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US09107286B2	Electrical storage device and construction machine provided with same An electric storage device includes a plurality of capacitor cells (electric-power storage cells) and a casing that houses the capacitor cells. The casing includes an inspection window through which a condition display unit provided inside the casing is visually checkable. The inspection window includes a through hole that penetrates the casing, a resin plate that closes the through hole from an inside of the casing, and a seal member that is interposed between the resin plate and an inner surface of the casing around the through hole.
US09107278B2	Stacker and static elimination device for the same The present invention provides a static elimination device which is used for a stacker with a fan filter device. Characterize in that the static elimination device is provided at the end side of each shelf facing the fan filter device in the stacker. Said end side is opposite to the end side of the shelf which a cartridge moves in and out. Two ends of the static elimination device are free to rotate and connected to shelf holders at said end side. Under the action of the fan filter device blowing the airflow, the ions, which are used to eliminate the static, are blown from the static elimination device into the cartridge of the shelf and the surface of the glass substrate on the cartridge. The present invention further provides a stacker. The stacker and the static elimination device according to the present invention can effectively eliminate the static of the cartridge and the glass substrate surface in the same, which can decrease the equipment costs.
US09107267B2	Method and numerical tool for optimizing light emitting diode systems Methods and numerical tools for designing and optimizing LED systems are provided to achieve a desired luminous performance and to increase reliability and operating lifetime. In addition, methods for designing LED illumination systems are also disclosed to determine an optimum operating power for a desired output luminous flux, given the condition of the rated power of the LED and the heatsink. By the invention, LED illumination systems can be designed with a suitable choice of LED and/or heatsink.
US09107264B2	Electronic control gears for LED light engine and application thereof Disclosed are electronic control gears for LED light engines able to improve power factor by way of gearing up or down the LED current and the AC input current in response to and in synchronization with the AC input voltage. Moreover, the disclosed electronic control gears could further reduce flicker phenomenon and total harmonic distortion when used in collocation with disclosed valley fillers, filling the LED current valleys only during the dead time, and in conjunction with disclosed dummy loads, ramping up or down the AC input current only during the dead time.
US09107256B2	Light emitting diode lighting apparatus A light emitting diode (LED) lighting apparatus boosts alternating current (AC) power output from a ballast, rectifies the boosted AC power to direct current (DC) power, blocks generation of an inrush current while the boosted AC power is rectified, and controls an operation of an LED by using the DC power.
US09107253B2	Lighting apparatus having a predetermined light distribution area A lighting apparatus is provided. The lighting apparatus may include a mounting block provided on a heat sink and having a plurality of light emitting modules installed thereon, and a bulb surrounding the mounting block. One or more reflectors may reflect light emitted by the light emitting modules so as to distribute light within a predetermined light distribution area.
US09107252B2	Display panel, display unit, and electronic apparatus A display panel is provided with a plurality of pixels each including: a plurality of light emitting devices connected in parallel to one another, wherein each of the light emitting devices includes a transparent electrode, a reflecting electrode, and an organic layer interposed between the transparent electrode and the reflecting electrode, and the organic layer has a light emitting layer; a pixel circuit driving the light emitting devices; and a plurality of wiring lines connecting each of the light emitting devices and the pixel circuit directly to each other, wherein each of the wiring lines is provided in a same plane as the reflecting electrode, and has a width smaller than a width of the reflecting electrode.
US09107245B2	High accuracy, high dynamic range LED/laser driver A current driver circuit, for driving a light source, that provides high accuracy and reduced power consumption is disclosed. The driver includes a digital to analog converter configured to receive a digital value representing a light intensity and convert the digital value to an analog current signal. A current mirror is configured to receive the analog current signal and create a current mirror output which is larger than the analog current signal based on a ratio of the current mirror. This results in a modified analog current signal. A light source receives the modified analog current signal, and responsive thereto generate a light signal such that the light signal has an intensity controlled by the digital value. One or more amplifiers are also part of the current driver and configured to increase response time and accuracy.
US09107241B2	Multi-mode mobile device based radio access network selection method for idle mode operations A method at a mobile device, and the mobile device, the method selecting a subset of radio access technologies available to the mobile device over which a predetermined set of services on the mobile device is available; and deactivating monitoring, or reducing a monitoring frequency, of at least one radio access technology not within the selected subset of radio access technologies.
US09107240B2	Amplifier supporting multi mode and amplifying method thereof An amplifier and an amplifying method are provided. The amplifier includes: an amplifying unit amplifying and transferring a transmission target signal to a TDD switch; the TDD switch transferring a signal received from the amplifying unit to a filter unit when the amplifier operates in a TDD mode, and transferring a signal received from the filter unit to a duplex mode selection switch; the duplex mode selection switch transferring a signal received from the filter unit to a receiving side; and a controller controlling the duplex mode selection switch to transfer the signal received from the filter unit to the receiving side without passing through the TDD switch when the received duplex mode selection signal is a FDD mode selection signal.
US09107236B2	Method and apparatus for multicast scheduling in wireless networks The invention includes a method and apparatus for scheduling multicast transmissions in a wireless network by selecting one of a plurality of multicast groups of a cellular region that is permitted to transmit information during a current timeslot. A method includes receiving data rate request values from wireless user terminals of each of a plurality of multicast groups, assigning a data rate to each multicast group using the data rate request values of wireless user terminals belonging to the respective multicast groups, selecting one of the multicast groups using the assigned data rates, and transmitting information to the selected one of the multicast groups at the associated assigned data rate. In one embodiment, the multicast scheduling algorithm may be a multicast proportional fairness (MPF) scheduling algorithm which attempts to maximize utility value of data received by individual users. In one embodiment, the multicast scheduling algorithm may be an inter-group proportional fairness (IPF) scheduling algorithm which attempts to maximize utility value of data received by multicast groups.
US09107235B2	Apparatus and method for scheduling transmission resources to users served by a base station using a prediction of rate regions An apparatus for scheduling transmission resources to users served by a base station equipped with a plurality of antennas includes a predictor for predicting rate regions for one or more future time slots based on rate regions for one or more past time slots to obtain one or more predicted rate regions, and a processor for calculating the transmission resources for the users for a current time slot using scheduled transmission resources for the one or more past time slots, a rate region for the current time slot and the one or more predicted rate regions.
US09107231B2	Multiuser scheduling for radio resource allocation Terminals in a wireless communication system are scheduled according to a metric based on average power data received from a plurality of terminals at a plurality of base stations. An acceptable metric lies below a threshold value determined by the particular user's quality of service requirement. Groups of terminals are scheduled for simultaneous transmission in respective intervals of time or frequency. An equation for the metric {tilde over (K)}o is defined.
US09107211B2	Method and device for aperiodically reporting channel state information in wireless connection system The present invention relates to methods and devices for aperiodically reporting channel state information (CSI). According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for aperiodically reporting channel state information may comprise: a terminal receiving an upper layer signal from a base station, the upper layer signal containing information about at least one allocated CSI measurement group; the terminal receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signal via a first subframe from the base station, the PDCCH signal containing a CSI request field; the terminal setting a second subframe as a CSI reference resource based on the first subframe; and determining whether at least one CSI measurement group to which a CSI reference resource is allocated is included.
US09107208B2	Method for transmitting an SRS-triggering-based SRS in a wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method and terminal apparatus which involve transmitting a sounding reference signal (SRS)-triggering-based SRS in a wireless communication system. The terminal apparatus of the present invention comprises a receiver which receives, from a base station, an SRS-triggering indicator for triggering an SRS transmission; and a transmitter which transmits the SRS via a preconfigured uplink subframe in accordance with the SRS-triggering indicator.
US09107196B2	Reconnecting dropped calls using an internet protocol multimedia subsystem A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) system controls an Internet Protocol (IP) communication session between a first communication device and a second communication device. A SIP control server receives a SIP bye message from the first communication device indicating a loss of the IP communication session, and in response, transfers a notification request for the second communication device to a SIP registration server. The SIP registration server processes a SIP registration message from the second communication device, and in response to the notification request and the SIP registration message, transfers a registration notification for the second communication device to the SIP control server. The SIP control server receives the registration notification for the second communication device, and in response, transfers a SIP invite message to re-establish the IP communication session to the first communication device.
US09107191B2	System and method for managing simultaneous uplink signal transmissions in carrier aggregation systems Systems and methods for managing the transmission of multiple signals on one or more uplink (UL) channels using carrier aggregation in LTE-A systems. A UE simultaneously transmits signals such as ACK/NACK and periodic CSI using one or more uplink channels, such as a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and/or a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), by increasing the resources used to transmit at least one of those signals. According to one aspect, a UE simultaneously transmits ACK/NACK signals and periodic CSI signals by multiplexing those signals on the PUSCH. Certain aspects avoid frequently dropped periodic CSI signals and provide mechanisms to ensure that ACK/NACK signals are transmitted.
US09107180B2	User device radio activity optimization in dead zones A user device may determine whether the user device is located within a dead zone; periodically search, using a first process, for a cellular tower of a cellular network when the user device is not located within the dead zone; and periodically search, using a second process, for a cellular tower of the cellular network when the user device is located within the dead zone. The second process may consume less power of the user device than the first process.
US09107176B2	Method and apparatus for controlling uplink power in a wireless access system According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for reporting power headroom in a user equipment of a multi-carrier system, includes receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signal comprising uplink resource allocation information from a base station; transmitting at least one of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) signal and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) signal to the base station in a predetermined subframe based on the uplink resource allocation information in accordance with a transmission mode; calculating one or more power headroom values for the predetermined subframe in accordance with the transmission mode; and transmitting a report message comprising the one or more power headroom values to the base station, wherein the user equipment reports its first and second type power headroom values when operating in transmission mode A, or reports its first type power headroom value when operating in transmission mode B.
US09107165B2	Circuit arrangement, communication device, and communication system A circuit arrangement performs communication with an external device including a second sensor detecting a given event, includes a sensor input unit that processes input from a first sensor detecting the given event and a communication control unit that controls operation of a wireless communication unit, and determines a communication time based on an output of the first sensor and performs communication with the external device via the wireless communication unit according to the communication time.
US09107152B1	Beacon protocol advertising bi-directional communication availability window A beacon wireless transmits a sequence of one or more data packets that each or together comprise an identifier. A portion of the data packets specify an availability window during which a receiver forming part of the beacon can receive data transmissions. The receiver does not receive data transmissions outside of the availability window. Thereafter, the receiver is activated during the availability window to enable receipt of data transmissions to the beacon. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and articles are also described.
US09107151B2	Wireless system with split control plane and data plane In one embodiment, a method includes identifying an access point joining a wireless controller in communication with a switch, establishing a control tunnel between the access point and the wireless controller, transmitting an address of the switch from the wireless controller to the access point, and requesting the switch to setup a data tunnel with the access point. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
US09107142B2	Network selection methods and apparatus with use of a master service management module and a prioritized list of multiple aggregator service profiles A communication device is configured to store one or more aggregator service application modules for use in accessing one or more different aggregator services. Each aggregator service offers access through a plurality of offered wireless networks identified by a plurality of offered wireless network identifiers. The communication device maintains a prioritized list of profiles which include one or more aggregator service profiles associated with the one or more aggregator services. A scanning operation is performed for identifying one or more available wireless networks in a geographic area of the device, for producing a scan list of one or more available wireless network identifiers corresponding to the one or more available wireless networks. One of the aggregator service profiles is selected from the prioritized list, causing one of the aggregator service application modules corresponding to the selected profile to be invoked. The invoked module causes one of the available wireless network identifiers from the scan list that matches one of the offered wireless network identifiers to be selected, if such matching identifier exists. A connection is established with one of the available wireless networks corresponding to the selected available wireless network identifier, for accessing a selected aggregator service corresponding to the selected aggregator service profile.
US09107141B2	Selection method for rapidly obtaining hotspot information The present invention is to provide a selection method for rapidly obtaining hotspot information, which is applicable to a wireless communication system including at least one mobile terminal device capable of performing a site survey and transmitting a probe request, a plurality of wireless hotspot devices each capable of receiving the probe request, reading a terminal identifier in the probe request and sending the terminal identifier out, and a server of a telecommunication company capable of receiving the terminal identifier. After receiving the terminal identifier, the server compares the terminal identifier against user data in a user database and then sends a text message to the mobile terminal device when determining that the terminal identifier is already registered in the user database, wherein the text message includes SSID and password of a wireless hotspot device to which the mobile terminal device can currently choose to connect for interconnecting the Internet.
US09107139B2	Intelligent P-GW relocation for SIPTO service continuity Intelligent packet data network gateway (P-GW) relocation for selected internet protocol traffic offload (SIPTO) service continuity is described. A user equipment (UE) application monitoring module, can monitor the network session state for a UE. A transition window can be determined based on both the network session state and a session continuity impact metric. A new packet data network gateway (P-GW) can be associated to the UE during the transition window in response to a determination that a current P-GW of the UE is less optimal, in at least one performance metric, than the new P-GW.
US09107138B2	Services discovery channel A system may include one or more devices configured to receive content information associated with a broadcast. The system may determine announcement information based on the content information, where the announcement information may include information that allows a user device to receive the broadcast. The system may determine provisioning information based on the announcement information, where the provisioning information may include information for provisioning a discovery channel, and information specifying a time interval for providing the announcement information via the discovery channel. The system may provision the discovery channel, based on the provisioning information, and may provide the announcement information via the discovery channel based on the specified time interval.
US09107137B1	Multi-path wireless mesh networks in oil and gas fields Provided is a process that includes obtaining a directed acyclic graph describing a plurality wireless connections between a plurality of downstream nodes forming a multi-path route to an Internet connected wireless transceiver; determining an encoding kernel specifying transformations to be performed by the plurality of downstream nodes on data received from upstream nodes; transmitting at least part of the encoding kernel to at least some of the downstream nodes; and transmitting data from a data source to a downstream node in the directed acyclic graph specified by the encoding kernel such that the data is conveyed through the multi-hop, multi-path route to the Internet connected wireless transceiver.
US09107136B2	Femtocell access control Methods and apparatus for controlling access of a mobile device to a femtocell base station in a communications network are described. The method determines whether to allow access of the mobile device to the femtocell base station based on the femtocell-mobile device path loss for transmissions between the mobile device and the femtocell base station. Access may be allowed if the femtocell-mobile device pathloss is lower than a threshold amount. Additionally or alternatively access may be allowed only if the femtocell-mobile device pathloss is lower than the macrocell-mobile device pathloss for transmissions between the mobile device and a macrocell base station. The method is particularly applicable for hybrid access mode femtocells and additional conditions may be applied regarding the number of mobile device that are not part of the subscriber group that can access the femtocell. The method may be implemented by the femtocell, the macrocell or by any other suitable network device.
US09107127B2	Communication session soft handover While receiving content for a service at a user device via a particular delivery route, detecting a request for delivery of subsequent content for the service via a secure alternate delivery route. The user device may concurrently receive delivery of the subsequent content via the particular delivery route and the secure alternate delivery route. The detected request may be generated based on QoS associated with the received content of the service. The detected request may be received from a communication network and may comprise identification information for the particular delivery route. The secure alternate delivery route may be determined based on the identification information for the particular delivery route. A communication session profile may be generated and/or determined based on the secure alternate delivery route. The communication session profile is utilized for the requested delivery of the further content via the secure alternate delivery route.
US09107125B2	Registration of radio network change based on a CS fallback mechanism A method for the switchover of a mobile terminal device from a first radio network of a mobile radio system to a second radio network is described. The switchover is carried out on the basis of a CS fallback mechanism, and whereby, on the basis of the switchover, the mobile terminal device logs on to a base station of the second radio network in order to establish a connection. In conjunction with the log-on, the mobile terminal device transmits a notification pertaining to the CS fallback mechanism to the base station, and the base station registers the log-on of the terminal device as a function of the notification. Moreover, a base station and to a mobile terminal device for carrying out the method are also described herein.
US09107123B2	Systems and methods for limiting mobile device measurements for cell reselection and handover System and method embodiments are provided for limiting mobile device neighbor cell measurements for cell reselection and handover. In an embodiment, a method in a mobile device for limiting neighbor cell search and measurements for reselection and handover includes determining a state of the mobile device from one of a plurality of states, wherein the states comprises an idle state, a static-idle state, a connected state, and a static-connected state defining idle state to static-idle state and connected state to static-connected state transition criteria; defining static-idle state to idle state and static-connected state to connected state transition criteria; and selecting a time interval to wait between successive neighbor cell search and measurements for cell reselection and handover according to the state of the wireless device, wherein the time interval corresponding to one of the states is less than the time interval corresponding to another of the states.
US09107117B2	Collision elimination through forced reselection of cells in multi-SIM mobile devices The various embodiments provide methods for implementing a forced reselection strategy after causing colliding subscriptions to perform reselection to neighboring cells. In various embodiments, the MSMS communication device may undo the effects of forced reselection in certain situations when continuing to employ forced reselection may be ineffective. In other embodiments, the MSMS communication device may force reselecting subscriptions to reselect to neighboring cells in a paging group based on the page timings of the neighboring cells. Thus, the various embodiments may increase the performance of the colliding subscriptions and may enhance the user's overall experience.
US09107116B2	Method and apparatus for in-device coexistence (IDC) indication This disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for In-Device Coexistence (IDC) indication. Among other things, the present disclosure presents a method performed by a user equipment (UE). The UE is configured to send 201 an IDC indication message with a same content as in a previously sent IDC indication message if, or when, the UE has performed a handover to another cell (target cell).
US09107112B2	Access network discovery and selection in a multi-access technology cellular communication system A wireless communication unit (302, 405, 505, 605) is capable of communicating with a plurality of communication networks in a cellular communication system, where the plurality of communication networks employ a respective plurality of radio access technologies. The wireless communication unit (302, 405, 505, 605) comprises a receiver for receiving a message from a network device in the cellular communication system; and signal processing logic, operably coupled to the receiver, for determining from the received message a hierarchical policy of network information that applies to the plurality of radio access technologies.
US09107111B2	Notification method, user terminal and radio base station In order to assure reception of broadcast information by a user terminal handed over to a micro base station by CRE (Cell Range Expansion) and to reduce the number of transmission stopped subframes in a macro base station, the present invention provides a notification method for a user terminal to receive modification notification information for notifying modification in system information from the micro base station, the notification method including: the macro base station notifying the micro base station of a subframe pattern including a protection subframe to protect the modification notification information every a plurality of radio frames; and the micro base station notifying the user terminal of identification information of the protection subframe in the subframe pattern.
US09107110B2	Apparatus and method for local mobility management in a clustered femtocell network A clustered femtocell network including a plurality of femtocell access points that are connected via a logical interface to a mobile network in order to provide user equipments with radio access to the mobile network, wherein the mobile network includes a Mobility Management Function—MMF—, is characterized in that a logical function—Proxy Mobility Management Function P-MMF—is provided that localizes mobility management of the user equipments in the clustered femtocell network, wherein the P-MMF intercepts and interprets mobility-related signaling between the MMF and the femtocell access points in such a way that it emulates towards the femtocell access points the behavior of the mobile network's MMF and towards the mobile network's MMF the behavior of the femtocell access points. Furthermore, a method for operating a clustered femtocell network is disclosed.
US09107106B2	Techniques for reducing buffer overflow in a communication system A technique for operating a wireless communication device includes transmitting a first downlink rate in a first control message. The first downlink rate is based on a latency of an inter-processor communication link associated with the wireless communication device. First downlink data at the first downlink rate is then received for a first time period. Following the first time period, second downlink data is received at a second downlink rate that is higher than the first downlink rate.
US09107103B2	Small data communications in a wireless communication network Technology for enabling small data transmissions in a user equipment (UE) configured for machine type communication (MTC) is disclosed. One method comprises receiving, by the UE from an evolved node (eNB), a system information block (SIB). The SIB can include system information relating to small data transmissions for MTC. The system information included in the SIB is read by the UE. The small data transmission is performed, from the UE to the eNB, based on the system information included in the SIB.
US09107093B2	Method for detecting context of a mobile device and a mobile device with a context detection module A method for detecting a context of a mobile device (100) equipped with sensors (111, 121, 122, 131) and a context detection module (109) in which the sensors (111, 121, 122, 131) are assigned to at least two groups (110, 120, 30), each of which comprises at least one sensor (111, 121, 122, 131), and each group (110, 120, 130) is allocated a group classifier (116, 126, 136) 10 adapted to detect, in a form of a classification result, currently identified, by means of a given classifier, context of the device (100) based on indications of the sensors (111, 121, 122, 131) belonging to the given group, characterized in that with a use of the context detection module, whereas the groups (110, 102, 130) of sensors are ordered hierarchically, and the device context is detected 1 by reading a classification result indicated by the classifier (116, 126, 136) of the currently active group, wherein in case of detection of an identified context in the active group, switching on power supply of the sensors and activating classification in a group (110, 120, 130) with a level higher by one level and reading the context indicated by said group's classifier, wherein based on the 20 results of the classification indicated by the higher groups' classifiers (116, 26, 136), executing adaptation of the configuration of lower groups' classifiers (116, 126, 136).
US09107091B2	Method and apparatus reporting channel quality indicator of communication system The present invention provides a method and apparatus reporting a channel quality indicator (CQI) of a communication system, including: detecting a first measurement reflecting a first communication quality of the communication system, providing first reference(s) respectively corresponding to indicator level(s), providing CQI according to the indicator level(s) and a relation between the first measurement and the first reference(s), and updating one (or more) first reference according to a second measurement reflecting a second communication quality of the communication system. For example, the first measurement can represent signal to interference ratio or mutual information, and the second measurement can represent data error rate or throughput. First reference(s) can be further adjusted according to a third measurement, e.g., a power scheduling of base station, such that CQI can be updated if base station schedules additional transmission power.
US09107084B2	Measurement and reporting configuration in radio communication networks A wireless device, a network apparatus, a test equipment and a method in a heterogeneous radio-communication system configured to perform and report measurements in view of patterns including at least two types of subframes are provided. The wireless device has a transceiver and a processing unit. The transceiver is configured to send and to receive signals from more than one cell, and to receive information defining a first pattern related to first cells. The processing unit is configured to determine a second pattern related to second cells based on the first pattern and at least one of an indication or predefined rule relating the first pattern and the second pattern, to perform measurements related to the signals, and to report, to a network node, measurement results based on the measurements, the measurement results being related to signals received from a number of one or more cells.
US09107083B1	System and method for notifying users of similar searches Interactions between users on mobile devices can be facilitated by making the users aware when other users have performed similar searches. In one embodiment, when two users executing a mapping application on a mobile device each perform a similar search in a similar geographic area, the server that receives and performs the search request can make each user aware of the other's presence, for example by displaying an icon indicating the other user on the mapping application. The search results may be refined to indicate search results in a geographic area common to the geographic search areas of each user.
US09107081B1	Method of maintaining an ad hoc communications network between a base and a mobile platform A method of maintaining an ad hoc communications network between a base and a mobile platform as the mobile platform moves over a surface comprising the following steps: providing a radio relay device; physically coupling a deployer to the mobile platform, wherein the deployer is configured to releasably stow the radio relay device; sending video data from the mobile platform to the base; monitoring the strength of a network signal received over time at the mobile platform and issuing a weak-link warning when the highest signal strength received at the mobile platform drops below a threshold value; calculating video throughput data metrics based on video data received at the base over time, and issuing an imminent link-failure alert when the metrics reach a predefined condition; and deploying the relay device from the deployer to the surface after the weak-link warning and the imminent link-failure alert are issued.
US09107076B1	Data fraud detection via device type identification Systems, methods and computer-readable media for detecting potential data fraud in a telecommunications environment are provided. The methods include referencing a characteristic associated with a device, where the characteristic provides an indication of a device type for a device. From the referenced characteristic, a device type is predicted. A comparison is made between the predicted device type and an expected device type that is identified based on the credentials being used by the device. Thereafter, a determination that the device is potentially performing data fraud can be made based on whether predicted device type matches the expected device type.
US09107069B2	Addressable radio device An addressable radio is described in which the radio has an address that includes (i) a value derived from a counter and (ii) a hash of a combination of the value and an identity-resolving key for the radio device.
US09107067B2	Secured communication Technologies are generally described for providing secured communications. In some examples, a method performed under control of a first device may include transmitting a jamming signal, receiving a mixed signal that includes the jamming signal and an information signal generated by a second device and obtaining the information signal by eliminating the jamming signal from the mixed signal.
US09107064B1	Mobile device security Techniques for providing friction-free transactions using geolocation and user identifiers are described herein. These techniques may ascertain a user's location based on a location of a mobile device. A transaction between the user and a merchant may be completed with zero or minimal input from the user based on the geolocation of the mobile device and the user identifiers. In some implementations, a transaction initiated earlier is completed when the mobile device arrives at the merchant. Additionally, a parent-child or similar relationship may be established between multiple devices. Security on the mobile device based may be provided by biometric identification and calculation of variance from regular movement patterns. Advertisements may be sent to the mobile device based on bids from merchants near to the mobile device. Promotions may be sent to the mobile device when more than a threshold number of mobile devices are located at the same merchant.
US09107040B2	Systems, methods, and computer readable media for sharing awareness information Systems, methods, and computer readable media for sharing awareness information are provided. A non-aware electronic device can require awareness information including, for example, information about its environment or information about its status within its environment, in order to perform a particular device operation. When the non-aware device lacks an awareness component for detecting the required type of awareness information, the non-aware device can establish a communications path with an aware device that includes such an appropriate awareness component. The aware device can share the required type of awareness information as captured by its awareness component with the non-aware device. The distance between the non-aware device and the aware device can be less than a threshold distance to ensure that the shared awareness information is relevant to the non-aware device.
US09107038B1	Roaming control system and method for a roaming wireless communication device A roaming control system and method for a roaming WCD while roaming away from the home wireless access network are provided. The roaming control system in one example embodiment includes a communication interface configured to exchange communications with the WCD and with other wireless access networks and a processing system coupled to the communication interface, with the processing system configured to ping the roaming WCD at predetermined time intervals, if the ping was successful, record a WCD roaming location using a ping response, if the ping was successful, provide WCD roaming control information to a visited wireless access network where the roaming WCD is currently located, and if the ping was unsuccessful, then broaden a search scope and repeat the pinging.
US09107035B2	Updating an operating parameter A method includes communicating with a first wireless network of a first type, and obtaining a location-based operating parameter from the first wireless network. The method further includes checking the validity of the location-based operating parameter obtained from the first wireless network. If the location-based operating parameter obtained from the first wireless network is not valid, then the method further includes searching for a second wireless network of a second type, and updating the location-based operating parameter from the second wireless network.
US09107033B2	System and method for managing sensor node in RFID/USN infrastructure and gateway system used therefor A sensor node management system in a Radio Frequency Identification/Ubiquitous Sensing Network (RFID/USN) infrastructure is provided, in which a sensor node has a local ID in a sensor network, a gateway receives, from the sensor node, node information including the local ID and an ID of a home gateway to which the sensor node initially belongs and registers the node information about the sensor node to a location information server, and the location information server registers and manages node information about sensor nodes within an area of the gateway. The location information server generates a global ID using the local ID and the ID of the home gateway, the global ID being recognized as an address of the sensor node by an Internet Protocol (IP) network.
US09107032B2	Method of collecting per-user performance data The present invention provides a method for implementation in a wireless communication system including a plurality of base stations, a plurality of gateways, and a plurality of mobility management entities. The method includes receiving, at a first mobility management entity and from a first base station, measurement data collected by the first base station for a first mobile unit having a connection to the wireless communication system via the first base station. The measurement data includes a temporary identifier associated with the first mobile unit for the duration of the connection. The method also includes identifying the first mobile unit using the temporary identifier and forming a first record associated with the first mobile unit. The first record includes the measurement data collected by the first base station for the first mobile unit and previously collected measurement data for the first mobile unit.
US09107030B2	Communication system for sending advertisements based on location determination and previously specified user selections Disclosed is a wireless communication system that is used with a wireless communication device and a position location system, the wireless communication device being capable of communicating with the position location system. The wireless communication system includes a memory device for storing position locations of the wireless communication device and for storing transactions made relating to the wireless communication device, a processor for determining trends by recalling stored information from the memory device and processing the recalled information, and a transmitter for transmitting targeted broadcasts to the wireless communication device based on the current location of the communication device.
US09107027B2	Wireless connector Some demonstrative embodiments include a wireless connector and devices and/or systems utilizing one or more wireless connectors. For example, a device may include a wireless connector to be coupled to another device for communicating data with the other device, the wireless connector including a wireless communication unit to communicate the data over a wireless communication link, for example, a short-range wireless communication link, e.g. at a multi-gigabit-per second (MGbs) rate.
US09107025B2	Node and method for communications handling Example embodiments disclosed herein may be directed towards a system, and corresponding method, for sending machine-to-machine (M2M) application specific parameters. These parameters may allow a network operator to guide M2M application behaviour in accordance with potentially limited recourses in the network. These parameters may also be used to provide IPv6 address information to a gateway node and/or M2M server and/or Service Capability Server (SCS).
US09107018B2	System and method for sound reproduction A sound reproduction system for reproducing an audio signal as originating from a first direction relative to a nominal position (211) and orientation of a listener is provided. The system comprises a first sound transducer arrangement (105) arranged to generate sound reaching the nominal position (211) from a first position corresponding to the first direction; and a second sound transducer arrangement (107) arranged to generate sound reaching the nominal position (211) from a second position corresponding to a different direction than the first direction. The arrangements may specifically be loudspeakers positioned at the given positions. A drive circuit (103) generates a first drive signal for the first sound transducer arrangement (105) and a second drive signal for the second sound transducer arrangement (107) from the audio signal. The first position and the second position are located on a sound cone of confusion for the nominal position (211) and the nominal direction. A more flexible loudspeaker positioning may be achieved.
US09107016B2	Interactive hearing aid fitting system and methods Methods and systems of interactive fitting of a hearing aid by a non-expert person without resorting to a clinical setup are disclosed. The system includes an audio generator for delivering test audio signals at predetermined levels to a non-acoustic input of a programmable hearing aid in-situ. The consumer is instructed to listen to the output of the hearing device in-situ and interactively adjust fitting parameters of the programmable hearing aid according to the perceptual assessment of the hearing aid output in-situ. The output is representative of the test audio signal presented to the non-acoustic input. In one embodiment, the fitting system includes a personal computer, a handheld device communicatively coupled to the personal computer, and a fitting software application. In one embodiment, the fitting system includes an earphone for conducting a hearing evaluation.
US09107010B2	Ambient noise root mean square (RMS) detector An RMS detector uses the concept of the k-NN (classifying using nearest neighbors)—algorithm in order to obtain RMS values. A rms detector using first-order regressor with a variable smoothing factor is modified to penalize samples from center of data in order to obtain RMS values. Samples which vary greatly from the background noise levels, such as speech, scratch, wind and other noise spikes, are dampened in the RMS calculation. When background noise changes, the system will track the changes in background noise and include the changes in the calculation of the corrected RMS value. A minimum tracker runs more often (e.g. two or three times) than the rate as in prior art detectors and methods, tracks the minimum rms value, which is to compute a normalized distance value, which in turn is used to normalize the smoothing factor. From this data, a corrected or revised RMS value is determined as the function of the previous RMS value multiplied by one minus the smoothing factor plus the smooth factor times the minimum rms value to output the corrected RMS for the present invention. The rms value is used to generate a reset signal for the minimum tracker and is used to avoid deadlock in the tracker, for example, when the background signal increases/decreases over time.
US09107009B2	Silicon condenser microphone A silicon condenser microphone is disclosed. The microphone includes a transducer, an IC chip, a first board, a second board spaced from the first board by a frame, and a third board located between the first board and the second board. A cavity is accordingly formed by the first board, the frame and the third board to accommodate the transducer and the IC chip. The IC chip is electrically connected to a surface of the third board facing the second board. The microphone provides an enlarged back volume to the transducer and provides the transducer with a shield against electro-magnetic interference. A manufacturing process is also disclosed.
US09107005B2	Speaker A speaker 10 includes: a plurality of piezoelectric diaphragms 11 and 12 each including a substrate and a piezoelectric element provided on at least one surface of the substrate; one or a plurality of connecting members 13 connecting the plurality of piezoelectric diaphragms 11 and 12 to each other such that the plurality of piezoelectric diaphragms 11 and 12 aligned from the piezoelectric diaphragm 11 located at a frontmost side of the speaker 10, in a thickness direction of the piezoelectric diaphragm 11, and the piezoelectric diaphragms 11 and 12 adjacent to each other face each other at an interval; a support member 16 supporting the back-side diaphragm 12 that is a piezoelectric diaphragm at a backmost side of the speaker 10. The plurality of piezoelectric diaphragms 11 and 12 include two piezoelectric diaphragms 11 and 12 having stiffnesses different from each other.
US09107003B2	Extended duct with damping for improved speaker performance An electronic audio device including an enclosure having an acoustic output opening and a speaker positioned within the enclosure. The speaker and the acoustic output opening are acoustically coupled by an acoustic output pathway. The acoustic output pathway includes a damping chamber to dampen a resonance frequency of the acoustic output pathway. The speaker is between the damping chamber and the acoustic output opening.
