When regions where first internal electrodes or second internal electrodes are not present are regarded as side margin portions in a cross section of the laminated body as viewed from the laminating direction, the side margin portions include multiple side margin layers, and the content of Si in the side margin layer closest to the internal electrode is lower than that in the side margin layer other than the side margin layer closest to the internal electrode.
US09984822B2
An element body includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposing each other in a first direction. A first terminal electrode is disposed on the first principal surface side of the element body. A second terminal electrode is disposed on the second principal surface side of the element body. The first terminal electrode includes a first sintered metal layer formed on the first principal surface; and a first plating layer formed on the first sintered metal layer and including base metal. The second terminal electrode includes a second sintered metal layer formed on the second principal surface, a second plating layer formed on the second sintered metal layer and including base metal, and a solder layer formed on the second plating layer and including Sn and a metal having a higher melting point than the melting point of Sn.
US09984810B2
Provided is a reactor having a small installation area, low loss, and excellent productivity. The reactor includes a coil having a pair of winding portions and that are arranged side by side, and a magnetic core having a U-shaped core piece that is part of a powder compact. The U-shaped core piece includes a side base that has a portion opposite the ends of the pair of winding portions and uncovered by the winding portions, and disposed across the pair of winding portions, a pair of middle portions that protrude from the side base and respectively disposed inside the pair of winding portions, and an end surface facing a gap, a side extension portion extending from the side base orthogonally from the middle portions, and a central protruding portion protruding from the side base's central region, and are arranged side by side, away from the middle portions.
US09984801B2
An electrical steel sheet is provided which is capable of improving heat conductivity. The electrical steel sheet includes: a steel strip (1) for an electrical steel sheet; and an insulating film (2) formed at a surface of the steel strip (1) and containing metal phosphate and organic resin. At least a part of the metal phosphate includes at least one kind of crystal structure selected from a group consisting of a cubic system, a tetragonal system, a hexagonal system, and an orthorhombic system. The organic resin contains at least one kind selected from a group consisting of an acryl-based resin, an epoxy-based resin, and a polyester resin having a carboxyl group or a hydroxyl group at a surface of an emulsion particle for one part by mass to 50 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the metal phosphate.
US09984797B2
A high voltage impedance device with surface leakage proof configuration is applied in a divider. Aforementioned divider is assembled by a high impedance element, an inner case body and an outer case body. The high impedance element is sealed in the inner case body and a closed interlayer between the inner case body and the outer case body is filled with noble gas as an insulating layer. While the high impedance element is applied in high voltage, the closed interlayer can prevent the current-leakage from forming impedance paralleled with the high impedance element. The current-leakage is formed on the surface of insulting portion, or is formed by moisture, dust or corona effect. Therefore, the current-leakage proof divider may maintain the stability/linearity of the voltage division and then reduce the distance between two ends of the high impedance element effectively and still maintain the linearity of measuring voltage.
US09984793B2
A non-halogen insulating wire with excellent flame resistance as well as high mechanical characteristics (wear resistance) and electrical insulation characteristics is provided. A non-halogen two-layer insulating wire includes: a conductor; and an insulating layer having an insulating inner layer which covers an outer circumference of the conductor and an insulating outer layer which covers an outer circumference of the insulating inner layer. The insulating inner layer is made of a first non-halogen resin composition which contains metal hydroxide and a base polymer (A) including polyolefin, and has a thickness of 20% to 58% of an entire thickness of the insulating layer. The insulating outer layer is made of a second non-halogen resin composition which contains metal hydroxide and a base polymer (B) including polyester resin and/or polyester elastomer resin.
US09984789B2
An electric device has a cross-linked layer obtained from a polymer composition that includes at least one polymer having at least one epoxy function. The polymer composition also has a non-polymer compound as a cross-linking agent including at least one reactive function that can react with the epoxy function of the polymer in order to allow the polymer to be cross-linked.
US09984781B2
A solid-state nuclear energy conversion system includes a crystalline insulator bombarded with radiation to create electron-hole pairs. A voltage source provides a potential bias across the crystalline insulator, causing electrons and holes to collect at opposing ends. A diode is incorporated in a circuit including the crystalline insulator, voltage source, and a load, inhibiting current flow from the voltage source to the load. Thus, a radiation-driven current flows to the load.
US09984773B2
A state-estimator for the estimation or initialization of the state of a discrete-time state-space dynamical model based on sensor measurements of the model output, comprising fitting a continuous-time function to acquired sensor measurement data-points of each model output, and subsequently sampling the continuous time function at exactly the sample-period of the state-space dynamic model for which the state is being estimated or initialized, in order to construct a model state via a synthesized output trajectory.
US09984763B1
A sample and hold circuit including a charge path coupled to a voltage source. A first node of the charge path is located closer to the voltage source in the charge path than a second node of the charge path. The second node is coupled to an output of the sample and hold circuit to provide an output voltage. The sample and hold circuit includes a comparator circuit that compares the voltage of the first node and the voltage of the second node. When the comparator circuit determines that the voltage of the first node is a first condition with respect to a voltage of the second node, a voltage source provides a charging voltage on the first path to charge a first capacitor and a second capacitor to the charging voltage.
US09984758B2
Provided are a non-volatile memory device and a method of fabricating the same. The non-volatile memory includes a channel layer; a data storage layer disposed on the channel layer; a plurality of control gates arranged on the data storage layer and spaced apart from one another; and one or more sub-gates, at least one of the sub-gates being arranged between two adjacent control gates.
US09984757B2
An operating method of a memory controller, configured to control a non-volatile memory device that performs a refresh read operation, detects a power on state or power off state of the non-volatile memory device and issues a refresh read command. The non-volatile memory device that receives the refresh read command is controlled to perform, one time, the refresh read operation including a read operation on one of a plurality of word lines with respect to each of the plurality of memory blocks.
US09984750B2
A non-volatile memory (NVM) device includes a logic memory circuit, a NVM element, a writing circuit and a reading circuit. The input terminal of the writing circuit and the output terminal of the reading circuit are coupled to the output terminal of the logic memory circuit. The first output terminal of the writing circuit and the first input terminal of the reading circuit are coupled to the first terminal of the NVM element. The second output terminal of the writing circuit and the second input terminal of the reading circuit are coupled to the second terminal of the NVM element. During a writing period, the writing circuit writes the stored data of the logic memory circuit into the NVM element. During a reading period, the reading circuit restores the data of the NVM element to the output terminal of the logic memory circuit.
US09984744B2
Cell power supply lines are arranged for memory cell columns, and adjust impedances or voltage levels of the cell power supply lines according to the voltage levels of bit lines in the corresponding columns, respectively. In the data write operation, the cell power supply line is forced into a floating state according to the bit line potential on a selected column and has the voltage level changed, and a latching capability of a selected memory cell is reduced to write data fast. Even with a low power supply voltage, a static semiconductor memory device that can stably perform write and read of data is implemented.
US09984736B2
According to an embodiment, a magnetic storage device includes a first, second, and third magnetoresistive effect elements, and a controller. The second and third magnetoresistive effect elements are in proximity to the first magnetoresistive effect element. When the controller receives an command which is associated with an operation of writing a first data item to the first magnetoresistive effect element, the controller is configured to perform a first operation of writing the first data item to the first magnetoresistive effect element, and a second operation of writing a second data item different from the first data item to the second magnetoresistive effect element and the third magnetoresistive effect element.
US09984733B2
A power control device and a semiconductor memory device including the same may be provided. The power control device, may include an amplifier configured to amplify an input signal having a second power-supply voltage level to a first power-supply voltage level having a voltage level different from the second power-supply voltage level. The power control device may include an output portion configured to set an output signal of the amplifier to a specific logic level upon receiving a control signal, and output the output signal having the specific logic level.
US09984722B2
A disc cassette includes a curved portion configured to hold multiple discs. A platform portion abuts the curved portion. A movable bale is configured to maintain discs securely in the disc cassette.
US09984713B1
An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a storage layer, a first write layer, and a second write layer. The first write layer is disposed over the storage layer. The second write layer is disposed over the first write layer. The anisotropy field and magnetization associated with the second write layer at writing temperature is greater than anisotropy field and magnetization associated with the first write layer at the writing temperature.
US09984711B2
The magnetic recording medium comprises a magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic powder and binder on a nonmagnetic support, and further comprises a compound denoted by Formula (1): wherein, in Formula (1), X denotes —O—, —S—, or NR1—; each of R and R1 independently denotes a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; L denotes a divalent connecting group; Z denotes a partial structure of valence n comprising at least one group selected from the group consisting of carboxyl groups and carboxylate groups; m denotes an integer of greater than or equal to 2, and n denotes an integer of greater than or equal to 1.
US09984708B2
A disk drive head suspension or flexure and method of manufacture. Embodiments include a portion such as a terminal pad or flying lead comprising a base layer, a dielectric layer on the base layer, a conductor layer, a seed layer between the dielectric layer and the conductor layer, and a noncorrosive metal layer on the seed layer side of the conductor layer. The seed layer has a strip that extends beyond the edge of the dielectric layer. The noncorrosive metal layer extends over the strip of the seed layer and into contact with the edge of the dielectric layer.
