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US09113552B2	Control box mounting bracket A bracket configured to mount a control box to a television mount used to carry a television. An example bracket may have a bracket plate, a bracing element, and attachment elements. The bracing element is attached to a back side of the bracket plate, and the bracing element is attachable to the television mount. A first attachment element is mounted to a front side of the bracket plate, and the first attachment member and the bracket plate together define a receiving channel in which to receive a first portion of the control box. A second attachment element includes a mounting strap connected to the bracket plate and/or the first attachment element, with the mounting strap being capable of fixedly mounting a second portion of the control box relative to the bracket.
US09113540B2	System and method for generating extreme ultraviolet light A system includes a chamber, a laser beam apparatus configured to generate a laser beam to be introduced into the chamber, a laser controller for the laser beam apparatus to control at least a beam intensity and an output timing of the laser beam, and a target supply unit configured to supply a target material into the chamber, the target material being irradiated with the laser beam for generating extreme ultraviolet light.
US09113527B2	Illuminating device Disclosed is an illuminating device which has: a first illuminating lamp which is disposed at a first predetermined position and is identifiable; a second illuminating lamp which is disposed at a second predetermined position having a predetermined relationship with the first predetermined position and is identifiable; a determining means which determines the mutual relationship between the first illuminating lamp and the second illuminating lamp; and a transmitting means which transmits identifiable control signals to the first illuminating lamp and the second illuminating lamp, respectively, so as to achieve the determination made by the determining means.
US09113525B2	LED switch circuitry for varying input voltage source An LED array switching apparatus, comprises: a plurality of LED arrays arranged in a serial path; a voltage supply coupled to the plurality of LED arrays; a plurality of current sources selectively coupled to the LED arrays, each of the current sources being switchable between a current regulating state and an open state; and a controller that outputs at least one control signal. The controller, the at least one switch and current sources cooperate together such that: when the voltage of the voltage source is below the at least one reference voltage, and/or when a predetermined level of current passes through the one or more current sources, at least one switch is closed and one or more associated current sources are controlled so as to break the serial path into one or more parallel paths each including less than all of the LED arrays.
US09113514B2	Outdoor lighting network light change/optimization system Light management system for an outdoor lighting network (OLN) having lighting units, the system including a central control apparatus (40); lighting unit control apparatus (50); and a communication system (60). The central control apparatus (40) is operable to receive a configuration request; receive optimization objectives/constraints; identify the lighting units operably connected to the plurality of lighting unit control apparatus (50) associated with the configuration request; determine whether at least one of lighting requirements, illuminance model, and cost model have changed; update the lighting requirements, the illuminance and the cost model when at least one of the lighting requirements, the illuminance model, and the cost model have changed; optimize operation of the identified lighting units as a function of the optimization objectives/constraints, the lighting requirements, the illuminance and the cost model; and send an operation instruction to the lighting control apparatus (50).
US09113507B2	Light source apparatus and method of controlling the same A light source apparatus configured to emit first light and second light includes a wavelength reference device, a splitter, a first detector, a second detector, and a control unit. The control unit includes a correction unit configured to reduce from a detection signal detected by the first detector a portion included in the detected signal and related to an intensity of the second light incident on the first detector from the splitter, and configured to reduce from a detection signal detected by the second detector a portion included in the detected signal and related to an intensity of the first light incident on the second detector from the splitter. The control unit controls a wavelength of the first light and a wavelength of the second light based on signals from the correction unit.
US09113505B2	Systems and methods for providing power to high-intensity-discharge lamps System and method for igniting one or more high-intensity-discharge lamps. A system includes an ignition controller configured to generate one or more signal pulses for a pulse signal during a first predetermined time period and to cause one or more voltage pulses to be applied to the one or more high-intensity-discharge lamps, the pulse signal changing between a first logic level and a second logic level during the first predetermined time period, each of the one or more signal pulses corresponding to a pulse period, the pulse period being no larger than the first predetermined time period. The ignition controller is further configured to, if the one or more high-intensity-discharge lamps are not successfully ignited after the first predetermined time period, stop generating any signal pulse for the pulse signal for a second predetermined time period, the second predetermined time period being equal to or larger than the pulse period.
US09113501B2	Variable pitch resistance coil heater A heater is provided that includes a resistance coil assembly defining a first end portion having a first conducting pin and a second end portion having a second conducting pin, and a resistance coil disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion, the resistance coil defining a plurality of different pitches between the first end portion and the second end portion. An insulating material surrounds the resistance coil assembly, and a sheath surrounds the insulating material. The plurality of different pitches provide a variable watt density such that a predetermined temperature profile is provided along the sheath.
US09113490B2	Short training field (STF) for use within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications Short training field (STF) for use within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. An STF design as is made such that the power associated with the tone indices at the edges of the STF design is relatively less than the power associated with the tone indices more centrally located within the STF design. Also, when multiple respective operational modes are supported (e.g., 1 MHz and 2 MHz), the respective STF designs corresponding to those respective operational modes have a great deal of similarity. For example, the respective STF designs for different respective operational modes may have certain common STF tone indices among those respective STF designs.
US09113489B2	Geographically isolated antennas Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a base transceiver station having a first set of antennas and a second set of antennas geographically separated from the first set of antennas transmits a reference signal to a first device, and receives feedback from the first device. The feedback represents information that can be used to construct a weight adjustment vector. The base transceiver station selects a precoding vector from a codebook based at least in part on the feedback received from the first device, calculates the weight adjustment vector based at least in part on the feedback, and applies the weight adjustment vector to the selected precoding vector to provide an adjusted precoding vector. The base transceiver station then may transmit data to the first device using the adjusted precoding vector.
US09113476B2	Method to perform a wireless communication in a data collection system A method for performing wireless communication in a data-collection system includes a) listening whether a channel is free or busy and if the channel is free, transmitting; b) if the channel is busy, generating a random number and associating therewith a first interval of time to determine the instant of the start of transmission and further whether said channel is busy, identifying a second variable interval of time, monitoring the data exchanged in said channel with other devices that occupy the channel, queuing a third interval of time obtained from said first interval of time onto said second interval of time and transmitting at the end of said third interval of time. The second interval of time has a duration that is equal to the time wherein the channel remains in busy status.
US09113474B2	Method and apparatus for resource allocation A method and an apparatus for resource allocation are provided. The method includes measuring the temperature of the mobile terminal, sending, when the measured temperature exceeds an upper threshold temperature set in advance, a request for reduced resource allocation to a corresponding base station, receiving a message for reduced resource allocation corresponding to the sent request from the base station, and performing communication according to reduced resource allocation. Hence, the temperature of the mobile terminal can be kept within an appropriate range.
US09113464B2	Dynamic cell size variation via wireless link parameter adjustment In a wireless network, a cell's transmission power and reception sensitivity may be dynamically adjusted along with those of a client device detected in the cell. Thus, in other words, when a client device is in proximity of a particular reader device, the transmission power levels and reception sensitivities of the reader device and the client device may be adjusted in an effort to require the client device to be “drawn in” towards the reader device to conduct a data transaction between the reader device and the client device.
US09113455B2	Method and device relating to replay technique A method for mapping each radio bearer over Uu interface to a corresponding radio bearer over Un interface of a relay device in a wireless communication network is provided. The method comprises: creating a first context for a User Equipment (UE) with original IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) of the UE at the Uu interface of the relay device, creating a second context for the UE with an allocated relay identity at the Un interface of the relay device, wherein the allocated relay identity is allocated based on the original IMSI of the UE, forming a relationship between the first context and the second context based on the relationship between the original IMSI and the allocated relay identity, and mapping the radio bearer over the Uu interface to the radio bearer over the Un interface based on the relationship between the first context and the second context.
US09113447B2	Methods and apparatus to register with external networks in wireless network environments Example methods and apparatus to register a device at a wireless local area network are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves receiving a registration request from the device, and sending a response to the device in response to the registration request, the response including one or more registration plans associated with registering the device for network access via the wireless local area network. The example method also involves receiving registration information from the device, the registration information associated with one of the one or more registration plans selected by the device.
US09113443B2	View sharing between in-range devices A first system may receive a view from a second system. The first system may establish a direct wireless communication link with the second system that does not connect through any intermediate system between the first system and the second system. Through the direct wireless communication link, the first system sends a view sharing request to the second system. The view sharing request may specify a view that is displayed by the second system and not the first system. The first system may receive view information corresponding to the view and display the view according to the received view information.
US09113437B2	Mobile network operator multihoming and enterprise VPN solution The disclosed embodiments support mobility internal and external to enterprise networks. Service providers provide mobility by providing Home Agent functionality corresponding to each Enterprise network. In this manner, mobility may be provided to Mobile Nodes both internal and external to their enterprise networks. Moreover, data packets may be transmitted by Mobile Nodes to Correspondent Nodes, whether they are within their enterprise network, the Service Provider network, or the Internet.
US09113431B2	Method for corroboration and transferring trust between network databases for enhanced positioning accuracy Techniques for transferring trust between networks are described herein. An example of a method of using a mobile device to transfer trust between networks described herein includes receiving WAN base station information including a WAN base station trustworthiness value, determining a WAN position estimate for the mobile device based on the WAN base station information, receiving access point information including an access point trustworthiness value, determining an access point position estimate for the mobile device based on the access point information, determining if the WAN position estimate and the access point position estimate are corroborated, and increasing the access point trustworthiness value if the WAN position estimate and the access point position estimate are corroborated and the WAN base station trustworthiness value is higher than the access point trustworthiness value.
US09113430B2	Base station and method for scheduler controlled setting of the output power of a base station power amplifier The invention discloses a base station (110, 300) for a cell (105) in a cellular communications system (100). The base station comprises a scheduler (310) for scheduling transmissions to users (115, 120) in the cell (105) and a transmitter with a power amplifier (325). The scheduler (310) is also arranged to set the output power level of the power amplifier (325) for an upcoming transmission period.
US09113429B2	Method to increase the probability of handover message being received by receiver A method for wireless communications is provided. The method includes triggering a handover process across a wireless network and generating handover messages on more than a single communications process to facilitate receipt of the handover messages. The method can include increasing the power associated with a communications channel in order to facilitate receipt of the handover messages and can also include generating multiple messages that also are increased in power by the communications channel.
US09113426B2	Uplink power control for dual and multi carrier radio system In a method and a device a time-varying back-off value is used whereby differences in cell load can be taken into account for a restricted time-period during which the information is believed to be valid. Also, other time-varying variables of interest for the initial DPCCH power setting of the secondary earner can be taken into account when setting the back-off value.
US09113420B2	Radio system A radio system (110) comprising a first (120) and a second (130) radio unit which comprise a transmitter (122, 132) and a receiver (121, 131). The first radio unit (120) communicates with a first external radio unit (101) and the second radio unit (140) with a second external radio unit (102). Both transmitters (122, 132) are arranged to vary their output power level in response to a request from the external radio unit with which they are arranged to communicate. Both of the transmitters also vary their output power level in response to a variation in the transmitter output power level of the other radio unit.
US09113412B2	Low power node dormant state The state of an access link and backhaul link of a low power node may be determined and controlled after a low power node is initialized. The overhead signaling on the access link of a relay is controlled based on detecting a user equipment (UE). The connection on the backhaul link of the relay is managed in response to the overhead signaling on the access link.
US09113410B2	Method and system for server-side handling of a low-power client in a wide area network A CMTS may receive a request that a network device be permitted to enter a power-saving mode of operation. In response, the CMTS may enter a power-saving mode of operation wherein MAC management messages, transmission opportunities for the sleeping network device, and/or contention periods on one or more channels occur at independently determinable intervals. The CMTS may then transmit a message granting the network device permission to enter the power-saving mode of operation. The CMTS may start a sleep timer upon transmitting the MAC management message and may deregister the network device if no communication is received from the network device prior to expiration of the sleep timer. The CMTs may buffer traffic destined for the network device in a buffer of the CMTS while the network device is in the power-saving mode of operation, and may wake the network device upon the amount of buffered traffic reaching a threshold.
US09113408B2	Method and system for improved communication network setup utilizing extended terminals Aspects of a method and system for improved communication network setup utilizing extended terminals are presented. Aspects of the method may comprise configuring a wireless Ethernet terminal functioning as a client station by a configurator via a network. The configured wireless Ethernet terminal may wirelessly receives information from a wireless station, and communicate the wirelessly received information to at least one of a plurality of wired stations via at least one of a plurality of corresponding wired interfaces. Aspects of the system may comprise a collocated device functioning as a configurator that configures a wireless Ethernet terminal functioning as a client station via a network. The configured wireless Ethernet terminal may wirelessly receives information from a wireless station, and communicate the wirelessly received information to at least one of a plurality of wired stations via at least one of a plurality of corresponding wired interfaces.
US09113407B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in wireless communication system A communication method including setting a direct route to a station, the station transmitting an information element in which a relay support capability field is set to 1, setting a relay route to a relay device, the relay device transmitting an information element in which a relay capability field is set to 1, and transmitting data via at least one of the direct route or the relay route; and a communication apparatus for implementing the communication method.
US09113392B2	Mobile communication system, control device, base station device, system control method and device control method A mobile communication system includes a control device and a base station device. Data communication between the control device and the base station device is conducted using a fixed-length data size and a variable-length data size. The control device transmits information indicating whether a data size of the data communication has a fixed length or a variable length. The base station device receives the information from the control device.
US09113389B2	Filter and classification agreement for MAC header based traffic classification and methods for use therewith A transceiver of an apparatus supports communication with at least one additional apparatus. A baseband processing module indicates that first frame classification information includes at least a portion of MAC header content of a MAC frame via a filter and classification agreement included in the communication between the apparatus and the at least one additional apparatus.
US09113386B2	Fast handover with reduced service interruption for high speed data channels in a wireless system In one aspect of the instant invention, a method is provided for controlling a communications system that includes a mobile device, a first and second base station and a radio network controller. The method comprises establishing the first base station as a primary base station that communicates high speed data to the mobile device. A parameter associated with the first and a second base stations, such as signal strength or quality, is monitored, and a level one type signal is sent to the first and second base stations indicating that the second base station is the primary base station in response to the monitored parameter associated with the second base station exceeding the monitored parameter associated with the first base station.
US09113376B2	Multi-interface mobility Techniques for providing access to cloud services via a plurality of different network interfaces of a client device. In accordance with one example, during establishment of a communication session between the cloud computing system and the client device, an interface-independent identifier is provided to the client device via a first of the plurality of different network interfaces. Following determination to establish the communication session via the second network interface, the cloud computing system is configured to maintain a virtual environment associated with the communication session for a period of time. A message is received, via a second of the plurality of different network interfaces, from the client device that includes the interface-independent identifier. In response to the received interface-independent identifier, the communication session is re-established with the client device via the second network interface, thereby enabling access to the virtual environment maintained by the cloud computing system.
US09113369B2	Method for coordinating inter-cell interference and base station Provided are a method for coordinating inter-cell interference and a base station using same. A first base station receives from the second base station a configuration request message for requesting a radio resource setting to coordinate inter-cell interference. The first base station transmits to the second base station a configuration response message as a response to the configuration request message.
US09113367B2	Method, apparatus and system for determining voltage standing wave ratio in a downlink period of radio communication The present invention discloses a method for determining a Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) in downlink period of a radio communication, comprising: coupling a forward signal into a Transmitter Observation Receiver (TOR) via a Radio Frequency (RF) switch; feeding a reversed signal in a reversed path from a third port of a circulator into the TOR via the RF switch; making down conversion, filtering and converting the forward signal and the reversed signal from an analog signal into digital baseband signal respectively; measuring and storing power levels of the forward signal and the reversed signal in form of digital baseband; and calculating VSWR or Return Loss (RL) value from the stored power levels of the forward signal and the reversed signal. A corresponding apparatus and radio communication system are also provided. This provides an improved VSWR detection method with low complexity and low cost, etc.
US09113351B2	Method and apparatus for performing inter-frequency and/or inter-radio access technology measurements Techniques for performing inter-frequency and/or inter-radio access technology (RAT) measurements are disclosed. A multi-receiver wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive downlink transmissions via a plurality of downlink carriers simultaneously. The WTRU may perform inter-frequency and/or inter-RAT measurements using an inactive receiver without measurement gaps if at least one receiver is inactive. If the WTRU receives a measurement order on a disabled carrier, the WTRU may perform measurements on the disabled carrier without measurement gaps using an inactive receiver while maintaining a status of the disabled carrier as disabled. The WTRU may perform the measurements autonomously if a trigger condition is met and at least one receiver is inactive. If all receivers are active, the WTRU may perform the measurements using measurement gaps, that may be configured on a downlink carrier, or alternatively, on an unpaired downlink carrier, or alternatively, on a subset of associated downlink uplink carrier pairs.
US09113349B2	Methods and apparatus for enhanced coexistence algorithms in wireless systems Methods and apparatus for mitigating the effects of interference between multiple air interfaces located on an electronic device. In one embodiment, the air interfaces include a WLAN interface and PAN (e.g., Bluetooth) interface, and information such as Receiver Signal Strength Index (RSSI) as well as system noise level information are used in order to intelligently execute interference mitigation methodologies, including the selective application of modified frequency selection, variation of transmitter power, and/or change of operating mode (e.g., from multiple-in multiple-out (MIMO) to single-in, single-out (SISO)) so as to reduce isolation requirements between the interfaces. These methods and apparatus are particularly well suited to use cases where the WLAN interface is operating with high data transmission rates. Business methods associated with the foregoing technology are also described.
US09113348B2	Compressed mode measurements for flexible bandwidth carrier systems, devices, and methods Methods, systems, and devices are provided that may address problems to enabling a user equipment (UE) in connected mode on a normal bandwidth cell to make inter-frequency measurements on another normal bandwidth cell and a flexible bandwidth cell. Some embodiment utilize a set of compressed mode gap configurations for measuring both normal bandwidth and flexible bandwidth inter-frequency cells with the following modification for flexible bandwidth cells: reducing the coherent length used by the UE; using the same cell search parameters at the UE but modifying the compressed mode gap parameters to accommodate both normal bandwidth and flexible bandwidth cell search; and/or maintaining the compressed mode gap parameters but reducing the search window size during cell search coherent accumulation. Some embodiments may configure separate compressed mode measurements configuration for normal bandwidth and flexible bandwidth measurements.
US09113340B2	Synchronized channel access in coexisting wireless networks A system and method for arbitrating channel access in a wireless device including co-located network transceivers are disclosed herein. A wireless device includes a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver. The first transceiver is configured for operation with a first wireless network. The second transceiver is configured for operation with a second wireless network. The wireless device further includes logic that determines which of the first and second transceivers is enabled to transmit at a given time. The logic causes the first transceiver to transmit a notification signal indicating a time period during which the second transceiver of the wireless device will perform a first wireless transaction, and during which, based on receiving the notification signal, a different wireless device performs a second wireless transaction via the second wireless network without transmitting a notification signal.
US09113339B2	Apparatus and method for allocating communication resources in a communication system An apparatus, method and system for allocating communication resources in a communication system. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor 520 and memory 550 including computer program code. The memory 550 and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor 520, cause the apparatus to compute a transmitter power level for a user equipment on a communication resource allocated to a neighboring base station to limit interference for communications in an area served by the neighboring base station below a first threshold level, compute a signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio for an uplink communication by the user equipment employing the transmitter power level on the communication resource within an area served by the apparatus, and assign a subframe of the communication resource to the user equipment if the signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio for the uplink communication is greater than a second threshold level.
US09113338B2	Method of controlling applications installed on a security module associated with a mobile terminal, and an associated security module, mobile terminal, and server The invention relates to a method of controlling applications installed in a security module associated with a mobile terminal and adapted to increment at least one transaction value during a transaction effected by an application and, if that transaction value reaches an associated predetermined value, sending at least one connection command to a management server and blocking at least one application if the command fails. The invention also relates to a method of managing such applications adapted to receive a connection command, verify the user rights and update at least one transaction value and/or block at least one application as a function of the verification result. The invention further relates to a management server, a mobile terminal and a security module that can be used with a mobile terminal.
US09113334B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for controlling access to voice resources in mobile networks using mobility management signaling messages Methods, systems, and computer readable media for controlling access to voice resources using mobility management messages are disclosed. According to one method, a mobility management message associated with a mobile subscriber is received. A priority level of the mobile subscriber is determined based on the mobility management message and access to voice resources in controlled based on the priority level.
US09113333B2	Authenticating a user of a system using near field communication A system and machine-implemented method for providing a username and password to a system using a device, via establishing a near field communication link with the system; retrieving a username and password from storage on the device; and transmitting the username and password to the system via the near field communication link, wherein the username and password are configured to be used by the system to authenticate the user on the system.
US09113330B2	Wireless authentication using beacon messages Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with wireless authentication using beacon messages are described. According to one embodiment, a controller includes logic configured to control a transmitter to wirelessly transmit a beacon message. The beacon message is configured to announce to a remote device that a wireless device is available to communicate. The beacon message includes a security identifier that identifies a public key for the wireless device.
US09113321B1	Public safety communications incident response A system and method permit communications of a mobile station of emergency service personnel while blocking communications of mobile stations of other users. In response to an emergency in a region, a mobile switching center may be configured to restrict communications of mobile stations in the region through an identified cell site base station controlled by the mobile switching center during the emergency while the identified cell site base station continues wireless radio frequency transmissions. This configuration may be accomplished with the use of a trigger, such as a Specific_Called_Party_Digit_String trigger. While the mobile switching center is configured for the emergency, a designated trigger condition may be detected with respect to an attempted communication for a mobile station through the identified cell site base station.
US09113317B2	Intelligent streaming to a mobile device Intelligent streaming of multimedia content is provided. Based on various conditions and signals detected by a mobile device, an activity state of the mobile device that indicates whether viewing of a video portion of streaming multimedia content is desirable or likely may be determined. A server streaming the multimedia content, upon receiving from the mobile device either a request to eliminate the video portion streaming multimedia content or a status update that the video portion is not viewable or is not likely being viewed, is configured to replace streaming of the multimedia content with both audio and video portions with streaming of the multimedia content containing the audio portion but without the video portion.
US09113310B2	Systems and methods for simultaneously and automatically creating databases of wifi signal information A method of generating wireless signal information includes receiving relative movement data generated by sensors and wireless signal data generated by a wireless signal module at a computing system, the sensors and module for detecting wireless signals located in a portable electronic device (PED). The method further includes generating landmark information at a landmark detection module based on the relative movement data, the sensor data and the wireless signal data. The method further includes generating a plurality of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) estimate locations based on the landmark information and the relative movement data at a SLAM optimization engine. The method further includes assembling a first database of locations and corresponding wireless signal strength and access points. The method further includes generating additional information concerning locations and wireless signal information based on the first database.
US09113309B2	Enhancing user services with indoor traffic information In some implementations, a mobile device can collect location, time and speed information associated with a building. The mobile device can transmit the location, time and speed information to a server. The server can collect location, time and speed information from multiple mobile devices. The server can determine average wait times (e.g., indoor traffic information) associated with areas of interest at a business or indoor location. The server can deliver the average wait times to mobile devices. The mobile devices can use the indoor traffic information to adjust reminders, calendar events, suggest the best times to visit a business or suggest which of several businesses to visit.
US09113305B2	Method and apparatus for estimating location of user equipment in wireless network A positioning method of estimating a location of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network is disclosed. The positioning method includes performing positioning using a global positioning system (GPS)-based signal, checking whether the UE is located indoors based on received signal intensity of the GPS-based signal, and changing a positioning method using the GPS-based signal to a positioning method using a local area network (LAN)-based signal when it is determined that the UE is located indoors, and performing a positioning using the changed positioning method using the LAN-based signal.
US09113303B2	Tracking apparatus An apparatus is provided for gaming or for other purposes where tracking of the relative location of a plurality of individuals can be used which includes for each person a wireless network device connected to a network. Each device detects a current location of the device while being carried for communication to a server arranged to communicate through the network with each of the devices having a downloaded program to obtain repeatedly an indication of the current location of the device. The server detects from the current locations when any two or more of the devices are within a predetermined distance and communicates to at least one of the devices when the location is within said predetermined distance. The signal can be used to trigger various events including actions in a gaming situation.
US09113299B2	Method and apparatus for automatic mobile endpoint device configuration management based on user status or activity A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for automatically configuring a mobile endpoint device are disclosed. For example, the method stores one or more pre-defined configuration settings for the mobile endpoint device, receives a location of the mobile endpoint device, identifies a location characteristic of the location of the mobile endpoint device and configures the mobile endpoint device with one of the one or more pre-defined configuration settings based upon the location and the location characteristic of the mobile endpoint device.
US09113298B2	Geofence with kalman filter A least squares geofence method that minimizes trigger misfires caused by data variability and location blunders and minimizes delayed/missed entry triggers generated under urban or indoor conditions. The least squares geofence method uses a weighted least squares (LS) model to compute a location estimate for a target device. A LS location estimate is used to determine if a target device is located inside or outside a predefined geofence. The present invention additionally comprises a Kalman filter geofence method that further improves the accuracy of entry/exit geofence triggers. A Kalman filter geofence method uses a Kalman filter to filter location data retrieved for a target device. Filtered location data is used to determine if a target device is located inside or outside a predefined geofence. A Kalman filter geofence method estimates velocity and heading information for a target device to generate accurate entry/exit geofence triggers for devices in fast moving mode.
US09113296B1	Using a coverage area identifier to facilitate network reporting Disclosed herein is a method and system for parsing a coverage area identifier. An example method is operable in a wireless communication system having a base station and a wireless communication device (WCD), the base station radiating to define multiple coverage areas in which the WCD can operate. The method involves: the WCD operating within one of the multiple coverage areas; the WCD receiving from the base station a coverage area identifier of the coverage area in which the WCD operated; the WCD determining a group to which the base station belongs; the WCD using the determined group as a basis to select a parsing technique from multiple parsing techniques; and the WCD using the selected parsing technique to parse the received coverage area identifier so as to extract from the received coverage area identifier one or more attributes of the coverage area in which the WCD operated.
US09113293B1	Displaying location uncertainty of a mobile device Methods and systems for displaying location uncertainty of locations of mobile devices are provided. A location of a mobile device may be determined using a location system. The mobile device can be associated with a location service that locates the mobile device. The location system identifies the location of the mobile device that is an approximation of the location of the mobile device. An uncertainty region for the location of the mobile device is identified. The uncertainty region determines an extent of geographic data that is displayed on a location diagram based on a correlation between the uncertainty region and the extent of geographic data. The extent of geographic data that corresponds to the uncertainty region is determined. The location associated with the uncertainty region is communicated such that the location is displayed on the location diagram with the extent of geographic data using the obscuring feature.
US09113283B2	Systems and methods for event notification framework in a machine-to-machine (M2M) context Systems and methods provide for managing subscriptions to changes in resources in a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) system at a communications node. A method for such includes receiving, at an interface, a first subscription request from a first user to an application event; determining, by a processor, if other devices are subscribed to the application event; reading, by the communications node, the first subscription request including data, semantics and syntax; storing, in a memory, binding information for the first user and the application event; and transmitting, by the interface, if, based on said step of determining, no other devices are subscribed to the application event a second subscription message toward an M2M application server (AS).
US09113278B2	System and method for automatically adjusting hearing aid based on acoustic reflectance Method and system for automatically adjusting a hearing aid. The method includes measuring an acoustic reflectance associated with an ear canal as a function of an incident pressure and an acoustic frequency, processing information associated with the measured acoustic reflectance, determining a reflectance slope based on, at least, information associated with the measured acoustic reflectance, and adjusting, at least, one parameter associated with the hearing aid based on, at least, information associated with the reflectance slope. The reflectance slope is associated with a reflectance component varying with the incident pressure.
US09113272B2	Method for adjusting a hearing device and a hearing device that is operable according to said method The present invention is related to the adjusting of a hearing device (1) to the hearing preferences of a user of said hearing (1). The hearing device (1) comprises an input transducer (20) for providing an electrical signal that corresponds to an acoustical input signal, a processing unit (10) for processing the electrical signal according to a set of process parameters (G1, . . . , Gn) to provide an intermediate signal, and an output transducer (30) for providing an output signal to the user of said hearing device (1), wherein the output signal corresponds to the intermediate signal. The method comprises the step of providing a set of adjustment parameters (A1, . . . , Am), which, at least partly, represents an individual hearing characteristic of the user of said hearing device (1) and the further step of adapting the set of process parameters (G1, . . . , Gn) as a function of an adjustment control signal (ACS) and the set of adjustment parameters (A1, . . . , Am).
US09113271B2	Method for extending a frequency range of an input signal of a hearing device as well as a hearing device The present invention is directed to a method and a hearing device for extending a usable frequency range of an analog input signal (i) being processed by a hearing device, the method comprising the steps of converting the analog input signal (i) to a first output signal (o1) and to an intermediate signal (om), the first output signal (o1) having a final sampling rate and the intermediate signal (om) having an intermediate sampling rate that is greater than the final sampling rate, applying a band-pass filter unit (31) to the intermediate signal (om) in order to obtain a filtered intermediate signal (omf), a lower cut-off frequency of the band-pass filter unit (31) being above half the final sampling rate, an upper cut-off frequency of the band-pass filter unit (31) being below half the intermediate sampling rate, and shifting a spectrum of the filtered intermediate signal (omf) to a frequency range being below the final sampling rate to obtain an intermediate output signal (om2).
US09113268B2	Implantable floating mass transducer of a hearing implant system An implantable floating mass transducer is described for a hearing implant system in an implant patient. A cylindrical transducer housing contains a cylindrical inner mass magnet having an inner magnetic field with a first field direction. One or more signal drive coils are on the outer housing surface for conducting a transducer drive signal current to produce a signal magnetic field that interacts with the inner magnetic field to create vibration of the inner mass magnet which is coupled by the transducer housing to the internal hearing structure for sound perception by the implant patient. A ring-shape outer offset magnet is positioned around the outer housing surface with an outer magnetic field having a second field direction opposite to the first field direction so as to offset the inner magnetic field to minimize their combined magnetic field and thereby minimize magnetic interaction of the transducer with any external magnetic field.
US09113257B2	Phase-unified loudspeakers: parallel crossovers Complimentary crossovers that reduce phase distortion in loudspeaker systems, typically pairs, are described. In the fundamental embodiment, each loudspeaker possesses two drivers, a woofer and a tweeter. The “effective third-order” crossover on the right-hand loudspeaker remains “symmetric,” but the “effective third-order” crossover on the left-hand loudspeaker is rendered “asymmetric,” as described. Other embodiments apply this principle to other crossover orders and/or greater numbers of drivers. This technology can be combined with other circuits like a Zobel, typically used for impedance correction. Some configurations of “phase-unified” loudspeakers require that a Zobel is applied to all drivers except the tweeter. Accordingly a rule combining effective crossover order and handedness is established.
US09113251B2	Headset A headset having a loudspeaker housing and a microphone which are interconnected by a microphone boom arm that includes two opposed spaced apart arm parts, and wherein a name tag display is seatable between the arm parts and retaining tongue and grove pairs are provided at the arms and/or at the name tag display.
US09113249B2	Robust diaphragm for an acoustic device A rigid, flat plate diaphragm for an acoustic device is illustrated. The internal supporting structure of the diaphragm provides a combination of torsional and translational stiffeners, which resemble a number of crossbars. These stiffeners brace and support the diaphragm motion, thus causing its response to not be adversely affected by fabrication stresses and causing it to be very similar in dynamic response to an ideal flat plate operating in a frequency range that extends well beyond the audible.
US09113248B2	Diaphragm arrangement for generating sound A diaphragm arrangement is disclosed to be fitted to a structural component or fixing ring for the purpose of generating sound. The diaphragm arrangement includes two piezo crystals fitted opposite one another on either side of an electrically conductive diaphragm, which can oscillate, and the piezo crystals are each fastened to the diaphragm. The piezo crystals are each electrically conductively connected to a contact plate on their opposing sides.
US09113234B2	Wireless device association system A method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying sensor units. Identification information is received from a marker in a wireless signal generated by the marker at a wireless device. The marker is associated with an object. The identification information is sent from the wireless device to a computer system. The computer system associates the wireless device with the object using the identification information.
US09113226B2	Methods and systems for re-securing a compromised channel in a satellite signal distribution environment A method implemented by a set top box that encrypts communications for a channel stacking switch (CS) using a public key of the CSS, the method comprising: obtaining a message from a head end; extracting electronic counter measure (ECM) data from the message; sending the ECM data to the CSS; receiving, in response to the sending, a new public key of the CSS; encrypting communications for the CSS using the new public key of the CSS. Also, a method for implementation by a CSS, comprising: maintaining a private key and a public key; obtaining ECM data sent by a set top box in communication with the CSS; obtaining an identifier of the CSS; formulating a new public key based on the private key, the identifier and the ECM; rendering the new public key available to the set top box.
US09113225B2	Method and device for providing mosaic channel A method for providing mosaic channels among multiple client devices is provided. Wherein, the multiple client devices are connected via a data communication network so as to be able to communicate data with each other. At the side of a client device, which is instructed to change to a mosaic channel while the other client device are receiving channel programs from at least one channel program server via a communication for channel programs, the method comprises the steps of receiving channel information of the channel programs from at least one of the other client devices via the communication network for channel programs; and generating a mosaic channel that comprises channel cells for presenting the channel information.
US09113224B2	Low-noise block down-converter and satellite television system An optical low-noise block down-converter for a satellite television system is disclosed. The optical low-noise block down-converter includes a first down-conversion module coupled to a satellite antenna of the satellite television system for converting a vertically polarized signal received by the satellite antenna into a first intermediate frequency signal, a second down-conversion module coupled to the satellite antenna for converting a horizontally polarized signal received by the satellite antenna into a second intermediate frequency signal, and a third down-conversion module having a first input terminal coupled between the satellite antenna and a first down-converter of the first down-conversion module and a second input terminal coupled between the satellite antenna and a second down-converter of the second down-conversion module for draining out part of the vertically polarized signal and the horizontally polarized signal to combine and convert into a legacy electrical signal.