US09106991B1	Speaker cabinet A speaker cabinet. The speaker cabinet may comprise: a primary speaker cabinet, sound chambers, speakers, one or more sound holes, and a switch. The speakers may comprise a first set and a second set of speakers and may be enclosed in the primary speaker cabinet, such that the speakers are disposed in a radially symmetric manner. Each of the speakers may be individually chambered inside the primary speaker cabinet, such that each of the speakers is double enclosed. The speaker cabinet may lack a dampening material. The speaker cabinet may be constructed of a dense, thin, and solid wood. The sound hole may be positioned at an upper portion of the left or right side of the speaker cabinet. The switch such as a foot switch may be configured to select between the first set and the second set of the speakers for producing sound.
US09106990B2	Failure detection device for vehicle speaker A failure detection device for a vehicle speaker includes a signal generator, an amplifier, a coupling capacitor, a supply circuit, a detection circuit, and a determination section. The signal generator generates a sound signal corresponding to sound outputted from the speaker. The amplifier amplifies the sound signal. The capacitor supplies the amplified sound signal to the speaker. The supply circuit supplies a direct-current test current to the speaker so that the test current does not flow through the capacitor by applying a test voltage to the speaker. The test voltage is higher than a voltage of the sound signal. The detection circuit detects a terminal voltage of the speaker. The determination section determines whether at least one of an open-circuit and a short-circuit occurs in the speaker based on the terminal voltage during application of the sound signal to the speaker.
US09106976B2	System and method for sharing user content through a set-top box The disclosed embodiments include a system, computer readable medium, and method for recording and distributing video content based on DRM parameters. For example, in one embodiment, a set-top box is disclosed that includes a processor for executing a set of instructions. The set-top box also includes memory in communication with the processor. The processor is configured to execute the set of instructions to receive user input to record a video content; determine DRM parameters associated with the video content, wherein the DRM parameters are established by at least of a content owner and a communications service provider, the DRM parameters indicating designated portions of the video content that is recordable; and record the video content based on the DRM parameters.
US09106975B1	Distribution of advertising-free content and replacement advertising to distinct devices A method at a first device coupled to a display includes: when no second device is linked with the first device, receiving a first content stream, the first content stream including a content item and one or more first advertisements, and outputting the content item and the first advertisements to the display. The method also includes: when a second device is linked with the first device, receiving a second content stream, the second content stream including the content item and not including the first advertisements, and outputting the content item to the display without the first advertisements.
US09106971B2	IP-based television messaging services Architecture for the delivery of IP-based messages from wired and/or wireless devices to a television system. The means for delivery can be via an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) technology. The message is processed through a messaging system that obtains a mapping of a message address to an IPTV address, and routes the message to an IPTV network for delivery the desired television system for presentation. Messaging can be via SMS (short message service) for textual content, MMS (multimedia messaging service) for multimedia content, or other messaging technologies, such as instant messaging, an e-mail, for example. Optionally, the message from the user device can include a request for confirmation of delivery of the message to the television. The confirmation can then be routed back over an IP data network to the user device and presented to the user.
US09106963B2	Player-side cache A method includes steps of opening a link between a player's appliance and a network-connected server providing games, selecting a game to play by the player through an interface provided to the player's appliance by the server, transmitting virtual world data by the server to the player's appliance, along with a version identification, storing the virtual world data and associated version identification in a cache at the player's appliance, playing the game by the player using the player's appliance, and suspending play of the game by the player.
US09106958B2	Video recommendation based on affect Analysis of mental states is provided to enable data analysis pertaining to video recommendation based on affect. Video response may be evaluated based on viewing and sampling various videos. Data is captured for viewers of a video where the data includes facial information and/or physiological data. Facial and physiological information may be gathered for a group of viewers. In some embodiments, demographics information is collected and used as a criterion for visualization of affect responses to videos. In some embodiments, data captured from an individual viewer or group of viewers is used to rank videos.
US09106952B2	Media monitoring using multiple types of signatures Media monitoring using multiple types of signatures is disclosed. Example media monitoring methods disclosed herein include reporting media signatures of a first type to monitor media presented by a media device, the media signatures of the first type being generated by a device meter from a sensed signal. Disclosed example media monitoring methods also include, after receiving an indication that a first media signature of the first type is associated with first reference media, generating media signatures of a second type, different from the first type, from the sensed signal to continue monitoring the media presented by the media device. Disclosed example media monitoring methods further include, in response to detecting that a source of the media presented by the media device has changed, generating the media signatures of the first type to continue monitoring the media presented by the media device.
US09106949B2	Creating and viewing customized multimedia segments A system for creating and viewing customized multimedia segments allows a user to create event identification data from in-band data in a program stream. The in-band data is processed and compiled into event identification data associated with the content stream. The event identification data identifies patterns or sequences of in-band data associated with events in the content stream. Metadata are also included in the event identification data. The event identification data is provided to multimedia devices which receive multimedia content streams containing content streams with in-band data. The in-band data are parsed and compared to the event identification data. If a match occurs, the multimedia device uses the metadata to identify events or perform specified actions.
US09106945B2	Electronic apparatus and method of controlling electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus and a method of controlling the electronic apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving a voice command; and if the voice command is a first voice start command, changing a mode of the electronic apparatus to a first voice task mode in which the electronic apparatus is controlled according to further voice input, and if the voice command is a second voice start command, changing the mode of the electronic apparatus to a second voice task mode in which the electronic apparatus is controlled according to the further voice input received via an external apparatus which operates with the electronic apparatus. Therefore, providing efficiency and flexibility in controlling the electronic apparatus by using a microphone of the electronic apparatus or a microphone of the external apparatus.
US09106939B2	Location-based program listing Disclosed are methods that aid users, especially users temporarily staying in locations remote from home, in finding and accessing media content. A program listing tailored for the user's current location, and showing only services actually available at that location, is created and presented to the user. In some embodiments, the user interacts with the listing to access available media content items. If the user has expressed specific location-based preferences, then those preferences can be taken into account when creating the listing. If a service subscribed to by the user is not available at this remote location, then an alternate provider will be searched for, and, if found, the user's favorite shows can be added to the created program listing.
US09106923B2	Apparatus and method for compressing three dimensional video A three-dimensional (3D) compressing method and apparatus is disclosed. The 3D video compressing apparatus determines whether a motion of consecutive frames exists when a depth of a multi-view video is estimated, performs a depth estimation when the motion exists, and compresses the 3D video by using a color video motion vector as a depth video motion vector.
US09106921B2	Configurable transcoder and methods for use therewith A transcoder includes a demultiplexer that demultiplexes a video signal into a video stream, an audio stream and a subtitle stream. A stream probe generates stream format identification data based on the video signal. A transcoder configuration module generates hardware/software configuration data based on the stream format identification data. The hardware/software configuration data configures a plurality of hardware transcoders and the processing device to operate to generate a transcoded video stream, a transcoded audio stream and processed subtitle stream via selected hardware and software blocks. A remultiplexer generates the processed video signal by remultiplexing the transcoded video stream, the transcoded audio stream and the processed subtitle stream, based on the hardware/software configuration data.
US09106906B2	Image generation system, image generation method, and information storage medium An image generation system includes an object space setting section that sets an object space in which a plurality of objects are disposed, and an image generation section that generates a first-viewpoint image viewed from a first viewpoint in the object space, and a second-viewpoint image viewed from a second viewpoint in the object space, the first viewpoint and the second viewpoint implementing stereovision. The image generation section performs a drawing process to generate the first-viewpoint image and the second-viewpoint image, the drawing process changing a display state of an object in a direction from an inner drawing area toward an area outside the inner drawing area, the inner drawing area being positioned within a common area of a first-viewpoint view volume corresponding to the first viewpoint and a second-viewpoint view volume corresponding to the second viewpoint.
US09106889B2	Method of determining motion vectors for bi-predictive image block In one embodiment, the method includes determining a motion vector of a current image block equal to a motion vector of an image block based on a reference picture index indicating a reference picture for the image block. For example, the motion vector of the current image block may be equal to the motion vector of the image block if the reference picture index indicates a long-term reference picture for the image block.
US09106881B2	Scheduling the recording of a program via an advertisement in the broadcast stream A tagging system provides a mechanism for inserting tags into an audio or video television broadcast stream. The tags contain command and control information that the receiver translates and acts upon. The receiver receives the broadcast stream and detects and processes the tags within the broadcast stream which is stored on a storage device that resides on the receiver. Program material from the broadcast stream is played back to the viewer. The receiver performs the appropriate actions in response to the tags. A one-touch recording option is provided. An icon is displayed to the viewer telling the viewer that an advertised program is available for recording at a future time. The viewer presses a single button on an input device causing the receiver to schedule the program for recording.
US09106875B2	System and method for creating a run-time color-conversion look-up table A method for creating a run-time color-conversion look-up table is provided. A conceptual representation of a slice of a color conversion object is presented. The color conversion object is defined by a color coordinate system having a neutral axis and a plurality of color axes. The slice is defined by a plurality of grid points on the color coordinate system that are in a common plane orthogonal to the neutral axis. In addition, the slice is bound along a plurality of faces of the color conversion object for which at least one of the plurality of color axes is at a minimum or maximum value. The method further includes applying design rules for certain grid points and determining outputs for other grid points. The outputs for the slice are stored in a portion of the look-up table. A tool for creating a 3D look-up table is also described.
US09106865B2	Multi-bit error diffusion The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for error diffusion, e.g., for use in a halftone process. The described techniques are faster than known techniques in that they utilize fewer computations on average. Consequently, the described techniques can be more readily implemented in software, for example, though the described techniques are not limited to software.
US09106852B2	Ad converter, signal processing method, solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus Provided is an AD converter including a first AD converting unit in which pixel columns of a pixel array are divided into at least two groups, and that compares a first ramp signal and a first pixel signal output from a first group of the pixel columns and performs AD conversion on the first pixel signal; and a second AD converting unit that compares a second ramp signal and a second pixel signal output from a second group of the pixel columns and performs AD conversion on the second pixel signal, in which the first ramp signal is a signal of which a level is decreased with a constant slope over time in a D-phase period for detecting a signal level of a pixel signal, and the second ramp signal is a signal of which a level is increased with a constant slope over time in the D-phase period.
US09106850B2	Digital image sensor A digital imaging sensor includes an array of pixels. A subset of the pixels in the array has reduced photosensitivity in comparison to other pixels in said array. A controller operates to control an integration time of the array of pixels such that a first integration time of the subset of pixels is longer than a second integration time of the other pixels in the array. Such an image sensor is particularly useful for sensing light sources that are not illuminated continuously.
US09106847B2	System and method for producing color shifting or gloss effect and recording medium with color shifting or gloss effect A gloss effect image pattern is created on a recording medium having a first color by electronically creating a first electronic pattern ink, the first electronic pattern ink including a second color and including holes, the holes representing areas in the first electronic pattern ink wherein the second color is absent; electronically creating an electronic image region having a pattern; electronically painting, using the first electronic pattern ink, a background of electronic image region and the pattern of the electronic image region; electronically painting a predetermined portion of the holes within the electronic image region with a third color, the third color matching the first color of the recording medium; and rendering, using marking materials, the electronic image region on the recording medium.
US09106845B2	Remote dynamic indication of supervisory control and monitoring A system and method for assigning unique and immutable attributes to user profiles and associated image(s) to facilitate the dynamic indication of supervisory control and monitoring through iconic representation, steganographic processing and/or encryption processing.
US09106844B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and projector A projector that acquires evaluation values representing how well projection light is brought into focus on a screen, outputs the acquired evaluation values and a maximum value of the acquired evaluation values, and updates the maximum value to a new value at a predetermined timing.
US09106843B2	Video projector system Some embodiments provide for a modular video projector system having a light engine module and an optical engine module. The light engine module can provide narrow-band laser light to the optical engine module which modulates the laser light according to video signals received from a video processing engine. Some embodiments provide for an optical engine module having a sub-pixel generator configured to display video or images at a resolution of at least four times greater than a resolution of modulating elements within the optical engine module. Systems and methods for reducing speckle are presented in conjunction with the modular video projector system.
US09106834B2	Image display controller capable of providing excellent visibility of display area frames, image pickup apparatus, method of controlling the image display controller, and storage medium An image display controller capable of providing excellent visibility of a face display frame and a human display frame associated with an object. The image display controller detects an object in an image, and identifies a face area of the object distinguishably from a human body area exclusive of the face area. Further, the image display controller generates a face display frame for enclosing the face area and a human body display frame for enclosing the human body area. Then, the image display controller displays the face display frame and the human body display frame on a screen together with the image.
US09106830B2	Image capture apparatus and method for tracking a subject Disclosed is an image capture apparatus that has a subject tracking functionality of sequentially detecting a predetermined subject in images that are continuously shot, and a method for controlling the same. During tracking of the subject, degrees of reliability of tracking are determined. When the detected face is set as a template image, the template image is not changed until it is determined a predetermined plurality of times in succession that the degrees of reliability of tracking are low. It is thus possible to achieve a subject tracking functionality that is hardly affected by false detections.
US09106828B2	Mobile terminal and ineffective region setting method A mobile phone 10 includes a camera control circuit 40 to which an image sensor 42, etc. are connected. If and when a camera function is performed, a through image is displayed on a display 30 on which a touch panel 38 is provided. At a time that the through image is being displayed, if and when a touch operation for designating a region after a touch operation is performed onto a setting key 70, an ineffective region 74 is set within a touch range of the touch panel 38. An imaging key 64 and a cancel key 72 are displayed in the effective region within the touch range excepting the ineffective region.
US09106824B2	Imaging apparatus and driving method selecting one of a phase difference AF mode and a contrast AF mode An imaging apparatus with a solid-state imaging device having phase difference detection pixels arranged on a light receiving surface acquires the size of a main subject image by identifying the main subject image picked on the light receiving surface of the solid-state imaging device, sets an AF region subjected to autofocus processing in accordance with an image size, and selects a phase difference AF mode (step S32) or a contrast AF mode (step S31) depending on whether the image size is larger than a required size (step S23) as a mode used for the autofocus processing.
US09106817B2	In-vehicle camera device An in-vehicle camera device includes: a conductive silicone member including a silicone body made from insulating silicone material and a conductive portion which is embedded in the silicone body so as to expose both ends of the conductive portion to opposing surfaces of the silicone body; a circuit substrate having an image pickup device and a substrate terminal which is arranged so as to make contact with the end of the conductive portion on one surface of the silicone body; a terminal holder having a contact face configured to make contact with the other surface of the silicone body; and harness terminals held by the terminal holder. Each harness terminal includes a front end retained on the contact face of the terminal holder. The front end of each harness terminal is positioned in a same plane with the contact face of the terminal holder.
US09106811B2	Generalized normalization for image display Certain aspects relate to a method and system whereby any defined system characteristic, property, or parameter can be normalized for farther improving the displayed image quality. The normalization processing can use a generalized calibration process and can normalize a system characteristic, or a system property, and/or parameter to result in a more uniform or accurately displayed image using a generalized image processing method.
US09106806B2	Image sensing device The image sensing device (1) includes: a vessel holding portion (32) that holds a culture vessel (S); a swing portion (60) in which the vessel holding portion (32) is provided; a vibration application portion (50); an image sensing portion (10) that senses an image of the cells within the culture vessel (S); an image correction portion (4) that uses images at a plurality of image sensing places which include at least one image sensed by the image sensing portion (10) during vibration so as to correct a displacement between the images caused as a result of the image sensing places being different; and an image processing portion (5) that uses the image sensed by the image sensing portion (10) and the image corrected by the image correction portion (4) so as to distinguish between a state of floatation of the cells and a state of adherence thereof.
US09106804B2	Synthesizing a presentation of a multimedia event Example embodiments of a media synchronization system and method for synthesizing a presentation of a multimedia event are generally described herein. In some example embodiments, the media synchronization system includes a media ingestion module to access a plurality of media clips received from a plurality of client devices, a media analysis module to determine a temporal relation between a first media clip from the plurality of media clips and a second media clip from the plurality of media clips, and a content creation module to align the first media clip and the second media clip based on the temporal relation, and to combine the first media clip and the second media clip to generate the presentation.
US09106802B2	Dual-type of playback for multimedia content Using multimedia data for both continuous playback and streaming playback purposes, including: encoding an elementary stream of multimedia content into a fixed length of a group of pictures; multiplexing the encoded multimedia content into a transport stream; locating data offsets of each GOP header inside the transport stream; and uploading the data offsets along with the transport stream to a server. Continuous and streaming playback of multimedia content.
US09106800B2	System and method of monitoring video data packet delivery Systems and methods of monitoring packet delivery are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes querying multiple network devices for performance metrics corresponding to video data packets sent from a video server. The network devices may include multicast branching points between the video server and the destination. A delivery failure may be identified based on the performance metrics, and a response to the delivery failure may be initiated.
US09106796B2	Configuration apparatus and method of configuring one or more devices having hidden configuration settings A configuration apparatus includes a user interface allowing a user to initiate configuration of at least a target configurable device selected from a plurality of configurable devices. A command module is coupled to the user interface for dynamically generating a sequence of commands required to configure the target configurable device. The sequence of commands includes commands for entering a hidden service-configuration menu of the target configurable device. A communication module is coupled to the command module for transmitting the sequence of commands to the target configurable device.
US09106791B2	Collaborative entertainment platform Various systems and methods for a collaborative entertainment platform are herein described. A plurality of viewing devices configured to display images to respective screens may be identified. An application control command may be received from a viewing device in the plurality of viewing devices. An environmental indication may be received from at least one viewing device in the plurality of viewing devices. Display of a video stream may be synchronized at the plurality of viewing devices, where the video stream may include results of the application control command. The environmental indication may be presented to each viewing device in the plurality of viewing devices that is not the at least one viewing device.
US09106788B2	Object tracking using momentum and acceleration vectors in a motion estimation system A method and apparatus for motion estimation in a sequence of video images involves a) subdividing each field or frame of a sequence of video images into a plurality of blocks, b) assigning to each block in each video field or frame a respective set of candidate motion vectors, c) determining for each block in a current video field or frame, which of its respective candidate motion vectors produces a best match to a block in a previous video field or frame, d) forming a motion vector field for the current video field or frame using the thus determined best match vectors for each block, and e) forming a further motion vector field by storing a candidate motion vector derived from the best match vector at a block location offset by a distance derived from the candidate motion vector.
US09106779B2	Communication apparatus and communication system A communication apparatus includes: a communicating device configured to communicate with a mobile terminal according to a short distance wireless communication standard; at least one input receiver each configured to receive an input; and a controller configured to execute a processing related to the input received by the at least one input receiver. The controller is configured to execute: an approach detection processing in which the controller detects an approach of the mobile terminal to the communicating device; and a disabling processing in which the controller disables at least a portion of the at least one input receiver in response to detection of the approach of the mobile terminal in the approach detection processing.
US09106774B2	Communication apparatus, image forming apparatus, and control method for communication apparatus A communication apparatus includes a communication unit. When receiving a request to start communication from a second communication apparatus during communication with a first communication apparatus, the communication unit transmits to the second communication apparatus a communication disabled notification with a retransmission time period indicating a time until the request to start communication again. In addition, when receiving a request to start communication from a third communication apparatus after completing the communication with the first communication apparatus and before receiving the request to start communication sent again from the second communication apparatus based on the retransmission time period, the communication unit does not start data reception from the third communication apparatus so as to give priority to data communication with the second communication apparatus.
US09106772B2	Image processing apparatus and method of controlling the same When an error occurs in communication between an access point and an image processing apparatus, it is determined whether a setting of the access point has been changed. When an error occurs in communication between the access point and the image processing apparatus, the error is notified to a user. If it is determined that the setting of the access point has been changed, resetting of a wireless LAN by a user is awaited, and then, connection between the access point and the image processing apparatus is started.
US09106768B2	Method for enabling a wireless device for geographically preferential services Disclosed is system comprising: a server platform operative to communicate with a wireless communication network; and data storage coupled to the server platform to store a plurality of business rules, wherein the server platform is operative to: generate a first provision instruction to provision a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) with a first rule set associated with a first set of business rules for wireless usage incurred by a mobile terminal operating in the wireless communication network; generate a first billing instruction based on the first set of business rules and a first data type determined by a packet gateway that inspects packet data communicated to or from the mobile terminal.
US09106745B2	Voice response unit harvesting A system, method and program product for providing voice response unit (VRU) harvesting. A system is provided that includes: an account management system for allowing a user to identify a set of VRUs and associated data desired from each VRU; a navigation system for automatically navigating each VRU and collecting the desired data from each VRU; and an output system for outputting the desired data for the user.
US09106742B2	Devices, systems, and/or methods regarding telecommunications addressing Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method, which can comprise automatically causing a call to be connected. The call can be connected via a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) user identity provided by a calling device that requests the call. The SIP public user identity can be associated with one or more called devices. The SIP public user identity can be one of a set of one or more SIP user identities associated with a user.
US09106741B2	Audio recording apparatus, audio recording method and audio recording program An audio recording apparatus that includes: an acquisition part that acquires a fragment data set indicating an action of a switchboard to a call, and an execution time of the action; a history generation part that generates a historical data set indicating a history of response states of an agent to one call, from a plurality of fragment data sets acquired; a talking storage part that stores audio recording data of talking of the agent; a display control part that causes a link display image to be displayed on a display unit, the link display image indicating a link to the corresponding audio recording data, in association with historical display of response states of the agent, based on the historical data set; and a replaying part that replays the audio recording data, when the link display image is selected.
US09106738B2	Registration, verification and notification system A registrant provides at least one registrant electronic contact, such as a telephone number, during a registration process. The registrant's information may be compared to a database of such information. The registrant is verified by establishing a connection with the registrant via the registrant contact. The verification code is communicated to the registrant, which is input into an on-line form. Notification events are established, and the registrant is notified of the occurrence of a previously established notification event by establishing a connection with the registrant via the registrant contact.
US09106734B2	Computer system and processor having integrated phone functionality A computer system including telephone functionality. The computer system includes a first keyboard and a first display. The computer system also includes a processor having at least a first functional unit and a second functional unit, and further includes a phone portion. The computer system may operate in a first mode, a second mode, or a third mode. In the first mode, only the phone portion is activated, and the phone portion provides a functionality of placing and receiving phone calls without being removed from the computer system. In the second mode, the phone portion and first functional unit of the processor are activated. In the third mode, each of the phone portion, the first functional unit, and the second functional unit are activated.
US09106729B2	Personal gateway for originating and terminating telephone calls A system, method and software product connects a call from an internet protocol (IP) phone and a telephone apparatus connected to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) using a personal gateway configured within a network group. A call from a user of the IP phone is answered and the user is authenticated. A destination number for the telephone apparatus is received from the user. A list of personal gateways is created based upon the destination number. The list is prioritized based upon least cost routing. A highest priority personal gateway that is available is determined using the prioritized list. The highest priority personal gateway that is available is instructed to dial the destination number using a PSTN interface. The IP phone connects with the telephone apparatus to make the call. The call terminates and associated resources are freed if either the IP phone or the telephone apparatus hangs-up.
US09106727B2	SIM card seat and mobile terminal The present disclosure provides a SIM card seat and a mobile terminal, which belongs to the electronic technical field. The SIM card seat is used for receiving a SIM card, which comprises a housing, a signal conducting terminal, a card holder and a ejector. The signal conducting terminal is disposed on the motherboard. A receiving space is formed between an area of the motherboard where the signal conducting terminal is located and the housing, which is used for receiving the card holder and ejector. The card holder is used for receiving the SIM card and matching different types of SIM cards. The ejector is used for ejecting the card holder out of the receiving space. The mobile terminal comprises the SIM card seat. The SIM card seat according to the present disclosure can match different types of SIM cards by changing the card holder, thus the mobile terminal having the SIM card can match various SIM cards accordingly. Therefore, it is not required for the user to change the SIM card to match various mobile phones, which is convenient for the user, and reduces waste of resources.
US09106725B2	Buffer controller correcting packet order for codec conversion A buffer controller has a buffer for holding plural sets of data contained in a packet entered from a telecommunications network, a codec converter and a controller. When receiving a packet, the buffer controller has the controller put data, in the packet, in a storage position in the buffer corresponding to the sequence number of the packet, and makes a decision as to whether or not the codec conversion is to be performed. If packets are out of sequence, lost or dropped during communication, the buffer controller can correct the packet order and compensate the packet loss with the minimum delay.
US09106724B1	Communication aggregation A text communication aggregator stores text communications between patrons and a contact handling system. The communications each include a tag identifying senders of the text communications. The aggregator further provides the stored text communications as threaded conversations. Each of the threaded conversations include text communications between a particular patron and the contact handling system, and each of the threaded conversations is associated with the particular patron. The aggregator further provides identifiers that identify threaded conversations having at least one new text communication from the patrons.
US09106722B2	Dynamic transcoder placement The invention provides for a dynamic transcoder placement in case that transcoding functionality for codecs is offered in a TRAU associated to a Base Station Controller and/or a MGW selected for a call.
US09106721B2	Application state synchronization across multiple devices Techniques for a method for automatically synchronizing application state across multiple devices are disclosed herein. The method includes running an instance of a computer application on an electronic device, automatically determining a sync event that occurs in the electronic device, wherein the sync event suggests a synchronization of application state data and the application state data represent an application state of the computer application at the sync event, and transmitting the application state data of the computer application to a storage server in response to the sync event. The application state data of the computer application enables another instance of the computer application to resume the application state at the sync event at another electronic device.
US09106720B1	Personalized smart-list video channels Disclosed are various embodiments for providing one or more streams of digital content to a user. A request for content may be received by a video content provider from a client device. Digital content may be determined by the video content provider, encoded in a stream, and transmitted to the client device. The digital content may be determined based at least in part on a user and/or the client device requesting the digital content.
US09106708B2	Dynamic change of MAC address The present invention is related to a method to control and to change dynamically a MAC address in an aggregation network containing at least a server computer device and a client device, comprising the steps of: Sending from said client device to a server computer device a message (1,11) containing the MAC address of said client computer device, Retrieving said MAC address from said message at said server computer device (2,12), Checking if said MAC address is already in use (by a user) in said network or if said server computer device wants to change all MAC addresses in said network, If so, sending from said server computer device to said client device a message (3,13) containing a new MAC address for said client, Overwriting said MAC address with said new MAC address in said client computer device (4,14).
US09106682B2	Method for directing audited data traffic to specific repositories Data traffic is monitored on a network and data access elements thereof are collected. The collected data access elements are compared to security rules providing sets of predefined data access elements for identifying predefined data accesses. First audit data collections for data accesses are sent to a first repository. For a data access that matches one of the rules, a second audit data collection defined by the matching rule is sent to at least a second repository designated by the matching rule.
US09106674B2	Increasing the number of domain identifiers for use by a switch in an established fibre channel switched fabric The number of domain identifiers is incrementally increased for use by a switch in an established fiber channel switched fabric. In other words, the number of domains assigned to a switch by the Principal Switch of the fiber channel switched fabric is increased without triggering the reconfiguration of the established fiber channel switched fabric. In one implementation, incrementally adding one or more additional domain identifiers includes requesting said one or more additional domain identifiers from a Principal Switch of the fiber channel switched fabric using a different World Wide Name (WWN) than used to acquire the original one or more domain identifiers used by the switch.
US09106673B2	Systems and methods for connecting telephony communications Systems and methods performed by an IP telephony system are designed to determine when two parties to a recently terminated telephony communication are simultaneously calling each other in an attempt to re-establish a telephony communication. When the IP telephony system determines that this situation is occurring, the IP telephony system acts to connect the two parties, rather than have both of them see their new call setup attempt fail because the other party's telephony device is indicated to be busy.
US09106665B2	Automatic device authentication and account identification without user input when application is started on mobile station Disclosed procedures automatically identify a carrier-authorized mobile station and verify an account related identifier associated with the device, in response to start-up of an application in the device. Application start-up causes the device to send a request to an application server, with the device's current IP address, MTN and a device identifier such as MEID or ESN. The server queries an AAA system of the network to retrieve the MTN that has been assigned the IP address. If the retrieved MTN matches the MTN passed to the server in the request, the server queries a network database such as DMD for the device identifier associated with the MTN. A match of the device identifier retrieved from the network database with that passed to the server via the request indicates authenticity of the requesting device and its MTN.
US09106663B2	Latency-based routing and load balancing in a network Aspects of the disclosure relate to routing queries to a network repository and load balancing in a network. For a network repository having a plurality of content storage sites, relative replication latency of data among a pair of content storages sites can be monitored. Data indicative of such replication latency can be distributed among the content storage sites and can be provided, for example, to a network node in a system layer. A traffic and control manager can determine routing pathways for queries based at least in part on the relative replication latency data and performance conditions of network nodes.
US09106655B2	Real-time transport protocol (RTP) source translator A translation device includes a receiver, a processor and a transmitter. The receiver is configured to receive packets from a first party designated for a second party, the received packets including parameters associated with the first party. The processor is configured to translate the parameters of the received packets to form translated packets such that the parameters of the translated packets are associated with the device. The transmitter is configured to transmit the translated packets to the second party.
US09106654B2	Unifying conflicting media identifiers A unified system of unique identifiers is used to match enrichment content with primary content being delivered by subscribers, e.g. broadcasters, in different markets, market segments, etc. Songs, video, advertisements, or other content from multiple different content publishers or databases, each of which may be assigned identifiers using different identification systems, are assigned a unified, unique identifier. The unique identifiers are also mapped to content identifiers used by subscribers. When subscribers provide primary content, for example by broadcasting the content to end users, enrichment content is matched to the unified, unique identifier associated with the content, and appropriate enrichment data and content are sent to the subscriber for distribution along with the primary content. If subscribers or content publishers change their own identifiers associated with content, the content can be un-matched and re-matched with the same or a different unique identifier.
US09106650B2	User-driven access control An access system is described herein which allows an application module to access a user-owned resource based on an indication of a user's intent to interact with the user-owned resource. For example, the application module can provide an application user interface which embeds a gadget associated with a particular user-owned resource. The access system can interpret the user's interaction with the gadget as conferring implicit permission to the application module to access the user-owned resource associated with the gadget. In addition, or alternatively, the user may make a telltale gesture in the course of interacting with the application module. The access system can interpret this gesture as conferring implicit permission to the application module to access a user-owned resource that is associated with the gesture.
US09106649B2	Method and system for efficient remote application provision A method of remotely providing an application includes identifying a visible portion of a first application window on a display of a client. A data stream corresponding only to the visible portion of the first application window is received. The received data stream is provided to the client such that the visible portion of the first application window is able to be presented on the display.
US09106648B2	Method and apparatus for data transmission Embodiments of the present invention relate to communications technologies and disclose a method and a system for establishing a data transmission channel, a SIP server, and a session border controller. A first authentication request message is sent by a first terminal. The first authentication request message includes identifier information of the first terminal and identity information of a second terminal. It is determined that the identifier information of the first terminal matches pre-stored authentication information of the first terminal. According to the identity information of the second terminal, a second authentication request message that carries authentication information of the second terminal is sent to the second terminal. After receiving an authentication success response message from the second terminal, a data transmission channel is established between the first terminal and the second terminal.
US09106641B1	Direct mode adapter based shortcut for FCoE data transfer This invention permits all FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet) frames to be transferred from one FCoE network adapter to another without having to traverse through a Fiber Channel Forwarder (FCF) device. After the FCF is determined not to be present, a logical End-To-End connection is established between Peer FCoE Adapters. This invention permits an FCoE message originating at an FCoE network adapter to be sent to an FCoE receiving adapter across “Ethernet” links and switches, or via a single “Ethernet” link (Point-To-Point) but without having to pass through FCF devices.
US09106628B2	Efficient key management system and method A system for providing cost effective, secure key exchange from at least one first device to at least one second device through at least one proxy server is provided. The system includes a first key exchange message from the at least one first device to the at least one second device via the at least one proxy server. A second key exchange message from the at least one second device to the at least one first device via a media stream of the Internet is required to complete the computation of the session key. A method of securing a communication system is also set forth. The method includes the steps of providing a routing device for identifying a subscriber, and providing a master key exchange session, the master key exchange session including a key k to find a subscriber and a nonce r to answer a query to the subscriber, wherein the master key exchange session includes both the key k and the nonce r.
US09106622B2	Network-based service for secure electronic mail delivery on an internet protocol network A network is disclosed that includes a message originator computer and a message recipient computer, for secure electronic mail delivery. In accordance with the invention, the network includes a message delivery server that can distinguish between real and phantom messages. In operation, the message originator computer waits a random time and then transmits a first encrypted phantom message to the message delivery server. This message is to spoof an eavesdropper into believing that there is a steady stream of messages being sent from the originator computer. However, the message delivery server recognizes the message as a phantom message and discards it. When the message originator computer receives a user request to transmit a real message to the recipient computer, it waits a random time and then encrypts and transmits the real message to the message delivery server. The message delivery server recognizes the message as a real message and forwards the real message to the recipient computer. Meanwhile, the message originator computer can continue transmitting encrypted phantom messages to the message delivery server. In this manner, an eavesdropper will be tricked into believing that there is a steady stream of messages being sent from the originator computer.