US09984699B2
A method includes generating a first signal corresponding to a first component of a high-band portion of an audio signal. The first component has a first frequency range. The method includes generating a high-band excitation signal corresponding to a second component of the high-band portion of the audio signal. The second component has a second frequency range differs from the first frequency range. The high-band excitation signal is provided to a filter having filter coefficients generated based on the first signal to generate a synthesized version of the high-band portion of the audio signal.
US09984694B2
Conventional audio compression technologies perform a standardized signal transformation, independent of the type of the content. Multi-channel signals are decomposed into their signal components, subsequently quantized and encoded. This is disadvantageous due to lack of knowledge on the characteristics of scene composition, especially for e.g. multi-channel audio or Higher-Order Ambisonics (HOA) content. An improved method for encoding pre-processed audio data comprises encoding the pre-processed audio data, and encoding auxiliary data that indicate the particular audio pre-processing. An improved method for decoding encoded audio data comprises determining that the encoded audio data had been pre-processed before encoding, decoding the audio data, extracting from received data information about the pre-processing, and post-processing the decoded audio data according to the extracted pre-processing information.
US09984685B2
A speech recognition system used for hands-free data entry receives and analyzes speech input to recognize and accept a user's response. Under certain conditions, a user's response might be expected. In these situations, the expected response may modify the behavior of the speech recognition system to improve performance. For example, if the hypothesis of a user's response matches the expected response then there is a high probability that the user's response was recognized correctly. This information may be used to make adjustments. An expected response may include expected response parts, each part containing expected words. By considering an expected response as the concatenation of expected response parts, each part may be considered independently for the purposes of adjusting an acceptance algorithm, adjusting a model, or recording an apparent error. In this way, the speech recognition system may make modifications based on a wide range of user responses.
US09984683B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automatic speech recognition using multi-dimensional models. In some implementations, audio data that describes an utterance is received. A transcription for the utterance is determined using an acoustic model that includes a neural network having first memory blocks for time information and second memory blocks for frequency information. The transcription for the utterance is provided as output of an automated speech recognizer.
US09984678B2
Various technologies described herein pertain to adapting a speech recognizer to input speech data. A first linear transform can be selected from a first set of linear transforms based on a value of a first variability source corresponding to the input speech data, and a second linear transform can be selected from a second set of linear transforms based on a value of a second variability source corresponding to the input speech data. The linear transforms in the first and second sets can compensate for the first variability source and the second variability source, respectively. Moreover, the first linear transform can be applied to the input speech data to generate intermediate transformed speech data, and the second linear transform can be applied to the intermediate transformed speech data to generate transformed speech data. Further, speech can be recognized based on the transformed speech data to obtain a result.
US09984674B2
An approach for augmenting a teleconference based on cognitive computing. A teleconference transcript is created based on speech-to-text conversion. A portion of the teleconference transcript is replaced based on a substitute word store and on cognitive computing text substitution. A second teleconference transcript and text-to-speech conversion creates augmented real-time audio. Participant audio and augmented audios are combined to create and output augmented audio to teleconference participants. Audio augmentation includes noise reduction, volume normalization, content change and natural language translation.
US09984672B2
A noise cancellation system for an unmanned aerial vehicle may have an audio capture module, a metadata module and a filter. The audio capture module may be configured to receive an audio signal captured from a microphone, e.g., on a camera. The metadata module may be configured to retrieve noise information associated with noise generating components operating on the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The filter may be configured to receive the audio signal and noise information from the audio capture module. The filter also may be configured to retrieve a baseline profile from a database based on the noise information. The baseline profile includes noise parameter to filter out audio frequencies from the audio signal corresponding to the noise generating component. The filter may generate a filtered audio signal for output.
US09984664B2
Briefly, methods and apparatus provide image content to, and display image content on, displays with a variable refresh rate that reduce frame delays and avoid display image flickering problems. In one example, the methods and apparatus are operative to vary a display's refresh rate by varying a current frame's vertical blanking period by re-providing the current frame for display prior to providing a new frame for display. In this fashion, the displaying of a new frame may be advanced by assuring that a new frame can be provided for display as soon as it has been rendered and available for display. In addition, by re-providing the current frame for display prior to providing a new frame for display, new frames may be provided for display at rates within a safe rate range such that display image flickering issues are avoided or reduced.
US09984659B2
A device and method for adjusting the transparency of a display used for packaging a product are provided. The method includes: receiving a user input on the transparent display that encloses the product; adjusting the transparency of the transparent display based on the user input; and displaying information related to the product, which is enclosed by the transparent display, on the transparent display whose transparency has been adjusted. A transparent display with adjustable transparency includes a display configured to display product information provided by a product; a sensor configured to detect a user input on the transparent display; and a controller configured to adjust, based on the detected user input, the transparency of at least a portion of the transparent display determined by a device connected to the transparent display, and wherein the controller is configured to adjust the transparency of the determined portion according to control information received from the device.
US09984655B2
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for transmitting a display signal having a protocol including a dummy signal and a clock signal. The apparatus for transmitting a display signal may include: a transmitter configured to transmit a display signal in which a dummy signal and a clock signal are sequentially embedded between image data; and a receiver configured to receive the display signal. Since a sufficient margin can be secured before and after the point of time that the clock signal is extracted between the image data, a stable operation of the system can be guaranteed, and the system interface can prevent the occurrence of EMI.
US09984652B2
DisplayPort topology may be managed in the presence of sink devices that can stream audio/visual (AV) content to the source device, or can receive or transmit IO information from/to the source device. This IO information may include raw sensor data for a touch screen, for example. The framework could be used to support/map other published IO interface standards, over DisplayPort interface. A high bandwidth receive path can be configured in the topology independent of the transmit path to support inbound IO and AV functions.
US09984651B2
A method of composing and displaying screen images includes transmitting a screen image of a guest operating system (OS) to a host OS, in response to the guest OS and the host OS exclusively or jointly accessing a graphics processing unit (GPU) in a pass-through or mediated pass-through environment via GPU virtualization; generating a composition screen image by transforming the screen image of the guest OS into a texture and composing the texture with a texture screen image of the host OS; and displaying the composition screen image.
US09984649B2
An array substrate, a driving method thereof and a display device are disclosed. In the array substrate, one second scanning signal line is disposed at a position corresponding to the 2N+1)th row of sub-pixels or the (2N+2)th row of sub-pixels, or one second scanning signal line is disposed at a position corresponding to the (N+1)th row of sub-pixels; each first switching element is disposed in a corresponding sub-pixel; each second switching element is disposed in a corresponding sub-pixel group; each first scanning signal line is configured to control a plurality of first switching elements in one row of sub-pixels; and each second scanning signal line is configured to control a plurality of second switching elements in one row of sub-pixel groups. The display device can have resolution reduced by half or three fourth in the case of full screen display, and lowers drive power consumption of the display panel without affecting display brightness.
US09984644B2
Power consumed in a liquid crystal display device owing to inversion driving is reduced. A control circuit generates a polarity control signal whose potential level is switched at intervals of two or more frame periods. A data line driver circuit processes an image signal to generate a data signal. The data signal has a polarity corresponding to the potential level of the polarity control signal. The control circuit stops output of the image signal to the data line driver circuit when determining that there is no motion in data of the image signal. The control circuit controls a scan line driver circuit and the data line driver circuit, thereby performing, in response to a change in the potential level of the polarity control signal, rewriting of a display portion at least in one frame period during a period in which the output of the image signal is stopped.
US09984620B2
A current sensing circuit includes a first integrator configured to receive a first input current and to output a first integration signal, a second integrator configured to receive a second input current and to output a second integration signal, and a current controller configured to control at least one of the first input current and the second input current in response to the second integration signal.
US09984613B2
A substrate includes first and second image processing circuits performing image processing of an image displayed by a display apparatus, a clock signal generator generating a plurality of spread spectrum clocks, which area plurality of clock signals subjected to spread spectrum processing, and a transmitter transmitting a first spread spectrum clock, which is one of the plurality of spread spectrum clocks, to the first image processing circuit and a second spread spectrum clock, which is one of the plurality of spread spectrum clocks to the second image processing circuit. The clock signal generator includes a signal generator that generates a clock signal subjected to the spread spectrum processing and a signal divider that divides the clock signal into the plurality of spread spectrum clocks. The first and second image processing circuits synchronize with each other in accordance with the first and second spread spectrum clocks.
US09984596B2
A cylindrical shrink label is provided with a heat-shrinkable label base material; and a joint formed by cylindrically forming the label base material so that the edges thereof overlap, and then solvent welding the inner surface of the outside edge, which is positioned on the outside of the cylinder, and the outer surface of the inside edge, which is positioned on the inside of the cylinder. A resin layer, which is soluble in a hot alkaline aqueous solution, is formed on the abovementioned inner surface and/or the abovementioned outer surface, which form the joint.
US09984590B2
A system and computer implemented method for detecting a change in a home environment for a visually impaired user is disclosed. The method may include monitoring the home environment using a set of sensors configured to collect environment data for a set of areas of the home environment. The method may also include detecting an environmental change in an area of the home environment. The method may also include providing, in response to a triggering event, a notification of the environmental change.