US09113223B2	Updating properties of remote A/V performance nodes Aspects include systems, computer readable media and methods for remotely updating properties of Audio/Visual (A/V) performance nodes that can receive A/V content through a wireless network from a central content source. The central content source can maintain information about properties of such nodes, providing such information to a device configured with remote control software, upon request. The remote control device can accept user inputs relating to properties updates, indications of such being provided to the central content source for distribution to nodes whose properties were updated. Examples of updatable properties include on/off toggling, and volume controls. Updating such properties can be protected by passwords. The central content source can be configured as software executing on a personal computer operable to communicate over the Internet for obtaining access to streaming and/or downloadable A/V content. Remote control device examples include phones that can be networked to receive node properties data, obtain user inputs affecting such data, and transmit that data back to the central source.
US09113219B2	Television viewer interface system A television viewer interface system provides a viewer interface that allows the viewer to access different functions of a system. A highlight bar is responsive to the user's commands and is used to indicate the current menu item that can be selected by the user. Information is presented in a successive disclosure format where the user navigates through menus by moving the highlight bar to the right to obtain more information or to the left to see less information and return to the previous location. The background colors of each set of menus remains consistent throughout the user's experience such that the user intuitively knows what menu area he is in through the color cues. The invention provides indicators that tell the user that more information is available in a particular direction for a menu item.
US09113218B2	Television viewer interface system A television viewer interface system provides a viewer interface that allows the viewer to access different functions of a system. A highlight bar is responsive to the user's commands and is used to indicate the current menu item that can be selected by the user. Information is presented in a successive disclosure format where the user navigates through menus by moving the highlight bar to the right to obtain more information or to the left to see less information and return to the previous location. The background colors of each set of menus remains consistent throughout the user's experience such that the user intuitively knows what menu area he is in through the color cues. The invention provides indicators that tell the user that more information is available in a particular direction for a menu item.
US09113210B2	Methods and systems for providing demand based services A system and method may include monitoring content being displayed at a display device to generate monitoring data that includes a program identifier, communicating the monitoring data to a server, the server determining which programs to include in an on-demand lineup based on the monitoring data and generating an on-demand lineup message to identify on-demand programs included in the on-demand lineup, and receiving the on-demand lineup message from the server.
US09113208B2	Personalized video channel control Video content is identified by a source component via a processor from a plurality of media sources. The media sources can comprise a wireless broadcast media channel, a web site, a web data feed, and/or a wired broadcast channel for communication via a personalized video channel. A profile component can determine user profile data that includes user preferences associated with a first client device for the video content and the plurality of media sources. A control component can generate a set of viewing controls associated with the user profile data that control transmission of the video content via the personalized video channel. A streaming component is configured to communicate the set of predicted video content from the plurality of media sources to a mobile component via the personalized video channel based on the set of viewing controls and the user profile data. The personalized video channel can be re-configured to communicate, at different times, the video content identified from different media sources of the plurality of media sources.
US09113207B2	Systems and methods for contextually linking television program information The present invention provides systems and methods for providing television schedule information to a viewer, and for allowing the viewer to link, search, select and interact with information in a remote database, e.g., a database on the internet. The television schedule information can be displayed on a variety of viewer interfaces, such as televisions screens, computer monitors, PCTV screens and the like. The television schedule information may be stored on the viewer's computer, television, PCTV, or a remote server (e.g., a website), or the television schedule information may be downloaded from a remote database to the viewer's computer, television or PCTV.
US09113206B2	System and method for distribution of picture objects A method for data communication is provided and may include, at a communications terminal, displaying picture objects and/or video objects received from a media center via a communications network. The communications terminal may transmit direction of view information (DoV) of at least one eye of a user of the terminal with respect to the displayed objects from an eye tracker at the communications terminal. The DoV may be determined by detecting a position of a pupil based on light reflected off of the pupil. Subsequent picture objects and/or video objects may be displayed by the communications terminal based on user interests determined from the transmitted DoV information. The DoV information may be determined using: a beam splitter, a lens, and a position sensing diode which receives light from the lens which has been received from the beam splitter, wherein the position sensing diode outputs a signal to the eye tracker.
US09113197B2	Differentiated PSIP table update interval technology An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide information for an n-hour span and has a transmission interval. The ETT has a transmission interval and program description information according to the EIT. The transmission interval of the EIT is shorter than the transmission interval of the ETT.
US09113188B2	Video display device, terminal device, and method thereof A terminal device acquires a part of an audio-visual content regenerated by a video display apparatus. The terminal device acquires contents information of the audio-visual content based on the part of the audio-visual content. The terminal device acquires the available enhanced service based on the contents information and regenerates the available enhanced service.
US09113187B2	FFT tap WiFi extension device Techniques for adding WiFi capabilities to a region may include installing WiFi access points in a cable television (CATV) system. For easier installation of the WiFi access points, a WiFi access point extension devices may be integrated into existing taps in the CATV system. The WiFi extended taps are able to provide radio frequency (RF)/CATV signals to subscribers, provide power to the respectively integrated WiFi access point, and maintain power to the coaxial transmission line during installation. During installation, the WiFi access point extension devices can be integrated into the CATV outdoor distribution plant without having to splice into an existing coaxial transmission line. The multiplicity of existing tap locations in CATV distribution plants makes the positioning of new wireless access points extremely versatile for the cable provider.
US09113186B2	Providing syndication feed content on a television set-top box with limited decoder capability Techniques are afforded for providing syndication feed content on a television STB with limited decoder capability. A request is initiated for syndication feed content from a networked content source through the STB. The syndication feed content is obtained through a proxy device in communication with the networked content source. When the syndication feed content is in a first format usable by the STB, the proxy device passes the syndication feed content in the first format to the STB. When the syndication feed content is in a second format unusable by the STB, the syndication feed content is first converted from the second format to the first format usable by the STB and then the syndication feed content is passed, in the first format, to the STB.
US09113176B2	Network and device aware video scaling system, method, software, and device A method of communication is provided according to embodiments of the present invention. A request is received for video data for each of a plurality of devices. For each of the wireless devices, performance capability of the device, and optionally network information, is obtained. A video scalability level for the video data for each of the devices is determined based on the obtained performance capability, and optionally the network information. The video data for each of the devices is scaled according to the determined video scalability level, and the scaled video data is delivered to each of the devices.
US09113171B2	Moving image prediction encoding/decoding system A moving image encoding/decoding system may include a video predictive encoding device, which may include: an encoding device which encodes each of a plurality of input pictures to generate compressed picture data including a random access picture, and encodes data about display order information of each picture; a restoration device which decodes the compressed picture data to restore a reproduced picture; a picture storage device which stores the reproduced picture as a reference picture; and a memory management device which controls the picture storage device. Following completion of an encoding process of generating the random access picture, the memory management device refreshes the picture storage device by setting every reference picture in the picture storage device, except for the random access picture, as unnecessary immediately before or immediately after encoding a picture with display order information larger than the display order information of the random access picture.
US09113159B2	Electro-optic apparatus and electronic apparatus A driving circuit perform first driving in which, in a first write period, a grayscale potential in an odd-numbered row is supplied to the pixels of a first group and, in a second write period, the grayscale potential is supplied to the pixels in an even-numbered row, and can perform second driving in which, in the first write period, the grayscale potential in the even-numbered row is supplied to the pixels of a second group and, in the second write period, the grayscale potential is supplied to the pixels in the odd-numbered row. In a right eye display period, the first driving is performed in a unit period U1 and the second driving is performed in a unit period U2. In a left eye display period, the second driving is performed in the unit period U1 and the first driving is performed in the unit period U2.
US09113154B2	Three-dimensional measurement device having three-dimensional overview camera A device for optically scanning and measuring an environment is provided. The device includes a first measurement device that emits a light beam in a direction to measure a distance to a remote target based at least in part on light reflected by the remote target. A three-dimensional camera coupled to a periphery of the first measurement device is configured to record an image of an object. A processor is operably coupled to the first measurement device and three-dimensional camera and is responsive to determine the three-dimensional coordinates of the measurement point based at least in part on the angles of rotation of the device and the distance. The processor further being responsive to determine the three-dimensional coordinates of a plurality of points on the object based at least in part on the angles of rotation of the device and the image.
US09113153B2	Determining a stereo image from video A method of producing a stereo image from a digital video includes receiving a digital video including a plurality of digital images captured by an image capture device; and using a processor to produce stereo suitability scores for at least two digital images from the plurality of digital images. The method further includes selecting a stereo candidate image based on the stereo suitability scores; producing a stereo image from the selected stereo candidate image wherein the stereo image includes the stereo candidate image and an associated stereo companion image based on the plurality of digital images from the digital video; and storing the stereo image whereby the stereo image can be presented for viewing by a user.
US09113149B2	Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method According to a picture coding method, a coded picture is stored, as a reference picture, into a storage unit; commands indicating correspondence between reference pictures and reference indices for designating reference pictures and coefficients used for generation of predictive images are generated; a reference picture being used when motion compensation is performed on a current block in a current picture to be coded is designated by a reference index; a predictive image is generated by performing linear prediction on a block being obtained by motion estimation within the designated reference picture, by use of a coefficient corresponding to the reference index; a coded image signal including a coded signal obtained by coding a prediction error being a difference between the current block in the current picture to be coded and the predictive image, the commands, the reference index and the coefficient is outputted.
US09113146B2	Centralised interactive graphical application server This invention relates to a method of processing a plurality of graphical programs on a centralized computer system whereby the images produced by the programs are compressed and transmitted to remote processing devices where they are decompressed. Compression assistance data (CAD) is produced by inspecting instructions outputted by the programs and the CAD is then used in the compression step.
US09113132B2	System and methods for recording a compressed video and audio stream A system for recording a compressed video-audio stream includes a decoder for decoding the video and audio packets of the stream, a multimedia recorder for recording the video and audio portions of the stream, and a video frame editor. In one embodiment the multimedia recorder receives and ignores initial delta frames of the video portion of the stream while buffering the audio portion of the stream received until a first key frame arrives and is buffered and decoded and wherein upon receiving a command to record, the system writes a copy of the key frame at a predefined interval the first interval corresponding with the start of the recording of the audio portions of the stream, the write interval repeated successively until a next key frame arrives whereby the video and audio is then recorded as received.
US09113117B2	Image-taking apparatus and method for controlling the same An image-taking apparatus changes a switching threshold value for switching between a color mode and a monochrome mode according to a maximum gain value set by a maximum gain setting unit so that switching between the color and monochrome modes can be optimally performed regardless of setting of the maximum gain value. The image-taking apparatus includes a threshold value correction unit configured to correct the switching threshold value according to the maximum gain value. The threshold value correction unit sets the switching threshold value with the maximum gain value set larger than an initial value to be smaller than the switching threshold value with the maximum gain value set smaller than the initial value.
US09113116B1	Video monitor attachment for a microphone A video monitor attachment for microphones, the video monitor attachment having a top portion having a first opening, a bottom portion having a second opening, and a plurality of sides, the first opening and the second opening communicating with a channel adapted to receive a handle of the microphone, at least one selectively moveable monitor pivotally mounted on a coupling member positioned on the video monitor attachment, and a plurality of self-adjusting gripping assemblies. Each self-adjusting gripping assembly can include at least one biasing member and a gripping member coupled to at least one biasing member, the plurality of self-adjusting gripping assemblies adapted to secure a handle of the microphone. The at least one selectively moveable monitor can be coupled to a selectively moveable first monitor. The coupling member can include a hinge or a ball joint on which to pivotally mount the at least one selectively moveable monitor.
US09113111B2	Method and apparatus for estimating motion vector using plurality of motion vector predictors, encoder, decoder, and decoding method Provided are a method and apparatus for estimating a motion vector using a plurality of motion vector predictors, an encoder, a decoder, and a decoding method. The method includes calculating spatial similarities between the current block and the plurality of neighboring partitions around the current block, selecting at least one of the neighboring partitions based on the calculated spatial similarities, and estimating a motion vector of the selected partition as the motion vector of the current block.
US09113109B2	Collection and concurrent integration of supplemental information related to currently playing media Collection and concurrent integration of supplemental information related to currently playing media. Based on certain characteristics associated with the media, additional information related thereto is identified and output along with the media itself. This provides an enhanced experience for a user, in that, this supplemental information augments the presentation of the media to the user. Such supplemental content can be any one or combination of a wide variety of types including textual information, image content, audio content, video content, etc. This supplemental content may be output automatically in conjunction with the media (e.g., when such media is being output). Alternatively, the supplemental content may be output upon the authorization of a user. The supplemental content may be output in a predetermined location (e.g., location within a video display). Alternatively, such supplemental content may be output within an unused (or infrequently used) area of such a video display.
US09113108B2	Systems and methods for navigating program listings simultaneously displayed with a program in a media guidance application Systems and methods for navigating program listings in a media guidance application are provided. A program listing may be displayed that corresponds to a first time period. A user request to change the first time period may be received. In response to the request to change the time period, a hopscotch display may be provided that gives the user access to a plurality of consecutive time periods from which the user can select to have corresponding program listings displayed. A user selection of one of the displayed time periods may be received and a second program listing corresponding to the selected time period may be displayed.
US09113107B2	Interactive advertising and program promotion in an interactive television system Systems and methods are provided for interactive advertising and program promotion that may attract and maintain user interest. The interactive advertisements may be displayed within interactive television application display screens, such as, an interactive television program guide display screen. A user may be able to select an interactive advertisement and may be presented with interactive content or features that may entice the user to view the advertisement. The interactive content or features may be related or unrelated to the product or service being advertised.
US09113104B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method to perform screen processing for image data Disclosed is an image processing apparatus to perform screen processing for image data, and to form an image based thereon, comprising a screen processing unit to perform the screen processing by using a subcell corresponding to a plurality of pixels, and in which a first and a second threshold values are determined according to each position of the pixels, wherein the screen processing unit obtains threshold values, to output either an invariable value Dmin, an invariable value DMax, or an interpolated value of the two invariable values, and wherein the subcell is determined so that the first threshold value of a given pixel is larger than the first threshold value of a prior pixel and is smaller than the second threshold value thereof, the threshold values of the prior pixel being determined so that a dot is formed in the prior pixel earlier than in the given pixel.
US09113103B2	Solid-state imaging apparatus and imaging system A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, wherein the pixel array has a region formed from one of an electrical conductor and a semiconductor to which a fixed electric potential is supplied, each pixel includes a photoelectric converter, a charge-voltage converter which converts charges generated by the photoelectric converter into a voltage, and an amplification unit which amplifies a signal generated by the charge-voltage converter by a positive gain and outputs the amplified signal to an output line, and the output line comprising a shielding portion arranged to shield at least part of the charge-voltage converter with respect to the region.
US09113095B2	Imaging device with the autofocus An imaging device performs optimum focus correction at low cost with an autofocus device that moves a lens for focusing an image. The imaging device includes a camera signal processing part having a contrast signal generation part that extracts a high frequency component from a video signal and generates a contrast signal of the video signal based on the extracted high frequency component. The imaging device also has a controller that performs focus control based on the contrast signal. The controller performs an ON/OFF control of an infrared rays cut filter and includes a recording part to hold a set value of an ON/OFF state of the infrared rays cut filter. The camera signal processing part includes a signal conversion processing part to change a ratio of RGB of the video signal to be sent to the contrast signal generation part based on the set value.
US09113091B2	High speed autofocus system A method and apparatus for optimizing high-speed optical inspection of parts using intelligent image analysis to determine optimal focus using high numerical aperture (NA) optics, achieve a superior signal-to-noise ratio, resolution, and inspection speed performance with very limited depth of field lenses.
US09113080B2	Method for generating thumbnail image and electronic device thereof A method of displaying a thumbnail image and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method of displaying the thumbnail image of the electronic device includes detecting meta data and object information for an image, determining an aspect ratio of the thumbnail image with respect to the image on the basis of the detected meta data and object information, and displaying the thumbnail image with respect to the image according to the determined aspect ratio.
US09113069B2	Imaging apparatus having an attached interchangeable lens When automatic exposure (AE) for AF is performed, an imaging apparatus sets a fastest speed or a predetermined fixed speed as a diaphragm driving speed to reduce the time to be spent for the AF. On the other hand, when an interchangeable lens in which the diaphragm driving speed can be changed is attached to the imaging apparatus, and AE is performed for moving image recording, the imaging apparatus slows down the diaphragm blade driving speed compared to the speed at the time of AE for AF in consideration of the quality of moving image recording and display.
US09113053B2	Input apparatus and method for acquiring a scan image An input apparatus having a scan function according to the disclosure includes a position detecting unit to acquire position information of each unit image of a scan target object; a unit image acquiring unit to acquire each unit image by using the position information of each unit image; and an object image acquiring unit to acquire an object image of the scan target object by merging the acquired unit images.
US09113048B2	Method and device for inspecting surface A surface inspecting device is provided in the present application. The surface inspecting device includes a pair of light modules respectively providing flashes to a surface from two different angles in sequence; an image sensing module acquiring an image of the surface upon a respective one of the flashes; and a computing module electrically connected with the image sensing module and processing the image by an image subtraction algorithm.
US09113046B2	Tire contour measurement data correction method and tire visual inspection device In order to conduct a visual inspection correctly for a tire having deflection, contour deformation caused by the deflection of the tire is corrected with respect to tire contour measurement data. A tire contour measurement data correction method includes a step of obtaining a sidewall image in a tire radial direction at each certain rotation angle by a sensor portion while rotating a tire T to be inspected by a tire rotation portion, a step of dividing the sidewall image by a predetermined ratio by an image processing portion and approximating the sidewall image of each divided section by a straight line, a step of calculating an inclination angle in a horizontal direction of the approximate straight line, and a step of rotating the sidewall image of each divided section so that the inclination angle of the approximate straight line agrees with a predetermined angle determined for each divided section.
US09113037B2	Video conference virtual endpoints A method and a device providing one virtual endpoint dedicated to serve one particular real endpoint, and the virtual endpoint is typically installed on a server in the same local network as the associated real endpoint, where an MCU or a fraction of a distributed MCCJ also is installed. In the upstream direction, the virtual endpoint includes at least an upstream decoder, a scaling unit and an upstream encoder. In the downstream direction, the virtual endpoint includes at least a number of decoders, a composing unit and a downstream encoder.
US09113025B2	Image signal processor circuits and methods for correcting crosstalk artifacts Methods and circuits can be provided to correct crosstalk artifacts by generating image data correction matrices for respective pixel locations in an image sensor, based on pre-calibration matrices associated with the respective pixel locations. The image data correction matrices can be applied to the respective pixel locations to reduce imaging crosstalk artifacts associated with at least one of disparity, luminance, and chrominance.
US09113024B2	Apparatus and method for image processing using color image data and low frequency image data An image processing apparatus can execute appropriate image processing while preventing increase in a capacity of a memory for storing a plurality of pieces of image data of different frequency bands. The image processing apparatus stores first image data having the highest frequency among the plurality of pieces of image data of different frequency bands in a state in which each pixel of the first image data includes a color component signal of any of a plurality of colors, on the memory, and further stores second image data and third image data whose frequency bands are lower than that of the first image data on the memory, in a state in which a part of or all pixels of the second and the third image data have color component signals of a plurality of colors.
US09113020B2	Apparatus for transmitting video stream, apparatus for receiving video stream, method for transmitting video stream, and method for receiving video stream The present invention provides an apparatus for transmitting a video stream, an apparatus for receiving a video stream, a method for transmitting a video stream, and a method for receiving a video stream. One embodiment of the present invention, discloses the method for transmitting the video stream, comprising the steps of: down-sampling a UHD (ultra high definition) video stream to divide the UHD video stream into a sub-stream of a viewable HD compatible video, a sub-stream of an HD-sized video, and a sub-stream of a residual signal as a difference between the HD compatible video and the HD-sized video, and encoding the divided sub-streams; multiplexing signaling information for describing the relationship between the UHD video stream and at least one sub-stream and including the sub-stream; and transmitting the multiplexed HD sub-stream and the signaling information.
US09113011B2	Method and device for controlling composite scanning device, and composite scanning system The disclosure discloses a method and device for controlling a composite scanning device, and a composite scanning system. The composite scanning system includes: a composite scanning device and a host which includes: an application module configured for performing a first capability setting on the composite scanning device, obtaining the scanned image data from the composite scanning device after the first capability setting, and processing the scanned image data in a first TWAIN session state; and a configuration module configured for performing a second capability setting on the composite scanning device according to the processing result of the application module in the first TWAIN session state. By the disclosure, the efficiency of capability setting in the composite scanning system which is compatible with TWAIN protocol can be improved.
US09112999B2	Automated selection of TTY-modes in a mobile device Disclosed is a method and apparatus for allowing a user to select, from a plurality of TTY-modes, one TTY-mode to associate with one phone number. The associated TTY-mode will be used for either incoming or outgoing calls using that phone number. Further disclosed are a plurality of TTY-modes to associate with individual phone numbers, and, a selectable set of default TTY-modes to use if no TTY-mode is associated with a particular phone number. Selectable audio modes, associable with phone numbers or with TTY-modes, is also discussed.
US09112982B2	Method of controlling sound input and output, and electronic device thereof A method employed by an electronic device comprising establishing communication between the electronic device and a sound processing device to activate sound input and output units of the sound processing device and deactivate sound input and output units of the electronic device. At least one item of measurement information of the electronic device is acquired and it is determined whether the measurement information item value satisfies a predetermined condition. In response to the measurement information satisfying the predetermined condition, the sound input and output units of the sound processing device are deactivated and the sound input and output units of the electronic device are activated.
US09112973B2	System and method to diagnose and improve representative and organizational performance A computer-readable storage medium containing a data server application, which when executed on a processor is configured to perform an operation providing a view of performance data based on multiple performance rating criteria for evaluating multiple customer service agents across an enterprise. The operation may include receiving data corresponding to call handling for a first agent from the multiple agents and processing the received data to generate performance data for the first agent based on process steps followed by the first agent for handling a call type. The operation also includes assigning a color scheme to the process steps depending on the importance of the steps to an enterprise and transmitting a signal to display agent performance data based on the color scheme and indicative of steps missed by the first agent.
US09112970B2	Method and apparatus for data channel augmented auto attended voice response systems Method of using a computerized smart phone to navigate remote auto attendant telephony systems with a menu structure. The auto attendant's menu structure is put into an online computer database. When the caller uses the smart phone to call and establish a voice channel with remote auto attendant telephony system (using the telephone number of that system), software applications running on the caller's smart phone communication device intercept the telephone number and along with the voice channel, also establish a data channel with the online computer accessible database. The caller's smart phone can then retrieve at least some of the menu structure of the auto attendant telephony system through this data channel. This application software can then display at least some of the menu structure of the remote auto attendant telephony system on the graphical user interface of the user's smart phone synchronized with the audio delivery of the menu structure, facilitating interactions with the auto attendant system.
US09112965B2	Managing cellular phone calls A mechanism is disclosed for managing phone calls on phone devices used by the employee of a company. When the user wants to give a call, a new plugin in the phone device interprets an attribute value added by the phone device user to each phone number in order to categorize the call. The cell phone user enters a profile describing his call accounting information. A call management plugin computes a prefix for user personal calls which will be adapted to the user location. The call management plugin at the end of the call tags the call information as a personal call or business call. The phone device sends the tagged call information to a remote server of the company, which consolidates billing information received from the phone operators with the tagged call information.
US09112960B2	Blood alcohol content measurement system powered by an audio signal from a phone A blood alcohol content (BAC) measurement system powered by an audio signal from a phone is provided. The BAC measurement system includes a sensor unit, a microcontroller and a power extraction unit. The sensor unit includes a fuel cell that generates an electric current when a breath of a user contacts the fuel cell. The microcontroller generates a signal based on the electric current. A frequency of the signal is based on alcohol content in the breath. The power extraction unit powers the sensor unit. The power extraction unit converts the audio signal generated by the phone into power for the microcontroller.
US09112940B2	Correlating sensor inputs with content stream intervals and selectively requesting and transmitting content streams Systems and methods are disclosed for correlating sensor inputs with content stream intervals and selectively requesting and transmitting content streams. In one implementation, a processing device receives a content stream from a media capture device. The processing device correlates one or more chronological intervals of the content stream with one or more first inputs, the one or more first inputs originating from one or more sensors. The processing device processes the one or more first inputs to identify an incidence of one or more phenomena. Based on an identification of the incidence of the one or more phenomena, the processing device selects at least one of the one or more chronological intervals of the content stream that correspond to the one or more phenomena.
US09112934B2	Apparatus and method for configuring on-demand content delivering overlay network Provided are a method and apparatus for content delivery networking. There is provided a method of managing a content delivery network to transfer media content to a user, including: receiving a network configuration request and network configuration information, from a service provider that provides the content; receiving resource information including information about available resources required for configuring the network; and configuring a content delivery overlay network, based on the resource information and the network configuration information. Therefore, by configuring a content delivery overlay network for each provider, service and content providers having no unique content delivery method of their own can provide multimedia services based on applications for smart TV and web TV to a plurality of users.
US09112929B2	Method, apparatus and system for accessing virtual private network by virtual private cloud Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus and a system for accessing a virtual private network by a virtual private cloud. A data center breakout gateway receives first configuration information; creates a first VPN instance according to identifier information of the VPN; determines VPC according to parameter information of the VPC, and binds the VPC to the first VPN instance; and sends second configuration information to the network side PE according to address information of the network side PE, where the second configuration information includes the identifier information of the VPN, so that the network side PE configures an upper layer VPN instance for the first VPN instance on the network side PE according to the identifier information of the VPN. In the embodiments of the present invention, the problem of automatically accessing the virtual private network by the virtual private cloud is solved.
US09112928B2	Method and apparatus for automatic loading of applications An approach is provided for automatic loading of applications, including receiving user identification corresponding to a device. Data is also received, which indicates a set of one or more relevant applications that are a subset of multiple available applications. The set is automatically selected based on the user identification and an application favored by a contact associated with the user. Installation is initiated of an application of the selected set within the device. In some embodiments, access is provided to a social service via a network. The social service includes data that indicates multiple users, contacts among the users, and applications favored by the users. Access is also provided to receive at the social service a request message indicating user identification for a first user at a first network node. A message indicating a relevant application based on an application favored by a contact of the first user is transmitting to the first network node.
US09112919B1	Secure network address translation (NAT) port block allocation A node is configured to receive, from a second node, a request to establish a session; perform, in response to the request, a network address translation (NAT) operation to establish the session, the NAT operation causing a first port block to be allocated to the session, the first port block including a first set of ports via which traffic, associated with the session, is transported; determine that the set of ports are no longer available for the session; determine whether a quantity of times that the first port block has been allocated to the session is greater than a threshold; and retain the first port block, for the session, when the quantity of times that the first port block has been allocated to the session is not greater than the threshold.
US09112917B2	Controller system and method therefor A controller system controlling a controlled target includes a user status detection mechanism which detects status of a user of the controlled target. The system also includes a controlled target status detection mechanism which detects status of the controlled target, and a control mechanism. The control mechanism controls the controlled target by mapping the detected status of the user and the detected status of the controlled target.
US09112910B2	Method and system for authentication A method and system of authenticating communications sessions between two or more parties over one or more simultaneous communications channels using one or more communicating devices is provided including having a first party create a first set of signatures, wherein the first set of signatures includes a signature for each communications channel, communicating with at a second party over at least one communications channel, whereby the second party authenticates the first party's signature associated with the at least one communications channel and accepts communication with the first party.
US09112900B1	Distributed polymorphic transformation of served content A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer security server system located between the Internet and a client computing device that makes requests over the Internet, a request for content directed to a particular content server system; forwarding the received request, with the computer security server system, to the particular content server system; receiving code from the particular server system in response to the request; applying a security countermeasure to the received code to created transformed code; providing the transformed code to the client computing device; receiving a communication from the client computing device; and determining that software on the client computing device has attempted to interact with the received code rather than the transformed code.
US09112899B2	Remedial action against malicious code at a client facility Aspects of this invention may relate to a malicious application remedial action request application where a network site interaction may be requested from a client computing facility; the network site interaction from the client computing facility may be determined to be unacceptable based on an acceptance policy at a gateway facility; access to the network site from the client computing facility may be denied; information relating to the attempted interaction with the network site may be sent from the gateway facility to the client computing facility, wherein the information may indicate that the attempted interaction occurred; and the client computing facility may interpret the information relating to the attempted interaction, determine whether the attempted interaction was the result of an automatically generated request, and take remedial action in the event that the attempted interaction was the result of the automatically generated request.
US09112893B2	Method and system for improving the efficiency of state information transfer over a wireless communications network The present invention is directed to a system and method for managing state information related to an interactive application to accommodate one or more users participating in an interactive application session, wherein the state information comprises local state information specific to each of the one or more user's unique view of the interactive application and global state information. The system of the present invention may comprise a telecommunications network; an application server in communication with the telecommunications network for managing the global state information relative to all of the users participating in the interactive application session; and at least one mobile client device in communication with the application server over the telecommunications network for managing the local state information for each of the one or more users. The method of the present invention may comprise the steps of structuring the state information for optimized delivery over the telecommunications network; and transferring the state information over the telecommunications network.
US09112892B2	Inverse multiplexing over 802.11 wireless interfaces In accordance with various aspects of the disclosure, a method and apparatus are disclosed that includes aspects of providing one or more data packets at a media access control-service access point of a transmitting device; dividing the one or more data packets into two or more streams of data packets, wherein the two or more streams of data packets are arranged for transmission on a separate wireless interface of the transmitting device; and transmitting the two or more streams of data packets over a wireless medium via their separate wireless interfaces.
US09112890B1	Distributed storage over shared multi-queued storage device A method for data storage includes, in a system that includes one or more storage controllers, multiple servers and multiple multi-queue storage devices, assigning in each storage device server-specific queues for queuing data-path storage commands exchanged with the respective servers. At least some of the data-path storage commands are exchanged directly between the servers and the storage devices, not via the storage controllers, to be queued and executed in accordance with the corresponding server-specific queues.
US09112888B2	Data replication network traffic compression An apparatus and method improving effective system throughput for replication of data over a network in a storage computing environment by using software components to perform data compression is disclosed. Software compression support is determined between applications in a data storage computing environment. If supported, compression parameters are negotiated for a communication session between storage systems over a network. Effective system throughput is improved since the size of a compressed lost data packet is less than the size of an uncompressed data packet when a lost packet needs to be retransmitted in a transmission window.
US09112887B2	Mirroring solution in cloud storage environment A system configured to provide access to shared storage includes a first network node configured to provide access to the shared storage to a first plurality of client stations. The first network node includes a first cache memory module configured to store first data corresponding to the first plurality of client stations, and a first cache control module configured to transfer the first data from the first cache memory module to the shared storage. A second network node is configured to provide access to the shared storage to a second plurality of client stations. The second network node includes a second cache memory module configured to store second data corresponding to the second plurality of client stations and store the first data, and a second cache control module configured to transfer the second data from the second cache memory module to the shared storage.
US09112883B2	Method of registering a mobile station with a social networking site A method of registering a mobile station with a website includes the steps of receiving an identification of the mobile station at the website and, determining whether or not the mobile station is already registered at the website, based on the received identification. Upon determining that the mobile station is not already registered, the website interacts with a user of the mobile station to obtain information from the user to register the mobile station and association thereof with the user at the website. Upon completion of registering of the mobile station at the website, a message is sent to the mobile station, indicating the registration of the mobile station with the website.
US09112882B2	Method and apparatus for the fast detection of connectivity loss between devices in a network A method and apparatus for quickly determining the status of a network device in a network communicates status inquiry messages over the forwarding plane of one network device to at least one neighboring network device. The status inquiry messages indicate the connectivity status with at least one neighboring network device.
US09112875B2	System and method for anonymous addressing of content on network peers and for private peer-to-peer file sharing A system and method for efficient and private peer-to-peer file sharing consists of ascribing a uniquely identified and anonymous link (an “edgelink”) to any file or set of files on a peer computer. The link is registered with a publishing server along with continuously updated connectivity information about the peer without registering any identifying information about the file. A peer recipient is able to access the link, receive connectivity information about the publishing peer from the server, and then receive the file from the publishing peer without file content passing through the server, mediating any intermediary NAT devices without requiring any manual or automatic device reconfiguration.
US09112871B2	Method and apparatus for providing shared services An approach is provided for shared mobile web services. A community including multiple mobile web servers providing a shared web service is designated. In the event one mobile web server is unavailable to service a request directed to the shared web service, another mobile web server is selected to provide the shared web service.
US09112869B2	Method for operating multi-domain provider ethernet networks A method of enabling extension of a network service of a first domain to a remote customer site hosted by an Access Gateway (AG) in a Provider Ethernet domain. In the first domain, the remote customer site is represented as being hosted by a border gateway (BG) connected to the Provider Ethernet domain, such that subscriber packets associated with the network service are forwarded to or from the remote customer site via the BG. In the Provider Ethernet domain, a trunk connection is instantiated through the Provider Ethernet domain between the host AG and the BG. A trunk cross-connection function is installed in the host AG, for transferring subscriber packets associated with the network service between a respective attachment virtual circuit (AVC) through which the remote customer site is connected to the host AG and an extended AVC tunnelled through the trunk connection. A common service instance identifier (I-SID) is used to identify both the AVC between the host AG and the remote customer site and the extended AVC between the host AG and the BG.
US09112868B2	Client device, information processing system and associated methodology of accessing networked services A system provides access to services from different servers via a common API. The system includes service-offering servers, a client that uses services offered by the service-offering servers, and an interchange server that acts as an intermediary when the client uses a service. The client communicates with the interchange server using a common API when the client uses service from the service-offering servers. The interchange server uses a unique API, which is unique to the service-offering server that offers the service being used by the client, to execute a processing sequence that is unique to the service-offering server. Thus client is able to use services offered by the service-offering servers with the use of a common API and without any need to use a different unique API for each service-offering server.