US09106621B2	Rights management system and method integrated with email transmission of documents A rights management system and method allow users to easily associate rights management policies with documents send via email from a client (e.g. a computer or scanner). The client transmits email recipient information, including the attention type (“to,” “cc” or “bcc”) for each recipient, to a rights management server. The server stores multiple rights management policies each specifying access rights (e.g. view, edit, print) granted to specified users, and stores an attention-right rule defining a correspondence between access rights and attention types. Based on the recipient information from the client, and applying the attention-rights rule, the server selects an appropriate policy or creates a new one if an appropriate policy does not exist, and transmits the policy, a document ID and an encryption key to the client. The client encrypts the document, adds metadata to the document, and sends the email with the attached document to a mail server.
US09106616B2	Systems and method for secure delivery of files to authorized recipients By asking the recipient of an encrypted received file to read aloud a check text, retrieved from a network server, that address, or URL, is encoded within the file name of the encrypted received file, the system of the invention automatically verifies the identity of the recipient, confirms that the file has been received by the intended recipient, and then decrypts the file. The utterances of text spoken by the recipient are processed by means of an automatic speech recognition component. The system determines whether the spoken text corresponds to the check text presented to the reader, in which case the system applies an automatic speaker recognition algorithm to determine whether the person reciting the check text has voice characteristics matching those of the intended recipient based on a previous enrollment of the intended recipient's voice to the system. When the system confirms the identity of the recipient, the decryption key is transmitted and the encrypted received file is automatically decrypted and displayed to the recipient. In a preferred embodiment, the system records and marks with a time-stamp the recipient's reciting of the voice check text, so that it can later be compared to the intended recipient's voice if the recipient repudiates reception.
US09106603B2	Apparatus, method and computer-readable storage mediums for determining application protocol elements as different types of lawful interception content An example apparatus is provided that includes a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus to at least perform a number of operations. The operations include receiving a communication including an application protocol primitive that itself includes protocol information element(s). The operations also include comparing the application protocol primitive to a protocol document type definition (DTD) including a plurality of elements, and lawful interception attribute(s) for one or more of its elements. The application protocol primitive is compared to the DTD to identify lawful interception attributes of protocol information element(s) of the primitive. The operations also include preparing one or more of the protocol information elements for transmission to an interception monitoring facility according to the lawful interception attributes of the respective protocol information element(s).
US09106602B1	Differentiated display of messages on social networks A system and method for providing for display of a message within a social networking website are provided. A message is received and a content type is determined by one of: an identification of the content type by a selection of a sender of the message of either an original content type including original content generated by the sender or generated by a personal contact of the sender or a non-original content type including reproduced content not generated by the sender or not generated by any personal contact of the sender; or an automatic identification of content of the message, the content type identifying the message as original or non-original. The content type is associated with the message and differentiated display of the message is provided based on whether the associated content type identifies the message as original or non-original.
US09106584B2	Cloud infrastructure services An aspect of the disclosed technology is a general-purpose platform that may be used to provide resilient cloud services. Tasks may be written as procedures in general-purpose programming languages that directly manipulate resources via control interfaces. In one implementation, resource states, such as router configurations and virtual machine states, associated with a cloud customer that provides communications services, may be abstracted into tables in a relational or semi-structured database. State changes that have been written to the database tables are automatically propagated by the database to appropriate customer physical devices, such as network elements, thereby implementing various customer network operations.
US09106576B2	Policy-aware based method for deployment of enterprise virtual tenant networks A method for policy-aware mapping of an enterprise virtual tenant network includes receiving inputs from a hosting network and tenants, translating resource demand and policies of the tenants into a network topology and bandwidth demand on each link in the network; pre-arranging a physical resource of a physical topology for clustering servers on the network to form an allocation unit before a VTN allocation; allocating resources of the hosting network to satisfy demand of the tenants in response to a VTN demand request; and conducting a policy aware VTN mapping for enumerating all feasibly resource mappings, bounded by a predetermined counter for outputting optimal mapping with policy-compliant routing paths in the hosting network.
US09106570B2	50 Gb/s Ethernet using serializer/deserializer lanes Systems, devices, and methods of implementing 50 Gb/s Ethernet using serializer/deserializer lanes are disclosed. One such device includes circuitry operable to provide a media access control (MAC) interface. The MAC interface is associated with a port having a 50 Gb/s link rate. The device also includes circuitry operable to generate Ethernet frames from data received at the MAC interface and circuitry operable to distribute the Ethernet frames across a group of serial/deserializer (SERDES) lanes associated with the port, the group having size N. The device also includes circuitry operable to transmit the distributed Ethernet frames on each of the SERDES lanes at a 50/N Gb/s rate.
US09106567B2	System and method for setting a path to an access point across a wireless mesh network A node within a wireless mesh network performs a path analysis on an advertised path to an access point that has a cost value less than the cost value of the current primary path to the access point. Depending on the cost value difference between the respective cost values of the advertised path and the current primary path, the node may perform a different type of path analysis. Based on the result of that path analysis, the node may change paths to the access point and use the advertised path as the primary path. Further, the node maintains a secondary path so that, in the event that the primary path fails, the node can default to using the secondary path.
US09106565B2	Loop avoidance for event-driven virtual link aggregation Embodiments of the invention relate to virtual link aggregation. One embodiment includes forming one or more virtual links using physical links connecting a first networking element, a second networking element and a third networking element. A first trigger status indication is used for blocking network traffic for avoiding traffic loops occurring over the one or more virtual links.
US09106563B2	Method and apparatus for switching communications traffic in a communications network In current hardware forwarding architectures, in which subscriber profiles are distributed across multiple cards in the network, lack of subscriber knowledge leads to loss of bandwidth on fabric links connecting multiple cards in a chassis, loss of device processing cycles, and loss of quality of service knowledge because the traffic is not classified. An example embodiment of the present invention employs a subscriber-aware switch programmed with a subscriber table that maps subscriber traffic to an “anchor” line card with the subscriber's profile. The subscriber table allows for traffic to reach the anchor line card directly, avoiding unnecessary hops and loss of traffic information. As a result, line card, fabric, and other resources are used efficiently, thereby enabling a gateway or other network node to support high traffic rate (e.g., 100 Gbps) network models.
US09106560B2	Solving network traffic congestion using device grouping A method, system, and computer program product for solving a network traffic congestion problem are provided in the illustrative embodiments. Using an application executing using a processor and a memory in a data processing system, a congested network route section is selected from a set of congested network route sections. A set of congesting devices is selected, where the set of congesting devices causes congestion in the selected congested network route sections by using the selected congested network route section. A vacancy data structure corresponding to the selected congested network route section is populated. A subset of the set of the congesting devices is selected. The subset of the set of the congesting devices is rerouted to a candidate network route section identified in the vacancy data structure.
US09106559B2	Systems and methods for automatically selecting a communication channel In one embodiment, automatically selecting a local communication channel for downloading a block of data via a network includes downloading portions of the block of data using first and second communication channels, determining a bottleneck exists on one of the local communication channels or on a component upstream from the channels, in response to determining the bottleneck exists on one of the local communication channels, selecting the communication channel that has the lowest energy cost and a download speed that meets a minimum threshold, and in response to determining the bottleneck exists upstream from the local communication channels, selecting the local communication channel having the lowest energy cost.
US09106552B2	Technique for end-to-end admission control of real-time packet flows A technique for end-to-end admission control of real-time packet flows is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for end-to-end admission control of real-time packet flows in a network having a plurality of network elements. The method may include transmitting at least one probe packet from a first network element to a second network element via a network path, determining, at at least one intermediate network element on the network path, at least one flow rate associated with a plurality of packets, marking at least one predetermined bit in the at least one probe packet if the at least one flow rate is greater than a predetermined rate, and controlling an admission of additional packets into the network based at least in part on the marking of the at least one predetermined bit in the at least one probe packet.
US09106529B2	Virtual network configuration and management A Hardware Management Console (HMC) configures virtual networks. The HMC extends Internal Queued Direct I/O to an intra-ensemble data network (IEDN) within a cluster of virtual servers to define a single channel path identifier, and to define a channel parameter. The HMC defines at least one virtual network. The HMC defines a bridge port within each CPC that supports at least one of the virtual servers. The HMC defines a network interface for each virtual server within each cluster. The HMC grants access to a corresponding virtual network for each virtual server.
US09106527B1	Hierarchical resource groups for providing segregated management access to a distributed switch In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a network management module configured to execute at a network device operatively coupled to a switch fabric. The network management module is configured to receive a first set of configuration information associated with a subset of network resources from a set of network resources, the set of network resources being included in a virtual local area network from a plurality of virtual local area networks, the plurality of virtual local area networks being defined within the switch fabric. The first set of configuration information dynamically includes at least a second set of configuration information associated with the set of network resources.
US09106523B2	Communication device and method of controlling the same Provided is a communication device including a plurality of physical ports, the communication device holding information for associating each of at least one logical port and at least two physical ports, the communication device being configured to: identify, when any one of the plurality of physical ports receives data including user data, one of the at least one logical port as an output destination of the data based on destination information included in the received data; select, based on the data, one of the at least two physical ports associated with the identified logical port as an destination of the data; generate coupling check data relating to one of the plurality of physical ports; transmit the coupling check data from the one of the plurality of physical ports; and transmit data including the user data from the physical port selected by a first processing unit as the output destination.
US09106519B1	Wireless communication system for determining user equipment quality of service A wireless communication network estimates User Equipment (UE) Quality of Service (QoS). The wireless communication network processes a signal strength metric measured by the UE to select an RF coverage module. The wireless communication network process the selected RF coverage module to determine an RF coverage score. The RF coverage score represents the amount of overlapping RF coverage. The wireless communication network processes the RF coverage score to select an application module. The wireless communication network processes the application module to identify a service module. The wireless communication network processes the service module based on RF parameters measured by the UE to estimate a QoS for the UE. The wireless communication network transfers the estimated QoS to the UE.
US09106510B2	Distributed demand matrix computations In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a packet at a first network device, logging the packet into a demand corresponding to a cell of a demand matrix, and storing the demand in a demand database at the first network device. The demand database includes a plurality of demands computed for a specified time period and corresponding to cells of the demand matrix associated with traffic entering a network at the first network device. Demands corresponding to cells of the demand matrix associated with traffic entering the network at a second network device are computed and stored at the second network device. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
US09106508B2	Providing services to virtual overlay network traffic According to one embodiment, a system includes an overlay network device which includes an interface adapted for electrically communicating with a virtual overlay network (VON) gateway, logic adapted for receiving a plurality of packets from the VON gateway, logic adapted for determining whether the plurality of packets comprise an overlay header, logic adapted for de-encapsulating inner packets of packets comprising an overlay header, logic adapted for performing services on the plurality of packets or the de-encapsulated inner packets, and logic adapted for encapsulating the serviced inner packets or the serviced packets with an overlay header to be switched to a destination address in a virtual network and sending the encapsulated packets to the VON gateway or logic adapted for sending the serviced packets to the VON gateway without encapsulating the packets with an overlay header to be switched to a destination address in a non-virtual network.
US09106507B1	Selective packet voice trigger use in a wireless communication network Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for selective use of a packet voice trigger in a wireless access network. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving a call request for a call from a wireless device. The method further provides determining a location of the wireless device and processing an identifier for the wireless device to retrieve a device profile for the wireless device. If the device profile indicates that a trigger should be used for packet voice communications, then the method provides determining whether the trigger should be disarmed based on a quantity of the plurality of different access networks available to the wireless device at the location. If the trigger is armed, transfer the call request for delivery to the packet voice server to set up the call and, if not, process the call request in the wireless access network to set up the call.
US09106500B2	Systems and methods of RF power transmission, modulation, and amplification, including embodiments for error correction Methods and systems for vector combining power amplification are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a plurality of signals are individually amplified, then summed to form a desired time-varying complex envelope signal. Phase and/or frequency characteristics of one or more of the signals are controlled to provide the desired phase, frequency, and/or amplitude characteristics of the desired time-varying complex envelope signal. In another embodiment, a time-varying complex envelope signal is decomposed into a plurality of constant envelope constituent signals. The constituent signals are amplified equally or substantially equally, and then summed to construct an amplified version of the original time-varying envelope signal. Embodiments also perform frequency up-conversion.
US09106495B2	Wireless communication method and apparatus based on channel function Disclosed are a wireless communication method of improving frequency efficiency based on a channel function in a wireless communication system and an apparatus thereof. The wireless communication system using a digital modulation scheme, includes: a transmitting apparatus which modulates a data signal to generate a modulation symbol, generates a channel symbol function corresponding to the modulation symbol, combines the modulation symbol with the channel symbol function to generate a transmission symbol to transmit the generated transmission symbol through a transmission antenna; and a receiving apparatus which receives the transmission symbol through a reception antenna, estimates a channel symbol function included in the transmission symbol, and extracts the data signal based on the modulation symbol included in the transmission symbol.
US09106486B2	Transmission apparatus, reception apparatus and digital radio communication method A transmission method includes generating first symbols for transmitting data, a signal point of each of the first symbols on an in-phase and quadrature-phase plane comprising an in-phase component and a quadrature-phase component and generating a second symbol, the second symbol being a pilot symbol. The method further includes selecting an insertion pattern of the second symbol, from a plurality of predetermined insertion patterns, inserting the second symbol in the first symbols based on the selected insertion pattern to generate a transmission signal, and transmitting the transmission signal. The first symbols are generated using a modulation scheme selected from a plurality of modulation schemes.
US09106480B2	Performing computations in a distributed infrastructure The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for performing computations in a distributed infrastructure. Embodiments of the invention include a general purpose distributed computation infrastructure that can be used to perform efficient (in-memory), scalable, failure-resilient, atomic, flow-controlled, long-running state-less and state-full distributed computations. Guarantees provided by a distributed computation infrastructure can build upon existent guarantees of an underlying distributed fabric in order to hide the complexities of fault-tolerance, enable large scale highly available processing, allow for efficient resource utilization, and facilitate generic development of stateful and stateless computations. A distributed computation infrastructure can also provide a substrate on which existent distributed computation models can be enhanced to become failure-resilient.
US09106474B2	Lossless data streaming to multiple clients System and method for streaming data. A host device that includes a server may acquire data from a data source. The server may receive a request for data from at least one client device over a network via a lossless transmission protocol, wherein the request may specify a range of data to stream to the at least one client device. The server may stream the data over the network to the at least one client device via the lossless transmission protocol in accordance with the request. The at least one client device may receive and process the streamed data.
US09106465B2	Multiwire linear equalizer for vector signaling code receiver Continuous-time linear equalization of received signals on multiple wire channels while maintaining accurate common mode signal values. Multiwire group signaling using vector signaling codes simultaneously transmits encoded values on multiple wires, requiring multiple receive signals to be sampled simultaneously to retrieve the full transmitted code word. By misaligning transitions on multiple wires, skew introduces a transient common mode signal component that is preserved by using frequency-selective common mode feedback at the receiver to obtain accurate sampling results.
US09106459B2	Communication circuit apparatus and transceiver having the same A communication circuit apparatus includes: multiple level shift circuits, each of which receives an input signal corresponding to a respective communication bus; an activation comparator for generating an activation signal when the input signal is input into one of the level shift circuits, and a level of the input signal exceeds a predetermined threshold; multiple input current voltage conversion circuits, each of which is arranged together with a respective level shift circuit, converts the input signal to a voltage signal, and outputs the voltage signal as an identification signal; and an identification circuit for identifying one of the communication busses based on the identification signal, which is output from one of the input current voltage conversion circuits. The one of the communication busses corresponds to the one of the level shift circuits, in which the input signal is input.
US09106453B2	Remote radio head unit system with wideband power amplifier and method A remote radio head unit (RRU) system for multiple operating frequency bands, multi-channels, driven by a single or more wide band power amplifiers. More specifically, the present invention enables multiple-bands RRU to use fewer power amplifiers in order to reduce size and cost of the multi-band RRU. The present invention is based on the method of using duplexers and/or interference cancellation system technique to increase the isolation between the transmitter signal and receiver signal of the RRU.
US09106446B1	Method and apparatus for assigning and allocating network resources to packet-based virtual private networks A method and apparatus for controlling bandwidth in a Virtual Private Network assigns and allocates transmission bandwidth to packet VPNs for either connectionless or connection-oriented communication. The method creates two views of transmission facilities: a user plane view and a control plane view. In the user plane view, the bandwidth of the transmission facility is split into quantified and identified partitions. In the control plane view, transmission facilities are represented as logical links forming a topology that can be used for the purpose of routing the VPN. The two views are tied together by assigning user plane partitions to VPN control plane links. As a result, the allocation of bandwidth to VPNs becomes a controllable and viewable entity, thereby facilitating management and QoS provisioning in a VPN network.
US09106445B2	Virtual extended network A network device may receive a data structure, intended for a second computing device, from a first computing device. The network device may determine, based on the first data structure, whether the first computing device and the second computing device correspond to the same virtual network. When then the first computing device and the second computing device correspond to the same virtual network, the network device may communicate the data structure to the second computing device. However, when the first computing device and the second computing device do not correspond to the same virtual network, the network device may disregard the data structure.
US09106435B2	Efficient data transmission within MoCA Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network. One such embodiment is a method comprising: dedicating a portion of a MAP cycle prior to a MAP packet to reservation requests and small data packets; and dedicating a portion of the MAP cycle after the MAP packet to data traffic.
US09106427B2	Local area network A local area network having multiplexing means for establishing out-of-band channels along with corresponding Ethernet channels over shared transmission media of twisted pair cables. The out-of-band channels are configured for implementing a separate packet switching system for operating a dedicated network application such as IP telephony communications; power sourcing equipment (PSE) may be further provided for supplying inline power over the twisted pair cables; and means for network access control and device location tracking may be further implemented for the separate packet switching system.
US09106425B2	Method and system for restricting execution of virtual applications to a managed process environment Methods and systems for restricting the launch of virtual application files. In one embodiment, a launching application is signed with a digital signature. When the launching application launches a runtime engine and instructs it to execute an application file, the runtime engine determines whether an entity identifier associated with the launching application identifies an authorized entity. If the entity identifier identifies an authorized entity and the digital signature is valid, the runtime engine executes the application file. In another embodiment, a ticket is transmitted to the launching application along with an instruction to launch the application file. The ticket includes a digital signature and an expiration date. The launching application communicates the ticket to the runtime engine, which will execute the application file only if the digital signature is valid and a current date is not later than the expiration date.
US09106424B2	Method and system for providing users login access to multiple devices via a communication system Multiple user, multiple login access to electronic devices in a communication system is provided. In response to user login requests, login access is controlled by providing multiple users login access to plural electronic devices capable of communicating via the communication system. Each electronic device allows multiple users to be logged on or logged off the electronic device concurrently. User profiles and activity are shared between the plural electronic devices.
US09106422B2	System and method for personalized security signature Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for authenticating users based on personalized (i.e., user-provided or user-selected) authentication data. In one set of embodiments, the personalized authentication data includes acoustic, image, and/or video data, but is exclusive of biometric data of the user. In this manner, existing acoustic, image, and video-based authentication interfaces/mechanisms may be leveraged, without the problems associated with verifying biometric data. In some embodiments, a user may enroll or register multiple pieces of personalized authentication data into an authentication system. The user may then select one piece of personalized authentication data for use by the system at a time of authentication.
US09106421B1	Securing communications over a first communication link with encryption managed by a second communication link Disclosed are a method, apparatus, and system for securing a communication link between a user equipment device (UE) and a communication network. A first wireless communication link is established between the UE and the communication network. The first wireless communication link is an unsecured communication link and is established under a first air interface protocol. A second wireless communication link is established between the UE and the communication network. The second wireless communication link is a secured communication link and is established under a second air interface protocol. An encryption key is transmitted to the UE over the second wireless communication link, the UE encrypts data using the encryption key, and the encrypted data is communicated over the first wireless communication link from the UE to the communication network.
US09106419B2	ACK/NACK transmission for multi-carrier operation with downlink assignment index Techniques for acknowledging data transmissions in a multi-carrier wireless communication network are disclosed. In one aspect, a UE determines a number of acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) bits for a data transmission on one more component carriers (CCs) based on information obtained from a grant. The grant may be a downlink grant or an uplink grant, and the information obtained may include a number of CCs scheduled for data transmission and/or identifiers of the scheduled CCs. The UE may determine the number of ACK/NACK bits for acknowledging the data transmission based on the number of scheduled CCs and the identifier of each scheduled CC.
US09106394B1	Signal event detection system A soft impact location system and method which detects and processes wide-band acoustic signatures for testing long-range munitions. The system incorporates a real-time digital signal-processing algorithm that detects the impact signature, processes it, and calculates the time-of-arrival (TOA). The system comprises a polyphase filter bank, boxcar filter, a detection analyzer for detecting an impact, and time-tagging software for calculating the time of impact. The system splits the received hydrophone signal into evenly spaced energy bands, processes each band individually, and then recombines the data to provide a precise time of detection.
US09106392B2	Transmission antenna diversity using individual antenna route signal shaping Transmission antenna diversity can be set up on a data transmission connection between a transmitting unit, wherein there are several transmission antenna routes, and a receiving unit. A broadcast signal is transmitted through all transmission antenna routes of the transmitting unit, with the aid of these signals a choice is made in the receiving unit of the optimum transmission antenna route and a message of the choice is transmitted to the transmitting unit, which transmits user data through the transmission antenna route connected for use. The broadcast signal of each transmission antenna route can be shaped by an individual signal shaping method which is different from the others and a transmission antenna route is connected for use based on the received antenna choice message, individually for each receiving unit.
US09106390B2	Communication apparatus and communication method A base station apparatus in a mobile communication system in which a mobile station apparatus transmits, to the base station apparatus, uplink data using a physical uplink shared channel assigned by an uplink data transmission permission signal. The base station apparatus includes a transmitting unit which is configured to transmit, to the mobile station apparatus, the uplink data transmission permission signal including first information for permitting the mobile station apparatus to transmit reception quality information together with the uplink data, wherein the transmitting unit which is configured to transmit, to the mobile station apparatus, the uplink data transmission permission signal including second information for permitting the mobile station apparatus to transmit the reception quality information without the uplink data.
US09106383B2	Method and device for transmitting a signal in a mobile communication system An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of a base station to transmit a signal in a wireless communication system. The method includes: transmitting Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), which includes scheduling information on a resource area of an unlicensed band over a licensed band; and transmitting a sequence, which includes the identifier of a terminal having the resource area allocated, over the unlicensed band. The timing at which the sequence is transmitted may be set prior to a resource area scheduled by the PDCCH.
US09106378B2	Systems, apparatus and methods for communicating downlink information Systems and methods facilitating communication of downlink information are provided. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving a signal indicative of a base station enabling or disabling a function, wherein the function is configured to transmit information carried in control channels using selected downlink information; receiving the selected downlink information at one or more locations; and determining a resource allocation of at least one of paging information or system information or unicast data information based, at least, on the selected downlink information. The determining can be performed without decoding control channels corresponding to the selected downlink information in response to receiving a signal indicative of the function being enabled.
US09106373B2	Adjustable transmitter power for high speed links with constant bit error rate A method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting power of a transmitter is herein described. A transmitter transmits a pattern to a receiver at a differential voltage. The length of the pattern, in one embodiment, is selected to be a reasonable length training pattern, as not to incur an extremely long training phase. If errors are detected at the receiver in the pattern, the transmitter steps the differential voltage until errors are not detected in the pattern at the receiver. The differential voltage, where no errors are detected, is scaled by a proportion of a target confidence level to a measured confidence level associated with the reasonable length training pattern. As a result, a training phase is potentially reduced and power is saved while not sacrificing confidence levels in error rates in the data exchange between the transmitter and receiver.
US09106372B2	Wireless communication system and network comprising a first communications apparatus and a second communications apparatus which communicates with the first communications apparatus A method of requesting a plurality of different characteristic indicators from a second communications apparatus in a wireless communications network including a first communications apparatus and a plurality of such second communications apparatuses which communicate with the first communications apparatus, the method includes the first communications apparatus transmitting a single standing instruction to the second communications apparatus defining at least two interleaving patterns, each interleaving pattern specifying one or more of the characteristic indicators and defining a pattern according to which the second communications apparatus is to interleave the specified characteristic indicators in a single feedback channel allocated to the second communications apparatus, the single standing instruction further defining a selection signal to be transmitted from the first communications apparatus to the second communications apparatus according to which the second communications apparatus is to select one of the interleaving patterns.
US09106371B1	Link adaptation for OFDM systems In a method implemented in a communication device, an interference metric associated with a communication link is determined. Determining the interference metric includes obtaining a plurality of measurements indicative of quality of the communication link, and calculating the interference metric using (i) a mean of the plurality of measurements and (ii) a standard deviation of the plurality of measurements. A modulation and coding scheme is selected based on at least the interference metric, and at least one packet is caused to be modulated and coded according to the selected modulation and coding scheme prior to transmission over the communication link.
US09106369B2	Method and apparatus for controlling the data rate of a data transmission between an emitter and a receiver A method of controlling the data rate of a data transmission between an emitter and a receiver, wherein data rate adaptation control commands may be sent using a return path from the receiver to the emitter, which comprises monitoring at least one receiving condition at the receiver; determining at least one threshold on said receiving conditions to trigger data rate adaptation control commands; estimating the transmission time of the data rate adaptation control commands from the receiver to the emitter and adjusting the threshold on these receiving conditions to trigger data rate adaptation control commands based on said estimation of the transmission time from the receiver to the emitter.Accordingly, by continuously adjusting at least one said triggering threshold according to the variation of the transmission time of said data rate adaption commands, a more efficient data rate adaptation method is obtained minimizing the adaptation needs.
US09106367B2	Transmitter initiated on-line reconfiguration A method implemented by a first network component (NC) in a digital subscriber line (DSL) system comprising retrieving an on-line reconfiguration (OLR) request from a control entity (CE), wherein the OLR request is generated by the CE based on a noise increase on a subscriber line between the NC and a second NC in the DSL system, and in response to the OLR request, transmitting a message to a receiver in the second NC to request for a reduced data rate on the subscriber line.
US09106366B2	Distributing data to multiple clients from server Provided are techniques for distributing data in a trackable manner while suppressing an increase in the size of data to be distributed as much as possible and minimizing interruption of usage of the data. A method for distributing data to multiple clients from a server includes the steps of: generating a common noise by using noises unique to the multiple clients, respectively; embedding the common noise in the data to be distributed to make the data unusable; and distributing the data containing the embedded common noise, so that the data containing the embedded common noise is made usable by each of the multiple clients using a unique noise generated in the client.
US09106365B1	Time-keeping between devices using power distribution line communications Particular embodiments are directed towards a method for communicating time-based data in a power line communication system. The communication system utilized in the method includes: a command center; a collector device; and a plurality of endpoint devices. The method includes communicating, from the collector device, downstream data to the plurality of endpoint devices. This downstream communication utilizes a communication protocol that is relative to a collector network time, and is over a set of power distribution lines carrying alternating current (AC). The collector network time uses the local oscillator. The AC zero-crossing event can be used as a time base for other versions of the network time. Conceptually, the AC can be thought of as acting as a reference clock for maintaining these other network times, although the clocking function can be carried out in the digital realm, e.g., using a digital-signal processor (DSP).
US09106355B2	Transmission device, receiving device, transmission method, and receiving method A transmission device includes reference signal generator (204) generates a transmission instruction for DMRS or SRS produced by base station (100), and an RS that corresponds to a transmission instruction in the DMRS and SRS on the basis of identification information of an RS pattern used in the DMRS and SRS and set in base station (100). Transmission signal formation unit (207) maps the generated RS to a time frequency resource. The RS pattern of the DMRS and the RS pattern of the SRS have a relationship in which the RS pattern of the SRS is obtained by adding the length of a CS series/4 to the cyclic shift amount, which is an element of the CS series pattern, in the RS pattern of the DMRS, and inverting the identification information of a first Walsh series or a second Walsh series, which are constituent elements of an OCC pattern.
US09106354B2	Optical frequency-division multiplexer, optical communication system, and optical frequency-division multiplexing method An optical frequency-division multiplexer includes: a first optical coupler configured to receive a first wavelength-division multiplexed light obtained by wavelength-division multiplexing a first carrier light and a first monitor light and split the first carrier light and the first monitor light from each other; an optical modulator configured to optically modulate the split first carrier light using a signal including a first data signal so as to multiplex the first data signal with the first carrier light; a receiver configured to receive a branched part of the split first monitor light and demodulate a second data signal from the first monitor light; and a second optical coupler configured to couple a remaining part of the split first monitor light and the first carrier light with which the first data signal has been multiplexed.
US09106353B2	Time synchronization for network testing equipment The invention relates to time synchronization between network testing elements in distributed network monitoring and testing systems, and provides a condensed PTP process wherein the number of timing messages exchanged between master and slave in one iteration of the time synchronization process is reduced. Furthermore, timing messages are encrypted to provide for a more secure synchronization process. One aspect of the method provides for an automatic detection and adaptive handling of protocol stacks of received timing packets.
US09106347B2	Digital data insertion apparatus and methods for use with compressed audio/video data Methods and apparatus for inserting data a compressed data bitstream are disclosed. The methods and apparatus time shift first data in a first portion of the compressed data bitstream to increase a size of a second portion of the compressed data bitstream and insert second data in the second portion of the compressed data bitstream to form a modified compressed data bitstream.
US09106341B2	Communication terminal and method for receiving data According to one aspect of this disclosure, a communication terminal is provided comprising a receiver configured to receive pilot information from a first transmitter via a pilot channel; a controller configured to control the receiver to receive, during a predetermined period, pilot information from a second transmitter; and a channel estimator, configured to provide an estimation of transmission characteristics between the communication terminal and the first transmitter for receiving data from the first transmitter over the communication connection during the predetermined period based on other information about the transmission characteristics between the communication terminal and the first transmitter than the pilot information which is sent by the first transmitter via the pilot channel during the predetermined period.
US09106335B2	Automatic wavelength recognition apparatus and method Provided are an automatic wavelength recognition apparatus and method. The automatic wavelength recognition apparatus includes: a division unit receiving a single optical signal and dividing the received optical signal into a plurality of optical signals; a plurality of filter units filtering the optical signals and having different and wavelength-dependent pass characteristics; a plurality of detection units detecting the filtered optical signals and measuring intensities of the detected optical signals; at least one comparison unit comparing outputs of any two of the detection units; and a wavelength determination unit receiving an output of the at least one comparison unit and determining a wavelength of the above single optical signal using a pre-stored look-up table.
US09106326B2	Method for determining the imperfections of a transmit pathway and of a receive pathway of an apparatus, and associated radio apparatus A method is provided for determining the imperfections of a transmit pathway and of a receive pathway of an apparatus, and associated radio apparatus, the transmit pathway comprising a first device for frequency transposition of an analogue sequence to an analogue signal, using a first transposition frequency, the receive pathway comprising a second device for frequency transposition of an analogue signal to an analogue sequence, using a second transposition frequency different from the first transposition frequency.
US09106320B1	Node synchronization in a frequency hopping wireless network Method for synchronizing a node in a frequency hopping network includes monitoring a hop frequency channel to detect a hop announcement transmitted on a group of control channels in use by a network coordinator node. The hop announcement specifies a second hop frequency channel which will be utilized subsequent to a first hop frequency in a hopping sequence. Responsive to receiving the hop announcement a node monitors the second hop frequency to receive a dwell start message. The dwell start message is transmitted from the coordinator node to signal the beginning of a dwell period during which the second hop frequency will be used by the network for communicating data.
US09106316B2	Systems and methods of RF power transmission, modulation, and amplification Embodiments of the present invention reduce or eliminate the need for fixed frequency high Q band filtering for both full duplex (FDD) and half duplex (TDD) systems. Transceiver architectures according to embodiments of the present invention can be designed to have a single input/output for both FDD and TDD based standards. Further, according to embodiments, because the duplexer and/or SAW power losses are lowered or removed altogether, the system power output requirements can be met more easily and with higher efficiency.
US09106310B2	Apparatus for securing memory modules and/or subscriber identity module in an electronic device An apparatus for securing a memory module or SIM within an electronic device includes an external control (such as a volume control, camera button, or power button) that hides the memory module and/or SIM. When attached to the electronic device, the external control is disposed at the entrance of a cavity in which the memory module and/or SIM is located. The external control may be attached to a tray that holds one or more SIM cards and/or SD cards.
US09106308B2	Wireless communication device A wireless communication device may obtain, from each of one or more access points, access point information including network identification information corresponding to the access point. The wireless communication device may determine, in a case where specific network identification information corresponding to a specific access point is selected by a user from among one or more network identification information, whether specific access point information obtained from the specific access point includes support information indicating that the specific access point is supporting an automatic wireless setting mode. The wireless communication device may perform a wireless setting in accordance with the automatic wireless setting mode in a first case where a determination is made that the specific access point information includes the support information.
US09106306B2	Communication apparatus and method for controlling the communication apparatus A method for controlling a communication apparatus includes communicating with an external device through close proximity wireless communication, receiving a remote control signal transmitted from a remote controller, storing a remote control setting which enables or disables an operation of the remote controller, making a determination as to whether a connection between the communication apparatus and the external device through the close proximity wireless communication is established, and controlling an operation of the remote controller for the communication apparatus on the basis of the determination.