US09984587B2
The golf course has a hybrid configuration with a virtual golf simulator tee off for the fairway which transitions to a live play environment once the user approaches the green. The virtual golf simulator can have a booth like configuration with a lounge behind the simulator. The user hits a ball in the simulator and the simulator senses the position and motion of the shot to calculate a starting location on the live play environment. The user then enters the live play environment and finishes the course in live play. A variety of different simulators can be used with the live play environment.
US09984585B2
A method and system for constructive response grading for spoken language is disclosed. The method and system are computer implemented and involve a crowdsourcing step to derive evaluation features. The method includes steps for posting a speech test through an automated speech assessment tool, receiving candidate responses from candidates for the speech test; delivering the candidate responses to crowdsource volunteers; receiving crowdsourced responses from crowdsource volunteers, where the crowdsourced responses comprise a transcription of the speech test; deriving features from the transcription; and deriving a individual scores based on the features, where the individual scores are representative of pronunciation score, fluency score, content organization score and grammar score of the spoken language for each candidate.
US09984578B2
A system and related methods for digital map enabled search pattern generation by a flight management system retrieves from a digital map a set of pattern points corresponding to a selected search pattern parameter, such as a coastline, boundary, lateral terrain feature, or manmade structure, and a designated search area. The flight management system generates a sequence of waypoints based on the set of pattern points and a variable search radius, the sequence of waypoints optimizing efficient coverage of the search pattern parameter. The flight management system generates a full search pattern based on the generated sequence of waypoints; the generated search pattern may be approved or evaluated by the FMS, or forwarded to a rerouter for modification according to terrain avoidance factors.
US09984570B2
A traffic control method, a network side device and a terminal are provided. The traffic control method includes steps of: determining a matching relationship between vehicles and roads in accordance with vehicle data of all vehicles on the roads forming an intersection, and sending traffic control signals to the vehicles meeting a certain condition in accordance with the matching relationship between the vehicles and the roads. With such technical solution, it is able to control the vehicles moving toward the intersection without any traffic light control system, thereby reducing the risk of traffic accidents there.
US09984569B1
A haul road safety system that includes a flashing stop sign is positioned at the intersection in a standard position. A doppler radar is set up and mounted on a wig wag warning sign typically; however, it can be placed on another platform in any convenient location. When the radar detects a moving vehicle, it causes the sign's electronics to activate and the sign to illuminate and its warning lights to blink. The sign is programmed to warn of the existence of the intersection and the necessity to stop ahead. At the same time, a radio signal is sent from the radar/electronics module to the flashing stop sign at the intersection which immediately begins flashing.
US09984564B2
A method and arrangement for collecting and processing data related to road status of a network of roads, include: collecting a first set of data from a plurality of vehicles indicating surrounding conditions in the vicinity of each vehicle; collecting a second set of data indicating the position of each vehicle; collecting a third set of data from the stationary data collecting unit indicating the surrounding conditions in the vicinity of the data collecting unit; transferring the first, second and third sets of data to a central server unit being associated with a storage medium; interpreting in the server unit, the first set of data in combination with the second and third set of data such that improved and local information related to road status for a coverage area of the data collecting unit is provided; and providing the information related to the road status to the user.
US09984560B2
Provided are a system and a method for guiding a result of remote control using a mobile device, and particularly, a system and a method for guiding a result of remote control, which determines a scheme that feeds back the remote control result of a vehicle to a mobile device app of a user.
US09984559B2
An intrusion detection system comprises at least two detectors. Each detector is configured to produce a detection output. At least one information module is configured to produce metadata that relates to the performance of one or more of the at least two detectors. An analysis module is configured to produce a combined alarm signal. The combined alarm signal is a function of the plurality of detection outputs from the at least two detectors and the metadata. The metadata may include information relating to adverse conditions that reduce detection performance of one or more of the detectors. The at least two detectors preferably include at least one video motion detector and a passive infrared detector.
US09984523B1
A control system includes an electronic key storing identification data. The electronic key includes a biological feature pickup device for inputting biological feature identification information. The electronic key can be paired with at least one lock device. When the electronic key is connected to the at least one lock device, the at least one lock device reads the identification data in a main memory of the electronic key for comparison with authenticated identification information stored in the at least one lock device. Furthermore, the biological feature identification information is compared with authenticated biological feature identification information stored in the at least one lock device. Thus, the at least one lock device can be controlled to be in a locked state or an unlocked state. Thus, a single electronic key can be used to control a plurality of lock devices of different security levels.
US09984511B1
Computing systems for vehicle diagnostics are provided. In accordance with some aspects, a computing system may include a vehicle having a plurality of sensors for monitoring an operation of one or more vehicle systems. The system may also include a computing device configured to receive, from a vehicle (e.g., from the plurality of sensors monitoring the operation of one or more vehicle systems via a communication interface), at least one signal corresponding to a status of a vehicle component. The computing system may predict, based on the at least one signal, when an issue with the vehicle is likely to occur and may determine, based on the issue, a remedial action for addressing the issue and a timeframe for performing the remedial action. The computing system may store data identifying the issue, the remedial action, and the timeframe in a record associated with the vehicle.
US09984508B2
A system and method for measuring depth using an optical radar system are described. The system includes an optical radar, a camera, a display, and a processor. The optical radar emits a signal towards an object. The processor identifies an object depicted in an image captured with the camera. The processor generates the signal with a non-repeating pattern of amplitude and frequency, and computes a depth of the object based on a difference in phase angle between the signal emitted from the optical radar and a return signal received at the optical radar. The depth includes a distance between the optical radar and the object. The processor generates AR content based on the identified object and adjusts a characteristic of the AR content in the display based on the computed depth of the object.
US09984507B2
A headset (e.g., VR headset or AR headset) displays a three-dimensional (3D) virtual scene and includes a distance element to dynamically adjust a distance between an optics block and an electronic display included in the headset based on a location in the virtual scene where the user is looking. The headset tracks the user's eyes to approximate gaze lines and determines a plane of focus for a frame of the virtual scene as the intersection of the gaze lines. The distance element adjusts a distance between an optics block and an electronic display so that the optics block is focused at the plane of focus, which keeps the user's eyes in a zone of comfort as vergence and accommodation change.
US09984503B2
Systems and methods of updating graphical objects are disclosed. The methods and systems receive polygonal data which describe discrete points on an object. A control mesh and a smoothed version of the control mesh are simultaneously displayed. When the control mesh is edited, the smoothed version is automatically updated by smoothing only a portion of the edited control mesh to generate a smoothed section, and replacing a portion of the smoothed version with at least a selected portion of the smoothed section.
US09984498B2
Processes and systems described herein enable a computing device to perform voxel-based three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction modeling using parallel graphics hardware. The computing device may generate an initial low resolution voxel list. The voxels of the voxel list may be represented as index triples corresponding to the 3D spatial location of a cell within a voxel grid (e.g., {ix, iy, iz}). Based on information of input images associated with an object, the computing device may remove certain voxels that do not intersect with a surface of the object. The remaining voxels may be subdivided one or more times into a certain number of sub-voxels in parallel to generate a new voxel list. The newly generated voxel list may be tested again to determine voxels that do not intersect with the object surface. This process may repeat in part. The output voxels may be rendered as projected images.
US09984493B2
Method and system for volume rendering based on 3D image filtering and real-time cinematic rendering
A method and apparatus for volume rendering based 3D image filtering and real-time cinematic volume rendering is disclosed. A set of 2D projection images of the 3D volume is generated using cinematic volume rendering. A reconstructed 3D volume is generated from the set of 2D projection images using an inverse linear volumetric ray tracing operator. The reconstructed 3D volume inherits noise suppression and structure enhancement from the projection images generated using cinematic rendering, and is thus non-linearly filtered. Real-time volume rendering can be performed on the reconstructed 3D volume using volumetric ray tracing, and each projected image of the reconstructed 3D volume is an approximation of a cinematic rendered image of the original volume.
US09984489B2
An animated special effect is modeled using a fluid dynamics framework system. The fluid dynamics framework for animated special effects system accepts volumetric data as input. Input volumetric data may represent the initial state of an animated special effect. Input volumetric data may also represent sources, sinks, external forces, and/or other influences on the animated special effect. In addition, the system accepts input parameters related to fluid dynamics modeling. The input volumes and parameters are applied to the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations as modifications to the initial state of the animated special effect, as modifications to the forcing term of a pressure equation, or in the computations of other types of forces that influence the solution. The input volumetric data may be composited with other volumetric data using a scalar blending field. The solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations models the motion of the animated special effect.
US09984488B2
A computer implemented method for use in animating parts of a virtual object in a virtual world, the method comprising accessing joint data for each joint of a chain of joints associated with parts of a virtual object, joint data including length data defining a vector length for a vector from the joint to a next joint, the length data corresponding to a length of a part in the virtual world; accessing data for a target curve for use in defining possible target locations for the joints of the parts of the virtual object; and processing the joint data to set a location of a first joint at a first end of the chain to location of a first end of the target curve; define an end target location on the curve for an end joint at a second end of the chain; define intermediate locations on the curve for joints intermediate the ends of the chain based on the lengths of the vectors along the chain; and for a number of iterations, repeatedly identify a joint at a location having a largest location error relative to an intermediate location on the curve for the joint; rotate a vector for a preceding joint in the chain to minimize a distance between the end joint and the intermediate location on the curve; rotate a vector for the identified joint to minimize the distance between the end joint and the end target location on the curve; identify a joint at a location having the largest location error relative to an intermediate location on the curve for the joint; and determine a rotation to be applied to the vector for the first joint and the vector for the identified joint to fit the end joint to the end target location, and rotating the vector for the first joint and the vector for the identified joint to fit the end joint to the end target location.