US09112864B2	Controlling access within a protected data environment User access is controlled through a computer network within a protected data environment of a computer environment. An exception list comprising an Identifier stored within the protected data environment for granting user access of an unauthorized user is defined. At least one allowed access property relation for user access is defined when accessed by the unauthorized user. An Identifier of a user access request of the unauthorized user is checked in the exception list. A One-Time Identifier is created. The One-Time Identifier is assigned to the electronic data resource according to the allowed property relation. The requested resource is delivered to the unauthorized user by using the assigned One-Time Identifier.
US09112853B2	Providing a managed browser Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing a managed browser are presented. In various embodiments, a computing device may load a managed browser. The managed browser may, for instance, be configured to provide a managed mode in which one or more policies are applied to the managed browser, and an unmanaged mode in which such policies might not be applied and/or in which the browser might not be managed by at least one device manager agent running on the computing device. Based on device state information and/or one or more policies, the managed browser may switch between the managed mode and the unmanaged mode, and the managed browser may provide various functionalities, which may include selectively providing access to enterprise resources, based on such state information and/or the one or more policies.
US09112848B2	802.1aq support over IETF EVPN A method is implemented in a provider edge switch (PE) for interworking an 802.1aq control plane with an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control plane. The method includes receiving an Intermediate System-Intermediate System (IS-IS) protocol data unit (PDU) including an IS-IS Type Length Value (TLV) by the PE and determining whether the received IS-IS PDU requires a change in a configuration of designated forwarder (DF). The method further includes determining whether the PE is still the DF for one or more Backbone-Virtual Local Area Network Identifiers (B-VIDs), and removing local DF associated network layer reachability information (NLRI) from a BGP database.
US09112843B2	Method and system for subscriber to log in internet content provider (ICP) website in identity/location separation network and login device thereof The present invention provides a method and system for a user to log in an Internet Content Provider (ICP) website in an identification location separation network and a login device thereof. The method includes: after receiving an access data packet of a user, the ICP website obtaining an identification code of the user therein, and transmitting the identification code of the user to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) authentication center; the ISP authentication center authenticating the user based on the identification code of the user, and if the authentication is passed, the ISP authentication center returning an authentication passed message, which contains the identification code of the user, to the ICP website; after receiving the authentication passed message, the ICP website obtaining personal information of the user according to the identification code of the user, and then the user logging in the ICP website.
US09112837B2	Purchasing peripheral support in a media exchange network A system providing support for user transactions in a media exchange network. An embodiment of the present invention may comprise a television display, storage, and a set top box, and may provide an interface device for receiving from a user associated authorization device, information for authorizing user transactions via a communication network. A user transaction may comprise the exchange, purchase, storage, or consumption of media such as, for example, audio, still images, video, and data. The communication network may comprise, for example, a cable infrastructure, a digital subscriber line infrastructure, a wireless infrastructure, and may be the Internet. The system may provide for the completion of the user transaction without divulging the identity of the user to a vendor.
US09112831B2	Scalable infrastructure for handling light weight message protocols A system and method is provided that includes a communication protocol for handling Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) messages is provided. The communication protocol may include a first protocol (e.g., HTTP channel tunneling) for providing a persistent connection based on the utilization of one or more HTTP methods (e.g., GET, POST, etc.). A second protocol (e.g., Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol) may be provided for multiplexing a plurality of application protocols for communication over a single connection using the first protocol. The plurality of application protocols that are received from the first protocol may be demultiplexed for processing.
US09112827B2	Determining appropriate browsing applications for selected network resources A network resource, such as a page, may be loaded or rendered in different manners on a plurality of different browsers. Data and information regarding the loading and/or rendering of various network resources on a variety of browsers, including data or information regarding errors, latencies or customer ratings of the loading or rendering of such resources on such browsers, may be evaluated in order to identify the most appropriate browser for viewing a requested network resource. If that network resource is available to a user who requests the network resource, then a recommendation or an instruction to view the network resource in the most appropriate browser may be provided to the user.
US09112826B2	Data differencing across peers in an overlay network A data differencing technique enables a response from a server to the request of a client to be composed of data differences from previous versions of the requested resource. To this end, data differencing-aware processes are positioned, one at or near the origin server (on the sending side) and the other at the edge closest to the end user (on the receiving side), and these processes maintain object dictionaries. The data differencing-aware processes each execute a compression and differencing engine. Whenever requested objects flow through the sending end, the engine replaces the object data with pointers into the object dictionary. On the receiving end of the connection, when the data arrives, the engine reassembles the data using the same object dictionary. The approach is used for version changes within a same host/path, using the data differencing-aware processes to compress data being sent from the sending peer to the receiving peer.
US09112813B2	On-demand compute environment An on-demand compute environment comprises a plurality of nodes within an on-demand compute environment available for provisioning and a slave management module operating on a dedicated node within the on-demand compute environment, wherein upon instructions from a master management module at a local compute environment, the slave management module modifies at least one node of the plurality of nodes.
US09112809B2	Method and apparatus for controlling utilization in a horizontally scaled software application The present invention comprises an apparatus and method for distributed traffic control in a horizontally scaled application, in which a software-based application is implemented as a number of peer application instances that each provide a portion of the application's overall capability or capacity. An apparatus that includes a distributed traffic controller is instantiated or otherwise implemented at each application instance, and these apparatuses collectively operate to limit the overall utilization of the application by individual clients or affiliated groups of clients according to, e.g., Service Level Agreements or SLAs, and further operate to prevent disproportionate utilization of any one of the application instances. Advantageously, such operations are accomplished according to the teachings herein using efficient information propagation protocols between the distributed traffic controllers.
US09112799B2	Network packet loss processing method and apparatus Embodiments of the present invention disclose a network packet loss processing method and apparatus. The method in the present invention includes: comparing a value of a current congestion window of a network with a buffer threshold when a packet loss event is detected, where the buffer threshold is used to indicate a data bearing capability of the entire network, where the data bearing capability is obtained by adding a data bearing capability of a link in the network and a data bearing capability of a buffer of a node in the network; if the value of the current congestion window is smaller than the buffer threshold, not performing backoff processing on the current congestion window; and if the value of the current congestion window is greater than or equal to the buffer threshold, performing backoff processing on the current congestion window.
US09112795B2	Rate agile rate-adaptive digital subscriber line Methods and apparatus for maintaining the maximum achievable data rate on a DSL line, up to and including a rate to which a user subscribes is described. Performance monitoring is conducted on the DSL line on an ongoing basis to determine noise margins in each direction. Each noise margin is compared against pre-determined decreasing/increasing thresholds to determine whether the line characteristics dictate a data rate change without loss of synchronization. The invention supports dynamic provisioning changes including application driven service level change requests, e.g., new bandwidth-on demand services. In some embodiments, a combination of existing and new embedded operations channel (EOC) messages are used to implement the modem data rate changes. New EOC messages may be implemented using some of the reserved and/or vendor proprietary Opcodes currently permitted. Modem assigned data rate changes are implemented without a disruption of service, e.g., without the need for re-initialization and/or re-synchronization.
US09112788B2	Bicasting using non-congruent paths in a loop-free routing topology having routing arcs In one embodiment, a method comprises creating, in a computing network, a loop-free routing topology comprising a plurality of routing arcs for reaching a destination network node, each routing arc comprising a first network node as a first end of the routing arc, a second network node as a second end of the routing arc, and at least a third network node configured for routing any network traffic along the routing arc toward the destination node via any one of the first or second ends of the routing arc, the loop-free routing topology providing first and second non-congruent paths; and forwarding bicasting data, comprising a data packet in a first direction from a network node and a bicasted copy of the data packet in a second direction from the network node, concurrently to the destination node respectively via the first and second non-congruent paths.
US09112787B2	First hop load balancing In an implementation, a packet is received from a network device. A group identifier is retrieved from the received packet. A plurality of layer-2 switch identifiers that are associated with the retrieved group identifier is determined. A switch identifier is selected from the plurality of layer-2 switch identifiers. The received packet is forwarded to a layer-2 switch identified by the selected switch identifier.
US09112783B2	Wireless base transceiver station, communication system, and data transfer method A wireless base transceiver station that transmits and receives data to and from an external device via fixed-line communication and transmits and receives data to and from a mobile station via radio communication. The wireless base transceiver station includes a radio communication unit configured to measure radio quality in a radio zone based on an error rate of data received from the radio zone, and a fixed-line communication unit configured to measure the amount of data flow in a fixed-line zone to perform flow control on data in the fixed-line zone. The wireless base transceiver station includes a control unit configured to control the flow control performed by the fixed-line communication unit, based on the amount of data flow in the fixed-line zone and the radio quality in the radio zone that have been measured by the fixed-line communication unit and the radio communication unit.
US09112779B2	Network system In a network system in which a large number of terminals that transmit information exist and data extraction is performed via a wide area network, when data filtering is performed by using terminals called entrance nodes, existing in front of the wide area network, efficient operation of the entrance nodes is a goal to achieve. In one implementation, when an entrance node has detected an alteration to a configuration of diverse resources attached to it, it updates management information by communicating with other entrance nodes existing in the neighborhood. In a further implementation, through a query and reply exchange about allocations of filtering and quick response processes to be executed by entrance nodes, reallocating process items, pre-filtering of necessary data, and relaying data between entrance nodes are performed.
US09112773B2	Communication assets survey and mapping tool A method for determining communications interoperability comprising the following steps: (a) collecting communication asset data that describes communication equipment used by emergency and first responders from local, state and federal entities in a geographical region; (b) determining the communications interoperability between the entities based on the collected communication asset data, wherein the communications interoperability describes the ability of the communication equipment used by emergency and first responders of a given entity to be interoperable or not interoperable with the communication equipment used by emergency and first responders in the other entities in the geographic region; and (c) displaying the communications asset data and the communications interoperability of the entities in a geo-spatial referenced map to geographically-disparate users via an internet.
US09112769B1	Programatically provisioning virtual networks Virtualization technologies can be adapted to allow a single physical computing machine to be shared among multiple virtual networks by providing one or more virtual machines simulated in software by the single physical computing machine, with each virtual machine acting as a distinct logical computing system. Virtual network instances with overlapping network addresses can be supported on the same computing system, allowing users to specify the virtual network in greater detail. Techniques are described for programmatically provisioning virtual networks. Each virtual network can have its own virtual address space, allowing multiple networks to have overlapping address spaces. The virtual IP addresses or other addresses for one or more components of a virtual network could share the same address but still operate without interfering with each other.
US09112747B2	Dynamic application integration associated with telephonic communications through hosted VoIP PBX using client-side integration proxy A system for collecting information associated with a telephonic communication made through it VoIP system by dynamically integrating a plurality of end user software applications including a client side integration proxy in electronic communication with a hosted VoIP PBX. Software executing on the client side integration proxy retrieves data related to a requested previous telephonic communication from a data store, assigns a portion of a memory cache for storing the retrieved data about the previous telephonic communication, enables one or more of the plurality of end user software applications to access the data about the previous telephonic communication, enables one or more of the plurality of end user software applications to update, modify, or add to the data about the previous telephonic communication, and retrieves and presents the supplemented data about the previous telephonic communication to the end user.
US09112744B1	Noise whitening in a WLAN receiver In a method of whitening noise in a signal received by a receiving device from a transmitting device via a multi input multi output (MIMO) communication channel, a data unit is received at the receiving device via the MIMO communication channel. A channel estimate H corresponding to the MIMO communication channel is determined based on the training signals. A noise scaling factor s is determined. The noise scaling factor s is a ratio of variance of noise at the receiving device to a variance of noise at the transmitting device. A noise whitening matrix W is determined using the channel estimate H and the noise scaling factor s. The noise whitening matrix W is applied to (i) the channel estimate H to generate an effective channel matrix Heff and (ii) to the data symbols to generate whitened data symbols.
US09112741B2	Protocol to support adaptive station-dependent channel state information feedback rate in multi-user communication systems Methods and apparatuses are proposed for supporting one or more user-dependent channel state information (CSI) feedback rates in a downlink spatial division multiple access (SDMA) system. For certain aspects, an access point (AP) may receive a channel evolution feedback from one or more stations and send a request for CSI to the stations whose CSI values need to be updated. For certain aspects, the AP may poll the stations for updated CSI values. For certain aspects, deterministic back-off timers may be assigned to the stations indicating when to send their CSI feedback. The proposed methods may improve system performance.
US09112733B2	Managing service level agreements using statistical process control in a networked computing environment Embodiments of the present invention relate to the use of event processing (e.g., for complex events) in a cloud infrastructure using Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques to detect changes in a holistic system. Specifically, events (e.g., complex events that occur over multiple layers in the architecture) may be detected and/or correlated by an event processor. Thereafter, an SPC engine will determine if the events impact a set of SLAs based on a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), which are measurements indicating actual performance of the cloud computing environment versus stated goals. The SPC engine will then determine if a set of actions is needed to address the events to avoid the SLAs terms from not being met. If so, a provisioning engine can carry out any needed actions.
US09112732B2	Security measures for countering unauthorized decryption After a predetermined limit for decryption attempts has been exceeded by a user attempting to decrypt an encrypted electronic message or attempting to decrypt a encrypted electronic certificate associated with an electronic message, access to the electronic message may be restricted.
US09112729B2	Timer handling Methods, apparatuses, computer program products and a system for enabling timer value handling are provided. Handling of timer values is enabled by creating a connection initiation message, placing into the connection initiation message a state keeping timer value, and sending the connection initiation message. Timer value handling is further enabled by receiving a connection initiation message, determining availability of state keeping timer adjustment on the basis of the connection initiation message, acquiring, in case state keeping timer adjustment is available, a state keeping timer value from the connection initiation message, creating a connection initiation response message, placing the state keeping timer value into the connection initiation response message, and sending the connection initiation response message.
US09112723B2	Service node using services applied by an application node Packets are encapsulated and sent from a service node to an application node for applying one or more Layer-4 to Layer-7 services to the packets, with service-applied packets being returned to the service node. An identification of a virtual private network (VPN) may be carried within a request packet, encapsulating a particular packet, sent by a service node to an application node for applying a service to the particular packet; with the corresponding response packet sent to the service node including an identification of the VPN for use by the service node node in forwarding the services-applied packet. Additionally, parameters may be included in a request packet to identify a particular service of a general service to be applied to a particular packet encapsulated in the request packet.
US09112722B2	PMA-size training frame for 100GBASE-KP4 Methods, apparatus and systems for implementing Physical Media Attachment (PMA) alignment and rapid transition from a link training mode to a data mode for next-generation high-speed Ethernet links including a 100 Gbps Ethernet link. Training frames are transmitted between first and second Ethernet interfaces on opposing ends of the link in a pair-wise manner, with a first training frame being sent from a first Ethernet interface and a second training frame being returned from the second Ethernet interface. The training frames have a length that is the same as the length of Physical Media Attachment (PMA) frames, and the returned training frames include receiver readiness status indicia identifying a readiness status of a local receiver port, and countdown data. The readiness status indicia, and countdown data are employed to facilitate a rapid transition from the link training mode to the data mode.
US09112719B2	Control method for information apparatus and computer-readable recording medium A control method according to the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display a display screen representing a floor plan for one floor including at least two or more rooms; display device icons representing the one or more target devices on the display screen representing the floor plan, an illumination icon representing an illumination device being used in common in one or more rooms included in the floor plan; and output to the network a first control command, when selection of the illumination icon is sensed, and when selection of any region within a first room among the at least two or more rooms included in the floor plan is sensed after the selection of the illumination icon is sensed, the first control command controlling on/off of power for an illumination device corresponding to the first room in which the selection is sensed.
US09112714B2	Header compression enhancement for broadcast/multicast services Methods and apparatus for compression of headers in broadcasting BCMCS services in a wireless communication system are described. Techniques used in BCMCS systems without feedback include sending static context information during BCMCS service initialization for use in a decompressor in a mobile station. Techniques used in BCMCS systems with feedback include receiving feedback from distributed mobile station decompressors and adjusting the broadcasting compressor in response to the feedback. Techniques that reduce the number of operating states in both the compressor and the decompressor are described. Techniques to classify flows so that a reduced number of contexts are used to compress/decompress session packet headers in a push-to-talk service are described.
US09112711B2	Optimizing OTV multicast traffic flow for site local receivers In one embodiment, a first Edge Device may join a multicast group via a multicast router, wherein the first Edge Device is in a local network and the multicast router is in a remote network. The first Edge Device may ascertain an existence of both a first multicast source in the local network and a second multicast source in the remote network. The first Edge Device may select the first multicast source as a multicast source from which to receive multicast data for the multicast group. The first Edge Device may notify the second multicast source in the remote network that the first Edge Device is not interested in receiving multicast data for the multicast group from the second multicast source.
US09112708B1	Processing multicast packets in a network device A network switch device comprises a packet processor configured to: write, to a memory, at least a payload of a multicast packet received via one of a plurality of ports, determine that a plurality of instances of the multicast packet are to be transmitted, generate, using an original header of the multicast packet, one or more additional headers, write, to the memory, a plurality of headers including (i) the original header, and (ii) the one or more additional headers in the memory, link each header in the plurality of headers stored in the memory to a location of the payload in the memory, and transmit a plurality of instances of the multicast packet via one or more ports including, for each instance of the multicast packet, reading (i) a respective one of the headers from the memory and (ii) the payload from the location in the memory.
US09112704B2	Systems, methods and apparatuses for securing root certificates The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide a computing environment that manages root certificates. An apparatus according to the present disclosure may comprise a non-volatile storage storing a plurality of root certificates and a supervisor. The supervisor may be configured to receive a message identifying one of the plurality of root certificates stored in the non-volatile storage to be revoked, verify the message being signed by at least two private keys corresponding to two root certificates stored in the non-volatile storage and revoke the root certificate identified in the message.
US09112683B2	Maintaining triggered session state in secure user plane location (SUPL) enabled system A method is provided for maintaining session state in a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) enabled system during a triggered session. The method includes modifying at least one parameter of a session message to include state data indicating the session state, and transmitting a request to a SUPL Enabled Terminal (SET) to initiate the triggered session, the request comprising the session message having the at least one modified parameter to be stored at the SET. The method further includes receiving a triggered message from the SET in response to occurrence of a trigger event detected by the SET, the triggered message comprising the stored state data. The triggered session is identified using the state data received in the triggered message.
US09112682B2	Generating modular security delegates for applications Embodiments of the present teachings relate to systems and methods for generating modular security delegates for application instances, including, for example, applications usable on physical machines, virtualized environments, in the cloud, etc. According to embodiments, in a multiple network environment, multiple machines (or clients) can be configured, each having a defined security level. Each machine can include a plurality of application instances and corresponding security delegates for various defined security levels. For example, the defined security levels can be based on various authentication mechanisms, including, Kerberos, NT Lan Manager (NTLM) authentication protocol, secure sockets layer/transport security layer (SSL/TSL), token authentication, virtual private network (VPN), remote access security (RAS), digest authentication, etc.
US09112677B2	Communication device and cryptographic key creation method in cryptographic key sharing system A communication device and a cryptographic key creation method are provided that enable efficient creation of cryptographic keys of which different error rates are required. A communication device (11) that performs communication with another communication device (12) through a transmission link includes a cryptographic key sharing section (1103) that share a first cryptographic key with the other communication device, an error rate control section (1115, 1105-1108) that creates second cryptographic keys with error rates according to purposes of use of the cryptographic keys from the first cryptographic key, and an accumulation section (111, 1112) that separately accumulates the plurality of second cryptographic keys with the different error rates.
US09112674B2	Synchronization system and method for achieving low power battery operation of a vehicle locating unit in a stolen vehicle recovery system which receives periodic transmissions Synchronization for achieving low power battery operation of a vehicle locating unit in a stolen vehicle recovery system whose radio receiver receives periodic transmissions, includes receiving periodic transmissions; turning on a radio receiver for a limited time to detect an expected message; if an expected message is not found, turning off the receiver and turning it on again after a time asynchronous with the transmission period; and after finding an expected message, waiting for the period of the transmissions less the length of an expected message and then looking for a synchronization symbol in the expected message and synchronizing subsequent actuation of the receiver using that synchronization symbol.
US09112662B2	Overhead reduction for transmission of acknowledgment signals A method and apparatus for compressing resources used for transmitting acknowledgment signals from User Equipments (UEs). An acknowledgment signal is in response to detections from a UE of one or more Physical Downlink Control CHannels (PDCCHs) in respective one or more Transmission Time Interval (TTIs) within M TTIs. Each PDCCH is transmitted over Control Channel Elements (CCEs). Resources account for both CCEs in a same TTI and for TTIs within the M TTIs. A Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) Acknowledgment Resource Offset (HRO) field in a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format is used to compress resources in both CCE and TTI domains. For the first TTI of the M TTIs, all HRO values compress resources in the CCE domain while for all remaining TTIs, half HRO values compress resources in the CCE domain and half HRO values compress resources in the TTI domain.
US09112658B2	Base station, user terminal, and communication method A base station includes a transmission timing adjustment determination unit that determines whether to adjust a transmission timing of an uplink signal for each of user terminals; a radio resource allocation unit that allocates a radio resource for instruction information to be transmitted to first ones of the user terminals for which it has been determined that the transmission timing of the uplink signal is not to be adjusted; and an instruction information transmission unit that transmits the instruction information to the first ones of the user terminals. The instruction information indicates that the transmission timing is not to be adjusted, and the radio resource allocation unit allocates the instruction information to the radio resource to be shared and used by the first ones of the user terminals.
US09112657B1	Method for extracting interference signal information and apparatus for the same A method and apparatus are provided for extracting interference signal information. The method includes demodulating control channel signals received from serving and adjacent cells; decoding the control channel signals received from the serving cell to extract control information; decoding the control channel signals received from the adjacent cell; extracting, at each subframe, from the decoded control channel signals received from the adjacent cell, a terminal ID of the adjacent cell; accumulating the extracted terminal IDs; filtering only a control channel signal from among the control channel signals received from the adjacent cell corresponding to a terminal ID having an accumulation count that is greater than or equal to a threshold; determining a reliability value of the filtered control channel signal; identifying the filtered control channel signal as a first interference signal, based on the reliability value; and extracting interference signal information based on the first interference signal.
US09112650B2	System and method for transmitting data in a multi-cell network A communication system and method that receives data from a terminal using a cooperative reception scheme, is provided. Each terminal may generate multi-cell transmission data used for overcoming transmission delay and transmit, to each base station, a data frame including the multi-cell transmission data.
US09112649B2	Method and apparatus for predicting signal characteristics for a nonlinear power amplifier Aspects disclosed herein relate to predicting one or more signal characteristics to improve efficiency for a PA. A wireless communications device may be include a power amplifier and a processor that is associated with a signal prediction module. In an aspect, the processor may be a modem, a RF chip, etc. In one example, the wireless communications device may be configured to buffer one or more values associated with an input signal. The signal prediction module may be configured to predict a system response to at least a portion of the one or more buffered values, and generate a switcher control signal based on the system response. The signal prediction module may also generate a predicted supply voltage from the values associated with the input signal.
US09112645B2	Channel control based on error correction values A computing device configured for wireless communication may effectively control adaptation to channel conditions. The device may be configured to identify and classify conditions impacting performance of a channel so that appropriate adaptations may be made. Interference may be detected by correlating received signal strength and packet errors. High received signal strength correlated to a high packet error rate may signify presence of a source of interference. Once a source of interference is detected, other criteria may be used to determine the nature of the interference so that an adaptation that is minimally disruptive of applications can be selected. Additionally, channel degradation may be predicted by monitoring trends in error rates, including Forward Error Correction rates, and adaptation may be used before packet error rates exceed an unacceptable level.
US09112633B2	Method for receiving ACK(acknowledgement)/NACK (negative ACK) information and method for transmitting same, user equipment and base station The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention, when cells each operating in different TDD DL-UL configurations are merged, provides a plan for setting a downlink ACK/NACK transmission/reception timing for a cross-CC scheduling. In addition, the present invention, according to the downlink ACK/NACK transmission/reception timing, provides a base station for transmitting a ACK/NACK channel to a user equipment, and a user equipment for receiving the ACK/NACK channel from the base station.
US09112625B2	Method and apparatus for emulating stream clock signal in asynchronous data transmission A method and apparatus for emulating stream clock signal in asynchronous data transmission. The inventive subject matter proposes a system consisting of a transmitter module, a receiver module, and a link or network in between. A scheme to generate the emulated stream clock across a wide frequency range is also proposed with the property of controllable deviation from the original stream frequency to meet jitter requirement and fast frequency convergence (minimal number of converging steps). The scheme includes an optional first step to derive a frequency estimation of the stream clock and a second step of continuous adjusting the emulated clock frequency to keep the average frequency equals that of the original stream clock.
US09112617B2	Method and device for monitoring a detachable fiber-optic connection, especially in a fiber-optic transmission device or system The invention relates to a method for monitoring a detachable fiber-optic connection, especially in a fiber-optic transmission device or system, comprising the steps of transmitting a wanted optical transmission signal carrying information data to be transmitted to at least one fiber-optic connection, a predetermined portion of the power of said optical transmission signal being reflected at the at least one fiber-optic connection depending on the status and properties of the at least one fiber-optic connection, creating a detection signal by detecting said reflected predetermined portion of the power of said optical transmission signal, monitoring and evaluating the detection signal as a function of time and creating a “DETECT” signal if the detection signal or a signal derived from the detection signal reveals a characteristic change in its course in time. Further, the invention relates to a corresponding device adapted to realize this method.
US09112615B1	Low cycle slip phase recovery for coherent receiver Methods, systems, and devices are described for detecting and correcting a cycle slip occurrence in a coherent receiver. Unique words are used in each received frame to detect phase changes that indicate the occurrence of a cycle slip within a frame. The location of the cycle slip is identified based on measurements made within the frame. Those measurements include phase estimation measurements and reliability measurements. A phase of a portion of the frame subsequent to the identified location of the cycle slip is adjusted to correct for the cycle slip. By combining phase estimates of symbols from both vertical and horizontal polarizations, the location of the cycle slip may be more accurately determined because the measurement windows is less susceptible to thermal noise. The phase estimates are combined by adjusting a phase of the symbols of one polarization to match a phase of the symbols of the other polarization.
US09112610B2	Optical network unit registration method In a network that includes one or a plurality of optical line terminals, a plurality of branches, and an optical routing unit, the optical network unit registration method includes a first process in which the optical line terminals transmit a discovery gate to the optical network units, and a second process in which, in response to the discovery gate, an unregistered optical network unit transmits a register request to a separate optical line terminal from the terminal that transmitted the discovery gate. A discovery window is provided in the optical line terminal that receives the register request. This optical line terminal receives the register request in the discovery window.
US09112607B1	Low power low complexity chromatic dispersion compensation Methods, systems, and devices are described for filtering data from an optical signal to compensate for chromatic dispersion in an optical path. Samples of different polarizations are filtered in the frequency domain with a matched filter by time-sharing a conversion module. The conversion module first converts a set of samples to the frequency domain for filtering when in a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) configuration and then converts the filtered set of samples back to the time domain when in an Inverse FFT (IFFT) configuration. The size of the FFT in the FFT configuration and of the IFFT in the IFFT configuration is the same as the size of the samples being processed by the conversion module to enable both configurations to be based on a set of constant multipliers. Both configurations may be based on a pipelined architecture to sequentially process the samples in an efficient manner.
US09112598B2	Report mechanism in a radio system reusing one time-slot In a radio system node, such as a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a compensation unit is provided to convert information about downlink signal strength in a measurement report received from a mobile station when the signal to the mobile station is transmitted using several co-channel signals transmitted simultaneously in the same time slot and at the same frequency.
US09112597B2	Assessing interference environment for wireless communication devices Disclosed is a device and method to automate the process of measuring RF noise, correlating measured noise with known sources, and making adjustments to the noise-measuring and reporting process. A wireless communication device is coupled to equipment at a fixed location, and transmits data about the operation of the equipment back to an operator, via a provider's network. Examples include fixed wireless terminals. A management entity aboard the wireless communication device performs the measurements via a transceiver and performs remedial actions when required, without requiring an onsite technician or remote assistance. The management entity may include a spectrum analyzer.
US09112577B2	Receiving apparatus that receives packet signal An RF unit receives predetermined signals. The RF unit amplifies the received signals. A gain control unit controls the gain at the RF unit based on the amplified signal and has the RF unit use the controlled gain. The gain control unit performs different controls on the received signals, depending on the case when the received signal is a known signal placed in the beginning of packet signal and the case when the received signal is a signal other than the packet signal.
US09112570B2	Femtocell tunable receiver filtering system A tunable receiver system uses programmable notch filters to identify available channel pairs for transmitting and receiving data via a femtocell base station. In addition, one of the programmable notch filters may be used to suppress infiltration of the transmit path signal into the receiver path of the receiver device. The other programmable notch filter may be used to suppress a blocker signal identified by the receiver device.
US09112564B2	Beam information exchange between base stations A base station receives a message comprising at least one index identifying a subset of a second plurality of beamforming codewords. Each of the second plurality of beamforming codewords is identifiable by an index presented by a number of bits. The number of bits is greater than or equal to log2(N), N being number of the second plurality of beamforming codewords, and less than number of bits in representation of a corresponding beamforming codeword. The base station transmits signals employing a first plurality of beamforming codewords being selected employing the subset of the second plurality of beamforming codewords.
US09112563B1	Per-tone TX antenna selection beamforming A method for per-tone transmit (TX) antenna selection beamforming includes obtaining an estimate of a per-tone channel amplitude information corresponding to each antenna of multiple antennas of a transmitter. A spatial mapping matrix of the transmitter is determined using the obtained estimate of the per-tone channel amplitude information corresponding to the antennas. Each tone includes an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) sub-carrier, and the per-tone channel amplitude information corresponding to each antenna is associated with a propagation channel between that antenna and a receive (RX) antenna of a receiver. The spatial mapping matrix is determined to allow transmission of data corresponding to each tone through one of the antennas, and to allow each of the antennas to be active during a transmission time of the transmitter.
US09112562B2	Techniques utilizing adaptive codebooks for beamforming in wireless networks An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising using an adaptive codebook for beamforming for communications in wireless networks.
US09112552B2	Method and apparatus for providing downlink control information in an MIMO wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method in which a user equipment receives a downlink signal from a base station in a wireless communication system that supports downlink MIMO transmission according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: receiving downlink control information that includes information indicative of the number of layers (N, 1≦N≦8) where one or two enabled code words of the downlink MIMO transmission are mapped; on the basis of the downlink control information, receiving downlink data transmitted over the respective N layers and a UE-specific reference signal for each of the N layers; and decoding the downlink data on the basis of the UE-specific reference signals, wherein the information indicative of the number of layers can further include information on a code for identifying the UE-specific reference signals.
US09112549B2	DAS integrated digital off-air repeater Embodiments may allow remote base transceiver stations (BTSs) physically located away from a local source of users to be able to provide local service as if the remote BTSs were at or near the local source of users. Some embodiments may include a plurality of BTSs, each having one or more sectors, and one or more digital access units (DAUs). Embodiments may also include a plurality of repeater digital units (RDUs), where each RDU may be configured to communicate to at least one of the plurality of BTSs and may be operable to route signals optically to the one or more DAUs. Embodiments may also include a plurality of digital remote units (DRUs) located at a location remote to the one or more DAUs, wherein the plurality of remote DRUs may be operable to transport signals to the one or more DAUs.
US09112541B2	Methods and apparatus for improving NFC data exchange configuration parameter update mechanisms Aspects disclosed herein relate to improving mechanisms for prompting a NFCC to update data exchange parameters for ISO-DEP communications between a DH and a remote NFC endpoint. In an example, with a NFC device a DH may be configured to receive an activation message from a NFCC that is using a Frame RF interface over NFC-B RF technology, determine that one or more data exchange parameters included in the activation message are different from one or more corresponding current relevant data exchange parameters that the NFCC is configured to implement, generate an RF parameter update command including the one or more data exchange parameters corresponding to the one or more current relevant data exchange parameters that are determined to be different, and send the generated RF parameter update command to the NFCC to prompt the NFCC to update the one or more corresponding current relevant data exchange parameters.
US09112539B2	Systems and methods for iterative data processing using feedback iteration Systems and methods for data processing. In one case, a data processing system includes a data detector circuit configured to apply a data detection algorithm to a detector input to yield a second detected output, and a data decoder circuit configured to apply a data decoding algorithm to a decoder input to yield a decoded output. The decoder input is derived from an interim data set calculated as a combination of at least a first detected output and the second detected output.
US09112535B2	Data transmission utilizing partitioning and dispersed storage error encoding A method begins by a first device obtaining data for transmission to a second device and partitioning the data to produce a plurality of data portions. The method continues with the first device dispersed storage error encoding the plurality of data portions using a plurality of sets of error coding dispersal storage function parameters to produce a plurality of sets of encoded data slices and transmitting the plurality of sets of encoded data slices to the second device via a network. The method continues with a second device receiving at least a decode threshold number of encoded data slices and dispersed storage error decoding the at least a decode threshold number of encoded data slices to produce a decoded data portion for each set of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices. The method continues with the second device recapturing the data from a plurality of decoded data portions.
US09112532B1	QC-LDPC decoder with list-syndrome decoding A QC-LDPC decoding system employing a trapping set look-up table is provided. The QC-LDPC decoding system includes an iterative decoder that utilizes a message-passing algorithm to decode a received codeword. If the iterative decoder fails to produce a valid codeword, additional processing is performed to decode the received codeword. The additional processing includes the steps of computing the syndrome pattern of the received codeword, searching the look-up table for a trapping set class that is responsible for the iterative decoder's failure, retrieving from the look-up table a syndrome pattern and an error pattern of a member of the responsible trapping set class, and calculating the error pattern of the received codeword based on its syndrome pattern and the information retrieved from the look-up table. The received codeword is then corrected based on its error pattern.
