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US09225410B2	Communication system, apparatus and method A communication system, apparatus and method are provided according to embodiments of the present invention. The communication system includes: a base band unit (BBU), at least two antennas and at least two radio-frequency (RF) units, where the at least two RF units are connected with the BBU respectively; and each of the antennas is connected with at least two RF units respectively, so that a signal received from a same sector by an antenna is sent to the BBU via different RF units. With the embodiments of the present invention, the reliability of RF units may be improved without increasing the hardware cost of the base station.
US09225404B2	Hybrid beamforming for data transmission Technology to provide hybrid beamforming feedback is disclosed. In an example, a user equipment (UE) can include computer circuitry configured to: Receive a reference signal (RS) from a node; calculate an optimal channel direction from the RS; calculate an optimal signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) for the optimal channel direction, where the optimal SINR is conditionally calculated with an intra-cell interference component or calculated without the intra-cell interference component based on a feedback configuration; and transmit the optimal channel direction and the optimal SINR to the node.
US09225399B2	Method to enable optimization for small data in an evolved packet core (EPC) Embodiments of a system and method for providing small data and device triggering enhancement (SDDTE) are generally described herein. In some embodiments, memory is provided for storing an SDDTE optimization container therein. A processor is coupled to the memory and is arranged to analyze an SDDTE optimization container including parameters provided therein and to perform SDDTE optimization based on the parameters. The parameters provided by the SDDTE optimization container include an SDDTE optimization timer, wherein the processor holds in the memory small data messages received during a time frame set by the SDDTE optimization timer upon receipt of a first small data message.
US09225398B2	Multi-user MIMO-SDMA for finite rate feedback systems A multi-user MIMO downlink beamforming system with limited feedback (200) is provided to enable precoding for multi-stream transmission, where a channel codeword (ui) and one or more channel quality indicator values (CQIA, CQIB) are computed at the user equipment (201.i) on the basis of maximizing a predetermined SINR performance metric (pi) which estimates the receive signal-to-noise-ratio (SINR) at the user equipment (201.i). The computed codeword (ui) and CQI values (or differential values related thereto) are quantized and fed back to help the base station (210) which applies a correction to the appropriate CQI value in the course of designing the transmit beamforming vectors w and determining the appropriate modulation and coding level to be used for downlink data transmission.
US09225393B2	Systems and methods for determining whether a companion communication device is beyond a proximity of a primary communication device Systems and methods for determining whether a companion communication device is beyond a proximity of a primary communication device are provided. In some aspects, a system includes an analysis module configured to determine whether a wireless transaction between the primary communication device and the companion communication device is at a conclusion. The system also includes a communications module configured to emit a sensing signal based on the determination of whether the transaction is at the conclusion. The sensing signal is insufficient to elicit a response from the companion communication device. The system also includes a detection module configured to detect a present parameter associated with the emitted sensing signal. The analysis module is configured to determine a parameter change between the present parameter and a reference parameter, and to determine whether the companion communication device is beyond the proximity of the primary communication device based on the parameter change.
US09225389B2	Electrical load monitoring apparatuses An electrical load monitoring apparatus includes a first inductive coupling device, the first inductive coupling device is configured to receive electrical energy associated with an electrical conductor proximate thereto, and a processor in electrical communication with the first inductive coupling device, wherein the processor is configured to receive the electrical energy from the first inductive coupling device, configured to modulate a carrier wave signal in response to the received electrical energy, and configured to inject the modulated carrier wave signal into the electrical conductor.
US09225378B2	Switch circuit and method of switching radio frequency signals An RF switch circuit and method for switching RF signals that may be fabricated using common integrated circuit materials such as silicon, particularly using insulating substrate technologies. The RF switch includes switching and shunting transistor groupings to alternatively couple RF input signals to a common RF node, each controlled by a switching control voltage (SW) or its inverse (SW_), which are approximately symmetrical about ground. The transistor groupings each comprise one or more insulating gate FET transistors connected together in a “stacked” series channel configuration, which increases the breakdown voltage across the series connected transistors and improves RF switch compression. A fully integrated RF switch is described including control logic and a negative voltage generator with the RF switch elements. In one embodiment, the fully integrated RF switch includes an oscillator, a charge pump, CMOS logic circuitry, level-shifting and voltage divider circuits, and an RF buffer circuit.
US09225375B2	Ophthalmic lens system capable of wireless communication with multiple external devices The present invention relates to methods, apparatus, and devices associated with an ophthalmic lens system wherein the lenses may communicate with multiple external devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to an ophthalmic lens system that may communicate with a secondary and a tertiary device, wherein the wireless communication with the secondary and the tertiary electronic external devices may reduce power, communication, and processing requirements within the ophthalmic lenses and may broaden the range of possible functionalities of the ophthalmic lens system.
US09225374B2	Mobile device having SIM card, base station connected thereto, and battery management method thereof A mobile device is provided. The mobile device includes a battery, a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card, and a control unit. The mobile device transmits residual power information of the battery to a base station, and receives a SIM card polling cycle determined on the basis of the residual power information from the base station. Thereafter, the mobile device periodically determines the state of the SIM card in the received SIM card polling cycle.
US09225371B2	Offset compensation for serial links A method for compensating an offset in a receiver is provided. The method includes receiving first data from a first sampler and receiving second data from a second sampler. The method also include determining a first average value from the boundary of the first data over a selected period of time; and sending an offset signal to the first sampler based on the first average value. The method may also include determining a second average value from the boundary of the second data over a selected period of time; and sending an offset signal to the second sampler based on the second average value of the boundary data.
US09225370B2	Method and system for a combined signal detection for physical layer communication devices Communication devices coupled via a communication link may comprise physical layer devices that may be operable to determine presence of a received signal and to mitigate noise in the signal prior to processing and/or validating the signal. Analog and/or digital signal processing may be utilized to process the signal and/or mitigate noise in the signal. Noise mitigation may comprise near-end crosstalk cancelling and/or echo cancelling and/or may utilize local transmit signal information. Subsequent to noise mitigation, samples of the noise reduced signal may be accumulated and/or an average signal strength and/or average signal power level may be determined. The average signal strength and/or average signal power level may be compared to one or more thresholds which may be configurable and/or programmable.
US09225367B2	Decision feedback equalizer and receiver Embodiments of the present invention provide a decision feedback equalizer, which includes: a receive end, configured to receive a first differential signal, and input the first differential signal to the superimposer; a superimposer, configured to superimpose the first differential signal on a square-wave signal output by a adjusting unit to obtain a second differential signal; the adjusting unit, configured to perform phase and/or amplitude adjustment for a second square-wave signal; the first decision device is configured to compare a voltage amplitude of the second differential signal with a set value, and output a first square-wave signal; the second decision device is configured to compare the voltage amplitude of the second differential signal with a voltage amplitude of a signal adjusted by the adjusting unit, and input an obtained second square-wave signal to the adjusting unit. The embodiments of the present invention can reduce data edge jitter.
US09225361B2	Frequency planning for digital power amplifier Systems and techniques relating to wireless communication devices and digital power amplifiers include, according to an aspect, a device including: modulation circuitry of a radio frequency transmitter having a local oscillator frequency; a digital power amplifier coupled with the modulation circuitry; and a clock input coupled with the digital power amplifier; wherein the clock input provides a clock signal to the digital amplifier at a sampling clock frequency; and wherein the local oscillator frequency is an integer multiple of the sampling clock frequency.
US09225339B2	Electronic device including predicted frequency error estimation of a voltage controlled oscillator and related methods An electronic device may include a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and a temperature sensor. The electronic device may also include a controller configured to cooperate with the VCO and the temperature sensor to determine both a temperature and a frequency error of the VCO for each of a plurality of most recent samples. Each of the most recent samples may have a given age associated therewith. The controller may also be configured to align the temperature, the frequency error, and the given age for each of most recent samples in a three-dimensional (3D) coordinate system having respective temperature, frequency error and age axes. The controller may also be configured to estimate a predicted frequency error of the VCO based upon the aligned temperature, frequency error, and given age of the most recent samples.
US09225338B2	System and method for removing far field limitations in microwave photonic arbitrary waveform generators A photonic waveform generator and a method of generating an electrical waveform based on a photonic signal are disclosed. The generator includes an input port for receiving an optical signal, a pulse shaper coupled to the input port and configured to Fourier transform the optical signal and apply a pre-distort waveform onto optical spectrum of the optical signal, a dispersive pulse stretcher coupled to the pulse shaper, an optical-to-electrical converter coupled to the dispersive pulse stretcher, and an output port coupled to the optical-to-electrical converter, the pre-distortion removes distortion of the electrical signal that exists in the absence of the pre-distortion caused by violation of far field limitation between the optical signal and the electrical signal.
US09225336B2	Programmable logic device and semiconductor device To provide a PLD having a reduced circuit area and an increased operation speed. In the circuit structure, a gate of a transistor provided between an input terminal and an output terminal of a programmable switch element is in an electrically floating state in a period when a signal is input to the programmable switch element. The structure enables the voltage of a gate to be increased by a boosting effect in response to a signal supplied from programmable logic elements, suppressing a reduction in amplitude voltage. This can reduce a circuit area by a region occupied by a booster circuit such as a pull-up circuit and increase operation speed.
US09225328B2	Nonvolatile memory device with time-multiplexed, on-die-terminated signaling interface In a non-volatile memory device having an array of non-volatile storage elements, command, address and data signals are received at respective times via a time-multiplexed external signaling line, the data signals representing data to be stored within the array of non-volatile storage elements. A control signal is received via a signaling path external to the non-volatile memory device, and an on-die termination element is switchably coupled to the time-multiplexed signaling line at least in part in response to a transition of the control signal from a first logic state to a second logic state.
US09225325B2	Method and apparatus for sub-hysteresis discrimination Embodiments of comparator circuits are disclosed. A comparator circuit may include a differential input circuit, an output circuit, a positive feedback circuit operably coupled between the differential input circuit and the output circuit, and a hysteresis control circuit operably coupled with the positive feedback circuit. The hysteresis control circuit includes a switching device and a transistor. The comparator circuit provides sub-hysteresis discrimination and high speed discrimination.
US09225321B2	Signal synchronizing systems and methods Signal synchronizing systems and methods are disclosed. A signal synchronizing system includes a sequential logic circuit to receive an input signal and to generate a plurality of intermediate signals from the input signal based on a clock signal. A logic circuit combines the intermediate signals to generate an output signal. A signal receiver includes a microcontroller and a signal synchronizer coupled to the microcontroller. The signal synchronizer includes a sequential logic circuit to receive an input signal from a transmitter and to generate a plurality of intermediate signals from the received input signal based on a clock signal. A logic circuit combines the intermediate signals to generate an output signal.
US09225312B2	Electromagnetic interference suppression An inductive power transmitter for transmitting electrical power to a device by electromagnetic induction, the transmitter being configured to receive power conductively by way of a current via an electrical conduit from an external power source, the transmitter including a field generator configured to generate a fluctuating electromagnetic field having a fundamental frequency; and at least one impedance element connected along an electrical path of the transmitter configured to carry said current, the impedance element or a combination of the impedance elements having a high enough impedance at the fundamental frequency such that, in use, electromagnetic noise experienced at the power source is substantially suppressed, such noise arising from coupling between the electromagnetic field and a circuit having said path and linking the power source to the transmitter.
US09225311B2	Method of manufacturing switchable filters Switchable and/or tunable filters, methods of manufacture and design structures are provided. The method of forming the filters includes forming at least one piezoelectric filter structure comprising a plurality of electrodes formed to be in contact with at least one piezoelectric substrate. The method further includes forming a micro-electro-mechanical structure (MEMS) comprising a MEMS beam in which, upon actuation, the MEMS beam will turn on the at least one piezoelectric filter structure by interleaving electrodes in contact with the piezoelectric substrate or sandwiching the at least one piezoelectric substrate between the electrodes.
US09225309B2	Audio amplifier having load adjustment and method for the load adjustment of the audio amplifier The invention relates to an audio amplifier (1) for amplifying an input signal into an output signal, comprising an output amplification stage (6), wherein the output amplification stage (6) for the amplification of an intermediate signal into the output signal is designed as an amplifier operating in switching operation, and further comprising a limiter device (4), which from a programming and/or a circuit design point of view is designed to generate the intermediate signal on the basis of the input signal, wherein the level of the intermediate signal is always limited by a maximum load as a function of a settable maximum output and a load impedance which is coupled and/or can be coupled the audio amplifier or equivalent parameter thresholds such that the output signal does not exceed the maximum load at the load impedance, or the equivalent parameter thresholds, independently of the input signal.
US09225304B1	Single-stage folded cascode buffer amplifiers with analog comparators A single-stage folded cascode buffer including an amplifier, a first analog comparator, a second analog comparator, a first transistor, and a second transistor, The amplifier includes a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal coupled to the second input terminal of the amplifier. The first analog comparator includes a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal. The second analog comparator includes a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal. The first transistor includes a first terminal, a second terminal coupled to the output terminal of the first analog comparator, and a third terminal coupled to the output terminal of the amplifier. The second transistor includes a first terminal coupled to the output terminal of the amplifier, a second terminal coupled to the output terminal of the second analog comparator, and a third terminal.
US09225300B2	Configurable power amplifier and related construction method A multiple-path, configurable, radio-frequency (RF) circuit is provided, including: a first amplifier path amplify a first RF signal to generate a first amplified signal; a second amplifier path configured to amplify a second RF signal to generate a second amplified signal; a corrective input matching circuit, configured to change first input-impedance-matching properties of the first amplifier path, and to change second input-impedance-matching properties of the second amplifier path; a first isolation element configured to selectively ground an input node of the second amplifier path; a second isolation element configured to selectively ground an output node of the second amplifier path; and a third isolation element connected between the first and second amplifier paths, configured to selectively isolate the corrective input matching circuit from first and second input nodes of the first and second amplifier paths, respectively, or connect the corrective input matching circuit to the first and second input nodes.
US09225293B2	Pop and click noise reduction Disclosed are advances in the arts with novel and useful electronic circuitry with pop and click noise reduction. A load circuit is connected with a full or single-ended half-H bridge circuit and another circuit mechanism in a configuration by which a signal may be used to selectably bring the load circuit terminals to a selected voltage level when an externally applied signal is not present.
US09225284B2	Controlling an electrically-driven actuator In some aspects, an actuation system includes an electrical positioning driver and an electrically-driven actuator. A voltage boost converter in the electrical positioning driver receives an input voltage. The voltage boost converter passes the input voltage to a voltage bus in the electrical positioning driver. The voltage on the voltage bus is converted to an actuator power signal that controls the electrically-driven actuator. The voltage boost converter boosts the voltage on the voltage bus to control a mechanical output performance of the electrically-driven actuator.
US09225279B2	Control apparatus for AC rotating machine and electrically-assisted power steering apparatus provided with the control apparatus A control apparatus for AC rotating machine includes: a voltage command calculation means for calculating voltage commands on two rotational axes; a first voltage application means for applying voltages to first windings of a multiple-winding AC rotating machine having at least the first windings and second windings based on the voltage commands on two rotational axes output by the voltage command calculation means; and a second voltage application means for applying voltages to the second windings based on the voltage commands on two rotational axes output by the voltage command calculation means, wherein the second voltage application means applies voltages to the second windings based on the deviations between the currents fed to the first windings and the currents fed to the second windings.
US09225276B2	Image forming apparatus, control method for the same, and motor state detector An image forming apparatus, a control method for the same, and a motor state detector are provided. An aspect is to detect out-of-step of a motor using only an electric circuit configuration without additional mechanical devices, such as an encoder, a light-emitting device, and a light-receiving device, and to predict and prevent out-of-step of the motor. To this end, the image forming apparatus includes a motor state detector that acquires a current detection signal by detecting phase current of a motor and that generates an output signal in which a duty ratio in a current chopping section of the current detection signal is involved, and a controller that judges a normal state, out-of-step entry, and an out-of-step state of the motor based on the output signal of the motor state detector.
US09225272B2	Control circuit for speed and rotational direction of fan The present invention provides a control circuit for speed and rotational direction of a fan, including a signal conversion unit, a processing unit, and a drive unit. The signal conversion unit converts the received input signal into a DC level signal. The processing unit determines to generate a plurality of control signals for the fan based on the received DC level signal and at least one preset voltage therein to drive the drive unit, further controlling the rotational speed or clockwise/counter-clockwise rotation of the fan, whereby to reduce the cost and increase the layout space.
US09225267B2	Transducing apparatus A transducing apparatus that is sensitive to physical vibrations. The transducing apparatus converts physical manifestations into electrical signals.
US09225265B2	Vibration generation device There is provided a vibration generation device, including: a housing including an inner space; a direction conversion member mounted in the housing to be disposed within the inner space; a piezoelectric actuator including a piezoelectric element fixed to the direction conversion member and horizontally deformed; and a vibrator fixed to the direction conversion member and disposed within the inner space and vertically displaced due to horizontal deformation of the piezoelectric actuator.
US09225264B1	Method and apparatus for multiphase inverter control Systems, apparatus and methods are presented for multiphase inverter control in which PWM switching control signals are generated for operating inverter switching devices according to current feedback values, and a given inverter phase is identified in a given PWM switching cycle having the lowest low side duty cycle on-time. A phase current feedback value is selectively computed for the identified phase at least partially according to the low side current shunt voltage values corresponding to other output phases, and the phase current feedback values are updated with the computed phase current feedback value and the low side current shunt voltage values of the remaining output phases to provide feedback for closed loop PWM switching control.
US09225262B2	Multi-level inverter apparatus and methods using variable overcurrent response An inverter includes a multilevel bridge circuit. A control circuit is operatively coupled to the multilevel bridge circuit and configured to detect an overcurrent for an output of the inverter, to generate a measure of a duration of the overcurrent and to selectively put an output of the bridge circuit in a first impedance state or a second impedance state based on the measure. The first and second impedance states may provide respective first and second impedances between the bridge circuit output and a neutral.
US09225254B2	Supply circuit having at least one switching unit coupled between a bridge circuit and an associated load circuit A supply circuit includes: a bridge circuit, one or more resonant circuits coupled to the bridge circuit, each of the one or more resonant circuits being coupleable to a corresponding load circuit among one or more load circuits each of which includes one or more loads; one or more supply switching units, each of the one or more supply switching units being associated with a corresponding one of the one or more resonant circuits and being coupled between the bridge circuit and an associated one of the one or more load circuits for connecting and disconnecting the associated load circuit from the bridge circuit; and a control unit for controlling each of the one or more supply switching units in synchronization with a resonant current of the resonant circuit associated with the supply switching unit.
US09225252B2	Reduction of supply current variations using compensation current control A power distribution system and method includes a controller that is configured to control a switching power converter. In at least one embodiment, the controller includes a compensation current control circuit to control a compensation current that reduces and, in at least one embodiment, approximately eliminates variations in current drawn by the controller during a particular operational time period. In at least one embodiment, the power distribution system is a lamp that includes the controller, a switching power converter, and one or more light sources, such as light emitting diodes.
US09225243B2	Converter device A converter, for feeding a load via an inductor with a current having a controlled intensity between a maximum and a minimum level, includes a switch to permit or prevent, respectively, current towards said inductor, a first current sensor sensitive to the current flowing through switch when the switch is on, a second current sensor sensitive to the current flowing through said inductor when the switch is off, drive circuitry to turn the switch off and on upon receiving a first and a second logic signal, respectively, and comparison circuitry coupled to the first and the second current sensors to generate first and the second logic signals when, respectively: the current intensity detected by the first current sensor is offset a given amount with respect to the maximum level, and the current intensity detected by the second current sensor is offset a given amount with respect to the minimum level.
US09225235B2	Power factor correction circuit There is provided a power factor correction circuit including: a power conversion circuit unit controlling an inductor current according to a switching signal applied to a main switch to convert an external input voltage into an output voltage having a predetermined range; an imbalance detection circuit outputting an imbalance state signal when the external input voltage is in an unbalanced state by using the inductor current; and a soft start circuit unit performing soft starting by adjusting the switching signal when the imbalance state signal is output by the imbalance detection circuit unit.
US09225227B2	Electric machine An electric machine (1), in particular for a drive apparatus for a motor vehicle, comprising a rotor shaft (9), which is mounted rotatably in a housing (2), comprising a slip ring device (13), which has at least two slip rings (14, 15) arranged in rotationally fixed fashion on the rotor shaft (9) and at least two sliding contacts (16, 17), which are arranged in the housing (2) and interact with in each case one of the slip rings (14, 15), and comprising a rotation angle detection device, which has at least one rotation angle encoder (23) arranged on the rotor shaft (9) and at least one rotation angle sensor (26) arranged in the housing for detecting the rotation angle encoder (23).