US09984487B2
Examples of systems and methods for transmitting facial motion data and animating an avatar are generally described herein. A system may include an image capture device to capture a series of images of a face, a facial recognition module to compute facial motion data for each of the images in the series of images, and a communication module to transmit the facial motion data to an animation device, wherein the animation device is to use the facial motion data to animate an avatar on the animation device.
US09984485B2
According to an embodiment, an apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a first controller, an acceptor, a generator, and a second controller. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire characteristic information on a subject. The first controller is configured to generate a screen according to the acquired characteristic information and display the display screen on a first display. The screen contains clothing images corresponding to the acquired characteristic information in first information in which the characteristic information and the clothing images are associated with each other. The acceptor is configured to accept from the subject a selection of an image of clothing to be tried on from among the clothing images displayed on the first display. The generator is configured to generate a composite image of a subject image of the subject and the selected clothing image. The second controller is configured to display the composite image on a second display.
US09984479B2
Disclosed are a method of modeling a haptic signal from a haptic object, a display apparatus, and a driving method thereof, which realize a tactile sense having a shape and texture of a haptic object. The method includes obtaining measurement data corresponding to a shape of a texture object while moving a sensor unit with respect to a haptic object including the texture object, obtaining force measurement data corresponding to a level of pressure applied to the haptic object, calculating shape modeling data and impulse modeling data corresponding to the texture object, based on the measurement data, calculating friction force modeling data corresponding to the texture object, based on the force measurement data, generating setting information of a haptic signal corresponding to the haptic object, based on the shape modeling data, the impulse modeling data, and the friction force modeling data, and storing the setting information of the haptic signal.
US09984476B2
Methods and systems are provided for reconstructing and automatically segmenting an image. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring projection data, the projection data comprising higher energy projection data and lower energy projection data, generating a first image from the projection data, generating a second image from the projection data, segmenting the second image to generate segments, and segmenting the first image based on the segments of the second image. In this way, an image which may otherwise prove challenging for an automatic segmentation process may be accurately segmented without sacrificing textural details of the image.
US09984463B2
Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for determining whether an individual uses proper posture to perform a job duty/task. For example, systems may determine whether an individual utilizes proper posture when lifting a heavy item from a floor. Accordingly, various embodiments comprise an image capture device and a central computing entity configured to receive item information/data for an item to be moved by an individual and to determine whether the item information/data satisfies one or more image collection criteria. Upon determining the item information/data satisfies one or more of the image collection criteria, the computing entity may activate an image capture device to collect image information/data of individuals performing the job duty/task, to compare collected image information/data against a plurality of reference images, and to determine whether the collected image information/data is indicative of the individual performing the job duty/task according to proper posture considerations.
US09984460B2
The invention provides methods and apparatus for image processing that perform image segmentation on data sets in two- and/or three-dimensions so as to resolve structures that have the same or similar grey values (and that would otherwise render with the same or similar intensity values) and that, thereby, facilitate visualization and processing of those data sets.
US09984459B2
Methods and systems for angiographic imaging with optical coherence tomography (OCT) are described using ratio-based and angiographic deviation based calculations. In using these calculations to determine motion, arbitrary interframe permutations may be used, post-calculated, non-linear results for projection visualization may be averaged, poor matches may be eliminated on an A-line by A-line basis, windowing functions may be used to improve results, partial spectrums may be used when capturing data, and a minimum intensity threshold may be used for determining which pixels to use.
US09984446B2
Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described below including operations for video tone mapping to convert High Dynamic Range (HDR) content to Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) content.
US09984431B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that configures a graphics-processing unit (GPU) in a computer system. During operation, the system predicts an incoming workload to the GPU. Next, the system identifies an operational floor for the GPU based on the incoming workload. Finally, the system uses the operational floor to configure the subsequent execution of the GPU, wherein the operational floor facilitates processing of the incoming workload by the GPU.
US09984427B2
A system and method for detecting and summarizing events based on data feeds from a plurality of sources. Such sources may include social media networks, text messages, news feeds among others. The system may receive raw information from such sources containing data related with possible events. Method for event detection may include pre-processing and normalizing data input from any source registered, this may also include; extracting and disambiguating events and entities, associate event and entities, correlate events and entities associated from a data input which results from a different data source, for validating/verifying an event. Subsequently, the validated/verified event may be stored in a local data storage and/or in a web-server.
US09984426B2
An activity management system is configured to allow users to access multimedia content where the multimedia content is divided in to segments. While a user is viewing or interacting with the multimedia content, the user can submit one or more activities (e.g., comments, questions, replies, or reactions) using a graphical user interface. The system is operable to electronically link the activity provided by the user with the particular segment of multimedia content in which the activity was captured by the system. The system is also configured to determine a sentiment score for particular multimedia content, one or more segments of the particular multimedia content, a user, a group of users, or an organization. The sentiment score may be related to a general mood (e.g., confused, happy, bored) of the user when viewing one or more segments of particular multimedia content.
US09984412B1
A payment system can determine whether a merchant is eligible for a cash advance for a particular amount, along with a fee for the cash advance. The particular amount can be determined by evaluating previous financial transactions that were conducted by the merchant through the payment system. Once a determination is made that the merchant is eligible for the cash advance, the payment system can send an offer for the cash advance in the particular amount to the merchant, for example, in the form of an e-mail or text. The merchant can accept the offer for the cash advance by sending an acceptance to the payment system, for example, through a financing interface provided by the payment system. Upon accepting the offer, the merchant is provided the cash advance for the particular amount, for example, in the form of an electronic deposit in a financial account of the merchant.
US09984403B2
An electronic shopping cart of a user is presented in a first interface during checkout, such as one allowing scrolling through representations of items in a shopping list in a first direction. On selection of an item, a second interface is displayed of a “shelf” for the selected item, the shelf including related items such as might be located on a same shelf as the selected result in a retail location. The second interface may allow scrolling in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Items in the second interface may be selected and either added to the electronic shopping cart or used to replace the selected item.
US09984400B2
An information processing apparatus, method, and program that control an electronic data exchange. The apparatus, method, and program involve receiving user information on an information provider or a provider terminal from the provider terminal used by the information provider. The user information received is stored in a memory. In the case of accepting an acquisition request for the user information from a user terminal used by an information user, the system controls whether to provide the user information corresponding to the acquisition request to the user terminal and transmits a reward to the information provider which is a transmission source of the provided user information based on factor information which affects a value of the user information stored.
US09984397B2
In one example embodiment, a system comprises a processor-implemented event processor accessible over a network; a processor-implemented event producer associated with the event processor and configured to monitor an action or directive of a consumer resource and, in response to a detected action or directive, generate an event and event metadata; a processor-implemented converter associated with the event processor configured to acquire the event metadata and generate a generic event based on the acquired event metadata; and a transporter configured to distribute the generic event to a plurality of consumer resources.
US09984395B1
A method for proxying an advertisement content between a content source provider and an electronic device comprises receiving, at an advertisement gateway, an advertisement from an advertisement provider server, determining at least one content source reference in the advertisement identifies a content source provider, embedding the at least one content source reference as a parameter in the advertisement, rewriting the at least one content source reference from the content source provider to a proxy reference identifying the advertisement gateway, creating a modified advertisement based on the embedding and the rewriting, sending the modified advertisement to an electronic device, receiving a content request message from the electronic device based on the proxy reference that identifies the at least one content source reference, retrieving the content from the content source provider using the at least one content source reference, and providing the content to the electronic device.
US09984390B2
According to one aspect of an embodiment, an information display device includes a display unit configured to display first content in a region which accounts for a predetermined proportion of a display region and displays second content in another region. The information display device includes a detection unit configured to detect an inclination of the information display device. The information display device includes a change unit configured to change the proportion of the region in which the first content is displayed and the proportion of the region in which the second content is displayed in the display region, depending on the detection result of the detection unit.
US09984387B2
Methods and apparatus for implementing forward looking optimizing promotions by administering, in large numbers and iteratively, test promotions formulated using highly granular test variables on purposefully segmented subpopulations. The responses from individuals in the subpopulations are received and analyzed. The analysis result is employed to subsequently formulate a general public promotion. The test promotions may be repeated continually and iteratively with different test promotions and/or different subpopulations to continue to uncover advantageous correlations between segmentation criteria, test promotion variables, and consumer response and/or to keep up with consumer changing taste.
US09984384B2
When a user accesses an advertisement site by a browser unit and requests transmission of the advertisement moving image, an advertisement server requests the user to connect an electronic money card to a reader/writer. The advertisement server can communicate with the electronic money card via the browser unit. Thus, the advertisement server reads an electronic money functional unit ID which is ID information of the electronic money card from the electronic money card to store it therein, and further transmits to the user terminal moving image data of the advertisement moving image stored in the advertisement moving image database. While the user terminal is reproducing the advertisement moving image, the advertisement server accesses the electronic money card through the browser unit for every given interval, and confirms that the electronic money card is connected to the reader/writer.