US09106305B2	Multiple access spread spectrum switching methodology A low-cost, low-power, low-complexity, small, high-reliability, robust, seamless satellite communication network is described. The network performs encoding of a user signal at the customer premises to enable routing of the user signal to an appropriate destination beam at the satellite requiring low power user signal processing. Routing information is embedded at the periphery of the network CPE's rather than at the satellite. Embedding the routing information in this way greatly reduces on-board switching complexity and increases signal to interference ratio for the user.
US09106285B1	Beamforming signaling in a wireless network A wireless receives at least one channel state input information element (IE) from a first base station. The wireless device computes a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) employing, at least in part, the at least one channel state input IE and measurement of signals received from a second base station. The wireless device transmits the PMI to the first base station.
US09106284B1	Antenna system driven in beamforming and MIMO transmission modes Systems, equipment, and methods for driving antenna systems with pairs of overlaid orthogonal antenna elements are provided herein. In one example, a method of operating a remote radio unit that drives an antenna system is provided. The method includes receiving user communications and control data transferred by a baseband unit. If the control data indicates a beamforming mode, then the method includes generating a first plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals directed to at least one of the pairs of overlaid orthogonal antenna elements for target wireless communication devices. If the control data indicates a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) mode, then the method includes generating a second plurality of RF signals for the plurality of antenna elements, wherein the second plurality of RF signals are directed to non-adjacent ones of the pairs of the overlaid orthogonal antenna elements for the target wireless communication devices.
US09106282B2	Method and apparatus for sending and receiving channel state information in multiple-input multiple-output network wireless communication systems A method and an apparatus for sending and receiving channel state information in network Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless communication systems are provided. Hybrid feedback technology is provided to transfer complete Channel State Information (CSI) to a transmitter by efficiently combining limited amounts of long-term channel information and short-term channel information are In a down link MIMO network system.
US09106280B2	Pilot design for massive MIMO communication Embodiments recognize that in MIMO and M-MIMO systems, physical antennas tend to be closely spaced to each other (e.g., a grid). As a result, a spatial correlation typically exists between physical antennas as well as between transmissions from logical antenna ports. Embodiments exploit this characteristic to reduce the amount of pilot signaling needed to enable downlink channel estimation. Specifically, embodiments limit pilot signaling to only a subset of supported logical antenna ports and rely on spatial correlation information to interpolate channels from logic antenna ports for which no pilot signaling is used.
US09106275B2	Accelerometer tap detection to initiate NFC communication A communications device, method and system include a processor and a Near Field Communications (NFC) circuit connected to the processor and configured to communicate using an NFC communications protocol. An accelerometer is connected to the processor and configured to generate a signal to the processor upon a tapping engagement with an NFC enabled device. In response, the processor activates the NFC circuit to transmit or receive data with the NFC enabled device using the NFC communications protocol.
US09106272B2	Mobile communications device providing secure element data wiping features and related methods A mobile communications device may include a near field communications (NFC) device, an input device configured to generate a memory wipe command, a memory, and a memory controller coupled with the NFC device, the input device, and the memory. The memory controller may be configured to receive secure data from a provisioning server and store the secure data into the memory, receive wiping instruction data from the provisioning server and store the wiping instruction data into the memory for wiping the secure data from the memory, and wipe the secure data from the memory without an over-the-air (OTA) connection to the provisioning server based upon the memory wipe command and the wiping instruction data stored in the memory.
US09106260B2	Parity data management for a memory architecture A processor system as presented herein includes a processor core, cache memory coupled to the processor core, a memory controller coupled to the cache memory, and a system memory component coupled to the memory controller. The system memory component includes a plurality of independent memory channels configured to store data blocks, wherein the memory controller controls the storing of parity bits in at least one of the plurality of independent memory channels. In some implementations, the system memory is realized as a die-stacked memory component.
US09106258B2	Early data tag to allow data CRC bypass via a speculative memory data return protocol A bypass mechanism allows a memory controller to transmit requested data to an interconnect before the data's error code has been decoded, e.g., a cyclical redundancy check (CRC). The tag, tag CRC, data, and data CRC are pipelined from DRAM in four frames, each having multiple clock cycles. The tag includes a bypass bit indicating whether data transmission to the interconnect should begin before CRC decoding. After receiving the tag CRC, the controller decodes it and reserves a request machine which sends a transmit request signal to inform the interconnect that data is available. Once the transmit request is granted by the interconnect, the controller can immediately start sending the data, before decoding the data CRC. So long as no error is found, the controller completes transmission of the data to the interconnect, including providing an indication that the data as transmitted is error-free.
US09106256B2	Data processing device and data processing method for encoding/decoding information bits A data processing device and a data processing method capable of improving the resistance to error of data. An LDPC encoder performs encoding using an LDPC code having a code length of 4320 bits and a coded rate of one of four types including ½, 7/12, ⅔, ¾. A parity check matrix H of the LDPC code is configured by arranging elements of 1's of an information matrix, which are determined based on a parity check matrix initial value table of the parity check matrix H representing positions of elements of 1's of the information matrix corresponding to an information length according to the code length and the coded rate for every 72 columns, in a column direction at a period of 72 columns. The parity check matrix initial value table, for example, is used for digital broadcasting for mobile terminals.
US09106248B1	Analog to digital converter The present invention relates to an analog to digital converter. The analog to digital converter includes comparing modules at multi levels, where a comparing module at each level includes a comparator and a metastable state determining unit. The comparator is configured to, when a previous-level comparing module is not in a metastable state, receive a first clock, a first input signal, and a second input signal, and compare the first input signal with the second input signal. The metastable state determining unit is configured to, when the previous-level comparing module is not in a metastable state, receive the first clock, generate a reference clock according to the first clock, and if a second clock that is output by the comparator is later than the reference clock, determine that the current-level comparing module is in a metastable state.
US09106246B2	Successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter and associated control method The present invention provides a successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC), where a high bit capacitor of the SAR ADC is composed of a plurality of sub-capacitors, and these sub-capacitors are calibrated when the SAR ADC is working. Therefore, the working speed of the SAR ADC will not be influenced. In addition, a capacitance of each sub-capacitor is lower than a redundant capacitance of the SAR ADC, therefore, input signals of the SAR ADC are allowed to have full swing.
US09106241B2	Prediction of signals In lossy data compression of a signal using ADPCM, an adaptive decorrelation or “prediction” filter is used to reduce the amplitude of the signal, the spectral dynamic range of the signal also being reduced. This latter reduction is effected in a nonuniform manner, if known techniques are used, with regions of high spectral density being compressed more than regions of low spectral density. The present invention recognises that using a uniform compression ratio results in a better tradeoff between compression and robustness to transmission channel errors. A method is described for obtaining a uniform compression ratio by adjusting coefficients of the decorrelation filter in dependence on coefficients of an adaptive training filter that is fed from the output of the decorrelation filter. A reverse method is also provided along with encoder, decoder and codec implementing the techniques.
US09106240B1	Multiplying digital-to-analog converter and pipeline analog-to-digital converter using the same A multiplying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) with high slew rate and a pipeline Analog-to-digital converter using the same. The first set of capacitors for a first input terminal of the operational amplifier (op-amp) includes active capacitors coupling the first input terminal of the op-amp to a first enhanced reference voltage or a common mode terminal in accordance with first digital bits in an amplifying phase of the MDAC, and includes a feedback capacitor coupling the first input terminal of the op-amp to a first output terminal of the op-amp in the amplifying phase. The first set of capacitors contains M capacitor cells. The feedback capacitor between the first set of capacitors contains at most M/(2n) capacitor cells, where n is a number of effective bits provided by a first analog-to-digital converter generating the first digital bits for the active capacitors.
US09106233B1	Method and apparatus for synchronization Aspects of the disclosure provide a circuit that includes a clock synchronization circuit. The clock synchronization circuit is configured to determine a sub-cycle offset between a first clock signal and a second clock signal, and select rising/failing edges of the first clock signal and the second clock signal based on the sub-cycle offset for enabling communication between a first clock domain that is operative in response to the first clock signal and a second clock domain that is operative in response to the second clock signal.
US09106230B1	Input-output circuitry for integrated circuits An integrated such as a programmable integrated circuit may include input-output pins that have associated input-output circuits. An input-output circuit may include memory interface circuits, clock recovery interface circuits, shared interpolator circuitry, and selection circuitry that may be configured to convey control signals from selected interface circuits to the shared interpolator circuitry. The interpolator circuitry may receive multiple clock signals and perform phase interpolation operations on the clock signals based on the selected control signals to produce modified clock signals. The modified clock signals may be used by the selected interface circuits for communications over the input-output pins. Logic design computing equipment such as computing equipment having CAD tools may be used to configure the selection circuitry.
US09106229B1	Programmable interposer circuitry A multichip package that includes a programmable interposer is provided. Multiple integrated circuits may be mounted on the interposer. Active circuitry may also be embedded in the interposer device to facilitate protocol-based communications, debugging, and other desired circuit operations. The interposer device may include programmable interconnect routing circuitry that serves primarily to provide routing for the different circuits within the multichip package. A design tool may be used to design the interposer device. The design tool may include a standard die footprint library from which standard interface templates can be selected when designing an interposer device that has to communicate various on-interposer integrated circuits. The use of standard die footprints may simplify the design of interposers by enabling a family of devices to interface with a given interposer.
US09106222B2	On-die system and method for controlling termination impedance of memory device data bus terminals A system for controlling the termination impedance of memory device data bus terminals is fabricated on the same die as the memory device. The system includes a termination resistor connected to each data bus terminal, which is connected in parallel with several transistors that are selectively turned on to adjust the termination impedance. The transistors are controlled by a circuit that determines the resistance of the termination resistor and turns on the correct number of transistors to properly set the termination impedance. In one example, the resistance of the termination resistor is determined by measuring a resistor of the same type as the termination resistor. In another example, the resistance of the termination resistor is determined indirectly by measuring parameters that affect the resistance of the termination resistor. In either case, the system can maintain the termination impedance of the data bus terminals constant despite changes in the termination resistor.
US09106220B2	Methods and systems for high bandwidth chip-to-chip communications interface Systems and methods are described for transmitting data over physical channels to provide a high bandwidth, low latency interface between integrated circuit chips with low power utilization. Communication is performed using group signaling over multiple wires using a vector signaling code, where each wire carries a low-swing signal that may take on more than two signal values.
US09106218B2	Embedded non-volatile memory circuit for implementing logic functions across periods of power disruption A circuit having an autonomous ferroelectric memory latch (AML) is disclosed. An AML characterized by an AML input, an AML output, a first AML power contact, a second AML power contact and an AML state, and a first switch in series with one of the AML input or the AML output. The switch is positioned to prevent the state of the AML from changing when power is provided between the first and second AML power contacts. In one aspect of the invention, the circuit could include a second switch in series with the other of the AML input or the AML output and a latch in series with the AML input or the AML output. The latch is positioned such that a direct path back does not exist between the AML output and the AML input.
US09106208B2	Switched-capacitor band-pass filter of a discrete-time type, in particular for cancelling offset and low-frequency noise of switched-capacitor stages A band-pass filter made up by an operational amplifier and by an input circuit. The input circuit is formed by a capacitive filtering element, connected to the input of the operational amplifier; a coupling switch, coupled between an input node and the capacitive filtering element; a capacitive sampling element, coupled between the input of the filter and the input node; and a sampling switch, coupled between the input node and a reference-potential line. The coupling switch and the input sampling switch close in phase opposition according to a succession of undesired components sampling and sensing steps, so that the capacitive sampling element forms a sampler for sampling the undesired component in the undesired components sampling step, in the absence of the component of interest, and forms a subtractor of the undesired components from the input signal in the sensing step.
US09106205B2	Wireless SAW sensors having integrated antennas A wireless surface acoustic wave sensor includes a piezoelectric substrate, a surface acoustic wave device formed on the substrate, and an antenna formed on the substrate. In some embodiments, the antenna is formed on the surface of the substrate using one or more of photolithography, thin film processing, thick film processing, plating, and printing.
US09106191B2	Diode enhanced amplifier circuits and methods thereof An enhanced amplifier circuit includes an amplifier having an input and an output and a current source. A diode is coupled between the current source and the input of the amplifier. The enhanced amplifier circuit may include a number of current sources with associated diodes and amplifiers. The diode prevents the amplifier from interacting with some undesired properties of the current source, such as capacitance and resistance, prevents current sources from interacting with one another, and allows for the use of intrinsic properties of the diode to modify the current source output signal, among other advantages.
US09106188B2	Amplifying device and method for controlling the same An amplifying device includes a first pre-distorter unit outputting a modulated signal obtained by adding a phase compensation amount and an amplitude adjustment amount to an input signal, a power amplifier inputting the modulated signal and outputting an output signal obtained by amplifying the modulated signal, a power supply voltage modulation unit modulating a power supply voltage, a second pre-distorter unit controlling the power supply voltage modulation unit on the basis of amplitude information on the input signal; and a control unit controlling an operation of the first pre-distorter unit and the second pre-distorter unit, wherein the control unit includes a phase control unit controlling the phase compensation amount by using a phase coefficient, a first amplitude control unit controlling the amplitude adjustment amount by using a first amplitude coefficient, and a second amplitude control unit controlling the operation of the second pre-distorter unit by using a second amplitude coefficient.
US09106186B1	Reduced gain variation biasing for short channel devices An amplifier biasing circuit that reduces gain variation in short channel amplifiers, an amplifier biasing circuit that produces a constant Gm biasing signal for short channel amplifiers, and a multistage amplifier that advantageously incorporates embodiment of both types of amplifier biasing circuits are described. Both amplifier biasing circuit approaches use an operational amplifier to equalize internal bias circuit voltages. The constant Gm biasing circuit produces a Gm of 1/R, where R is the value of a trim variable resistor value. The biasing circuit that reduces gain variation produces a Gm of approximately 1/R, where R is the value of a trim variable resistor value, however, the biasing circuit is configurable to adjust the bias circuit Gm to mitigate the impact of a wide range of circuit specific characteristics and a wide range of changes in the operational environment in which the circuit can be used, such as changes in temperature.
US09106183B2	Variable switched DC-to-DC voltage converter A voltage converter can be switched among two or more modes to produce an output voltage tracking a reference voltage that can be of an intermediate level between discrete levels corresponding to the modes. One or more voltages generated from a power supply voltage, such as a battery voltage, can be compared with the reference voltage to determine whether to adjust the mode. The reference voltage can be independent of the power supply voltage.
US09106172B2	Electric machine temperature control A test automation system may specify a temperature setpoint for an electric machine system and generate a command for the electric machine system to output a torque in such a manner that a temperature of the electric machine system varies within a predefined range of the temperature setpoint for at least a predefined period of time.
US09106168B2	Method for re-powering a star-connected stator A method for re-powering a star-connected stator having a plurality of parallel stator slots, wherein a plurality of stator winding bars having external winding connections are disposed in stator slots includes bridging the external winding connections so as to connect the stator winding bars in series and to form a polygonal stator capable of producing a polyphase alternating current.
US09106166B2	Motor driving module, operating method for the same, and brushless DC motor system The inventive concept provides a motor driving module, a operating method for the same, and a Brush less Direct Current (BLDC) motor system. The motor driving module is provided which comprises a motor driving unit configured to output a plurality of switching signals based on a plurality of position signals and a control signal; and a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) inverter configured to output 3-phase voltages based on the plurality of switching signals outputted from the motor driving unit, wherein the motor driving unit comprises; a correction circuit configured to detect an error of the plurality of position signals to output a compensation signal based on the detecting result; and a control circuit configured to output the plurality of switching signals based on the compensation signal and the control signal, wherein the plurality of position signals indicate a position of a rotor in an external motor.
US09106165B2	Voltage output circuit, load drive circuit, and method for outputting voltage A voltage output circuit includes: an oscillator circuit configured to output an oscillation signal while changing an oscillation frequency thereof; and a voltage generating circuit configured to convert a first voltage into a second voltage higher than the first voltage, and output the second voltage, based on the oscillation signal.
US09106142B2	Systems and methods of primary-side sensing and regulation for flyback power converter with high stability System and method for regulating an output voltage of a power conversion system. The system includes an error amplifier coupled to a capacitor. The error amplifier is configured to receive a reference voltage, a first voltage, and an adjustment current and to generate a compensation voltage with the capacitor. The first voltage is associated with a feedback voltage. Additionally, the system includes a current generator configured to receive the compensation voltage and generate the adjustment current and a first current, and a signal generator configured to receive the first current and a second current. The signal generator is further configured to receive a sensing voltage and to generate a modulation signal. Moreover, the system includes the gate driver directly or indirectly coupled to the signal generator and configured to generate a drive signal based on at least information associated with the modulation signal.
US09106139B2	Low forward voltage rectifier A Low Forward Voltage Rectifier (LFVR) includes a bipolar transistor, a parallel diode, and a base current injection circuit disposed in an easy-to-employ two-terminal package. In one example, the transistor is a Reverse Bipolar Junction Transistor (RBJT), the diode is a distributed diode, and the base current injection circuit is a current transformer. Under forward bias conditions (when the voltage from the first package terminal to the second package terminal is positive), the LFVR conducts current at a rated current level with a low forward voltage drop (for example, approximately 0.1 volts). In reverse bias conditions, the LFVR blocks current flow. Using the LFVR in place of a conventional silicon diode rectifier in the secondary of a flyback converter reduces average power dissipation and increases power supply efficiency.
US09106136B2	Pulse width modulation load share bus Power supply modules have outputs coupled in parallel and convey load share balancing information over a single wire load share bus. Pulse width modulation (PWM) signals represent output loading of each of the power supply modules over the single wire load share bus. The PWM load share signal width (time asserted) of the PWM signal represents the output loading of the respective power supply module. Each of the power supply modules detect the assertion of the PWM signal on the load share bus and then each of them simultaneously drive the load share bus with a PWM signal representing their respective output loading. The power supply module having the greatest percent loading will assert its PWM load share signal longest, and the other power supply modules will thereafter adjust their outputs to more evenly supply power outputs to the load.
US09106133B2	Arrangements of current conduction for SIMO converters A system includes a single-inductor-multiple-out (SIMO) converter that includes storage circuitry in communication with a plurality of output channels, and a controller that is configured to output one or more signals to alternatingly conduct current through the output channels over a plurality of switching cycles. The controller may determine fixed ratios of channel conduction periods between the plurality of output channels and set channel conduction periods for each switching cycle based on the fixed ratios. In addition or alternatively, the controller may determine an arrangement of orders in which to conduct current over the switching cycles. The arrangement may include an order for a current switching cycle that is a reverse order of an order for a previously switching cycle.
US09106131B2	High side buck converters and control methods thereof A high side buck converter includes a high side transistor, a low side transistor, a sensor, a sensing window generator, an error amplifier, a first comparator and an on-time signal generator. The high side and low side transistors are coupled together to form a switch node which is used as the reference ground of the controller. The sensor senses the output voltage and generates a sensing signal. The sensing window generator generates a sensing window signal. The error amplifier amplifies the error between a feedback signal of the sensing signal and a reference signal during the sensing window, and generates an error signal. The first comparator compares the feedback signal with the error signal and generates a first comparison signal. The on-time signal generator generates an on-time signal based on the first comparison signal, so as to control the high side and low side transistors.
US09106127B2	Charge pump apparatus and charge pumping method A charge pumping method includes: generating a first boosted voltage by boosting an input voltage by a boosting mode of a first multiplier; changing the level of a voltage charged in at least one capacitor provided in the inside of a charge pump circuit, in preparation for a change in the boosting mode; and generating a second boosted voltage by boosting the input voltage by a boosting mode of a second multiplier.
US09106121B2	Double-stator motor A double-stator includes outer and inner stators each having magnetic poles. Outer-stator and inner-stator windings are connected in series in phases, thereby generating winding magnetomotive force. Outer magnets and inner magnets of a rotor are arranged in a rotor core in the circumferential direction, the outer and inner magnets being alternated between a radially outward portion and a radially inward portion, at a pitch equal to that of the poles of the outer and inner stators so as to be magnetized so that a radially outer side thereof will serve as N poles or S poles and that a radially inner side thereof will serve as S poles or N poles. The rotor core includes outer poles formed between the outer magnets circumferentially adjacent to each other in the radially outward portion, and inner poles formed between the inner magnets circumferentially adjacent to each other in the radially inward portion.
US09106108B2	Smart feed line automation system based on 10KV carrier communication An embodiment of the present invention provides a smart feed line automation system based on 10 kV carrier communication. The system monitors smart switches of the line via 10 kV carrier communication, detects smart transformers, and calls up and returns centralized meter-reading information of smart transformer region. Furthermore, the detection of the state of a 10 kV power line may realize real-time monitoring of the temperature, insulating level and change of voltage and current of a 10 kV aerial line and cable line, and realize alarm for an abnormal state and fault information report, so as to rapidly identify, position, isolate and recover the fault.
US09106100B2	Adaptive appliance scheduling for managing electricity consumption A scheduler detects a change in one of an electricity consumption pattern and appliance cycle scheduling that affects electricity consumption in a future time slot of an appliance cycle schedule for a plurality of appliances. The appliance cycle schedule comprises a plurality of future time slots. Appliances scheduled for use during the future time slot are determined. A total electricity consumption for the future time slot is then computed. The total electricity consumption comprises a sum of predicted background electricity consumption during the future time slot and predicted appliance cycle electricity consumption during the future time slot. It is determined that the total electricity consumption exceeds a threshold electricity consumption associated with an electric meter associated with the plurality of appliances. A new appliance cycle schedule with each of the plurality of future time slots having total electricity consumption below the threshold electricity consumption is generated.
US09106097B2	Connection device for connecting between electrical devices A connection device for connecting between a multifunction peripheral and USB devices. A hub unit is disconnectably connected to the multifunction peripheral via a first interface for enabling power supply from the multifunction peripheral to the hub unit. The hub unit is also disconnectably connected to the USB devices via a second interface for enabling power supply from the hub unit to the USB devices. A dedicated power supply connector is connected to a power supply section of the multifunction peripheral via wiring for enabling power supply from the multifunction peripheral to the hub unit. A hub circuit relays data between the multifunction peripheral and one of the USB host connectors of the hub unit. Power from the first interface to the hub circuit is supplied through a first power path, and power from the multifunction peripheral to the USB devices is supplied through a second power path.
US09106095B2	Inductive charging keyboard Aspects of the disclosure relate to a wireless charging device having an inductive charging coil built into a keyboard, such as the interior space of a keycap in the keyboard. The wireless charging device and keyboard may further be built into a housing of a primary device, such as a laptop computer. The wireless charging device may communicate with another secondary device having a compatible coil. For example, the wireless charging device may transmit, via the inductive charging coil, a wireless charging signal to a wirelessly chargeable device placed on top of the keyboard. In another example, the wireless charging device may receive, through the inductive charging coil, a wireless charging signal from a wireless powering device placed on top of the keyboard.
US09106088B2	Non-contact power transmission apparatus A non-contact power transmission apparatus includes a high-frequency converting section, which converts input voltage to high-frequency voltage and outputs it, a primary coil, which receives high-frequency voltage from the high-frequency converting section, and a secondary coil, which receives electric power from the primary coil. The non-contact power transmission apparatus further includes a load to which the electric power received by the secondary coil is supplied, a rectifier located between the secondary coil and the load, and an output adjusting section, which supplies, as pulses, output voltage to the high-frequency converting section. The output adjusting section is configured to increase or reduce output to the load by adjusting a duty cycle of the pulse output.
US09106079B2	Power supply apparatus, method, and recording medium A power supply apparatus includes a power supply unit that wirelessly supplies power to an electronic apparatus, and a control unit that controls, if power output from the power supply unit to the electronic apparatus is lower than a first predetermined value, the communication unit so that a predetermined speed for transmitting the predetermined data is higher than a second predetermined value.
US09106073B2	Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes an electronic device, a circuit board, a ground layer and a drive chip. The circuit board includes a substrate, a patterned circuit layer disposed on the substrate and a protective layer exposing a portion of the patterned circuit layer to define at least one ground pin and plural of input/output (I/O) pins. Each of the I/O pins has a first incisive terminal, and a length of the ground pin is greater than a length of each I/O pins. The ground layer covers a portion of the protective layer and a portion of the ground pin. The ground layer has plural of second incisive terminals corresponding to the first incisive terminals. A gap exists between the orthographic projections of each first incisive terminal and the corresponding second incisive terminal on the substrate. The drive chip is electrically connected to the electronic device via the circuit board.
US09106066B2	Wire fixing member A wire fixing member (10) is fixed to a case in a state where wires (W) are inserted through mounting holes of the case. The wire fixing member (10) includes housings (30) through which wire insertion holes (31) allowing the insertion of the wires penetrate, rubber rings (50) that seal between the case and the housings (30), rubber plugs (40) that seal between the housings (30) and the wires (W) and metal wire crimp fittings (60) are held and retained in the housings (30) in a state where the wires (W) are fixed. A waterproof area (R) is formed on a side of the wire insertion hole (31) communicating with the interior of the case, is made waterproof by the rubber ring (50) and the rubber plug (40). The wire crimp fitting (60) is arranged in the waterproof area (R).
US09106061B1	Adjustable thermostat cover with detents and level A thermostat cover includes a base with four walls and an aperture sized such that at least a portion of a thermostat may be received. A lid is slidably mounted on the base at a front side of the base. The lid has a slide member that couples with a slide rail located on the base. In another embodiment, the lid has a slide member that extends from the lid and couples with an extension track located on the base. The extension track is configured in an L-shape such that the lid is collapsible with a first position and a second position. The extension track may have stops that hold the lid in the second position. In another embodiment, the lid is hingedly coupled to the base. A support rod is configured to hold the lid in a raised position.
US09106060B2	Sheathing material A sheathing material includes a sheet base material on which a plurality of concave portions is regularly formed to be adjacent to each other by embossing processing. Each concave portion includes a polygonal lattice portion that includes a pair of V-shaped ridgelines, when seen from a plan view of the sheathing material, which is symmetrically arranged with respect to a symmetrical axis so that opening-sides of the V-shaped ridgelines are opposed to each other and is formed on a front side surface of the sheet base material, and a trough portion that includes a pair of inclined folding lines extending to come close to each other and inclined towards a backside of the sheet base material from respective apexes of the V-shaped ridgelines, when seen from the plan view, and a horizontal folding line connecting tips of the inclined folding lines.
US09106050B2	Self-characterization tunable optical network unit A tunable optical transmitter, comprising a tunable laser comprising a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) section, a phase section, and a gain section, a photodiode detector (PD) optically coupled to the tunable laser, wherein the tunable optical transmitter lacks a temperature controller, and wherein the tunable optical transmitter is configured to lock onto a wavelength at different operating temperatures.
US09106048B2	Waveguide-coupled vertical cavity laser An integrated circuit includes an optical source that provides an optical signal to an optical waveguide. In particular, the optical source may be implemented by fusion-bonding a III-V semiconductor to a semiconductor layer in the integrated circuit. In conjunction with surrounding mirrors (at least one of which is other than a distributed Bragg reflector), this structure may provide a cavity with suitable optical gain at a wavelength in the optical signal along a vertical direction that is perpendicular to a plane of the semiconductor layer. For example, the optical source may include a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL). Moreover, the optical waveguide, defined in the semiconductor layer, may be separated from the optical source by a horizontal gap in the plane of the semiconductor layer. During operation of the optical source, the optical signal may be optically coupled across the gap from the optical source to the optical waveguide.
US09106047B2	Optical semiconductor element package and optical semiconductor device An optical semiconductor element package, includes a ceramic wiring substrate portion having a mounting area for mounting an optical semiconductor element in a center part, and including an element electrode for connecting the optical semiconductor element, and an external connection electrode connected to the element electrode, and a metal sealing ring provided on the ceramic wiring substrate portion, and including an opening portion exposing the element electrode and the mounting area, in a center part, and a ring-like protruding portion provided to an outer peripheral part of the opening portion.
US09106046B2	Integrated optical structure comprising an optical isolator An integrated optical structure includes at least one optical isolator, having a magneto-optical layer, associated with at least one SOA optical amplifier having a waveguide having an n-doped semiconductor layer, a p-doped semiconductor layer, and an active area disposed between the n-doped semiconductor layer and the p-doped semiconductor layer. The optical isolator is disposed between an SOI base and the SOA optical amplifier's waveguide. The optical isolator's magneto-optical layer is disposed between a lower insulating layer and an upper insulating layer. The optical isolator's magneto-optical layer may be a layer of ferromagnetic metallic material, such as a Fe—Co metallic alloy, or a magnetic oxide layer. An optical device includes at least one integrated optical structure.
US09106044B2	System and method for generating a synchronisation control signal A system for generating a synchronization control signal for synchronizing a radio-frequency signal having a frequency and a pulsed optical signal, the system comprising an electro-optical amplitude modulator that includes a phase shift controller having a controller output at which the synchronization control signal is output, a phase shift mixer that includes a first and a second photodetector, an optical input connection that connects the input for the optical signal to the optical input of the electro-optical amplitude modulator, and an input splitter that is arranged in the input connection in order to output the optical signal additionally at a branch of the input splitter.
US09106043B2	Insert molding method and inner terminal A resin material can be prevented from flowing to a front end and a rear end of an inner terminal during an insert molding.Under a state that a hollow and tubular main body part (11c) of an inner terminal (11) formed by covering one of two end parts of a rectangular piece with the other is held by metal molds (14), (15) and (16), the resin material is injected.
US09106042B2	Battery connector system A battery connector system for connecting a battery to a battery powered device is provided herein that includes an insert molded contact block comprising a contact block, a plurality of electrical contacts insert molded into the contact block, and an outer electrical connection for electrically coupling the plurality of electrical contacts to the battery powered device. The battery connector system further includes an inner electrical connection located on a housing enclosure for electrically coupling the battery housed in the housing enclosure to the outer electrical connection through the plurality of electrical contacts. The battery connector system further includes a sealed electrical path between the inner electrical connection and the outer electrical connection, wherein the sealed electrical path is formed by over molding the insert molded contact block with the housing enclosure.
US09106041B2	Electrical power connector fabrication method An electrical power connector fabrication method includes employing a cold drawing technique by using a series of dies to repeatedly draw a metal round rod into a thin thickness conducting contact bar, processing one end of the thin thickness conducting contact bar into a mating contact portion, stamping a part of the thin thickness conducting contact to form a mounting portion, cutting off the thin thickness conducting contact bar to obtain a finished metal contact formed of the mounting portion and the mating contact portion, repeating the aforesaid steps to obtain a large amount of metal contacts, attaching individual metal contacts to respective locating notches of a contact material strip, using an injection molding technique to mold electrically insulative housings on the metal contacts to form a number of electrical power connectors at a time, and then removing the contact material strip from the metal contacts.
US09106036B2	Electrical connector An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals and a shielding shell. The insulating housing has a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall and two side walls together forming an inserting chamber thereamong. The top wall and the bottom wall respectively define a plurality of first terminal grooves and second terminal grooves which are opened symmetrically about the inserting chamber and communicate with the inserting chamber. The terminals include the first terminals and the second terminals. The first terminals and the second terminals are respectively inserted frontward in the first terminal grooves and the second terminal grooves of the insulating housing to be arranged in two rows in vertical direction. The first terminals and the second terminals are symmetrical in structure and arrangement about the inserting chamber. The shielding shell encloses the insulating housing.
US09106033B2	Busbar adapter The invention relates to a busbar adapter comprising a housing for receiving at least one installation device for contacting the installation device with at least one busbar that can be held in the busbar adapter, characterized in that the busbar adapter comprises at least one symmetrically configured contact terminal for receiving and contacting a contact of the installation device with an associated busbar, and at least one symmetrically configured attachment device for attaching the installation device to the busbar adapter.
US09106030B2	Electrical service disconnect An electrical disconnect for a utility service that has an internal reversible insulator and a separable power connector. In one position, the insulator may allow the flow of electricity through the separable power connector, but, in a second position, the insulator prevents the flow of electricity through the separable power connector. Because the electrical disconnect is located away from the customer's premises, it is difficult for the customer to reconnect his own power.
US09106023B2	Adjustable roof mounting system An adjustable mounting system for mounting solar panels on roofs is disclosed. The system allows a user to mount the solar panels either with or without rails. The mounting assemblies are adjustable to allow the user to mount a base plate in a chosen location (either on a roof joist or other structural member or not) and to adjust the mounting location for the panel in as many as three axis of adjustment from the location of the base plate. A system for mounting and grounding the panels at the same time is also disclosed.
US09106021B2	Communication connector with a plurality of plug interface contacts A communication jack which includes a housing with an aperture for receiving a communication plug, and a circuit board at least partially within the housing. The circuit board includes crosstalk compensation elements. A plurality of plug interface contacts are connected to the circuit board. At least one of the plurality of plug interface contacts includes a contact element layered with at least one spring element.