US09225220B2	Integrated gas turbine engine accessories An permanent magnet alternator stator assembly for an integrated air turbine starter and permanent magnet alternator assembly has a permanent magnet alternator stator winding assembly attached to a mounting structure. A quick electrical connector electrically connects to the stator winding assembly and is attached to the mounting structure. The mounting structure includes an alignment aperture for removably attaching the permanent magnet alternator winding assembly to an air turbine starter. An integrated air turbine starter and permanent magnet alternator assembly and accessory gearbox assembly are also described.
US09225218B2	Winding overhang support of an electrical machine The winding overhang of the rotor of an electrical machine is subject to strong centrifugal forces during operation, especially when the machines run at high speed. The winding overhang support prevents the production of relative movements between the winding overhang and the rotor base. These movements result in strong mechanical stresses on the winding bars. The winding overhang support includes an inner ring and an outer ring between which the winding bars are arranged in the region of the winding overhang, the outer ring being shrunk on the inner ring and both the outer ring and the inner ring being interspaced from the lamination stack.
US09225217B2	Electric power collection and distribution ring, electric motor and method of manufacturing electric motor An electric power collection and distribution ring includes a plurality of annular bus rings for collecting and distributing power to windings of a stator, the windings being covered with an insulation cover and the stator being formed by winding the windings around a plurality of teeth arranged in a circular pattern. The bus ring is formed by annularly coupling a plurality of arc-shaped conductive members each including terminal portions at both circumferential end portions, the terminal portions being welded to each other together with an end portion of the winding. The terminal portion includes a first contact surface coming into contact with the end portion of the winding at the time of the welding and a second contact surface to be a contact point between the terminal portions.
US09225215B2	Rotating electric machine A rotating electric machine includes a hollow cylindrical stator core and a stator coil mounted on the stator core. The stator core has a plurality of slots that are arranged in a circumferential direction of the stator core. The stator coil is formed of a plurality of substantially U-shaped electric conductor segments to include at least one Δ-Y connection. The Δ-Y connection includes a Δ-connected first three-phase winding and a Y-connected second three-phase winding. The first three-phase winding includes three phase windings that are Δ-connected to define three terminals of the first three-phase winding therebetween. The second three-phase winding includes three phase windings that are respectively connected to the three terminals of the first three-phase winding. Further, the number of turns of the first three-phase winding and the number of turns of the second three-phase winding are respectively set to two different odd numbers.
US09225214B2	Disk motor and electric working machine including the same A disk motor including: a rotor including, a commutator disk including a commutator pattern, and at least one coil disk including a coil pattern; a stator including a magnetic flux generating part opposed to the coil pattern of the coil disk; an electric current supply part configured to supply electric current to the coil pattern via the commutator disk and, an output shaft configured to be rotated by a rotational force of the rotor, wherein a radiating pattern is provided to an outer periphery side of the commutator pattern of the commutator disk.
US09225193B2	Electronic device with automatic positioning function The present invention provides an electronic device with automatic positioning function, which includes a device body and a magnetic unit. The device body contains therein a wireless transmission module. The wireless transmission module includes a transmission coil. The device body has one side in which a receiving section is formed. The transmission coil is received in the receiving section. The transmission coil has an outer circumference that is spaced from an inner circumference of the receiving section by a movement distance. The magnetic unit is set at the center of the transmission coil.
US09225181B2	Power storage system with constant current charge control or constant voltage charge control depending on battery terminal voltage in a charging process A power storage system is provided with a battery and a battery charger which charges a battery pack having a battery voltage and current detection circuit. A charge circuit is structured such as to acquire terminal voltage information of the battery from a battery voltage detection circuit of the battery pack in a charging process, carry out a constant current charge control in a state in which the terminal voltage of the battery is equal to or lower than a previously determined reference voltage value of the battery, and switch to a constant voltage charge control maintaining the output voltage of the charge circuit in the case that the terminal voltage of the battery goes beyond the reference voltage value, thereby carrying on the charge until the battery is fully charged. Therefore, the power storage system can accurately charge the battery to a prescribed amount safely.
US09225179B2	Capacitor-based active balancing for batteries and other power supplies A system includes multiple power supplies connected in series and an active balancing circuit. The active balancing circuit includes an LC resonance circuit and multiple switches configured to selectively couple different ones of the power supplies to the LC resonance circuit. The LC resonance circuit includes a capacitor, an inductor, and an additional switch. The capacitor is configured to store energy to be transferred between two or more of the power supplies. The additional switch is configured to selectively create a resonance between the capacitor and the inductor in order to reverse a discharge current direction through the capacitor.
US09225173B2	Systems and methods for microgrid power generation and management Systems and methods for coordinating selective activation of a multiplicity of emergency power generation equipment over a predetermined geographic area for distribution and/or storage to supply a microgrid of electrical power for a substantially similar geographic area.
US09225171B2	Intelligent electric vehicle recharging Some embodiments determine, for electric vehicles within an electricity distribution network, optimal recharging schedules based on customer requirements. Some embodiments adjust the optimal recharging schedules to ensure that components of the electricity distribution network operate within their rated limits based on a node sensitivity approach.
US09225159B2	Three-phase ground fault circuit interrupter A three-phase GFCI device is disclosed. The three-phase GFCI device may include contactors, a contactor control module configured to cause the contactors to close during normal operation of the GFCI device and open based on receiving a fault signal, a current detection module, a transient suppression module, a miswire detection module, a ground-fault test module, a ground load detection module, and a fail-safe module. In some examples, the GFCI device may include the stated modules in accordance with the UL 943C standard.
US09225149B2	Surface emitting laser element and atomic oscillator A surface emitting laser element includes plural surface emitting lasers provided on a substrate. Each of the plural surface emitting lasers includes a first reflection mirror provided on the substrate; an active layer provided on the first reflection mirror; a wavelength adjustment region provided on the active layer; and a second reflection mirror provided on the wavelength adjustment region. The wavelength adjustment region includes a phase adjustment layer and a wavelength adjustment layer provided on the phase adjustment layer. A thickness of the wavelength adjustment region is approximately an odd multiple of a wavelength of emitted light divided by four. A thickness of the phase adjustment layer is approximately an even multiple of the wavelength of the emitted light divided by four. A thickness of the wavelength adjustment layer is different from a thickness of a wavelength adjustment layer of at least one of the other surface emitting lasers.
US09225147B2	Optical semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same An optical semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; a lower cladding layer formed over the semiconductor substrate; a quantum well active layer formed on the lower cladding layer; a diffraction grating layer formed over the quantum well active layer and having diffraction gratings formed in a surface thereof; and an upper cladding layer formed on the diffraction gratings of the diffraction grating layer. Further, a band gap in outer regions of the quantum well active layer that are adjacent to outer end surfaces of the optical semiconductor device is greater than the band gap in an inner region of the quantum well active layer that is located between the outer regions, and a thickness of one or more layers, which include the lower cladding layer and positioned between the semiconductor substrate and the quantum well active layer, is greater than or equal to 2.3 μm.
US09225142B2	Fiber amplifier with multi section core A fiber amplifier is disclosed having a core region embedded within a cladding. The core region further has multiple sections, each of which is doped with at least one rare-earth ion.
US09225126B2	Magnetically actuated AC power connector An apparatus for electrically connecting a power source to an electrical device is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first component and a second component. The first component has a substantially planar contoured first face comprising a ferromagnetic plate, a first set of contacts electrically connectable to a power source, two power switches and a magnetically actuated sensor controlling the switches. The second component has a substantially planar contoured second face complementary to the first face comprising a magnet and a second set of electrically conductive contacts electrically connectable to a device. Connecting the first and second faces, results in the first and second pair of contacts electrically coupling and establishes an electrical path between the power source and the device, and connects the components by magnetic attractive force which actuates the power switches and initiates power to the device. The apparatus further comprises a safety circuit for preventing electric shock.
US09225119B2	Connector A connector including a body of insulating material and a fourth, a fifth, and a plurality of sixth signal terminals provided in the body. The fifth and sixth signal terminals are arranged in a line along a first direction in the body, at a height position that is different from that of the fourth signal terminal. At least two of the sixth signal terminals are adjacent to each other in the first direction. The fourth signal terminal is located between the two sixth signal terminals in the first direction. The sixth signal terminals is a low-frequency signal terminal configured to transmit a signal of a frequency being about one tenth or lower of a frequency of a signal transmitted by the fourth signal terminal.
US09225108B1	Handle assembly for an electrical connector plug assembly A handle assembly that can be coupled to an electrical connector plug assembly. In an aspect of the disclosure, the disclosure is directed to a handle assembly for a connector plug. The plug comprises an arm member and a gripping assembly. The arm member defines a plug engagement structure toward the first end and a gripper engagement structure toward the second end. The plug engagement structure is structurally configured to couple to an electrical connector plug assembly. The gripping assembly includes an outer surface and defining an enclosure structurally configured to facilitate the passing of at least one conductor extending from a connector plug. The second end of the arm member extends into the enclosure of the gripping assembly. The gripper engagement structure engages an inner surface of the gripping assembly. The handle assembly can be used in combination with an electrical connector plug assembly.
US09225099B2	System and method for identifying connections in an industrial enclosure The subject matter disclosed herein describes a system for connecting devices mounted to and within an industrial enclosure. The conductors for a device having multiple electrical conductors are bundled together. A first color coded element, such as a sleeve, is slid over the bundle providing a first identifier. The ends of the conductors are terminated at a single plug for insertion into a receptacle. A second color coded element, such as a label, which corresponds to the first color coded element, identifies into which receptacle each plug is to be inserted. In addition, each pole of the plug and/or receptacle includes a key or a corresponding space to receive a key. Various combinations of keys and spaces are defined such that each plug may be inserted into a single receptacle.
US09225094B2	Direct plug element having force-free contacting A direct plug element (2), comprising a plug housing (6), a direct contact (3), which is designed for direct contacting with an exposed contact region (40), wherein the direct contact (3) has a one-piece design, wherein the direct contact (3) is U-shaped and has a contact lamella region (31) and a press-on spring region (32), and wherein a contact point (33) on the contact lamella region (31) is offset in the plugging direction (S) from a press-on point (34) on the press-on spring region (32).
US09225082B2	Device for electrically connecting a cable, in particular a plug-in connector part A device (11) for electrically connecting a cable, in particular a plug-in connector part (2), has a housing (48) in which a connecting element (78) can be mechanically fixedly connected to an inner conductor (53) of the cable. The device (11) also includes at least one fixing element (81, 85, 87) for immovably fixing the connecting element (78) and the inner conductor (53) of the cable in the housing (48) by positive engagement when a tensile force occurs.
US09225078B1	Electrical connectors Electrical connectors including a cable clamp (e.g., having a first clamp portion, a second clamp portion, and a hinge coupled to the first and second clamp portions such that the first and second clamp portions are movable relative to each other between an open position and a closed position in which the first and second clamp portions define a cable passageway), and a piercing conductor configured to place a fixture wire into electrical communication with an electrical cable disposed within the cable passageway. In at least some of these electrical connectors, a longitudinal axis of the cable passageway is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the cable clamp when the first and second clamp portions are in the closed position. In at least some of these electrical connectors, at least one of the clamp portions comprises a flexible sidewall that at least partially defines the cable passageway.
US09225069B2	Efficient active multi-drive radiator An integrated Multi-Port Driven (MPD) antenna that can be driven at many points with different signals. An integrated MPD radiating source utilizing an 8-phase ring oscillator and eight power amplifiers to drive the MPD antenna at 161 GHz with a total radiated power of −2 dBm and a single element EIRP of 4.6 dBm has been demonstrated in silicon with single lobe well behaved radiation patterns closely matching simulation.
US09225056B2	Antenna on sapphire structure An antenna on a sapphire structure. The antenna includes a sapphire structure having a first side, and a second side positioned opposite the first side. The antenna also includes a first antenna trace positioned on the first side of the sapphire structure, and a second antenna trace positioned on the second side of the sapphire structure. Additionally, the antenna includes at least one via formed through the sapphire structure. The at least one via electrically connects the first antenna trace to the second antenna trace.
US09225051B2	Tuning bandwidth and center frequencies in a bandpass filter A method for independently tuning bandwidth and center frequencies in a bandpass filter. The filter can be configured with a plurality of resonators, wherein the resonators are coupled over a certain coupling region. Additionally, the filter can be configured with a plurality of tuning elements. For each of the inter-resonator couplings, at least one of the resonators associated with the inter-resonator coupling can have a first tuning element placed at a first location on the resonator and a second tuning element placed at a second location on the resonator. Simultaneously tuning the first and second tuning elements can adjust the center frequency, and offset tuning the first and second tuning elements can adjust the bandwidth frequency.
US09225048B2	Antenna protection device and system A protection device for electrically insulating an antenna from a signal receiving device while transferring RF signals, and a system including the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, the protection device includes a first waveguide in signal communication and electrical communication with the antenna; and a second waveguide in signal communication and electrical communication with the signal receiving device. The first waveguide and the second waveguide are arranged in an end to end coaxial relationship facing one another, and the first waveguide and the second waveguide are electrically insulated from one another, such that a high voltage from accidental contact of the antenna with a power line cannot pass from the antenna to the signal receiving device. RF signals pass from the antenna to the signal receiving device through the protection device with minimal signal loss.
US09225042B2	Integral manifold A method of forming passages of an integral manifold adjacent a cell stack of a flowing electrolyte battery provides enhanced sealing between the manifold and capillary tubes of the cell stack. The method includes forming a mould cavity adjacent the cell stack, with the mould cavity open to capillary openings of cells of the cell stack. A plurality of pins are then located in the mould cavity, with end regions of the pins being contiguous with the capillary openings. The mould cavity is then filled with material and the material is allowed to solidify into a moulded section. The pins are then removed from the moulded section, thereby forming passages in the moulded section which are in fluid communication with the capillary openings.
US09225041B2	Automobile battery and method for manufacturing pole plates A battery includes anode plates, formed as a mesh by forming cuts in series on a lead plate strip rolled into a uniform thickness, for storing electricity in a chemically reactive state by expansion processing, cathode plates formed as a mesh for storing electricity in a chemically reactive state, separators between the anode and cathode plates for electrical insulation, mechanical separation, and the impregnation of an AGM with electrolyte, such that the chemical reaction for storing electricity is facilitated and the pressure in the cell remains constant, upper and lower cases made of polypropylene and containing the anode plates, cathode plates, separators, and electrolyte in a plurality of mutually separate cells, and a cap coupled into the screw holes formed in the cell units in the upper case, for discharging gas generated during charge and discharge when the pressure of the gas is over a permissible level.
US09225034B2	Stepwise electrode assembly having variously-shaped corner and secondary battery, battery pack and device comprising the same There is provided an electrode assembly having steps including: a first electrode stair including at least one first electrode unit; and a second electrode stair including at least one second electrode unit having an area different from that of the first electrode unit, wherein the first electrode stair and the second electrode stair are stacked to be adjacent, separated by at least one separator as a boundary therebetween and including one or more electrode laminates having steps formed by a difference between areas of the first electrode stair and the second electrode stair, and shapes of the corners of the first electrode stair and the second electrode stair having steps are different. There is also provided a secondary battery including the electrode assembly. Secondary batteries having various designs without restriction in shapes of corners of electrode units can be provided.
US09225027B2	Method of forming a fuel cell stack A method of forming a fuel cell stack, wherein the stack includes an anode electrode layer, an adhesive and anode gas diffusion layer coupled to the anode electrode layer, an ion exchange membrane coupled on a first side to the gas diffusion layer opposite the anode electrode layer, an adhesive and cathode gas diffusion layer coupled to a second side of the ion exchange membrane, and a cathode electrode layer coupled to the adhesive and cathode gas diffusion layer opposite the ion exchange membrane. The fuel cell stack may be flexible.
US09225025B2	PEM fuel cell stack A fuel cell includes a cathode flow field plate, an anode flow field plate, and a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) sandwiched between the cathode and anode flow field plate. The cathode flow field plate has a flat side and an opposed channel side that the MEA is sandwiched between the anode flow field plate and the flat side of the cathode flow field plate. The cathode flow field plate further has a plurality of flow channels formed at the channel side for enabling fluid flowing along the flow channels to promote electrochemical reaction through the MEA so as to generate electrical energy.
US09225023B2	Fullerenes as high capacity cathode materials for a rechargeable magnesium battery A magnesium electrochemical cell having a positive electrode containing a carbon cluster compound as an active material is provided. In a preferred embodiment the carbon cluster material is a comminuted fullerene.
US09225017B2	Alkaline storage cell and method for manufacturing alkaline storage cell An alkaline storage cell comprises a positive electrode including a cobalt additive and nickel hydroxide particles that have been covered by a cobalt compound film layer, and a negative electrode including a hydrogen-absorbing alloy that contains nickel and cobalt. The positive electrode has a capacitance V, the negative electrode has a capacitance W, the cobalt additive is cobalt metal or a cobalt compound, the positive electrode contains X mass % of the cobalt additive, the cobalt is included by Y mass % in the hydrogen-absorbing alloy, and X, Y, V, and W satisfy the relationship 1.1≦(X/Y)×(W/V)≦1.91.
US09225012B2	Electrode of secondary cell including porous insulating layer, and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a secondary cell electrode forming a porous insulating layer on at least one surface between a negative electrode and a positive electrode, including coating an electrode layer slurry on the electrode surface, coating the porous insulating layer while in a state in which the electrode layer slurry has not been dried, and simultaneously drying the electrode layer slurry and the porous insulating layer coating slurry so a binder of the porous insulating layer does not block the pores of the electrode layer.
US09224998B2	Rechargeable battery for replacing dry battery and its structural component and corresponding battery compartment Rechargeable battery for replacing dry battery and its structural component and corresponding battery compartment are provided, the structural component includes a battery shell for accommodating the electric core of the rechargeable battery, the battery shell has a first end face and a second end face opposed each other, the first end face is provided with a positive electrode and a negative electrode for external power supply, the second end face or the first end face or the side face of the battery shell is provided with a charging port, the positive electrode on the first end face is electrically connected with outwardly projecting elastic conductive structure.
US09224992B2	Secondary battery A secondary battery capable of preventing an internal electric short by allowing an upper cap plate to be deformed toward the outside of a can and having improved stability under external impacts. The secondary battery includes a can having an internal space, an electrode assembly inserted into the space of the can, and a cap plate coupled to a top portion of the can, wherein the cap plate includes a deformation inducing part having a groove formed on its one surface.
US09224981B2	Organic light emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same An organic light emitting display apparatus including a thin film encapsulation layer of an improved structure. The organic light emitting display apparatus includes: a display unit formed on a substrate; metal wires formed on an outer portion of the display unit on the substrate; and a thin film encapsulation layer formed by alternately stacking at least one organic layer and at least one inorganic layer on the display unit for sealing the display unit, wherein the at least one organic layer is separated from the metal wires so as not to contact the metal wires. According to the above structure, since the organic layer that is close to the display unit is separated completely from the metal wires formed on an outer portion of the display unit, moisture infiltration to the display unit via the metal wires may be prevented.
US09224973B2	Flexible organic light emitting display device A flexible organic light emitting display device includes: a display panel configured to output an image; a retardation film formed on an upper portion of the display panel to cover the display panel and formed by laminating a half wave plate and a quarter wave plate; and a polarizing plate attached to the retardation film. A color shift in a black screen can be improved by replacing a barrier film used for face seal with a retardation film including a half wave plate and a quarter wave plate combined at a predetermined angle.
US09224972B2	Organic light emitting diode display having dual gate thin film transistors An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one embodiment, the display includes: 1) a data line and a driving voltage line crossing a scan line and respectively transmitting a data signal and a driving voltage, 2) a switching thin film transistor connected to the scan line and the data line and 3) a driving thin film transistor connected to the switching thin film transistor and the driving voltage line. The display also includes a compensation thin film transistor compensating a threshold voltage of the driving thin film transistor and connected to the driving thin film transistor and an OLED connected to the driving thin film transistor, wherein the compensation gate electrode of the compensation thin film transistor includes a first compensation gate electrode and a second compensation gate electrode separated from and formed with different layers from each other.
US09224971B2	Organic electroluminescence device and display unit An organic electroluminescence device having high light emitting efficiency and improved reliability is provided. The organic electroluminescence device includes: an anode containing at least aluminum (Al); a cathode; and an organic layer between the anode and the cathode, the organic layer including a light emitting layer. The organic layer has a hole injection layer composed of a sulfonic acid derivative between the anode and the light emitting layer.