US09112530B2	Low density parity check decoder A method and system for decoding low density parity check (“LDPC”) codes. An LDPC decoder includes an R select unit, a Q message first-in first-out (“FIFO”) memory, and a cyclic shifter. The R select unit provides an R message by selecting from a plurality of possible R message values. The Q message memory stores a Q message until an R message is generated by a CNU, the Q message and the R message are combined to provide a P message. The cyclic shifter shifts the P message.
US09112523B1	Multiplying digital to analog converter (MDAC) with error compensation and method of operation The present disclosure provides methods and circuits for compensating reference shifting error. A compensation reference voltage is applied to an error compensation circuit, which is coupled to a multiplying circuit. A compensation parasitic capacitance is induced in the error compensation circuit. The compensation parasitic capacitance is configured to negate a parasitic capacitance induced in the multiplying circuit.
US09112516B2	DLL circuit and semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device is provided with first to third circuits. The first circuit generates first information that indicates a corresponding relationship between a period of a reference clock and a delay amount per delay element. The second circuit generates second information that indicates the number of stages of delay elements corresponding to a set phase difference based on the first information. The third circuit generates a delayed clock by delaying the reference clock just a delay amount of stages of the delay elements indicating the second information.
US09112515B2	Geographic locating remote endpoint monitor device, system, and methodology thereof A phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer includes an L-state pulse width modulator configured to receive a reference frequency signal and at least one entry from a frequency table, and to output at least one N/N+1 modulus signals corresponding to the at least one entry from the frequency table. The synthesizer includes a divide by N/N+1 controllable modulus divider configured to receive the at least one N/N+1 modulus signals and to divide the output frequency signal by the at least one N/N+1 modulus signals to generate a second reference frequency signal. The synthesizer includes a phase frequency detector configured to receive the reference frequency signal and the second reference frequency signal and to generate an error signal. The synthesizer also includes a filter network configured to receive the error signal and to output a voltage; and a voltage controlled oscillator configured to receive the voltage and to generate the output frequency signal.
US09112514B2	High-precision oscillator A high-precision oscillator includes a voltage reference module which includes multiple measured Field Effect Transistors and arranged for detecting process corners for the measured Field Effect Transistors to generate a reference voltage containing process corner information of the measured Field Effect Transistors, a compensation current generating module which is arranged for receiving the reference voltage, making a temperature compensation for the reference voltage, and generating a compensation current which includes both the process compensation and temperature compensation, and a ring oscillator which is arranged for receiving the compensation current and outputting a clock with stable frequency. The high-precision oscillator designs the process compensation and the temperature compensation separately, which are adjustable due to one of them will not be influenced by the other; and frequency of its outputted clock is not influenced by process and temperature, thereby precision of the outputted clock is improved.
US09112513B2	Calibrating temperature coefficients for integrated circuits A calibration system and method are disclosed that include a first bias current generator configured for generating a first bias current that is proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) and a second bias current generator configured for generating a second bias current that is complementary to absolute temperature (CTAT). The first and second bias currents are copied, multiplied and then summed into a total output bias current, which can be used to bias an electronic circuit. A temperature coefficient is calibrated by changing a ratio of the first and second bias current contributions to the total output bias current, while maintaining the same total output bias current level for a given temperature.
US09112512B2	Circuit device, oscillation device, and electronic apparatus A circuit device includes a current supply circuit adapted to supply an oscillation current, an oscillation circuit having an oscillation transistor for a resonator, and adapted to drive the resonator using the oscillation transistor based on an oscillation current from the current supply circuit, and a control section adapted to control the current supply circuit. If the oscillation circuit is set to an overdrive mode, the oscillation circuit drives the resonator with a higher drive power than the drive power in a normal mode.
US09112511B2	Low voltage level shifter for low power applications A level shifter circuit for low power applications that can shift the level of a digital signal that is below the threshold voltage of output transistors. The level shifter uses core transistors in the input stage and includes an intermediate stage that limits the voltage applied to the drain of the core transistors. The intermediate stage may include two transistors whose gate is connected to a reference voltage and turns off when the voltage at their source is equal to a threshold voltage below the reference voltage, thus limiting the maximum voltage applied to the transistors present in the input stage.
US09112509B2	Phase synchronization circuit for AC voltage A phase synchronization circuit for AC voltage includes an optical phase detection unit that outputs a phase detection signal by detecting an externally provided first AC voltage; a power failure detection unit that outputs a power failure signal by detecting the power failure condition of the first AC voltage; a control unit that selectively activates a selection signal according to the control of the power failure detection signal and outputs a phase control signal according to the control of the phase detection signal; a second AC voltage generation unit that generates a second AC voltage to have the same phase of the first AC voltage when outputting a second AC voltage according to the control of the phase control signal; and a selection unit that outputs either the first AC voltage or the second AC voltage according to the control of the selection signal.
US09112497B2	Circuit arrangement and method for generating a drive signal for a transistor Disclosed is a circuit arrangement for generating a drive signal for a transistor. In one embodiment, the circuit arrangement includes a control circuit that receives a switching signal, a driver circuit that outputs a drive signal, and at least one transmission channel. The control circuit transmits, depending on the switching signal for each switching operation of the transistor, switching information and switching parameter information via the transmission channel to the driver circuit. The driver circuit generates the drive signal depending on the switching information and depending on the switching parameter information.
US09112492B2	Non-volatile electronic logic module A logic module includes a device for implementing a logic function the device including at least one input and at least one output, the output at least partially representing the result of the logic function; at least one first element including at least one resistance state, at least one second element formed by a bipolar resistive memory; the first element and the second element having a common electrode connected to the output.
US09112488B2	Semiconductor memory device with a clock circuit for reducing power consumption in a standby state A semiconductor device including a logic circuit capable of decreasing a leakage current occurred during a standby state is provided. The semiconductor device includes a power supply portion for supplying a first operation voltage or a second operation voltage smaller than the first operation voltage; a P-type low-threshold transistor Tp for receiving the first or the second operation voltage from the power supply portion; and a N-type transistor Tn connected between the transistor Tp and a base potential. The transistors Tp, Tn construct a logic circuit. The power supply portion supplies the first operation voltage to the source of the transistor Tp in the enable state, and supplies the second operation voltage in a standby state. The second operation voltage is set so that voltage amplitude between gate and source of each transistor Tp, Tn is larger than the threshold value of the transistors Tp, Tn.
US09112480B2	Multi-mode audio amplifiers An audio amplifier including (i) a mode controller configured to generate a control signal, and (ii) a variable-length finite impulse response (FIR) filter. The variable-length FIR filter includes (i) a first fixed-length FIR filter configured to generate a first filtered signal based on a first digital audio signal, and (ii) a second fixed-length FIR filter configured to generate a second filtered signal based on the first digital audio signal. The variable-length FIR filter also includes an output module configured to (i) select one of the first filtered signal or the second filtered signal based on the control signal, and (ii) provide the selected one of the first filtered signal or the second filtered signal as an output signal. The audio amplifier also includes an analog module configured to generate an amplified analog signal based on the output signal.
US09112479B2	Filtering discrete time signals using a notch filter Various techniques are generally described for digital signal processing (DSP) such as discrete time filters. In some examples, a Canonic Filter Module (CFM) can be used to configure the discrete time filter using an LSF-Model with a finite length sequence. A single CFM can be configured to provide any type of discrete time filter used in signal processing. Filters can be modeled as a set of interconnected notch filters, a lattice structure of a discrete time filter is generally described that is based on a LSF-Model.
US09112461B2	Method and apparatus for antenna parameter notification A method and apparatus for antenna parameter notification is provided. At a device comprising: at least one processor, an antenna, a proximity sensor and a speaker, a parameter associated with performance of the antenna is determined by the processor. When the parameter meets a given criteria, and when the proximity sensor detects proximity, then the processor changes audio of sound played at the speaker.
US09112459B2	Transformer power amplifier The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to a transformer power amplifier that allows for improved Q values and increased efficiency by reducing the capacitance coupling effect between metal layers and/or sidewalls of the same layer through carefully designed conductor structures in primary and secondary loops. A transformer power amplifier comprises a substrate, a conductor, a circular coil, a first amplifier, and a second amplifier, the conductor and the circular coil disposed on the substrate. A circular coil has a first input terminal and a second input terminal, in which the first input terminal and the second input terminal are spaced apart and opposite each other to form an opening. A first amplifier is connected to a first input terminal for receiving a first signal and a second amplifier is connected to a second input terminal for receiving a second signal, wherein the first signal and the second signal are differential signals.
US09112458B2	Wideband Doherty amplifier Embodiments of a low-complexity and potentially physically small wideband impedance transformer that can be used in a combining network of a wideband Doherty amplifier are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wideband Doherty amplifier includes Doherty amplifier circuitry and a wideband combining network. The wideband combining network includes a wideband quarter-wave impedance transformer that includes a quarter-wave impedance transformer and compensation circuitry connected in parallel with the quarter-wave impedance transformer at a low-impedance end of the quarter-wave impedance transformer. The compensation circuitry is configured to reduce a total quality factor of the wideband quarter-wave impedance transformer as compared to a quality factor of the quarter-wave impedance transformer, which in turn increases a bandwidth of the wideband quarter-wave impedance transformer, and thus a bandwidth of the wideband Doherty amplifier.
US09112445B2	Winding synchronous machine having a moving object including an inverter circuit, and method for controlling same A winding synchronous machine having a moving object including an inverter circuit comprises: a moving-object inverter circuit connected to the moving object of the winding synchronous machine; and a moving-object circuit control device connected to the moving-object inverter circuit so as to control the moving-object inverter circuit. The moving-object circuit control device may comprise: a stator inverter voltage estimator estimating a high-frequency voltage of a stator inverter circuit; a field current reference generator generating a field current reference of the moving object; and an energy storage device voltage controller generating a current reference tracking a DC-link energy storage device voltage of the moving object. Problems associated with using a rare-earth permanent magnet can be thereby overcome, and a winding synchronous machine including an excitation circuit in which ripples almost never occur can be implemented without using an extra power source.
US09112442B2	Voltage conversion control device for motor Disclosed is a control device which performs voltage conversion control for a voltage conversion circuit between motor control circuits which control a plurality of motors and a power supply. The control device includes sampling means for sampling a DC voltage after voltage conversion, target voltage setting means for setting target voltages of the plurality of motors, selection means for selecting a target voltage to be converted by the voltage conversion circuit from among the plurality of target voltages, generation means for generating a sampling timing on the basis of a carrier signal of one of the motors having the unselected target voltage, and control means for performing voltage conversion control using the DC voltage sampled by the sampling means in response to the sampling timing for each sampling timing request of voltage conversion control.
US09112437B2	Method of detecting disconnection state of power cable in inverter system Disclosed is a method of detecting the disconnection state of a power cable in an inverter system. The method includes detecting a battery voltage, detecting a DC-link voltage, detecting the disconnection state of the power cable based on a difference value between the detected battery voltage and the DC-link voltage, and stopping driving of a motor if the power cable is detected as being disconnected.
US09112435B2	Charged particle induction from ionosphere to ground A charged particle induction apparatus and method comprising a high power light emitting means, such as a laser array, in operable communication with a high energy output means to accomplish initiation of at least two concentric plasma channels in atmosphere extending from the Earth's surface to the charge-rich upper atmosphere, including the ionosphere, for the transmission of charged particles therethrough to ground using the surrounding atmosphere as an insulator. The transmitted energy is drawn down (due to an artificially created potential) through the conductive plasma channels to collection means.
US09112425B2	Switch mode power converter having burst mode with current offset A controller for use in a power converter includes a load sensing circuit coupled to output an error signal in response to a feedback signal representative of an output of the power converter. The error signal is representative of a load coupled to an output of the power converter. A burst mode control circuit is coupled to output a burst mode control signal in response to the error signal. An offset current generator circuit is coupled to output an offset current in response to the error signal. A drive circuit is coupled to control switching of a power switch to control a transfer of energy from an input of the power converter to the output of the power converter in response to the error signal, the burst mode control signal, the offset current, and a current sense signal representative of a current through the power switch.
US09112412B2	Full-bridge power converter A full-bridge power converter is provided. A control unit 30 generates control signals for individual switching elements for controlling ON/OFF operation of switching elements 11˜14, alternately turns the switching element 11 and switching element 12 ON/OFF, also alternately turns the switching element 13 and switching element 14 ON/OFF, outputs supply current from a full-bridge circuit 10 for supplying to a load 3, and, during a period when the supply current is not supplied, turns ON both the switching element 11 and switching element 13 to pass inertial current by discharging energy stored in inductors 16 and 17, and filter capacitors 19 and 20 absorb the charge of common-mode noise components appearing on an output line connecting the inductor 16 and an output capacitor 18 and on an output line connecting the inductor 17 and the output capacitor 18.
US09112410B2	Apparatuses and system having separate power control and timing control of a power control system and related method Power control systems and power control devices may include a power control chip having a power control module configured to generate a power stage control signal, and at least one power stage having a timing control module that is physically separate from the power control module. The timing control module may be configured to receive the power stage control signal and generate a timing control signal controlling at least one switch to regulate an output voltage of the at least one power stage. A related method may include generating power stage control information indicating an offset between an output voltage and a desired regulated output voltage, transmitting the power stage control information between modules that are physically separate, and timing signals for controlling a switching converter to regulate the output voltage. A related method of auto-configuring a power control system is also disclosed.
US09112404B2	Multiplier-divider circuit and AC-to-DC power converting apparatus incorporating the same An AC-to-DC power converting apparatus includes a power factor correction circuit generating a DC output voltage based on a rectified voltage obtained through rectifying an AC input voltage and on a PWM signal generated based on an adjustment current and a predetermined ramp signal. A multiplier-divider circuit includes: a ramp generating unit generating a ramp signal based on a clock signal and on a first detection voltage associated with the rectified voltage; a control unit generating a control signal based on the clock signal, the ramp signal, and a detection voltage generated based on the DC output voltage; and an output unit generating an adjustment signal based on an input signal associated with the rectified voltage and the control signal.
US09112401B2	Coreless permanent magnet motor with surface charged magnet A coreless permanent motor has a stator and a rotor rotatably mounted to the stator. One of the stator or the rotor has at least one winding disc (28). The other one of the stator or the rotor has at least one surface charged magnet disc (33). The winding disc (28) or the magnet disc (33) is formed by two or more sector shaped units that are mounted to two or more support members (27) respectively. The winding disc (28) or the magnet disc (33) is formed by closing the support member (27) and the closed support members (27) form a cylindrical housing. Thus, the structure of the coreless motor is simplified.
US09112400B2	Method for forming electrodynamic machine insulated coils A method for manufacturing electrodynamic machine conductive coils, such as alternating current induction motor stator coils. A continuous strand of insulation coated wire is formed into a generally planar elongated closed loop having a circumference and an outer surface. Thereafter a permanent insulation layer is applied to the closed loop outer surface, preferably by spiral wrapping insulating tape about the circumference of the closed loop with a tape wrapping machine. The insulating tape has a catalytic chemical compound including at least one part of a multi-part epoxy resin. The closed loop is shaped into a rigid conductive coil by application pressure, in order to conform the coil to a desired profile. Application of the permanent insulation layer to the closed loop prior to its final shaping enables machine insulation taping over a larger portion of the coil circumference and reduces need for slower and more expensive hand taping.
US09112397B2	Inverter terminal board installed in motor case A vibration-resistant inverter terminal board capable of sufficiently exerting a sealing effect on vibration even in the case of great variations due to assembly tolerances of a motor and an inverter is provided.In an inverter terminal board including an electric conductor 20 having an inverter side connecting terminal 20T connected to an inverter terminal of an inverter attached to a case of a motor, a motor side connecting terminal 20C for supplying power to a power receiving terminal of the motor, and a braided wire 20H for connecting the inverter side connecting terminal 20T to the motor side connecting terminal 20C, a flat plate-shaped long terminal is used as the motor side connecting terminal 20C and the entire periphery of the flat plate-shaped long terminal is covered with packing 30.
US09112396B2	Thermostat clamp for electric motors An electric motor assembly including a housing, a rotor, a stator supported in the housing, the stator having a plurality of individual windings, at least one thermostat for monitoring a temperature of at least one winding, and a thermostat clamp interposed between adjacent windings of the stator, the thermostat confined between the thermostat clamp and at least one winding.
US09112390B2	Dynamo-type lanyard operated event detection and power generators A generator including: a housing having an opening; a rotatable member having a slot formed for an angular length less than 360 degrees; a cable disposed in the slot and having a free end protruding from the opening in the housing; a cable stop disposed in a predetermined position in the slot; a spring for storing energy as the cable is unwound from the slot by pulling on the free end until the rotatable member rotates relative to the housing and the cable stop aligns with the opening; and an electromagnetic generator operatively connected to the spring such that the stored energy of the spring is transferred to an input side of the electromagnetic generator.
US09112387B2	Air-cooled electrical machine with automatic clutch The disclosure relates to an air-cooled electromechanical system having a rotor, a driver element, and a fan impeller, the rotor comprising a rotor shaft and field winding. Said disclosure proposes that the fan impeller is rotatably mounted on the rotor shaft and can be connected to and/or disconnected from the rotor and/or the rotor shaft by an automatic clutch.
US09112381B2	Method and apparatus for managing the distribution of electrical energy in a power distribution grid A power distribution grid comprising a plurality of cells configured to be electrically connected to each other and a power management system. A cell in the plurality of cells is configured to distribute electrical energy to an area corresponding to the cell. The cell has a plurality of entry nodes configured to allow the electrical energy to flow into the cell. The power management system is configured to manage a distribution of the electrical energy to the area by the cell independently of the distribution of the electrical energy to other areas by other cells in the plurality of cells.
US09112368B1	Charger with strap for securing cord A supplemental, rechargeable battery device has a housing containing a battery and a cord receiving portion circumscribing the housing. A button is coupled directly to and extending directly from a lateral side of the housing. A flexible strap is coupled to the housing and has a fixed end fixedly attached to a distal end of the housing, and an opposite free end removably couplable to the button.
US09112362B2	Methods for improved transfer efficiency in a multi-dimensional inductive charger A system and method for improved transfer efficiency in a multi-dimensional inductive charger. In accordance with an embodiment, the system comprises a base unit having one or more transmitter coils; one or more receiver coils or receivers associated with one or more mobile device; one or more components including a ferromagnetic, ferrite, or other magnetic material or layer, that modify the magnitude and/or phase of an electromagnetic field in one or multiple dimensions; and one or more components within the base unit and/or the mobile device, for improving transfer efficiency. In accordance with various embodiments, the system can include a ferromagnetic, ferrite, or other magnetic material or layer that acts as a switching layer.
US09112354B2	Dynamic power control for a two wire process instrument A process instrument includes a transducer, a two wire interface, a microprocessor, a digital to analog converter, a first control circuit, and a second control circuit. A current passing through the two wire interface indicates a condition of the transducer. The microprocessor is interfaced with the transducer. The digital to analog converter receives a signal from the microprocessor indicating a current value. The first control circuit is coupled to the digital to analog converter and adapted to control the current passing through the two wire interface to the current value. The second control circuit is coupled to the digital to analog converter and supplies current to a secondary load.
US09112353B2	Power supply device Disclosed herein is a power supply device. The power supply device includes a conversion unit converting an applied voltage into a predetermined level, a switching unit performing an opening operation or a closing operation to control a current flowing in the conversion unit, a sensing unit sensing an occurrence of overcurrent when a voltage applied to the switching unit is equal to or larger than a reference voltage set in advance, and a control unit performing a protection operation when the overcurrent is sensed again within a protection time set in advance after a predetermined time is delayed from the time at which the overcurrent is sensed, so that malfunction due to noise is prevented.
US09112352B2	Condition responsive circuit protection apparatus which can enter an energy saving mode A circuit protection apparatus is disclosed. A peripheral interface includes a first power node and a second power node. The circuit protection apparatus includes an auxiliary power supply circuit, a power converter, a first switch, a second switch, a power switch circuit, a warning circuit, and a controller. When a load is plugged to the peripheral interface, the first switch turns on, and the controller is enabled and outputs a control signal, so as to drive the power converter to output power. When the current between input terminal and output terminal of the power switch circuit is larger than a predetermined current, the controller receives the error flag logical voltage outputted by the power switch circuit, cuts off the current between input terminal and output terminal of the power switch circuit, and stops the operations of the power converter.
US09112348B2	Anti-surge over-current protection device An anti-surge over-current protection device comprises a PTC material layer, first and second conductive layers. The PTC material layer has opposite first and second planar surfaces. The first conductive layer is in physical contact with the first planar surface and comprises a plurality of first conductive members isolated from each other. The second conductive layer is in physical contact with the second planar surface, and comprises a plurality of second conductive members isolated from each other. The first conductive layer, the PTC material layer and the second conductive layer form a circuit containing first and second conductive paths. In the first conductive path, the PTC material layer forms a first series connection resistive component having at least two resistors. In the second conductive path, the PTC material layer forms a second series connection resistive component having at least two resistors.
US09112339B2	Electrical harness equipped with a device to space its electrical conductors at the level of a partition passage The object of the invention is an electrical harness having a plurality of electrically conductive elements held one against another in a braided sheath obtained by braiding strands around the electrical conductor elements, the strands being joined and forming a web around the electrical conductor elements when held against each other, wherein it includes a device to space comprising at least one portion with a peripheral surface at the level of which channels are provided wherein an electrical conductor fits, said portion having a section such that it allows to obtain spaced strands at the level of said device to space when the sheath is being braided around the electrical conductor elements.
US09112337B2	Tool and method for transfer of tubes The present invention relates to lead-through tool for pipes, comprising a tool body (1) having a rear end (15) provided with a means (16) for interaction with a rotary machine, preferably a handheld drilling machine, and a front end (17) at which there is provided either an adapter mechanism (18) for coupling to a removable implement (2) or an implement (19) integrated with said end (17), preferably in the form of a drill steel, wherein said tool body (1) is provided with holding means (13), at a position between said front (17) and rear (15) end, said holding means (13) being adapted to be able to hold a pipe (3) which is slipped onto said tool body (1) over said rear end (15) until interacting with said holding means (13).
US09112332B2	Electron beam pumped vertical cavity surface emitting laser A vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL) structure includes a heterostructure and first and second reflectors. The heterostructure comprises an active region having one or more quantum well structures configured to emit radiation at a wavelength, λlase, in response to pumping by an electron beam. One or more layers of the heterostructure may be doped. The active region is disposed between the first reflector and the second reflector and is spaced apart from the first reflector by an external cavity. An electron beam source is configured to generate the electron beam directed toward the active region. At least one electrical contact is electrically coupled to the heterostructure and is configured to provide a current path between the heterostructure and ground.
US09112328B2	Optical source implementing a doped fiber, fiber for such an optical source and method for manufacturing such a fiber An optical source having a fiber emitting controlled single-transverse mode radiation at a wavelength of less than 1030 nm, includes at least one laser diode suitable for emitting a pumping wave; and a section of sheathed amplifying optical fiber having two ends, the amplifying optical fiber comprising a core and a pumping sheath, the fiber being doped with a rare earth dopant; a device for coupling the pumping source in the sheath of the doped fiber, characterized in that the core of the doped fiber includes a cylindrical portion doped with a rare earth element selected among ytterbium, neodymium, and thulium, in order to obtain a refractive index of the core that is higher than the refractive index of the sheath; the excitation wavelength of the laser diode is between 750 nm and 960 nm; the diameter of the sheath is greater than 50 microns, and the surface ratio of the doped core to the pumping sheath is between 8 and 50.
US09112327B2	Audio/video connector for an electronic device A receptacle connector for a electronic device includes two sets of contacts arranged in two opposing rows in a cavity. A corresponding plug connector can be inserted into the receptacle connector so as to contact both sets of contacts. The receptacle connectors includes contacts that are dedicated for DisplayPort signals and contacts that provide non-DisplayPort signals. The contacts dedicated for DisplayPort signals are only enabled if the electronic device receives a notification from a connected accessory that that the accessory supports DisplayPort capability. Otherwise these contacts are in an “open” or deactivated state.
US09112321B2	Illuminated receptacle The present invention relates to an illuminated receptacle. In one particularly preferred embodiment, the receptacle preferably includes a body, a cover for coupling to said body, said cover having one or more sockets for receiving a plug, a tamper resistant (TR) platform associated with each of the one or more sockets, each of the TR platforms being disposed between the body and the cover, each of the TR platforms including a cavity and an aperture extending thru said platform in said cavity, a slider disposed within each of the cavities of the platform and aligned with the openings of a respective socket, and a light source disposed within each of the apertures formed in the platforms, the light sources operatively coupled to electrical power for generating light to illuminate said slider, the light sources being positioned to directly transmit light to the sliders.
US09112317B2	Interconnect device An interconnect device includes a contact assembly having a carrier holding an array of conductors. Each of the conductors have opposite first and second ends configured to engage corresponding first and second electrical components. The conductors define conductive paths between the first and second ends to electrically interconnect the first and second electrical components. The interconnect device includes a frame defining a receiving space configured to receive the first electrical component therein. The frame includes corner frames having metal spring fingers configured to engage different side edges of the first electrical component to locate the first electrical component in the receiving space. The spring fingers are deflectable and are configured to be spring biased against corresponding side edges of the first electrical component.
US09112315B2	USB power adapter for AC and DC power A USB power adapter for AC and DC power has a circuit board, a base and a top cover. The base and the top cover receive the circuit board therein. The circuit board has an AC conversion module, a DC conversion module, and a USB connection port. The base has a cigarette lighter electrically connected to the DC conversion module. The top cover has a pair of blades electrically connected to the AC conversion module. The AC power inputted through the pair of blades is converted by the AC conversion and the DC conversion module into the power outputted through the USB connection port. Accordingly, it is unnecessary to prepare a dedicated AC or DC charger depending upon the type of power source or to prepare a charger requiring many replaceable plugs. The inconvenience caused by carrying and operating those chargers or plugs can be resolved.
US09112311B2	Connector A connector capable of achieving a height reduction thereof; dealing with connecting a large number of wires; and easily obtaining a shielding effect against external and internal noises is provided. A receptacle used for the connector includes: a receptacle housing of a plate shape having a width direction, a depth direction, and a thickness direction; a plurality of contacts disposed on respective side surfaces of the receptacle housing in the depth direction so as to be parallel to each other in the width direction; and a conductive shield member having an attachment part. The receptacle housing is provided with a plurality of grooves having the same shape into which the plurality of contacts and the attachment part can be inserted.
US09112307B2	Connector locking system using a temperature responsive spring A secure locking system includes: a case (10) having at least one transverse orifice (33) that opens to the surface of the case; a locking ring (20) having a notched wall (22), which can be locked at one end of the case; a spring (31) housed in the orifice of the case; a ball (32) installed at least partially in the orifice of the case, above the spring. The spring is made of a shape-memory material, which assumes: an elastic state when an environmental temperature is less than or equal to a critical temperature of the shape-memory material, this elastic state enabling movement of the ball in the orifice; or a hardened state when an environmental temperature is higher than the critical temperature of the shape-memory material, this hardened state preventing any movement of the ball in the orifice. A connector and connector assembly including the locking system are described.
US09112306B2	Connector A connector includes: at least one of a contact 5; a housing 3 accommodating the contact 5; an insertion opening 4 to which a flat cable 2 can be inserted, the insertion opening 4 being provided in front part of the housing 3 and being defined by upper and lower walls 33 and 32 of the housing 3 at the top and bottom; and a lever 6 which is provided in back part of the housing 3 and includes cam portions 61 which bring the contact 5 into pressure contact with the flat cable 2 and establish electrical continuity therebetween when the lever 6 is turned. The contact 5 includes a contact 5A having a placement surface S1 which is located at a substantially same height position in the vertical direction as a contact surface S2 of the corresponding cam portion 61 in the housing 3.
US09112304B2	Magnetic connector for electronic device An electrical plug and receptacle relying on magnetic force from an electromagnet to maintain contact are disclosed. The plug and receptacle can be used as part of a power adapter for connecting an electronic device, such as a laptop computer, to a power supply. The plug includes electrical contacts, which are preferably biased toward corresponding contacts on the receptacle. The plug and receptacle each have a magnetic element. The magnetic element on one of the plug or receptacle can be a magnet or ferromagnetic material. The magnetic element on the other of the plug or receptacle is an electromagnet. When the plug and receptacle are brought into proximity, the magnetic attraction between the electromagnet magnet and its complement, whether another magnet or a ferromagnetic material, maintains the contacts in an electrically conductive relationship.
US09112303B2	Magnetic connector Embodiments of magnetic connectors are disclosed. Embodiments show the use of magnetic connectors for power and/or signal bus coupling to electronic devices from support bases, stands, or cables. In some embodiments, spherical contacts, such as ball bearings, are pressed into firm contact with an electronic device by the use of conductive springs, which in turn electrically couple the spherical contacts to the bus lines. Contact arrangements are shown which allow rotation of the electronic device against an embodiment of magnetic connector. Arrangements of multiple magnets having differing polarities are shown when alignment of an electronic device in a particular orientation is required.
US09112299B2	Waterproof electrical connector and method for making the same A waterproof electrical connector (100) includes a number of terminals (2), a metallic shell (1), and an insulating housing (3) molded outside of the metal shell (1) to thereby define a passageway (10). The insulating housing (1) includes a base portion (33) and a tongue portion (31) extending forwardly from the base portion (33). The base portion (33) includes at least one mold cavity (331) for inserting a mold. The mold cavity (331) and the passageway (10) are spaced apart from each other along the insertion/extraction direction for having better waterproof function.
US09112297B2	Connector having terminal accommodating chambers A female connector housing is provided with a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers. Each of the terminal accommodating chambers is provided, on its front face, with a terminal insertion opening through which a male terminal is to be inserted. Each of the terminal accommodating chambers is provided, on its rear face, with a wire withdrawal opening. In the terminal accommodating chamber which is intended to accommodate no terminal, there are provided a first shielding wall which surrounds an erroneous-insertion allowable space allowing the male terminal to be inserted erroneously and shields the interior of the erroneous-insertion allowable space and a second shielding wall for shielding the wire withdrawal opening.
US09112296B2	Electrical connector with high reliability An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (2), a number of contacts (3) retained in the insulative housing, a metal shield (4) covering the insulative housing for defining a receiving space, an insulative cover (5) insert-molded outside of the metal shield, and a metal frame (6) retained in the insulative cover. The metal frame includes a transverse arm (61) and a pair of vertical arms (62) extending downwardly from two distal ends of the transverse arm for reinforcing the metal shield from three sides of the metal shield.
US09112292B2	Terminal structure A terminal structure provided with a male terminal and a female terminal that includes with at least one set of elastic plate parts is disclosed. The male terminal is inserted between the elastic plate parts of the female terminal in a predetermined direction to cause each side surface of the male terminal to be pressed from each side of the elastic plate part due to the elastic force of the elastic plate parts, and the male terminal and the female terminal are electrically connected to each other. A position of the surface of the male terminal with which one elastic plate is brought into contact differs, in the insertion direction of the male terminal, from a position of the other surface of the male terminal with which the other elastic plate is brought into contact.
US09112289B1	Stackable breadboard A stackable breadboard includes a plurality of through holes formed therein, including a plurality of first insertion holes that extends through a top surface a bottom surface thereof and a plurality of second insertion holes that extend through the top surface and side surfaces thereof. The first insertion holes extends longitudinally to allow more than one breadboard to connect in a longitudinally stacked arrangement through male and female connection terminals thereby achieving a three-dimensional stacked arrangement that effectively reduce the surface area occupied thereby. Further, the second insertion holes are arranged to extend, at opposite ends thereof, in the longitudinal and transverse directions to allow more than one breadboard to connect to each other sideways by means of the male and female connection terminals to achieve expansion of the functionality thereof.
US09112285B2	Dual frequency antenna A dual frequency antenna comprises: a helix coil, of which the lower end is provided with a first resonant coil with a first pitch and of which the upper end is provided with a second resonant coil with a second pitch, for resonating at a frequency lower than the resonant frequency of the first resonant coil, wherein, the first pitch is larger than the second one; a first coupling unit, which is installed in the first resonant coil and is electrically isolated from the first resonant coil, for stabilizing resonant frequency performance of the first resonant coil; and a second coupling unit, which is installed outside the helix coil and is electrically isolated from the helix coil, for increasing equivalent electrical length of the first resonant coil and raising resonant frequency gain of the first coil. By the improvement of the two coupling units in the high frequency part of parts of the resonant structure in the present invention, better resonant frequency performance of the first resonant coil is obtained, thus centralizing performance of the first resonant coil to the upper hemisphere, increasing the distribution current of the first resonant coil, and at the same time increasing the electrical length of the first resonant coil.
US09112274B2	Wireless network receiver A wireless network receiver includes a circuit board and a connector structure. The connector structure is fixed on the circuit board, and the connector structure includes a connector and an antenna. The antenna, crossing the circuit board, and the connector are integrally formed with as a whole. The antenna includes a feeding connecting member, a horizontal radiator, a vertical radiator and a grounding connecting member. The horizontal radiator generates a horizontally polarized wave and is connected to the feeding connecting member. The vertical radiator generates a vertically polarized wave and is connected to the horizontal radiator. The grounding connecting member connects the horizontal radiator to the connector.