US09106019B2	Input/output devices having re-configurable functionality Systems and methods provide re-configurable functionality within components of I/O devices without the need of disconnecting the components from each other. For example, in certain embodiments, when certain types of components are connected to each other, certain functionality sets within the components may be activated to provide combined functionality sets between the components. The combined functionality sets may, for example, be preferred functionality sets to be used when the particular types of components are connected to each other. Furthermore, in certain embodiments, functionality activation keys may be physically inserted into (or electronically communicated to) the components of the I/O device to activate certain functionality sets within the component into which the functionality activation key is inserted (or electronically communicated to), as well as within the other components of the I/O device to which the component is connected.
US09106005B2	Surface mount device Disclosed is a surface mount device to be mounted on a base member, including plural lead units, each of the plural lead units including, a lead including a body portion and a foot formed at an end of the lead; a solder portion formed at the foot of the lead to protrude toward the direction of the base member to have a summit portion, and a diffusion prevention portion provided on the lead for preventing a diffusion of a solder along the body portion of the lead.
US09106004B2	Implantable medical electrical leads and connector assemblies thereof A connector assembly of an implantable medical electrical lead includes insulation and conductor segments, which may be formed together in a molded subassembly. The insulation segment includes at least one sealing surface, and the conductor segment includes at least one contact surface and a shank electrically common therewith. The shank has a smaller diameter than a uniform outer diameter of the assembly, which is defined by the sealing and contact surfaces, and the smaller diameter is sized to receive a coiled proximal end of a lead conductor mounted thereabout. The connector assembly may include another conductor segment that has a third contact surface, active or inactive, extending between third and fourth sealing surfaces of another insulation segment of the assembly; if active, a distal shank of the segment is electrically common with the third contact surface, and sized to receive a coiled proximal end of another lead conductor mounted thereabout.
US09106001B2	Contact mechanisms for electrical receptacle assemblies An electrical receptacle assembly having an outer body and an inner body. The inner body can include at least one first wall forming a first cavity and at least one resilient element disposed within the cavity proximate to the at least one first wall, where the at least one resilient element has an electrically conductive material. The outer body can be movably disposed within the first cavity, where the outer body can include at least one extension, at least one home slot, and at least one detent positioned between the at least one extension and the at least one home slot, where the at least one extension has the electrically conductive material, and where the at least one detent and the at least one home slot are electrically non-conductive.
US09105996B2	Electronic circuit comprising electrical connections resistant to a severe environment The invention relates to an electromagnetic actuator comprising a housing (9) having several faces (20, 21) and an electronic control circuit (14) split into at least two parts (14a, 14b) distributed over at least two adjacent faces (20, 21) of the housing (9), each part (14a) of the circuit comprising at least one metallic connector (25a) arranged so as to be connected electrically and mechanically with a metallic connector (25b) of another part of the circuit (14b) so as to form an electrical connection (24).
US09105987B2	Connection structure A connection structure that includes a region where at least a Cu—Sn intermetallic compound, a M-Sn intermetallic compound and a Cu-M-Sn intermetallic compound (where M is Ni and/or Mn) exist in a cross-section of a connecting part when the cross-section of the connecting part is analyzed with a WDX. Further, the connection structure is configured so that when the cross-section of the connecting part is evenly divided into ten sections in a vertical direction and a lateral direction, respectively, to form 100 segmentalized squares in total, a ratio of the number of squares in which two or more kinds of intermetallic compounds having different constituent elements exist to the number of all the squares, except for squares in which only a Sn-based metal component exists, is 70% or more.
US09105984B2	Wireless communication device with slot antenna A wireless communication device includes a base board, a metal zone, and a filter. The metal zone and the filter are disposed on the base board. The metal zone defines a slot. The filter is connected to the slot to divide the slot into a first slot section and a second slot section. When a current having a first frequency flows through the first slot section and the second slot section, the filter is in an open circuit state, and the first slot section and the second slot section are activated to receive/transmit wireless signals having a first central frequency. When a current having a second frequency only flows through the first slot section, the filter is in a closed circuit state, and the first slot section is activated to receive/transmit wireless signals having a second central frequency.
US09105981B2	Dielectric lens cone radiator sub-reflector assembly A dielectric cone radiator sub-reflector assembly for a reflector antenna with a waveguide supported sub-reflector is provided as a unitary dielectric block with a sub-reflector at a distal end. A waveguide transition portion of the dielectric block is dimensioned for insertion coupling into an end of the waveguide. A dielectric radiator portion is provided between the waveguide transition portion and a sub-reflector support portion. An outer diameter of the dielectric radiator portion is provided with a plurality of radially inward grooves extending radially inward to a diameter less than an inner diameter of the end of the waveguide and a lens bore extends from a proximal end of the dielectric block towards the distal end of the dielectric block at least to the sub-reflector support portion. The unitary dielectric block may be manufactured as a single contiguous monolithic portion of dielectric material via injection molding.
US09105977B2	Terminal device having meta-structure A terminal device includes a housing, a communication antenna, and an agglomerative meta-structure, wherein the agglomerative meta-structure comprises a first pattern layer connected in series between an input end and an output end of the agglomerative meta-structure, and a second pattern layer connected in parallel between the input end and the output end.
US09105970B1	Balloon payload with balloon-to-balloon communications and avionics on top The present disclosure provides a balloon payload with communications and avionics on positioned on top. The payload may include a chassis and an avionics system coupled to the first chassis. The payload may also include a battery coupled to the first chassis and positioned below the avionics system. The payload may additionally include an air-to-ground communications antenna coupled to the first chassis and positioned below the battery portion and the avionics portion.
US09105968B2	Antenna assembly and mobile terminal using same An antenna assembly of the present disclosure includes a grounding plate, a metal plate, a metal frame and an antenna body disposed between the grounding plate and the metal plate. The metal frame includes a closed annular portion, and the antenna body includes a feeding portion. One end of the feeding portion is electrically connected to the metal plate and the other end thereof is spaced apart from the grounding plate, and the closed annular portion is spaced apart from the metal plate. The antenna assembly of the present disclosure can improve the performances of the product and make the appearance of the product more aesthetic. Meanwhile, the present disclosure also provides a mobile terminal using the antenna assembly described above.
US09105955B2	Adjustable resonator filter and method for adjusting coupling between resonator cavities The invention relates to an adjustable resonator filter, which has a casing made up of a bottom, walls and a lid, which casing functions as a ground for a transmission path, which is divided with conductive partitions into resonator cavities, and on the transmission path of the resonator filter there is a coupling opening in the partitions separating subsequent cavities. In the casing there is by at least one partition a coupling space, which is open into both resonator cavities separated by the partition, which resonator filter has an inductive coupling member. This is arranged to extend through said coupling space into both resonator cavities. The inductive coupling member is in electric contact with the casing at least in one of the resonator cavities. In the coupling space there is a moveable conductive adjustment piece, which has a minimum position for the coupling and a maximum position for the coupling.
US09105951B2	Thermal management system using a phase-change material for vehicle with electric traction motor A phase-change material is used as part of the thermal management system to assist in maintaining a thermal load, such as a battery pack, within a selected temperature range, thereby reducing the consumption of battery power. The phase-change material may be conditioned to an initial state when the vehicle is on-plug and may be used to heat or cool the battery pack directly or indirectly, thereby reducing the use of an electric battery heater. The phase-change material may be used to heat coolant that flows to the thermal load. In another embodiment the phase-change material may be directly within the battery pack in contact with the cells. The phase-change material may be conditioned via the battery circuit heater when the vehicle is on-plug. The phase-change material may also be recharged during vehicle use off-plug using waste heat from the motor circuit thermal load.
US09105949B2	Cell connector In order to enable the temperature in the region of at least one of the cell terminals that are connected to one another in an electrically conductive manner by a cell connector to be determined in a simple and reliable manner, there is proposed a cell connector for connecting a first cell terminal of a first electro-chemical cell and a second cell terminal of a second electro-chemical cell of an electro-chemical device in an electrically conductive manner which comprises a base body and a temperature sensing element that is fixed to the base body.
US09105944B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a nonaqueous electrolytic solution, a positive electrode and a negative electrode is provided. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprises a nonaqueous solvent. The nonaqueous solvent comprises from 50 to 95% by volume of a sulfone-based compound represented by the following formula 1: wherein R1 and R2 are each an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and satisfy R1≠R2. The positive electrode comprises a composite oxide represented by Li1-xMn1.5-yNi0.5-zMy+zO4. The negative electrode comprises a negative electrode active material being capable of absorbing and releasing lithium at 1 V or more based on a metallic lithium potential.
US09105935B2	Method for making fuel cell membrane electrode assembly A method for making fuel cell membrane electrode assembly is provided. In the method, a porous template having a number of holes and a proton exchange membrane is provided. A number of tube carriers having electron conductibility are formed. Each tube carrier is formed in one hole of the porous template. A number of catalyst particles are uniformly adsorbed on inner walls of the tube carriers. Proton conductor is filled in the tube carriers having catalyst particles adsorbing thereon. The proton exchange membrane is sandwiched between the two porous templates to form a laminated structure. The laminated structure is hot pressed. The porous templates are removed from the hot pressed laminated structure.
US09105928B2	Positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery, method of preparing same, and rechargeable lithium battery including same A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery may include a solid solution represented by Chemical Formula 1. xLi2MnO3.(1−x)LiMO2 [Chemical Formula 1] In Chemical Formula 1, 0.1≦x≦0.6, and M and may be a metal composite compound represented by Chemical Formula 2. MnaCobNic. [Chemical Formula 2] In Chemical Formula 2, 0.3≦a≦0.5, 0.05≦b≦0.3, 0.3≦c≦0.55, and a+b+c=1.
US09105914B2	Battery pack including electrode tabs with load absorbing parts Disclosed herein is a battery pack including: a plurality of cylindrical battery cells arranged in at least two rows and a plurality of layers; and a partition member for partitioning the battery cells; wherein the partition member includes a partition plate and support plates; the battery cells in the state of being partitioned by the support plates have terminals on one side being fixed substantially in parallel to the partition plate by an electrode tab or tabs, and have terminals on the other side in at least one layer being fixed substantially in parallel to the partition plate by an electrode tab or tabs; and the support plates for clamping the battery cell of which the terminal on the other side is fixed by the electrode tab are formed respectively with projected pieces.
US09105912B2	Boltless battery cell connection A battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells each having positive and negative cell terminals and a carrier mounted over and spanning across the plurality of battery cells. The carrier has trays with openings therethrough exposing the positive and negative cell terminals. A plurality of buss bars are received in corresponding trays. The buss bars each have a positive plate laser welded to the positive cell terminal of a corresponding battery cell through the corresponding opening and a negative plate laser welded to the negative cell terminal of a different battery cell through the corresponding opening. The buss bars may be bimetal buss bars.
US09105910B2	Electrochemical cell system with shunt current interrupt An electrochemical cell system is configured to utilize an ionically conductive medium flowing through a plurality of electrochemical cells. One or more disperser chambers are provided to disrupt or minimize electrical current flowing between the electrochemical cells, such as between the cathode of one cell and the anode of a subsequent cell by dispersing the ionically conductive medium. Air is introduced into the disperser chamber to prevent the formation of foamed ionically conductive medium, which may reconnect the dispersed ionically conductive medium, allowing the current to again flow therethrough.
US09105907B2	Material for an electrochemical device The present invention relates to a material for an electrochemical device, especially a fuel cell, an electrolyzer or a storage battery, comprising a matrix and activated boron nitride contained in the matrix.
US09105905B2	Anode material having a uniform metal-semiconductor alloy layer The present invention relates to methods for producing anode materials for use in nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries. In the present invention, a metal-semiconductor alloy layer is formed on an anode material by contacting a portion of the anode material with a solution containing metals ions and a dissolution component. When the anode material is contacted with the solution, the dissolution component dissolves a part of the semiconductor material in the anode material and deposit the metal on the anode material. After deposition, the anode material and metal are annealed to form a uniform metal-semiconductor alloy layer. The anode material of the present invention can be in a monolithic form or a particle form. When the anode material is in a particle form, the particulate anode material can be further shaped and sintered to agglomerate the particulate anode material.
US09105904B2	Composite anode active material, anode and lithium battery including the same, and method of preparing composite anode active material In an aspect, a composite anode active material including particles, wherein the particles include: a first carbonaceous material that is substantially crystalline and includes at least one carbon nano-sheet; a non-carbonaceous material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium; and a second carbonaceous material that binds the first carbonaceous material and the non-carbonaceous material, wherein the particles have pores having a size of 50 nm or more is disclosed.
US09105897B2	Cylindrical AAA alkaline dry battery The invention relates to a cylindrical AAA alkaline dry battery including: a positive terminal protruding from one end face of the alkaline dry battery; a negative terminal protruding from the other end face; and an external label covering the alkaline dry battery. The diameter Dp (mm) and protruding height Hp (mm) of the positive terminal and the diameter Dn (mm) and protruding height Hn (mm) of the negative terminal satisfy the relation (1): 2.5≦Dn−Dp≦4.1 (1), and the relation (2): 0.8≦Hp−Hn≦1.1 (2). This permits easy and reliable identification of the polarities of the terminals, making it possible to provide a cylindrical AAA alkaline dry battery which is unlikely to be installed reversely.
US09105895B2	Operation method at the time of load reduction of fuel cell system An operation method at the time of load reduction of fuel cell system includes in this order a first step of determining a target power generation amount of the fuel cell module, a second step of increasing the flow rate of the oxygen-containing gas supplied to a fuel cell module, a third step of reducing the power generation amount of the fuel cell module, a fourth step of reducing the flow rate of the fuel gas supplied to the fuel cell module, a fifth step of reducing the flow rate of the water supplied to the fuel cell module, a sixth step of reducing the flow rate of the oxygen-containing gas supplied to the fuel cell module, and a seventh step of detecting whether the power generation amount of the fuel cell module reaches the target power generation amount or less.
US09105890B2	Cylindrical type secondary battery with upper and lower battery assemblies and fabrication method thereof A secondary battery having an upper battery assembly including an upper can housing a cap unit having an electrode terminal adapted to electrically connect to an external device and a gasket inserted between the cap unit and one end portion of the upper can for sealing and insulating the cap unit and the upper can. The secondary battery also has a lower battery assembly including a lower can housing an electrode assembly, the electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed between the first electrode for preventing a short circuit between the two electrodes. A first electrode tap connects the first electrode to the cap unit and a second electrode tap connects the second electrode to the lower can.
US09105879B2	Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and manufacturing method of light-emitting element Provided is a highly reliable light-emitting element in which damage to an EL layer is reduced even when an auxiliary electrode for an upper electrode is provided. Further, a highly reliable light-emitting device in which luminance unevenness is suppressed is provided. The light-emitting element includes a first electrode; an insulating layer over the first electrode; an auxiliary electrode having a projection and a depression on a surface, over the insulating layer; a layer containing a light-emitting organic compound over the first electrode and the auxiliary electrode; and a second electrode over the layer containing the light-emitting organic compound. At least part of the auxiliary electrode is electrically connected to the second electrode.
US09105878B2	Organic light-emitting diode manufacturing method, organic light-emitting diode, image display device, illumination device, and substrate A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting diode including preparing, by a dry etching method using a particle single layer film as an etching mask, a substrate provided with an uneven structure in which a plurality of unevenness is arranged in two dimensions on the surface of the substrate, and stacking, on the uneven structure, at least an anode conductive layer, an EL layer including a light-emitting layer containing an organic light-emitting material, and a cathode conductive layer containing a metal layer, such that the uneven structure is reproduced on the surface of the metal layer on the side of the EL layer, wherein the particle single layer film is formed using a mixture of a plurality of particles having different particle sizes, and an uneven structure is provided which satisfies particular requirements.
US09105876B2	Method for fabricating organic light emitting diode display device having improved effective emitting area A method of fabricating an organic light emitting diode display device having improved effective emitting area includes forming a first electrode over a substrate including a display region, which includes a plurality of pixel regions; forming the first bank on edges of the first electrode having a first width, and the second bank formed on the first bank having a second width smaller than the first width; forming an organic emitting layer on the first electrode and a portion of the first bank; and forming a second electrode on a organic emitting layer; patterning the second bank material layer to form a bank pattern; patterning the first bank using the bank pattern as an etching mask to form the first bank; and partially etching the bank pattern to form the second bank such that the first bank protrudes from the second bank by a third width.
US09105875B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus An organic light-emitting display apparatus including a substrate; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate; a first pixel electrode disposed on the insulating layer and including a reflecting layer; a pixel defining layer disposed around one end of the first pixel electrode and extending away from the first pixel electrode; a first intermediate layer disposed on the first pixel electrode and including an organic emission layer; an opposite electrode disposed on the first intermediate layer and the pixel defining layer and including a reflecting layer; and a first refractive layer disposed between the insulating layer and the pixel defining layer and having a refractivity greater than that of the insulating layer and the pixel defining layer. A first end of the first refractive layer is disposed to contact the first intermediate layer, and a second end of the refractive layer is disposed to face a portion of the opposite electrode.
US09105871B2	Method of manufacturing an OLED display device, the resulting OLED display device and a timepiece comprising the same Organic light emitting diode display device including a substrate covered by a cover which has a plane surface delimited along the external perimeter thereof. The plane surface of the cover is provided with a protuberance. The substrate is provided with a stack of layers, the stack of layers including at least the following layers in succession in the following order starting from the substrate: at least one anode; an insulating layer; a spacer layer which has a first exclusion area in a first area; an active hole injection layer, an active hole transport layer and an active electron transport layer; a cathode layer which has a second exclusion area. The protuberance of the cover is joined to the layer with which the protuberance is in contact, a hole, whose diameter is smaller than the geometrical dimensions of the protuberance, being made in the protuberance and through the substrate.
US09105869B2	Light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof A light-emitting device which is thin and lightweight and has high flexibility, impact resistance, and reliability is provided. Further, a light-emitting device which is thin and lightweight and has high flexibility, impact resistance, and hermeticity is provided. In the light-emitting device in which a light-emitting region including a transistor and a light-emitting element is sealed between a first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate, an opening is provided in the second flexible substrate around a region overlapping with the light-emitting region, the opening is filled with frit glass containing low-melting glass and bonding the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate, and the fit glass is provided so as to be in contact with an insulating layer provided over the first flexible substrate. The second flexible substrate may include an opening in a region overlapping with the light-emitting region.
US09105861B2	Light emitting device and organic light emitting display device including the same A light emitting device includes first and second electrodes facing each other on a substrate, a plurality of stacks stacked between the first and second electrodes and each including an EML so as to emit particular light, and a charge generation layer formed between the stacks so as to adjust charge balance therebetween and including an N-type charge generation layer and a P-type charge generation layer, wherein at least any one of the N-type charge generation layer and the P-type charge generation layer includes the same electron transporting material as that of an electron transport layer of one of the stacks that is adjacent to the N-type charge generation layer.
US09105858B2	Organic electroluminescent device and display apparatus An organic electroluminescent device includes an anode; a cathode; an organic layer including a light-emitting layer and disposed between the anode and the cathode; and an electron transport layer constituting the organic layer, disposed between the cathode and the light-emitting layer, and having a stacked structure including a layer containing a benzimidazole derivative and a layer containing a dibenzimidazole derivative represented by general formula (1): wherein Y1 to Y8 each represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 60 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyridyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted quinolyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic cyclic group, and Y7 and Y8 may form a ring through a linking group.
US09105839B2	Perpendicular spin transfer torque memory (STTM) device having offset cells and method to form same Perpendicular spin transfer torque memory (STTM) devices having offset cells and methods of fabricating perpendicular STTM devices having offset cells are described. For example, a spin torque transfer memory (STTM) array includes a first load line disposed above a substrate and having only a first STTM device. The STTM array also includes a second load line disposed above the substrate, adjacent the first load line, and having only a second STTM device, the second STTM device non-co-planar with the first STTM device.
US09105828B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor light emitting device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor layer including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a light emitting layer; a p-side electrode provided on the second surface of the semiconductor layer in a region including the light emitting layer; an n-side electrode provided on the second surface of the semiconductor layer in a region not including the light emitting layer; an insulating film being more flexible than the semiconductor layer, the insulating film provided on the second surface and a side surface of the semiconductor layer, and the insulating film having a first opening reaching the p-side electrode and a second opening reaching the n-side electrode; a p-side interconnection layer provided on the insulating film and connected to the p-side electrode; and an n-side interconnection layer provided on the insulating film and connected to the n-side electrode.
US09105825B2	Light source package and method of manufacturing the same A package for a light source is disclosed. In particular, a Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC) is described which provides enhanced heat dissipating properties. Moreover, the PLCC is described as comprising a single-gage leadframe, which provides for enhanced design flexibility and reduced manufacturing costs. Methods of manufacturing light source packages are also disclosed.
US09105810B2	Semiconductor light emitting device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer, a light emitting unit, a second semiconductor layer, a reflecting electrode, an oxide layer and a nitrogen-containing layer. The first semiconductor layer is of a first conductivity type. The light emitting unit is provided on the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is provided on the light emitting unit and is of a second conductivity type. The reflecting electrode is provided on the second semiconductor layer and includes Ag. The oxide layer is provided on the reflecting electrode. The oxide layer is insulative and has a first opening. The nitrogen-containing layer is provided on the oxide layer. The nitrogen-containing layer is insulative and has a second opening communicating with the first opening.
US09105804B2	Method for manufacturing light-receiving device and light-receiving device A method for manufacturing a light-receiving device includes the steps of forming a stacked semiconductor layer including a non-doped light-receiving layer, the light-receiving layer having an n-type conductivity; forming a selective growth mask made of an insulating film on the stacked semiconductor layer, the selective growth mask having a pattern including a plurality of openings; selectively growing a selective growth layer doped with a p-type impurity on each portion of the stacked semiconductor layer by using the selective growth mask; and forming a p-n junction in each of plural regions of the light-receiving layer by diffusing the p-type impurity doped in each selective growth layer into the light-receiving layer during growing the selective growth layers. Each of the regions including one of the p-n junctions corresponds to one of the selective growth layers. The p-n junction in one of the regions is formed separately from the p-n junctions in the other regions.
US09105802B2	Methods of making photovoltaic devices A method of making a photovoltaic device is presented. The method includes disposing an absorber layer on a window layer. The method further includes treating at least a portion of the absorber layer with a first solution including a first metal salt to form a first component, wherein the first metal salt comprises a first metal selected from the group consisting of manganese, cobalt, chromium, zinc, indium, tungsten, molybdenum, and combinations thereof. The method further includes treating at least a portion of the first component with cadmium chloride to form a second component. The method further includes treating at least a portion of the second component with a second solution including a second metal salt to form an interfacial layer on the second component, wherein the second metal salt comprises a second metal selected from the group consisting of manganese, cobalt, nickel, zinc, and combinations thereof.
US09105797B2	Liquid precursor inks for deposition of In—Se, Ga—Se and In—Ga—Se An ink includes a solution of selenium in ethylene diamine solvent and a solution of at least one metal salt selected from the group consisting of an indium salt or a gallium salt in at least one solvent including an organic amide. The organic amide can include dimethylformamide. The organic amide can include N-methylpyrrolidone.
US09105783B2	Holographic solar concentrator A solar concentrator receives sunlight for generating solar power with the concentrator including holographic optical element (HOE) separators for separating sunlight into separated bands, including HOE concentrators for concentrating the separated bands into concentrated bands, including HOE reflectors for reflecting the concentrated bands as reflected bands onto a multiple junction photovoltaic solar cell for generating the solar power with reduced aberrations of the bands for improved conversion of the solar light into the generator solar power, all of which can be constructed in an integrated structure using spacers, waveguides, and a substrate, where the HOEs use chirp Bragg gratings for reducing optical aberrations of the separated, concentrated, and reflected optical bands, with the option of multiple HOE separators for receiving sunlight from various angles of incidence.
US09105777B1	Semiconductor gamma ray detector element configuration of axially series multi-chamber structure for improving detector depletion plan A High Purity Germanium (HPGe) radiation detector has been specially machined to be this invented series multi-chamber coaxial configuration. So extra-large volume HPGe detectors can be easily produced with current available HPGe crystal, and the entire detector body structure can be uniquely optimized in accordance with the exact semiconductor crystal ingot situation so the overall detector can be easier depleted and the photo-induced carriers can be better collected as the signal output. This invention makes extra-large efficiency HPGe gamma ray detectors of 100% to 200%, and maybe even higher efficiency, possible and easier to be produced based on current HPGe crystal supply capability. The invention improves the detector performance for very high energy gamma ray detection especially. The invention could also be applied to any other kind of semiconductor materials if any of them could be purified enough for this application in future.
US09105775B2	Textured multi-junction solar cell and fabrication method A multi-junction photovoltaic device includes a germanium layer having pyramidal shapes with (111) facets exposed to form a textured surface. A first p-n junction is formed on or over the textured surface. Another p-n junction is formed over the first p-n junction and following the textured surface.
US09105774B2	Manufacturing method of solid-state imaging device and solid-state imaging device A manufacturing method of a solid-state imaging device includes: preparing a photoelectric conversion device; forming an insulating layer on a surface of the photoelectric conversion device; forming a wire-grid polarizer on a support base; bonding a forming surface of the wire-grid polarizer on the support base to the insulating layer on the surface of the photoelectric conversion device and removing the support base from the wire-grid polarizer.
US09105771B2	Method for producing at least one optoelectronic semiconductor component A method of producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component includes providing a carrier having a top side, an underside situated opposite the top side, and a plurality of connection areas arranged at the top side alongside one another in a lateral direction; applying a plurality of optoelectronic components arranged at a distance from one another in a lateral direction at the top side, the components having a contact area facing away from the carrier; applying protective elements to the contact and connection areas; applying an electrically insulating layer to exposed locations of the carrier, contact areas and protective elements; producing openings in the insulating layer by removing protective elements; and arranging an electrically conductive material on the insulating layer and in the openings, wherein the electrically conductive material connects a contact area to an assigned connection area.
US09105766B2	Optical electronic package An optical electronic package includes transmitting chip and a receiving chip fixed to a wafer. A transparent encapsulation structure is formed by a transparent plate and a transparent encapsulation block that are formed over the transmitter chip and at least a portion of the receiver chip, with the transparent encapsulation block embedding the transmitter chip. An opaque encapsulation block extends over the transparent plate and includes an opening that reveals a front area of the transparent plate. The front area is situated above an optical transmitter of the transmitting chip and is offset laterally relative to an optical sensor of the receiving chip.
US09105763B2	Light emitting diode chip and manufacturing method thereof A light emitting diode (LED) chip includes an N-type semiconductor layer, a compensation layer arranged on the N-type semiconductor layer, an active layer arranged on the compensation layer; and a P-type semiconductor layer arranged on the active layer. During growth of the compensation layer, atoms of an element (i.e., Al) of the compensation layer move to fill epitaxial defects in the N-type semiconductor layer, wherein the epitaxial defects are formed due to lattice mismatch when growing the N-type semiconductor. A method for manufacturing the chip is also disclosed. The compensation layer is made of a compound having a composition of AlxGa1-xN.
US09105760B2	Pick-and-place tool for packaging process An apparatus includes a guide ring, and a bond head installed on the guide ring. The bond head is configured to move in loops along the guide ring. The bond head is configured to pick up dies and place the dies during the loops.
US09105758B2	Semiconductor device including a capacitor A semiconductor device is disclosed, which reduces the depth of a metal contact so that an etching margin is increased in forming a contact hole. In addition, the semiconductor device and the method for forming the same increase a contact area between a plate electrode and a metal contact so that a power source can be more easily provided to the plate electrode. Thus, a sensing noise is reduced and a process margin is improved, resulting in improvement of device operation characteristics.
US09105755B2	Method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor epitaxial substrate There is provided a nitride semiconductor epitaxial substrate having a group III nitride semiconductor layer with C-plane as a surface, grown on a substrate via a buffer layer of the group III nitride semiconductor containing Al, wherein the buffer layer has an inversion domain on the surface.
US09105754B2	Adhesive film, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and semiconductor device Provided is an adhesive film that enables manufacturing of a high quality semiconductor device with good yield ratio, and related methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device, and semiconductor devices. Provided is an adhesive film for embedding a first semiconductor element fixed to an adherend and fixing a second semiconductor element that is different from the first semiconductor element to the adherend, wherein the adhesive film has a thickness T that is larger than a thickness T1 of the first semiconductor element, and the adherend and the first semiconductor element are connected by wire bonding and a difference between the thickness T and the thickness T1 is 40 μm or more and 260 μm or less, or the adherend and the first semiconductor element are connected by flip-chip bonding and a difference between the thickness T and the thickness T1 is 10 μm or more and 200 μm or less.
US09105750B1	Semiconductor device having a through-substrate via Semiconductor devices are described that have a through-substrate via formed therein. In one or more implementations, the semiconductor devices include a top wafer and a bottom wafer bonded together with a patterned adhesive material. The top wafer and the bottom wafer include one or more integrated circuits formed therein. The integrated circuits are connected to one or more conductive layers deployed over the surfaces of the top and bottom wafers. A via is formed through the top wafer and the patterned adhesive material so that an electrical interconnection can be formed between the integrated circuits formed in the top wafer and the integrated circuits formed in the bottom wafer. The via includes a conductive material that furnishes the electrical interconnection between the top and bottom wafers.
US09105746B2	Method for manufacturing a field effect transistor of a non-planar type A method for manufacturing a field effect transistor of a non-planar type, comprising providing a substrate having an initially planar front main surface, and providing shallow trench isolation structures in the substrate on the front surface, thereby defining a plurality of fin structures in the substrate between the shallow trench isolation structures. Top surfaces of the shallow trench isolation structures and the fin structures abut on a common planar surface, and sidewalls of the fin structures are fully concealed by the shallow trench isolation structures. The method also includes forming a dummy gate structure over a central portion of the plurality of fin structures on the common planar surface, forming dielectric spacer structures around the dummy gate structure, and removing the dummy gate structure, thereby leaving a gate trench defined by the dielectric spacer structures. Further, the method includes removing an upper portion of at least two shallow trench isolation structures to expose at least a portion of the sidewalls of the fin structures within the gate trench, and forming a final gate stack in the gate trench.
US09105744B2	Semiconductor devices having inactive fin field effect transistor (FinFET) structures and manufacturing and design methods thereof Semiconductor devices and manufacturing and design methods thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an active FinFET disposed over a workpiece comprising a first semiconductive material, the active FinFET comprising a first fin. An electrically inactive FinFET structure is disposed over the workpiece proximate the active FinFET, the electrically inactive FinFET comprising a second fin. A second semiconductive material is disposed between the first fin and the second fin.
US09105737B2	Semiconductor constructions Some embodiments include methods of forming vertical memory strings. A trench is formed to extend through a stack of alternating electrically conductive levels and electrically insulative levels. An electrically insulative panel is formed within the trench. Some sections of the panel are removed to form openings. Each opening has a first pair of opposing sides along the stack, and has a second pair of opposing sides along remaining sections of the panel. Cavities are formed to extend into the electrically conductive levels along the first pair of opposing sides of the openings. Charge blocking material and charge-storage material is formed within the cavities. Channel material is formed within the openings and is spaced from the charge-storage material by gate dielectric material. Some embodiments include semiconductor constructions, and some embodiments include methods of forming vertically-stacked structures.
US09105734B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a base insulating film including silicon, an oxide semiconductor film over the base insulating film, a gate insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode which is in contact with the gate insulating film and overlaps with at least the oxide semiconductor film, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film includes a region in which a concentration of silicon distributed from the interface with the base insulating film toward an inside of the oxide semiconductor film is lower than or equal to 1.0 at. %. A crystal portion is included at least in the region.
US09105726B2	Transistor and method of fabricating the same Provided is a transistor. The transistor includes: a substrate; a semiconductor layer provided on the substrate and having one side vertical to the substrate and the other side facing the one side; a first electrode extending along the substrate and contacting the one side of the semiconductor layer; a second electrode extending along the substrate and contacting the other side of the semiconductor layer; a conductive wire disposed on the first electrode and spaced from the second electrode; a gate electrode provided on the semiconductor layer; and a gate insulating layer disposed between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, wherein the semiconductor layer, the first electrode, and the second electrode have a coplanar.
US09105717B2	Manufacturing a semiconductor device using electrochemical etching, semiconductor device and super junction semiconductor device A trench is formed in a semiconductor substrate between mesas of a first conductivity type. The trench extends from a process surface down to a bottom plane. A semiconductor layer of a second, complementary conductivity type is formed on sidewalls of the trench. At least in the mesas a vertical impurity concentration profile vertical to the process surface is non-constant between the process surface and the bottom plane. A portion of the semiconductor layer in the trench is removed by electrochemical etching. Thereafter, the thickness of the recessed semiconductor layer images the vertical impurity concentration profile in the mesa.
US09105716B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type provided on a main surface of the first semiconductor layer and having a lower impurity concentration than that of the first semiconductor layer; a third semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type provided on the second semiconductor layer; a fourth semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type selectively provided on the third semiconductor layer; a gate electrode provided in a trench passing through the third semiconductor layer and reaching the second semiconductor layer; a first main electrode contacting the fourth semiconductor layer and contacting the third semiconductor layer through a contact groove provided to pass through the fourth semiconductor layer between the contiguous gate electrodes; a second main electrode provided on an opposite surface to the main surface of the first semiconductor layer; and a fifth semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type provided in an interior portion of the second semiconductor layer corresponding to a part under the contact groove. An uppermost portion of the fifth semiconductor layer contacts the third semiconductor layer, a lowermost portion of the fifth semiconductor layer has a higher impurity concentration than that of the other portion in the fifth semiconductor layer and is located in the second semiconductor layer and not contacting the first semiconductor layer, and the fifth semiconductor layer is narrower from the uppermost portion to the lower most portion.