US09224968B2	Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and electronic appliance An object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting element with high luminous efficiency, and a light-emitting element of low-voltage driving. Another object is to provide a light-emitting device with low power consumption by using the light-emitting element. Another object is to provide an electronic appliance with low power consumption by using the light-emitting device in a display portion. A light-emitting element includes, between a pair of electrodes, a layer containing a composite material of a first organic compound and an inorganic compound and a layer containing a second organic compound being in contact with the layer containing the composite material, wherein the second organic compound does not have a peak of an absorption spectrum in a wavelength region of 450 to 800 nm if the second organic compound is compounded with the inorganic compound.
US09224967B2	White organic light emitting device A white organic light emitting device includes: first and second electrodes formed to face each other on a substrate; a first stack configured with a hole injection layer, a first hole transportation layer, a first light emission layer and a first electron transportation layer which are stacked between the first and second electrodes; a second stack configured with a second hole transportation layer, a second light emission layer, a third light emission layer, a second electron transportation layer and an electron injection layer which are stacked between the first stack and the second electrode; and a charge generation layer interposed between the first and second stacks and configured to adjust a charge balance between the two stacks.
US09224964B2	Substrate cartridge, substrate-processing apparatus, substrate-processing system, substrate-processing method, control apparatus, and method of manufacturing display element A substrate cartridge includes a cartridge main body that houses a substrate and an information-maintaining section that is housed in the cartridge main body and maintains information that includes at least specification information of specification values of the substrate housed in the cartridge main body.
US09224954B2	Organic light emitting diode and method of manufacturing Aspects of the present disclosure provide for manufacturing an organic light emitting diode (OLED) by forming two terminals of the OLED on two substrates of the display, and then depositing a plurality of layers of the OLED on one or both of the two terminals to form a first portion and a second portion of the OLED on each substrate. The two portions are joined together to form an assembled OLED. The deposition of the two portions can be stopped with each portion having approximately half of a common layer exposed. The two portions can then be aligned to be joined together and an annealing process can be employed to join together the two parts of the common layer and thereby form the OLED.
US09224940B2	Magnetic tunnel junction for MRAM applications A MTJ in an MRAM array is disclosed with a composite free layer having a lower crystalline layer contacting a tunnel barrier and an upper amorphous NiFeX layer for improved bit switching performance. The crystalline layer is Fe, Ni, or FeB with a thickness of at least 6 Angstroms which affords a high magnetoresistive ratio. The X element in the NiFeX layer is Mg, Hf, Zr, Nb, or Ta with a content of 5 to 30 atomic %. NiFeX thickness is preferably between 20 to 40 Angstroms to substantially reduce bit line switching current and number of shorted bits. In an alternative embodiment, the crystalline layer may be a Fe/NiFe bilayer. Optionally, the amorphous layer may have a NiFeM1/NiFeM2 configuration where M1 and M2 are Mg, Hf, Zr, Nb, or Ta, and M1 is unequal to M2. Annealing at 300° C. to 360° C. provides a high magnetoresistive ratio of about 150%.
US09224934B2	Stress relief for array-based electronic devices In accordance with certain embodiments, an electric device includes a flexible substrate having first and second conductive traces on a first surface thereof and separated by a gap therebetween, an electronic component spanning the gap, and a stiffener configured to substantially prevent flexing of the substrate proximate the gap during flexing of the substrate.
US09224931B2	Method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component A method of producing a component including providing a carrier having a top, an underside, and at least one connection area, applying an optoelectronic component to the top, wherein the optoelectronic component has a contact area facing away from the carrier, applying insulating material to the contact and connection areas, wherein the insulating material is free of foreign particles, applying an insulating layer to exposed places of the insulating material, optoelectronic component and carrier, wherein the insulating layer includes foreign particles in a predefinable concentration, removing the insulating layer in a region above the contact and/or connection areas, to produce openings, removing the insulating material in a region above the contact and connection areas, thereby producing at least two openings in the insulating material, and arranging conductive material on the insulating layer and at least in places in the openings, wherein conductive material conductively connects the contact and connection areas.
US09224930B2	Semiconductor light emitting device and multiple lead frame for semiconductor light emitting device A semiconductor light emitting device that is excellent in radiating heat and that can be molded into a sealing shape having intended optical characteristics by die molding is provided. The semiconductor light emitting device includes: a lead frame including a plate-like semiconductor light emitting element mounting portion having an LED chip mounted on a main surface, and a plate-like metal wire connecting portion extending over a same plane as the semiconductor light emitting element mounting portion; a metal wire electrically connecting the LED chip and the metal wire connecting portion; a thermosetting resin molded by die molding or dam-sheet molding so as to completely cover the LED chip and the metal wire; and a resin portion provided to surround the lead frame and having the thickness not greater than the thickness of the lead frame.
US09224926B2	Light-emitting device and lighting system Disclosed is a light-emitting device including a support member, a reflective layer on the support member, a light-transmitting electrode layer on the reflective layer, a light-emitting structure on the light-transmitting electrode layer, the light-emitting structure being provided with a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conductive semiconductor layer, and a luminescence layer interposed between the reflective layer and the light-transmitting electrode layer. Accordingly, the luminescence layer is formed in the chip formation process to minimize non-uniform application of a phosphor composed of an epoxy resin and simplify fabrication of the light-emitting device.
US09224925B2	Semiconductor light-emitting device and manufacturing method A semiconductor light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same can include a wavelength converting layer located on at least one semiconductor light-emitting chip in order to emit various colored lights including white light. The semiconductor light-emitting device can include a casing having a cavity and a mounting surface, the chip mounted on the mounting surface, a transparent plate mounted on the wavelength converting layer within a top surface of the chip and a reflective layer located in the cavity so as to surround the transparent plate, the wavelength converting layer and the chip. The semiconductor light-emitting device can be configured to improve light-colored variability and light-emitting efficiency of the chip by using the reflective layer as a reflector, and therefore can emit a wavelength-converted light having a substantially uniform color tone and a high light-emitting efficiency from a smaller light-emitting surface than the top surface of the chip.
US09224924B2	Optoelectronic component including an adhesive layer and method for producing the same An optoelectronic component includes at least one active semiconductor layer sequence, at least one first and one second element, and at least one adhesive layer arranged between at least one first element and at least one second element. The adhesive layer is produced from an adhesive that comprises at least a first monofunctional, difunctional or polyfunctional epoxy resin, an accelerator and an adhesion promoter.
US09224922B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes at least one layer below or above a reflective layer to prevent delamination of the reflective layer from a layer below and/or above the reflective layer.
US09224921B2	Method for forming a buried metal layer structure The invention relates to a method for fabricating a structure including a semiconductor material comprising: a) implanting one or more ion species to form a weakened region delimiting at least one seed layer in a substrate of semiconductor material, b) forming, before or after step a), at least one metallic layer on the substrate in semiconductor material, c) assembling the at least one metallic layer with a transfer substrate, then fracturing the implanted substrate at the weakened region, and d) forming at least one layer in semiconductor material on the at least one seed layer, for example, by epitaxy.
US09224917B2	Light emitting diode having photonic crystal structure and method of fabricating the same Disclosed are a light emitting diode (LED) having a photonic crystal structure and a method of fabricating the same. An LED comprises a support substrate, a lower semiconductor layer positioned on the support substrate, an upper semiconductor layer positioned over the lower semiconductor layer, an active region positioned between the lower and upper semiconductor layers, and a photonic crystal structure embedded in the lower semiconductor layer. The photonic crystal structure may prevent the loss of the light advancing toward the support substrate and improve the light extraction efficiency.
US09224916B2	Semiconductor light emitting device According to an embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a dielectric film and an electrode. The first semiconductor layer is capable of emitting light. The second semiconductor layer has a first major surface in contact with the first semiconductor layer and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface, the second major surface including a first region having convex structures and a second region not having the convex structures. The dielectric film is provided at least at a tip portion of the convex structures, and the electrode is provided above the second region.
US09224915B2	Semiconductor light-emitting device, method for producing same, and display device A semiconductor light-emitting device (101) includes an LED chip (4), a lead (1) having a main surface (11) on which the LED chip (4) is mounted, and a resin package (5) covering the LED chip (4). The main surface (11) is roughened, and the main surface (11) is held in contact with the resin package (5). These configurations contribute to the downsizing of the semiconductor light-emitting device (101).
US09224912B2	Optoelectronic device and method for manufacturing the same A method of fabricating an optoelectronic device, comprises: providing a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a first major surface and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface; forming a light emitting stack on the second major surface of the substrate; forming a supporting layer covering the light emitting stack; forming a plurality of first modified regions in the substrate by employing a first energy into the substrate after forming the supporting layer; and cleaving the substrate.
US09224911B2	Method for separating light-emitting diode from a substrate A method for separating a light-emitting diode (LED) from a substrate comprises the following steps. First, a substrate is provided which includes a junction surface and a bottom surface far away from the junction surface. Then a plurality holes are formed on the junction surface. An LED structure is further grown on the junction surface, and includes a junction portion bonded to the junction surface. The bottom surface is then polished to be shrunk to communicate with the holes. Finally, the junction portion is etched by an etching liquid via the holes to separate the LED structure from the substrate. Accordingly, by forming the holes, the LED structure and the substrate can be separated through polishing and etching processes, thereby providing a high yield rate as well as reduced production costs.
US09224910B2	Supporting substrate for preparing semiconductor light-emitting device and semiconductor light-emitting device using supporting substrates A method may be provided for preparing a semiconductor light-emitting device. The method may include: preparing a first wafer in which a semiconductor multi-layered light-emitting structure is disposed on an upper part of an initial substrate; preparing a second wafer which is a supporting substrate; bonding the second wafer on an upper part of the first wafer; separating the initial substrate of the first wafer from a result of the bonding; and fabricating a single-chip by severing a result of the passivation. Other embodiments may be provided.
US09224909B2	GaN based light emitting devices utilizing dispersion bragg reflection layer Light emitting devices and methods of manufacturing the light emitting devices. The light emitting devices include a silicon substrate; a metal buffer layer on the silicon substrate, a patterned dispersion Bragg reflection (DBR) layer on the metal buffer layer; and a nitride-based thin film layer on the patterned DBR layer and regions between patterns of the DBR layer.
US09224905B2	Photoelectric conversion device and method for producing photoelectric conversion device In this method for producing a photoelectric conversion device: an i-type non-crystalline layer and an n-type non-crystalline layer comprising a non-crystalline semiconductor film are formed on the light-receiving surface of a semiconductor substrate; an i-type non-crystalline layer and an n-type non-crystalline layer comprising a non-crystalline semiconductor film are formed on the back surface of the semiconductor substrate; a protective layer is formed on the n-type non-crystalline layer; an insulating layer is formed on the n-type non-crystalline layer; and in the state where the top of the n-type non-crystalline layer is covered by the protective layer, patterning is performed by eliminating a portion of the i-type non-crystalline layer, the n-type non-crystalline layer, and the insulating layer.
US09224900B2	Display device and manufacturing method thereof A touch sensitive display device utilizing infrared ray sensing transistors. The transistors are configured, and comprise specified materials, to allow them to be formed with fewer photolithography processes, reducing cost and manufacturing time.
US09224892B2	Silicon thin film solar cell having improved haze and methods of making the same A method of increasing the haze of a coating stack having a top layer and an undercoating layer using a chemical vapor deposition coating process includes at least one of: increasing a precursor flow rate; decreasing a carrier gas flow rate; increasing a substrate temperature; increasing a water flow rate; decreasing an exhaust flow rate; and increasing a thickness of at least one of the top layer or undercoating layer.
US09224889B2	Optical assembly for a light sensor, light sensor assembly using the optical assembly, and vehicle rearview assembly using the light sensor assembly An optical assembly is provided wherein the optical assembly includes a first optical element and a second optical element. The first optical element is configured to receive light and alter a transmission path of the light through the first optical element in a first direction and a second direction. The second optical element is configured to receive the light from the first optical element, and alter a transmission path of the light through the second optical element in the first and second directions. The light is passed through the second optical element, such that a sensor receives light from a field of view that is approximately 30 degrees to 60 degrees offset from a field of view of the sensor.
US09224883B2	Optical sensor An optical sensor has a semiconductor substrate, an insulation film formed on the semiconductor substrate, a light receiving part formed on the semiconductor substrate, and an electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate through the insulation film. The light receiving part has a light receiving element which changes light into electric charge, and a reset element which discharges the electric charge accumulated in the light receiving element. The electrode has a first electrode applying a control voltage to the reset element. The first electrode has a light shielding property. The first electrode defines a shape of a light receiving surface of the light receiving element.
US09224882B2	Low voltage photodetectors A low voltage photodetector structure including a semiconductor device layer, which may be Ge, is disposed over a substrate semiconductor, which may be Si, for example within a portion of a waveguide extending laterally within a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip. In exemplary embodiments where the device layer is formed over an insulator layer, the insulator layer is removed to expose a surface of the semiconductor device layer and a passivation material formed as a replacement for the insulator layer within high field regions. In further embodiments, controlled avalanche gain is achieved by spacing electrodes in a metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) architecture, or complementary doped regions in a p-i-n architecture, to provide a field strength sufficient for impact ionization over a distance not significantly more than an order of magnitude greater than the distance that a carrier must travel so as to acquire sufficient energy for impact ionization.
US09224876B2	Fast switching diodes and methods of manufacturing those diodes Diodes and methods of manufacturing diodes are disclosed. The diodes may include a cathode assembly having a cathode electrode, a N+ substrate layer on the cathode electrode, a N buffer layer on the N+ substrate layer, and a N− bulk layer on the N buffer layer. The N buffer layer may include crystal damage configured to provide recombination centers for charge carriers. The method may include creating a N buffer layer on a N+ substrate wafer, creating a N− bulk layer on the N buffer layer, and inflicting, to the N buffer layer, crystal damage configured to provide recombination centers for charge carriers. The method may include creating a N buffer layer in a N− bulk wafer, creating a N+ substrate layer in the N− bulk wafer, and inflicting, to the N buffer layer, crystal damage configured to provide recombination centers for charge carriers.
US09224864B1	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a fin structure, an insulating structure, a protruding structure, an epitaxial structure, and a gate structure. The fin structure and the insulating structure are disposed on the substrate. The protruding structure is in direct contact with the substrate and partially protrudes from the insulating structure, and the protruding structure is the fin structure. The epitaxial structure is disposed on a top surface of the fin structure and completely covers the top surface of the fin structure. In addition, the epitaxial structure has a curved top surface. The gate structure covers the fin structure and the epitaxial structure.
US09224857B2	Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor structure comprises a substrate having a first conductive type; a deep well having a second conductive type formed in the substrate and extending down from a surface of the substrate; a first well having the first conductive type and a second well having the second conductive type both formed in the deep well and extending down from the surface of the substrate, and the second well spaced apart from the first well; a gate electrode formed on the substrate and disposed between the first and second wells; an isolation extending down from the surface of the substrate and disposed between the gate electrode and the second well; a conductive plug penetrating into the isolation and reaching the bottom thereof; and a first doping electrode region having the second conductive type, formed within the second well and below the isolation to connect the conductive plug.
US09224855B2	Trench gated power device with multiple trench width and its fabrication process Power devices, and related process, where both gate and field plate trenches have multiple stepped widths, using self-aligned process steps.
US09224847B2	High electron mobility transistor and method of forming the same A High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) includes a first III-V compound layer having a first band gap, and a second III-V compound layer having a second band gap over the first III-V compound layer. The second band gap is greater than the first band gap. A crystalline interfacial layer is overlying and in contact with the second III-V compound layer. A gate dielectric is over the crystalline interfacial layer. A gate electrode is over the gate dielectric. A source region and a drain region are over the second III-V compound layer, and are on opposite sides of the gate electrode.
US09224846B2	Nitride semiconductor device and fabricating method thereof This specification relates to an enhancement-type semiconductor device having a passivation layer formed using a photoelectrochemical (PEC) method, and a fabricating method thereof.To this end, a semiconductor device according to one exemplary embodiment includes a GaN layer, an AlGaN layer formed on the GaN layer, a p-GaN layer formed on the AlGaN layer, a gate electrode formed on the p-GaN layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on a partial region of the AlGaN layer, and a passivation layer formed on a partial region of the AlGaN layer, the passivation layer formed between the source electrode and the gate electrode or between the gate electrode and the drain electrode, wherein the passivation layer is formed in a manner of oxidizing a part of the p-GaN layer.
US09224843B2	Formation of a high aspect ratio trench in a semiconductor substrate and a bipolar semiconductor device having a high aspect ratio trench isolation region Disclosed is a trench formation technique wherein a first etch process forms an opening through a semiconductor layer into a semiconductor substrate and then a second etch process expands the portion of the opening within the substrate to form a trench. However, prior to the second etch, a doped region is formed in the substrate at the bottom surface of the opening. Then, the second etch is performed such that an undoped region of the substrate at the sidewalls of the opening is etched at a faster etch rate than the doped region, thereby ensuring that the trench has a relatively high aspect ratio. Also disclosed is a bipolar semiconductor device formation method. This method incorporates the trench formation technique so that a trench isolation region formed around a collector pedestal has a high aspect ratio and, thereby so that collector-to-base capacitance Ccb and collector resistance Rc are both minimized.
US09224838B2	Method for manufacturing oxide semiconductor film and method for manufacturing semiconductor device An object is to provide an oxide semiconductor having stable electric characteristics and a semiconductor device including the oxide semiconductor. A manufacturing method of a semiconductor film by a sputtering method includes the steps of holding a substrate in a treatment chamber which is kept in a reduced-pressure state; heating the substrate at lower than 400° C.; introducing a sputtering gas from which hydrogen and moisture are removed in the state where remaining moisture in the treatment chamber is removed; and forming an oxide semiconductor film over the substrate with use of a metal oxide which is provided in the treatment chamber as a target. When the oxide semiconductor film is formed, remaining moisture in a reaction atmosphere is removed; thus, the concentration of hydrogen and the concentration of hydride in the oxide semiconductor film can be reduced. Thus, the oxide semiconductor film can be stabilized.
US09224836B2	Semiconductor device having vertical channel, resistive memory device including the same, and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device, a resistive memory device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a pillar extending substantially perpendicular from a semiconductor substrate, the pillar including an inner portion and an outer portion surrounding the inner portion. A junction region is formed in an upper region and a lower region of the vertical pillar, and a gate surrounds the pillar. The inner portion of the pillar includes a semiconductor layer having a lattice constant that is larger than a lattice constant of the outer portion of the pillar.
US09224831B2	Method of manufacturing an oxide semiconductor device and method of manufacturing a display device having the same Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an oxide semiconductor device, including: forming a gate electrode on a substrate; forming a gate insulating layer on the gate electrode; forming an active pattern on the gate insulating layer; forming a first mask pattern on the gate insulating layer and the active pattern; forming an insulating interlayer on the gate insulating layer, the active pattern, and the first mask pattern; forming a second mask pattern on the insulating interlayer, the second mask pattern comprising an opening that exposes a region where the first mask pattern is formed; forming contact holes exposing portions of the active pattern by patterning the insulating interlayer using the first mask pattern and the second mask pattern; and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on the gate insulating layer by filling the contact holes, the drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode.
US09224830B2	Transistor and method of fabricating the same A field effect transistor is provided. The transistor may include a source electrode and a drain electrode provided spaced apart from each other on a substrate and a ‘+’-shaped gate electrode provided on a portion of the substrate located between the source and drain electrodes.
US09224823B2	Semiconductor apparatus A semiconductor apparatus includes a drain region of a first-conductivity type, a drain electrode electrically coupled to the drain region, and a semiconductor layer of the first-conductivity type formed onto the drain region and having a first impurity concentration. The semiconductor apparatus further includes: a source region of the first-conductivity type formed on the semiconductor layer and having a second impurity concentration; a first source electrode electrically coupled to the source region; and a gate electrode formed via an insulating layer. The one end of the gate electrode is in a depth of the source region, and the other end is in a depth of the semiconductor layer or the drain region. A second source electrode is provided in the semiconductor layer under the gate electrodes via an insulating layer. A second spacing between the second source electrodes is larger than a first spacing between the gate electrodes.
US09224822B2	High percentage silicon germanium alloy fin formation A layer of a silicon germanium alloy containing 30 atomic percent or greater germanium and containing substitutional carbon is grown on a surface of a semiconductor layer. The presence of the substitutional carbon in the layer of silicon germanium alloy compensates the strain of the silicon germanium alloy, and suppresses defect formation. Placeholder semiconductor fins are then formed to a desired dimension within the layer of silicon germanium alloy and the semiconductor layer. The placeholder semiconductor fins will relax for the most part, while maintaining strain in a lengthwise direction. An anneal is then performed which may either remove the substitutional carbon from each placeholder semiconductor fin or move the substitutional carbon into interstitial sites within the lattice of the silicon germanium alloy. Free-standing permanent semiconductor fins containing 30 atomic percent or greater germanium, and strain in the lengthwise direction are provided.