US09112273B2	Antenna assembly Among the embodiments disclosed herein is an antenna assembly comprising the combination of a dielectrically loaded antenna and a housing, the housing incorporating a connector for coupling the antenna to host equipment. The antenna comprises an insulative core which has an outer surface and is shaped to define a central axis, and a laminate board on the central axis, the laminate board extending proximally from a proximal core surface portion oriented transversely with respect to the axis. The housing comprises a housing body which forms a hollow conductive shield for the laminate board, and is centered on the antenna axis, and the housing is shaped to provide a mounting surface which, in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the axis, defines a periphery of an area in the said plane which area is at least as great as the cross-sectional area of the said proximal portion of the antenna.
US09112271B2	Terminal device A terminal device includes a first house configured to at least accommodate a processing unit and a wireless communication unit. The wireless communication unit is configured to cause the terminal device to perform wireless communication with an external apparatus and exchange data. The wireless communication unit includes an antenna unit configured to receive and transmit a RF signal, a RF circuit connected with the antenna unit and configured to transmit the RF signal to or receive the RF signal from the antenna unit, wherein, an air vent is set on the first house, and the antenna unit is formed by the air vent.
US09112269B2	Communication device and antenna element therein A communication device including a ground element and an antenna element is provided. An edge of the ground element has a notch, and the antenna element includes a metal element disposed inside the notch. The metal element of the antenna element has a first end and a second end. The first and second ends are spaced away from each other and are respectively positioned adjacent to two ends of a diagonal line of the notch. The first end is used as a first feeding point of the antenna element, and the second end is used as a second feeding point of the antenna element. The first feeding point is coupled through a switch and a first matching circuit to a first signal source, and the second feeding point is coupled through an inductive element and a second matching circuit to a second signal source.
US09112261B2	Antenna structure and wireless communication device using the same An antenna structure includes a feed portion, a ground portion, a first radiating body, a second radiating body, and a third radiating body. The feed portion is connected to a first shared portion of the first radiating body. The second radiating body further includes a second shared portion connected to the first shared portion. The first and second shared portions are included in a third radiating body together with a combining portion between the second shared portion and the ground portion. The first radiating body receives and sends wireless signals of a first frequency band, the second radiating body uses a second frequency band, and the third radiating body uses a third frequency band.
US09112257B2	Communication device and method for enhancing impedance bandwidth of antenna thereof A communication device and a method for enhancing impedance bandwidth of an antenna are provided. The communication device includes at least one ground, at least one antenna, a current-drawing conductor structure, and at least one coupling conductor structure. The antenna is electrically connected to the ground through a source and generates at least one operating frequency band for transmitting or receiving electromagnetic signals of at least one communication band. The current-drawing conductor structure includes a plurality of conductor elements, where there is at least one mutual coupling portion formed between neighboring conductor elements. The coupling conductor structure has a first conductor portion and a second conductor portion. One end of the first conductor portion is electrically connected to the ground, and another end thereof is electrically connected to the second conductor portion. There is at least one coupling portion formed between the second conductor portion and the current-drawing conductor structure.
US09112254B2	Switched path transmission line phase shifter including an off-set twin lead line arrangement Embodiments disclosed include transmission line phase shifters and methods for fabricating transmission line phase shifters that switch signal and ground conductors to reverse electromagnetic fields in a transmission line structure.
US09112252B2	Differential transmission circuit, optical module, and information processing system A differential transmission circuit includes a pair of transmission line conductors and a ground conductor layer, wherein the pair of transmission line conductors include a first straight line region where both the pair of transmission line conductors extend in parallel to each other in a first direction with a first width in a first layer, a first cross region where one of the pair of transmission line conductors is formed in the first layer, the other thereof is formed in a second layer, and the pair of transmission line conductors cross the each other in a three-dimensional manner, the first cross region being disposed on the front side of the first straight line region, and wherein each of the widths of the pair of transmission line conductors in the first cross region is smaller than the first width.
US09112240B2	Lithium metal-sulfur and lithium ion-sulfur secondary batteries containing a nano-structured cathode and processes for producing same An electrochemical cell comprising an anode, electrolyte or an electrolyte/separator combination, and a nano-structured cathode, wherein the cathode comprises: (a) an integrated nano-structure of electrically conductive nanometer-scaled filaments that are interconnected to form a porous network of electron-conducting paths comprising pores with a size smaller than 100 nm (preferably smaller than 10 nm), wherein the filaments have a transverse dimension less than 500 nm (preferably less than 100 nm); and (b) powder or salt of lithium-containing sulfide (lithium polysulfide) disposed in the pores, or a thin coating of lithium-containing sulfide deposited on a nano-scaled filament surface wherein the lithium-containing sulfide is in contact with, dispersed in, or dissolved in electrolyte liquid and the lithium-containing sulfide-to-filament weight ratio is between 1/10 and 10/1 which is measured when the cell is in a fully discharged state. The cell exhibits an exceptionally high specific energy and a long cycle life.
US09112230B2	Ultrapure synthetic carbon materials The present application is generally directed to ultrapure synthetic carbon materials having both high surface area and high porosity, ultrapure polymer gels and devices containing the same. The disclosed ultrapure synthetic carbon materials find utility in any number of devices, for example, in electric double layer capacitance devices and batteries. Methods for making ultrapure synthetic carbon materials and ultrapure polymer gels are also disclosed.
US09112225B2	Precursor formulation for battery active materials synthesis Compositions and methods of forming battery active materials are provided. A solution of battery active metal cations and reactive anions may be blended with a fuel to yield a precursor mixture usable for synthesizing a battery active material for deposition onto a substrate. The battery active metal cations include lithium, manganese, cobalt, nickel, iron, vanadium, and the like. Reactive anions include nitrate, acetate, citrate, tartrate, maleate, azide, amide, and other lower carboxylates. Suitable fuels, which may be water miscible, may include amino compounds. Alcohols and sugars may be added to adjust carbon content and fuel combustion characteristics. An exothermic reaction is performed to convert the metals into battery active oxides.
US09112223B2	Anode active material, secondary battery, electric power tool, electrical vehicle, and electric power storage system A secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode containing an anode active material, and an electrolytic solution. The anode active material contains tin, iron, cobalt, carbon, and titanium as an element. In the anode active material, a carbon content is from 9 mass % to 30 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of cobalt to total of iron and cobalt is from 10 mass % to 80 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of the total of iron and cobalt to total of tin, iron, and cobalt is from 11.3 mass % to 26.3 mass % both inclusive, a titanium content is from 0.5 mass % to 8 mass % both inclusive, and half-width of diffraction peak obtained by X-ray diffraction (peak obtained where diffraction angle of 2θ is from 34 deg to 37 deg both inclusive) is 1 deg or more.
US09112220B2	Nickel hydrogen rechargeable battery A nickel hydrogen rechargeable battery has a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode includes positive-electrode active material made of nickel hydroxide particles in which magnesium is dissolved, and the negative electrode includes rare earth-Mg—Ni-based hydrogen storage alloy powder. At least either one of the negative and positive electrodes includes as additive at least one selected from a group including zinc and zinc compounds. The content of the additive ranges from 0.2 to 1.5 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of hydrogen storage alloy in the negative electrode, and ranges from 0.3 to 1.5 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of positive-electrode active material in the positive electrode.
US09112213B2	Active material for a secondary battery, secondary battery including the active material, and method of preparing an active material An active material for a secondary battery, a secondary battery including the active material, and a method of preparing an active material, the active material including a silicon-based core; and an aluminum-based coating layer on at least a part of the silicon-based core.
US09112198B2	Closed loop type fuel cell system A closed loop type fuel cell system is provided including a recirculating unit that recirculates hydrogen and oxygen discharged from a main fuel cell into the main fuel cell and a reproducing unit that removes water produced in operation of the main fuel cell and impurities contained in the circulated hydrogen and oxygen. Further, a closed loop type fuel cell is provided that makes it possible to generate electricity by using a main fuel cell and purify water and impurities by allowing a side of a recirculating unit to selectively communicate with a side of a reproducing unit. Further, a closed loop type fuel cell is provided that is precluded by being damaged by precluding reduction of efficiency of electric generation of a main fuel cell by selectively replacing a sacrifice fuel cell in a reproducing unit.
US09112195B2	Sealed battery A sealed battery includes a battery case within which an electrode body is housed; a lid that joins to an open portion of the battery case; a conducting member that is inserted through the lid and that electrically connects the electrode body to an external terminal provided on the lid; and an insulating plate that is interposed between the lid and the conducting member, and that insulates the lid from the conducting member. A protruding portion is formed, in a position able to be visually recognized from outside while the insulating plate is in a state tightly fixed between the lid and the conducting member, on at least one of an abutting surface of the insulating plate that abuts against the lid, and an abutting surface of the insulating plate that abuts against the conducting member.
US09112194B2	Original fabric pitch feed mechanism of original fabric manufacturing device for electrochemical element Provided is a pitch feed mechanism which is capable of performing an accurate, high-speed pitch feed of an original fabric having unevenness on a surface thereof in a sticking operation of an insulating tape. (1a) The original fabric pitch feed mechanism (4) that is provided on a downstream side of an insulating tape sticking process region (K) in a long original fabric (2), and performs the pitch feeding of the original fabric (2) in one direction in accordance with a boundary part (H), the original fabric pitch feed mechanism (4) being characterized by comprising (1b) a feed side roller (6a), (1c) an original fabric take-up side roller (6b), (1d) a feed side contact and separate member (7a), (1e) a take-up side contact and separate member (7b), and (1f) a pitch feed roller (8), which is disposed between the feed side roller (6a) and the original fabric take-up side roller (6b), and pulls out, when the feed side contact and separate member (7a) is separated from the feed side roller (6a), and the take-up side contact and separate member (7b) is in contact with the original fabric take-up side roller (6b) to fix the original fabric (2) with the original fabric (2) disposed therebetween, the original fabric (2) by a predetermined size from the feed side roller (6a) side by pressing the original fabric (2) that is extended between the feed side roller (6a) and the original fabric take-up side roller (6b).
US09112193B2	Sealing arrangement for high-temperature fuel cell stack Disclosed is a sealing assembly for metal components, wherein the sealing assembly has an electrical insulating effect, and wherein the sealing assembly comprises a ceramic layer and a base brazing material disposed thereon, to which germanium is added. The addition of germanium advantageously ranges from 0.1 to 5.0 mol %, and preferably between 0.5 and 2.5 mol %. A particular embodiment provides for the use of a brazing material which additionally comprises silicon in the range of >0 to 2.5 mol %, and preferably between 0.1 and 0.9 mol %. Furthermore, a brazing material having a further addition of 10 to 40% by volume of Al2TiO5, and preferably between 20 and 30% by volume of Al2TiO5, has proven to be particularly suited for the sealing assembly. The use of the special brazing material composition inside the sealing assembly generally results in reproducibly tight and insulating joints having the following properties: a) escape of brazing material is prevented and running of brazing material is reduced, b) the porosity of the brazing material (primarily individual pores or narrow pore lines) is markedly reduced, c) the brazed joints have sufficient electrical resistance, and d) the brazed joints are generally sufficiently gas-tight (leakage rate during He leakage test <10−3 mbar1s−1).
US09112192B2	Reactant delivery to a reactive surface in a channel The present invention provides geometric arrangements for channels through which liquids or other fluids can be made to flow, for enhanced performance of fuel cells or other chemical or biochemical reactors or analyzers. Systems and methods including these improved geometries are described herein for enhanced performance of a variety of devices. Specifically, in one set of embodiments, the reactors comprise one or more microchannels comprising a tapered cross-sectional area and at least one reactive surface portion. By flowing a liquid comprising one or more reactants through the channel such that the cross-sectional area decreases in a downstream direction, relatively more reactant may be supplied to the wall at downstream positions relative to the amount that would be supplied in a system without a tapered cross-section. In some embodiments, the microchannel may be constructed and arranged such that the amount of reactant supplied to the wall conforms to a predetermined distribution.
US09112186B2	Organic light-emitting diode three-dimensional image display device An organic light-emitting diode three-dimensional image display device comprises a first substrate, a cathode formed on the first substrate, an electron injection layer formed on the cathode, an electron transfer layer formed on the electron injection layer, an emission layer formed on the electron transfer layer, a hole transfer layer formed on the emission layer, a hole injection layer formed on the hole transfer layer, an anode formed on the hole injection layer, a wire grid polarizer formed on the anode and composed of a metal thin film pattern formed at a first angle and a method thin film pattern formed at a second angle perpendicular to the first angle, which are alternately arranged, and a second substrate arranged on the wire grid polarizer.
US09112176B2	Organic light emitting display device and reworking method thereof An organic light emitting display device is disclosed. The organic light emitting display device includes: an organic light emitting display panel defined into a display area for displaying an image and a non-display area surrounding the display area; a chip-on-film loaded with a driver IC chip, which is configured to drive the organic light emitting display panel, and attached to a pad portion which is formed on the non-display area of the organic light emitting display panel; and a printed circuit board configured to apply signals to the driver IC chip and attached to one edge of the chip-on-film, wherein the organic light emitting display panel includes a dummy pad portion which is formed on the non-display area in the same configuration as the pad portion and in opposition to the pad portion.
US09112158B1	Asymmetric styrene derivatives having carbazole and aniline and organic light emitting diode using the same Asymmetric styrene derivatives having carbazole and aniline are provided with main BCzVBi structure but impair the symmetry of BCzVBi so as to increase the solubility and applicability in OLED solution process. An OLED device using the asymmetric styrene derivatives is also herein disclosed.
US09112156B2	Electron donating polymers and organic solar cells including the same An electron-donating polymer may include a repeating unit A including a repeating unit according to Chemical Formula 3 and at least one selected from a repeating unit according to Chemical Formula 1, a repeating unit according to Chemical Formula 2, and a combination thereof, and a repeating unit B including a repeating unit according to Chemical Formula 4 and a repeating unit according to Chemical Formula 5.
US09112151B2	Piezoelectric material, piezoelectric element, and electronic device There is provided a piezoelectric material not containing any lead component, having stable piezoelectric characteristics in an operating temperature range, a high mechanical quality factor, and satisfactory piezoelectric characteristics. The piezoelectric material according to the present invention includes a main component containing a perovskite-type metal oxide that can be expressed using the following general formula (1), and subcomponents containing Mn, Li, and Bi. When the metal oxide is 100 parts by weight, the content of Mn on a metal basis is not less than 0.04 parts by weight and is not greater than 0.36 parts by weight, content α of Li on a metal basis is equal to or less than 0.0012 parts by weight (including 0 parts by weight), and content β of Bi on a metal basis is not less than 0.042 parts by weight and is not greater than 0.850 parts by weight (Ba1-xCax)a(Ti1-y-zZrySnz)O3 (1) (in the formula (1), 0.09≦x≦0.30, 0.025≦y≦0.085, 0≦z≦0.02, and 0.986≦a≦1.02).
US09112148B2	RRAM cell structure with laterally offset BEVA/TEVA The present disclosure relates to a resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell architecture, with off-axis or laterally offset top electrode via (TEVA) and bottom electrode via (BEVA). Traditional RRAM cells having a TEVA and BEVA that are on-axis can cause high contact resistance variations. The off-axis TEVA and BEVA in the current disclosure pushes the TEVA away from the insulating layer over the RRAM cell, which can improve the contact resistance variations. The present disclosure also relates to a memory device having a rectangular shaped RRAM cell having a larger area that can lower the forming voltage and improve data retention.
US09112143B2	Method for processing messages and network device A method for processing messages comprises: a first device sending a neighbor solicitation message to a second device, and then creating information of the second device based on a neighbor advertisement message replied by the second device; the first device sending a detection request message to the second device based on the created information of the second device, and determining whether a detection reply message sent by the second device is received in a period of time, and if it is not received, then the first device deleting the created information of the second device. Accordingly, a network device is provided comprising a neighbor solicitation message sending module, a neighbor advertisement message receiving module, an information creating module, a detection request message sending module and a detection reply message receiving module.
US09112142B2	Piezoelectric sensor device, and polarization method of piezoelectric body of piezoelectric sensor device A piezoelectric sensor device includes a piezoelectric element, a polarization processing unit and a controller. The piezoelectric element has a pair of electrodes sandwiching a piezoelectric body. The polarization processing unit is configured to execute polarization processing in which polarization voltage is applied to the polarization element. The controller is configured to control an execution timing of the polarization processing by the polarization processing unit, and includes a characteristics value acquisition unit configured to acquire a characteristics value relating to a polarization volume of the piezoelectric body, a determination unit configured to determine whether a polarization property is in a stable state or in an unstable state based on the characteristics value, and a polarization controller configured to control the polarization processing unit to apply the polarization voltage to the piezoelectric body when the determination unit determines that the polarization property of the piezoelectric body is in the unstable state.
US09112138B2	Methods of forming resistive memory elements A method of forming a resistive memory element comprises forming an oxide material over a first electrode. The oxide material is exposed to a plasma process to form a treated oxide material. A second electrode is formed on the treated oxide material. Additional methods of forming a resistive memory element, as well as related resistive memory elements, resistive memory cells, and resistive memory devices are also described.
US09112133B2	Resistive random access memory and method for controlling manufacturing of corresponding sub-resolution features of conductive and resistive elements A method including: forming a stack of resistive layers; prior to or subsequent to forming the stack of resistive layers, forming a conductive layer; applying a mask layer on the stack of resistive layers or the conductive layer; forming a first spacer on the mask layer; and etching away a first portion of the mask layer using the first spacer as a first mask to provide a remainder. The method further includes: forming a second spacer on the stack of the resistive layers or the conductive layer and the remainder of the mask layer; etching away a second portion of the remainder of the mask layer to form an island; and using the island as a second mask, etching the stack of the resistive layers to form a resistive element of a memory, and etching the conductive layer to form a conductive element of the memory.
US09112125B2	Light emitting device, method of fabricating the same and lighting system having the same Disclosed is a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes a substrate including a plurality of lead electrodes; a mold member including a cavity on the substrate; a light emitting chip in the cavity and on at least one of the lead electrodes; a connecting member for electrically connecting at least one of the lead electrodes to the light emitting chip; a resin member in the cavity; a spacer part between the lead electrodes, the spacer part including a material different from materials of the mold member and the resin member; and an adhesive film between the mold member and the substrate.
US09112098B2	Minority carrier based HgCdTe infrared detectors and arrays Disclosed are minority carrier based mercury-cadmium telluride (HgCdTe) infrared detectors and arrays, and methods of making, are disclosed. The constructions provided by the invention enable the detectors to be used at higher temperatures, and/or be implemented on less expensive semiconductor substrates to lower manufacturing costs. An exemplary embodiment a substrate, a bottom contact layer disposed on the substrate, a first mercury-cadmium telluride layer having a first bandgap energy value disposed on the bottom contact layer, a second mercury-cadmium telluride layer having a second bandgap energy value that is greater than the first bandgap energy value disposed on the first mercury-cadmium telluride layer, and a collector layer disposed on the second mercury-cadmium telluride layer, wherein the first and second mercury-cadmium telluride layers are each doped with an n-type dopant.
US09112092B2	Light emitting device and light emitting device package Disclosed is a light emitting device and a light emitting device package. The light emitting device includes a substrate; a first conductive semiconductor layer on the substrate; an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer; and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer, wherein the active layer includes: a plurality of barrier layers; and a plurality of well layers between the barrier layers, and wherein at least two of the barrier layers have different energy bandgaps and have different thicknesses.
US09112076B2	Glass substrate manufacturing method and glass thereof A glass substrate manufacturing method of the present invention comprises forming a multi-porous structure layer which comprises nano-size pores at a surface of a glass substrate by etching the surface of the glass substrate with hydrofluoric (HF) acid or an etchant substituting for fluoride. Unlike related art methods, the glass substrate forms no additional coating layer, uses no harmful chemical material, and is given anti-reflection, anti-fogging, and super-hydrophilic characteristics through a simple process at a relatively low temperature. The glass substrate is effectively applied to various applications requiring high light transmission such as a protective filter for a display device, a solar cell, a mobile communication device, glass of a building structure, and an optical element lens.
US09112074B2	UV photodetectors having semiconductor metal oxide layer A method of forming an ultraviolet (UV) photodetector includes forming an epitaxial semiconductor metal oxide layer on a substrate, wherein the forming includes using an O2 flow rate and applied RF plasma power which together provide a ratio of O• (oxygen radicals) to O+ of at least 1.5. Metal fingers are formed on a surface of the semiconductor metal oxide layer. The metal fingers can include a multi-layer stack including a metal having a 25° C. work function <4 eV positioned between an adhesion layer and an oxidation resistant metal capping layer. The semiconductor metal oxide layer can be Zn1-xMgxO wherein 0
US09112066B2	Method of fabricating a solar cell with a tunnel dielectric layer Method of fabricating solar cells with tunnel dielectric layers are described. Solar cells with tunnel dielectric layers are also described.
US09112060B2	Low-leakage, high-capacitance capacitor structures and method of making A process and device structure is provided for increasing capacitance density of a capacitor structure. A sandwich capacitor is provided in which a bottom silicon-containing conductor plate is formed with holes or cavities, upon which an oxide layer and a top silicon-containing layer conductor is formed. The holes or cavities provide additional capacitive area, thereby increasing capacitance per footprint area of the capacitor structure. The holes can form, for example, a line structure or a waffle-like structure in the bottom conductor plate. Etching techniques used to form the holes in the bottom conductor plate can also result in side wall tapering of the holes, thereby increasing the surface area of the silicon-containing layer defined by the holes. In addition, depth of holes can be adjusted through timed etching to further adjust capacitive area.
US09112057B1	Semiconductor devices with dopant migration suppression and method of fabrication thereof A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate having a semiconducting surface and forming a first epitaxial layer on the semiconducting surface. The first epitaxial layer includes a first semiconducting material doped in-situ with at least one dopant of a first conductivity type. The method also includes adding at least one dopant of a second conductivity type into one portion of the substrate to define at least one counter-doped region with an overall doping of the second conductivity type and at least one other region with an overall doping of the first conductivity type in the other portions of substrate. The method further includes forming a second epitaxial layer on the first epitaxial layer, the second epitaxial layer being a second semiconducting material that is substantially undoped.
US09112056B1	Method for forming a split-gate device A method of forming a semiconductor device in an NVM region and in a logic region uses a semiconductor substrate and includes forming a first layer of a material that can be used as a gate or a dummy gate. An opening is formed in the first layer in the NVM region. The opening is filled with a charge storage layer and a control gate. A select gate, which may be formed from the first layer or from a metal layer, is formed adjacent to the control gate. If it is a metal from a metal layer, the first layer is used to form a dummy gate. A metal logic gate is formed in the logic region by replacing a dummy gate.
US09112049B2	Metal bump joint structure and methods of forming A structure comprises a first semiconductor chip with a first metal bump and a second semiconductor chip with a second metal bump. The structure further comprises a solder joint structure electrically connecting the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip, wherein the solder joint structure comprises an intermetallic compound region between the first metal bump and the second metal bump, wherein the intermetallic compound region is with a first height dimension and a surrounding portion formed along exterior walls of the first metal bump and the second metal bump, wherein the surrounding portion is with a second height dimension, and wherein the second height dimension is greater than the first height dimension.
US09112048B2	Vertical field effect transistor on oxide semiconductor substrate A transistor, such as a vertical metal field effect transistor, can include a substrate including a ZnO-based material, and a structure disposed on a first side of the substrate comprising of AlGaN-based materials and electrodes disposed on the second side of the substrate. The transistor can also include a plurality of semiconductor layers and a dielectric layer disposed between the plurality of semiconductor layers and electrode materials.
US09112047B2	Split gate non-volatile memory (NVM) cell and method therefor A split gate memory structure includes a pillar of active region having a first source/drain region disposed at a first end of the pillar, a second source/drain region disposed at a second end of the pillar, opposite the first end, and a channel region between the first and second source/drain regions. The pillar has a major surface extending between first and the second ends which exposes the first source/drain region, the channel region, and the second source/drain region. A select gate is adjacent the first source/drain region and a first portion of the channel region, wherein the select gate encircles the major surface the pillar. A charge storage layer is adjacent the second source/drain region and a second portion of the channel region, wherein the charge storage layer encircles the major surface the pillar. A control gate is adjacent the charge storage layer, wherein the control gate encircles the pillar.
US09112045B2	Nonvolatile memory device and fabricating method thereof A nonvolatile memory device comprises a channel pattern, a first interlayer dielectric film and a second interlayer dielectric film spaced apart from each other and stacked over each other, a gate pattern disposed between the first interlayer dielectric film and the second interlayer dielectric film, a trap layer disposed between the gate pattern and the channel pattern and a charge spreading inhibition layer disposed between the channel pattern and the first interlayer dielectric film and between the channel pattern and the second interlayer dielectric film. The charge spreading inhibition layer may include charges inside or on its surface. The charge spreading inhibition layer includes at least one of a metal oxide film or a metal nitride film or a metal oxynitride film having a greater dielectric constant than a silicon oxide film.
US09112041B2	Transistor having an oxide semiconductor film To provide a thin film transistor which has high operation speed and in which a large amount of current can flow when the thin film transistor is on and off-state current at the time when the thin film transistor is off is extremely reduced. The thin film transistor is a vertical thin film transistor in which a channel formation region is formed using an oxide semiconductor film in which hydrogen or an OH group contained in the oxide semiconductor is removed so that hydrogen is contained in the oxide semiconductor at a concentration of lower than or equal to 5×1019/cm3, preferably lower than or equal to 5×1018/cm3, more preferably lower than or equal to 5×1017/cm3, and the carrier concentration is lower than or equal to 5×1014/cm3, preferably lower than or equal to 5×1012/cm3.
US09112037B2	Semiconductor device A transistor including an oxide semiconductor and having favorable operation characteristics is provided. Further, by using the transistor, a semiconductor having improved operation characteristics can be provided. In planar view, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the transistor is surrounded by a ring-shaped gate electrode. Further, in planar view, one of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the transistor is surrounded by a channel formation region. Accordingly, the source electrode is not electrically connected to the drain electrode through a parasitic channel generated in an end portion of an island-shaped oxide semiconductor layer.
US09112031B2	Reduced resistance finFET device with late spacer self aligned contact Embodiments include a method of fabricating a reduced resistance finFET device comprising providing a fin in a semiconductor substrate. A dummy gate is formed over a portion of the fin such that the dummy gate does not initiate selective epitaxy. A source/drain region is formed on the fin such that the source/drain region directly contacts the dummy gate. The dummy gate is replaced with a replacement metal gate structure that directly contacts the source/drain region. A portion of the fin that includes a portion of the source/drain region is replaced with a contact material.
US09112029B2	Strained transistor integration for CMOS Various embodiments of the invention relate to a CMOS device having (1) an NMOS channel of silicon material selectively deposited on a first area of a graded silicon germanium substrate such that the selectively deposited silicon material experiences a tensile strain caused by the lattice spacing of the silicon material being smaller than the lattice spacing of the graded silicon germanium substrate material at the first area, and (2) a PMOS channel of silicon germanium material selectively deposited on a second area of the substrate such that the selectively deposited silicon germanium material experiences a compressive strain caused by the lattice spacing of the selectively deposited silicon germanium material being larger than the lattice spacing of the graded silicon germanium substrate material at the second area.
US09112026B2	Semiconductor devices and method of making the same In one embodiment, the semiconductor devices relate to using one or more super junction trenches for termination.
US09112021B2	High voltage bipolar transistor with trench field plate A bipolar transistor structure includes an epitaxial layer on a semiconductor substrate, a bipolar transistor device formed in the epitaxial layer and a trench structure formed in the epitaxial layer adjacent at least two opposing lateral sides of the bipolar transistor device. The trench structure includes a field plate spaced apart from the epitaxial layer by an insulating material. The bipolar transistor structure further includes a base contact connected to a base of the bipolar transistor device, an emitter contact connected to an emitter of the bipolar transistor device and isolated from the base contact and an electrical connection between the emitter contact and the field plate.
US09112019B2	Wafer processing utilizing a frame with a plurality of partitions A wafer processing method for dividing a wafer into individual devices along a plurality of crossing division lines includes preparing a frame having a plurality of crossing partitions corresponding to the division lines of the wafer, spreading a liquid resin on the front side or back side of the wafer and positioning the partitions of the frame in alignment with the division lines of the wafer, thereby covering with the liquid resin the regions on the front side or back side of the wafer other than the regions corresponding to the division lines, curing the liquid resin supplied to the front side or back side of the wafer and next removing the frame, thereby masking the regions other than the regions corresponding to the division lines, and plasma-etching the wafer processed by the masking to thereby divide the wafer into the individual devices along the division lines.
US09112012B2	Transistor device and fabrication method Various embodiments provide transistors and fabrication methods. An exemplary transistor can include a silicon nitride layer disposed between a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode layer. The silicon nitride layer can have a first surface in contact with the gate dielectric layer and a second surface in contact with the gate electrode layer. The second surface can include silicon atoms having a concentration higher than the first surface. A sidewall spacer can be formed on the semiconductor substrate along sidewalls of each of the gate electrode layer, the silicon nitride layer, and the gate dielectric layer. The disclosed transistor can have a reduced turn-on voltage with reduced power consumption.
US09112007B2	Through via structure and method An apparatus comprises a through via formed in a substrate. The through via is coupled between a first side and a second side of the substrate. The through via comprises a bottom portion adjacent to the second side of the substrate, wherein the bottom portion is formed of a conductive material. The through via further comprises sidewall portions formed of the conductive material and a middle portion formed between the sidewall portions, wherein the middle portion is formed of a dielectric material.
US09112003B2	Selective formation of metallic films on metallic surfaces Metallic layers can be selectively deposited on one surface of a substrate relative to a second surface of the substrate. In some embodiments, the metallic layers are selectively deposited on copper instead of insulating or dielectric materials. In some embodiments, a first precursor forms a layer on the first surface and is subsequently reacted or converted to form a metallic layer. The deposition temperature may be selected such that a selectivity of above about 50% or even about 90% is achieved.
US09112002B2	Electrical conductors and methods of manufacturing electrical conductors A method of manufacturing an electrical conductor includes providing a substrate layer, depositing a surface layer on the substrate layer that has pores at least partially exposing the substrate layer, and forming graphene deposits in the pores. Optionally, the graphene deposits may be formed only in the pores. The graphene deposits may be formed along the exposed portions of the substrate layer. The graphene layers may be selectively deposited or may be deposited to cover an entire layer. Optionally, the forming of the graphene deposits may include processing the electrical conductor using a chemical vapor deposition process using an organic compound precursor and heat of sufficient temperature to facilitate graphene growth on the metal compound comprising the substrate layer.
US09111997B2	SOI substrate and method for manufacturing SOI substrate An SOI substrate and a manufacturing method of the SOI substrate, by which enlargement of the substrate is possible and its productivity can be increased, are provided. A step (A) of cutting a first single crystal silicon substrate to form a second single crystal silicon substrate which has a chip size; a step (B) of forming an insulating layer on one surface of the second single crystal silicon substrate, and forming an embrittlement layer in the second single crystal substrate; and a step (C) of bonding a substrate having an insulating surface and the second single crystal silicon substrate with the insulating layer therebetween, and conducting heat treatment to separate the second single crystal silicon substrate along the embrittlement layer, and forming a single crystal silicon thin film on the substrate having an insulating surface, are conducted.
US09111993B1	Conductive trench isolation An image sensor including a plurality of photodiodes disposed in a semiconductor layer and a plurality of deep trench isolation regions disposed in the semiconductor layer. The plurality of deep trench isolation regions include: (1) an oxide layer disposed on an inner surface of the plurality of deep trench isolation regions and (2) a conductive fill disposed in the plurality of deep trench isolation regions where the oxide layer is disposed between the semiconductor layer and the conductive fill. A plurality of pinning wells is also disposed in the semiconductor layer, and the plurality of pinning wells in combination with the plurality of deep trench isolation regions separate individual photodiodes in the plurality of photodiodes. A fixed charge layer is disposed on the semiconductor layer, and the plurality of deep trench isolation regions are disposed between the plurality of pinning wells and the fixed charge layer.
US09111988B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a first electrode. An element region, and a non-element region that surrounds this element region, are formed on the semiconductor substrate. The first electrode is arranged on the semiconductor substrate and is electrically connected to the element region formed on the semiconductor substrate. The first electrode is made of at least two materials having different moduli of elasticity. A modulus of elasticity per unit area of an outer peripheral portion of the first electrode when the semiconductor substrate is viewed from above is smaller than a modulus of elasticity per unit area of a center portion of the first electrode.
US09111984B2	Devices and methods of operation for separating semiconductor die from adhesive tape The embodiments described herein provide an apparatus and method for separating dies from adhesive tape. In general, these techniques use applied vacuum and one or more channels in an extractor base surface to progressively peel adhesive tape away from the die. When the adhesive tape has been peeled away from the entire die the die can be removed and packaged. Such a technique can reduce the strain the die and thus may reduce the probability of cracks occurring in the die, and is thus particularly applicable to removing adhesive tape from relatively thin dies.
US09111979B2	System and method for real time positioning of a substrate in a vacuum processing system An improved position control means for robotic handling systems; particularly, a sensing system and method for precisely determining the center point of a substrate, such as a semiconductor wafer, relative to a destination point by using a set of multi pixel imaging sensors incorporated into the wafer carrying end effector of the robotic handling system.
US09111971B2	System and method for temperature control of a semiconductor wafer A semiconductor wafer is received at a first chamber that is at a first pressure level. The semiconductor wafer is at a first temperature and is heated, by a first heating module, to a second temperature while the pressure level of the first chamber is reduced from the first pressure level to a second pressure level. The semiconductor wafer is then provided to a supporting element of a second chamber which maintains a third pressure level that is closer to the second pressure level than to the first pressure level; the supporting element being at a third temperature that is closer to the second temperature than to the first temperature.