US09984383B2
A system for delivering information to a venue guest includes a wireless tag within the venue and having a Universal Resource Locator (URL) stored therein, and a server for providing the information through a web page addressable by the URL. The web page displays the information to any portable media device that interfaces with the wireless tag. A system for delivering location specific information of a venue to a guest at the venue includes a venue app that contains the information and downloadable, machine readable, instructions that are compatible with a portable media device, and a wireless tag having a location indicator is associated with a location of the tag within the venue. If the venue app is executed by the portable media device, and receives the location indicator from the wireless tag, the venue app displays the information, based upon the location indicator, on the portable media device.
US09984377B2
A method and system of advertising. In response to a request received from an advertiser, an audio advertisement is generated based on visual advertisement information. The audio advertisement is provided for presentation on behalf of the advertiser. In one embodiment, the audio advertisement is an abbreviated form of the visual advertisement information. A determination is made as to whether a call from a customer has been connected to the advertiser via the audio advertisement. The advertiser is charged a predefined fee if it is determined that a call from a customer has been connected to the advertiser via the audio advertisement. In one embodiment, a text for a first advertisement presentable in a first media type is received to generate an abbreviated text for a second advertisement presentable in a second media type.
US09984366B1
A system and method allows for paperless billing transaction document exchanges between two parties to a sales transaction, with inherent document verification. In an embodiment, the system and method first encrypts the transaction document data according to a password which itself depends on unique transaction data in a particular sales document. The system and method then employs the unique data values to create a first 2-D barcode which directly represents the document data; and to create a second 2-D barcode which represents the encrypted document data. The two matrix codes are overlapped on a cell-by-cell basis into a single visual representation, employing multiple colors for different combinations of overlapped cells. At a receiving end, the two original matrix codes can be separated by extracting the two black and white 2-D barcodes from the combined color code. The data integrity of the received data is confirmed by checking that the encrypted 2-D barcode is consistent with the plaintext 2-D barcode. Additional methods are employed to attach secure, merged biometric image signatures, such as merged fingerprint images, to the merged 2-D barcode form of the transaction document.
US09984360B2
A user conducts a wireless payment transaction with a merchant system by transmitting payment information from a user device to a terminal reader without accessing a secure element resident on the user device. A user taps a user device in a merchant system's terminal reader's radio frequency field. The terminal reader and the user device establish a communication channel and the terminal reader transmits a signal comprising a request for a payment processing response. The signal is received by the user device and converted by a controller to a request understandable by an application host processor. The controller transmits the request to the application host processor, where the request is processed, and a response is transmitted to the controller and then to the terminal reader. The response generated by the application host processor is identifiable by the merchant system as a payment response.
US09984359B1
A method and system for obtaining payment from a customer that includes receiving a collection request at a payment facilitation device from a payment collection request device of a merchant, storing the collection request in a collection request repository, determining, using the collection request, a location of the customer, and determining, using the location of the customer, that an in-person payment device of a collecting entity is located near the location of the customer. The method also includes transmitting a notice of collection request to the in-person payment device and receiving a payment request from the in-person payment device at which the customer made a payment via the in-person payment device after the notice of collection request was received by the in-person payment device. Additionally, the method includes transmitting, based on the payment request, a payment to a merchant account associated with the merchant.
US09984358B2
A communication application creates a team mailbox integrating messages from an email repository and documents from a content management store (CMS). The application enables an administrator to define and manage members of the team mailbox with varying privilege status for accessing the team mailbox. Content such as aggregated messages and associated documents are displayed through a unified view to standardize ease of access. The members are enabled to receive messages sent to the team mailbox by others. Policies inherited from email repository, CMS, and/or third party policy providers are enforced within the team mailbox.
US09984335B2
The data processing device includes a display unit, a touch panel unit that detects a touch operation and outputs detection information, a flick detection unit, a label determination unit, and a teacher data generation unit. The flick detection unit detects a flick direction from the detection information of the touch panel unit. The label determination unit determines a label representing a category to which content belongs, based on the flick direction. The teacher data generation unit displays the content on the display unit, and generates teacher data including the displayed content and the label determined by the label determination unit.
US09984333B2
Devices, methods and articles advantageously allow communications between qubits to provide an architecture for universal adiabatic quantum computation. The architecture includes a first coupled basis A1B1 and a second coupled basis A2B2 that does not commute with the first basis A1B1.
US09984332B2
Various apparatus and methods include autonomous robot operations to perturb a current Bayesian equation and determining whether the perturbed Bayesian equation yields an improved probability of success of achieving a goal relative to the current Bayesian equation. In an illustrative example, the perturbation may modulate a coefficient of a parameter in the Bayesian equation. In some examples, the perturbation may include assessment of whether adding or removing a parameter may improve the probability of success of achieving the goal. The parameters of the Bayesian equation may include, for example, current state information, alone or in combination with sensor input values and/or historical information, for example. In some implementations, the robot may advantageously autonomously optimize its operations by perturbing a current Bayesian equation associated with, for example, a current goal, sub-goal, task, or probability of success criteria.
US09984329B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for automated troubleshooting. User identification is recorded, and the problem to be solved is determined. A series of decision trees are used to guide the user through troubleshooting. If the problem is resolved at any point, the event is logged as successful. This logging includes a listing of the steps taken by the user. The log may be employed to tune the decision tree for more optimal performance in the future. If no successful solutions are achieved, then the session may be forwarded to a human representative for resolution. Part of this forwarding includes classifying the event by at least one failure code. The failure code reflects the steps taken while guiding the user.
US09984326B1
Described is system for simulating spiking neural networks for image and video processing. The system processes an image with a spiking neural network simulator having a plurality of inter-connected modules. Each module comprises a plurality of neuron elements. Processing the image further comprises performing a neuron state update for each module, that includes aggregating input spikes and updating neuron membrane potentials, and performing spike propagation for each module, which includes transferring spikes generated in a current time step. Finally, an analysis result is output.
US09984325B1
A learning method for improving performance of a CNN by using Feature Up-sampling Networks is disclosed. The learning method includes steps of: (a) allowing the down-sampling block to acquire a down-sampling image; (b) allowing each of a (1-1)-th to a (1-k)-th filter blocks to respectively acquire each of a (1-1)-th to a (1-k)-th feature maps; (c) allowing a specific up-sampling block to (i) receive a particular feature map from its corresponding filter block, and (ii) receive another specific feature map from its previous up-sampling block, and then rescale a size of the specific feature map to be identical to that of the particular feature map and (iii) apply certain operations to the particular feature map and the resealed specific feature map to generate a feature map of the specific up-sampling block; and (d)(i) allowing an application block to acquire an application-specific output and (ii) performing a first backpropagation process.
US09984323B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a method comprising maintaining a library of one or more compositional prototypes. Each compositional prototype is associated with a neurosynaptic program. The method further comprises searching the library based on one or more search parameters. At least one compositional prototype satisfying the search parameters is selected. A neurosynaptic network is generated or extended by applying one or more rules associated with the selected compositional prototypes.
US09984321B2
According to one embodiment, a chip card is described including a chip, an antenna, a coupling structure configured to transmit energy from the antenna to the chip and a control element configured to control, depending on a field strength of a magnetic field to which the chip card is exposed, at least one of the resonance frequency of the antenna, the quality factor of the antenna and an energy transmission efficiency of the coupling structure.
US09984319B2
Examples of techniques for encoding data in a 2D symbology are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes assigning a first data symbol representative of a 0-bit and a second data symbol representative of a 1-bit, each of the first data symbol and the second data symbol include a line segment. The method further includes designating a starting indicator and an ending indicator. The method also includes generating, by a processing device, the 2D symbology. The 2D symbology includes a series of data symbols representing a binary string. Each data symbol in the series of data symbols are positioned in an end-to-end orientation starting at the starting indicator and ending at the ending indicator. The series of data symbols include 0-bit symbols represented by the first data symbol and 1-bit symbols represented by the second data symbol.
US09984317B2
The present invention proposes a dot pattern on which code information and x and y coordinate information can be defined even if the dot pattern is extremely small, and proposes an information reproducing method and an information reproducing device based on the dot pattern. More specifically, a medium such as a printed material on which is formed a dot pattern portion by arranging in accordance with a given rule dots generated by a dot code generating algorithm in order to recognize various kinds of multimedia information is scanned as image data by scanning means. Then, the image data is converted into code data. Multimedia information corresponding to the code data is read out of storing means to be reproduced.
US09984311B2
Method and system is disclosed for image segmentation. The method includes acquiring a digital image, constructing a directed graph from the digital image, calculating a plurality of cost functions, constructing an electrical network based upon the constructed directed graph and the plurality of calculated cost functions, simulating the electrical network using fixed-point linearization, and thresholding the voltages in the simulated electrical network to produce image segmentation. Simulation may be executed in parallel to achieve desirable computational efficiencies.
US09984309B2
The embodiments relate to classifying and grouping images. Primary images and secondary images are created and stored. A preliminary relationship between the primary and secondary images is established. The primary image is compared with the secondary image to produce a relevance score. The relevance score is converted to a secondary image assignment, which includes selectively assigning the secondary image to a first group based on the relevance score.