US09224819B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a semiconductor layer formed of a III-V group nitride semiconductor, a first silicon nitride film formed on the semiconductor layer, a gate electrode formed on the first silicon nitride film, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the semiconductor layer such that the gate electrode is interposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a second silicon nitride film formed between the source electrode and the gate electrode and between the drain electrode and the gate electrode and having an oxygen atom density lower than that of the first silicon nitride film.
US09224818B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes a semiconductor layer formed of a III-V group nitride semiconductor, a first silicon nitride film formed on the semiconductor layer, a gate electrode formed on the first silicon nitride film, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the semiconductor layer such that the gate electrode is interposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a second silicon nitride film formed between the source electrode and the gate electrode and between the drain electrode and the gate electrode and having an oxygen atom density lower than that of the first silicon nitride film.
US09224804B2	Guarding ring structure of a high voltage device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a guarding ring structure of a semiconductor high voltage device and the manufacturing method thereof. The guarding ring structure comprises a first N type monocrystalline silicon substrate (3), a second N type monocrystalline silicon substrate (8), a discontinuous oxide layer (2), a metal field plate (1), a device region (9), multiple P+ type diffusion rings (5) and an equipotential ring (4). The second N type monocrystalline silicon substrate (8) is a single N type crystalline layer epitaxially formed on the first N type monocrystalline silicon substrate (3) and has lower doping concentration than the first N type monocrystalline silicon substrate (3). N type diffusion rings (6) are embedded in the inner side of the P+ type diffusion rings (5) and are fully depleted at zero bias voltage. The guarding ring structure can achieve the same withstand voltage with less area and design time.
US09224801B2	Multilayer MIM capacitor An improved semiconductor capacitor and method of fabrication is disclosed. A MIM stack, comprising alternating first-type and second-type metal layers (each separated by dielectric) is formed in a deep cavity. The entire stack can be planarized, and then patterned to expose a first area, and selectively etched to recess all first metal layers within the first area. A second selective etch is performed to recess all second metal layers within a second area. The etched recesses can be backfilled with dielectric. Separate electrodes can be formed; a first electrode formed in said first area and contacting all of said second-type metal layers and none of said first-type metal layers, and a second electrode formed in said second area and contacting all of said first-type metal layers and none of said second-type metal layers.
US09224800B2	Planar interdigitated capacitor structures and methods of forming the same A planar interdigitated capacitor structure, methods of forming, and devices including, the same. The device includes first and second planar electrode structures including respective first and second pluralities of planar continuous rectangular plate electrode elements formed above a semiconductor substrate and extending continuously in first and second orthogonal directions substantially parallel to a plane of the substrate, and first and second conductors interconnecting the respective first and second pluralities of planar electrode elements parallel to a third axis substantially normal to the plane of the substrate. The first and second planar electrode structures are arranged with respective continuous rectangular plate electrode elements of each planar electrode structure interleaved and substantially parallel with each other between the first and second conductors. The device also includes a dielectric material between the first planar electrode structure and the second planar electrode structure.
US09224797B2	Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor with deep trench (DT) structure and method in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) A structure forming a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) trench capacitor is disclosed. The structure comprises a multi-layer substrate having a metal layer and at least one dielectric layer. A trench is etched into the substrate, passing through the metal layer. The trench is lined with a metal material that is in contact with the metal layer, which comprises a first node of a capacitor. A dielectric material lines the metal material in the trench. The trench is filled with a conductor. The dielectric material that lines the metal material separates the conductor from the metal layer and the metal material lining the trench. The conductor comprises a second node of the capacitor.
US09224793B1	Display device with micro cover layer and manufacturing method for the same There is provided a flexible display having a plurality of innovations configured to allow bending of a portion or portions to reduce apparent border size and/or utilize the side surface of an assembled flexible display.
US09224776B2	Image pickup element, image pickup apparatus, and image pickup system An image pickup element includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel that share one microlens, a first boundary that is provided between the first pixel and the second pixel, and a second boundary that is provided between the first pixel and the third pixel, and when a charge amount of the first pixel is saturated, a first charge amount from the first pixel to the second pixel via the first boundary is larger than a second charge amount from the first pixel to the third pixel via the second boundary.
US09224769B2	Pixel device, and radiation detecting module and apparatus having the same A pixel device having an improved energy resolution includes at least one photodiode and at least one voltage supply unit for applying a voltage to the photodiode. The pixel device includes a voltage storage unit and a voltage adjusting unit. In a precharge mode, the voltage storage unit stores a first anode voltage. In a sensing mode, the voltage adjusting unit adjusts a second anode voltage of the anode of the photodiode to be the same as the first anode voltage stored in the voltage storage unit.
US09224767B2	Method for driving photoelectric conversion apparatus In a photoelectric conversion apparatus including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each pixel including a photoelectric conversion unit, first and second holding units that hold electric charge, a first transfer unit that connects the photoelectric conversion unit and the first holding unit, a second transfer unit that connects the first and second holding units, and a third transfer unit that connects the photoelectric conversion unit and a power supply, each pixel is controlled so that the potential of the third transfer unit for electric charge held in the photoelectric conversion unit is higher than that of the first transfer unit at least during a charge accumulation period of the pixel, and thereafter, the potential of the third transfer unit is higher than that of the photoelectric conversion unit while the potentials of the first and second transfer units are lower than that of the photoelectric conversion unit.
US09224764B2	Display substrates, methods of manufacturing the same and display devices including the same A display substrate includes a data pad on a base substrate, a first buffer layer which covers the data pad, a second buffer layer pattern which is disposed on the first buffer layer and separated from the data pad in a plan view, an active layer on the second buffer layer pattern, a gate insulation layer pattern on the active layer, both ends of the active layer exposed by the gate insulation layer pattern, and a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer pattern.
US09224761B2	Display device, electro-optical element driving method and electronic equipment The present invention permits a capacitance value of an electro-optical element such as organic EL element to be arbitrarily set without changing the light extraction efficiency of a pixel. That is, the present invention permits a capacitance value Coled of an organic EL element (21) to be arbitrarily set by adjusting the light emission area of the organic EL element (21) without changing the light extraction efficiency of a pixel (20) in an organic EL display device. The organic EL display device has the pixels (20) arranged in a matrix form. A light extraction opening (56) is formed on the surface of the pixel with a light-shielding film (black matrix) (57). The light extraction opening (56) has an opening area smaller than the light emission area of the organic EL element (21).
US09224756B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device includes a semiconductor including a first channel region, a second channel region, a source region, a drain region, a first region located between the source region and the first channel region, a second region formed between the first channel region and the second channel region, and a third region located between the drain region and the second channel region, wherein the second region has a length of 5 μm or more, which is greater than a length of each of the first region and the third region.
US09224750B1	Multi-layer memory array and manufacturing method of the same A memory array includes a plurality of ridge-shaped multi-layer stacks extending along a first direction, and a hard mask layer formed on top of the plurality of ridge-shaped multi-layer stacks. The hard mask layer includes a plurality of stripes vertically aligned with the plurality of ridge-shaped multi-layer stacks, respectively, a plurality of bridges connecting adjacent ones of the stripes along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a plurality of hard mask through holes between the plurality of bridges and the plurality of stripes.
US09224739B2	Method of making integrated circuit embedded with non-volatile programmable memory having variable coupling A programmable non-volatile device is made with a floating gate that functions as a FET gate that overlaps a portion of a source/drain region and allows for variable coupling through geometry and/or biasing conditions. This allows a programming voltage for the device to be imparted to the floating gate through variable capacitive coupling, thus changing the state of the device. Multi-state embodiments are also possible. The invention can be used in environments such as data encryption, reference trimming, manufacturing ID, security ID, and many other applications.
US09224737B2	Dual epitaxial process for a finFET device A method includes forming a first fin and a second fin extending above a semiconductor substrate, with a shallow trench isolation (STI) region between them. A space is defined between the first and second fins above a top surface of the STI region. A first height is defined between the top surface of the STI region and top surfaces of the first and second fins. A flowable dielectric material is deposited into the space. The dielectric material has a top surface above the top surface of the STI region, so as to define a second height between the top surface of the dielectric material and the top surfaces of the first and second fins. The second height is less than the first height. First and second fin extensions are epitaxially formed above the dielectric, on the first and second fins, respectively, after the depositing step.
US09224735B2	Self-aligned contact metallization for reduced contact resistance Techniques are disclosed for forming low contact resistance transistor devices. A p-type germanium layer is provided between p-type source/drain regions and their respective contact metals, and an n-type III-V semiconductor material layer is provided between n-type source/drain regions and their respective contact metals. The n-type III-V semiconductor material layer may have a small bandgap (e.g., <0.5 eV) and/or otherwise be doped to provide desired conductivity, and the p-type germanium layer can be doped, for example, with boron. After deposition of the III-V material over both the n-type source/drain regions and the germanium covered p-type source/drain regions, an etch-back process can be performed to take advantage of the height differential between n and p type regions to self-align contact types and expose the p-type germanium over p-type regions and thin the n-type III-V material over the n-type regions. The techniques can be used on planar and non-planar transistor architectures.
US09224733B2	Semiconductor structure and method of fabrication thereof with mixed metal types A semiconductor structure includes a first PMOS transistor element having a gate region with a first gate metal associated with a PMOS work function and a first NMOS transistor element having a gate region with a second metal associated with a NMOS work function. The first PMOS transistor element and the first NMOS transistor element form a first CMOS device. The semiconductor structure also includes a second PMOS transistor that is formed in part by concurrent deposition with the first NMOS transistor element of the second metal associated with a NMOS work function to form a second CMOS device with different operating characteristics than the first CMOS device.
US09224727B2	ESD protection apparatus An ESD protection apparatus comprises an n-type substrate with a first doping density, a low voltage n-type well in the substrate, a low voltage p-type well in the substrate, a first n-type semiconductor region over the low voltage n-type well and a second n-type semiconductor region over the low voltage p-type well, wherein the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region are separated by a first isolation region.
US09224724B2	Mutual ballasting multi-finger bidirectional ESD device An integrated circuit includes a bidirectional ESD device which has a plurality of parallel switch legs. Each switch leg includes a first current switch and a second current switch in a back-to-back configuration. A first current supply node of each first current switch is coupled to a first terminal of the ESD device. A second current supply node of each second current switch is coupled to a second terminal of the ESD device. A first current collection node of each first current switch is coupled to a second current collection node of the corresponding second current switch. The first current collection nodes in each first current switch is not coupled to any other first current collection node, and similarly, the second current collection node in each instance second current switch is not coupled to any other second current collection node.
US09224721B2	Semiconductor power modules and devices An electronic component is described which includes a first transistor encased in a first package, the first transistor being mounted over a first conductive portion of the first package, and a second transistor encased in a second package, the second transistor being mounted over a second conductive portion of the second package. The component further includes a substrate comprising an insulating layer between a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The first package is on one side of the substrate with the first conductive portion being electrically connected to the first metal layer, and the second package is on another side of the substrate with the second conductive portion being electrically connected to the second metal layer. The first package is opposite the second package, with at least 50% of a first area of the first conductive portion being opposite a second area of the second conductive portion.
US09224706B2	Terminal structure, and semiconductor element and module substrate comprising the same A preferred terminal structure comprises a base material; an electrode formed on the base material; an insulating covering layer formed on the base material and on the electrode and having an opening exposing at least part of the electrode; an under bump metal layer containing Ni, formed in a region in the opening on the electrode so that an upper surface of the metal layer is at a position lower than an upper surface of the insulating covering layer in a peripheral edge portion of the opening; and a dome-shaped bump containing Sn and Ti, formed in a region in the opening on the under bump metal layer, wherein an end portion of a boundary between the under bump metal layer and the bump is in contact with an inner wall of the opening portion in the insulating covering layer.
US09224684B2	Wiring board and method of manufacturing wiring board There is provided a wiring board. The wiring board includes: a first insulating layer; a secondary battery on one surface of the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer formed on the secondary battery; a third insulating layer covering the second insulating layer; a first wiring layer on one surface of the third insulating layer; and a via electrically connecting the first wiring layer to an electrode of the secondary battery. A rigidity of the second insulating layer is lower than those of the first and third insulating layers.
US09224671B2	III-N device structures and methods A III-N device is described with a III-N layer, an electrode thereon, a passivation layer adjacent the III-N layer and electrode, a thick insulating layer adjacent the passivation layer and electrode, a high thermal conductivity carrier capable of transferring substantial heat away from the III-N device, and a bonding layer between the thick insulating layer and the carrier. The bonding layer attaches the thick insulating layer to the carrier. The thick insulating layer can have a precisely controlled thickness and be thermally conductive.
US09224653B2	Integrated circuit and method of forming the integrated circuit with improved logic transistor performance and SRAM transistor yield In an integrated circuit that includes an NMOS logic transistor, an NMOS SRAM transistor, and a resistor, the gate of the SRAM transistor is doped at the same time that the resistor is doped, thereby allowing the gate of the logic transistor to be separately doped without requiring any additional masking steps.
US09224644B2	Method to control depth profiles of dopants using a remote plasma source Methods and apparatus for processing using a remote plasma source are disclosed. The apparatus includes an outer chamber enclosing a substrate support, a remote plasma source, and a showerhead. A substrate heater can be mounted in the substrate support. A transport system moves the substrate support and is capable of positioning the substrate. The remote plasma source may be used to provide a plasma surface treatment or as a source to incorporate dopants into a pre-deposited layer.
US09224641B2	Processes and structures for IC fabrication The present invention discloses methods and apparatuses for the separations of IC fabrication and assembling of separated IC components to form complete IC structures. In an embodiment, the present fabrication separation of an IC structure into multiple discrete components can take advantages of dedicated IC fabrication facilities and achieve more cost effective products. In another embodiment, the present chip assembling provides high density interconnect wires between bond pads, enabling cost-effective assembling of small chip components. In an aspect, the present process provides multiple interconnect wires in the form of a ribbon between the bond pads, and then subsequently separates the ribbon into multiple individual interconnect wires.
US09224639B2	Method to etch cu/Ta/TaN selectively using dilute aqueous Hf/hCl solution Copper can be etched with selectivity to Ta/TaN barrier liner and SiC hardmask layers, for example, to reduce the potential copper contamination. The copper film can be recessed more than the liner to further enhance the protection. Wet etch solutions including a mixture of HF and HCl can be used for selective etching copper with respect to the liner material, for example, the copper film can be recessed between 2 and 3 nm, and the barrier liner film can be recessed between 1.5 and 2 nm.
US09224628B2	Reduced capacity carrier, transport, load port, buffer system In accordance with an exemplary embodiment a semiconductor workpiece processing system having at least one processing tool for processing semiconductor workpieces, a container for holding at least one semiconductor workpiece therein for transport to and from the at least one processing tool and a first transport section elongated and defining a travel direction. The first transport section has parts, that interface the container, supporting and transporting the container along the travel direction to and from the at least one processing tool. The container is in substantially continuous transport at a substantially constant rate in the travel direction, when supported by the first transport section. A second transport section is connected to the at least one process tool for transporting the container to and from the at least one processing tool.
US09224625B2	Laser and plasma etch wafer dicing using water-soluble die attach film Methods of dicing semiconductor wafers, each wafer having a plurality of integrated circuits, are described. A method includes forming a mask above the semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer is disposed on a water-soluble die attach film. The mask covers and protects the integrated circuits. The mask is patterned with a laser scribing process to provide a patterned mask with gaps. The patterning exposes regions of the semiconductor wafer between the integrated circuits. The semiconductor wafer is then etched through the gaps in the patterned mask to form singulated integrated circuits. The water-soluble die attach film is then patterned with an aqueous solution.
US09224623B2	Microwave irradiation apparatus There is provided a microwave irradiation apparatus capable of independently controlling a temperature of a target object while irradiating microwave to the target object. The microwave irradiation apparatus 2 includes a processing chamber 4 configured to be vacuum-evacuated; a supporting table 6 configured to support the target object; a processing gas introduction unit 106 configured to introduce a processing gas into the processing chamber; a microwave introduction unit 72 configured to introduce the microwave into the processing chamber; a heating unit 16 configured to heat the target object; a gas cooling unit 104 configured to cool the target object by a cooling gas; a radiation thermometer 64 configured to measure a temperature of the target object; and a temperature control unit 70 configured to adjust the temperature of the target object by controlling the heating unit and the gas cooling unit based on the temperature measured by the radiation thermometer.
US09224613B2	Method for polishing both sides of a semiconductor wafer Both sides of a large diameter semiconductor wafer are polished by the following ordered steps: a) polishing the wafer backside on a polishing pad containing a fixed abrasive, a polishing agent solution free of solids being introduced between the wafer backside and the polishing pad; b) stock polishing the wafer frontside on a polishing pad which contains a fixed abrasive, a polishing agent solution free of solids being introduced between the wafer frontside of and the polishing pad; c) removing microroughness and microdamage from the wafer frontside by polishing the frontside on a polishing pad, a polishing agent solution containing abrasives being introduced between the wafer frontside and the polishing pad; and d) final polishing of the wafer frontside by polishing the frontside on a polishing pad containing no fixed abrasive, a polishing agent solution containing abrasives being introduced between the wafer frontside and the polishing pad during the polishing step.
US09224608B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a first insulation film on a portion of a first region of a semiconductor substrate and forming a second insulation film between a second region and a third region of the semiconductor substrate; etching an upper portion of the first insulation film such that the thickness of the first insulation film is less than the thickness of the second insulation film; forming a third insulation film in the second region and forming a fourth insulation film in the third region; and forming a first gate electrode on the first insulation film whose upper portion was etched, forming a second gate electrode on the third insulation film, and forming a third gate electrode on the fourth insulation film.
US09224606B2	Method of fabricating semiconductor device isolation structure A semiconductor device including reentrant isolation structures and a method for making such a device. A preferred embodiment comprises a substrate of semiconductor material forming at least one isolation structure having a reentrant profile and isolating one or more adjacent operational components. The reentrant profile of the at least one isolation structure is formed of substrate material and is created by ion implantation, preferably using oxygen ions applied at a number of different angles and energy levels. In another embodiment the present invention is a method of forming an isolation structure for a semiconductor device performing at least one oxygen ion implantation.
US09224602B2	Sub-second annealing lithography techniques Techniques are disclosed for sub-second annealing a lithographic feature to, for example, tailor or otherwise selectively alter its profile in one, two, or three dimensions. Alternatively, or in addition to, the techniques can be used, for example, to smooth or otherwise reduce photoresist line width/edge roughness and/or to reduce defect density. In some cases, the sub-second annealing process has a time-temperature profile that can effectively change the magnitude of resist shrinkage in one or more dimensions or otherwise modify the resist in a desired way (e.g., smooth the resist). The techniques may be implemented, for example, with any type of photoresist (e.g., organic, inorganic, hybrid, molecular photoresist materials) and can be used in forming, for instance, processor microarchitectures, memory circuitry, logic arrays, and numerous other digital/analog/hybrid integrated semiconductor devices.
US09224595B2	Semiconductor optical element array and method of manufacturing the same The present invention provides a semiconductor optical element array including: a semiconductor substrate having a main surface in which a plurality of concave portions is formed; a mask pattern that is formed on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate and includes a plurality of opening portions provided immediately above the plurality of concave portions; a plurality of fine columnar crystals that is made of a group-III nitride semiconductor grown from the plurality of concave portions to the upper side of the mask pattern through the plurality of opening portions; an active layer that is grown on each of the plurality of fine columnar crystals; and a semiconductor layer covering each of the active layers.
US09224578B2	Charged particle beam writing apparatus and method for acquiring dose modulation coefficient of charged particle beam A apparatus includes a unit to operate a first dose of a beam corrected for a proximity effect for each of second mesh regions of a second mesh size obtained by dividing the first mesh size by a product of a natural number and a number of passes, by using a dose model using a dose threshold; a unit to operate a representative temperature rising due to heat transfer originating from irradiation of the beam by using a dose for an applicable pass of the first dose and a unit to operate a polynomial having a term obtained by multiplying a dose modulation coefficient based on the representative temperature by a pattern area density as an element, and a dose that makes a difference between a value obtained by operating the polynomial and the dose threshold within a tolerance is used.
US09224577B2	Method for correcting electronic proximity effects using off-center scattering functions A method for projecting an electron beam, used notably in direct or indirect writing lithography and in electronic microscopy. Proximity effects created by the forward and backward scattering of the electrons of the beam in interaction with the target must be corrected. For this, the convolution of a point spread function with the geometry of the target is conventionally used. At least one of the components of the point spread function has its maximum value not located on the center of the beam. Preferably, the maximum value is instead located on the backward scattering peak. Advantageously, the point spread function uses gamma distribution laws.