US09111970B2	Apparatus for the heat treatment of disc shaped substrates The application relates to an apparatus for the heat treatment of disc shaped substrates, in particular semi-conductor wafers. The apparatus has at least one radiation source and a treatment chamber accommodating the substrate having an upper wall element and a lower wall element, at least one of the wall elements lying adjacent to the at least one radiation source and being substantially transparent for the radiation from the radiation source. Furthermore, the apparatus makes provision for at least a first gas inlet apparatus. The first gas inlet apparatus has a plate element which is disposed within the treatment chamber between the substrate and the upper wall element, a collar ring disposed between the plate element and the upper wall element, and a first gas conveyance duct extending at least partially within the treatment chamber. The plate element has a larger diameter than the substrate and in a hole region approximately corresponding to the diameter of the substrate a plurality of through holes. The collar ring surrounds the hole region and has at least one inlet opening. The first gas conveyance duct has an outlet which is aligned with the inlet opening of the collar ring, a gas flow flowing out of the outlet having a main flow direction which is directed past a centre point of the collar ring.
US09111969B2	Seal member, etching apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device Provided is a seal member according to embodiments. The seal member is disposed between an upper electrode and a backing plate in an etching apparatus to seal a gap between the upper electrode and the backing plate. In addition, the seal member is configured to include a high heat conductivity member having a heat conductivity higher than that of a first member formed by using siloxane bond and a low resistance member having a resistivity lower than that of the first member.
US09111962B1	Selective dielectric spacer deposition for exposing sidewalls of a finFET Angled directional ion beams are directed to sidewalls of a gate structure that straddles at least one semiconductor fin. The directions of the angled directional ion beams are contained within a vertical plane that is parallel to the sidewalls of the at least one semiconductor. A pair of gate spacers are formed on sidewalls of the gate structure by accumulation of the deposited dielectric material from the angled directional ion beams and without use of an anisotropic etch, while the sidewalls of the semiconductor fins parallel to the directional ion beams remain physically exposed. A selective epitaxy process can be performed to form raised active regions by growing a semiconductor material from the sidewalls of the semiconductor fins.
US09111955B2	Base for a NPN bipolar transistor An improved base for a NPN bipolar transistor. The base region is formed with Boron and Indium dopants for improved beta early voltage product and reduced base resistance.
US09111935B2	Multiple-patterned semiconductor device channels A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided. The semiconductor device may include a multiple-patterned layer which may include multiple channels defined by multiple masks. A width of a first channel may be smaller than a width of a second channel. A conductor in the first channel may have a conductor width substantially equivalent to a conductor width of a conductor in the second channel. A spacer dielectric on a channel side may be included. The method of manufacture includes establishing a signal conductor layer including channels defined masks where a first channel may have a first width smaller than a second width of a second channel, introducing a spacer dielectric on a channel side, introducing a first conductor in the first channel having a first conductor width, and introducing a second conductor in the second channel having a second conductor width substantially equivalent to the first conductor width.
US09111934B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes an electric fuse and first and second large area wirings for applying a voltage to the electric fuse. The electric fuse includes a fuse unit which includes an upper-layer fuse wiring, a lower-layer fuse wiring, and a via connecting the upper-layer fuse wiring and the lower-layer fuse wiring, an upper-layer lead-out wiring which connects the upper-layer fuse wiring and the first large area wiring and has a bent pattern, and a lower-layer lead-out wiring which connects the lower-layer fuse wiring and the second large area wiring and has a bent pattern.
US09111928B2	Switch circuit package module A switch circuit package module includes a semiconductor switch unit and a capacitor unit. The semiconductor switch unit includes sub micro-switch elements. The capacitor unit is arranged at a periphery of the semiconductor switch unit or stacked on a surface of the semiconductor switch unit, such that impedances of commutation loops between the capacitor unit and the sub micro-switch elements are close to or the same with each other.
US09111917B2	Low cost and high performance bonding of wafer to interposer and method of forming vias and circuits A low cost and high performance method for bonding a wafer to an interposer is provided. The technology provides designs and metallization techniques for through via glass applications that is thermal coefficient expansion matched to the glass or synthetic fused quartz substrates. An off-the-shelf glass, such as borosilicate based or Fused Synthetic Quartz, is used with a thick film Cu or Ag and/or a Sodium Ion Enriched (SIE) coating or glass, which may be applied or fired onto the substrate or wafer. Polymer based coatings can be applied in a sequential build-up process for purposes of redistribution of signals from a silicon integrated circuit to the opposite side of the substrate or wafer. Additionally, metallizations can be applied on top of the polymers and patterned to create a multilayer circuit.
US09111911B2	Heat sink, and heat sink-equipped electronic component part A heat sink includes a flow path through which a cooling medium that cools a heat-producing body flows, the flow path having two flow path wall surfaces that face each other; and a plurality of columnar fins provided on one of the flow path wall surfaces, which is positioned at a side where the heat-producing body is provided, the plurality of columnar fins including a long columnar fin and a short columnar fin, and the other of the flow path wall surfaces having a recess in which a distal end portion of the long columnar fin is inserted.
US09111905B2	High electron mobility transistor and method of forming the same A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes a first III-V compound layer. A second III-V compound layer is disposed on the first III-V compound layer and is different from the first III-V compound layer in composition. A carrier channel is located between the first III-V compound layer and the second III-V compound layer. A salicide source feature and a salicide drain feature are in contact with the first III-V compound layer through the second III-V compound layer. A gate electrode is disposed over a portion of the second III-V compound layer between the salicide source feature and the salicide drain feature.
US09111898B2	Multiple layer substrate A substrate for an integrated circuit includes a device wafer having a raw carrier concentration and an epitaxial layer disposed over the device wafer. The epitaxial layer has a first carrier concentration. The first carrier concentration is higher than the raw carrier concentration.
US09111894B2	MOFSET mismatch characterization circuit A semiconductor device comprises a plurality of transistor mismatch circuits formed on a semiconductor wafer; and a characterization circuit formed on the semiconductor wafer. The characterization circuit is coupled to receive input provided by the absolute value circuits simultaneously which themselves receive inputs from the mismatch circuits simultaneously and is configured to output a standard deviation of mismatch between transistors in the mismatch circuits.
US09111889B2	Display device A display device includes a thin film transistor substrate including transistors each controlling the amount of light emission of each pixel and a counter substrate arranged to be placed over the thin film transistor substrate. The thin film transistor substrate includes an insulating substrate as a base material, a circuit layer including the transistors formed on the insulating substrate, an organic layer interposed between two electrodes, and an organic insulating layer arranged between the circuit layer and the organic layer and formed of an organic insulating material formed thicker in each pixel region than in an inter-pixel region.
US09111883B2	Method for evaluating silicon single crystal and method for manufacturing silicon single crystal The present invention provides a method for evaluating silicon single crystal wherein an amount Δ[C] of carriers generated due to oxygen donors produced when a heat treatment is performed to the silicon single crystal is calculated and evaluated, the amount Δ[C] being calculated from oxygen concentration [Oi] in the silicon single crystal, a temperature T of the heat treatment, a time t of the heat treatment, and an oxygen diffusion coefficient D(T) at the temperature T by using the following relational expression: Δ[C]=α[Oi]5×exp(−β·D(T)·[Oi]·t) (where α and β are constants). As a result, there is provided a method that enables evaluating an amount of carriers generated due to oxygen donors in silicon single crystal in a further versatile manner.
US09111877B2	Non-local plasma oxide etch A method of etching exposed titanium oxide on heterogeneous structures is described and includes a remote plasma etch formed from a fluorine-containing precursor. Plasma effluents from the remote plasma are flawed into a substrate processing region where the plasma effluents may combine with a nitrogen-containing precursor such as an amine (N:) containing precursor. Reactants thereby produced etch, the patterned heterogeneous structures with high titanium oxide selectivity while the substrate is at elevated temperature. Titanium oxide etch may alternatively involve supplying a fluorine-containing precursor and a source of nitrogen-and-hydrogen-containing precursor to the remote plasma. The methods may be used to remove titanium oxide while removing little or no low-K dielectric, polysilicon, silicon nitride or titanium nitride.
US09111873B2	Low profile magnetic filter A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber having a plasma processing space therein and a substrate support in the processing chamber at a first end for supporting a substrate. A plasma source is coupled into the processing space and configured to form a plasma at a second end of the processing chamber opposite said first end. The apparatus further includes a magnetic grid having an intensity of a magnetic flux therein, a plurality of passageways penetrating from a first side to a second side, a thickness, a transparency, a passageway aspect ratio, and a position within the processing chamber between the second end and the substrate. The intensity, the thickness, the transparency, the passageway aspect ratio, and the position are configured to cause electrons having energies above an acceptable maximum level to divert from the direction. A method of obtaining low average electron energy flux onto the substrate is also provided.
US09111867B2	Split gate nanocrystal memory integration A process integration is disclosed for fabricating non-volatile memory (NVM) cells having spacer control gates (108) along with a high-k-metal-poly select gate (121, 123, 127) and one or more additional in-laid high-k metal CMOS transistor gates (121, 124, 128) using a gate-last HKMG CMOS process flow without interfering with the operation or reliability of the NVM cells.
US09111861B2	Method of fabricating a semiconductor structure with ion-implanted conductive layer An embodiment of the current disclosure includes a method of providing a substrate, forming a polysilicon layer over the substrate, forming a first photoresist layer on the polysislicon layer, creating a first pattern on the first photoresist layer, wherein some portions of the polysilicon layer are covered by the first photoresist layer and some portions of the polysilicon layer are not covered by the first photoresist layer, implanting ions into the portions of the polysilicon layer that are not covered by the first photoresist layer, removing the first photoresist layer from the polysilicon layer, forming a second photoresist layer on the polysilicon layer, creating a second pattern on the second photoresist layer, and implanting ions into the portions of the polysilicon layer that are not covered by the second photoresist layer, removing the second photoresist layer from the polysilicon layer, and removing portions of the polysilicon layer using an etchant.
US09111855B2	Shift register memory and driving method thereof A shift register memory according to the present embodiment includes a magnetic pillar including a plurality of magnetic layers and a plurality of nonmagnetic layers provided between the magnetic layers adjacent to each other. A stress application part applies a stress to the magnetic pillar. A magnetic-field application part applies a static magnetic field to the magnetic pillar. The stress application part applies the stress to the magnetic pillar in order to transfer magnetization states of the magnetic layers in a stacking direction of the magnetic layers.
US09111840B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor device includes a gallium nitride substrate, a plurality of semiconductor stacks disposed on the gallium nitride substrate, and an insulation pattern disposed between the gallium nitride substrate and the plurality of semiconductor stacks, the insulation pattern insulating the semiconductor stacks from the gallium nitride substrate.
US09111838B2	Method and apparatus for high resolution photon detection based on extraordinary optoconductance (EOC) effects The inventors disclose a new high performance optical sensor, preferably of nanoscale dimensions, that functions at room temperature based on an extraordinary optoconductance (EOC) phenomenon, and preferably an inverse EOC (I-EOC) phenomenon, in a metal-semiconductor hybrid (MSH) structure having a semiconductor/metal interface. Such a design shows efficient photon sensing not exhibited by bare semiconductors. In experimentation with an exemplary embodiment, ultrahigh spatial resolution 4-point optoconductance measurements using Helium-Neon laser radiation reveal a strikingly large optoconductance property, an observed maximum measurement of 9460% EOC, for a 250 nm device. Such an exemplary EOC device also demonstrates specific detectivity higher than 5.06×1011 cm√Hz/W for 632 nm illumination and a high dynamic response of 40 dB making such sensors technologically competitive for a wide range of practical applications.
US09111835B2	Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel region in which shared pixels which share pixel transistors in a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions are two-dimensionally arranged. The shared pixel transistors are divisionally arranged in a column direction of the shared pixels, the pixel transistors shared between neighboring shared pixels are arranged so as to be horizontally reversed or/and vertically crossed, and connection wirings connected to a floating diffusion portion, a source of a reset transistor and a gate of an amplification transistor in the shared pixels are arranged along the column direction.
US09111834B2	Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel region in which shared pixels which share pixel transistors in a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions are two-dimensionally arranged. The shared pixel transistors are divisionally arranged in a column direction of the shared pixels, the pixel transistors shared between neighboring shared pixels are arranged so as to be horizontally reversed or/and vertically crossed, and connection wirings connected to a floating diffusion portion, a source of a reset transistor and a gate of an amplification transistor in the shared pixels are arranged along the column direction.
US09111826B2	Image pickup device, image pickup module, and camera An image pickup device includes a transparent member, an image pickup element chip including a photodiode, and a fixing member arranged around the image pickup element chip, a space being surrounded by the transparent member, the image pickup element chip, and the fixing member. The image pickup element chip includes a semiconductor substrate including a penetrating electrode penetrating through a first main face of the semiconductor substrate on a side of the transparent member and a second main face of the semiconductor substrate opposite the first main face. In an orthogonal projection with respect to the transparent member, the penetrating electrode is arranged in a fixing area corresponding to the fixing member, and a boundary with an area where the thickness of the semiconductor substrate is smaller than that of the semiconductor substrate in a first area corresponding to the space is arranged within the fixing area.
US09111824B2	Semiconductor device and method for driving the same An image sensor is provided which is capable of holding data for one frame period or longer and conducting a difference operation with a small number of elements. A photosensor is provided in each of a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each pixel accumulates electric charge in a data holding portion for one frame period or longer, and an output of the photosensor changes in accordance with the electric charge accumulated in the data holding portion. As a writing switch element for the data holding portion, a transistor with small leakage current (sufficiently smaller than 1×10−14 A) is used. As an example of the transistor with small leakage current, there is a transistor having a channel formed in an oxide semiconductor layer.
US09111823B2	Image sensor An image sensor having a sensor array area, a circuit area around the sensor array area, and a pad area adjacent to the circuit area includes a substrate, a multi-layer wiring structure including a plurality of wiring layers on a first surface of the substrate in the circuit area, at least one well in the substrate in the circuit area, and metal wiring that extends on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface, from the pad area to the circuit area, and extends from the second surface into contacts with the at least one well.
US09111815B2	Pixel structure, LCD panel, and manufacturing method thereof An embodiment of the disclosed technology provides a pixel structure, comprising a TFT, a reflective region and a transmissive region, wherein the reflective region comprises a reflective region insulation layer, a reflection layer on the reflective region insulation layer and a reflective region pixel electrode on the reflection layer, and the transmissive region comprises a transmissive region pixel electrode, wherein the reflective region pixel electrode and the transmissive region pixel electrode form an integral structure, and the integral structure of the pixel electrodes is connected with the drain electrode of the TFT, wherein the organic layer in the reflective region is formed on an array substrate prior to a gate electrode of the TFT, and the reflection layer in the reflective region and the gate electrode of the TFT are formed in a same patterning process by using a same metal layer.
US09111812B2	Method of manufacturing flexible display device Disclosed is a flexible display device and method of manufacturing the same in which a method of manufacturing a flexible display device may include forming a sacrificial layer on a support substrate, the sacrificial layer including at least one barrier layer and a separation layer, the barrier layer having a higher hydrogen content than that of the separation layer; forming a first flexible substrate on the support substrate provided with the sacrificial layer; forming a plurality of device elements on the first flexible substrate; and irradiating a laser onto the sacrificial layer through the support substrate and separating the support substrate from the first substrate.
US09111809B2	Circuit substrate, method for manufacturing the same, and electrooptical device A circuit substrate includes, on an insulating substrate, a plurality of devices, a plurality of conductive layers connected in one-to-one correspondence with the devices, and an insulating layer provided between the devices and the conductive layers. The insulating layer includes a first insulating layer covering the devices, a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer, and a plurality of contact holes each passing through the first and second insulating layers in a thickness direction thereof. Side surfaces of the first and second insulating layers contact each other in at least part of the inside of each contact hole. Each conductive layer extends along an upper surface of the second insulating layer, at least a part of a side surface of the contact hole in which the side surfaces of the first and second insulating layers contact each other, and a bottom surface of the contact hole.
US09111801B2	Integrated circuit devices and fabrication techniques Integrated circuit devices and fabrication techniques. A semiconductor device fabrication method may include doping, in a same processing step, first and second portions of a substrate of an integrated circuit. The first portion corresponds to a doped region of a semiconductor device. The second portion corresponds to a via contact. The method may further include, after the doping, forming the gate of the semiconductor device.
US09111793B2	Joining a chip to a substrate with solder alloys having different reflow temperatures A method including identifying a first connection location on a chip having a first connection type and a second connection location on the chip having a second connection type, applying a first solder alloy to the first connection location, heating the first solder alloy to a temperature sufficient to cause the first solder alloy to reflow, applying a second solder alloy to the second connection location, and heating the second solder alloy to a temperature sufficient to cause the second solder alloy to reflow.
US09111779B2	IC resistor formed with integral heatsinking structure A resistor is formed on field oxide with a portion of the resistor body configured to overlap an active region in an integrated circuit (IC) substrate to provide heatsinking for the resistor body. In one embodiment, cooling fingers extend from the resistor body beyond the field oxide to overlap the active region. In another embodiment, minor areas of the resistor body overlap the active region. The resistor body may be formed of polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon), silicided polysilicon, or metal. An oxide having greater thermal conductance than the field oxide is formed between the overlapping parts of the resistor body and the active region.
US09111778B2	Light emitting diode (LED) devices, systems, and methods Light emitting diode (LED) devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In one aspect, an illumination panel can be configured to provide backlighting for a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. The illumination panel can include one or more LEDs arranged in an array. The one or more LEDs can be attached using metal-to-metal die attach methods over an illumination panel, or attached within packages disposed over the illumination panel. In one aspect, the one or more LEDs can be attached using robust metal-to-metal die attach techniques and/or materials disclosed herein.
US09111757B2	Display having a backplane with interlaced laser crystallized regions Systems including and methods for forming a backplane for an electronic display are presented. The backplane includes interlaced crystallized regions, and the interlaced crystallized regions include at least a left column of crystallized regions and a right column of crystallized regions. The left and right columns include rows of crystallized regions with gaps disposed between each of the rows. Furthermore, each crystallized region in the left column extends into a corresponding gap in the right column, and each crystallized region in the right column extends into a corresponding gap in the left column.
US09111753B2	Backside stress compensation method for making gallium nitride or other nitride-based semiconductor devices A method includes forming a stress compensation layer over a first side of a semiconductor substrate and forming a Group III-nitride layer over a second side of the substrate. Stress created on the substrate by the Group III-nitride layer is at least partially reduced by stress created on the substrate by the stress compensation layer. Forming the stress compensation layer could include forming a stress compensation layer from amorphous or microcrystalline material. Also, the method could include crystallizing the amorphous or microcrystalline material during subsequent formation of one or more layers over the second side of the substrate. Crystallizing the amorphous or microcrystalline material could occur during subsequent formation of the Group III-nitride layer and/or during an annealing process. The amorphous or microcrystalline material could create no or a smaller amount of stress on the substrate, and the crystallized material could create a larger amount of stress on the substrate.
US09111746B2	Method for reducing damage to low-k gate spacer during etching A method for performing a spacer etch process is described. The method includes providing a gate structure on a substrate having a low-k spacer material conformally applied over the gate structure, and performing a spacer etch process sequence to partially remove the spacer material from the gate structure and the substrate, while retaining a sidewall spacer positioned along a sidewall of the gate structure. The spacer etch process sequence may include depositing a spacer protection layer on an exposed surface of said spacer material, and performing one or more etching processes to selectively and anisotropically remove the spacer protection layer and the spacer material to leave behind the sidewall spacer on the sidewall of the gate structure, wherein, while being partly or fully consumed by the one or more etching processes, the spacer protection layer exhibits a reduced variation in composition and/or dielectric constant.
US09111740B2	Electron transfer dissociation device A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an Electron Transfer Dissociation device comprising an ion guide. A control system determines the degree of fragmentation and charge reduction of precursor ions within the ion guide and varies the speed at which ions are transmitted through the ion guide in order to optimize the fragmentation and charge reduction process.
US09111726B2	Plasma processing apparatus A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber, a stage, a dielectric member, a microwave introduction device, an injector, and an electric field shield. The processing chamber has a processing space therein. The stage is provided within the processing chamber. The dielectric member has a through hole and is provided to face the stage. The microwave introduction device is configured to introduce microwave into the processing space via the dielectric member. The injector has at least one through hole and is made of a dielectric material, e.g., a bulk dielectric material. The injector is provided within the dielectric member. The injector and the through hole of the dielectric member form a path for supplying a processing gas into the processing space. The electric field shield encloses the injector.
US09111725B2	RF/VHF impedance matching, 4 quadrant, dual directional coupler with VRMS/IRMS responding detector circuitry A physical vapor deposition system may include an RF generator configured to transmit an AC process signal to a physical vapor deposition chamber via an RF matching network. A detector circuit may be configured to sense the AC process signal and output a DC magnitude error signal and a DC phase error signal. A controller may be coupled to the detector circuit and the RF matching network and configured to receive the DC magnitude and phase error signals and to vary an impedance of the RF matching network in response to the DC magnitude and phase error signals.
US09111723B2	Linear plasma source Embodiments of the present application disclose a linear plasma source applied to the field of solar cell production. A linear plasma source comprising a housing which forms a reaction chamber having an outlet; a gas intake system comprising an internal pipeline which is mounted on the housing and located inside the reaction chamber for releasing reaction gas into the reaction chamber; an electrode system comprising at least two electrode plates which are mounted on the housing and located around the internal pipeline within the reaction chamber; and an electromagnetism system comprising an electromagnetic coil, and the electromagnetic coil is mounted at the outlet of the reaction chamber of the housing and has a plasma outlet. The embodiments of the present application have a simple structure, a low production cost, a good uniformity and a high film compactness.
US09111716B2	Charged particle microscope The ionized gas supplied to the emitter tip of a gas field ionization ion source is cooled and purified to enable supplying a reliable and stable ion beam. Impurities contained in the ionized gas destabilize the field ionization ion source. The invention is configured to include a first heat exchanger thermally connected to a part of the field ionization ion source, a cryocooler capable of cooling a second gas line and a cold head, the second gas line being connected to the first heat exchanger and circulating a refrigerant, and a second heat exchanger that cools the first and second gas lines and is connected to the cold head.
US09111714B2	Backward-wave oscillator in communication system Provided is a backward-wave oscillator in a communication system, including a waveguide formed of a metamaterial. A unit structure of the waveguide may include: a top plate; a short-circuited stub; a bottom plate separated at a predetermined gap from the top plate, and having the short-circuited stub formed in the center thereof; a first metal pillar connecting the top plate at a first port positioned on one surface based on the short-circuited stub to the bottom plate at a second port positioned on the opposite surface of the first port based on the short-circuited stub; and a second metal pillar separated from the first metal pillar, and connecting the top plate at the second port to the bottom plate at the first port.
US09111709B2	Thermal overload relay A reset rod (43) of a thermal overload relay is configured to be switchable between a manual reset position in which a reversal mechanism (21) is manually returned to an initial state prior to reversal by performing a pushing-in operation, and an automatic reset position in which a pushed-in state is held by a pushing and rotating operation from this manual reset position, and the reversal mechanism (21) is automatically returned to the initial position. In addition, axial runout restriction portions (17b, 17d, 51, 46 and 47), which restrict axial runout of the reset rod (43) when the reset rod (43) is held in the automatic reset position, are provided.
US09111704B2	Rotary paddle level switch A rotary paddle level switch has a housing, a driving unit, two switches, a resilient member, a clutch, a transmission shaft, and a propeller. A resilient clip of the clutch holds a non-circular actuation section of the transmission shaft. When the driving unit drives the clutch to rotate, the transmission shaft and the propeller are driven by the clutch. When the propeller is rapidly rotated by suddenly exerting an excessively large external force thereon, as the resilient clip holds the transmission shaft by elastic force, the fast rotating transmission shaft removes itself from the holding of the resilient clip and is rotated without driving the resilient clip to rotate, thereby avoiding the transmission of the external force and damage to the driving unit. As the clutch just needs a clutch stand and a resilient clip to achieve the foregoing function, the level switch is structurally simple and relatively inexpensive.
US09111701B2	Rubber key A rubber key comprising: a key top portion having a rectangular shape in planar view; a skirt portion formed along a perimeter of the key top portion; and a contact portion projecting within the skirt portion from the key top portion on a same side of the skirt portion in a convex state in a length direction of the key top portion, wherein a shortest distance from the contact portion to a virtual plane defined by a ring of an edge of the skirt portion is longer as measured at a portion closer to a center of the key top portion in the length direction than at a portion closer to an end of the key top portion in the length direction.
US09111697B2	Power switchgear Each outermost part of fixed-side connection conductors, fixed-side fixed contacts, movable-side fixed contacts, and movable-side connection conductors are placed outside of an outermost diameter of a fixed-side conductor and a movable-side conductor, as viewed from an axis line of the fixed-side conductor and the movable-side conductor as a center. This arrangement provides a power switchgear that can diminish mutual effects of currents among conduction parts to suppress decrease in a current-carrying capacity for each of the conduction parts and to increase a current-carrying capacity for a total of the conduction parts, without increasing the size of the switchgear.
US09111693B2	Super capacitor of high specific capacity and energy density and the structure of said super capacitor This invention provides a method of manufacture of the electrochemical system of the electric double layer prismatic capacitor from electrically connected in parallel of semi-wound packages of micro/mesoporous carbon composite electrode pairs separated by porous cage. According to the method the pre-made carbon film will be covered with a layer of aluminum foil layer using a vacuum deposition method thus forming a current collector of an electrochemical system. Subsequently the pairs of electrodes are formed from a carbon composite electrode which are wounded or flipped to flat packages so that the ends of current collectors protruding from folded packages are joined together in parallel and thereafter the ends of current collectors are connected correspondingly to the positive and negative current terminal of the electric double layer capacitor.
US09111688B2	Method for producing reconstituted wafers with support of the chips during their encapsulation A method for collectively fabricating a reconstituted wafer comprising chips exhibiting connection pads on a front face of the chip, comprises: positioning the chips on an initial adhesive support, front face on the support, vapor deposition at atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature, of an electrically insulating layer on the initial support and the chips, having a mechanical role of holding the chips, transfer of the chips covered with the mineral layer onto a provisional adhesive support, rear face of the chips toward this provisional adhesive support, removal of the initial adhesive support, overlaying the chips onto a support of “chuck” type, front faces of the chips toward this support, removal of the provisional adhesive support, deposition of a resin on the support of “chuck” type to encapsulate the chips, and then polymerization of the resin, removal of the support of “chuck” type, production of an RDL layer active face side.
US09111687B2	Electrolyte composition for dye-sensitized solar cell An electrolyte composition for a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is provided, which includes a redox couple solution and inorganic nanoparticles. The surface of the inorganic nanoparticle may have a substituted or unsubstituted silane group, an ether group, a substituted amino group, a carbonyl group, an ester group, an amide group or a combination thereof.
US09111684B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte storage element To provide a non-aqueous electrolyte storage element, including: a positive electrode which includes a positive-electrode active material capable of intercalating or deintercalating anions; a negative electrode which includes a negative-electrode active material capable of storing or releasing metallic lithium or lithium ion, or both thereof; a first separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte which includes a non-aqueous solvent and a lithium salt dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte storage element includes a solid lithium salt at 25° C. and a discharge voltage of 4.0 V, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte storage element includes an ion-exchange membrane between the first separator and the positive electrode, between the first separator and the negative electrode, or between the first separator and the positive electrode and between the first separator and the negative electrode.
US09111683B2	Dielectric ceramic and laminated ceramic capacitor A dielectric ceramic that contains, as its main constituent, main-phase grains including a perovskite-type compound containing Ba, Ca, and Ti; first heterogeneous-phase grains containing Ca, a rare-earth element, and Si; and second heterogeneous-phase grains containing no Ca and containing the rare-earth element and Si. The second heterogeneous-phase grains are present in the dielectric ceramic in a ratio of 0.05 or less (including 0) of the number of the second heterogeneous-phase grains to the total of the first heterogeneous-phase grains and the second heterogeneous-phase grains. In the first heterogeneous-phase grains, the content of Ca is preferably 8% or more in terms of molar ratio with respect to the total content of Ca, the rare-earth element, and Si.
US09111680B2	Process for producing electrolytic capacitors with a polymeric outer layer The invention relates to a process for producing electrolytic capacitors with low equivalent series resistance, low residual current and high thermal stability, which consist of a solid electrolyte and an outer layer comprising conjugated polymers, to electrolytic capacitors produced by this process and to the use of such electrolylic capacitors.
US09111676B2	Parallel stacked symmetrical and differential inductor A parallel stacked symmetrical and differential inductor and manufacturing method of the same is disclosed. The parallel stacked symmetrical and differential inductor is disposed on a substrate and comprises at least one first conductive layer (202, 204) disposed on an insulating layer and at least one subsequent conductive layer (206, 208) disposed on a plurality of insulating layers stacked under the at least one first conductive layer (202, 204). The at least one first conductive layer (202, 204) and each of the at least one subsequent conductive layer (206, 208) are electrically connected by a first plurality of conductive plugs (214) in a winding region (104). Each of the at least one subsequent conductive layer (206, 208) are electrically connected by a second plurality of conductive plugs (212) in a bridge region (102).
US09111671B2	On-chip impedance network with digital coarse and analog fine tuning System and method for providing precision a self calibrating resistance circuit is described that provides for matching a reference resistor using dynamically configurable resistance networks. The resistor network is coupled to the connection, wherein the resistor network provides a configurable resistance across the connection. In addition, the resistor network comprises a digital resistor network and an analog resistor network. Also, the circuit includes control circuitry for configuring the configurable resistance based on a reference resistance of the reference resistor. The configurable resistance is configured by coarsely tuning the resistor network through the digital resistor network and fine tuning the resistor network through the analog resistor network.
US09111660B2	Method for manufacturing high-nitrogen steel wire and overhead power line using same Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a nonmagnetic high-nitrogen steel wire, and an overhead power line adopting the high-nitrogen steel wire as the core thereof. According to one embodiment, the method for manufacturing high-nitrogen steel wire comprises the steps of injecting argon (Ar) gas to reach atmospheric pressure after having first adjusted the pressure to 6×10−5 torr for an initial vacuum using a pressurized vacuum induction melting (VIM) furnace; and injecting nitrogen gas to reach a pressure of 2 atmospheres after having first adjusted the pressure to 6×10−5 torr for a second vacuum, and melting a nitrogen steel alloy consisting of 25 to 35 wt % of Mn, 25 to 35 wt % of Cr, 10 to 20 wt % of Ni, 0.5 to 1.0 wt % of C, and 20 to 35 wt % of Fe, which are alloy elements constituting nitrogen steel. The high-nitrogen steel wire manufactured in this manner has a nitrogen content ratio higher than 12,000 ppm, excellent mechanical strength, and nonmagnetic characteristics. By using this high-nitrogen steel wire, an overhead aluminum power line with a nonmagnetic steel core for reducing power loss and increasing power transmission capacity can be provided.
US09111659B2	Electrodes of solar cell formed by active solder and method therefor Electrodes of a solar cell formed by an active solder and a method therefor are provided. The method includes steps of: providing a solar cell substrate; providing an active solder having at least one type of soldering alloy mixed with 6 wt % or less of at least one type of active component and 0.01-2.0 wt % of at least one type of rare earth element (Re); firstly melting the active solder at a temperature lower than 450° C.; then applying the molten active solder on the solar cell substrate (or firstly applying and then melting); and cooling to solidify the active solder, so as to form an electrode pattern.
US09111657B2	Charged particle optical device The invention relates to a charged particle optical device for manipulating a trajectory of multiple beamlets of charged particles. Said charged particle optical device comprising an electromagnetic deflector comprising a planar substrate having an upper side and a lower side of said substrate, and an even thickness. The substrate comprises: a through opening for passing said beamlets there through, wherein said through opening debouches in the upper and lower side of said substrate; a first and a second coil, wherein each of said coils preferably is a substantially helical coil and comprises conducting upper leads arranged at the upper side, conducting lower leads arranged at the lower side, and vias extending through said substrate and which conductively connect one of said upper leads with one of said lower leads for forming said coil; wherein said first and second coils are arranged on either side of the through opening.
US09111651B2	Heat exchanger for passive residual heat removal system Disclosed is a heat exchanger for a passive residual heat removal system, which improves heat transfer efficiency by expanding a heat transfer area. A heat exchange tube includes a first member connected to a steam pipe through which steam generated from a steam generator of a nuclear reactor circulates, and a second member connected to both of the first member and a feed water pipe used to supply water to the steam generator provided in the nuclear reactor, and the first member has the shape different from that of the second member, thereby expanding the heat transfer area so that the heat transfer efficiency is improved.
US09111642B2	Non-volatile memory device and electronic apparatus A non-volatile memory device is provided, which includes a first block for storing a first data group including a test data, a second block for storing a second data group including a complementary data to the first data group, a differential sense amplifier for generating an output value based on a difference between two input signals, a diagnostic circuit for performing a failure diagnosis using a value from the differential sense amplifier, and a control circuit which performs control such that a signal based on the test data and the complementary data is set to the input signal of the differential sense amplifier and the diagnostic circuit executes a failure diagnosis of the differential sense amplifier. The non-volatile memory device performs a failure diagnosis with high reliability capable of distinguishing between a failure of sense amplifier and a failure of a memory cell.
US09111639B2	Biasing split gate memory cell during power-off mode A non-volatile memory (NVM) system has a normal mode, a standby mode and an off mode that uses less power than the standby mode. The NVM system includes an NVM array that includes NVM cells and NVM peripheral circuitry. Each NVM cell includes a control gate. A controller is coupled to the NVM array, applies a voltage to the control gates and power to the peripheral circuitry during the standby mode, and applies an off-mode voltage to the control gates and removes power from the NVM peripheral circuitry during the off mode.