US09984306B2
A method of generating a personalized parameter value for generating a medical image includes acquiring a first medical image of an object, which is imaged according to a predetermined parameter value set in a medical imaging apparatus, and a second medical image changed from the first medical image, determining a first standard parameter value corresponding to the first medical image and a second standard parameter value corresponding to the second medical image, and generating a personalized parameter value corresponding to the object on the basis of the first standard parameter value and the second standard parameter value.
US09984304B2
The present invention discloses a method and system for recognizing a user activity type, where the method includes: collecting an image of a location in which a user is located; extracting, from the image, characteristic data of an environment in which the user is located and characteristic data of the user; and obtaining, by recognition, an activity type of the user by using an image recognition model related to an activity type or an image library related to an activity type and the characteristic data.
US09984299B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an eye opening degree detection system that can accurately and stably calculate an eye opening degree. The eye opening degree detection system includes imaging devices that generate images including regions of both eyes, a one eye opening degree calculation unit that calculates each one eye opening degree of the left and right eyes of a first image, an eye opening degree selection unit that selects a correctly-calculated one eye opening degree, an eye opening degree calculation unit that calculates an eye opening degree on the basis of the one eye opening degree and an eye opening degree determination unit that compares the eye opening degree calculated on the basis of the first image with an eye opening degree calculated on the basis of a second image prior to the first image to determine the propriety of the eye opening degree.
US09984296B2
An alignment tool is disclosed configured to provide accurate tire alignment analysis based on the comparison of video recordings capturing a direction of travel and data obtained from various vehicle on-board components.
US09984290B2
A method of determining the identity of a subject while the subject is walking or being transported in an essentially straight direction is disclosed, the two dimensional profile of the subject walking or being transported along forming a three dimensional swept volume, without requiring the subject to change direction to avoid any part of the system, comprising acquiring data related to one or more biometrics of the subject with the camera(s), processing the acquired biometrics data, and determining if the acquired biometric data match corresponding biometric data stored in the system, positioning camera(s) and strobed or scanned infrared illuminator(s) above, next to, or below the swept volume. A system for carrying out the method is also disclosed.
US09984289B2
A gaze analysis method has following steps. When detecting at least one face in an image, according to a face angle and an eye angle, a gazing angle is calculated, and whether the gazing angle falls within a first range is determined, wherein the eye angle is obtained according to information of irises and scleras of left and right eyes. A differential value between a focusing distance and a spacing distance from the face to the object falls within a second range is determined if the gazing angle falls within the first range, and a detecting result whether the differential value falls within the second range is used to determine whether the object is gazed, wherein the focusing distance is determined according to the information of the irises and scleras of the left and right eyes.
US09984288B2
An identity document digital image correction method comprising identifying the type, class and issue of a presented identity document from features in a digital image thereof; retrieving from a reference identity document repository, information about a reference authentic version of an identity document of the same type, class and issue as the presented identity document; allowing a user to select at least two features in the digital image of the presented identity document calculating the distance between the two selected features; determining the distance between corresponding features in the reference authentic version of the identity document; calculating a scaling factor γx, y from the ratio of the distance between the two selected features in the presented identity document and the distance between corresponding features in the reference authentic version of the identity document; applying the scaling factor to measurements of features in the digital image of the presented identity document.
US09984284B2
Described herein is an apparatus and method for gait recognition. The apparatus includes circuitry that is configured to receive a gait sequence including a predetermined number of image frames of a subject. The received gait sequence is processed to generate a gait-energy-image (GEI). A plurality of Gabor filter responses is computed by convoluting the generated GEI with a bank of Gabor filters, wherein the filter bank includes a first predetermined number of unique scales, and a second predetermined number of unique orientations. Further, the circuitry is configured to partition, each Gabor filter response of the computed plurality of Gabor filter responses, into a predetermined number of overlapping regions and extract, a predetermined number of statistical features only from the overlapping regions, the extracted statistical features corresponding to texture content of the subject. The circuitry eventually recognizes the subject based on a classification of the extracted statistical features.
US09984283B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for automated detection of abnormalities in medical images are disclosed. According to a method for automated abnormality detection, the method includes receiving a target image. The method also includes deformably registering to the target image or to a common template a subset of normative images from a plurality of normative images, wherein the subset of normative images is associated with a normal variation of an anatomical feature. The method further includes defining a dictionary using the subset of normative images. The method also includes decomposing, using sparse decomposition and the dictionary, the target image. The method further includes classifying one or more voxels of the target image as normal or abnormal based on results of the sparse decomposition.
US09984280B2
Disclosed herein are an object recognition system and method which extract left and right feature vectors from a stereo image of an object, find feature vectors which are present in both the extracted left and right feature vectors, compare information about the left and right feature vectors and the feature vectors present in both the extracted left and right feature vectors with information stored in a database, extract information of the object, and recognize the object.
US09984257B2
A secure electronic apparatus and a method for determining that a secure electronic apparatus has been tampered with. The apparatus includes a memory and a plurality of sensors which each to receive an input signal and output a digital signal determined by the input signal and by a physical quantity sensed by the sensor (e.g. capacitance). A measurement routine includes applying a plurality of input signal values to the sensors and, for each input signal value, using the digital output signals of each sensor to determine a combined output result. The combined output results of the measurement routine are compared with a set of combined output results stored in the memory. A detected a difference between the combined output results of the measurement routine and the set of combined output results stored in the memory can be used to determine that the secure electronic apparatus has been tampered with.
US09984255B2
A method for verifying data integrity of a block device is provided. The method includes providing a secure world execution environment configured to monitor changes to data blocks of a block device, within the secure world execution environment, generating a hash for changed data blocks of the block device, and within the secure world execution environment, verifying and generating a cryptographic signature.
US09984252B2
Methods and systems for facilitating the propagation of personal data are provided. Example embodiments provide a Personal Data Propagation Environment (“PDP environment”), which facilitates the propagation of personal data items between secure personal data stores and various consumers of the personal data items. In one embodiment, the PDP environment includes a personal data manager and a personal data subscriber. The personal data manager manages personal data items on a secure data store associated with a user computing device. The personal data manager provides access to personal data items stored on the secure data store in accordance with a personal data subscription associated with the personal data subscriber. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09984250B2
In one embodiment, an encryption system may protect user login metadata from hammering attacks. A data storage 140 may store an integrity protected data set 602 for an operating system in a storage location. A processor 120 may register a counter reading from a remote counter 202 in a secure location 204 separate from the storage location. The processor 120 may determine a lockout state of the integrity protected data set 602 based on the counter reading.
US09984244B2
A technique for facilitating debugging in a user program which operates by cooperation of a PLC and another system in a control system including a controller and another system. A CPU unit has a communication interface, executes a user program, calls DB connection service in accordance with an instruction included in the user program, and generates a statement to access a database device. In the DB connection service, operation is performed while switching a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, a statement according to an access instruction is generated, the generated statement is transmitted to a database system, and a result of a response is sent to the user program. In the second mode, without transmitting the statement to the database device, a result of execution corresponding to the statement is sent to the user program.
US09984238B1
A storage device can include processing and cryptographic capability enabling the device to function as a hardware security module (HSM). This includes the ability to encrypt and decrypt data using a cryptographic key, as well as to perform processing using such a key, independent of whether that processing involves data stored on the device. An internal key can be provided to the drive, whether provided before customer software access or received wrapped in another key, etc. That key enables the device to perform secure processing on behalf of a user or entity, where that key is not exposed to other components in the network or environment. A key may have specified tasks that can be performed using that key, and can be discarded after use. In some embodiments, firmware is provided that can cause a storage device to function as an HSM and/or processing device with cryptographic capability.
US09984237B2
In an embodiment, a system includes a processor with at least one core to execute an application to provide intrusion detection and protection, a radar sensor to detect presence of one or more persons within a detection zone about the system and to output a detection notification responsive to the presence detection, and a peripheral controller coupled to the radar sensor to receive the detection notification and to provide the detection notification to the application, where the application is to cause a protection measure to be performed responsive to the detection notification. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09984234B2
System, method and medium for securely transferring untrusted files from a portable storage medium to a computer. The invention can filter, scan and detonate untrusted files to be transferred to a computer from a portable storage medium. First, the types of files which are eligible to be selected for transfer are limited, by file type and/or content. Second, each file selected for transfer is scanned against a collection of signatures of known malware. Thus, files contain malware which has been previously identified as such can be blocked from ever being transferred to the computer. Finally, each file to be transferred is detonated by opening it in a controlled, sterile environment to determine if it adversely impact the operation of that sterile environment. Malware detected in this way can then be added to the collection of malware that can be detected by the second step.
US09984226B2
A screen sharing server receives a connection request each from a sender's user terminal and a receiver's user terminal, receives an authentication number to specify the sender's user terminal with which a screen is to be shared, in response to the connection request, allows the receiver's user terminal to display a prompt to ask for an input of the authentication number, authenticates the authentication number in response to receiving the authentication number from the receiver's user terminal, receives shared screen data from the sender's user terminal and sequentially transfers the shared screen data to the receiver's user terminal, if the authentication number is correct, detects that the sender's user terminal discontinues transmitting the screen data, and makes an inquiry to the receiver's user terminal with an authenticated authentication number about whether or not to transmit the shared screen data, in response to the detection.