US09224574B2	Charged particle optical equipment and method for measuring lens aberration Beam scanning for obtaining a scanned image is performed by an aberration corrector, which is an aberration measured lens, and a scanning coil disposed above an objective lens, instead of a scanning coil ordinarily placed on the objective lens. Thus, distortion with an aberration of an aberration measured lens is scanned on the surface of a sample, and then a scanned image is formed from a scattered electron beam, a transmission electron beam, or a reflected/secondary electron beam that is generated by the scan, achieving a scanning aberration information pattern equivalent to a conventional Ronchigram. Such means is a feature of the present invention.
US09224573B2	System and method for X-ray source weight reduction The invention provides an X-ray source having a generator for generating an electron beam, an accelerator for accelerating the generated electron beam in a desired direction, one or more magnetic elements for transporting portions of the electron beam in a more than one desired direction, and a shaped target made from a material having an atomic number lying within a predetermined range of values, the transported parts of the electron beam producing a fan beam of X rays upon striking the shaped target.
US09224572B2	X-ray tube with adjustable electron beam An X-ray tube assembly is provided including an emitter configured to emit an electron beam, an emitter focusing electrode, an extraction electrode, and a downstream focusing electrode. The emitter focusing electrode is disposed proximate to the emitter and outward of the emitter in an axial direction. The extraction electrode is disposed downstream of the emitter and the emitter focusing electrode. The extraction electrode has a negative bias voltage setting at which the extraction electrode has a negative bias voltage with respect to the emitter. The downstream focusing electrode is disposed downstream of the extraction electrode, and has a positive bias voltage with respect to the emitter. When the extraction electrode is at the negative bias voltage setting, the electron beam is emitted from an emission area that is smaller than a maximum emission area from which electrons may be emitted.
US09224568B2	Arc tube device and stem structure for electrodeless plasma lamp A plasma lamp apparatus. The apparatus has an arc tube structure having an inner region and an outer region in one or more embodiments. The arc tube structure has a first end comprising an associated first end diameter and a second end comprising a second end diameter according to a specific embodiment. The apparatus also has a center region provided between the first end and the second end in one or more embodiments. The center region has a center diameter, which is less than a first end diameter and/or a second end diameter.
US09224564B2	Fuse with counter-bore body An improved fuse having one or more counter bores in an interior wall of a hollow tube used as the fuse housing. The fuse includes a fusible element disposed within a cavity defined by the interior wall. The fusible element is electrically connected to first and second end caps via solder. The first and second end caps are attached to respective ends of the hollow tube. The one or more counter bores provide more space for the solder to cover the fusible element resulting in a more reliable electrical connection.
US09224549B2	Electric hand control, especially for electrically adjustable hospital and care beds An electric hand control, especially for electrically adjustable hospital and care beds comprising a number of activation switches and a number of locking switches which can be activated by a locking element for cutting off the circuit for the activation switches so that the function belonging to it becomes inactive or locked. In an embodiment the locking switches are on-off switches, in another embodiment the locking switches are based on a read switch and a magnet, and in another embodiment the locking switches include a wave shaped disc mounted over two contact points.
US09224548B2	Disconnect switch including fusible switching disconnect modules A disconnect switch includes an enclosure containing a fusible switch disconnect assembly, and a switch mechanism and handle associated with the switch mechanism for opening and closing current paths in the fusible switch disconnect assembly. The fusible switch disconnect assembly may receive a plurality of retractable rectangular fuse modules having terminal blades. Switch contacts are provided in the fusible switch disconnect assembly and are positionable with rotary switch actuators, all of which may be operated via the handle and the switch mechanism.
US09224547B2	Vehicle door window switch A vehicle door switch is provided. The door switch includes a top housing and a bottom housing. The bottom housing having at least one first opening arranged opposite the top housing. A printed circuit board is disposed within the housing. A shield member is provided having a planer portion with a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is arranged adjacent the printed circuit board, the shield member further having a side wall extending about the perimeter of the planer portion. The printed circuit board is disposed within the area defined by the side wall.
US09224542B2	Conductive layered structure, electrode and supercapacitor comprising the conductive layered structure, and method for preparing the conductive layered structure Provided are a conductive layered structure including a DNA hydrogel and a composite layer disposed on the DNA hydrogel. The composite layer may include a polymer electrolyte and a conductive material. Also provided are an electrode and a supercapacitor, each including the conductive layered structure. Further provided is a method of manufacturing the conductive layered structure. Thus, a biocompatible, implantable electrode having a large specific surface area and a high conductivity may be manufactured through simple processes.
US09224540B2	Conductive polymer for solid electrolyte capacitor [Problem] To provide a conductive polymer for solid electrolyte capacitor having outstanding solubility in solvents or dispersibility in solvents and which can produce a capacitor having outstanding capacitor characteristics in high-temperature environments.[Means Used to Resolve the Problem]A conductive polymer (A) for solid electrolyte capacitor containing substituted polythiophene (P) having thiophene repeating units (D) substituted by a least one type of group (s) selected from a group made up of a polyether group (a) indicated in general formula (1); an alkoxy group (b) having 1 to 15 carbon atoms; an alkoxy alkyl group (c) indicated in general formula (2); an alkyl group (d) having 1 to 15 carbon atoms; and a group (e) indicated in general formula (3); as well as thiophene repeating units (E) wherein the hydrogen atoms at position 3 and position 4 on the thiophene ring have been substituted by group (s) and sulfo group (—SO3H) (f). —(OR1)k—OR2 (1) —R3—OR4 (2) —R5—(OR6)m—OR7 (3)
US09224530B2	Power supply apparatus A power supply apparatus including a first magnetic core, a second magnetic core having a shape symmetrical to a shape of the first magnetic core, a third magnetic core between the first and second magnetic cores, a first coil wound around at least one of the first and third magnetic cores, and a second coil wound around at least one of the second and third magnetic cores, wherein a material for the third magnetic core is different from a material for the first magnetic core or the second magnetic core.
US09224529B2	Multi-pole magnetization of a magnet A method of magnetizing a multi-pole magnet includes the steps of obtaining a magnetization coil having a magnetization zone and a central axis, and positioning a magnet within the magnetization zone. The method also includes positioning at least one pair of shield bodies including a conductive material proximate the first and second surfaces of the magnet, with the shield bodies being aligned together to cover both sides of at least a first region of magnet and expose both sides of at least a second region of the magnet. The method further includes energizing the magnetization coil to generate an applied magnetic field within the magnetization zone that is sufficient to induce eddy currents in the at least one pair of shield bodies and to magnetize the exposed second region of the magnet.
US09224523B2	Inverter surge-resistant insulated wire An inverter surge-resistant insulated wire, having at least one baked enamel layer around the outer periphery of a conductor, and an extrusion-coated resin layer at the outside of the baked enamel layer, wherein a total thickness of the baked enamel layer and the extrusion-coated resin layer is 50 μm or more, a thickness of the baked enamel layer is 60 μm or less, and a thickness of the extrusion-coated resin layer is 200 μm or less, wherein the minimum of tensile elastic modulus of the extrusion-coated resin layer at a range of 25 to 250° C. is 100 MPa or more, wherein a dielectric constant of an insulation layer having a combination of the baked enamel layer and the extrusion-coated resin layer is 3.5 or less at 25° C. and 5.0 or less at 250° C., and wherein a relation between dielectric constant (∈1′) of the baked enamel layer at 250° C. and dielectric constant (∈2′) of the extrusion-coated resin layer at 250° C. satisfies (∈2′/∈1′)>1.
US09224519B2	Holdout devices and cover assemblies and methods incorporating the same A cover assembly for covering an elongate substrate includes a resilient, elastically expandable sleeve member and a holdout device. The sleeve member defines an axially extending inner sleeve passage. The holdout device includes a generally tubular core mounted in the inner sleeve passage. The core defines axially opposed end openings and a core passage extending therebetween to receive the elongate substrate. The core retains the sleeve member in a radially expanded state and can be withdrawn from the sleeve member to release the sleeve member to radially contract onto the elongate substrate. The holdout device is configured such that, after removal of the sleeve member from the core, the core can be laterally removed from the elongate substrate.
US09224515B2	Cathode active material for lithium ion battery, cathode for lithium ion battery, and lithium ion battery There is provided a cathode active material for a lithium ion battery having good battery properties. The cathode active material for a lithium ion battery is represented by a composition formula: Li(LixNi1-x-yMy)O2+α wherein M is one or more selected from Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Al, Bi, Sn, Mg, Ca, B, and Zr; 0≦x≦0.1; 00, and has a moisture content measured by Karl Fischer titration at 300° C. of 1100 ppm or lower.
US09224512B2	Positive electrode active material for non-aqueous secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof, as well as non-aqueous secondary battery using positive electrode active material A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous secondary battery having high capacity and high rate characteristics is intended to be provided. Further, a positive electrode for a non-aqueous secondary battery and a non-aqueous secondary battery are intended to be provided by using the positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material for the non-aqueous secondary battery contains a lithium composite oxide having an olivine structure represented by the chemical formula: Li1+AMnXM1−X(PO4)1+B in which A>0, B>0, M represents a metal element, M in the chemical formula is one or more metal elements selected from Fe, Ni, Co, Ti, Cu, Zn, Mg, V, and Zr, the ratio A/B in the chemical formula is within a range of: 2
US09224507B2	Systems and methods for managing shared-path instrumentation and irradiation targets in a nuclear reactor Systems and methods permit discriminate access to nuclear reactors. Systems provide penetration pathways to irradiation target loading and offloading systems, instrumentation systems, and other external systems at desired times, while limiting such access during undesired times. Systems use selection mechanisms that can be strategically positioned for space sharing to connect only desired systems to a reactor. Selection mechanisms include distinct paths, forks, diverters, turntables, and other types of selectors. Management methods with such systems permits use of the nuclear reactor and penetration pathways between different systems and functions, simultaneously and at only distinct desired times. Existing TIP drives and other known instrumentation and plant systems are useable with access management systems and methods, which can be used in any nuclear plant with access restrictions.
US09224503B2	Memory test with in-line error correction code logic Systems and methods are provided for reusing existing test structures and techniques used to test memory data to also test error correction code logic surrounding the memories. A method includes testing a memory of a computing system with an error code correction (ECC) logic block bypassed and a first data pattern applied. The method further includes testing the memory with the ECC logic block enabled and a second data pattern applied. The method also includes testing the memory with the ECC logic block enabled and the first data pattern applied.
US09224501B2	Method of operating memory device, memory device using the same, and memory system including the device A memory device includes a control logic configured to control an overall operation of the memory device; a data storing unit configured to receive write data and write the write data according to control of the control logic and to output read data obtained by reading the write data; and a detector configured to repeatedly generate a comparison result based on the read data and a current determination result based on the comparison result and a previous determination result N times and to generate a final determination result according to a result of the repetition, where N is an integer of at least 2. The final determination result indicates whether an error has occurred and a type of the error.
US09224497B2	One time programmable memory cell capable of reducing leakage current and preventing slow bit response The present invention provides a one time programmable (OTP) memory cell including a select gate transistor, a following gate transistor, and an antifuse varactor. The select gate transistor has a first gate terminal, a first drain terminal, a first source terminal, and two first source/drain extension areas respectively coupled to the first drain terminal and the first source terminal. The following gate transistor has a second gate terminal, a second drain terminal, a second source terminal coupled to the first drain terminal, and two second source/drain extension areas respectively coupled to the second drain terminal and the second source terminal. The antifuse varactor has a third gate terminal, a third drain terminal, a third source terminal coupled to the second drain terminal, and a third source/drain extension area coupled with the third drain terminal and the third source terminal for shorting the third drain terminal and the third source terminal.
US09224496B2	Circuit and system of aggregated area anti-fuse in CMOS processes Gate oxide breakdown anti-fuse suffers notorious soft breakdown that reduces yield and reliability. This invention discloses circuit and system to enhance electrical field by blocking LDD so that the electrical field is higher and more focused near the drain junction, to make electrical field in the channel more uniform by creating slight conductive or conductive in part or all of the channel, or to neutralize excess carriers piled up in the oxide by applying alternative polarity pulses. The embodiments can be applied in part, all, or any combinations, depending on needs. This invention can be embodied as a 2 T anti-fuse cell having an access and a program MOS with drain area in the program MOS, or 1.5 T anti-fuse cell without any drain in the program MOS. Similarly this invention can also be embodied as a 1 T anti-fuse cell having a portion of the channel made conductive or slightly conductive to merge the access and program MOS into one device with drain area, or 0.5 T anti-fuse cell without any drain.
US09224492B1	Memory management method, memory storage device and memory controlling circuit unit An memory management method, a memory storage device and a memory controlling circuit unit are provided. The method comprises: obtaining a threshold voltage distribution of memory cells, wherein the threshold voltage distribution comprises a plurality of states, and each of the states represents a storage status; determining whether a width of a gap window between two neighboring states among the states is less than a threshold value; and if the width of the gap window is less than the threshold value, eliminating one of the two neighboring states.
US09224489B2	Flash memory devices having multi-bit memory cells therein with improved read reliability Integrated circuit memory devices include an array of nonvolatile N-bit memory cells, where N is an integer greater than one. Control circuitry is also provided to reliably read data from the N-bit memory cells. This control circuitry, which is electrically coupled to the array, is configured to determine, among other things, a value of at least one bit of data stored in a selected N-bit memory cell in the array. This is done by decoding at least one hard data value and a plurality of soft data values (e.g., 6 data values) read from the selected N-bit memory cell using a corresponding plurality of unequal read voltages applied to the selected N-bit memory cell during a read operation.
US09224483B2	Nonvolatile memory device, system and programming method with dynamic verification mode selection Nonvolatile memory devices, memory systems and related methods of operating nonvolatile memory devices are presented. During a programming operation, the nonvolatile memory device is capable of using bit line forcing, and is also capable of selecting a verification mode for use during a verification operation from a group of verification modes on the basis of an evaluated programming condition.
US09224482B2	Hot-carrier injection programmable memory and method of programming such a memory The present disclosure relates to a memory comprising at least one word line comprising a row of split gate memory cells each comprising a selection transistor section comprising a selection gate and a floating-gate transistor section comprising a floating gate and a control gate. According to the present disclosure, the memory comprises a source plane common to the memory cells of the word line, to collect programming currents passing through memory cells during their programming, and the selection transistor sections of the memory cells are connected to the source plane. A programming current control circuit is configured to control the programming current passing through the memory cells by acting on a selection voltage applied to a selection line.
US09224474B2	P-channel 3D memory array and methods to program and erase the same at bit level and block level utilizing band-to-band and fowler-nordheim tunneling principals A p-channel flash memory device including a 3D NAND array has excellent performance characteristics. Techniques for operating 3D, p-channel NAND arrays include selective programming, selective (bit) erase, and block erase. Selective programming bias arrangements induce band-to-band tunneling current hot electron injection to increase threshold voltages in selected cells. Selective erase biasing arrangements induce −FN hole tunneling to decrease threshold voltages in selected cells. Also, block erase bias arrangements induce −FN hole tunneling in selected blocks of cells.
US09224462B2	Resistive memory device having defined or variable erase unit size A resistive memory device that simultaneously erases memory cells connected to selected word line(s) included in an erase unit. The erase unit includes fewer word lines than are included in a memory block of the resistive memory device. However, erase verification may nonetheless be performed on a block basis.
US09224442B2	System and method to dynamically determine a timing parameter of a memory device A particular method includes receiving, from a processor, a first memory access request at a memory device. The method also includes processing the first memory access request based on a timing parameter of the memory device. The method further includes receiving, from the processor, a second memory access request at the memory device. The method also includes modifying a timing parameter of the memory device based on addresses identified by the first memory access request and the second memory access request to produce a modified timing parameter. The method further includes processing the second memory access request based on the modified timing parameter.
US09224438B2	Multiple data rate memory interface architecture The present invention provides a DQS bus for implementing high speed multiple-data-rate interface architectures in programmable logic devices. The DQS bus has a balanced tree structure between at least one data strobe circuit and a plurality of I/O register blocks.
US09224434B2	Voltage generating circuit A circuit includes a first transistor of a first type, a second transistor of a second type, a sense amplifier, a first data line, and a second data line. The second type is different from the first type. The first data line is coupled with a first terminal of the sense amplifier. The second data line is coupled with a second terminal of the sense amplifier. A first terminal of the first transistor is configured to receive a supply voltage. A second terminal of the first transistor, a third terminal of the first transistor, a second terminal of the second transistor, a third terminal of the second transistor are coupled together and are configured to carry a voltage. A first terminal of the second transistor is configured to receive a reference supply voltage. The first and second data lines are configured to receive a voltage value of the voltage.
US09224428B2	Recording apparatus and control method thereof A recording apparatus independently sets conditions of information data to be simultaneously recorded in a plurality of recording media in a simultaneous recording mode according to a user instruction. The recording apparatus processes information data according to the set conditions so as to generate a plurality of information data to be recorded in the plurality of recording media in the simultaneous recording mode, and their identification information, and records the plurality of generated information data and identification information in the plurality of recording media. When different conditions are set as the conditions of the information data to be simultaneously recorded in the plurality of recording media, a plurality of pieces of identification information which have different values are generated for the information data to be simultaneously recorded in the plurality of recording media.
US09224427B2	Rating media item recommendations using recommendation paths and/or media item usage A media item recommendation rating system and method are provided. A recommendation rating for media items is established and dynamically updated in response to media items being recommended to other users. A recommendation server or other device receives a report of a media item recommendation and updates a recommendation rating in response. The recommendation rating may also be updated based on how often a recommended media item is used or played. Thus, a media item's recommendation rating is affected by events relating to its recommendation, as opposed simple play-based ratings that are updated on any play action regardless of whether related to a recommendation or not. Simple play-based ratings do not distinguish between ordinary usages or plays and those resulting from recommendations.
US09224422B2	Control method and system A control method of controlling a disk storage unit, includes: obtaining, by a computer, for a plurality of sectors allocated on a disk included in the disk storage unit, track identifying information that identifies a track to which sectors belong, in a first order starting from a first start sector; and storing, if first track identifying information obtained in a first sector of the plurality of sectors does not match second track identifying information obtained in a second sector of the plurality of sectors immediately before the first sector, a data length from the first start sector to the second sector in a storage unit.
US09224421B2	Non-decision directed magnetoresistive asymetry estimation Systems and methods for magnetoresistive asymmetry estimation may include, but are not limited to, operations for: receiving a magnetic read head transducer output; computing a mean value of the magnetic read head transducer output; computing a median value of the magnetic read head transducer output; and applying a correction coefficient to a magnetic read head detector input according to at least the mean value of the magnetic read head transducer output and the median value of the magnetic read head transducer output.
US09224419B1	Data detector for detecting data in presence of control signals Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a detector that processes signals read from a storage device are described. According to one embodiment, the detector includes a signal estimator configured to generate an estimate of a control signal by determining characteristics of the control signal from a read signal. The read signal includes the data signal and the control signal embedded together. The signal estimator is configured to generate the estimate of the control signal as a function of the characteristics. The detector includes a cancellation unit configured to produce the data signal by cancelling the estimate of the control signal from the read signal.
US09224415B2	Microprobe, recording apparatus, and method of manufacturing microprobe According to one embodiment, a microprobe includes a supporting base, an insulating layer, and an electrode layer arrayed in a first direction in this order. A principal surface of the microprobe is formed in a second direction different from the first direction. A step is formed on at least the electrode layer on the principal surface, and the electrode layer is partitioned into a first area and a second area by the step.
US09224403B2	Selective bass post filter In one aspect, the invention provides an audio encoding method characterized by a decision being made as to whether the device which will decode the resulting bit stream should apply post filtering including attenuation of interharmonic noise. Hence, the decision whether to use the post filter, which is encoded in the bit stream, is taken separately from the decision as to the most suitable coding mode. In another aspect, there is provided an audio decoding method with a decoding step followed by a post-filtering step, including interharmonic noise attenuation, and being characterized in a step of disabling the post filter in accordance with post filtering information encoded in the bit stream signal. Such a method is well suited for mixed-origin audio signals by virtue of its capability to deactivate the post filter in dependence of the post filtering information only, hence independently of factors such as the current coding mode.
US09224399B2	Apparatus and method for concealing frame erasure and voice decoding apparatus and method using the same An apparatus and method for concealing frame erasure and a voice decoding apparatus and method using the same. The frame erasure concealment apparatus includes: a parameter extraction unit determining whether there is an erased frame in a voice packet, and extracting an excitement signal parameter and a line spectrum pair parameter of a previous good frame; and an erasure frame concealment unit, if there is an erased frame, restoring the excitement signal and line spectrum pair parameter of the erased frame by using a regression analysis from the excitement signal and line spectrum pair parameter of the previous good frame. According to the method and apparatus, by predicting and restoring the parameter of the erased frame through the regression analysis, the quality of the restored voice signal can be enhanced and the algorithm can be simplified.