US09105711B2	Semiconductor structure with reduced junction leakage and method of fabrication thereof A semiconductor structure is formed with a NFET device and a PFET device. The NFET device is formed by masking the PFET device regions of a substrate, forming a screen layer through epitaxial growth and in-situ doping, and forming an undoped channel layer on the screen layer through epitaxial growth. The PFET device is similarly formed by masking the NFET regions of a substrate, forming a screen layer through epitaxial growth and in-situ doping, and forming an undoped channel layer on the screen layer through epitaxial growth. An isolation region is formed between the NFET and the PFET device areas to remove any facets occurring during the separate epitaxial growth phases. By forming the screen layer through in-situ doped epitaxial growth, a reduction in junction leakage is achieved versus forming the screen layer using ion implantation.
US09105707B2	ZRAM heterochannel memory Approaches for zero capacitance memory cells are provided. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes forming a channel region by doping a first material with a first type of impurity. The method includes forming source/drain regions by doping a second material with a second type of impurity different than the first type of impurity, wherein the second material has a smaller bandgap than the first material. The method includes forming lightly doped regions between the channel region and the source/drain regions, wherein the lightly doped regions include the second material. The method includes forming a gate over the channel region, wherein the second material extends under edges of the gate.
US09105704B2	Method of depositing films with narrow-band conductive properties Conducting materials having narrow impurity conduction bands can reduce the number of high energy excitations, and can be prepared by a sequence of plasma treatments. For example, a dielectric layer can be exposed to a first plasma ambient to form vacancy sites, and the vacancy-formed dielectric layer can be subsequently exposed to a second plasma ambient to fill the vacancy sites with substitutional impurities.
US09105703B2	Programmable III-nitride transistor with aluminum-doped gate Disclosed is a III-nitride heterojunction device that includes a conduction channel having a two dimensional electron gas formed at an interface between a first III-nitride material and a second III-nitride material. A modification including a contact insulator, for example, a gate insulator formed under a gate contact, is disposed over the conduction channel, wherein the contact insulator includes aluminum to alter formation of the two dimensional electron gas at the interface. The contact insulator can include AlSiN, or can be SiN doped with aluminum. The modification results in programming the threshold voltage of the III-nitride heterojunction device to, for example, make the device an enhancement mode device. The modification can further include a recess, an ion implanted region, a diffused region, an oxidation region, and/or a nitridation region. In one embodiment, the first III-nitride material comprises GaN and the second III-nitride material comprises AlGaN.
US09105698B2	Multilevel interconnect structures and methods of fabricating same A multilevel interconnect structure for a semiconductor device includes an intermetal dielectric layer with funnel-shaped connecting vias. The funnel-shaped connecting vias are provided in connection with systems exhibiting submicron spacings. The architecture of the multilevel interconnect structure provides a low resistance connecting via.
US09105694B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device A method for making a semiconductor device includes forming a trench in a first layer on a substrate. A conductive layer having a pattern is formed in the trench. A first metal gate electrode is formed on the conductive layer, and a second metal gate electrode is formed on the first metal gate electrode. The first and second metal gate electrodes at least partially conform to the pattern of the conductive layer. Widths of first surfaces of the first and second metal gate electrodes are different from respective widths of second surfaces of the first and second metal gate electrodes as a result of the pattern.
US09105690B2	Process for manufacturing a semiconductor wafer having SOI-insulated wells and semiconductor wafer thereby manufactured A process for manufacturing a semiconductor wafer including SOI-insulation wells includes forming, in a die region of a semiconductor body, buried cavities and semiconductor structural elements, which traverse the buried cavities and are distributed in the die region. The process moreover includes the step of oxidizing selectively first adjacent semiconductor structural elements, arranged inside a closed region, and preventing oxidation of second semiconductor structural elements outside the closed region, so as to form a die buried dielectric layer selectively inside the closed region.
US09105680B2	Insulated gate bipolar transistor An IGBT has layers between emitter and collector sides. The layers include a collector layer on the collector side, a drift layer, a base layer of a second conductivity type, a first source region arranged on the base layer towards the emitter side, a trench gate electrode arranged lateral to the base layer and extending deeper into the drift layer than the base layer, a well arranged lateral to the base layer and extending deeper into the drift layer than the base layer, an enhancement layer surrounding the base layer so as to completely separate the base layer from the drift layer and the well, an electrically conducting layer covering the well and separated from the well by a second electrically insulating layer, and a third insulating layer having a recess on top of the electrically conducting layer such that the electrically conducting layer electrically contacts a emitter electrode.
US09105665B2	Gettering agents in memory charge storage structures Methods of forming memory cells including a charge storage structure having a gettering agent therein can be useful for non-volatile memory devices. Providing for gettering of oxygen from a charge-storage material of the charge storage structure can facilitate a mitigation of detrimental oxidation of the charge-storage material.
US09105658B2	Method for processing oxide semiconductor layer A method for processing an oxide semiconductor containing indium, gallium, and zinc is provided. In the method, the oxide semiconductor layer comprises a plurality of excess oxygen, a first oxygen vacancy that is close to first indium and captures first hydrogen, and a second oxygen vacancy that is close to second indium and captures second hydrogen, the first hydrogen captured by the first oxygen vacancy is bonded to one of a plurality of excess oxygen to so that a hydroxyl is formed; the hydroxyl is bonded to the second hydrogen captured by the second oxygen vacancy to release as water; and then, the first oxygen vacancy captures one of excess oxygen and the second oxygen vacancy captures one of excess oxygen.
US09105654B2	Source/drain profile for FinFET An embodiment is a FinFET device. The FinFET device comprises a fin, a first source/drain region, a second source/drain region, and a channel region. The fin is raised above a substrate. The first source/drain region and the second source/drain region are in the fin. The channel region is laterally between the first and second source/drain regions. The channel region has facets that are not parallel and not perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate.
US09105653B2	Method for fabricating a metal gate electrode An exemplary method for fabricating a metal gate electrode includes providing a substrate having thereon a dielectric layer and a trench in the dielectric layer; depositing a work-function metal layer over the dielectric layer and into the trench; depositing a sacrificial layer over the work-function metal layer to fill the first trench; performing a chemical mechanical polishing to remove the work-function metal layer outside the trench; removing the sacrificial layer in the trench; and depositing a signal metal layer to fill the trench.
US09105646B2	Methods for reproducible flash layer deposition A method for reducing the leakage current in DRAM Metal-Insulator-Metal capacitors includes forming a flash layer between the dielectric layer and the first electrode layer. A method for reducing the leakage current in DRAM Metal-Insulator-Metal capacitors includes forming a capping layer between the dielectric layer and the second electrode layer. The flash layer and the capping layer can be formed using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique. The precursor materials used for forming the flash layer and the capping layer are selected such they include at least one metal-oxygen bond. Additionally, the precursor materials are selected to also include “bulky” ligands.
US09105629B2	Selective area heating for 3D chip stack A method of forming a 3D package including joining an interposer to a laminate chip carrier with the solid state diffusion of a first plurality of solder bumps by applying a first selective non-uniform heat, a first selective non-uniform cooling, and first uniform pressure, joining a top chip to the interposer with the solid state diffusion of a second plurality of solder bumps by applying a second selective non-uniform heat and second uniform pressure, heating the 3D package and the first and second pluralities of solder bumps to a temperature greater than the reflow temperature of the first and second pluralities of solder bumps, where the second plurality of solder bumps achieves the reflow temperature before the first plurality of solder bumps, where a temperature of the first and second selective non-uniform heat is less than the reflow temperature of the first and second pluralities of solder bumps, respectively.
US09105625B2	Semiconductor apparatus, method of manufacturing semiconductor apparatus, and electronic apparatus A semiconductor apparatus, including: a semiconductor component; a Cu stud bump that is formed on the semiconductor component; and a solder bump configured to electrically connect to the Cu stud bump.
US09105623B2	Semiconductor device having metal gate and manufacturing method thereof A manufacturing method for semiconductor device having metal gate includes providing a substrate having a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device formed thereon, the first semiconductor device having a first gate trench and the second semiconductor device having a second gate trench, forming a first work function metal layer and an etch stop layer in the first gate trench and the second gate trench, forming a metal layer having a material the same with the first work function metal layer in the second gate trench, and forming a filling metal layer in the first gate trench and the second gate trench to form a second work function metal layer in the first gate trench.
US09105611B2	Power module package Disclosed herein is a power module package including: a substrate having a ceramic layer formed in one surface thereof; a circuit pattern formed on the ceramic layer; a first lead frame having one side contacting the circuit pattern and the other side protruding toward the outside; and a first semiconductor chip mounted on one side of the first lead frame.
US09105610B2	Methods and arrangements relating to semiconductor packages including multi-memory dies Embodiments provide a method comprising providing a multi-memory die that comprises multiple individual memory dies. Each of the individual memory dies is defined as an individual memory die within a wafer of semiconductor material during production of memory dies. The multi-memory die is created by singulating the wafer of semiconductor material into memory dies where at least one of the memory dies is a multi-memory die that includes multiple individual memory dies that are still physically connected together. The method further comprises coupling a semiconductor die to the multi-memory die.
US09105607B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a mesh-type gate electrode including first portions extending in a first direction and second portions extending in a second direction crossing the first direction over the substrate. The mesh-type gate structure may have a plurality of openings, and source regions and drain regions of second conductivity type alternately arranged in the first direction and the second direction in the substrate at locations corresponding to the openings.
US09105604B2	HBT cascode cell A cascode gain stage apparatus includes a common-emitter connected transistor having a first base metal contact, first emitter metal contact, a first collector metal contact and a u-shaped first collector interface metal; and a common-base connected transistor having a second emitter metal contact, a second base metal contact, and a second collector metal contact, the second emitter metal contact in communication with the first collector metal contact through a transistor interconnect metallic strap, the second emitter metal contact disposed between the first collector metal contact and the second base metal contact. With this configuration, the first collector metal contact and second emitter metal contact are connected by the transistor interconnect metallic strap without high-aspect ratio traces to reduce crossover coupling.
US09105600B2	Sheet structure, method of manufacturing sheet structure, and electronic device A sheet structure has: a bundle structure including a plurality of linear structures made of carbon which are oriented in a predetermined direction; a covering layer covering the plurality of linear structures made of carbon; and a filling layer provided between the plurality of linear structures made of carbon covered with the covering layer. The thickness of the covering layer is not uniform in a direction crossing the predetermined direction.
US09105595B2	Battery heating circuits and methods based on battery discharging using resonance components in series According to certain embodiments, a battery heating circuit is provided, comprising a switch unit 1, a switching control module 100, a damping component R1, and an energy storage circuit; the energy storage circuit is configured to be connected with the battery and comprises a current storage component L1 and a charge storage component C1; the damping component R1, the switch unit 1, the current storage component L1, and the charge storage component C1 are connected in series; the switching control module 100 is connected with the switch unit 1, and is configured to control ON/OFF of the switch unit 1, so as to control energy flowing from the battery to the energy storage circuit only. For example, the heating circuit provided in the present invention can improve the charge/discharge performance of the battery, and improve safety when the battery is heated.
US09105582B2	Spatial semiconductor structure and method of fabricating the same A method of fabricating a spatial semiconductor structure includes steps as follows. Firstly, a semiconductor substrate is provided. Then, a first mask layer is formed above the semiconductor substrate. Then, at least a first opening is formed in the first mask layer and exposes a portion of a surface of the semiconductor substrate. Then, a first semiconductor pattern is formed in the first opening. Then, a second mask layer is formed over the first semiconductor pattern and the first mask layer. Then, at least a second opening is formed through the second mask layer to the first mask layer and exposes another portion of the surface of the semiconductor substrate. And, a second semiconductor pattern is formed in the second opening.
US09105572B2	Magnetic memory and manufacturing method thereof According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory includes a cell transistor including a first source/drain diffusion layer and a second source/drain diffusion layer, a first contact on the first source/drain diffusion layer, a memory element on the first contact, and a second contact on the second source/drain diffusion layer, the second contact including a first plug on the second source/drain diffusion layer, and a second plug on the first plug.
US09105570B2	Methods for introducing carbon to a semiconductor structure An embodiment is a method comprising diffusing carbon through a surface of a substrate, implanting carbon through the surface of the substrate, and annealing the substrate after the diffusing the carbon and implanting the carbon through the surface of the substrate. The substrate comprises a first gate, a gate spacer, an etch stop layer, and an inter-layer dielectric. The first gate is over a semiconductor substrate. The gate spacer is along a sidewall of the first gate. The etch stop layer is on a surface of the gate spacer and over a surface of the semiconductor substrate. The inter-layer dielectric is over the etch stop layer. The surface of the substrate comprises a surface of the inter-layer dielectric.
US09105563B2	Method and system of improved uniformity testing A method and system includes a first substrate and a second substrate, each substrate comprising a predetermined baseline transmittance value at a predetermine wavelength of light, processing regions on the first substrate by combinatorially varying at least one of materials, process conditions, unit processes, and process sequences associated with the graphene production, performing a first characterization test on the processed regions on the first substrate to generate first results, processing regions on a second substrate in a combinatorial manner by varying at least one of materials, process conditions, unit processes, and process sequences associated with the graphene production based on the first results of the first characterization test, performing a second characterization test on the processed regions on the second substrate to generate second results, and determining whether at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate meet a predetermined quality threshold based on the second results.
US09105561B2	Layered bonded structures formed from reactive bonding of zinc metal and zinc peroxide A system, method, and apparatus for layered bonded structures formed from reactive bonding between zinc metal and zinc peroxide are disclosed herein. In particular, the present disclosure teaches a layered bonded structure wherein two structures are bonded together with a layer including zinc oxide. The zinc oxide is formed through a method that includes processing the two structures by contacting the structures under pressure and applying heat to the structures to promote a reaction with zinc peroxide and zinc metal on one or both of the two structures.
US09105559B2	Conformal doping for FinFET devices A conformal doping process for FinFET devices on a semiconductor substrate which includes NFET fins and PFET fins. In a first exemplary embodiment, an N-type dopant composition is conformally deposited over the NFET fins and the PFET fins. The semiconductor substrate is annealed to drive in an N-type dopant from the N-type dopant composition into the NFET fins. A P-type dopant composition is conformally deposited over the NFET fins and the PFET fins. The semiconductor substrate is annealed to drive in a P-type dopant from the P-type dopant composition into the PFET fins. In a second exemplary embodiment, one of the NFET fins and PFET fins may be covered with a first dopant composition and then a second dopant composition may cover both the NFET fins and the PFET fins followed by an anneal to drive in both dopants.
US09105556B2	Tunneling field-effect transistor including graphene channel According to example embodiments, a tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET) includes a first electrode on a substrate, a semiconductor layer on a portion of the first electrode, a graphene channel on the semiconductor layer, a second electrode on the graphene channel, a gate insulating layer on the graphene channel, and a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer. The first electrode may include a portion that is adjacent to the first area of the substrate. The semiconductor layer may be between the graphene channel and the portion of the first electrode. The graphene channel may extend beyond an edge of at least one of the semiconductor layer and the portion of the first electrode to over the first area of the substrate.
US09105551B2	Method for making an imager device A method for making an imager device including the implementation of the steps of: making, through a layer of electric insulating material within which are made one or more pixels each including an antenna able to pick up an electromagnetic wave received at said pixel, of an aperture forming an access to a layer of sacrificial material provided between the layer of electric insulating material and a reflective layer able to reflect said electromagnetic wave; removing part of the layer of sacrificial material through the aperture, forming between the reflective layer and the layer of electric insulating material at least one optical cavity.
US09105538B2	Dynamically configurable photovoltaic cell array Embodiments of the present invention relate to photovoltaic cells. Specifically, the present invention relates to photovoltaic (PV) cells configurable for energy conversion and imaging. In a typical embodiment, each photovoltaic cell (PV) in the photovoltaic array is divided into a pixel-based array. Each photovoltaic cell is coupled to a set of switches and the photovoltaic cell is dynamically configured for energy conversion or imaging based on the settings of at least one of the switches.
US09105536B2	Solid-state imaging device for analog-to-digital conversion A solid-state imaging device is capable of suppressing as much as possible an increase in power consumption of a low-frequency noise removing process. A pixel unit includes pixels outputting pixel signals corresponding to an amount of incident light and correction pixels outputting correction pixel signals corresponding to a correction reference voltage. An AD conversion circuit includes a delay circuit, to which a plurality of delay elements are connected, and outputs a digital signal corresponding to the number of delay elements through which a pulse signal passes when the pulse signal passes through the number of delay elements corresponding to a level of the pixel signal or the correction pixel signal.
US09105534B2	Semiconductor device, method of manufacturing thereof, circuit board and electronic apparatus A semiconductor device is provided comprising: a semiconductor element including a plurality of electrodes; first wirings coupled to the electrodes and directed toward a center of the semiconductor element from a portion coupled to the electrodes; second wirings coupled between the first wirings and external terminals, the second wirings being directed to an outer area of the semiconductor element relative to the center; and at least one resin layer formed between the first wirings and the second wirings.
US09105530B2	Conductive contacts having varying widths and method of manufacturing same A bump structure includes a contact element formed on a substrate and a passivation layer overlying the substrate. The passivation layer includes a passivation opening exposing the contact element. The bump structure also includes a polyimide layer overlying the passivation layer and an under bump metallurgy (UBM) feature electrically coupled to the contact element. The polyimide layer has a polyimide opening exposing the contact element, and the under bump metallurgy feature has a UBM width. The bump structure further includes a copper pillar on the under bump metallurgy feature. A distal end of the copper pillar width, and the UBM width is greater than the pillar width.
US09105527B2	High Productivity Combinatorial material screening for stable, high-mobility non-silicon thin film transistors Methods for HPC techniques are applied to the processing of site-isolated regions (SIR) on a substrate to form at least a portion of a TFT device used in display applications. The processing may be applied to at least one of gate dielectric deposition, gate dielectric patterning, metal-based semiconductor deposition, metal-based patterning, etch stop deposition, etch stop patterning, source/drain deposition, or source/drain patterning. The SIRs may be defined during the deposition process with uniform deposition within each SIR or the SIRs may be defined subsequent to the deposition of layers wherein the layers are deposited with a gradient in one or more properties across the substrate.
US09105526B2	High productivity combinatorial material screening for metal oxide films Methods for HPC techniques are applied to the processing of site-isolated regions (SIR) on a substrate to form at least a portion of a TFT device used in display applications. The processing may be applied to at least one of gate dielectric deposition, gate dielectric patterning, metal-based semiconductor (e.g. ZnOx, ZnSnOx, ZnInOx, or ZnGaOx) deposition, metal-based semiconductor (e.g. ZnOx, ZnSnOx, ZnInOx, or ZnGaOx) patterning, etch stop deposition, etch stop patterning, source/drain deposition, or source/drain patterning. The SIRs may be defined during the deposition process with uniform deposition within each SIR or the SIRs may be defined subsequent to the deposition of layers wherein the layers are deposited with a gradient in one or more properties across the substrate.
US09105523B2	Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same A reduction in contaminating impurities in a TFT, and a TFT which is reliable, is obtained in a semiconductor device which uses the TFT. By removing contaminating impurities residing in a film interface of the TFT using a solution containing fluorine, a reliable TFT can be obtained.
US09105520B2	Pulse output circuit, shift register and display device A pulse is inputted to TFTs 101 and 104 so that the TFTs would turn ON and then potential of a node α rises. When the potential of the node α reaches (VDD−VthN), the node α became in a floating state. Accordingly, a TFT 105 then turns ON, and potential of an output node rises as a clock signal reaches the level H. On the other hand, potential of a gate electrode of the TFT 105 further rises due to an operation of capacitance 107 as the potential of the output node rises, so that the potential of the output node would be higher than (VDD+VthN). Thus, the potential of the output node rises to VDD without voltage drop caused by a threshold of the TFT 105.
US09105513B2	Transistor including sub-gate and semiconductor device including the same Provided is a semiconductor device including a pillar, a gate electrode having a first conductive pattern surrounding the pillar and a plurality of second conductive patterns which protrude from the first conductive pattern and are arranged to be spaced apart from each other, and an insulating pattern interposed between the pillar and the first conductive pattern.
US09105512B2	SONOS stack with split nitride memory layer A semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same are provided. In one embodiment, semiconductor device includes a first oxide layer overlying a channel connecting a source and a drain formed in a substrate, a first nitride layer overlying the first oxide layer, a second oxide layer overlying the first nitride layer and a second nitride layer overlying the second oxide layer. A dielectric layer overlies the second nitride layer and a gate layer overlies the dielectric layer. The second nitride layer is oxygen-rich relative to the second nitride layer and includes a majority of the charge traps. Other embodiments are also described.
US09105510B2	Double sidewall image transfer process Methodology enabling a generation of fins having a variable fin pitch less than 40 nm, and the resulting device are disclosed. Embodiments include: forming a hardmask on a substrate; providing first and second mandrels on the hardmask; providing a first spacer on each side of each of the first and second mandrels; removing the first and second mandrels; providing, after removal of the first and second mandrels, a second spacer on each side of each of the first spacers; and removing the first spacers.
US09105509B2	Ball grid array and card skew matching optimization A method, system, and computer storage device simultaneously compare the timing of conductive signal paths in a substrate and a printed circuit board to achieve a predetermined signal timing goal. Specifically, the method automatically calculates a substrate-based length of time it will take a signal to pass within each substrate conductor (within a conductor group) and automatically calculates a board-based length of time it will take a signal to pass within each of board conductors (within the conductor group). The method automatically adds the substrate-based length of time and the board-based length of time for each of the combined substrate-board conductors to produce a combined timing for each of the combined substrate-board conductors. The method automatically compares the combined timing of each the combined substrate-board conductors to determine whether the combined substrate-board conductors pass signals within a predetermined timing variance limit.
US09105498B2	Gate strain induced work function engineering A stack of a gate dielectric layer and a workfunction material layer are deposited over a plurality of semiconductor material portions, which can be a plurality of semiconductor fins or a plurality of active regions in a semiconductor substrate. A first gate conductor material applying a first stress is formed on a first portion of the workfunction material layer located on a first semiconductor material portion, and a second gate conductor material applying a second stress is formed on a second portion of the workfunction material layer located on a second semiconductor material portion. The first and second stresses are different in at least one of polarity and magnitude, thereby inducing different strains in the first and second portions of the workfunction material layer. The different strains cause the workfunction shift differently in the first and second portions of the workfunction material layer, thereby providing devices having multiple different workfunctions.
US09105497B2	Methods of forming gate structures for transistor devices for CMOS applications One method for forming replacement gate structures for NMOS and PMOS transistors includes performing an etching process to remove a sacrificial gate structure for the NMOS and PMOS transistors to thereby define NMOS and PMOS gate cavities, depositing a gate insulation layer in the gate cavities, depositing a first metal layer on the gate insulation layer in the gate cavities, performing at least one process operation to form (1) an NMOS metal silicide material above the first metal layer within the NMOS gate cavity, the NMOS metal silicide material having a first amount of atomic silicon, and (2) a PMOS metal silicide material above the first metal layer within the PMOS gate cavity, the PMOS metal silicide material having a second amount of atomic silicon, and wherein the first and second amounts of atomic silicon are different, and forming gate cap layers within the NMOS and PMOS gate cavities.
US09105496B2	Complementary metal oxide semiconductor device, optical apparatus including the same, and method of manufacturing the same A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device includes an n-type first transistor on a silicon substrate, the n-type first transistor including a Group III-V compound semiconductor substrate, and a p-type second transistor on the silicon substrate, the p-type second transistor including a germanium based substrate.
US09105492B2	Compliant micro device transfer head A compliant micro device transfer head and head array are disclosed. In an embodiment a micro device transfer head includes a spring portion that is deflectable into a space between a base substrate and the spring portion.
US09105489B2	Power semiconductor module A power semiconductor module includes a base plate and at least one pair of substrates mounted on the base plate. Multiple power semiconductors are mounted on each substrate. The power semiconductors are arranged on each substrate with a different number of power semiconductors along opposite edges thereof. The at least one pair of substrates is arranged on the base plate with the respective edges of the substrates provided with a lower number of power semiconductors facing towards each other.
US09105481B2	Semiconductor structure A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, at least a first N-type germanium (Ge) structure and at least a first P-type Ge structure. The first N-type Ge structure is formed on the substrate and has two end parts and at least a first central part bonded between the two end parts thereof. The first central part is floated over the substrate, and a side surface of the first central part is a {111} Ge crystallographic surface. The first P-type Ge structure is formed on the substrate and has two end parts and at least a second central part bonded between the two end parts thereof. The side surface of the second central part is a {110} Ge crystallographic surface.
US09105478B2	Devices and methods of forming fins at tight fin pitches Devices and methods for forming semiconductor devices with fins at tight fin pitches are provided. One method includes, for instance: obtaining an intermediate semiconductor device; growing an epi layer over the substrate; forming a doped layer below the epi layer; depositing a first oxide layer on the epi layer; applying a dielectric material on the first oxide layer; and depositing a lithography stack on the dielectric material. One intermediate semiconductor device includes, for instance: a substrate with at least one n-well region and at least one p-well region; a doped layer over the substrate; an epi layer over the doped layer; a first oxide layer over the epi layer; a dielectric layer over the first oxide layer; and a lithography stack over the dielectric layer.
US09105472B2	Single-crystal substrate,single-crystal substrate having crystalline film,crystalline film,method for producing single-crystal substrate having crystalline film,method for producing crystalline substrate,and method for producing element Provided are a single-crystal substrate for epitaxial growth on which a crystalline film may be formed with stress thereon being suppressed or eliminated, a single-crystal substrate having a crystalline film, a crystalline film, a method of producing a single-crystal substrate having a crystalline film, a method of producing a crystalline substrate, and an element producing method. The single-crystal substrate has a roughened surface formed on at least a partial region of a surface of the single-crystal substrate. And in order to obtain the single-crystal substrate having a crystalline film, a single-crystalline film is formed by epitaxial growth on a roughened-surface unformed surface on which the roughened surface is not formed, and a crystalline film having low crystallinity than the single-crystalline film is formed by epitaxial growth on a roughened-surface formed surface of the single-crystal substrate.
US09105464B2	Semiconductor structure with rare earth oxide A semiconductor structure with a rare earth oxide is provided. The semiconductor structure comprises: a semiconductor substrate (100); and a plurality of insulation oxide layers (201, 202 . . . 20x) and a plurality of single crystal semiconductor layers (301, 302 . . . 30x) alternately stacked on the semiconductor substrate (100). A material of the insulation oxide layer (201) contacted with the semiconductor substrate (100) is any one of a rare earth oxide, SiO2, SiOxNy and a combination thereof, a material of other insulation oxide layers (202 . . . 20x) is a single crystal rare earth oxide.
US09105463B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes an extended semiconductor chip including a first semiconductor chip and an extension outwardly extending from a side surface of the first semiconductor chip; and a second semiconductor chip connected to the extended semiconductor chip through a plurality of bumps and electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip is smaller than the second semiconductor chip. At least one external terminal is provided on the extension.
US09105460B2	Gas discharge tube including a starting aid In various embodiments, a gas discharge tube having a starting aid may include a discharge vessel with at least one open end, in which end a stopper with a continuous stopper bore is inserted; and an electrical leadthrough, which is inserted into the respective stopper bore and is fuse-sealed into the stopper bore. The starting aid extends as far as into the stopper bore.
US09105459B1	Microchannel plate assembly A microchannel plate assembly includes a plurality of microchannel plates that are aligned along a common axis and coupled together. The microchannel plates each have an object-side surface and an image-side surface and the assembly has respective interfaces between the image-side surface and the object-side surface of adjacent microchannel plates. At least one ion barrier film is disposed on at least one of the microchannel plates, but only on the object-side surfaces in the interfaces.
US09105458B2	System and methods for ionizing compounds using matrix-assistance for mass spectrometry and ion mobility spectrometry An ionization method for use with mass spectrometry or ion mobility spectrometry is a small molecule compound(s) as a matrix into which is incorporated analyte. The matrix has attributes of sublimation or evaporation when placed in vacuum at or near room temperature and produces both positive and negative charges. Placing the sample into a region of sub-atmospheric pressure, the region being in fluid communication with the vacuum of the mass spectrometer or ion mobility spectrometer, produces gas-phase ions of the analyte for mass-to-charge or drift-time analysis without use of a laser, high voltage, particle bombardment, or a heated ion transfer region. This matrix and vacuum assisted ionization process can operate from atmosphere or vacuum and produces ions from large (e.g. proteins) and small molecules (e.g. drugs) with charge states similar to those observed in electrospray ionization.
US09105457B2	Cone-shaped orifice arrangement for inductively coupled plasma sample introduction system A mass analysis system including a sample inlet arranged to introduce a sample and an ion source coupled to the sample inlet and arranged to ionize a portion of the sample into ions. The system also includes a sampler element having a sample orifice arranged to receive the sample ions into a first vacuum chamber. The system includes a skimmer element having a skimmer orifice arranged to receive the sample ions from the first vacuum chamber into a second vacuum chamber where the skimmer orifice is of a first size. The system further includes a third cone element having a third cone orifice of a second size arranged to receive the sample ions from the second vacuum chamber into a third vacuum chamber where the third cone is configured to allow a continuum flow of ions through the third cone orifice. The third chamber includes an ion optics assembly and mass analyzer.
US09105447B2	Wide dynamic range ion energy bias control; fast ion energy switching; ion energy control and a pulsed bias supply; and a virtual front panel This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for operating a plasma processing chamber. In particular, a periodic voltage function combined with an ion current compensation can be provided as a bias to a substrate support as a modified periodic voltage function. This in turn effects a DC bias on the surface of the substrate that controls an ion energy of ions incident on a surface of the substrate. A peak-to-peak voltage of the periodic voltage function can control the ion energy, while the ion current compensation can control a width of an ion energy distribution function of the ions. Measuring the modified periodic voltage function can provide a means to calculate an ion current in the plasma and a sheath capacitance of the plasma sheath. The ion energy distribution function can be tailored and multiple ion energy peaks can be generated, both via control of the modified periodic voltage function.
US09105443B2	Multi-step location specific process for substrate edge profile correction for GCIB system Disclosed are an apparatus, system, and method for scanning a substrate or other workpiece through a gas-cluster ion beam (GCIB), or any other type of ion beam. The workpiece scanning apparatus is configured to receive and hold a substrate for irradiation by the GCIB and to scan it through the GCIB in two directions using two movements: a reciprocating fast-scan movement, and a slow-scan movement. The slow-scan movement is actuated using a servo motor and a belt drive system, the belt drive system being configured to reduce the failure rate of the workpiece scanning apparatus.
US09105441B2	Mobile X-ray image capturing apparatus A mobile X-ray capturing apparatus includes an X-ray tube for irradiating an object with X ray, an arm for holding the X-ray tube, and a support pillar for holding the arm so as to facilitate arrangement of units. Further, the mobile X-ray capturing apparatus includes an arm energizing unit provided with an electrode incorporated in the arm for supplying power or a signal necessary for the X-ray tube, and a support pillar energizing unit provided with an electrode incorporated in the support pillar for supplying the power or the signal to the arm.
US09105439B2	Projection lens arrangement The invention relates to a charged particle optical system comprising a beamlet generator for generating a plurality of charged particle beamlets, an electrostatic deflection system for deflecting the beamlets, and a projection lens system for directing the beamlets from the beamlet generator towards the target. The electrostatic deflection system comprises a first electrostatic deflector and a second electrostatic deflector for scanning charged particle beamlets over the target. The second electrostatic deflector is located behind the first electrostatic deflector so that, during operation of the system, a beamlet generated by the beamlet generator passes both of the electrostatic deflectors. During operation of the first and second electrostatic deflectors the system is adapted to apply voltages on the first electrostatic deflector and the second electrostatic deflector of opposite sign.
US09105431B2	Electromagnetic relay The present invention is provided with a fixed contact, a movable contact which selectively contacts with or separates from the fixed contact and a drive means which has at least an electromagnetic coil and drives the movable contact so that the movable contact comes into contact with the fixed contact. The drive means generates a first driving force for bringing the movable contact into contact with the fixed contact, and a second driving force larger than the first driving force for maintaining the contact state between the movable contact and the fixed contact.
US09105426B2	Wiring device with contact dampening An electrical wiring device includes dampening member placed in contact with a stationary contact. The dampening member absorbs and thus decreases at least a portion of the vibration that occurs in the stationary contact when it is impacted by a movable contact in the electrical wiring device. Thus, the noise associated with the impact is lessened. In certain exemplary embodiments, the dampening member is a bumper cap which partially encases a portion of the stationary contact. In certain exemplary embodiments, the dampening member is a bumper pad intimately disposed between an edge of the stationary contact and a wall of the housing, such that movement or vibration of the stationary contact is lessened.