US09984224B1
Methods and systems for receiving a detection of a physical presence of a user and, in response, initiating a start-up process on an enterprise device according to a profile associated with the user are described. Thereafter, the system receives authentication credentials at the enterprise device and the user is granted access to the enterprise device after the authentication credentials are verified.
US09984214B2
A method of aggregating medical information can include receiving, at a remote aggregation system, individual syndromes collected by mobile personal medical devices associated with respective bodies as the mobile personal medical devices move within an environment, aggregating the individual syndromes at the remote aggregation system, and determining whether an environmental syndrome exists for at least some of the individual syndromes. Related systems and computer program products are also disclosed.
US09984206B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a medical resource scheduling method. The method includes creating first and second virtual machines associated with respective first and second procedure rooms, the first and second virtual machines executing within a computing system, and the computing system having computing resources. The method also includes receiving a procedure request identifying a first procedure to be performed in the first procedure room during a first time slot and determining a first amount of the computing resources necessary to process medical data generated by the first procedure. Further, the method includes determining whether the first amount of the computing resources is less than an unreserved amount of the computing resources available during the first time slot and, if the first amount of the computing resources is less than the unreserved amount, reserving the first amount of the computing resources for the first time slot.
US09984201B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, platforms, non-transitory computer-readable medium, services, and kits for determining a cancer type in an individual. Also described herein include methods, systems, platforms, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and compositions for generating a CpG methylation profile database.
US09984200B2
Methods, compositions, kits, and computer program code are provided for predicting somaclonal abnormality (e.g., a Mantled phenotype) in a plant and or sorting plants based on the predicted presence or absence of somaclonal abnormality.
US09984199B2
The disclosed embodiments are directed to a method for accurately counting and characterizing multiple cell phenotypes and sub-phenotypes within cell populations simultaneously by exploiting biomarker co-expression levels within cells of different phenotypes in the same tissue sample. The disclosed embodiments are also directed to a simple intuitive interface enabling medical staff (e.g., pathologists, biologists) to annotate and evaluate different cell phenotypes used in the algorithm and the presented through the interface.
US09984193B1
This application discloses a computing system implementing tools and mechanisms that can incorporate a security co-processor into a circuit design modeling an electronic device. The tools and mechanisms can configure the security co-processor to monitor at least a portion of the electronic device. The tools and mechanisms can generate at least one security action for the security co-processor to initiate when the security co-processor monitors the electronic device failing to conform to rules in a rules database.
US09984187B1
A method relating generally to simulation is disclosed. In such a method, a first signal input and a second signal input are provided to a multiple clock domain object. The first signal input is for a first clock domain. The second signal input is for a second clock domain. The first clock domain is associated with a first frequency, and the second clock domain is associated with a second frequency different from the first frequency. The first signal input and the second signal input are converted to a common multiple clock frequency. A signal output is obtained from the multiple clock domain object responsive to the common multiple clock frequency. Switching activity is estimated for the multiple clock domain object. An output estimate associated with the switching activity estimated is output.
US09984181B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for designing three dimensional lattice structures include, in one aspect, a method including: calculating a radius of incidence for respective pairings of beams of different sizes that converge at a junction in a lattice; determining a maximized radius of incidence for each of the beams based on the radii of incidence for the pairings with that beam; comparing the maximized radii of incidence to find a global radius for the junction; calculating local intersection points and global intersection points, respectively, for each of the beams with a local sphere defined by the maximized radius of incidence for that beam and with a global sphere defined by the global radius for the junction; and generating meshing with sockets for the beams at the junction using the local intersection points and the global intersection points.
US09984179B2
Devices, methods, and systems for providing building information modeling data are described herein. One system includes a database having complete building information modeling data associated with a building, and a computing device coupled to the database. The computing device is configured to receive, from a user of the computing device, a request for a particular scope of building information modeling data associated with the building, retrieve, from the database, the building information modeling data in the database that corresponds to the particular scope of building information modeling data requested by the user, and provide, to the user, the building information modeling data that corresponds to the particular scope of building information modeling data requested by the user.
US09984167B1
Systems and methods for ranking communities based on content are described. A method includes receiving a search query from a first user of a social network. The method further includes analyzing content within groups of the social network to identify one or more of the groups that have content related to the search query. Each group may include one or more posts received from one or more members of the group. The groups may be identified responsive to a content match between the search query and content of a statistical amount of members of the respected group. The method may further include ranking the identified groups for presentation of the identified groups in a ranked order on a client device in response to the search query, the ranked order of each group being based on a corresponding statistical amount of members that have posted content matching the search query.
US09984166B2
The technology disclosed relates to de-duplicating contextually similar news feed items. In particular, it relates to assembling a set of news feed items from a plurality of electronic sources and preprocessing the set to generate normalized news feed items that share common company-name mentions and token occurrences. The normalized news feed items are used to calculate one or more resemblance measures based on a sequence alignment score and/or a hyperlink score. The sequence alignment score determines contextual similarity between news feed item pairs, arranged as sequences, based on a number of matching elements in the news feed item sequences and a number of edit operations, such as insertion, deletion, and substitution, required to match the news feed item sequences. The hyperlink score determines contextual similarity between news feed item pairs by comparing the respective search results retrieved in response to supplying the news feed item pairs to a search engine.
US09984157B2
Systems and methods for enhancing confidence in a biometric search result include submitting one or more biometric samples to a biometric search engine. In response to the one or more submitted biometric samples, a plurality of candidates identified as potentially associated with the one or more submitted biometric samples is received from the biometric search engine. Each identified candidate has associated biographic information. The biographic information associated with each identified candidate is submitted to a relationship detection engine. In response to the submitted biographic information, an identified relationship between at least one of the identified candidates and one or more other individuals is received from the relationship detection engine.
US09984150B2
A method and system analyze data associated with a marketplace category. In some embodiments, a query is received that identifies a marketplace category from multiple marketplace categories associated with an electronic commerce marketplace. Data associated with the marketplace category is accessed and analyzed to identify multiple keywords used to identify listings in the marketplace category. A user interface is generated to display the analysis results, including at least a portion of the multiple keywords used to identify listings in the marketplace category.
US09984149B2
In a method for operating an infotainment system of a motor vehicle for searching in a database in which at least one database entry with a distinct object identifier and corresponding metadata is stored a search term is entered into an input field of an input unit. During entering of the search term an input completion unit searches through a search history for a search term that matches the partial input already present in the input field. The input unit then completes the partial input in the search field on the basis of the search term found in order to provide an input suggestion. When the search term is entered, additionally a searching unit searches in the database for at least one database entry which has an object identifier or metadata that at least partially matches the partial input and/or updated content in the input field and this database entry is displayed to the user in a selection list that is different from the input field for selection.
US09984141B2
A method for inferring an application type, based on an operational characteristic I/O pattern of a storage volume. One or more processors determine at least one operational characteristic of each storage volume of a storage volume group associated with an application. One or more labels are assigned for each storage volume, based on the operational characteristics of each storage volume. At least one template is received that includes labels of storage volume characteristics of known application types. One or more processors infer a type of application associated with the storage volume group, based on a best-fit match of the aggregate labels of the storage volumes of the storage volume group to the labels included in the templates of storage volume characteristics of known application types.
US09984138B2
Visual representations of recurring revenue management system data and predictions are disclosed. A user interface is generated for an electronic display, the user interface including a graphical representation of one or more recurring revenue assets, the graphical representation representing each of the one or more recurring revenue assets according to one or more metrics that define each of the one or more recurring revenue assets. A predicted outcome for at least one of the one or more recurring revenue assets is predicted, the calculating being from a predictive model that is based on aggregate historical information collected from one or more data sources. A graphical representation of the predicted outcome is generated according to one or more parameters related to the one or more metrics, for concurrent display in the user interface with the graphical representation of one or more recurring revenue assets.
US09984134B2
An extraction device for extracting a sub query to be converted to a program for processing stream data continuously inputted to a database, from a query including instructions, as sub queries, to be issued to a database management system. The extraction device includes: an input unit; an operation unit for calculating the memory increase amount in a case of processing the stream data and the processing time to be reduced for each sub query, and calculating the efficiency by using them; and an extraction unit for selecting at least one sub query whose efficiency is equal to or higher than the lower limit value, integrating the memory increase amount calculated for the selected sub query, and on condition that the integrated memory increase amount is equal to or smaller than the maximum memory increase amount, extracting the selected sub query as a conversion object.
US09984128B2
Techniques are described for managing data within a multi-site clustered data intake and query system. A data intake and query system as described herein generally refers to a system for collecting, retrieving, and analyzing data. In this context, a clustered data intake and query system generally refers to a system environment that is configured to provide data redundancy and other features that improve the availability of data stored by the system. For example, a clustered data intake and query system may be configured to store multiple copies of data stored by the system across multiple components such that recovery from a failure of one or more of the components is possible by using copies of the data stored elsewhere in the cluster.