US09224395B2	Voice detection for automatic volume controls and voice sensors A voice detection system and method for automatic volume controls and voice sensors is disclosed. More specifically, the invention addresses a situation where the user's own voice undesirably affects the functionality of an automatic volume control for a two-way communication device, such as a cellular telephone. In addition, the invention proposes solutions wherein one (voice) microphone is employed and also, when two (voice and noise) microphones are employed. Further, an algorithm is disclosed that addresses the issue concerning the user's own voice in an AVC pertaining to the two microphone solution. Yet further, a method herein is disclosed that detects the presence of voice in a single non-selective (noise) microphone.
US09224390B2	Coordinated deep tagging of media content with community chat postings Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to deep tagging of media content and provide a method, system and computer program product for coordinating deep tagging of media content with chat postings. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for coordinating deep tagging of media content with chat postings can be provided. The method can include monitoring a group chat of participants co-browsing media content, identifying a token in the group chat appearing a threshold number of times within a temporal window, and creating a deep tag in the media content in association with a portion of the media content played back concurrently with the temporal window.
US09224387B1	Targeted detection of regions in speech processing data streams In speech processing systems, a special audio trigger indication is configured to efficiently isolate and mark incorrect speech processing results. The trigger indication may be configured to be easily recognizable by a speech processing device under various ASR and acoustic conditions. Once a speech processing device recognizes the trigger indication, incorrectly processed speech processing results are marked and may be isolated and prioritized for review by training and upgrading processes.
US09224382B2	Noise cancellation A noise cancellation signal is generated by generating an ambient noise signal, representing ambient noise, and generating a noise cancellation signal, by applying the ambient noise signal to an feedforward filter, where the feedforward filter comprises a high-pass filter having an adjustable cut-off frequency, and by applying a controllable gain. The noise cancellation signal is then applied to a loudspeaker, to generate a sound to at least partially cancel the ambient noise. An error signal is generated, representing unwanted sound in the region of the loudspeaker. The phase of the ambient noise signal is compared to a phase of the error signal, and the gain is controlled on the basis of a result of the comparison, taking account of a phase shift introduced by the high-pass filter when performing the comparison.
US09224367B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program There is provided an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and an image processing program realizing natural scroll display and high-speed scroll. The image processing apparatus includes: a detector detecting a scroll request; and a processor, when the detector detects a high-speed scroll request, employing a blurred picture created through a blurring process as a new picture required for a subsequent update of image displayed in a scroll region, thereby generating an image to be displayed.
US09224365B2	Method and apparatus for reducing interference and mobile terminal A method and apparatus for reducing interference and a mobile terminal using the method and apparatus. The method includes: selecting a display mode of a pixel, for a frequency falling into a receiving band range of radio communication, according to a corresponding relation between the pixel to be displayed and a strength value of interference induced in the frequency. The present invention may not only further reduce interference brought by the MIPI high-speed data transmission to radio communication receiver, but also have effect on those bands lower than 1 GHZ, lower the requirements on hardware and hence lower hardware cost, and occupy no design space.
US09224362B2	Monochromatic edge geometry reconstruction through achromatic guidance Many imaging scenarios involve an achromatic image (e.g., a panchromatic image or a near-infrared image) and one or more concurrently captured monochromatic images (e.g., RGB images captured through a Bayer filter array), and the compositing of these images through de-mosaicing and/or pan-sharpening to generate a high-resolution color image. However, in many such scenarios, the monochromatic images may exhibit distortion of edge geometry, resulting in artifacts and/or color distortions near visual edges of the composite image. However, such distortions may be absent from the achromatic image, and edge geometry may be represented as an intensity gradient among respective neighborhoods of achromatic pixels. Presented herein are techniques for reducing such distortions in monochromatic images through iterative adjustment of monochromatic pixel intensity to reflect the gradients of the neighborhoods of the corresponding achromatic pixels. Convergence of such adjustments produces composite images exhibiting accurately reconstructed edge geometry.
US09224360B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel, and a driving unit that generates driving signals for driving the display panel. The display panel receives the driving signals and outputs the driving signals as test driving signals. The driving unit includes an analog-digital converter to which the test driving signals are input, and includes a register that stores signal levels detected by the analog-digital converter.
US09224352B2	Display device with de-multiplexers having different de-multiplex ratios A display device comprises a display area, a plurality of data buses located in the display area, a controller, a first de-multiplexer, and a second de-multiplexer. The controller is adapted to provide a first data signal and a second data signal. The first de-multiplexer has a first de-multiplexer ratio, and is adapted to output the first data signal received from the controller to a plurality of first data buses of the data buses. The second de-multiplexer has a second de-multiplexer ratio, and is adapted to output the second data signal received from the controller to a plurality of second data buses of the data buses. The first de-multiplexer ratio is different from the second de-multiplexer ratio.
US09224346B2	Liquid crystal display device and related alignment method A liquid crystal display device includes a display panel, a multiplexer, an alignment circuit and a short bar circuit. The multiplexer is configured to provide a plurality of output data signals according to a plurality of switch control signals and an input data signal. During the alignment period, the alignment circuit is configured to provide a curing voltage to the display panel, and the short bar circuit is configured to couple the multiplexer to a predetermined voltage.
US09224342B2	Approach to adjust driving waveforms for a display device The present invention is directed to methods for adjusting or selecting driving waveforms in order to achieve a consistent optical performance of a display device. When a method of the present invention is applied, even if there are changes in the display medium due to temperature variation, photo-exposure or aging, the optical performance can be maintained at a desired level.
US09224341B2	Color display based on spatial clustering A color display has a monochrome modulator. An active area of the modulator is illuminated by an array of light sources. The light sources include light sources of three or more colors. The intensities of the light sources may be adjusted to project desired luminance patterns on an active area of the modulator. In a fast field sequential method different colors are projected sequentially. The modulator is set to modulate the projected luminance patterns to display a desired image. In a slow field sequential method, colors are projected simultaneously and the modulator is set to modulate most important colors in the image.
US09224338B2	Driving methods for electrophoretic displays The driving system and methods of the present invention enable interruption of updating images. The system and methods have the advantage that they not only can speed up the updating process when more than one command is received consecutively in a short period of time, but also can provide a more smooth transition visually during the updating process.
US09224311B2	Combining data sources to provide accurate effort monitoring By combining data from different sensors (on fitness device, mobile smartphone, smart clothing, other devices or people in same location), an intelligent system provides a better indicator of an individual's physical effort, using rich data sources to enhance quantified metrics such as distance/pace/altitude gain, to provide a clearer picture of an individual's exercise and activity.
US09224307B2	Methods and systems for managing a training arena for training an operator of a host vehicle A method for managing a training arena for training an operator of a host vehicle includes the procedures of generating a training arena model, updating the training arena model according to gathered real time training arena data, and managing the selected virtual entity for simulating a real entity. The training arena model is updated according to the selected virtual entity data, deriving from the training arena model an operator arena model, producing a representation of the operator arena model. The representation of the operator arena model is presented to the operator and the selected virtual entity is managed according to the training arena model as would have been detected and as could have been perceived by the selected virtual entity were the virtual entities real.
US09224299B2	Cruise control plan evaluation device and method A cruise control plan evaluation device (10) that evaluates safety of a cruise control plan for an automatically-operated vehicle includes: a behavior prediction unit (16a) that predicts a behavior that may be exhibited by a nearby vehicle, which is present near the automatically-operated vehicle, at a given time point; a position prediction unit (16b) that predicts a position of the nearby vehicle after the given time point based on a position of the nearby vehicle at the given time point and the behavior predicted by the behavior prediction unit (16a); and an evaluation unit (20) that evaluates the safety of the cruise control plan based on the position of the nearby vehicle predicted by the position prediction unit (16b) and a position that is reached by the automatically-operated vehicle according to the cruise control plan.
US09224291B2	Athletic performance user interface Athletic data may be recorded and displayed using a computing device such as a mobile communication device during performance of physical activity. In some examples, the device may provide options for defining and recording athletic activity performed by the user. Such options may include various content item selection and rendering controls. Additionally or alternatively, route selection and controls may be provided through the device. Recorded activity data may further be transmitted to a remote site through a network.
US09224285B1	Alarm probability Alarm system technology, in which an alarm event is detected at a property monitored by an alarm system when the alarm system was set in an armed state. Based on detection of the alarm event, an alarm probability score that indicates a likelihood of the alarm event being an emergency situation is determined and the alarm event is handled based on the determined alarm probability score.
US09224281B2	Smoke detector sensor network system and method A system and method for detecting smoke in a compartment that includes a first set of sensors, a second set of sensors and a processor. Each sensor in the first set is configured to sense particles. Each sensor in the second set is configured to sense at least one gas. The processor is configured to receive first input data from the first set of sensors and second input data from the second set of sensors, to compare the second input data with a noise level when the first input data indicates that particles are present in the compartment, and to generate an alert signal when the second input data exceeds the noise level. The processor preferably calculates a rate of change of the second data and compares the second input data with the noise level only when the rate of change of the second data exceeds a third threshold.
US09224280B2	Security wrap A security wrap (20) for protecting an electronic component (16) includes a substrate (26) having a first side and a second side opposite to each other. A conductive path (22) is disposed over the first side of the substrate (26) and has first and second ends coupled to the electronic component (16), and a pattern selected from a plurality of predetermined patterns. A layer of adhesive (28) is over the first side of the substrate (26) and bonds the first side of the substrate (26) to the electronic component (16) with the conductive path (22) sandwiched there between.
US09224279B2	Tour monitoring device A monitoring device that is capable of setting both of the tour monitoring time and the unmoving object monitoring time without restriction. A tour monitoring unit causes an image pickup unit to perform a tour monitoring. An unmoving object monitoring unit performs an unmoving object detection process and an unmoving object determination process at positions subjected to the tour monitoring. A control unit performs a control such that the tour monitoring is performed at a position different from the position where the unmoving object detection process is performed after the unmoving object detection process is performed and the unmoving object determination process is performed after the tour monitoring is performed at the different position.
US09224265B2	Gaming system and method for providing an offer and acceptance game A gaming system for providing a multiple round offer and acceptance game with a multi-component offers. In various embodiments, the offer and acceptance game is a multi-round offer and acceptance game, wherein the player's decisions during one or more rounds of the offer and acceptance game determine, at least in part, whether the player will play or participate in each of the subsequent rounds of the offer and acceptance game. In these embodiments, for each played round of the offer and acceptance game, the gaming system enables the player to accept or reject one or more different offers which have different award values and also contribute different amounts toward terminating the play of the offer and acceptance game.
US09224263B2	Transferring awards via optical machine readable data representation images Club cards and tickets can be eliminated by providing an application that allows a player's mobile phone to process an image of an optical machine-readable representation of data. At the end of a wagering session on a WGM, the WGM can display a barcode representing a player's winnings, an achievement, game status, etc. The player takes a picture of the barcode with his or her mobile phone. The application on the phone processes the barcode image and automatically updates an account of the player in accordance with the data represented or carried by the barcode. For instance, the mobile phone sends a request to a wagering account server to electronically deposit the winnings, as represented by the barcode, in a wagering account associated with the player's club profile.
US09224261B2	Method and apparatus for conditional payouts in a gaming device A gaming device incentivizes additional game play by combining payouts with conditional payouts. During game play, players are informed of the conditions, which must be satisfied so as to vest the conditional payouts. Subsequent game play is monitored to see if the player has satisfied the conditions. If the player has satisfied the conditions, then the conditional payout vests. If the condition is not met, then the conditional payout terminates.
US09224259B1	Conflict resolution in asynchronous multiplayer games A method and system to host a computer-implemented multiplayer game includes functionality to identify and resolve conflicts resulting from asynchronous game play. Client system game state information that changes responsive to in-game actions performed on a client system is intermittently synchronized with authoritative game state information, during which the in-game actions may be validated. Actions that fail a prerequisite check based on the authoritative game state information are analyzed in automated fashion to determine whether they are redundant actions that fail the prerequisite check owing to their having been performed with respect to outdated client system game state information. One or more remedial actions are performed for respective redundant actions, e.g., by allowing the redundant action and modifying the game state, by restoring spent resources to affected players, or by disallowing both the redundant action and an associated preempting action.
US09224255B2	Vehicle diagnostic system, vehicle diagnostic method, and vehicle Provided are a vehicle configured such that if idling does not automatically stop, an in-vehicle display will occur immediately if a malfunction is the cause, thereby enabling a driver to have peace of mind and concentrate on driving, without giving the driver an unnecessary sense of unease; a vehicle diagnostic system therefor; and a vehicle diagnostic method. The vehicle comprises an idle stop error display unit provided corresponding to a specific ECU among a plurality of ECUs, and that indicates that an idle stop malfunction has occurred, being a malfunction corresponding to a second IS malfunction code, when a malfunction has occurred within a control target range for any among the plurality of ECUs, said malfunction recording the second IS malfunction code which does not cause the operation of a warning light requesting inspection or repair of an error that has occurred inside the vehicle.
US09224252B1	Method of diagnosing the rationality of a humidity sensor output signal A method of diagnosing rationality of a humidity sensor output signal determines that the humidity sensor output signal has passed a rationality diagnostic if the output signal is changing sufficiently. If the output signal is not changing sufficiently, the method determines whether it should be changing sufficiently by whether a humidity capacity index determined based on temperature and pressure local to the humidity sensor is changing sufficiently. If the humidity capacity index is changing sufficiently and the humidity sensor output signal is not, the method determines that the humidity sensor output signal has failed a diagnostic check. Upon determining that the humidity sensor output signal has failed the diagnostic check a predetermined number of times, the method determines that the humidity sensor output signal has failed the rationality diagnostic.
US09224250B2	Vehicle telematics unit lockout recovery A method of removing a vehicle telematics unit from an invalid state includes sensing that the vehicle telematics unit wirelessly received an invalid state code that deactivates the communication function of the vehicle telematics unit from a base station of a wireless carrier system; determining at the vehicle telematics unit that a reset trigger applicable to invalid state codes has been activated; and commanding the vehicle telematics unit to reset the invalid state code when the reset trigger has been activated thereby permitting the vehicle telematics unit to resume its communication function.
US09224247B2	Three-dimensional object processing device, three-dimensional object processing method, and information storage medium Provided is a three-dimensional object processing device which is configured to: project a three-dimensional object that is disposed in a virtual three-dimensional space onto each of a plurality of projection planes that are set in the virtual three-dimensional space to obtain projected objects; deform each of the projected objects in a corresponding one of the plurality of projection planes; and deform the three-dimensional object in the virtual three-dimensional space based on each of the projected objects, which have been deformed in the corresponding one of the plurality of projection planes.
US09224240B2	Depth-based information layering in medical diagnostic ultrasound Information layering is provided in medical imaging. Two or more types of information are provided in one image. A three-dimensional surface is formed for two-dimensional scanning and/or imaging. The depth or third dimension is mapped to one type of data. Variation in values of this type of data causes variation in the surface away from flat. Data of another type is mapped to the surface, such that each location having a color or gray scale value based on the other type and a depth based on the one type. The surface is rendered using three-dimensional rendering to show the depth information even though both types of data represent a scanned plane. Stereoscopic viewing may allow the user to better visualize the depth information.
US09224236B2	Interactive changing of the depiction of an object displayed using volume rendering A depiction of a three-dimensional object that is displayed using volume rendering is influenced. A representation of the object, in which values of a variable characterizing the object are given at spatial points of the object and in which color values are allocated to the variable during the course of rendering, is provided. A set of points defined in the space of representation of the object is input, and a distance from spatial points incorporated by the representation to the set of points is calculated. Color values allocated to spatial points are modified, or color values are determined according to the calculated distance. A depiction of the object by volume rendering is calculated using the representation of the object, the representation incorporating the modified or determined color values.
US09224233B2	Blending 3D model textures by image projection An example method and system for blending textures of a composite image formed by a plurality of source images mapped onto a three dimensional model are presented. The composite image is projected to obtain an unblended projected image having textures. The textures are blended to obtain a blended projected image. Both the unblended and the blended projected images are backprojected onto the three dimensional model. A difference is determined between a pixel of the backprojected, blended image and a corresponding pixel of the backprojected, unblended image. The determined difference is then applied to a further corresponding pixel of the composite image to obtain a modified composite image representing a blending of the plurality of source images in the composite image.
US09224232B2	Stereoscopic image generation device, stereoscopic image display device, stereoscopic image adjustment method, program for causing computer to execute stereoscopic image adjustment method, and recording medium on which the program is recorded A stereoscopic image generation device that generates a stereoscopic image including a right-eye image and a left-eye image is provided. The stereoscopic image generation device includes an image enlarging/reducing unit that enlarges or reduces the right-eye image and the left-eye image which constitute stereoscopic image data, and a display control unit that performs control to display a stereoscopic image by showing the right-eye image and the left-eye image of the stereoscopic image data for a right eye and a left eye, respectively. The image enlarging/reducing unit enlarges or reduces the right-eye image and the left-eye image on the basis of parallax amount adjustment information, which includes a position of a right-eye-image reference point and a position of a left-eye-image reference point which are respectively provided at different positions for the right-eye image and the left-eye image, and enlargement ratios of the right-eye image and the left-eye image, with reference to the right-eye-image reference point and the left-eye-image reference point. Accordingly, a position in the depth direction can be easily controlled while adjusting a parallax.
US09224228B1	Data presentation A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving an indication of a user selecting a selected portion of a piece of content for review on a display screen. A determination is made concerning whether the piece of content will fit within the display screen. If the piece of content will not fit within the display screen: a header portion of the piece of content is rendered within an upper portion of the display screen, and the selected portion of the piece of content is rendered within a main portion of the display screen.
US09224225B2	Mass spectrometry data processing device A data processing device in which, on a screen where an MS spectrum for a retention time designated by the analyst is displayed in the upper area and an MS2 spectrum for a precursor ion selected automatically based on the MS spectrum is displayed in the lower area, when an “On” button in a precursor parameter display selection frame in the top part is clicked, excluded ion and priority ion information for that retention time is collected and the m/z ranges and are displayed in a specified display color on the MS spectrum. As a result, it becomes possible to see at a glance whether the precursor ion indicated by upward arrow corresponds to an excluded ion or priority ion.
US09224223B2	Visual analytics using multivariate concentric rings with a visual start time mechanism Visual analytics using multivariate concentric rings with a visual start time mechanism includes displaying an interactive graph where the interactive graph has multiple concentric rings that have multiple cells that represent sequential time periods. The concentric rings form a time unit that starts at an origin and ends at a time unit end and also has a pre-nonorigin starting section and a post-nonorigin starting section. A color is displayed in the cells to represent measurements associated with time stamps corresponding to cells in the post-nonorigin starting section. Further, a background color is displayed in cells of the pre-nonorigin starting section. The cells in the pre-nonorigin starting section are reused by displaying a color to represent metrics associated with time stamps belonging to a subsequent time unit.
US09224222B2	Interactive multidimensional drilldown analysis Analytical functions to be applied to business intelligence data may be sequentially selected from a set of chips, each corresponding to a different function. A function associated with a selected chip may be applied to the business intelligence data and the selected chip may be added to an analysis path with other selected chips in a sequential order of selection. A result, which may include at least two selectable data points, may be displayed. Once a data point selection is made, the selection may be used to limit the functions associated with subsequently displayed chips to the selected data points. The chips listed in the analysis path may be used to change prior data point selections, the changes of which may be automatically propagated to any subsequently selected chips as indicated in the analysis path.
US09224218B2	System and method for loading and rendering curved features in a map Embodiments of a system and method for loading and rendering curved features in a map are described. Embodiments may include a map tool of a mapping or navigation application configured to generate a display for a map that includes one or more curved features (e.g., curved roads or curved polygons). The map tool may be executed in a client/server environment in which a server portion receives digitized map data in the form of polylines, detects a curved feature in the map data by fitting it to a parametric curve, and transmits data representing the parametric curve to a client device for subsequent rendering. The client device may render the curved feature using the received parametric curve data or, dependent on characteristics of the client device, extract data corresponding to points on the parametric curve to generate a triangle mesh for rendering the curved feature at a suitable resolution.
US09224217B2	Analytical charting Methods, program products, and systems for analytical charting are described. A system implementing analytical charting techniques can receive a selection input from a data view displaying data retrieved from a database table. The system can determine a context of the selection input, a data environment in which the selection input is received, and characteristics of data being selected. Based on the context, the data environment, and the characteristics, the system can generate a chart data grouping that specifies a relationship between data in a chart. The system can automatically specify one or more data series for the chart based on the chart data grouping. The system can generate chart parameters automatically and transparently to the user. The system can provide the system-generated chart parameters for display and allow user modification to the system-generated chart parameters. The system can then generate a chart using the chart parameters.