US09105425B2	Electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a switch, a button member and a supporting portion. The housing has an opening. The button member includes an operating portion, a rocker shaft and an acting portion. The operating portion is exposed through the opening. The shaft is coupled to the operating portion and pivotable. The acting portion is coupled to the shaft, configured to face the switch and to pivot about the shaft, thereby pressing the switch. The supporting portion is configured to support the button member, the supporting portion being configured to be elastically deformed by part of the button member and to return the button member.
US09105422B2	Thin key structure A thin key structure includes a supporting module, a circuit module disposed on the supporting module, a frame and a metal dome disposed on the circuit module, a pressable module, and a guiding portion. The supporting module has a supporting plate and a protrusion disposed on the supporting plate. The supporting plate has a plane defined therein, the plane defines a perpendicular central axis, and the protrusion is arranged on the central axis. The circuit module has a protruding segment formed by the protrusion. The metal dome is arranged in the frame, and has a contact portion arranged on the central axis. The guiding portion arranged on the central axis and is disposed between the contact portion and the pressable module. The metal dome is pressed by the guiding portion to move the contact portion along the central axis and selectively abuts the circuit module.
US09105421B2	Input device and method for detecting switch of input device An input device includes a resistor group, an input terminal, a plurality of switches, and a control unit. The resistor group includes a plurality of resistors connected in series. The input terminal is connected to one end of the resistor group. Each switch of the plurality of switches has one end connected to each resistor of the plurality of resistors at an opposite side viewed from the input terminal and the other end grounded. The control unit detects an applied voltage to the input terminal when the plurality of switches are all turned off. Furthermore, the control unit detects an output voltage from the input terminal when any of the plurality of switches is turned on, and detects a switch that is turned on among the plurality of switches based on a voltage ratio of the output voltage to the applied voltage.
US09105402B2	Composite electrode structure A method of storing charge comprising the steps of providing a capacitor comprising an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte comprises a nonaqueous liquid of sufficient dielectric constant to dissociate salts soluble in the nonaqueous liquid, a composite comprising a prefabricated porous carbon electrode structure or a carbon foam substrate that is a prefabricated paper structure and a coating deposited by infiltrating the structure with iron oxide via self-limiting electroless deposition on the surface.
US09105395B2	Envelope tracking signal generator incorporating trim cell A novel and useful radio frequency (RF) front end module (FEM) circuit that provides high linearity and power efficiency and meets the requirements of modern wireless communication standards such as 802.11 WLAN, 3G and 4G cellular standards, Bluetooth, ZigBee, etc. The configuration of the FEM circuit permits the use of common, relatively low cost semiconductor fabrication techniques such as standard CMOS processes. The FEM circuit includes a power amplifier made up of one or more sub-amplifiers having high and low power circuits and whose outputs are combined to yield the total desired power gain. An integrated multi-tap transformer having primary and secondary windings arranged in a novel configuration provide efficient power combining and transfer to the antenna of the power generated by the individual sub-amplifiers.
US09105390B2	Structure of transformer An improved structure of transformer includes a lead frame main body (1), a lead frame cover (2), a trouser-like flap (3), and two iron cores (4) where the lead frame main body (1) has a penetration hole (11) with a bobbin (12) formed at the circumference there around. The trouser-like flap (3) being made of metal has a hollow part (31) for slipping on a bobbin (121) of the lead frame main body (1) also includes horizontally stretched thigh parts (32), (33). The outer circumference of the trouser-like flap (3) is furnished with a primary winding (123). The lead frame cover (2) being a sheet-shaped body has a hollow hole (21) furnished at the center thereof. On the inner-side surface, each of the two iron core (4) has a main core part (41) capable of stretching through the penetration hole (11) of the lead frame main body (1) where the main core part (41) has a containing circumferential trench (43) capable of containing the lead frame main body (1). What is more, the containing circumferential trench (43) also has a pair of oppositely disposed side openings (44), (45) for being stretched through by the wire connecting seats (13), (14).
US09105388B2	Inductor and manufacturing method therefor An inductor that has the following: an inductor core comprising a plurality of core members arranged in a ring with gaps therebetween; primary insert-molded resin parts comprising a thermoplastic resin covering the outside surface of the inductor core, excluding the surfaces of the core members that face each other; coils disposed around the aforementioned gaps and the primary insert-molded resin parts on the inductor core; and secondary insert-molded resin parts comprising a thermoplastic resin insert-molded around the coils to affix said coils to the inductor core. This allows high-cycle manufacturing of inductors without a thermosetting-resin potting step in a vacuum furnace or a heat curing treatment in a heating furnace.
US09105387B2	Retainer and noise current absorber A retainer includes a pair of housings having opening surfaces; a connecting portion connecting outer peripheral surfaces of the pair of housings. The retainer is configured to be at a closed state with the opening surfaces of the pair of housing put together and to be at an open state with the opening surfaces of the pair housings separated. Parts of wall surfaces, constituting the housings, are structured as flexible walls capable of deforming, and the connecting portion is connected to the flexible walls.
US09105385B2	Superconductive electromagnet apparatus Provided is a superconductive electromagnet apparatus including a thermal anchor, a plurality of wires and a cryogenic cooling device which cools the thermal anchor. The thermal anchor includes a body part, at least one connecting part disposed on a surface of the body part and made up of a conductive material. The plurality of wires is connected to the connecting part.
US09105379B2	Tunable resistance coatings A method and article of manufacture of intermixed tunable resistance composite materials containing at least one of W:Al2O3, Mo:Al2O3 or M:Al2O3 where M is a conducting compound containing either W or Mo. A conducting material and an insulating material are deposited by such methods as ALD or CVD to construct composites with intermixed materials which do not have structure or properties like their bulk counterparts.
US09105373B2	Safe method for manufacturing silver nanoparticle inks In an embodiment, there is a method of preparing a conductive ink formulation. The method can include dissolving a stabilizer in a first solvent, adding a reducing agent to the first solvent, adding a metal salt to the first solvent and forming a slurry by precipitating stabilized metal nanoparticles in the first solvent. The method can also include forming a wet cake of the stabilized metal nanoparticles and adding the wet cake to a second solvent. The second solvent can include at least one of a polyvinyl alcohol derivative. The wet cake may not be actively dried prior to being added to the second solvent.
US09105335B2	Semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cells, a selection transistor, a memory string, a block, and a transfer circuit. The memory cells are stacked on a semiconductor substrate. In the memory string, the memory cells and the selection transistor are connected in series. The block includes a plurality of memory strings. In data write and read, the transfer circuit transfers a positive voltage to a select gate line associated with a selected memory string in a selected block, and a negative voltage to a select gate line associated with an unselected memory string in the selected block, and to a select gate line associated with an unselected block.
US09105333B1	On-chip copying of data between NAND flash memory and ReRAM of a memory die A data storage device includes a memory die, where the memory die includes a NAND flash memory and a resistive random access memory (ReRAM). The memory die also includes an interface coupled to the ReRAM and the NAND flash memory. The interface is configured to support on-chip copying of data between the NAND flash memory and the ReRAM.
US09105328B2	Tracking signals in memory write or read operation A signal generating circuit includes a first circuit, a tracking circuit, and a delay circuit coupled with the first circuit and the tracking circuit. The first circuit is configured to receive a first clock signal and an output signal from an output of the delay circuit and to generate a second clock signal and at least one first tracking signal. The tracking circuit is configured to receive the at least one first tracking signal and to generate a second tracking signal. The delay circuit is configured to receive the second clock signal and the second tracking signal and to generate the output signal.
US09105325B2	Memory controller for strobe-based memory systems An integrated circuit (IC) memory controller is disclosed. The memory controller includes a receiver to receive a strobe signal and provide an internal strobe signal. An adjustable delay circuit delays an enable signal to generate a delayed enable signal. A gate circuit generates a gated strobe signal using the delayed enable signal that masks transitions of the internal strobe signal that occur prior to a valid region of the internal strobe signal. A sample circuit samples data using the gated strobe signal.
US09105319B2	Multiport memory architecture The present disclosure describes techniques and apparatuses for multiport memory architecture. In some aspects serial data is received from a data port and converted to n-bit-wide words of data. The n-bit-wide words of data are then buffered as a k-word-long block of parallel data into a line of a multiline buffer as a block of kn bits of data. The block of kn bits of data is then transmitted to a multiport memory via a write bus effective to write the block of k*n bits of data to the multiport memory.
US09105310B2	System and method of programming a memory cell A method includes creating a breakdown condition at a semiconductor transistor structure that includes an overlap region and a channel region. The breakdown condition is created by causing a first voltage difference between a gate of the semiconductor transistor structure and the overlap region to exceed a breakdown voltage of the semiconductor transistor structure while maintaining a second voltage difference between the gate and the channel region at less than the breakdown voltage.
US09105307B2	Data protection system The present invention provides systems and methods for logically organizing data for storage and recovery on a data storage medium using a multi-level format. The present invention also provides systems and methods for protecting data stored on data storage medium so that the data may be recovered without errors.
US09105304B2	Margining decoding utilizing soft-inputs Determining a parameter associated with whether a portion of a storage device is defective is disclosed. Determining comprises: obtaining known data associated with the portion; reading back from the portion to produce a read-back waveform; decoding the read-back waveform, including producing statistical information; and determining a parameter associated with whether the portion is defective based at least in part on the statistical information.
US09105301B2	Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, and magnetic disk apparatus According to at least one embodiment, a signal processor apparatus includes a Viterbi decoder, a processor, and an adjustment module. The Viterbi decoder calculates a branch metric based on an input signal. The processor outputs a processing result correlated with a processing result of the Viterbi decoder. A latency of the processor for the input signal is lower than a latency of the Viterbi decoder. The adjustment module adjusts a first parameter for calculating the branch metric based on the processing result of the processor.
US09105289B1	Integrated servo field for memory device A pattern of features of a storage medium includes first features having a first logical state and second features having a second logical state, wherein a cross track dimension of the first features is different from a cross track dimension of the second features. A transducer of a memory device senses the pattern of features and generates a transducer signal. Read circuitry samples the transducer signal at a frequency of a sampling clock signal and generates a read signal from the sampled transducer signal. Servo electronics includes a demodulator that demodulates at least first and second orthogonal frequency components of the read signal. Timing circuitry synchronizes a phase of the sampling clock signal with a phase of the pattern of features using the first orthogonal frequency component. Position error circuitry generates a signal indicating a cross track positional offset of the transducer relative to the features using the first and second orthogonal frequency components.
US09105277B1	Controller, disk drive, and read processing method According to one embodiment, an equalizer is configured to obtain a noise included in a first correction signal by using a noise component of a first track and a noise interference component from a second track. The equalizer is configured to correct the first correction signal by using the obtained noise. The equalizer is configured to equalize the corrected first correction signal. The noise component of the first track is calculated based on a noise component of the first track at a first timing and a noise component of the first track at a second timing earlier than the first timing. The noise interference component from the second track is calculated based on a noise interference component from the second track at the first timing and a noise interference component from the second track at the second timing. The decoder is configured to decode the equalized first correction signal.
US09105272B2	Vocal source extraction by maximum phase detection Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include receiving a time domain voice signal, and extracting a single pitch cycle from the received signal. The extracted single pitch cycle is transformed to a frequency domain, and the misclassified roots of the frequency domain are identified and corrected. Using the corrected roots, an indication of a maximum phase of the frequency domain is generated.
US09105267B2	Speech recognition apparatus A speech recognition apparatus includes a first recognition dictionary, a speech input unit, a speech recognition unit, a speech transmission unit, a recognition result receipt unit, and a control unit. The speech recognition unit recognizes a speech based on a first recognition dictionary, and outputs a first recognition result. A server recognizes the speech based on a second recognition dictionary, and outputs a second recognition result. The control unit determines a likelihood level of a selected candidate obtained based on the first recognition result, and accordingly controls an output unit to output at least one of the first recognition result and the second recognition result. When the likelihood level of the selected candidate is equal to or higher than a threshold level, the control unit controls the output unit to output the first recognition result irrespective of whether the second recognition result is received from the server.
US09105266B2	System and method for processing multi-modal device interactions in a natural language voice services environment A system and method for processing multi-modal device interactions in a natural language voice services environment may be provided. In particular, one or more multi-modal device interactions may be received in a natural language voice services environment that includes one or more electronic devices. The multi-modal device interactions may include a non-voice interaction with at least one of the electronic devices or an application associated therewith, and may further include a natural language utterance relating to the non-voice interaction. Context relating to the non-voice interaction and the natural language utterance may be extracted and combined to determine an intent of the multi-modal device interaction, and a request may then be routed to one or more of the electronic devices based on the determined intent of the multi-modal device interaction.
US09105254B2	Liquid crystal display device that suppresses deterioration of image quality A data line driving section (6) outputs a video signal voltage for each pixel to a data line (DL) for each predetermined period in order. In outputting a video signal voltage for a pixel, the data line driving section (6) outputs a gradation signal voltage having a voltage corresponding to a gradation value of the pixel as the video signal voltage during a second part of the predetermined period, and outputs a correction gradation signal voltage different from the gradation signal voltage as the video signal voltage during a first part of the predetermined period. A control section (4) changes a relationship between the correction gradation signal voltage and the gradation signal voltage based on a combination of the gradation value of the pixel and a gradation value of a pixel preceding the pixel.
US09105252B2	Display device and driving method thereof The present invention provides a display device with reduced power consumption and that reduces changes in luminance, and perceptibility of flicker, and a driving method thereof. A display device according to an exemplary embodiment comprises: a display panel configured to display a still image and a motion picture; a signal controller configured to control signals for driving the display panel; and a graphics processing unit configured to transmit input image data to the signal controller, wherein the signal controller comprises a frame memory configured to store the input image data, and the display panel is driven at a first frequency when the motion picture is displayed and the display panel is driven at a second frequency that is lower than the first frequency when the still image is displayed.
US09105247B2	Display device, display device driving method and source driving circuit A display device includes multiple first data lines, multiple second data lines, multiple pixel columns, at least a first charge sharing switch circuit and at least a second charge sharing switch circuit. The second data lines are alternately arranged with the first data lines. Each of the pixel columns includes multiple first pixels and multiple second pixels. The first pixels of each of the pixel columns are coupled to one of the first data lines, and the second pixels of each of the pixel columns are coupled to one of the second data lines. The first charge sharing switch circuit each is electrically coupled to at least a part of the first data lines. The second charge sharing switch circuit each is electrically coupled to at least a part of the second data lines. A display device driving method and a source driving circuit also are provided.
US09105242B2	Image display system, image display apparatus and calibration method A target value of a contrast ratio of an image display apparatus is set, and the number of levels, among which the luminance of a backlight is changed over, and each level of luminance are decided according to the target value of the contrast ratio. The backlight is made to emit light at the individual levels of luminance of the backlight thus decided, and at the same time, the image display apparatus is made to display a predetermined color chart thereon, so that color measurement is thereby carried out, and calibration is carried out at each level of luminance of the backlight based on a color value thus measured. The calibration is carried out only on an appropriate number of levels of the luminance of the backlight required to achieve the target value of the contrast ratio.
US09105239B2	Image processing device, image processing method, recording medium, and program There is provided an image processing device including a movement section which scrolls a medical image on a screen, and a display control section which, in a case where the medical image is scrolled on the screen, controls a display section to display the medical image in a manner that an observation reference position of a diagnosis region of the medical image passes through a display reference position of a display region of the screen.
US09105232B2	Display device, data processing device for the same, and method thereof A data processing device includes a gamma processor applying a gamma function to grayscale data including red grayscale data, green grayscale data, and blue grayscale data to generate luminance data including red luminance data, green luminance data, and blue luminance data, a first compensation coefficient generator generating a first compensation coefficient, a second compensation coefficient generator calculating a first grayscale ratio of the blue grayscale data and a second grayscale ratio of the red grayscale data, and generating a second compensation coefficient, a data compensation coefficient generator generating a data compensation coefficient by multiplying the first compensation coefficient and the second compensation coefficient, a data compensator generating compensation luminance data by adding the luminance data to a value of the data compensation coefficient multiplied by the luminance data, and an inverse processor generating compensation grayscale data.
US09105231B2	Display device A display device includes: a power supplying unit which outputs at least one of a high-side output potential and a low-side output potential; a display unit in which pixels are arranged in a matrix and which receives power supply from the power supplying unit; a monitor wire arranged along a column direction of the pixels in the matrix, which has one end connected to at least one pixel inside the display unit, and is for transmitting the high-side potential to be applied to the pixel; and a voltage regulating unit connected to the other end of the monitor wire, which regulates at least one of the high-side output potential and the low-side output potential to be outputted by the power supplying unit, to set a potential difference between the high-side potential and the low-side potential to a predetermined potential difference.
US09105226B2	Spatio-temporal error diffusion for imaging devices A method for reducing bit-depth of image data for an imaging device includes receiving an image frame for display to the imaging device. The method additionally includes applying temporal error diffusion for the image frame to produce a plurality of image subframes, wherein temporal errors generated in one subframe of the image frame are passed to a next subframe of the image frame for temporal error diffusion. The method also includes applying spatial error diffusion to remaining temporal errors from the temporal error diffusion of the image frame.
US09105221B2	Multimedia interaction system and related computer program product capable of blocking multimedia interaction commands that against interactive rules A multimedia interaction system is disclosed, including: a plurality of member electronic devices; a plurality of displays respectively arranged on the member electronic devices; a forwarding electronic device configured as a command transmission intermedium between the member electronic devices; and a location detection circuit configured to operably detect respective member electronic device's spatial position and orientation dynamically and to transmit detection results to at least one of the member electronic devices. When an user instructs a source electronic device of the member electronic devices to transmit a target image object toward a target direct, the forwarding electronic device transmits a target command corresponding to the target image object to a candidate electronic device of the member electronic devices to perform corresponding multimedia interaction operations only if a relative position between the candidate electronic and the target direct satisfies a predetermined condition.
US09105216B2	Color signal generating device An object of the present invention is to provide a color signal generating device where the size of the operational circuit is small and the speed of signal processing is fast. The color signal generating device for converting signals from a first color signal for forming a number of input pixels to a second color signal for forming a number of output pixels is provided with: a signal gradient detecting means for detecting a gradient of color signals in a reference pixel within the number of input pixels; a signal distributing means for comparing the first color signal for the reference pixel where the gradient is detected and the second color signal for the reference pixel of the number of output pixels corresponding to the reference pixel and stored in advance in the case where the gradient is detected, and distributing a color signal to a periphery pixel adjacent to the reference pixel having the second color signal in the case where the first color signal has a color which the second color signal does not; and a signal modifying means for converting the first color signal for forming a number of input pixels to a second color signal on the basis of the distributed color signal.
US09105215B2	Image signal supply apparatus, image display apparatus, and control method of image signal supply apparatus An image signal supply apparatus which is connected to an image display apparatus including an input source switching unit and outputs an image signal as an input source to the image display apparatus, includes: a communication unit carrying out communication with the image display apparatus; and a switching instruction output unit outputting an instruction signal instructing to switch the input source to the image display apparatus via the communication unit.
US09105212B2	Method for gradually adjusting screen brightness when switching operating system A method for gradually adjusting screen brightness when switching an operating system is provided. The method is used for gradually adjusting the brightness of a screen of an electronic device by a controller thereof when the electronic device is switched from to first operating system to a second operating system. First, an operating system switching signal is received. Then, a first brightness value of the first operating system is obtained. The screen brightness is gradually adjusted from the first brightness value to a predetermined second brightness value. Afterwards, the first operating system is switched to the second operating system, and the screen brightness is further adjusted from the second brightness value back to the first brightness value. Accordingly, a user can sense the switching of the operating system more intuitively and has enough time to get used to the change of the screen brightness and the displayed frame.
US09105211B2	Portable projector and image projecting method thereof A portable projector includes a projector module for projecting image data, an infrared ray output unit which outputs an infrared ray to a projected image data area, a camera unit which photographs the projected image data area, a coordinate value calculator which calculates a coordinate value corresponding to each coordinate value of the photographed projected image data area, and a controller which determines whether there is a pen or a finger input in the projected image data area according to the calculated coordinate value and performing a control for updating the image data by using an input coordinate value corresponding to the input when there is input by the one of the pen and the finger.
US09105201B1	Behavior modification apparatus and method of use A behavioral modification system including an apparatus and a method of use thereof. The behavioral modification system further includes a locket and a plurality of milestone elements that are operable to be releasably secured to the locket. The locket further includes a central processing unit and an electromagnet disposed therein. A timing chip is circumferentially mounted to the plurality of milestone elements and is operably coupled with the central processing unit. A reward element is further included wherein the reward element is operable to provide access to the interior volume of the locket. The milestone elements and the reward elements are formed in the shape of keys and function to provide physical representations of achieved goals directed toward a behavior change.
US09105194B1	Semi-network independent educational electronic exam engine Embodiments relate to electronic administration of an academic examination. Execution of an exam file on a student device causes exam questions to be presented. Input from students is translated into responses. Response data identifying one or more responses and a student identifier may be transmitted from the student user device to another device during an exam period or at the end of the exam period. However, the transmission may be explicitly or functionally conditioned by network connection strength, network availability and so forth. When the condition is not satisfied or when a transmission fails, response data is locally and securely cached at the student user device. The response(s) is immediately locked or locked at the end of an examination period, such that a student user can no longer modify the response(s). The student user device subsequently transmits the response data (e.g., when the transmission condition is satisfied).
US09105192B2	Monitoring apparatus and method Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus for monitoring one or more target objects in an environment external to a host vehicle by means of at least one sensor. The apparatus is arranged to trigger at least one action responsive to detection by means of the at least one sensor of prescribed relative movement between the host vehicle and the one or more target objects. The apparatus is arranged to determine a lateral offset value being a distance of the or each target object from an extended axis of the host vehicle and to over-ride triggering of the at least one action such that triggering of the at least one action is not performed in dependence on the lateral offset value.
US09105190B2	Driving support system for a vehicle When a solid object is recognized in the direction of movement of an own vehicle, in a system which carries out driving support of a vehicle, turning control of the own vehicle is performed by a support control unit in order to avoid a collision with the solid object. Then, the turning control by the support control unit is stopped by a turning control stop unit, in cases where a correlation between a vehicle state related to turning of the own vehicle and a value of a predetermined parameter related to the turning control does not belong to a range of normal state set in advance, after the turning control by the support control unit has been started. This stops excessive steering of a steering resulting from a low friction of a traveling road surface, so that a strange or uncomfortable feeling of a driver can be eliminated.
US09105182B2	Communication system and portable machine A communication system includes a portable machine having an identification code registered in a controlled object, the portable machine being capable of conducting wireless communications with the controlled object, and a portable terminal being capable of conducting noncontact wireless communications with the portable machine, wherein after noncontact wireless communications start between the portable machine and the portable terminal, the noncontact wireless communications are inhibited when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and then do not resume unless a specified instruction is given.
US09105173B2	Assembly with condition monitoring and a method for condition monitoring An assembly that is provided with condition monitoring includes a first element having two or more electrically conductive contact members (102-105), a second (106) element attached to the two or more electrically conductive contact members and providing galvanic connections between the contact members. The assembly further includes a monitoring circuit (120) for monitoring electrical conductivities of the galvanic connections and for generating an indicator signal in response to a situation in which the electrical conductivity of one or more of the galvanic connections is lower than a threshold. When the joint between the first and second elements is totally or partially out of order, the electrical conductivity of one or more of the galvanic connections is low or zero and thus the indicator signal is generated. Therefore, the condition of the joint can be electrically monitored.
US09105160B1	Double draw video poker games A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium for implementing improvements in video poker games. A second draw can be offered to the player, allowing the player an additional chance to improve the player's hand. The second draw can be always offered or triggered upon predefined conditions.
US09105150B2	Method and system for gaming and brand association A gaming system includes: (i) a base wagering game requiring a wager to made by a player; (ii) at least one winning outcome for the base wagering game; (iii) a paytable for the at least one winning outcome; a secondary award provided randomly to the player, the secondary party award provided by a secondary award provider and kept separate and apart from the paytable; and (iv) advertising for secondary award provider, the advertising provided in exchange for the provision of the secondary award.
US09105147B2	Gaming system having large display and plural gaming machines The gaming system of the present invention comprises: a plurality of gaming machines; a control device; a single pedestal having an installation surface for installing the gaming machines, and having a hollow space communicated with external air; a supporting member provided such that a first end thereof is supported by the pedestal and the second end thereof is oriented upwardly; a common image display being supported by the second end side of the supporting member, and communication cables for communication between the plurality of gaming machines and the control device.
US09105146B2	Central determination offer and acceptance game with multiplier A central determination gaming system wherein a predetermined game outcome that is associated with a payout is selected. A player is enabled to play at least one interactive game, such as an offer and acceptance type game, wherein each payout potentially provided to the player is based, at least in part, on the selected predetermined game outcome. After providing the player the payout of the interactive game, the gaming device provides the player by one or more multipliers wherein each multiplier is based on the selected predetermined game outcome. The modified payout is then provided to the player, wherein the modified payout is equal to the payout associated with the selected predetermined game outcome.
US09105145B2	Commercial currency handling and servicing management Aspects of the invention provide for an end-to-end currency handling, and servicing apparatus. The apparatus may be used in any cash-centric business or enterprise for cash register till set up and balancing, back office reconciliation, and other cash payment handling activities. Further aspects of the invention provide real-time access to cash receipts for enterprise use in making financial and planning decisions.
US09105141B2	Game system A game system is provided which is capable of continuing a game without a player feeling inconvenience even in a case where a basic currency at hand is lost.This game system includes: a bill identifying apparatus for identifying bills of different currencies and an amount of the bills and then outputting data representing the identified result; a player tracking device which is integrated with each of gaming machines, for converting data outputted from the bill identifying apparatus to credit data for executing a game, based on an exchange rate; and an information card device which is integrated with the player tracking device, the information card device causing an information card to store data equivalent to an amount awarded to a player in accordance with a game result of the gaming machines and sending out the credit data for executing the game to the gaming machines, based on the data equivalent to the amount read from the information card.
US09105135B2	Using genetic algorithm to design 2-dimensional procedural patterns Selection of an area of an image can be received. Selection of a subset of a plurality of predefined patterns may be received. A plurality of patterns can be generated. At least one generated pattern in the plurality of patterns may be based at least in part on one or more predefined patterns in the subset. Selection of another subset of patterns may be received. At least one pattern in the other subset of patterns may be selected from the plurality of predefined patterns and/or the generated patterns. Another plurality of patterns can be generated. At least one generated pattern in this plurality of patterns may be based at least on part on one or more patterns in the other subset. Selection of a generated pattern from the generated other plurality of patterns may be received. The selected area of the image may be populated with the selected generated pattern.
US09105131B2	Multi-core geometry processing in a tile based rendering system A method and an apparatus are provided for combining multiple independent tile-based graphic cores. A block of geometry, containing a plurality of triangles, is split into sub-portions and sent to different geometry processing units. Each geometry processing unit generates a separate tiled geometry list that contains interleave markers that indicate an end to a sub-portion of a block of geometry overlapping a particular tile, processed by that geometry processing unit, and an end marker that identifies an end to all geometry processed for a particular tile by that geometry processing unit. The interleave markers are used to control an order of presentation of geometry to a hidden surface removal unit for a particular tile, and the end markers are used to control when the tile reference lists, for a particular tile, have been completely traversed.
US09105127B2	Apparatus for generating volumetric image and matching color textured external surface Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for generating combined image data representing a volumetric image of a subject and a color textured external surface of the subject. According to one embodiment, two-dimensional image data and volumetric data of a subject is obtained using it two-dimensional imager and a volumetric scanner, respectively. The two-dimensional image data represent color texture of the subject, and the volumetric data represents both an internal and external structure of the subject. An opacity threshold of the volumetric data is set to render an external surface of the subject without generating external surface mesh data. An array ray is extended from a view point of the two-dimensional image data to the external surface of the subject such that the external surface of the subject has an opacity level higher than the opacity threshold. The two-dimensional image data is mapped to the external surface of the subject based on the extended array ray, and combined image data comprising the two-dimensional image data and the volumetric data is generated.
US09105124B2	Methods and systems for reducing noise- related imaging artifacts A method for reducing noise in a medical diagnostic image includes acquiring an initial three-dimensional (3D) volume of projection data, generating a projection space noise estimate using the 3D volume of projection data, generating an initial 3D volume of image data using the 3D volume of projection data, generating an image space noise estimate using the 3D volume of image data, generating a noise projection estimate using the projection space noise estimate and the image space noise estimate, and reconstructing an image using the generated noise estimate. A system and non-transitory computer readable medium are also described.
US09105113B1	Method and system for efficiently rendering circles A graphics processor method and system for rendering a circle. The method includes the step of accessing an instruction to render a circle. A square is defined using at least one graphics primitive, and a circle is defined within the square, wherein a center of the circle corresponds to a center of the square and wherein a radius of the circle is defined by a width of the square. The circle is rasterized into at least one pixel and a coverage value is determined for each pixel of the circle by comparing a distance from the pixel to the center of the circle with the radius of the circle. Each pixel is then shaded in accordance with the coverage value.
US09105100B2	Motion estimation device and motion estimation method A motion estimation method includes grouping row blocks of a first frame into a first plurality of banks and grouping row blocks of a second frame into a corresponding second plurality of banks, respectively; calculating the normalized cross correlation (NCC) or the sum of absolute difference (SAD) between the banks of the first frame and the banks of the second frame; detecting the local maxima from the NCC or the local minima from the SAD; estimating a first relative displacement between corresponding reference row blocks of the first frame and of the second frame; calculating motion coefficients using first relative displacements; and estimating second relative displacements using the motion coefficients.
US09105096B2	Scribble segmentation method and apparatus An apparatus and method of segmenting an image using scribble segmentation is provided. An image is segmented by constraining the membership value of a subset of image elements, solving a weighted biharmonic equation subject to the constrained membership values wherein the weights are determined from similarities between image elements, and determining the final segmentation based on the membership value of each image element. An image may also be segmented by constraining a membership value of a subset of image elements, determining the unknown membership values given the constraints by solving a linear equation system using a multigrid technique, and updating a coarser level of the multigrid hierarchy to account for additional constraints using patch matrices.
US09105085B2	Methods and apparatus for aligning sets of medical imaging data In a method and apparatus for aligning two sets of medical imaging data, first and second sets of image data are obtained respectively, using first and second different medical imaging modalities, of an anatomical feature of a subject. For each set, an axis of the anatomical feature and a landmark point for the anatomical feature is determined, and the first and second sets are aligned by comparing the respective axes and landmark points.
US09105081B2	Protection filter for image and video processing A filter includes a conventional filtering block and a protection block. The conventional filtering block receives input values and provides filtered values. The protection block receives filtered values and a group of input values proximate the current input, to ensure that the output is lies within a range computed for the current input. The range is determined by the protection block based on the group of input values proximate the current input. Any algorithm or statistical function may be applied to the group of input values to determine the range. If a filtered value provided by the conventional filtering block is outside the range, then the protection block computes and outputs a value that is within the range. The filter may be used in temporal or spatial filtering of images and video to mitigate artifacts such as motion artifacts and static artifacts.
US09105077B2	Method for classifying a multitude of images recorded by a camera observing a processing area and laser material processing head using the same The present invention relates to a method for classifying a multitude of images recorded by a camera observing a processing area of a workpiece processed by a processing beam, comprising the steps of: recording a first pixel image and a multitude of subsequent pixel images by the camera during a processing operation; detecting mismatches of a position and orientation of a keyhole generated by the processing beam in the workpiece within an image plane of the subsequent pixel images in comparison to the first pixel image; compensating the mismatches of the position and orientation of the respective keyholes in the subsequent pixel images with regard to the first pixel image, to produce a set of pixel images having each a normalized keyhole position and orientation; classifying the set of normalized pixel images into at least two classes by means of a classifier.
US09105075B1	Enhancing seismic features using an optical filter array Seismic stratigraphic features may be enhanced using orientation vectors. In one example, a process includes converting a seismic attribute section from a spatial domain to a spatial-frequency domain using a Fourier transform. For each filter in an orientation filter array, the seismic attribute section is convolved with a filter in the spatial-frequency domain. The convolution result is converted back to the spatial domain by inverse Fourier transform. For each point in the seismic section an orientation filter having a response with a maximum energy is found and the orientation is associated with the corresponding energy and the corresponding point.
US09105064B2	Transaction effects A method comprising creating and storing, in computer memory, a financial graph having nodes and edges, wherein the nodes include first nodes representing assets and second nodes representing any one or more of accounts in which one or more of the assets are held, individuals who own one or more of the assets, or legal entities who own one or more of the assets; obtaining, from an asset custodian data source, asset transaction data representing a plurality of financial transaction events; identifying a financial transaction type represented by one or more of the plurality of financial transaction events; generating, based on the identified financial transaction type, a plurality of transaction effect objects; wherein each of the plurality of transaction effect objects is associated with a particular edge in the financial graph and represents one of a credit to an account type associated with the particular edge and a debit from an account type associated with the particular edge.