US09111623B1	NMOS-offset canceling current-latched sense amplifier A resistive memory sensing method includes sensing outputs of an offset-cancelling dual stage sensing circuit (OCDS-SC) by an NMOS offset-cancelling current latched sense amplifier circuit (NOC-CLSA). The NOC-CLSA is configured with a reduced input capacitance and a reduced offset voltage. Input transistors of the NOC-CLSA are coupled between latch circuitry and ground. A first phase output of the OCDS-SC is stored by the NOC-CLSA during a pre-charge step of the NOC-CLSA operation. A second phase output of the OCDS-SC is stored by the NOC-CLSA during an offset-cancelling step of the NOC-CLSA operation. By pipelining the OCDS-SC and NOC-CLSA, a sensing delay penalty of the OCDS-SC is overcome.
US09111621B2	Solid state drive memory device comprising secure erase function A memory device such as a solid state memory device have a dual-hardware, secure erase feature. A memory controller operating in a memory controller domain provides general memory management and interface operons. Upon receipt of a trigger signal which may be received from a secure supervisor circuit, a separate processor element that is configured to directly access the raw memory cells in the device bypasses the memory controller domain and executes a separately provided secure erase operating system whereby the raw cell data may be erased and rewritten with a predetermined data pattern and whereby the erase operation at the raw cell level may be verified and reported to the user by the processor.
US09111613B2	Adaptive reading of a resistive memory An adaptive reading and programming method is presented for resistive memory. The core operating principle is to cause a change in the conductance of a resistive memory cell and measure the magnitude of the change. The magnitude of change can be used to determine the logic state of the resistive memory cell. The proposed methods are evaluated in simulation programs with integrated circuit emphasis and a hand analysis model is extracted to help explain the sources of power and energy consumption.
US09111610B2	Method of driving nonvolatile memory element and nonvolatile memory device A method of driving a nonvolatile memory element including a variable resistance element having a state reversibly changing between low and high resistance states by an applied electrical signal and a transistor serially connected to the variable resistance element. The method including: setting the variable resistance element to the low resistance state by applying a first gate voltage to a gate of the transistor and applying a first write voltage negative with respect to a first electrode; and changing a resistance value of the transistor obtained in a low-resistance write operation, when a value of current passing through the variable resistance element in the setting of the low resistance state or a resistance value of the nonvolatile memory element in the case where the variable resistance element is in the low resistance state is outside a predetermined range.
US09111592B2	Semiconductor storage device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device of an embodiment of the present disclosure is provided with peripheral circuits, a memory cell array, upper bit lines, and first and second connecting parts. The memory cell array is disposed above the peripheral circuit, and includes at least first and second regions. The upper bit lines extend in a first direction and are above the memory cell array. The first and second connecting parts are respectively provided with contact plugs, and one of these connecting parts is formed between first and second regions. The upper bit lines includes a first group of upper bit lines which are connected to the peripheral circuits via the first connecting part, and a second group of upper bit lines which are connected to the peripheral circuits via the second connecting part.
US09111591B2	Interconnections for 3D memory Apparatuses and methods for interconnections for 3D memory are provided. One example apparatus can include a stack of materials including a plurality of pairs of materials, each pair of materials including a conductive line formed over an insulation material. The stack of materials has a stair step structure formed at one edge extending in a first direction. Each stair step includes one of the pairs of materials. A first interconnection is coupled to the conductive line of a stair step, the first interconnection extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to a first surface of the stair step.
US09111589B2	Memory timing circuit Disclosed are various apparatuses and methods for a memory with a multiple word line design. A memory timing circuit may include a dummy word line including a first portion and a second portion and further including capacitative loading that is lumped in the second portion of the dummy word line, a first transistor connected to the first portion of the dummy word line and configured to charge the dummy word line, and a second transistor connected to the second portion of the dummy word line and configured to discharge the dummy word line. A method may include charging a dummy word line using a first transistor, and discharging the dummy word line using a second transistor, wherein the dummy word line includes a first portion and a second portion and further includes capacitative loading that is lumped in the second portion of the dummy word line.
US09111588B2	Multi-die DRAM banks arrangement and wiring A memory die for use in a multi-die stack having at least one other die. The memory die includes a plurality of contacts arranged in a field and configured to interface to the other dies of the multi-die stack. A first subset of the buffer lines of a number of buffer lines are connected to respective contacts in the field. The memory die also includes a number of buffers and cross-bar lines. The buffers are coupled between respective signal lines and respective buffer lines. The cross-bar lines interconnect respective pairs of buffer lines in a second subset of the buffer lines that is distinct from the first subset of the buffer lines.
US09111585B2	Electrostatic discharge apparatus for hub and spindle assemblies An electrostatic discharge apparatus for use with a hub and spindle assembly for a disc drive storage system comprising a spindle; a hub rotatably mounted on the spindle; a capsule formed at least in part from an electrically conductive material that can be placed in electrical communication with the hub and defining a chamber configured to hold an electrically conductive fluid and defining at least one capillary channel in fluid communication with an opening formed in the capsule, the opening configured to permit rotation about the spindle, and to permit a meniscus formed by the conductive fluid proximate to the opening to electrically contact the spindle during rotation of the hub about the spindle.
US09111575B1	Data storage device employing adaptive feed-forward control in timing loop to compensate for vibration A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk and a vibration detector configured to generate a vibration signal in response to a vibration affecting the data storage device. A timing loop is configured to generate a disk-locked clock substantially synchronized to a rotation frequency of the disk. An adaptation control signal is generated based on the vibration signal and an error signal of the timing loop. An adaptive filter is adapted based on the adaptation control signal, wherein the adaptive filter filters the vibration signal to generate feed-forward compensation values. The feed-forward compensation values are applied to the timing loop to compensate for the vibration.
US09111574B2	Data storage device and method for generating a reference clock signal for data storage device Various embodiments provide a data storage device. The data storage device includes a recording medium having a dedicated servo layer for providing servo information. The dedicated servo layer may include a plurality of servo patterns, wherein each servo pattern includes a preamble providing information for synchronization of at least one of a read and a write operation of the data storage device.
US09111569B2	Randomly accessible visual information recording medium and recording method, and reproducing device and reproducing method Access point pictures designated as randomly accessible positions are I pictures or P pictures. Information indicating the decoding sequence (I1, P1, B1, B2, B3, B4, P2, . . . ) of pictures functioning as access points and attribute information (picture_type) indicating whether a picture functions as an access point or is necessary for decoding of the access point following a given access point are recorded on the video information recording medium. Random access is possible even if the GOP interval is lengthened.
US09111566B2	Carbon film forming method, magnetic-recording-medium manufacturing method, and carbon film forming apparatus A carbon film forming method including a step in which, inside a film formation chamber provided with a filamentous cathode electrode, an anode electrode disposed around the perimeter of the cathode electrode, and a substrate holder disposed at a position that is separated from the cathode electrode, a disk-like substrate that has a central aperture is disposed in the substrate holder so that one surface of the substrate is opposite the cathode electrode, and a columnar member that has a diameter equal to or greater than a diameter of the central aperture and that has a height equal to or greater than the diameter is disposed with clearance from the cathode electrode and the substrate so that its central axis is coaxial with a central axis of the substrate, one of its circular surfaces is oriented toward the cathode electrode, and its other circular surface is parallel to the one surface of the substrate; and a step in which carbon film is formed on the one surface of the substrate by causing emission of carbon ions from the cathode electrode side toward the substrate side after the interior of the film formation chamber has been evacuated.
US09111563B2	Vibration control in data storage devices A storage device has a device body and a read/write head for reading and writing data in a data track of a storage medium. An actuator system is mounted on the device body for effecting movement of the read/write head relative to the data track to align the head with the data track. The actuator system has a plurality of degrees of freedom, and a controller controls the actuator system to effect the movement. A body vibration sensor provided on the device body generates a signal indicative of vibration of the body. An actuator vibration sensor generates a signal indicative of vibration of the actuator system. The controller is adapted to process the signals from the sensors to derive a coupling signal indicative of vibration coupling between the degrees of freedom, and to control the actuator system dependent on the coupling signal and the signal from the body vibration sensor.
US09111541B1	Client-server speech recognition with processing level based on value received from client Methods and systems for handling speech recognition processing in effectively real-time, via the Internet, in order that users do not experience noticeable delays from the start until they receive responsive feedback. A user uses a client to access the Internet and a server supporting speech recognition processing. The user inputs speech to the client, which transmits the user speech to the server in approximate real-time. The server evaluates the user speech using processing level based on the value received from each client.
US09111539B1	Editing voice input A computer-implemented method of generating a voice command to perform an action includes receiving a voice request to perform the action, wherein the voice request comprises first audio information for one or more first data fields associated with the action; generating a GUI that when rendered on a display device comprises a prompt message prompting a user to speak second audio information for one or more second data fields associated with the action; and inserting into the one or more second data fields data indicative of one or more of (i) the first audio information, and (ii) the second audio information.
US09111537B1	Real-time audio recognition protocol An audio recognition service recognizes an audio sample across multiple content types. At least a partial set of results generated by the service are returned to a client while the audio sample is still being recorded and/or transmitted. The client additionally displays the results in real-time or near real-time to the user. The audio sample can be sent over a first HTTP connection and the results can be returned over a second HTTP connection. The audio recognition service further processes check-in selections received from the client for content items indicated by the results. Responsive to receiving the check-in selections, the service determines whether a user is eligible for a reward. If the user is eligible, the service provides the reward.
US09111515B2	Method and device to control a computer system utilizing a fluid flow A device, to facilitate a user control of a computer system, includes a movable portion movable by a fluid flow of a generated by a user of the device, and a converter to convert movement of the movable portion into an electrical signal to facilitate control of the computer system.
US09111514B2	Delayed registration data readout in electronic music apparatus A storage stores at least one set of registration data comprising a plurality of tone setting parameters. An instruction section instructs readout of the registration data set from the storage. A controller makes a setting such that the parameters in the registration data set are used in response to an instruction for reading out the registration data set, and makes a setting such that at least one or some of the tone setting parameters in the one set of registration data are used at delayed readout timing later than a time point at which the instruction has been issued. Thus, two or more sub-sets of the parameters in the registration data set can be set to be used at mutually different timing. Namely, a sub-set of the parameters can be set to be used at delayed readout timing later than a time at which a readout instruction has been issued.
US09111511B2	Guitar back plate A back plate attachable to the back of a guitar is provided. The plate includes screw holes and string ferrule holes. The screw holes of the plate align with the screw holes on a guitar, and the string ferrule holes of the plate align with the string ferrule holes of the guitar. The plate may be bolted or screwed to the back of the guitar via the screw holes. Guitar strings may run through the string ferrule holes of the plate and guitar and attach to the pegs of the guitar.
US09111507B2	Switchable single-multiview mode display device A 2D-3D switchable autostereoscopic display device has an imaging arrangement (109) electrically switchable between a 2D mode and a 3D mode, which comprises in-plane switching electrodes comprising coplanar parallel electrode lines. The electrode lines are arranged as a plurality of sets of parallel lines, each set defining a lenticular lens area. Each set comprises first electrode lines at the opposite boundaries between the lens area and adjacent lens areas, and at least a first pair of electrode lines disposed between the opposite boundaries and symmetrical about the centre of the lens area, wherein each set comprises at most six electrode lines between the opposite boundaries. This provides an electrode layout which is simple to manufacture and yet has been found to provide good optical lens quality.
US09111506B2	Display device having a gate driver responsive to multiple scan start signals A display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a gate driver connected to the plurality of gate lines. The gate driver receives a first scan start signal, a second scan start signal and clock signals and outputs a gate-on voltage to each of the plurality of gate lines. The gate driver outputs the gate-on voltage to the plurality of gate lines such that the gate-on voltages do not overlap with each other when the gate driver receives the first scan start signal. The gate driver outputs the gate-on voltage to at least two of the gate lines at substantially the same time when the gate driver receives the second scan start signal.
US09111503B2	Display device and method for driving same In each pixel formation portion of a display device, an amplification electrode is provided which is connected to a drain electrode of a thin-film transistor whose gate electrode is connected to a gate bus line and whose source electrode is connected to a source bus line. A second-capacitor is formed by the amplification electrode and a pixel electrode. A selection period is constituted by a precharge period and an amplification period. In the precharge period, a video signal potential is applied to the pixel electrode and a potential of a control wire is applied to the amplification electrode. In the amplification period, a video signal potential is applied to the amplification electrode with the pixel electrode being in a floating state.
US09111500B2	Devices and methods for pixel discharge before display turn-off Methods and devices employing circuitry for quickly discharging pixels of a display before the display is turned off are provided. In one example, a method may include receiving at the electronic display a signal indicating the electronic display will be powered off within a period of time. The method may also include, in response to the signal, causing a frame of pixel data originating from the electronic display to be stored in pixels of the electronic display before the electronic display is powered off. Storing the frame of pixel data in the pixels may inhibit image artifacts from occurring on the electronic display when the electronic display is powered back on in the future.
US09111499B2	Liquid crystal display device In a liquid crystal display device that performs two-line inversion driving, a difference of a write period of a substantial video signal between a pair of pixel rows scanned with the same polarity is compensated. An input signal pre-processing circuit 42 receives display data DATA and an original data enable signal DTMG, generates and inputs a data enable signal DTMG_R and display data DATA_R to a driver control signal generation block 40. DTMG_R is reduced in the active period, and an interval of the active period between a (2n−1)-th row and a 2n-th row is set to be larger than an interval of the active period between the 2n-th row and a (2n+1)-th row. The input signal pre-processing circuit 42 reads out DATA of each row from a buffer as DATA_R in an active period of DTMG_R.
US09111491B2	Organic light emitting display device and method for driving the same An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels having an organic light emitting diode and a pixel circuit; a gate driver to supply the plurality of pixels with a scan signal, a sensing signal, and a driving voltage; a data driver to supply data voltages and a reference voltage to the plurality of pixels in a driving mode, and sense voltages charged into the plurality of pixels in a sensing mode; a discharging driving unit to initialize voltages of a plurality of sensing power lines when the display device switches from the driving mode to the sensing mode; a timing controller to control the gate driver, the data driver, and the discharging driving unit to operate in and switch between the driving mode and the sensing mode; and a memory to store compensation data for the plurality of pixels.
US09111489B2	Organic light emitting display device and method of driving the same Disclosed are an organic light emitting display device and a method of driving the same. The organic light emitting display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels including a pixel circuit for emitting light from an organic light emitting diode and a driving circuit unit driving the display panel. The driving method includes sensing a characteristic of a driving TFT of each of the pixels of the display panel to generate sensing data according to a user's setting using an input device, at a predetermined compensation driving time, or when an error occurs in sensing data generated by real-time sensing of each pixel of the display panel, and compensating for the characteristic of the driving TFT of each pixel by using the sensing data.
US09111486B2	Organic light emitting display device An organic light emitting display device includes: a scan driver; a data driver; a display unit including pixels located at crossing regions of scan lines and data lines; first power lines coupled between a first power supply and the pixels; at least one second power line located outside the display unit and coupled to a second power supply having a voltage different from a voltage of the first power supply; at least one third power line coupled to a third power supply having a voltage different from the voltage of the first power supply; and fourth power lines coupled to the pixels, wherein the pixels are charged with voltages corresponding to the data signals and the third power supply and are configured to control the amount of current flowing from the first power supply in response to the voltages charges in the pixels.
US09111468B2	Overhead support apparatus A support component comprises a tab configured to be coupled to a bar (as comprises a part of an item to be suspended), the tab including a plurality of openings disposed therethrough and configured to receive an overhead support interface (such as a corresponding flexible link) to thereby provide overhead support to the bar. These openings can be laterally offset from one another to facilitate selecting a particular pitch orientation for the bar. The tab can have a non-circular hole disposed therethrough sized and configured to receive the bar. This hole can include a surface that is configured to key with respect to a corresponding bar surface to thereby prevent the bar from rotating.
US09111465B2	Stylized hanging gift tag A stylized hanging gift tag includes a decorative main body that is adorned with indicia having a plurality of shapes, colors, patterns and at least one celebratory message. An elongated tether is secured to the top end of the main body and terminates into an expandable bottle attachment loop. A decorative chain is disposed along the back side of the main body and is attached at either end to the sides of the main body.
US09111456B2	Dynamically presenting practice screens to determine student preparedness for online testing An online test platform facilitates the dynamic presentation of practice screens to determine student preparedness for online testing. The platform also facilitates development, delivery, and management of educational tests with interactive participation by students, teachers, proctors, and administrators even when some or all of them are remotely located. The platform may include administrator interfaces, test proctor interfaces, and test taker (e.g. student) interfaces to allow each participant to view, navigate, and interact with aspects of the online test platform that are intended to meet their needs.
US09111444B2	Video and lidar target detection and tracking system and method for segmenting moving targets Embodiments of video and LIDAR target detection and tracking system and method for segmenting targets are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the system may perform moving target detection using three-frame difference processing on frames of LIDAR range images of a scene to identify a moving target and determine an initial position estimate for the moving target. The system may also perform segmentation of the moving target using a single frame of the LIDAR range images to generate a segmented target that may include a target mask and target centroid position. After segmentation, moving target registration including motion compensation may be performed by registering the segmented target in multiple LIDAR frames to determine a target position, a target orientation and a target heading. In some embodiments, a three-dimensional model of the moving target may be generated and added to a sequence of video frames.
US09111443B2	Heavy vehicle traffic flow optimization There is provided a method for heavy vehicle traffic flow optimization. The method includes determining location information and destination information of qualifying heavy vehicles. The method further includes modifying one or more traffic signal sequences to optimize a traffic flow of the qualifying heavy vehicles responsive to the location information and the destination information. Each of the qualifying heavy vehicles has a respective associated weight greater than a predetermined weight threshold.
US09111442B2	Estimating incident duration A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for incident duration prediction. The method includes obtaining incident data for at least one traffic-related incident in a selected geographic area, obtaining traffic data for the selected geographic area, spatially and temporally associating the at least one traffic-related incident with the traffic data to generate incident duration data for the at least one traffic-related incident, and predicting incident duration of at least one additional traffic-related incident based on the incident duration data for the at least one traffic-related incident.
US09111438B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for low power detection of messages from an audio accessory According to one aspect, an electronic device adapted to be controlled by an audio accessory. The electronic device includes at least one resonator. Each resonator is tuned to respond to a particular frequency that corresponds to a particular message generated by the audio accessory. When the particular message is received, the corresponding resonator resonates to generate an output signal that controls the electronic device.
US09111434B2	System and method for monitoring the presence of a person in a monitored area A system and a corresponding method for monitoring the presence of a person in a monitored area, includes a passive radiometer that detects radiation emitted from a predetermined monitored area in a predetermined frequency range between 1 GHz and 100 THz and that generates a radiation signal from the detected radiation, a radiation signal processor that processes the radiation signal and that generates, based on the processed radiation signal, a monitoring signal indicating the presence or absence of a person in the monitored area, and an application controller that controls an application based on the monitoring signal.
US09111431B2	Alarm system providing tamper deterrent signalling and method An alarm system at a premises reduces the overall delay in signalling an alarm condition in the presence of an entry delay timer. The alarm system establishes, or commences the establishment of, a network connection prior to the expiry of the entry delay. This allows an alarm message to be quickly dispatched upon expiry of the entry delay timer, or if a tamper condition is sensed.
US09111427B2	Chamber condition A particle detector including a chamber, a first aspirator, a sensor(s), a controller and clean air supply. The controller, when in a detecting mode, receives an indicative signal from the sensor and applies logic to the indicative signal to generate a further signal, and when in the purge mode controls substantial purging of the chamber of sample fluid with clean fluid from the clean fluid supply. The controller receives the indicative signal when the chamber is so purged and if necessary adjusts the logic in response thereto.
US09111409B2	Financial transactions processing system including cash automation machine A financial transactions processing system includes a safe (cash automation machine) that performs transactions including at least one of receiving and distributing money. A controller, such as a teller computer, issues instructions to the cash automation machine to perform the transactions. A processor, such as a bank branch CPU, receives data from the cash automation machine and the controller relating to the transactions and analyzes the data. This data can include data relating to at least one of the following: number of transactions, duration of each transaction, type of each transaction, denomination of money distributed and/or received, and date and time of the transactions. The processor (bank branch CPU) can advantageously use this data in a number of ways, including at least one of the following: to accurately and effectively assign teller work schedules, perform or schedule maintenance or repairs, provide economic advantages, etc.
US09111407B2	Speaker recognition and denial of a transaction based on matching a known voice print One-to-many comparisons of callers' voice prints with known voice prints to identify any matches between them. When a customer communicates with a particular entity, such as a customer service center, the system makes a recording of the real-time call including both the customer's and agent's voices. The system segments the recording to extract at least a portion of the customer's voice to create a customer voice print, and it formats the segmented voice print for network transmission to a server. The server compares the customer's voice print with multiple known voice prints to determine any matches, meaning that the customer's voice print and one of the known voice prints are likely from the same person. The identification of any matches can be used for a variety of purposes, such as determining whether to authorize a transaction requested by the customer.
US09111399B2	Failure recovery mechanism for errors detected in a mail processing facility The present application relates to techniques and equipment for printing documents, inspecting the quality of the documents and correcting for defective printed material in a document processing environment. The present techniques and equipment detect one or more defective pages in a document and uniquely identify the defective document. Once the defective document is identified, it can be removed from a document processing system while continuing the document processing run for subsequent documents in a mailing.
US09111398B2	Method and system to perform dynamic layout of photographs Disclosed is a layout software routine which automatically creates complex and aesthetically pleasing layouts without any user interaction, though user interaction is possible.
US09111396B2	Page proofreading method and apparatus The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for page proofreading, the method comprising: splitting a document before modification to at least one single page document file before modification and splitting a document after modification to at least one single page document file after modification; adding the at least one single page document before modification into a first page, adding the at least one single page document after modification into a second page; setting correlativity between each of the single page documents before modification in the first page and each of the single page documents after modification in the second page; comparing pixel elements of the previews of the single page document before modification and the single page document after modification for all of the first pages and the second pages that correlated with each other; if there are different parts, displaying the comparison result by marking the different parts.
US09111389B2	Image generation apparatus and image generation method An image generation apparatus includes: a pixel-shifted image generation unit which generates a first pixel-shifted image resulting from a process of shifting, based on an input image and a depth map, a pixel in the input image by a shift amount corresponding to the new viewpoint, and a second pixel-shifted image resulting from a process of shifting, by the same shift amount as for the first pixel-shifted image, a pixel in a background edge image included in the input image and containing a pixel located in a background region around an edge of a foreground object; an image fusion unit which fuses the second pixel-shifted image and the first pixel-shifted image to include a background region in the second pixel-shifted image into a hole; and a hole filling unit which fills the hole with pixel information based on the fused pixel-shifted image.
US09111387B2	Color information generation device, color information generation method, and recording medium A color database, in which a mutual correlation is established among an Lab-color-system Lab value as an attribute with respect to a color stimulus, an RGB value, and a sphere radius which is proportional to a color difference and is set in advance as a value indicating a level at that a person can sensuously distinguish between colors, the sphere radius being a radius of a color sphere having the Lab* value as a center point in an Lab-color-system color solid, is included, and when the Lab value or RGB value is input to an input unit, display data generation unit refers to the color database to generate display data in which the color sphere having a center point of the Lab* value or the Lab* value correlated with RGB value is disposed in the Lab*-color-system color solid of a line drawing, the color sphere having the correlated sphere radius.
US09111383B2	Systems and methods for obtaining and using augmentation data and for sharing usage data Computationally implemented methods and systems include receiving augmentation data associated with one or more first augmentations, the one or more first augmentations having been included in a first augmented view of a first actual scene that was remotely displayed at a remote augmented reality (AR) device, displaying one or more second augmentations in a second augmented view of a second actual scene, the displaying of the one or more second augmentations being in response, at least in part, to the augmentation data, and transmitting to the remote AR device usage data that indicates usage information related at least to usage or non-usage of the received augmentation data. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.
US09111382B2	Display device, control system, and storage medium storing control program According to an aspect, a display device includes a display unit, a detecting unit, and a control unit. The display unit stereoscopically displays an aggregation of a plurality of cubes in three-dimensional space. The cubes are arranged along three directions perpendicular to one another. The detecting unit detects moves of objects in the three-dimensional space. The control unit changes a location of each of the cubes according to a detection result of the detecting unit.
US09111371B2	Workflow system for 3D model creation A 3D modeling workflow system is disclosed that allows the user to create multiple 2D planes or paint canvases in the 3D scene each having a position and orientation. These 2D planes can be arbitrarily positioned in the 3D scene and can contain a combination of paint and model construction geometry. The construction geometry can span multiple 2D planes. The user is allowed to sketch on the planes using paint and create curve geometry in and between the planes using the sketches as a reference. Collectively the 2D planes allow a 3D object to be represented with different types of input where portions of the object are drawn in by paint and other or the same portions are composed of geometry. The user can swap between painting on the 2D planes and creating model geometry as needed.
US09111370B2	Buffer display techniques Buffer display techniques are described. In one or more implementations, at least part of an off-screen buffer is rasterized by an application to generate an item for display by the computing device. One or more communications are formed that describe the part of the off-screen buffer which contains the item that is to be copied to update an onscreen buffer.
US09111361B1	Distinguishing between moving targets and clutter in a video A method and apparatus for an image processing system is provided. A first image and a second image in a sequence of images are registered to a reference image in the sequence of images to form a first registered image and a second registered image, respectively. A double differenced image is formed using the reference image, the first registered image, and the second registered image. A number of moving target signatures in the double differenced image is identified. A moving target signature in the number of moving target signatures comprises a spot of a first type and at least one spot of a second type adjacent to the spot of the first type.
US09111360B2	Technique for improving the performance of a tessellation pipeline A tessellation pipeline includes an alpha phase and a beta phase. The alpha phase includes pre-tessellation processing stages, while the beta phase includes post-tessellation processing stages. A processing unit configured to implement a processing stage in the alpha phase stores input graphics data within a buffer and then copies over that buffer with output graphics data, thereby conserving memory resources. The processing unit may also copy output graphics data directly to a level 2 (L2) cache for beta phase processing by other tessellation pipelines, thereby avoiding the need for fixed function copy-out hardware.
US09111355B1	Selective color processing for vision systems that enables optimal detection and recognition Described is a system for selective color processing for vision systems. The system receives a multi-band image as input. As an optional step, the multi-band image is preprocessed, and a transformation is performed to transform the multi-band image into a color space. A metric function is applied to the transformed image to generate a distance map comprising intensities which vary based on a similarity between an intensity of a pixel color and an intensity of a target color. A contrast enhancement process is applied to the distance map to normalize the distance map to a range of values. The range of values is expanded near the intensity of the target color. Finally, an output response map for the target color of interest is generated, such that the output response map has high responses in regions which are similar to the target color to aid in detection and recognition processes.
US09111353B2	Adaptive illuminance filter in a video analysis system Techniques are disclosed for removing false-positive foreground pixels resulting from environmental illumination effects. The techniques include receiving a foreground image and a background model, and determining an approximated reflectance component of the foreground image based on the foreground image itself and a background model image which is used as a proxy for an illuminance component of the foreground image. Pixels of the foreground image having approximated reflectance values less than a threshold value may be classified as false-positive foreground pixels and removed from the foreground image. Further, the threshold value used may be adjusted based on various factors to account for, e.g., different illumination conditions indoors and outdoors.
US09111350B1	Conversion of monoscopic visual content to stereoscopic 3D An image converter receives a two-dimensional image to be converted to a first three-dimensional image. The image converter identifies a feature-to-depth mapping function associated with a second three-dimensional image in a data store. The second three-dimensional image shares a characteristic with the two-dimensional image. The image converter determines a depth value for a plurality of pixels of the two-dimensional image according to the feature-to-depth mapping function and generates the first three-dimensional image based on the depth value for the plurality of pixels of the two-dimensional image.
US09111349B2	Object identification using 3-D curve matching The claimed subject matter provides for systems and/or methods for identification of instances of an object of interest in 2D images by creating a database of 3D curve models of each desired instance and comparing an image of an object of interest against such 3D curve models of instances. The present application describes identifying and verifying the make and model of a car from a possibly single image—after the models have been populated with training data of test images of many makes and models of cars. In one embodiment, an identification system may be constructed by generating a 3D curve model by back-projecting edge points onto a visual hull reconstruction from silhouettes of an instance. The system and methods employ chamfer distance and orientation distance provides reasonable verification performance, as well as an appearance model for the taillights of the car to increase the robustness of the system.
US09111346B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium An image corresponding to a pattern having a first size is detected from a first detection region in an acquired, first image, and an image corresponding to a pattern having a second size is detected from a second detection region different from the first detection region in the first image.
US09111344B2	Image processing method and image processing device thereof for image alignment An image processing method for image alignment, includes sequentially receiving a plurality of images; generating at least one threshold corresponding to each image according to a plurality of intensities of each image of the plurality of images; converting each image according to the thresholds of each image, for generating a plurality of binary images; acquiring a plurality of characteristic pixels of each binary image according to the plurality of binary images; and aligning the plurality of images according to the plurality of characteristic pixels of each binary image.
US09111341B2	Watermarking image block division method and device for western language watermarking processing The application provides a method for partitioning a watermark image with western language characters, comprising: partitioning a western language characters image along rows and columns to form a plurality of character image blocks; identifying valid character image blocks from the formed character image blocks; counting sizes of the valid character image blocks to determine if the image corresponds to a document with a large font size or a document with a small font size; dividing words in the image into a plurality of groups, wherein each divided group in the document with large font size has different numbers of words from that with small font size; and dividing equally the divided word groups into multiple portions corresponding to watermark image blocks. The application further provides a device for partitioning a watermark image with western language characters. The operability of watermark embedding process can be ensured through the above technical solution.
US09111336B2	Method and apparatus for image filtering A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, partitioning the image into a group of blocks, calculating principle bilateral filtered image components for a first subset of the group of blocks where the principle bilateral filtered image components are not calculated for a second subset of the group of blocks, and applying an infinite impulse response filter to the image using the principle bilateral filtered image components. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09111330B2	Scalable systems for controlling color management comprising varying levels of metadata Several embodiments of scalable image processing systems and methods are disclosed herein whereby color management processing of source image data to be displayed on a target display is changed according to varying levels of metadata.
US09111326B1	Designation of zones of interest within an augmented reality environment An augmented reality system is configured to identify and track user gestures, sounds, and interaction with physical objects to designate active zones. These active zones may be allocated additional processing and functional resources. Gestures may include particular hand or body motions, orientation of a user's head, and so forth. Sounds may include clapping, clicks, whistles, taps, footfalls, humming, singing, speech, and so forth. Active areas as well as inactive areas of lesser or no interest may be designated as well.
US09111318B1	Providing social context to calendar events A daily connection facility is available to the user either through a webpage or by e-mail in the form of a synopsis of connection identifiers between the user and their contacts. The web-based version presents connection information in the form of an agenda view, an engage view, and a reminder view. Each view type is selectable by corresponding tab on the webpage. The daily connected e-mail presents an agenda of meetings and events by location, title, and time. The daily connected e-mail also presents interesting profile and connection information about the attendees such as their communications in blogs and postings, recent communications with user, including messages and meetings, as well as contact information and a list of other contacts in common.
US09111316B2	System and method to provide event data on a map display A system and method are disclosed herein to determine an insurance premium discount based on telematics data. The system includes a computer memory and a processor in communication with the computer memory. The computer memory stores data indicative telematics data received from a sensor within a vehicle, including at least one of geo-position information of the vehicle and vehicle kinematics data. The processor is configured to identify safety events and associated safety event locations based on the telematics data. The processor is further configured to display to the driver indications of the safety events on a map display along with indications of safety events associated with other drivers.
US09111314B2	System and method for custom service markets Methods and systems for providing custom services are disclosed. A developer interface provides standards, such as an application platform interface, for developers to use to make and test applications and services. A user interface can access downloadable or hosted services or applications to multiple users, such as, merchants, banks and networks. The system can then provide custom individual or packages of services to users based on the services requested by the user and charge the user for them on a subscription or per-use basis.
US09111311B2	Apparatus and method for facilitating a purchase using information provided on a media playing device Disclosed are apparatus and method for facilitating a purchase in conjunction with media content information. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a transmission of media content, information regarding the content, and information for facilitating a purchase of at least one of a copy of the content, a good, and/or a service. The content may include broadcast media content and entertainment media content. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to process the information regarding the content and the information for facilitating a purchase of the copy of the content, the good, and/or the service. The apparatus also includes a display device for displaying information.
US09111308B2	System and method for calculating and displaying price distributions based on analysis of transactions Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
US09111302B2	Communication method, apparatus and system for a retail organization A data communication method and apparatus for a retail organization is disclosed. In the method an intermediate data processing entity generates a set of data for sending to at least one mobile terminal based on data from at least one data processing device associated with the retail organization and send the generated set of data to the at least one mobile terminal. At least one mobile terminal may send user data to the intermediate data processing entity. Upon receipt of user data from at least one mobile terminal the received user data is processed in the intermediate data processing entity to determine if data is to be communicated from the intermediate data processing entity. If it is determined that communication of data is needed, data can be communicated to at least one of a data processing device associated with the retail organization and at least one mobile terminal.
US09111301B2	Activating an account based on an SMS message A plurality of consumer accounts are stored in a data store before being activated by consumers, each having a first pass code and a first PAN or other consumer account identifier. A data exchange module receives an SMS message including a second pass code and extracts a first phone number from the message. A consumer account activation module identifies a selected one of the consumer accounts by matching the second pass code with a selected one of the first pass codes, and stores the first phone number as a second phone number in association in the selected consumer account. A communication and routing module receives a charge request including a second PAN, and identifies a selected one of the consumer accounts by associating one of the first PANs with the second PAN. A transaction processing system then reduces a stored value of the identified consumer account based on the charge.