US09224216B2	High density forward projector for spatial resolution improvement for medical imaging systems including computed tomography A medical imaging apparatus, processing device or specialized circuit can include an input interface to input scan data of a medical image scan of a target object, a processor to generate an output image from the input scan data, and an output interface to output the output image to, e.g., a display. The processor can execute a first reconstruction of the scan data to obtain an intermediate image of the target object, a high-density forward projection of the intermediate object to obtain generated data, a sinogram updating using both of the generated data and the scan data to obtain a high-resolution sinogram, and a second reconstruction based on the high-resolution sinogram to obtain an output image.
US09224214B2	Apparatus and method for encoding/decoding images for intra-prediction A method of decoding an image includes the steps of restoring a residual value by performing inverse quantization and inverse transform on the residual value by entropy decoding a received bit stream, generating a prediction unit by performing intra prediction selectively using one of a plurality of prediction modes on a prediction unit split by conducting at least one of asymmetric partitioning and geometrical partitioning, and restoring an image by adding the residual value to the prediction unit. It may be possible to enhance encoding efficiency of high-resolution images having a resolution of HD or higher by performing intra prediction on the asymmetric partitioning and/or geometrical partitioning.
US09224205B2	Accelerated geometric shape detection and accurate pose tracking A reference in an unknown environment is generated on the fly for positioning and tracking. The reference is produced in a top down process by capturing an image of a planar object with a predefined geometric shape, detecting edge pixels of the planar object, then detecting a plurality of line segments from the edge pixels. The plurality of line segments may then be used to detect the planar object in the image based on the predefined geometric shape. An initial pose of the camera with respect to the planar object is determined and tracked using the edges of the planar object.
US09224204B2	Method and apparatus for registration of multimodal imaging data using constraints First and second images obtained from first and second imaging modalities, respectively, are set as a target image and an object image, respectively. The object image is segmented into one or more anatomic segments. Each segment is associated with a respective anatomic class. At least one attribute is assigned to at least one of the anatomic segments based on the anatomic class corresponding to said at least one anatomic segment. A registration is performed with the object image and the target image, wherein the registration is constrained by the assigned attribute(s).
US09224195B2	Reticle defect inspection with systematic defect filter Disclosed are methods and apparatus for inspecting a photolithographic reticle. A stream of defect data is received from a reticle inspection system, wherein the defect data identifies a plurality of defects that were detected for a plurality of different portions of the reticle. Before reviewing the defect data to determine whether the reticle passes inspection and as the stream of defect data continues to be received, some of the defects are automatically grouped with other most recently one or more received defects so as form groups of substantially matching defects. Before reviewing the defect data to determine whether the reticle passes inspection and after all of the defect data for the reticle is received, one or more of the groups of defects that have a number above a predetermined threshold are automatically filtered from the defect data so as to form filtered defect data. The filtered defect data may then be provided to a review station for determining whether the reticle passes.
US09224192B2	Device and method for the processing of remote sensing data The processing of remote sensing data, wherein first image data are processed with the use of second digital image data which, compared with the first image data, have a finer local resolution. The local resolution of the first digital image data is refined temporarily. The local resolution and every pixel of the temporarily refined first image data corresponds to the local resolution and each pixel of the second digital image data. Determining a weighting value for the pixels of the second digital image data which corresponds to a weighting of a image value of the pixel in the ratio of the image value of the pixel to image values of surrounding pixels. A smoothing of the local plot of the image values in the area of the pixel and its environment is implemented such that the weighting value of larger values is based on additional smoothing of image values.
US09224185B2	Fast storage method for image data, valuable-file identifying method and identifying device thereof Disclosed are a valuable-file identifying method and an identifying device thereof. The identifying method and the identifying device store image data of a valuable file using a fast storage method for image data. The fast storage method for image data comprises: compulsively converting collected single-byte image data into long-integer image data; using N data masks which correspond to each other through a “bitwise AND” operation to extract the long-integer image data in such a manner that N points are extracted from M*N points in each line and one point is extracted from L points in each column, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, L and M are all integers greater than or equal to 1; and integrating the data extracted respectively by N data masks through a “bitwise OR” operation to obtain coded image data and store same. In conclusion, the present invention converts single-byte image data into long-integer image data, and extracts multipoint data at one time using a plurality of data masks which correspond to each other, reducing the number of operations, and achieving fast, compressed storage of images.
US09224177B2	Systems and methods for searching for and translating real estate descriptions from diverse sources utilizing an operator-based product definition Disclosed herein are: systems capable of searching, receiving and conglomerating the data from real estate databases of varying formats, and translating that received into a common format; execution of pre-defined translation rules referencing data tags used within the system or the originating databases; rules constructed in a simple, hierarchical or a class-based structure whereby one rule depends upon the output of another rule for its input; data sources prioritized or merged where the same property-related information is presented in more than one source; map definitions containing rule sets crafted for a particular use, such as for a particular consumer or user; such systems used in the course of real estate appraisals, in property search reports, extending across databases of differing formats. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.
US09224170B2	Sales channel management infrastructure A sales system supports sales between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers in a communication network. A sales server has a seller interface used by both a first seller and a second seller respectively via a first seller's computer and a second seller's computer to register availability for sale of a first product and a second product. The sales server, based upon received buyer input from an identified buyer via a buyer computer that includes buyer orders for the first product and the second product dispenses a first sales order to the first seller's computer for the first product and a second sales order to the second seller's computer for the second product. The sales server provides instructions to the first seller's computer for fulfillment of the first sales order and to the second sales computer for the fulfillment of the second sales order.
US09224167B2	System and method for aiding user in online searching and purchasing of multiple items A system and method for searching for and/or purchasing multiple items on the Internet is provided. The system identifies a plurality of purchasing alternatives based on predetermined criteria and allows the consumer to select from among the purchasing alternatives to purchase the desired items.
US09224166B2	Retrieving product information from embedded sensors via mobile device video analysis A system for accessing product information from embedded sensors via mobile device video analysis is disclosed. The system includes a processing device configured for analyzing a video stream of the surrounding environment captured on a mobile device. At least one product that has one or more embedded sensors associated therewith is identified within the surrounding environment. The system retrieves information associated with the one or more products from the one or more embedded sensors. Information retrieved, or information derived from the information retrieved, from the embedded sensors is presented to the user via a display of the video stream on the mobile device.
US09224159B2	Distributed content exchange and presentation system An Internet-oriented advertising exchange controller presents website content in a plurality of frames as well as support search criteria and other flexible forms of inventory formatting and delivery. Applications include Internet protocol request coordination or relay, cooperative frame based or interstitial advertising, and support for a local search or dataless metasearch system. The controller operates in a cookieless environment, has logic to protect advertiser's investment from AutoSurf equivalent systems, and protects against other inappropriate stimuli including denial of service or IP blast attacks.As such, an advertiser's credits are affected only by human stimuli. Communication with and among exchange controllers for sharing or delivering information about inventory occurs by a number of protocols with optional encryption. The controller provides a foundation for a robust, advertiser protective, web based advertising and network search system with economic support by use of unstoppable framesets, and ultimately frame-based advertising and presentation methods.
US09224156B2	Personalizing video content for Internet video streaming A video preparation system is described. The system includes an event detector, a viewer identification, a selector, a video synthesis module, and a communications module. The event detector may be configured to detect an event associated with a main video content. The viewer identification module may be configured to determine an identification of a viewer associated with the event and to obtain information about the viewer. The selector may be configured to select additional video content that could be presented with the main video content. The video synthesis module may be configured to modify, in real time, the video content to produce a resulting content based on the information about the viewer. The communications module may be configured to provide the resulting content to a play-out server, the resulting content suitable for streaming via the Internet to a client computer system associated with the viewer.
US09224151B2	Presenting advertisements based on web-page interaction Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system, and media for presenting advertisements (or other information) based on user interaction with a web page. One embodiment of the method includes determining that programmatic code that describes the web page is to be dynamically modified before it is to be presented on a display device. The method further includes identifying remotely stored supplemental information that is associated with the web page. The supplemental information includes a listing of words on the web page that are to be considered key words which key words are to be associated with descriptive terms that relate to the key words. The descriptive terms might even be generated after a rendering of the web page as well as before. Additional supplemental information might include a listing of triggering events that are associated with different objects of the web page (such as key words, text boxes, etc.) such that if an object is interacted with in a predetermined way, then some action is to follow. The method additionally includes modifying the programmatic code of the web page according to the supplemental information, observing a triggering event, gathering descriptive words associated with the occurrence of the event trigger, communicating the appropriate descriptive words so as to return fresh advertising content, and without obscuring an initial content of the web page, presenting information based on the advertising content.
US09224148B2	System to manage automated prize value accumulation and distribution A system to manage prize accumulation and distribution includes an interface to receive publication data from a publishing user. The publication data is to be published by the computer system. The interface further receives a prize contribution value, at the computer system and from the publishing user, in exchange for the presentation of an opportunity to win a cumulative prize. The opportunity to win the cumulative prize is to be presented by the computer system in conjunction with the publication of the publication data. A publication module is to electronically publish the publication data on behalf of the publishing user, and is to electronically present the opportunity to win the cumulative prize in conjunction with the publication of the publication data. A prize processing module is to calculate a value of the cumulative prize, based on a cumulative contribution of prize contribution values received from a plurality of publishing users.
US09224146B2	Apparatus and method for point of sale terminal fraud detection A system, apparatus, method and computer programming for monitoring security of a payment terminal is described. There is provided monitoring of one or more security parameters associated with the payment terminal; detecting any violation of any one of the security parameters; classifying the detected any violation of the one or more of the security parameters into a classification; transmitting data regarding the any violation of the one or more of the security parameters, including the classification thereof, to a centralized terminal management server. If the any detected violation of the one or more of the security parameters is classified as potential fraudulent activity, there is also provided one or more security actions in response to the any detected violation of the one or more of the security parameters.
US09224145B1	Venue based digital rights using capture device with digital watermarking capability A system for tracking copyright compliance comprises a database, the database including unique identifiers for a plurality of content capture devices. The unique identifiers may be obtained from devices prior to the presentation of protectable content, for example, by pre-registration during the process of obtaining a ticket to a performance or at a security checkpoint at an event. The unique identifiers may be associated with a copyright policy pertaining to content at the event. Each device may embed its unique identifier in content captured by the device, such as via a watermark. Software may obtain data embedded in content and access the database to determine the copyright status of the content by sending a request including data identifying the capture device. If content is obtained from an unauthorized source, the content may be traced back to a specific device.
US09224144B2	Securing communications with a pin pad Described in an example embodiment herein is an apparatus comprising an input device and a processor communicatively coupled with the input device. The processor employs asymmetric encryption to provision the input device with a terminal master key. The processor employs the terminal master key with a symmetric encryption algorithm to transfer a communication key to the input device. The processor obtains data representative of a financial account. The processor receives data representative of the personal identification number for authorizing a financial transaction with the financial account from the input device, the data representative of the personal identification number is encrypted with the communication key. The processor receives a request for a financial transaction associated with the financial account via the input device. The processor determines whether the financial transaction is authorized based on the data representative of the personal identification number received from the input device.
US09224139B2	Payment terminal messaging A payment terminal and a host computer system are configured to provide human-readable messaging capability with a person at an external location outside of a financial infrastructure. A payment terminal at a point of sale may be used to cause human-readable message content to be forwarded to the person by the host computer system, either automatically or at the instigation of an operator of the payment terminal. Message content from the person may be delivered to the payment terminal for display to the operator. The person at the external location may be able to retrieve information stored in the payment terminal via standard communication channels. The system also provides a mechanism for exchanging messages between payment terminals.
US09224129B2	System and methodology for multiple users concurrently working and viewing on a common project A system and methodology, for use by a plurality of users working on a common project that has an associated display. The system is comprised of a plurality of display computing appliances, each associated with a respective one of at least two users of a plurality of users. Layer storage and control logic is comprised of memory structured as at least two separate respective data layers of data storage for associative storage of user (image) data mapped to the respective user providing the respective input. Each said separate respective data layer of data storage is comprised of respective user data associated with a respective user of the plurality of users. Each of the display apparatus is responsive to the layer storage and control logic, for providing a respective said display presentation for viewing by the respective one of the at least two users. The respective said display presentation provides at least a common portion of the display presentation for concurrently viewing by the at least two users, at the respective said display computing appliances. Input logic provides for input of respective user data representative of respective edit (annotations) input, by each respective one of the at least two users, provided responsive to a respective user input by the respective one of the at least two users while the respective one of the at least two users is concurrently viewing the respective said display presentation.
US09224128B2	Energy information exchange Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating data synchronization in a utility computing environment. A data synchronization application can monitor source systems in such an environment and generate periodic change sets that correspond to data that has changed in the various source systems. Destination systems can subscribe to change sets and receive the appropriate change sets by monitoring flags that the data synchronization application can set. Various classes of change sets that correspond to data within a particular change set can also be generated.
US09224124B2	Item storage and tracking cabinet and arrangement An item storage and tracking unit for holding a plurality of discrete items may include a housing including a plurality of receptacles positioned therein and defining a plurality of associated inner areas. A signal emitting device is associated with at least one item and configured to emit a signal. At least one movement sensor and/or at least one weight sensor may be associated with each receptacle of the plurality of receptacles. At least one signal receiving arrangement is associated with each receptacle and configured to scan at least a portion of the inner area of the associated receptacle for the signal emitted from the signal emitting device associated with the at least one item. The scan is initiated at least partly in response to a determination by the at least one movement sensor, the at least one weight sensor, and/or an antenna associated with the associated receptacle.
US09224118B2	Dynamic display of content consumption by geographic location This disclosure relates to dynamic display of content consumption by geographic location. A recognition component recognizes content being consumed by a set of users, and identifies geographic locations of the consumption and a set of characteristics associated with the consumption. An aggregation component ranks the consumed content based on a subset of the characteristics associated with the consumption, and a display component generates a map displaying subsets of the consumed content as a function of respective rankings and geographic location.
US09224113B2	Preparing preliminary transaction work for a mobile banking customer Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for transaction queuing. In some embodiments, a system is configured to: receive information associated with an intended transaction, wherein a user will execute the intended transaction at a facility at a user-defined time; determine preliminary work associated with the intended transaction that can be performed prior to the user-defined time; and perform the preliminary work associated with the intended transaction. The preliminary work is placed on a transaction queue until the user arrives at the facility.
US09224107B2	Managing customizing settings in a business structured interface Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method of managing customizing settings in a business structured interface is to be initiated. The method includes presenting a plurality of business process types to a user. Each of the business process types includes a plurality of business document types. First user input selecting a set of business process types is received. The first user input triggers for each selected business process type activation of features in an application program. In response to the first selection, the plurality of business document types associated with the selected business process type are presented. Second user input selecting a set of business document types is received. The second user input triggers activation of features in the application program. The application program is launched, wherein the features are activated and available during the operation of the application program.
US09224099B2	Quantum computer Values of quantum bits used for a quantum computer is stabilized and the number of quantum bits per element is set to be 100 or more while ensuring quantum state stability during calculation of the quantum bits, quantum state controllability, and capability of achieving large-scale integration of quantum bits. Quantum calculation is performed as generating a spin vortex 6 centered on each hole 4 formed at a copper oxide superconductor thin film 3 by applying a magnetic field to a quantum bit substrate 1 having the copper oxide superconductor thin film 3 at which a plurality of the holes 4 are doped and irradiating an electromagnetic wave 19 containing quantum calculation data to the quantum bit substrate 1 in a state that a clockwise loop current 5 or a counterclockwise loop current 5 is generated in accordance with a position of each hole 4 and each spin vortex 6.
US09224096B2	System and method for item self-assessment as being extant or displaced A portable item reporting device (200) is configured to be attached to and in substantial collocation with a portable item (100), or to be integrated into a portable item (100). The device (200) includes environmental sensors (210) to monitor item location, movement, ambient light, sounds, temperature, etc. The device (200) is configured to store usage expectation data (600) indicative of historical and/or expected item usage and environments when the item (100) is in normal use/storage associated with an authorized user (AU). The device (200) monitors current environmental conditions (104) surrounding and pertaining to the item. If the current environment (104) is inconsistent with expected conditions (600), the device (200) assesses that the item (100) is displaced (503.0), meaning either that the item (100) is in abnormal use or abnormal storage, or is under the control of an unauthorized user (UU) who is other than the authorized user (AU). Based on the assessment the device initiates a signal (372) or message (374) to an authorized user (AU) of the item (100), indicating that the item (100) usage/storage is displaced (503.0) or otherwise anomalous (503.2).
US09224091B2	Learning artificial neural network using ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) A circuit is provided for that includes one or more TCAM arrays including one or more matchlines configured to model a neural network. Each of the one or more TCAM arrays models a connected group of neurons such that input search data into the one or more matchlines is modeled as neuron dendrite information, and the output from the one or more matchlines is modeled as neuron axon information. The circuit further includes one or more additional bits included within each of the one or more matchlines that are configured to model connectivity strength between each neuron dendrite and axon. The circuit also includes a real-time learning block included within each of the one or more TCAM arrays configured to modify the connectivity strength between each neuron dendrite and axon using wild-cards written and stored in the one or more additional bits.
US09224089B2	Method and apparatus for adaptive bit-allocation in neural systems Certain aspects of the present disclosure support a technique for adaptive bit-allocation in neural systems. Bit-allocation for neural signals and parameters in a neural network described in the present disclosure may comprise for a plurality of synapse circuits in the neural simulator network, dynamically allocating a number of bits to the neural circuit signals based on at least one characteristic of one or more neural potential in the neural simulator network; and for the plurality of synapse circuits in the neural simulator network, dynamically allocating a number of bits to at least one neural processing parameter of the synapse circuit based on at least one condition of the neural simulator network.
US09224082B2	Combination of luminescent substances The invention relates to a luminescent composition comprising a component which can be excited by infrared (IR) radiation and a component which can be excited by ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The composition has a characteristic emission spectrum and may optionally be used together with a reading system adapted to the emission spectrum in order to mark substances or mixtures of substances.
US09224067B1	System and methods for digital artifact genetic modeling and forensic analysis Described is a cyber security system for digital artifact genetic modeling and forensic analysis. The system identifies the provenance (origin) of a digital artifact by first receiving a plurality of digital artifacts, each digital artifact possessing features. Raw features are extracted from the digital artifacts. The raw features are classified into descriptive genotype-phonotype structures. Finally, lineage, heredity, and provenance of the digital artifacts are determined based on mapping of the genotype-phenotype structures.
US09224066B2	Object detection via validation with visual search One exemplary embodiment involves receiving, at a computing device comprising a processor, a test image having a candidate object and a set of object images detected to depict a similar object as the test image. The embodiment involves localizing the object depicted in each one of the object images based on the candidate object in the test image to determine a location of the object in each respective object image and then generating a validation score for the candidate object in the test image based at least in part on the determined location of the object in the respective object image and known location of the object in the same respective object image. The embodiment also involves computing a final detection score for the candidate object based on the validation score that indicates a confidence level that the object in the test image is located as indicated by the candidate object.
US09224065B2	Character-recognition method and character-recognition device and program using said method A character-recognition device and method for imaging a character string, generating a grayscale image that corresponds to the character string, cutting out, from the grayscale image, individual characters in the character string, obtaining a coincidence of a character image that is being focused on for each of model images of a plurality of kinds of characters by sequentially focusing on cut-out character images to match the cut-out character images against the model images, and recognizing characters corresponding to the cut-out character images based on each coincidence.
US09224061B1	Text orientation estimation in camera captured OCR A system estimates text orientation in images captured using a handheld camera prior detecting text in the image. Text orientation is estimated based on edges detected within the image, and the image is rotated based on the estimated orientation. Text detection and processing is then performed on the rotated image. Non-text features along a periphery of the image may be sampled to assure that clutter will not undermine the estimation of orientation.
US09224056B2	System for logging biometric data A system for gathering and storing biometric data relating to a portable biometric device that is configured to scan and save the footprint image of an infant, while also automatically compartmentalizing the footprint image into a designated file that also includes an employee identification information of the footprint taker, biometric data of the parent, and both infant and mother wristband identification information. The data and images are collected at the same time, and then time and date stamped, to ensure that no mistakes are made.
US09224052B2	Method for in-image periodic noise pixel inpainting A method for in-image periodic noise pixel inpainting is provided. It is determined whether a current frame includes periodic noise pixels, and locations of periodic noise pixels are identified. Non-periodic-noise pixels in a reference frame are utilized to inpaint the periodic noise pixels in the current frame.