US09105058B2	Receipt data processing device and method for processing receipt data According to one embodiment, a receipt data processing device includes a data generating section, an output section, and a converting section. The data generating section is configured to generate receipt data of a first data format including information about an item purchased by a customer. The output section is configured to output the receipt data to at least one of a printing device and an external device that is different from the printing device. The converting section is configured to convert a data format of the receipt data from the first data format to a second data format that is different from the first data format when the receipt data is output to the external device.
US09105056B2	Methods and systems for communicating expense management information Methods and systems for communicating expense management information between an expense management system and a mobile device are provided. The methods and systems include one or more applications for a mobile device, such as mobile phone, that enable a user, such as an expense manager for an entity such as a business entity or other organization, to use their mobile device to communicate and exchange data with an expense management system, such as a telecommunications expense management system. The methods and systems enable an expense manager to review and approve invoices, generate graphics to review usage or other data, and conduct data searches relative to the expenses being managed.
US09105053B2	Method and apparatus for determining a user age range An approach is provided for determining a user age range. An age estimator causes, at least in part, acquisition of voice data. Next, the age estimator calculates a first set of probability values, wherein each of the probability values represents a probability that the voice data is in a respective one of a plurality of predefined age ranges, and the predefined age ranges are segments of a lifespan. Then, the age estimator derives a second set of probability values by applying a correlation matrix to the first set of probability values, wherein the correlation matrix associates the first set of probability values with probabilities of the voice data matching individual ages over the lifespan. Then, the age estimator, for each of the predefined age ranges, calculates a sum of the probabilities in the second set of probability values corresponding to the individual ages within the respective predefined age ranges. Further, the age estimator determines the predefined age range to associate with the voice data based, at least in part, on the calculated sums of the probabilities.
US09105052B2	Advertisement based on application-created social content In one embodiment, a social-networking system accesses a social graph, identifies a first set of concept nodes associated with an application, connected to friends of a user, selects a second set of concept nodes from the first set of concept nodes based on edges connected to the concept nodes, and generates an advertisement for the application, where the advertisement includes information representing the concept nodes in the second set of concept nodes.
US09105043B2	Method and system for providing incentives to members of a social network A social network server computer forms a social network including a primary member linked to a plurality of secondary members, each of whom provides a member profile. A network profile is generated based on an analysis of the member profiles. A social network server computer then determines a relative value of the social network with respect to a merchant by analyzing the associated network profile, and offers a merchant incentive to the primary member of the network as a function of the determined relative value. In a second embodiment, a merchant computer associated with a merchant determines a relative value of the social network with respect to a merchant by analyzing the network profile, and offers a merchant incentive to the primary member of the network as a function of the determined relative value. The merchant incentives may be also offered to the secondary members of the associated social network.
US09105042B2	Customer sentiment analysis using recorded conversation A system is configured to receive voice emotion information, related to an audio recording, indicating that a vocal utterance of a speaker is spoken with negative or positive emotion. The system is configured to associate the voice emotion information with attribute information related to the audio recording, and aggregate the associated voice emotion and attribute information with other associated voice emotion and attribute information to form aggregated information. The system is configured to generate a report based on the aggregated information and one or more report parameters, and provide the report.
US09105040B2	System and method for publishing advertising on distributed media delivery systems A system for publishing advertising media on a plurality of media delivery systems, each configured to render media and gather environmental data while rendering the media. The system includes a front-end system in communication with the plurality of media delivery systems. The front-end system is configured to permit an advertiser to select at least one of the plurality of media delivery systems on which to render advertising media and is further configured to accept advertising media uploaded by the advertiser. The system further includes a back-end system in communication with the front-end system and the plurality of media delivery systems. The back-end system is configured to upload the advertising media to the selected media delivery systems for rendering and is further configured to upload the environmental data from the plurality of media delivery systems.
US09105037B2	Method and system for leasing of network services and applications based on a usage pattern Aspects of a method and system for predictive leasing of network services and applications based on a usage pattern may comprise a management entity that coordinates operation of one or more endpoint devices. A user profile associated with the one or more endpoint devices may be received by the management entity, wherein the management entity may utilize the user profile associated with the one or more endpoint devices and a usage pattern associated with the one or more endpoint devices to determine leasing information for the one or more endpoint devices. The management entity may be operable to communicate the determined leasing information to the one or more endpoint devices. The leasing information may comprise leasing services and/or applications to the one or more endpoint devices.
US09105021B2	Systems, methods, and computer program products for using proxy accounts An electronic device including an input/output interface operable to receive an input from a user and communicate an output to the user, a transceiver operable to electronically communicate with a computer network, a computer processor operable to execute instructions, and a memory storage operable to store the instructions, the memory storage further comprising a program module that is operable to: receive credentials for a proxy payment account, where the proxy payment account is linked to a primary payment account and not linked directly to a method of payment underlying the primary payment account, and make payment at a Point of Sale (POS) using the received credentials.
US09105009B2	Email-based automated recovery action in a hosted environment Email-based recovery actions may be provided. A request from a user to perform an action may be received. If the user is determined not to have permission to perform the action, a message may be sent to a second user to approve the requested action. If the second user approves the requested action, the requested action may be performed.
US09105001B2	Analytic solution integration Embodiments relate analytic solution integration. According to an aspect, a method for analytic solution integration includes establishing an engine abstraction layer configured to interface with a plurality of analytic engines associated with a plurality of models. A services layer is interfaced with the engine abstraction layer to provide a communication interface to invoke the analytic engines associated with the models. A user interface is provided to the services layer. The user interface is configured to define an analytic solution as an executable sequence of one or more of the models.
US09104996B2	Task management for changes to shared artifacts A method of task management for shared artifacts can include detecting a change tag associated with a software artifact and determining, via a processor, each software artifact that is dependent upon the software artifact. A task associated with each dependent software artifact can be generated. Each task can specify a need for a modification to the associated software artifact. A responsible party for each dependent software artifact can be determined. Each task can be automatically assigned to the responsible party for the software artifact associated with the task.
US09104994B2	Organization attribute estimation device, non-transitory computer readable medium, and organization attribute estimation method An organization attribute estimation device includes a software information acquisition unit that acquires software information indicating, for each information processing apparatus used in a certain department of an organization, software used in the information processing apparatus, and a department estimation unit that specifies an estimated class of the certain department on the basis of the software information acquired by the software information acquisition unit.
US09104993B2	Asset management via virtual tunnels An asset management system is presented. The management system includes monitoring devices able to provide asset data across firewalls without requiring reconfiguration of the firewalls. The asset data pass through a forwarding service that instantiates a virtual tunnel comprising a communication channel between the monitoring devices and remote asset management engines. The asset management engines can also be located behind firewalls. As the management engines aggregate asset data, the engines can present one or more alerts via a management interface.
US09104988B2	System and method for providing facilities management based on weather vulnerability An approach is provided for managing facilities (e.g., wire centers) based on weather vulnerability analysis. Data representing trouble tickets associated with a plurality of facilities is received. Weather information relating to the facilities is received. A determination is made of the vulnerability of the facilities to weather based on the data and the weather information. The facilities are prioritized based on the determined vulnerability. Preventative maintenance activities (as well as financial forecasts) can be performed for one or more of the facilities based on the prioritization of the facilities.
US09104986B2	Customer premise equipment with access to free market based pricing for bandwidth on a communications network A system and method for providing a user of communications services with free market based pricing may include providing for communications over one of multiple network paths serviced by multiple respective communications service providers via at least one communications network. One of the network paths over which to communicate based on current pricing from the multiple communications service providers may be selected and communications may be performed over the selected network path.
US09104983B2	Site flow optimization A method and system to present an optimum action in response to a flow of actions in a computer network from a user are provided. For each of a plurality of possible presented actions corresponding to a particular flow of actions in a computer network, and for each of one or more possible performed actions for each possible presented action, a likelihood that a user will perform the possible performed action is determined. Then each of the determined likelihoods is weighted by applying a weight assigned to a corresponding possible presented action. An optimum presented action is identified determining a presented action having a weighted maximum determined likelihood, based on the weighted determined likelihood.
US09104980B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and program An information processing device includes a learning unit that performs, using an action performed by an object and an observation value of an image as learning data, learning of a separation learning model that includes a background model that is a model of the background of the image and one or more foreground model(s) that is a model of a foreground of the image, which can move on the background, in which the background model includes a background appearance model indicating the appearance of the background, and at least one among the one or more foreground model(s) includes a transition probability, with which a state corresponding to the position of the foreground on the background is transitioned by an action performed by the object corresponding to the foreground, for each action, and a foreground appearance model indicating the appearance of the foreground.
US09104966B2	Self configuring knowledge base representation A self configuring knowledge representation system and method is presented which self configures based on the external stimuli in order to answer the query in a way best suited to the user. The domain knowledge representation here is by way of graphs that allows the knowledge to self configure based on the query intent to give “specific” to the query answers.
US09104964B1	Data estimation of historical data that identifies fine grained time period data and coarse grained time period data and applies correlated slopes to time periods A method is provided for estimating past data by identifying a high frequency data set for a defined time period. A pattern is calculated for the high frequency data set and then the pattern is applied to a low frequency data set in a past time period to estimate a high frequency query point.
US09104962B2	Distributed network architecture for introducing dynamic content into a synthetic environment Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computer-based simulations and synthetic environment generation, and more particularly, to a system, a computer-readable medium, a method and an apparatus for generating synthetic environments in a distributed architecture to, among other things, introduce dynamic content.
US09104961B2	Modeling a data generating process using dyadic Bayesian models There is provided a method and system for modeling a data generating process. The method includes generating a dyadic Bayesian model including a pair of probabilistic functions representing a prior distribution and a sampling distribution, and modeling a data generating process based on the dyadic Bayesian model using observed data. The method includes generating a learner object for the dyadic Bayesian model. The method further includes training the dyadic Bayesian model with the learner object based on the observed data to produce a trained dyadic Bayesian model. The method also includes generating a posterior distribution over parameters based on the trained dyadic Bayesian model. The method also further includes generating a posterior predictive distribution based on the posterior distribution. The method also includes predicting an outcome of observable variables based on the posterior predictive distribution.
US09104960B2	Click prediction using bin counting Methods, systems, and computer-storage media having computer-usable instructions embodied thereon for calculating event probabilities are provided. The event may be a click probability. Event probabilities are calculated using a system optimized for runtime model accuracy with an operable learning algorithm. Bin counting techniques are used to calculate event probabilities based on a count of event occurrences and non-event occurrences. Linear parameters, such and counts of clicks and non-clicks, may also be used in the system to allow for runtime adjustments.
US09104959B2	Image forming apparatus with continuous paper feeding, and image forming method An image forming apparatus continuously performs primary paper feeding in which paper is transported from a paper feeding roller to a resist position roller and secondary paper feeding in which the paper is transported from the resist position roller to an ejection roller while not stopping the resist position roller. The image forming apparatus divides image data into pieces of band data, stores the pieces of band data, calculates the number of specific bands corresponding to an in-advance paper feeding timing corresponding to the paper size and the paper orientation, and outputs an in-advance paper feeding timing notice when image process is completed up to the number of specific bands.
US09104943B2	Information processor, information processing method, and program An information processor includes a detection unit detecting a photographic subject region of an image, a characteristic amount generation unit generating a characteristic amount including at least positional information of the photographic subject region for each of the detected photographic subject region, a combined characteristic amount generation unit generating a combined characteristic amount corresponding to the image by combining the characteristic amount generated for each of the photographic subject region, and an identification unit identifying a label corresponding to a combination of a photographic subject appearing in the image based on the generated combined characteristic amount.
US09104941B1	Method and apparatus for reducing noise in a scanned image while minimizing loss of detail in the scanned image Methods of filtering random noise and salt and pepper noise that minimize a loss of detail in an image are described. Sample values of an image that are within a tolerance within a sliding window are used to normalize a sample centered in the sliding window to filter random noise and minimize a loss of detail in an image. Sample values of an image in a sliding window are sorted into a sorted array, and mapped to values based on pre-defined regions of the sorted array to filter salt and pepper noise and minimize a loss of detail in an image.
US09104939B2	Emergency rescue vehicle video based violation enforcement method and system Disclosed are methods and systems for monitoring and reporting road violations of vehicles sharing roads with responding emergency vehicles. According to an exemplary method video is captured from a forward and/or rear facing camera mounted to an emergency vehicle, and the video is processed to identify any vehicles in violation within a prescribed distance from the emergency vehicle. A license plate id of a vehicle determined to be in violation is identified and communicated to the appropriate authorities.
US09104937B2	Apparatus and method for recognizing image with increased image recognition rate An apparatus and methods for recognizing an image with an increased image recognition rate are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of illuminators for illuminating a surface. The apparatus also includes an image sensor for outputting an image frame obtained by converting an optical image of the surface into an electrical signal. The surface is illuminated one of the plurality of illuminators. The apparatus further includes a switch for selecting any of the plurality of illuminators for illuminating the surface. The apparatus additionally includes a controller for receiving the image frame from the image sensor, determining whether the image frame has a region of reflected light, and controlling the switch to select another of the plurality of illuminators to illuminate the surface when the image frame has the region of reflected light.
US09104936B2	Machine reading of printed data A method of reading data represented by characters formed of an x by y array of dots, e.g. as printed by a dot-matrix printer, is described. An image of the character(s) is captured by a digital camera device and transmitted to a computer, and by using analysis software operating in the computer to which the camera image has been sent, dot shapes are identified and their positions within the captured image detected, using the similarity of dots to idealized representations of dots using a combination of covariance, correlation or color data. The position information about the detected dots is then processed to determine the distance between dots and to identify “clusters” of adjacent dots in groups of dots close to one another, and to enable such clusters to be mapped on to a notional x by y grid that defines the intended positions of the dots where grid elements intersect. The image is then analyzed to determine, for each intersection of the grid, whether a dot is present or not, and starting at one corner of the x by y grid, a binary number is generated corresponding to the presence or absence of a dot at each intersection. This binary number is compared with the binary number in a reference table of binary numbers referenced to information corresponding to a dot-matrix printed character, and an output then produced corresponding to the character(s) identified. By using Reed Solomon mathematics, characters which have been misprinted can still be reliably identified.
US09104933B2	Covert bar code pattern design and decoding Devices, methods, and systems for covert bar code pattern design and decoding are described herein. One covert bar code includes detector code and decoder code. The detector code includes a combination of responsive absorptive material and responsive reflective material, and the decoder code includes a combination of responsive absorptive material and responsive reflective material.
US09104931B2	Accuracy-enhanced scanner An accuracy-enhanced scanner provides (in response to a first user input) illumination of potential scan targets and scans (in response to a second user input) a selected scan target. The user uses the illumination to aim the scanner at the selected scan target in between providing the first and the second user inputs. The scanner has switches to communicate the user inputs, to specify an operating mode for the scanner, and/or to communicate information codes to a computing device. The scanner has one or more scan engines (such as a barcode reader or an RFID tag reader), and optionally communicates wirelessly with the computing device. A scanning system including the scanner optionally provides feedback to the user based on feedback from a host processor. The scanner is any of a Multi-Mode Ring Scanner (MMRS), a cordless hand scanner, or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) with an add-on scanner.
US09104930B2	Code symbol reading system An optical code symbol reading system includes a housing having a light transmission aperture, and at least one sound port formed in the housing. The system includes an optical code symbol reading subsystem for optically reading a code symbol in the field external to the light transmission aperture, and generating symbol character data representative of the read code symbol. An electro-acoustic transducer is disposed in the housing for producing sonic energy. Also, an acoustic-waveguide structure is disposed in the housing, for coupling the sonic energy produced from the electro-acoustic transducer, to the at least sound wave port formed the housing, to audibly signal the reading of a code symbol to the operator of the optical code symbol reading system.
US09104929B2	Code symbol reading system having adaptive autofocus A system for reading code symbols includes an imaging subsystem that includes a focusing module and an image processor. The image processor selects an initial, predicted focal distance for the imaging subsystem's focusing module with respect to a code symbol. The focal distance for each successfully decoded code symbol is stored in memory, and a weighted average of a pre-selected number of memorized focal distances is used to calculate the next initial, predicted focal distance.
US09104922B2	Anisotropic magneto-resistance (AMR) gradiometer/magnetometer to read a magnetic track A solid state magnetic sensor for sensing magnetic information on a magnetic track is provided. The solid state magnetic sensor includes at least one half of a Wheatstone bridge including at least two legs, each of the at least two legs including at least a portion of a strip of magnetic material, and barber pole nonmagnetic shorting bars arranged on the portions of the strip forming the at least two legs of the at least one half of the Wheatstone bridge. An inner gap between parallel and adjacent strips of a respective at least two legs is on the order of a transition length on the magnetic track to be sensed.
US09104920B2	Apparatus and method for detecting obstacle for around view monitoring system Disclosed herein is an apparatus for detecting an obstacle for an around view monitoring system including a processor configured to store a plurality of images captured through an imaging device, convert a view of the images, generate a plurality of view conversion images corresponding to the images, compare the view conversion images corresponding to a plurality of images captured at a different time interval, extract a plurality of overlapping areas between the view conversion images, calculate a degree of mismatch of the overlapping areas between the view conversion images, detect a mismatch area in the overlapping areas, classify the mismatch area as an obstacle area, and display a position of the obstacle through a display of a vehicle.
US09104919B2	Multi-cue object association Multiple discrete objects within a scene image captured by a single camera track are distinguished as un-labeled from a background model within a first frame of a video data input. Object position, object appearance and/or object size attributes are determined for each of the blobs, and costs determined to assign to existing blobs of existing object tracks as a function of the determined attributes. The un-labeled object blob that has a lowest cost of association with any of the existing object tracks is labeled with the label of that track having the lowest cost, said track is removed from consideration for labeling remaining un-labeled object blobs, and the process iteratively repeated until each of the track labels have been used to label one of the un-labeled blobs.
US09104917B2	Metering information collection A computing device configured to gather utility metering information. In embodiments, the computing device may comprise a transceiver and an image processing module. The image processing module may be coupled to the transceiver and configured to receive an image utilizing the transceiver. The image may include one or more utility meters. The image processing module may be further configured to extract metering information from the one or more utility meters of the image and transmit this metering information to a utility provider associated with the utility meter Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09104913B2	Pattern measuring method, pattern measuring apparatus, and program using same In measuring pattern with large process fluctuation, correct measurement cannot be carried out if noises, such as pattern that is not the subject to be measured, and dirt, are present in periphery of pattern to be measured in previously registered measurement region. Among the image data of sample, predetermined region aligned by pattern matching is set as region not to be measured that is excluded from subjects of pattern measurement. For example, in measuring pattern with large process fluctuation, only region including pattern with small process fluctuation is used in pattern matching, while in measuring the pattern, predetermined region, which was used in pattern matching and aligned, is set as region not to be measured. Stable pattern measurement can be easily carried out with respect to pattern with large process fluctuation, without being affected by region where measurement region and region not to be measured overlap with each other.
US09104912B2	Apparatus and method for measuring electromagnetic wave The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for transforming a time waveform of an electromagnetic wave into a time waveform suited for signal processing and the like so as to measure the time waveform.A wavelet transform is performed on a first time waveform of an electromagnetic wave, such as a terahertz wave, measured in advance, and a second time waveform suited for signal processing and having a high correlation with a mother wavelet used in the wavelet transform is formed by controlling a wavelet expansion coefficient. In a second measurement process and onward of a target object, a transforming unit, such as a bias voltage controller, is used to transform the electromagnetic wave into a transformed time waveform so as to measure the time waveform.
US09104911B2	Object classification A method and apparatus for processing an observation of an object to be classified, the method comprising using a particle filter in which an observation of an object to be classified is used to weight particles on a plurality of models for the object. The method may further comprise performing at least one further iteration of using the particle filter to weight the particles on the plurality of models for the object using a further observation of the object to be classified. The method may further comprise providing respective classification probabilities that each respective model corresponds to the object based on the weightings of the particles of the respective model. Each of the respective particles may be divided into a respective plurality of sub-particles.
US09104901B2	Electronic device including interleaved biometric spoof detection data acquisition and related methods An electronic device may include an array of finger sensing pixels and data acquisition circuitry coupled to the array. The data acquisition circuitry may be capable of acquiring finger biometric data from each sub-array of the array, and acquiring spoof detection data from at least one of the sub-arrays in an interleaved fashion with the finger biometric data.
US09104899B2	Multiple transceivers operable as a single transceiver A communication system including a first transceiver having a user identification; and a second transceiver having the same user identification as the first transceiver, wherein the first and second transceivers operate in tandem.
US09104881B2	Identifying unauthorized content presentation within media collaborations Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying unauthorized presentation of protected content by one or more participants in a media collaboration. In one implementation, a processing device receives one or more content elements, each of the one or more content elements being provided within a media collaboration and associated with one or more users. The processing device identifies an unauthorized presentation of at least one of the one or more content elements within the media collaboration. Based on an identification of the unauthorized presentation, the processing device initiates one or more actions with respect to one or more of the users associated with the at least one of the one or more content elements.
US09104880B2	Apparatus for E-learning and method therefor A method or apparatus for assisting a user to access a plurality of eBooks is provided. When a user accesses an eBook, the method or apparatus can assist the user to seek assistance from the Internet, or prepare homework, while at the same time, prevent plagiarisms of homework.
US09104878B1	Automated source code scanner for backdoors and other pre-defined patterns A method and computer program product for an automated source code scanner that focuses on a custom-written code and business processes. A core scanning module receives source code as a plaintext from a pre-determined port and compares the source code against a pre-created pattern database. The results of the comparison are exported for further use and analysis in a form that indicates a location of the found match and a short description of the pattern that matched the source code. The source code scanner can work with multiple programming languages. The source code scanner can be easily adjusted for any additional languages. The scanner core also contains a tool for pattern database maintenance that allows the user to remove or edit current patterns as needed.
US09104876B1	Virtual file-based tamper resistant repository A technique adds virtual file anchoring functionality to a platform by mounting a virtual file system (“system”) to store an anchor file. Binary code to create and run the system is embedded into a trusted application's binary code. Thus, whenever the trusted application executes, the embedded code ensures the system is validated and started or restarted as required. To interrogate the existence of the anchor, it can be read like any other file. To modify the status of the anchor, the name of the associated file is decorated such that instead of modifying the file, foo, the trusted application modifies a pseudo-file, foo#decoration. The decoration varies for each modification operation. To generate the decoration, the algorithm takes as input a time component, e.g. in the form of the last accessed time field of the parent directory where the secure file anchors files reside, and the name of the anchor.
US09104875B2	Policy-driven administration of mobile applications Policy-driven administration of mobile applications includes receiving a policy defined by a client system. The policy is defined by rules configured for implementation by a scanner and a compliance definition indicative of a threshold acceptability value for output of the implementation of the scanner on a mobile application. The policy-driven administration also includes executing the scanner for the mobile application and identifying an association between a mobile device and the client system. The policy-driven administration of mobile applications further includes controlling access to the mobile application by the mobile device based on results of executing the scanner using the compliance definition.
US09104868B2	System, method, and computer program product for detecting unwanted data based on scanning associated with a payload execution and a behavioral analysis A system, method, and computer program product are provided for detecting unwanted data based on scanning associated with a payload execution and a behavioral analysis. In use, an execution of a payload is detected, utilizing interface monitoring. Additionally, process memory associated with the execution of the payload is scanned. Further, a behavioral analysis is performed. Still yet, unwanted data is detected based on the scanning and the performance of the behavioral analysis.
US09104866B2	Pattern matching engine, terminal apparatus using the same, and method thereof Provided is a pattern matching engine. The pattern matching engine calculates an error detection sign of target data and compares the calculated error detection sign with an error detection sign of a malware pattern DB. When the error detection sign of the target data and the error detection sign of the malware pattern DB are identical to each other, the pattern matching engine compares the target data with the malware pattern.
US09104864B2	Threat detection through the accumulated detection of threat characteristics Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for improved capabilities in the detection of malware, where malware threats are detected through the accumulated identification of threat characteristics for targeted computer objects. Methods and systems include dynamic threat detection providing a first database that correlates a plurality of threat characteristics to a threat, wherein a presence of the plurality of the threat characteristics confirms a presence of the threat; detecting a change event in a computer run-time process; testing the change event for a presence of one or more of the plurality of characteristics upon detection of the change event; storing a detection of one of the plurality of characteristics in a second database that accumulates detected characteristics for the computer run-time process; and identifying the threat when each one of the plurality of characteristics appears in the second database.
US09104845B2	Digital content management system, verification device, programs thereof, and data processing method A digital content management system (1) includes: a digital watermark embedding device (100) which generates embedding information uniquely determined from identification information for tracking use, and embeds a digital watermark into a digital content to be managed, based on the thus-generated embedding information; a digital watermark detection device (200) which generates the tracking information uniquely determined from identification information for verification use, and detects the digital watermark in a digital content to be verified based on the thus-generated tracking information; and a verification device (300) which verifies the identification information for verification use supposed to be used for verifying the digital content to be verified in which the digital watermark was detected.
US09104842B2	Data protection method and device An apparatus and method for encoding and decoding additional information into a digital information in an integral manner. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and device for data protection.
US09104832B1	Identifying and mitigating electromigration failures in signal nets of an integrated circuit chip design A method of characterizing an electromigration (EM) parameter for use in an integrated circuit (IC) chip design including, inputting a layout of a wire layer and identifying a signal gate-circuit including electrically parallel paths, connected to an output of the signal gate from the layout. Based on widths for each of the paths, determining a maximum possible current for each of the paths, and calculating an average current for each of the paths. Identifying a path that is most limited in its current carrying capacity by possible EM failure mechanisms, and storing in a design library, a possible maximum current output to the identified limiting path, as the EM parameter.
US09104830B1	Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for assigning track patterns to regions of an electronic design Disclosed are methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for assigning track patterns to regions of an electronic design in one or more embodiments. One aspect tessellates an area on a layer of an electronic design that is subject to one or more track pattern requirements and dynamically maintains the tessellation structure from the tessellation process for early stages of the design process such as floorplanning, placement, or routing. Another aspect identifies or creates multiple strips or multiple regions for an area on a layer of an electronic design and assigns or associates a track pattern or a track pattern group to each of the multiple strips or multiple regions. In this latter aspect, a track pattern or a track pattern group is no longer required to apply to the entire layer.
US09104828B2	State grouping for element utilization Embodiments of a system and method for generating an image configured to program a parallel machine from source code are disclosed. One such parallel machine includes a plurality of state machine elements (SMEs) grouped into pairs, such that SMEs in a pair have a common output. One such method includes converting source code into an automaton comprising a plurality of interconnected states, and converting the automaton into a netlist comprising instances corresponding to states in the automaton, wherein converting includes pairing states corresponding to pairs of SMEs based on the fact that SMEs in a pair have a common output. The netlist can be converted into the image and published.
US09104827B2	Method and system for automatic generation of processor datapaths Systems and method for automatically generating a set of shared processor datapaths from the description of the behavior of one or more ISA operations is presented. The operations may include, for example, the standard operations of a processor necessary to support an application language such as C or C++ on the ISA. Such operations, for example, may represent a configurable processor ISA. The operations may also include one or more extension operations defined by one or more designers. Thus, a description of the behaviors of the various standard and/or extension operations that compose the ISA of an instance of a standard or configurable processor is used to automatically generate a set of shared processor datapaths that implement the behavior of those operations.
US09104825B1	Method of reducing current leakage in a product variant of a semiconductor device A method of reducing current leakage in product variants of a semiconductor device, during the fabrication of the semiconductor device. The method involves using a semiconductor process technique for reducing current leakage in semiconductor product variants having unused circuits. A semiconductor device or integrated circuit fabricated by this method has reduced current leakage upon powering as well as during operation. The method involves semiconductor process technique that substantially increases the Vt (threshold voltage) of all transistors of a given type, such as all N-type transistors or all P-type transistors. The semiconductor process technique is also suitable for controlling other transistor parameters, such as transistor channel length, as well as other active elements, such as N-type resistors or P-type resistors, in unused circuits which affect leakage current as well as for unused circuits having previously applied semiconductor process techniques, such as a high Vt circuit, a standard Vt circuit, a low Vt circuit, and an SRAM cell Vt circuit.
US09104817B2	Explicit control message signaling A method for explicit control message signaling includes sending a single ended 1 signal on a pair of data lines, wherein the pair of data lines includes a first data line and a second data line. A voltage of the first data line is driven to a logic 1, while pulsing the voltage of the second data line between a logic 1 and a logic 0, wherein the pulses represent a control message.
US09104812B2	Injection of data into a software application One embodiment is a method for injecting data into a software application. The method displays a plurality of different controls of a software application and receives a single selection of data stored in a data source. In response to this selection, the method injects the data from the data source into the plurality of different controls of the software application.
US09104804B2	Method and system for invoking just-in-time debugger A method and system for invoking Just-In-Time debugger is described, which can provide more efficient JIT debugging for complex code mixed applications. A method for invoking a Just-In-Time (JIT) debugger according to one embodiment includes checking a code type of a code address where a JIT debugging request is triggered from a process of a code-mixed application in response to the JIT debugging request from the process; acquiring corresponding JIT debugging information for different code types of the code-mixed application; and invoking a JIT debugger corresponding to the code type in response to the checked code type of the code address in the process and the acquired corresponding JIT debugging information.
US09104803B2	On-demand software test environment generation A method and a system to create a software test environment on demand are described. An example system includes a dependency module to, upon receiving a command identifying a primary function to be created in a test environment, identify one or more dependencies of the primary function. The dependencies are other functions or databases that the primary function depends upon. The dependency module generates a topology of the test environment that indicates the relationship of the dependencies to the primary function. A provisioning module provisions a plurality of pools based on the topology. An enterprise service bus (ESB) routing module updates ESB routing of the primary function to route to the plurality of pools in the test environment. A credentials module provides credentials of the pools in the test environment.
US09104802B2	Stack overflow protection device, method, and related compiler and computing device The present disclosure relates to a stack overflow protection device and a stack protection method. According to the present disclosure, a stack overflow protection device is provided, which includes a dividing unit configured to divide at least one function in the input codes into a code region with a string operation and a code region without a string operation. The device also includes a stack protection unit configured to set up stack protection in the code region with a string operation. The present disclosure further provides a stack protection method.
US09104795B2	Integrating compiler warnings into a debug session Integrating compiler warnings into a debug session including: receiving, by a debugger for a debug session of a debuggee from a compiler, compiled source code for execution and compiler warning data describing one or more compiler warnings generated at compile time of the debuggee, each compiler warning resulting from a source code variable statement in the debuggee source code; receiving, by the debugger, a request to evaluate a variable; determining, from the compiler warning data, whether evaluating the variable is dependent upon a source code variable statement resulting in a compiler warning; and, if evaluating the variable is dependent upon a source code variable statement resulting in a compiler warning, returning, by the debugger responsive to the request along with a result of the evaluation, a compiler warning indicator.
US09104794B2	Automatic incremental application dependency discovery through code instrumentation Disclosed is a method allowing the automatic discovery of application component dependencies by tracing application calls to dependant resources. The call tracing is embedded dynamically in an application at runtime using Common Intermediate Language (“CIL”) code instrumentation at compile time or runtime. Such a method reads an instrumentation configuration file to determine an address extraction code portion that is to be instrumented to an application method code, locates the CIL method body for the application method that is to be instrumented, instruments the application method by inserting the address extraction code portion into the appropriate .NET Application or .NET library at either compile time or at run time, extracts the address of one or more external service providers from the designated .NET library methods responsible for communication during execution of the application method that was instrumented, publishes any newly discovered dependencies to a management system in the form of the discovery event, and causes the management system to build an application dependency map based on the resource address information obtained.
US09104790B2	Arranging data handling in a computer-implemented system in accordance with reliability ratings based on reverse predictive failure analysis in response to changes Re-arranging data handling in a computer-implemented system that comprises a plurality of existing physical entities. At least one reliability rating is assigned to each of various existing physical entities of the computer-implemented system; and in response to change. Reverse predictive failure analysis uses the assigned reliability ratings to determine cumulative reliability rating(s) for at least one arrangement of the system. Data handling is re-arranged with respect to at least a portion of the existing computer-implemented system to provide a designated cumulative reliability rating.
US09104771B2	Providing relevant product reviews to the user to aid in purchasing decision A method, system and computer program product for providing relevant product reviews to a user. A user's session on a website is monitored to gather information related to reviewing and writing product reviews as well as to buying and browsing habits. The actions performed by the user in connection with the monitored user session are populated in a database. Once populating the database is completed, the personality report of the user, which includes personality traits, is generated using the populated database. Also, a list of reviewers that are favored by the user is generated. By using the personality traits of the user to match reviews of interest as well as providing reviews from those reviewers favored by the user, the user can have more confidence in the usefulness or relevance of these reviews.
US09104767B2	Identifying web pages that are likely to guide browsing viewers to improve conversion rate A method and system for extracting from a web log for a given entity information comprising web page events. The information gain in the sequence of navigating from a given web page to a subsequent web page is computed for at least some of the web page events. The information gain is used to determine a set of web pages from which users can decide to navigate to a first web page or a second web page, wherein navigating to the first web page is more likely to lead to a conversion than navigating to the second web page. A list of at least a subset of the set of web pages is transmitted to the entity, which can use the list to determine web pages at which the entity can place advertising material to motivate a user to navigate to the first web page. The computing may be performed by MapReduce processing.

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