US09111292B2	Dynamic messaging in a personal data protection suite An online protection suite provides password management and a dashboard set of services combining single-click access to user accounts and a simple browser window automatically filled with offers for a variety of related products and services targeted especially for particular users. Each user is identified to a business partner server with a unique customer automatically sent from a simple browser embedded in the password management dashboard. The business partner server returns a webpage back to the simple browser that has been constructed especially for this user by leveraging sensitive and proprietary information collected by the business partner. Such customer information is not directly accessible to the password manager.
US09111287B2	Video content-aware advertisement placement Computer-readable media and computerized methods for utilizing an awareness of video content within a media file to incorporate an advertisement therein are provided. Building the video-content awareness involves performing an offline authoring process to generate a trajectory. In particular, the offline authoring process includes targeting an object appearing in the video content, tracking movement of the object over a sequence of frames within the media file, and, based on the tracked movement, writing locations of the object to the trajectory. In an online rendering process, invoked upon initiating play of the media file, the advertisement is automatically selected and dynamically placed on top of the video content as a function of the locations within the trajectory. Accordingly, by repositioning the advertisement (typically an animation) within the video content based on the movement of the object, an illusion that the advertisement visually interacts with the object is generated.
US09111285B2	System and method for representing content, user presence and interaction within virtual world advertising environments A control system renders a shared virtual environment to one or more users and obtains metadata associated with content accessed by the users. Representations based on the gathered metadata are provided to a viewing user, and may include visual elements serving as host, content and/or presence representations. Applicable representations are identified from a plurality of defined possible content representations based on the metadata associated with and obtained for a hosting user. The representations may be descriptive of a variety of parameters, including but not limited to the type, timing, nature or other parameters associated with content currently being accessed by a hosting user, content available from the hosting user, a future schedule for content access, time remaining for the hosting user to remain within a shared virtual environment, the hosting user's social network status relative to the viewing user. Presence representations may be displayed to provide information on a hosting user's presence availability within a shared virtual environment relative to one or more determined time slots.
US09111282B2	Method and system for identifying business records A method and system as described identifies business records. A business listing stores one or more business records. In order to filter spam records, the method and system operate to identify whether a target business record is a spam business record. To identify the target record as a spam record, the method and system compare extracted characteristics of the target record with characteristics of known spam or good business records. Depending upon the similarity with the known business records, the target business record is identified as a spam record or a good record.
US09111281B2	Visualization tools for reviewing credibility and stateful hierarchical access to credibility Some embodiments provide a credibility system including an interface portal for presenting a holistic view of entity credibility. To provide the holistic view, the credibility system aggregates credibility data from multiple data sources. The aggregated credibility data is processed and ordered to present different dimensions of entity credibility, with each dimension graphically presented in the interface portal through an interactive credibility module. In some embodiments, the credibility data associated with each credibility module is processed to produce at least one value that quantifiably represents the credibility data. In some embodiments, the credibility data associated with each credibility module is hierarchically ordered to present the credibility data in a drill-down fashion with each hierarchical layer presenting more detailed credibility data for better understanding the credibility data presented in the preceding layer.
US09111262B2	Email message association A method and computer program product for email message association is described. A method may comprise detecting an indication of an email target of an email message. The method may further comprise determining if the email target is an intended recipient of at least a portion of the email message. The method may also comprise associating the at least a portion of the email message with the email target by adding metadata to the email message.
US09111255B2	Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for determining shared friends of individuals An apparatus for providing a user-friendly and efficient manner to determine one or more shared friends of individuals may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including receiving an indication of a selection of at least one tagged face from an image. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to facilitate sending of a generated message to a device requesting identification of one or more commonly shared friends of at least two individuals in response to receipt of the selection of the tagged face. The tagged face corresponds to one of the individuals. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to enable provision of display of visible indicia, superimposed on the image, indicating whether the individuals have one or more commonly shared friends. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
US09111253B2	Groupware time tracking Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatuses enabling groupware to track time associated with a workflow task. A workflow object representing a workflow task is provided. The workflow object is associating with a time period, a project code, and an identifier of a groupware client user participating in the workflow task. In response to an event indicating completion of the workflow task, the time period, the project code, and the identifier is automatically transmitted to a backend application.
US09111244B2	Organization evaluation apparatus and organization evaluation system Provided is an organization evaluation device, including: a reception unit for receiving data indicating a physical quantity detected by a sensor of a terminal worn by each of a plurality of persons; a personal index calculation module for calculating, from at least one of the data indicating the physical quantity and a business index of each of the plurality of persons, a personal index of each of the plurality of persons; a weight coefficient calculation module for calculating a weight coefficient indicating a degree of involvement of each of the plurality of persons in the first organization from the data indicating the physical quantity; and an organization index calculation module for calculating, by obtaining a weighted average of a plurality of the personal indices using the weight coefficient, an organization index of the first organization.
US09111238B2	Data feed having customizable analytic and visual behavior A data marketplace infrastructure allows a data source company or a third party to associate to a data feed with a customizable preview application having analytic and visual features (e.g., business logic and a user interface). A potential customer can use discovery services of the data marketplace infrastructure to identify one or more data feeds offering sample data in a domain of interest of the potential customer. The data feed can transmit the customizable preview application to allow the potential customer to interact with the data from the data feed before purchasing the data. The potential customer may also customize the preview application so as to change the default application behavior in a manner that improves the potential customer's understanding and appreciation of the data feed.
US09111232B2	Portable workload performance prediction for the cloud Systems and methods are disclosed to perform performance prediction for cloud-based databases by building on a computer a cloud database performance model using a set of training workloads; and using a learned model on the computer to predict database performance in the cloud for a new workload, wherein for each reference workload r and hardware configuration h, system throughput tr,h, average throughput of αr and standard deviation σr, comprising normalizing each throughput as: t r , h _ = t r , h - a r σ r .
US09111229B2	Quantum repeater and system and method for creating extended entanglements A method is provided of creating an end-to-end entanglement (87) between qubits in first and second end nodes (81, 82) of a chain of optically-coupled nodes whose intermediate nodes (80) are quantum repeaters. Local entanglements (85) are created on an on-going basis between qubits in neighboring pairs in the chain through interaction of the qubits with light fields transmitted between the nodes. The quantum repeaters (80) are cyclically operated with their top-level operating cycles being synchronized. Once every top-level operating cycle, each repeater (80) initiates a merging of two entanglements involving respective repeater qubits that are at least expected to be entangled with qubits in nodes disposed in opposite directions along the chain from the repeater. A quantum repeater (80) adapted for implementing this method is also provided.
US09111226B2	Modulated plasticity apparatus and methods for spiking neuron network Apparatus and methods for modulated plasticity in a spiking neuron network. A plasticity mechanism may be configured for example based on a similarity measure between post-synaptic activities of two or more neurons that may be receiving the same feed-forward input. The similarity measure may comprise a dynamically determined cross-correlogram between the output spike trains of two neurons. An a priori configured similarity measure may be used during network operation in order to update efficacy of inhibitory connections between neighboring neurons. Correlated output activity may cause one neuron to inhibit output generation by another neuron thereby hindering responses by multiple neurons to the same input stimuli. The inhibition may be based on an increased efficacy of inhibitory lateral connection. The inhibition may comprise modulation of the pre synaptic portion the plasticity rule based on efficacies of feed-forward connection and inhibitory connections and a statistical parameter associated with the post-synaptic rule.
US09111221B1	Detector devices for presenting notifications and supporting context inferences Techniques can relate to generating inferences based on network devices' measuring of environmental data points and generating notifications or controlling devices based on the inferences. One or more environmental data points can be accessed. Each environmental data point in the one or more environmental data points can include one measured by a detector device and that characterizes a corresponding environmental stimulus. At least one of the environmental data points can be indicative of a light intensity or power usage measured by a first device. An inference can be generated based on the one or more environmental data points. A notification or device control can be identified based on the inference. A communication can be generated and transmitted to a second device. Receipt of the communication can cause the second device to present the notification or to be controlled in accordance with the device control.
US09111220B2	Systems and methods for storage modeling and costing The present invention provides systems and methods for data storage. A hierarchical storage management architecture is presented to facilitate data management. The disclosed system provides methods for evaluating the state of stored data relative to enterprise needs by using weighted parameters that may be user defined. Also disclosed are systems and methods evaluating costing and risk management associated with stored data.
US09111209B2	Image forming apparatus and power supply control system An image forming apparatus includes a reception part that receives, from a request part connected via a network, a power supply stop request that designates at least one of a plurality of power supply stop modes for stopping power supply in the image forming apparatus; a selection part that selects, when stopping the power supply in the image forming apparatus is not allowed in the designated power supply stop mode, power supply stop modes from the plurality of power supply stop modes in each of which stopping the power supply in the image forming apparatus is allowed; and a notification part that notifies the request part of the power supply stop mode selected by the selection part.
US09111206B1	Method and apparatus for storing image data in a memory of an image deposition device Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatuses and methods for determining usage maps in handheld image deposition devices. The utilization of usage maps in combination with color planes may facilitate the output of varying levels of intensity. Additionally, the storage of processed images and the print data associated with various image locations of the processed image, according to a consistent offset of memory addresses, may expedite retrieval of print information.
US09111204B2	Image processing apparatus and method setting color separation parameter based on image data change resulting from lossy compression and expansion An image processing apparatus executes color conversion so that when printing is performed based on image data compressed and decompressed with a lossy compression method, the image data reproduces expected colors of the image data before compression. More specifically, a range of a signal value of a black image affected by compression of image data, such as black character to be printed with black ink, is obtained, and a color separation table is generated such that color ink is not used but black ink is used within this range. This allows the image data to reproduce expected colors of the image data before compression when printing is performed based on the image data compressed and decompressed with a lossy compression method.
US09111195B2	Antenna, semiconductor device, and method of manufacturing antenna In an antenna and a semiconductor device including the antenna, an object is to reduce the distance between electrodes of a capacitor as much as possible, reduce the area of the electrode of the capacitor as much as possible, and prevent the suppression of response sensitivity and a response range of the semiconductor device. The present invention relates to an antenna including an antenna coil provided over a first region of a base and a capacitor which uses a second region of the base as a dielectric body and which has electrodes provided for opposite planes of the second region of the base, wherein the second region of the base is thinner than the first region of the base, and also relates to a semiconductor device including the antenna.
US09111187B2	Contactless card clamp circuits that compensate for regulator reference voltage fluctuations A contactless card includes an inductive circuit configured to send and receive signals, a rectifier circuit coupled to the inductive circuit and configured to generate a DC voltage from an AC voltage generated by the inductive circuit, a clamp circuit configured to limit the DC voltage, a regulator circuit configured to regulate the DC voltage and a control circuit configured to selectively enable and disable the clamp circuit and the regulator circuit.
US09111178B2	System and method for creating a collection of images System and method for creating a collection of images are described, the method comprising: receiving images from at least one source of images; processing the images to produce an output collection of images, the processing comprising grouping the images to clusters of related images and selecting the preferred images in the clusters; and outputting the output collection of images, the output collection of images comprising the clusters of related images and indication of the preferred images in the clusters. The system for creating a collection of images comprising: a storage medium to receive images from at least one source of images; a processor to produce an output collection of images by grouping the images to clusters of related images and selecting the preferred images in the clusters; and a collection output medium for outputting the output collection of images.
US09111170B2	Methods and apparatus relating to text items in images A method and an electronic device are provided for obtaining an image or a video frame, including applying to the image or the video frame, at least one image processing technique, scanning the image or the video frame, to identify a text item, determining an item type for the identified text item, and determining an action, corresponding to the item type.
US09111168B2	Method and system for resolution conversion of magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) content A method and a system for resolution conversion of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) content in an image are provided. The method is implemented in a computer system comprising one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program modules. The method includes receiving image data of the image, the image data having a plurality of image planes in which one plane is a MICR image plane, wherein the plurality of image planes have essentially the same resolution; and converting the resolution of the MICR image plane to a resolution of a MICR print engine different from the remaining image planes.
US09111167B1	System and method for providing access to electronically stored medical information A method and system for storing medical information of an individual with a service provider and providing access to that medical information to first responders and medical personnel remotely. An individual's medical information may be accessed by first responders after being authenticated by the service provider. Access to the medical information is monitored to prevent unauthorized access and to store time and location when medical information is accessed by a first responder. The medical information may be accessed by a mobile software application that allows the first responder to scan a machine-readable medium linked to the individual's medical information stored by the service provider.
US09111165B2	Method and system for filtering detection patterns in a QR code A method and system for filtering detection patterns in a QR code is provided in this invention. When multiple detection patterns get into a QR code image due to interference or other reasons, first of all, an side length is determined for each pattern to be detected, and then an average value of the side lengths of multiple patterns to be detected is determined, after which through comparing with a predetermined reference value, patterns to be detected meeting a predetermined condition are determined as detection patterns. An effective solution is provided to fill the gap in the prior art of unable to remove detection patterns caused by interference appropriately when more than three detection patterns are found.
US09111164B1	Custom functional patterns for optical barcodes Systems and methods for custom functional patterns for optical barcodes are provided. In example embodiments, image data of an image is received from a user device. A candidate shape feature of the image is extracted from the image data. A determination is made that the shape feature satisfies a shape feature rule. In response to the candidate shape feature satisfying the shape feature rule, a custom graphic in the image is identified by comparing the candidate shape feature with a reference shape feature of the custom graphic. In response to identifying the custom graphic, data encoded in a portion of the image is decoded.
US09111163B2	Apparatus for and method of electro-optically reading a selected target by image capture from a picklist of targets A selected target from a picklist having a plurality of targets is electro-optically read, by image capture, over a range of working distances, by capturing an image of the picklist in the range over an imaging field of view, by storing coordinates of a trajectory of an aiming light pattern in the imaging field of view over the range, by processing the captured image along the trajectory to find and identify a target, by determining whether the target covers the trajectory, and by determining that the target is the selected target when the target at least partially covers the trajectory.
US09111162B2	Method, apparatus and storage medium for two-dimensional data storage A method and an apparatus for reading a data pattern from or writing a data pattern to a storage medium are described. During reading a pattern retrieval stage retrieves a test pattern and the data pattern from the storage medium. A decoder, which is trained with pattern elements of the retrieved test pattern by a training stage, decodes the retrieved data pattern by performing a comparison between topologies of the retrieved data pattern and representative patterns derived from the test pattern during training of the decoder.
US09111159B2	Imaging based barcode scanner engine with multiple elements supported on a common printed circuit board An apparatus for use in decoding a bar code symbol may include an image sensor integrated circuit having a plurality of pixels, timing and control circuitry for controlling an image sensor, gain circuitry for controlling gain, and analog to digital conversion circuitry for conversion of an analog signal to a digital signal. The apparatus may also include a printed circuit board for receiving the image sensor integrated circuit. The connection between the image sensor integrated circuit and the printed circuit board characterized by a plurality of conductive adhesive connectors disposed between a plurality of electrode pads and a plurality of contact pads, where the conductive adhesive connectors provide electrical input/output and mechanical connections between the image sensor integrated circuit and the printed circuit board. The apparatus may be operative for processing image signals generated by the image sensor integrated circuit for attempting to decode the bar code symbol.
US09111157B2	System and method for tracking shopping behavior A system and method are provided for tracking an interrogator relay unit (IRU) associated with a mobile asset within a structure, comprising: integrating one or more RFID tags within building materials within the structure; emitting an RF interrogation signal using the IRU; receiving, at the IRU, location data from one or more RFID tags in response to the RF interrogation signal; and transmitting the location data, an identification information of the IRU, and timestamp data to a remote server using the IRU.
US09111152B2	Verification object specifying apparatus, verification object specifying program, and verification object specifying method In a verification object specifying apparatus that specifies a verification object for biometric authentication, a biometric information acquisition unit acquires biometric information from a biometric information source part. An abnormality detection unit detects an abnormal portion in the biometric information source part based on the biometric information. A verification object specifying unit determines whether biometric information located in the abnormal portion is to be included in a verification object, and specifies biometric information to be used as the verification object based on the determination result. The verification object specifying apparatus causes a registration unit to register the biometric information as registration information when serving as a registration apparatus, and causes a verification unit to verify the biometric information against registration information when serving as a verification apparatus.
US09111151B2	Network on chip processor with multiple cores and routing method thereof An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure illustrates a network on chip processor including multiple cores and a Kautz NoC. Each of the cores is assigned with an addressing string with L based-D words, and the addressing string does not have two neighboring identical words, wherein L present of an addressing string length is an integer larger than 1, D present of a word selection is an integer larger than 2. Each of the cores is unidirectionally link to other (D−1) cores through the Kautz NoC, and in the two connected cores, the last (L−1) words associated with the addressing string of one core are same as the first (L−1) words associated with the addressing string of the other core.
US09111146B2	Systems and methods for semantically classifying and normalizing shots in video The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for classifying videos based on video content. For a given video file including a plurality of frames, a subset of frames is extracted for processing. Frames that are too dark, blurry, or otherwise poor classification candidates are discarded from the subset. Generally, material classification scores that describe type of material content likely included in each frame are calculated for the remaining frames in the subset. The material classification scores are used to generate material arrangement vectors that represent the spatial arrangement of material content in each frame. The material arrangement vectors are subsequently classified to generate a scene classification score vector for each frame. The scene classification results are averaged (or otherwise processed) across all frames in the subset to associate the video file with one or more predefined scene categories related to overall types of scene content of the video file.
US09111141B2	Image processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, and image processing method Provided is an image processing apparatus including a first specifying unit that specifies second feature point candidates, a second specifying unit that specifies second feature point candidates, an evaluating unit that generates evaluation information on evaluation of the second feature point candidate of a target first feature point based on the result of comparison between the relative position of the other first feature point to the target first feature point and the relative position of the second feature point candidate of the other first feature point to the second feature point candidate of the target first feature point, and a setting unit that sets the second feature point candidate of the target first feature point in accordance with the evaluation information as the second feature point corresponding to the target first feature point.
US09111140B2	Identification and separation of form and feature elements from handwritten and other user supplied elements A system and methods for progressive feature evaluation of an electronic document image to identify user supplied elements is disclosed. The system includes a controller in communication with a storage device configured to receive and accessibly store a generated plurality of candidate images. The controller is operable to analyze the electronic document image to identify a first feature set and a second feature set, wherein each of the first and second feature sets represents a different form feature, compare the first feature set to the second feature set, and define a third feature set based on the intersection of the first and second feature sets, wherein the third feature set represents the user provided elements.
US09111131B2	Human head detection in depth images Systems, devices and methods are described including receiving a depth image and applying a template to pixels of the depth image to determine a location of a human head in the depth image. The template includes a circular shaped region and a first annular shaped region surrounding the circular shaped region. The circular shaped region specifies a first range of depth values. The first annular shaped region specifies a second range of depth values that are larger than depth values of the first range of depth values.
US09111129B2	Subject detecting method and apparatus, and digital photographing apparatus A subject detecting method and a subject detecting apparatus, by which face detection may be efficiently performed in a digital photographing apparatus having a flippable display unit, and when an image input via an image sensor of the digital photographing apparatus is different from an image displayed on the display unit due to rotation of the digital photographing apparatus, a face detection coordinate may be corrected to increase the reliability of face detection.
US09111111B1	Location-based file security Systems and methods for implementing location-based security protocols for information and/or data files are disclosed. The location-based security protocols may be enforced by an organization to protect and/or provide additional levels of security for information and/or data files associated with the organization and stored and/or used by agents of the organization on their user devices, such as personal user devices. Location-based security protocols may be applied to data file functions that include generating, receiving, transmitting, sharing, backing-up, or rendering a data file. Data files that are to adhere to one or more location-based security protocols may be tagged, such as in metadata associated with the data file to indicate that it is subject to adherence to the one or more location-based security protocols.
US09111107B2	Computer ecosystem providing a process for determining trust in content sharing A user can assign a level of trust to other users to manage what content they may access or share. The user also assigns to each level of trust content type that may be accessed by users having that level of trust. The user then sends tags to his contacts indicating their level if trust, which are then presented by the contacts to gain access to the user-defined content.
US09111106B2	Data processing apparatus and data storage apparatus An access terminal apparatus provides a group determination key being a decryption key to a data center apparatus previously, and then transmits grouping information generated from a keyword of storage target data and having been encrypted to the data center apparatus, with encrypted data of the storage target data and tag data of the encrypted data of the storage target data. The data center apparatus stores the encrypted data relating it to the tag data, decrypts a part of the grouping information with the group determination key, derives an index value from a bit value obtained by the decryption, and stores the derived index value and the tag data relating them with each other.
US09111104B2	Entitlements determination via access control lists Entitlements to resources can be determined by using access rules that are organized as respective ranges in an entitlement space. An access rule can represent a range between two rational numbers in the entitlement space; the range can be represented by a single rational number. Due to the way the rational numbers are chosen, a child rule is completely covered by its parent, and a parent has remaining room in the entitlement space for unlimited additional children. Entitlement checking for a large batch of resources can be performed quickly based on reusing calculated permitted ranges in the entitlement space. Implied permissions can be supported. Content can easily be added, and the access rules can be modified without unduly impacting the underlying tree structure, if at all.
US09111102B2	Creation of security roles through user walkthrough of business process workflow A user interface is displayed to an administrator (or other user) and allows the administrator to walk through a workflow performed by a user in a given role. Data access steps performed in walking through the workflow are recorded and a set of permissions is identified, based upon the recorded workflow. The set of permissions corresponds to the role.
US09111089B1	Systems and methods for safely executing programs A computer-implemented method for safely executing programs may include identifying an attempt to launch an executable file. The computer-implemented method may also include identifying a reputation associated with the executable file. The computer-implemented method may further include determining, based on the reputation, that the executable file is not trusted. The computer-implemented method may additionally include, in response to determining that the executable file is not trusted, fulfilling the attempt by sandboxing a process instantiated from the executable file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09111084B2	Authentication platform and related method of operation An authentication platform comprises an authentication unit configured to authenticate the user based on received input data, and a control unit configured to enable communication between a client device and an authentication host as a consequence of successful authentication of the user by the authentication unit.
US09111080B1	Reducing input processing latency for remotely executed applications Disclosed are various embodiments for reducing input processing latency for remotely executed applications. An application is executed in a hosted environment, and a video signal generated by the application is encoded into a media stream. The media stream is sent to a client by way of a network. Unprocessed user input data for the application is obtained from the client computing device by way of the network. The unprocessed user input data is processed at a first processing rate that is above a second processing rate associated with a normal processing of the unprocessed user input data in the client.
US09111058B1	Solving a hierarchical circuit network using a barycenter compact model Any primitive cells or blocks can be represented physically by a Barycenter compact model (or Barycenter model), and any black box model can also be physically represented by a Barycenter compact model physically. A hierarchical boundary condition between blocks is formulated by the Barycenter compact model. Hierarchical boundary condition problems between blocks can be limited within two levels only if using the Barycenter compact model.
US09111056B2	Method and apparatus of fluid simulation A fluid simulation method and apparatus is provided. The fluid simulation method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises setting initial conditions of level set and velocity field for a simulation object and setting FLIP particles according to the set initial condition of the level set and the set initial condition of the velocity field; updating the level set and the velocity field by advection of the level set and the velocity field; reconstructing the updated level set and the updated velocity field; redeploying the FLIP particles for the simulation object; projecting the updated velocity field to have incompressibility; and updating velocity of each of the deployed particles.
US09111050B2	Switching a computer system from a high performance mode to a low power mode A computer system includes a first processor, a second processor, and a common memory connected to the second processor. The computer system is switched from a high performance mode, in which at least a portion of the first processor and at least a portion of components on the second processor are active, to a low power mode, in which at least a portion of the first processor is active and the components on the second processor are inactive. All central processing unit (CPU) cores on the second processor are quiesced. Traffic from the second processor to the common memory is quiesced. Paths used by the first processor to access the common memory are switched from a first path across the second processor to a second path across the second processor.
US09111048B2	Semiconductor device and memory system A semiconductor device capable of communicating with a host apparatus includes a symbol generation unit, a coding unit, and a transmission unit. The symbol generation unit includes a random number generation circuit and generates a symbol according to a random number generated by the random number generation circuit. The coding unit performs 8b/10b coding for the symbol. The transmission unit transmits the symbol coded by the 8b/10b coding unit to the host apparatus.
US09111046B2	Implementing capacity and user-based resource allocation for a shared adapter in a virtualized system A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing capacity and user-based resource allocation for a hardware I/O adapter, such as, a Single Root Input/Output Virtualization (SRIOV) adapter in a virtualized system. Configuring a virtual function (VF) is provided by supplying a capacity value of a port. The capacity value represents a percentage of the available performance of the port. The adapter driver configures multiple adapter parameters to provide the available performance for the port. A user is enabled to specify a level of performance assigned to each protocol of the port.
US09111044B2	Automated network triggering-forwarding device An automated network triggering-forwarding device connected with a control computer and an information input equipment by a network or a cable, respectively, is provided, which comprises a static output module, a dynamic forwarding module, and an information feedback module. A preset trigger signal is output by touching a key or combination of keys of a key output module, the output information of the information input equipment is forwarded to the control computer by the dynamic forwarding module, and the information fed back by the control computer is displayed on the feedback display module and a voice prompt is provided through the voice output module by the information feedback module. The buttons are imparted with different output definitions according to different service requirements, and tart triggering other recognizing devices to operate when needed according to operator demand. The dynamic output function can be externally connected with a plurality of non-network equipment.
US09111042B1	1588 deterministic latency with gearbox Systems and methods are disclosed for precisely determining the delay between data being received at the pins of a circuit and being processed by gearbox circuitry, to being processed by a time-stamp unit of the circuit. In an exemplary embodiment, the gearbox circuitry may output a data valid signal which may be monitored by the time-stamp unit. By monitoring the data valid signal, the time-stamp unit may synchronize a local state machine with the internal state of the gearbox circuitry and thus determine the total delay through the combined processing circuitry with high accuracy.
US09111041B1	Methods, systems and computer program products for user interaction in test automation An automated portion of a software test workflow is executed. Execution of the automated portion is halted responsive to a manual portion of the software test workflow that tests a target software code. A notification is sent to the user based on the manual portion of the software test workflow. The notification requests at least one input from the user. The input is received. Responsive to receipt of the input, execution of the automated portion of the software test workflow is resumed.
US09111040B2	Integration of a software content space with test planning and test case generation A computer-implemented method for test planning and test case generation, includes collecting, by a processor, a plurality of requirements, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate a plurality of user stories, outputting, by the processor, the plurality of user stories and integrating, by the processor, the user stories into test planning and test case generation.
US09111037B1	Method and apparatus to enable mainframe computer testing for software testing management platform A computer-implemented method is disclosed in which locations of a plurality of Job Control Language (JCL) tests are obtained from a primary database supporting a software testing management platform. The locations the locations of the plurality of JCL tests are transmitted to a mainframe computing system (MCS) to initiate execution of the JCL tests. Based on transmitting the JCL test locations, execution IDs are retrieved for each of the plurality of JCL tests from the MCS. For each JCL test, the execution ID and an initial status of the JCL test are stored in the primary database. A query is transmitted to the MCS to determine an execution status of a given one of the JCL tests. Based on transmitting the query, a status update is received from the MCS for the JCL test, and the initial status of the JCL test in the primary database is selectively updated.
US09111034B2	Testing of run-time instrumentation A computer program product is provided for performing a method including: generating a test instruction stream of a program that includes a plurality of executable instructions; setting controls for a runtime-instrumentation process; simulating execution of the test instruction stream and sampling of the test instruction stream according to the controls, and storing simulated records associated with the sampling in a predicted collection buffer (PCB); accessing a program buffer of a processor, the program buffer storing records associated with sampling the test instruction stream according to the controls during execution of the test instruction stream by the processor; examining individual records in the program buffer to determine whether the individual records are valid and in proper sequence; and comparing the simulated records of the PCB and the records of the program buffer to validate the program buffer.
US09111023B2	Bridge apparatus for coupling a medical network with a non-medical network A bridge apparatus for coupling a medical network with a non-medical network includes a storage unit to store data from the medical network, a first interface device for coupling the storage unit with the medical network, and a second interface device for coupling the storage unit with the non-medical network. The bridge apparatus is configured to execute write-only access requests on the storage unit via the first interface device or to execute read-only access requests on the storage unit via the second interface device.
US09111017B2	Personal information system The present invention provides systems and methods to realize the potential benefit of portable storage devices by taking advantage of standard PCs including an optical disk drive capable of reading an optical disk, such as a CD or a DVD, cost effective optical disks, and the Internet.In a preferred embodiment, an individual patient provides personal data to a healthcare service center. The healthcare service center then creates a portable optical disk for the patient to carry, if he/she so desires. The personal data that is written onto the portable optical disk is stored on a database management server database and is readable and updateable by the individual patient using his/her PC with an optical disk drive and connected to the Internet. The individual patient can choose to update his/her personal data on the portable optical disk and can receive a new portable optical disk that includes the update. The new portable optical disk containing the latest update is created and delivered to the patient by the database management server.
US09111016B2	Management of live remote medical display A system and method of locally displaying multiple items of medical information from at least one remote medical system having an output display. The method includes assembling the multiple items of medical information from the output display of at least one remote medical systems into a composite display having regions corresponding to the multiple items of medical information. Video data for the composite display is communicated over a network to a local display. Video data corresponding to the regions of the display are treated differently to provide a composite display with regions of different image quality.
US09110999B2	Virtual data sharing user application Disclosed are an apparatus and method of retrieving a plurality of data memory containers from a database. One example method of operation may include displaying the plurality of data memory containers on a graphical user interface, receiving a selection of one or more of the data memory containers, and displaying a moving array of the plurality of data objects included in the selected one or more data memory containers. The objects may be images or other user defined data files that are distributed to a virtual house application.
US09110991B2	Associative search engine This invention relates to an advertisement machine which provides advertisements to a user searching for desired information within a data network. The machine receives, from a user, a search request including a search argument corresponding to the desired information and searches, based upon the received search argument, a first database having data network related information to generate search results. It also correlating the received search argument to a particular advertisement in a second database having advertisement related information. The search results together with the particular advertisement are provided by the machine to the user.
US09110986B2	System and method for using a combination of semantic and statistical processing of input strings or other data content A system and method for using a combination of semantic and statistical processing of input strings or other data content, such as a web page or an electronic document. In accordance with an embodiment, the system enables the injection of semantics into an otherwise statistically-based environment, by recognizing that, within various topics, certain words, combinations of words, or phrases, herein referred to as keyphrases have different weights. Some keyphrases may be relatively unique within a particular topic, or have a relatively high weighting towards that topic; whereas other keyphrases may not be unique, or may have a relatively low rating toward that topic. In accordance with an embodiment, the system allows for characterization of both (a) “sufficient” and (b) “necessary” keyphrases. A keyphrase is considered sufficient for a particular topic when, if that keyphrase is found in the input string or data content, one is likely to be in that topic (but could be in another topic). A keyphrase is considered necessary for a particular topic when, if that keyphrase is found in the input string or data content, one is both very likely to be in that topic, and very unlikely to be in any other topic. This information can be used as part of the input processing.
US09110976B2	Supporting compliance in a cloud environment Gathering auditable data concerning actions in a cloud computing environment is automated by determining that one or more auditable data items are available associated with a requester and with at least one application program; responsive to determining that data items are available, transmitting a list of the available auditable data items to a requesting cloud client computer; subsequent to transmitting the list, receiving a data request from the cloud client computer for one or more particular auditable data items from the list; preparing the requested particular auditable data items for transmission according to a predetermined format; and transmitting the prepared requested particular auditable data items to the cloud client computer. Optionally, in some embodiments, the requesting cloud client computer may negotiate a data exchange format with the cloud service provider for receipt of the requested auditable information.
US09110975B1	Search result inputs using variant generalized queries Systems, methods and computer program products for generalizing a user-submitted query by forming one or more variants of the user-submitted query to generate one or more other queries, each of the one or more other queries being different from the user-submitted query. A generalized quality of result statistic is derived for a first document from respective data associated with each of the other queries, each respective data being indicative of user behavior relative to the first document as a search result for the associated other query. The generalized quality of result statistic is provided as the quality of result statistic input to a document ranking process for the first document and the user-submitted query.
US09110969B2	Association acceleration for transaction databases An association rule accelerator may be used to access a transaction database storing a plurality of transactions, each transaction including one or more items. The association rule accelerator also may select a sampling rate based on an item frequency of frequent items within the transaction database, relative to a sampled item frequency of sampled items within a corresponding sampled transaction database. An an association rule selector may determine, using the selected sampling rate and corresponding sampled transaction database, frequent item sets within the sampled transactions, and may further determine an association rule relating at least two items of the sampled transactions, based on the frequent item sets.
US09110966B2	Managing replicated data An approach for managing replicated data is presented. Metadata is received specifying inter-data correlation(s), inter-replica correlation(s), and data-replica correlation(s) among replicas generated for a system. A unified replication metadata model specifying the correlations is generated. Based on the inter-replica correlation(s), a proper subset of the replicas is selected. Based on the inter-replica and inter-data correlation(s), the selected proper subset of replicas is indexed to generate a unified content index. A query is received to locate a data item in at least one of the replicas. Based on the unified content index, the unified replication metadata model, and the query, candidate replica(s) and confidence score(s) indicating likelihood(s) that the candidate replica(s) include the data item are determined. Based on temporal distance(s) and percent change(s) between first and second replica(s), confidence score(s) of the second replica(s) are determined.
US09110963B2	Transparent adaptive file transform Embodiments of methods, systems, and services for transparent adaptive file transform are described. In one embodiment a method for transparent adaptive file transform is performed by a data processing device. The method may include automatically detecting a data transfer addressed to an external data storage. The method may also include redirecting data associated with the data transfer to a data transformer. Additionally, the method may include applying one or more data transforms to the data associated with the data transfer to generate a transformed data set. In an embodiment, the method may also include transferring the transformed data set to the external data storage. In one embodiment, the external data storage is a cloud storage facility.

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