US09984104B2
In a method for generating a searchable index from an analysis of a software application, receiving a first software application. The one or more processors determine that a first source code of the first software application is inaccessible. The one or more processors stimulate the first software application. The one or more processors analyze textual data resulting from the stimulation of the first software application. The one or more processors classify one or more images resulting from the stimulation of the first software application. The one or more processors index the analyzed textual data and the classified one or more images resulting from the stimulation of the first software application.
US09984100B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving an image. The image includes one or more objects and one or more text portions. The computer-implemented method further includes identifying the one or more objects. The computer-implemented method further includes, for each of the one or more objects identified, extracting an object tag. The computer-implemented method further includes, for each of the one or more text portions, extracting a text tag. The computer-implemented method further includes, for each text tag, determining whether the text tag describes any of the one or more objects based on the object tag extracted from each object to yield a determination. The computer-implemented method further includes, responsive to the determination: performing an image process to that of the one or more objects, and performing a text process to that of the one or more text portions. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
US09984098B2
A system and method for mapping interpersonal relationships, the method including processing a multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto including creating and prioritizing a list of a plurality of candidate persons having at least a predetermined relationship with at least one person connected to at least one image, using multi-dimensional information including visually sensible information in the multiplicity of images and contextual information relating thereto and searching the list of a plurality of candidate persons based at least in part on the prioritizing to select at least one of the candidate persons as having at least a predetermined relationship with the at least one person.
US09984097B2
According to one embodiment, a host system includes logic adapted for receiving device information from a source system, logic adapted for building a virtual device based at least in part on the received device information, logic adapted for transferring a reserve of a storage device to the host system and/or receiving results of transferring the reserve to the host system, logic adapted for determining if the reserve is held by the host system, logic adapted for recording the reserve if the reserve is held by the host system, and logic adapted for sending a notification that the reserve is not held by the host system if the reserve is not held by the host system. Other systems and computer program products are also described according to various embodiments.
US09984084B2
An information processing apparatus that searches for a file based on a search condition, the apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display a search screen and a search result screen; an item designating unit configured to designate an item as the search condition; an acquiring unit configured to acquire items displayed on the search screen; and an item determination unit configured to determine whether or not the item designated by the item designating unit is included in the items acquired by the acquiring unit, wherein, when the item determination unit determines that the item designated by the item designating unit is not included in the items acquired by the acquiring unit, the display unit adds the item designated by the designating unit to the items acquired by the acquiring unit, and displays the search result screen.
US09984083B1
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for managing data. In some embodiments, this includes receiving a query from a client, based on the received query, analyzing a catalog for location information, based on the analysis, determining a first storage system, an associated first file system, an associated first protocol translator, a second storage system, an associated second file system, and an associated second protocol translator, identifying a first data and a second data, wherein the first data is stored on the first storage system, and the second data is stored on the second storage system, running a first job on the first data using the associated first protocol translator, wherein the first job is not a native job of the first file system, and running a second job on the second data using the associated second protocol translator, wherein the second job is not a native job of the second file system.
US09984082B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for suspending and activating a database index. A computer determines a quantity of changes for a number of rows of a database that are to be made by an update of the database. The computer determines whether to suspend an index of the database based, at least in part, on a comparison between the quantity of changes and a pre-determined threshold value. The computer suspends the index of the database based on a result of the comparison that indicates the quantity of changes at least meet the pre-determined threshold value. A suspension of the index of the database initiates a rebuilding of the index.
US09984080B2
Disclosed are a method, system, program and data structure for implementing a records retention policy by storing selected files for designated lengths of time and then deleting them only when that time has passed. Embodiments of the invention perform this function in an efficient database-free manner. Embodiments of the invention can perform this function by utilizing existing storage directory tree functionality provided by any computer operating system organized under a retention directory coupled with a mechanism for preventing unauthorized deletions of files designated for retention. Expiration of retained files may be managed through directory structure using directory names corresponding to expiration dates determined from identified retention periods for retained files. Files may be further protected from erasure by a kernel mode process which prevents erasure of any files contained in the retention directory.
US09984076B2
An approach is provided for a more efficient and user friendly mechanism for determining and presenting status updates associated with elements in a media item. The approach includes a method for processing and/or facilitating a processing of one or more media items to determine one or more elements present in the one or more media items. The method further includes determining a current status information associated with the one or more elements. The method also includes causing, at least in part, a presentation of one or more representations of the current status information.
US09984069B2
The present invention discloses an input method, including: receiving input end indication information sent by an input module, where the input end indication information indicates that input of a character or a word ends; obtaining a location of a cursor; identifying the input character or word forward from the location of the cursor until a first punctuation input before the character or the word is identified; using the identified character or word as a previous text, and querying a word library for a next text associated with the previous text; and outputting the associated next text to a display module for displaying. The input method provided in embodiments of the present invention is capable of associating a next text according to an input previous text for a user to select after the user presses an input end key, for example, the space key, to end the input of a character or a word, so that the input efficiency is increased.
US09984052B2
A method and system for verifying content of a resource. A first computer creates, in a markup language document, a markup element including a resource indicator and a first characteristic of the content of the resource stored at a second computer. The first characteristic includes a hash of the content of the resource referenced by the resource indicator. The first characteristic is extracted from the markup element in the markup language document. The resource is retrieved from the second computer according to a resource indicator that references the resource. A second characteristic of the content of the retrieved resource is generated. The second characteristic includes a hash of the content of the retrieved resource. The second characteristic is ascertained to be identical to the first characteristic. The created markup element includes a first attribute-value pair and a second attribute-value pair within distinct non-overlapping portions of the markup element.
US09984049B2
The present disclosure is directed to providing call context to content providers. A tracker receives a selection of a content item associated with a keyword. The tracker stores, in an impression data structure, tracking data including the keyword. The tracker maps the selected content item to a first virtual number and generates a link there between. The tracker receives a call from a client device to initiate a first communication channel via the first virtual number. The tracker performs a lookup in a database using the first virtual number to identify a second virtual number corresponding to the content provider and to identify the tracking data. The tracker establishes, via the second virtual number, a second communication channel between the client device and a content provider device. The tracker provides the tracking data to the content provider via the second communication channel.
US09984044B2
An approach is provided for predicting system performance. The approach predicts system performance by identifying a Queuing Network Model (QNM) corresponding to a clustered system that handles a plurality of service demands using a plurality of parallel server nodes that process a workload for a quantity of users. A workload description is received that includes server demand data. Performance of the clustered system is predicted by transforming the QNM to a linear model by serializing the parallel services as sequential services, identifying transaction groups corresponding to each of the server nodes, and distributing the workload among the transaction groups across the plurality of nodes. The approach further solves analytically the linear model with the result being a predicted resource utilization (RU) and a predicted response time (RT).
US09984041B2
A batched Cholesky decomposition method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) including at least a first problem and a second problem, include mirroring a second problem matrix of the second problem to a first problem matrix of the first problem, combining the first problem matrix and the mirrored second problem matrix into a single problem matrix, and allocating data read to a thread and to the first problem and the second problem, respectively.
US09984038B2
With the progress toward multi-core processors, each core is can not readily ascertain the status of the other dies with respect to an idle or active status. A proposal for utilizing an interface to transmit core status among multiple cores in a multi-die microprocessor is discussed. Consequently, this facilitates thermal management by allowing an optimal setting for setting performance and frequency based on utilizing each core status.
US09984031B2
A method, system, and computer program product are described for a machine selecting a selected adapter among two or more adapters that perform a same function. The method includes generating a request, at the machine, for the function, and calculating a time indicator associated with each of the two or more adapters based on a respective adapter queue time factor (QTF) associated with each of the two or more adapters, the adapter QTF associated with each of the two or more adapters being a computed value. The method also includes selecting the selected adapter and submitting one or more requests to the selected adapter of the two or more adapters to perform the function based on a comparison of the time indicator associated with each of the two or more adapters.
US09984026B2
Provided is a parallel computing system that has scalability and is capable of performing data transfer between desired PEs. Also provided is a computer system that utilizes the parallel computing system described above, and enables radiosity processing on small-scale mobile terminal devices. An HXNet is implemented in a VLSI, and data transfer between VLSIs is possible using additional BMs. Scalability is realized that enables selection of any number of VLSIs, and radiosity processing is enabled on small-scale mobile terminal devices.
US09984021B1
Provided are systems and methods for a location-aware, self-configuring peripheral device. In some implementations, the peripheral device may include two or more personalities. In these implementations, a personality enables the peripheral device to provide a service. In some implementations, the peripheral device may be configured to receive a configuration cycle. In some implementations, the peripheral device may further select a personality from among two or more personalities. The peripheral device may use information derived from the configuration cycle to make this selection. Selecting a personality may further include configuring the peripheral device according to the selected personality.
US09984018B2
A method, system, and computer program product are described for a machine selecting a selected adapter among two or more adapters that perform a same function. The method includes generating a request, at the machine, for the function, and calculating a time indicator associated with each of the two or more adapters based on a respective adapter queue time factor (QTF) associated with each of the two or more adapters, the adapter QTF associated with each of the two or more adapters being a computed value. The method also includes selecting the selected adapter and submitting one or more requests to the selected adapter of the two or more adapters to perform the function based on a comparison of the time indicator associated with each of the two or more adapters.