US09224049B2	Detection of static object on thoroughfare crossings Foreground object image features are extracted from input video via application of a background subtraction mask, and optical flow image features from a region of the input video image data defined by the extracted foreground object image features. If estimated movement features indicate that the underlying object is in motion, a dominant moving direction of the underlying object is determined. If the dominant moving direction is parallel to an orientation of the second, crossed thoroughfare, an event alarm indicating that a static object is blocking travel on the crossing second thoroughfare is not generated. If the estimated movement features indicate that the underlying object is static, or that its determined dominant moving direction is not parallel to the second thoroughfare, an appearance of the foreground object region is determined and a static-ness timer run while the foreground object region comprises the extracted foreground object image features.
US09224046B2	Multi-view object detection using appearance model transfer from similar scenes View-specific object detectors are learned as a function of scene geometry and object motion patterns. Motion directions are determined for object images extracted from a training dataset and collected from different camera scene viewpoints. The object images are categorized into clusters as a function of similarities of their determined motion directions, the object images in each cluster are acquired from the same camera scene viewpoint. Zenith angles are estimated for object image poses in the clusters relative to a position of a horizon in the cluster camera scene viewpoint, and azimuth angles of the poses as a function of a relation of the determined motion directions of the clustered images to the cluster camera scene viewpoint. Detectors are thus built for recognizing objects in input video, one for each of the clusters, and associated with the estimated zenith angles and azimuth angles of the poses of the respective clusters.
US09224045B2	Video camera with capture modes Embodiments provide a video camera that can be configured to allow tagging of recorded video and/or capture of video segments or sequences of images in response to user actuation of a camera control identifying an event of interest. For example, a user may press a button on the camera when an event of interest occurs, and in response the camera may tag a captured video file at a timestamp corresponding to the event. In another example, the user may initiate capture of video segments or sequences of images at an occurrence of an event of interest by pressing a button. The camera may include an image data buffer that may enable capture of video segments and/or sequences of images occurring before the user initiates capture of the event. User interfaces may enable the user to quickly review the captured video or sequences of images of the events of interest.
US09224044B1	Method and system for video zone monitoring A computing system receives a definition of a zone of interest within the scene depicted in the video steam. In response to receiving the definition of the zone of interest, the computing system determines, for each motion event detected in the video stream, whether a respective event mask of the motion event overlaps with the zone of interest by at least a predetermined overlap factor; and identifying the motion event as an event of interest associated with the zone of interest in accordance with a determination that the respective event mask of the motion event overlaps with the zone of interest by at least the predetermined overlap factor.
US09224025B2	Decodable indicia reading terminal with optical filter A decodable indicia reading terminal can comprise a housing including a housing window, a multiple pixel image sensor disposed within the housing, an imaging lens configured to focus an image of decodable indicia on the image sensor, an optical bandpass filter disposed in an optical path of light incident on the image sensor, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter configured to convert an analog signal read out of the image sensor into a digital signal representative of the analog signal, and processor configured to output a decoded message data corresponding to the decodable indicia by processing the digital signal.
US09224018B1	Swipe-guide for card reader Aspects of the technology relate to a swipe-guide attachment for use with a mobile card reader. In some aspects, the swipe-guide attachment is configured to facilitate insertion of a payment card into the card reader and prevent rotation of the card reader. A swipe-guide may include a harness for enclosing the card reader, and can include an aperture, for example, to permit passage of an audio plug of the card reader into a headphone port of a host mobile device.
US09224013B2	Secure processing sub-system that is hardware isolated from a peripheral processing sub-system Systems and methods are provided that allow a secure processing system (SPS) to be implemented as a hard macro, thereby isolating the SPS from a peripheral processing system (PPS). The SPS and the PPS, combination, may form a secure element that can be used in conjunction with a host device and a connectivity device to allow the host device to engage in secure transactions, such as mobile payment over a near field communications (NFC) connection. As a result of the SPS being implemented as a hard macro isolated from the PPS, the SPS may be certified once, and re-used in other host devices without necessitating re-certification.
US09224004B2	Variable user interface based on document access privileges Users may be presented with different viewing interfaces for a document based on a combination of factors relating to display rights possessed for the document and user specific information. In one implementation, the user's location is used to determine portions of the document that can be displayed to the user. More particularly, access privileges to a document for a user are determined based on geographical location information of the user and based on access rights possessed for the document. Portions of the document may then be formatted for display to the user based on the determined access privileges.
US09223999B2	Management of Digital information According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system provides secure access to a digital item and includes at least one processor. The system partitions the digital item into a plurality of segments each containing a portion of the digital item and associated with a corresponding sensitivity level. The portion of the digital item within each segment is encrypted in accordance with the corresponding sensitivity level, and the plurality of segments are randomly stored among a plurality of storage units. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for providing secure access to a digital item in substantially the same manner described above.
US09223995B1	Semantic obfuscation of data in real time Systems and methods for automatically maintaining the anonymity or privacy of a stream of data as it is transmitted over a network or provided for other use, by receiving a data stream in real-time from an original source and identifying a data subset of interest within the original data stream. The data subset of interest is segregated from the data stream for either obfuscating at least a portion of the data subset in accordance with certain criteria or encrypting it. The data subset is obfuscated or encrypted for purpose of transmission over the network or for testing and reunited at a target source with the remainder of the data stream.
US09223986B2	Method and system for information content validation in electronic devices Content validation on an electronic device comprises detecting information content on an electronic device and validating the information content in real time in the electronic device. Validating the information content includes analyzing the information content to detect selected content and preventing dissemination of the selected content via the electronic device. The information content comprises content originating and/or terminating on the electronic device. The electronic device may comprise a mobile electronic device.
US09223983B2	Security co-processor boot performance Technologies for improving platform initialization on a computing device include beginning initialization of a platform of the computing device using a basic input/output system (BIOS) of the computing device. A security co-processor driver module adds a security co-processor command to a command list when a security processor command is received from the BIOS module. The computing device establishes a periodic interrupt of the initialization of the platform to query the security co-processor regarding the availability of a response to a previously submitted security co-processor command, forward any responses received by the security co-processor driver module to the BIOS module, and submit the next security co-processor command in the command list to the security co-processor.
US09223968B2	Determining whether virtual network user is malicious user based on degree of association Embodiments of the present application relate to a method of controlling user risk, a system for controlling user risk, and a computer program product for controlling user risk. A method is provided. The method includes retrieving association data of a first user and association data of a second user, the association data including multidimensional data, and data relating to each dimension identifying a user and serving as an association dimension, based on the association data, computing an association value between the first user and the second user for an association dimension, gathering the association value to obtain a degree of real association, and determining that the other user is malicious.
US09223959B2	Systems and methods for authentication based on user preferences This disclosure relates generally to authentication for an electronic device, and more particularly to systems and method for authentication based on user preferences. In one embodiment, an authentication method is disclosed, comprising: receiving, at the electronic device, a first input; determining a password theme based on the first input and user preferences associated with the password theme; displaying the password theme, the displayed password theme comprising a plurality of visual cues; receiving, at the electronic device, a second input comprising a sequence of visual cues selected from the visual cues; verifying the sequence of visual cues; and providing access to the electronic device based on the verification.
US09223949B1	Secure transformable password generation The invention relates to generating and using secure transformable passwords. In one example, a user grants a third party access to an online account at a host server, and the user requests a transformed password from the host server. The host server associates an encryption key with the third party and generates a transformed password using the user's online account password and the encryption key. The user transmits the transformed password to the third party which may use the transformed password to access the online account. The host server generates a second transformed password and compares it to the password information received from the third party. If the received password information and the second transformed password are identical, access is granted. The invention also includes methods for invalidating the transformed passwords by changing the encryption keys to an invalid state.
US09223948B2	Combined passcode and activity launch modifier A method and system are disclosed whereby an activity launch modifier is combined with a passcode. The activity launch modifier is used to determine a portion of an application to activate upon valid authentication.
US09223947B2	Authentication apparatus and computer-readable medium storing authentication program code An authentication apparatus may include a storage unit, an analysis unit, and an authentication unit. The storage unit may be configured to store pieces of authentication information and an authentication order of the pieces of authentication information. The analysis unit may be configured to compare pieces of input information with the pieces of authentication information and to compare an input order of the pieces of input information with the authentication order. The authentication unit may be configured to authorize the pieces of input information if the comparison shows that the pieces of input information match the pieces of authentication information as necessary to authenticate and the input order of the pieces of input information matches the authentication order.
US09223941B2	Using a URI whitelist A method and/or system for using a URI whitelist may include receiving a request to approve an application for release in an application store. The request may comprise application data. The application data may comprise a resource manifest and/or a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) whitelist. The resource manifest may comprise, for example, one or more resource items. The URI whitelist may comprise, for example, one or more URI items. The request may be analyzed based on application data. A determination may be made whether the applications may be released in the application store based on the analyzing of the applications data. A request to access a particular URI may be received. A determination of whether to grant the request may be based on a resource manifest and/or a URI whitelist associated with the application.
US09223940B2	Merchandising media based on ownership audit A machine performs an ownership audit on source media files whose media tracks are used, or proposed for use, in a mash-up media file. The machine may access a first group of media identifiers from a user's media library and identify authorized media files that the user is authorized to play or use in a mash-up. The machine may access a second group of media identifiers that identify source media files selected by the user for inclusion in a mash-up. The machine may determine whether all source media files are authorized and then present a notification that indicates whether the mash-up media file can be generated, or has been generated, exclusively from authorized media files. If a source media file is not authorized, the notification may include a suggestion that the user purchase an authorization to play the media file, use it in a mash-up, or both.
US09223935B2	Contactless and minimal-contact monitoring of quality of life parameters for assessment and intervention An apparatus, system, and method for the measurement, aggregation and analysis of data collected using non-contact or minimally-contacting sensors provides quality of life parameters for individual subjects, particularly in the context of a controlled trial of interventions on human subjects (e.g., a clinical trial of a drug, or an evaluation of a consumer item such as a fragrance). In particular, non-contact or minimal-contact measurement of quality-of-life parameters such as sleep, stress, relaxation, drowsiness, temperature and emotional state of humans may be evaluated, together with automated sampling, storage, and transmission to a remote data analysis center. One component of the system is that the objective data is measured with as little disruption as possible to the normal behavior of the subject. The system can also support behavioral and pharmaceutical interventions aimed at improving quality of life.
US09223933B2	Formlets as an enabler of the clinical user experience Certain examples provide systems, methods, apparatus, etc., to generate formlets for user review of and interaction with clinical data and associated functionality for one or more patients. An example method includes receiving one or more query criterion to retrieve data and generating a query result of data from one or more data stores based on the one or more query criterion. The example method includes applying a transform to the query result data. The example method includes applying a data template and binding instructions to the transformed query result data to generate a formlet including data and at least one of associated relationship and functionality information for display of and interaction with the data. The example method includes facilitating runtime configurability of the formlet by a user. The example method includes displaying the formlet for user review and interaction.
US09223930B2	Methods and systems for identifying the quantitation cycle for a PCR amplification reaction Methods and systems for identifying a quantitation cycle (Cq) for a PCR reaction that includes fitting a line having a plurality of line segments to data points associated with a PCR amplification reaction. The data points include a cycle value associated with a PCR cycle and a product value associated with a PCR product. A baseline is identified and reaction segment associated with an exponential region of the PCR reaction is also identified. The reaction segment includes a subset of the plurality of line segments having a slope not less than a steepness criterion. A reaction line is fit to the data points associated with the reaction segment. The Cq is identified by calculating the cycle value for a data point defining the intersection of the baseline and reaction line.
US09223926B2	Method for correcting electronic proximity effects using the deconvolution of the pattern to be exposed by means of a probabilistic method A method of lithography by radiation having critical dimensions of the order of some ten nanometers makes it possible to carry out the correction of the proximity effects by joint optimization of the dose modulation and geometric corrections. Accordingly, a deconvolution of the pattern to be etched is carried out by an iterative procedure modeling the interactions of the radiation with the resined support by a joint probability distribution. Advantageously, when the support exposure tool is of formed-beam type, the pattern to be etched is split into contrasted levels and then the deconvolved image is vectorized and fractured before carrying out the exposure step. In an advantageous embodiment, the method is applied to at least two character cells which are exposed in a multi-pass cells projection method.
US09223921B1	Compilation of HLL code with hardware accelerated functions In an example implementation, a method is provided for compiling an HLL source file. The HLL source file checked for function calls to a set of hardware-accelerated functions having hardware implementations specified in a hardware library. For each HLL function call to a hardware-accelerated function, a circuit design is retrieved from the hardware library. The circuit design specifies a hardware implementation of the hardware-accelerated function. HLL interface code configured to communicate with the hardware implementation of the hardware-accelerated function is also generated. The HLL function call to the hardware-accelerated function in the HLL source file is replaced with the generated interface code. The HLL source file is compiled to generate a program executable on a processor of a programmable IC. Configuration data is generated that implements the retrieved circuit designs on the programmable circuitry of the programmable IC.
US09223915B1	Method, system, and computer program product for checking, verifying, or testing a multi-fabric electronic design spanning across multiple design fabrics Disclosed are various techniques that check, verify, or test multi-fabric designs by receiving a request for checking correctness of a multi-fabric design across at least a first design fabric and a second design fabric. A request for action is transmitted from a first EDA tool session to a second EDA tool session. Connectivity information of second design data in the second design fabric is identified by the second EDA tool session in response to the request for action from the first EDA tool session. These various techniques then check the correctness of the multi-fabric design in the first design fabric by using at least the connectivity information of the second design data. A symbolic representation may be used to represent design data in an EDA tool session to which the design data are not native.
US09223912B1	Systems, methods and devices for providing RLCK parasitic extraction back-annotation in electronic design automation Systems, computer-readable storage media, and methods of providing RLCK parasitic extraction for electronic design of integrated circuits are presented herein. For one implementation, the method includes: importing a simulator netlist extracted from the schematic file that simulates the IC, the simulator netlist providing nets and devices in the schematic; importing the layout file which represents the physical layout of the IC; generating from the layout file a connectivity list with connectivity points in the IC for connecting generated RLCK parasitics; extracting from the layout file an RLCK netlist for the connectivity points; generating from the layout data file and the connectivity list a cross-reference between the connectivity points and the nets and devices in the simulator netlist; from the cross-reference, simulator netlist, and RLCK netlists, update the simulator netlist to includes RLCK parasitics for the connectivity points in the IC; and output an indication of the updated simulator netlist.
US09223907B2	Systems, methods and user interface for graphical configuration for roof mounts Systems, methods and user interfaces for graphical configuration for ballasted roof mounts of non-rectangular solar arrays. A graphical interface may be provided to allow a user to view a roof grid, and place solar modules within the roof grid where desired, to account for various obstacles on a roof, to create a non-rectangular solar array. Using the layout of the array and various site parameters (building height, wind speed, etc.) and solar module parameters (wide, length, thickness, etc.), the system may calculate a complete bill of materials, customer pricing, ballasting requirements and overall roof loads for a complete solar project.
US09223903B2	Analyzing data from a sensor-enabled device An approach for analyzing data collected by a sensor-enabled device over a network is provided. Specifically, in a typical embodiment, a set of usage data will be received from a device over a network. The set of usage data may be collected via at least one sensor integrated with the device, and the set of usage data may pertain to use of the device by a user. Regardless, the set of usage data will be compared to a set of diagnostic information stored in at least one computer storage device. The set of diagnostic information typically pertains to a condition (e.g., medical) treated by use of the device (e.g., dental, cardiac, renal, etc.). Based on the comparison, at least one determination (e.g., diagnosis, treatment plan, level of compliance with applicable standards, etc.) will be made and a set of reports will be generated based thereon.
US09223900B2	Machine optimization devices, methods, and systems A method, system, computer program product and computer readable media for matching using degree distribution information are disclosed. An embodiment of the method can include performing b-matching on a graph data structure expanded using degree distribution information in order to identify neighbors of a selected input node. The b-matching can be performed using belief propagation. The belief propagation method is adapted to use a compressed message update rule and to be suitable for use with distributed processing systems. An embodiment can also include enhancing a matching result by applying degree distribution information to a first matching result to generate a second matching result. Embodiments for online advertisement/search term matching, product recommendation, dating service and social network matching, auction buyer/seller matching and resource allocation, among other, are disclosed.
US09223898B2	Filtering suggested structured queries on online social networks In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes, receiving from a user an unstructured text query, generating a set of structured queries based on the text query, calculating a quality score based on the text query and the structured query for each structured query in the set, and filtering the set to remove each structured query having a quality score less than a threshold score.
US09223886B1	System, device, and method for reducing pilot interaction between pages shown on a display unit A present novel and non-trivial system, device, and method for reducing pilot interaction between pages presented on the screen of a display unit are disclosed. The system comprises a source for providing pilot input data, a window generator (“WG”), processor, and a display unit; the system could also comprise an aural alert unit. Data received from the pilot input source includes data responsive to a pilot's interaction with one or more graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”). After receiving the input data, the WG generates window image data representative of a window, one or more menus, a front page integrated with at least front page GUI, and one or more window GUIs. Then, the display unit receives the window image data and presents the information on the display unit. Additionally, the WG generates aural alert data. An aural alert unit receives the aural alert data and aurally presents the alert.
US09223885B2	Methods and systems for surveying a user with scan-able codes Disclosed are methods, systems and computer program products for surveying a user using a scan-able information encoded graphic image, such as a bar code or a quick response (QR) code. In one embodiment, a mobile communication device such as a smartphone, tablet computer or other mobile computer is adapted to include a survey client module for scanning and communicating QR code information. QR code scanning is accomplished by a camera module that is associated with the smartphone or other mobile computing device. The survey client module communicates the scanned QR code information to an associated server application for collecting, processing and reporting survey data. The information encoded in the QR code includes information that is sufficient to identify a client entity (e.g., a local retailer or merchant) and a survey response.
US09223881B1	Quotation management platform The invention relates to systems and methods for managing quotes. The system may facilitate a user search that relates one or more particular quotes, authors, categories of quotes, specific tag of a quote, and the like. A set of results may be provided based on a user search may be provided. A quote profile and an author profile may be generated providing information about a quote and an author respectively. A user profile page may display information including a user's favorite quotes.
US09223877B1	Index server architecture using tiered and sharded phrase posting lists An information retrieval system uses phrases to index, retrieve, organize and describe documents. Phrases are extracted from the document collection. Documents are the indexed according to their included phrases, using phrase posting lists. The phrase posting lists are stored in an cluster of index servers. The phrase posting lists can be tiered into groups, and sharded into partitions. Phrases in a query are identified based on possible phrasifications. A query schedule based on the phrases is created from the phrases, and then optimized to reduce query processing and communication costs. The execution of the query schedule is managed to further reduce or eliminate query processing operations at various ones of the index servers.
US09223872B2	Dynamic query resolution using accuracy profiles In various embodiments, methods and systems for dynamic validation of selectable data are provided. This may be accomplished by referencing search engine session data of a user. The search engine session data includes a plurality of search queries each having an entered-attribute and a resolved-attribute. A variation between the entered-attribute and the resolved-attribute, for each of the plurality of search queries, is determined based on analyzing the entered-attribute and the resolved-attribute. The entered-attribute is an input of the user and the resolved-attribute is a resolved-input for executing the search query. An input-precision score is generated for the user based on the variation between the entered-attribute and the resolved-attribute, for each of the plurality of search queries.
US09223869B2	Browser based language recognition supporting central web search translation A web browser agent or plug-in installed into a web browser of a client device provides translation services along with a search engine server. The system accesses a web page in one (local) language and then translates to another (foreign) language and displays the translated content in a web page for user's viewing. The web browser agent is an add-on software tool or plug-in, provided by the search engine server and installed into the web browser. As a result of installation, a toolbar appears on the top of the web browser's page. This toolbar provides the interface to enable local translation of web pages from a local/web language to a target/foreign language useful to the user. Centralized (cloud computing) translation services by servers of a third party may also be employed. Web pages in any number of languages may be accessed using this operations/structure.
US09223865B2	Method and system for property-based indexing and/or querying of web services resources In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and system for creating and/or updating resource property-based indexes for Web Service Resources among multiple Web Services ServiceGroups is provided. In another aspect, a method and system for querying target WS-Resources with a certain property among multiple WS-ServiceGroups which have been connected with each other and have WS-Resource property indexes created therein is provided.
US09223864B2	Method and system for making and playing soundtracks A composite variable duration soundtrack for a user to play while reading a text source, the soundtrack duration being defined by a soundtrack timeline. The soundtrack comprises multiple sound layers configured to play concurrently through the soundtrack timeline, each sound layer having an arrangement of one or more audio features that are configured to play at preset start times in the soundtrack timeline. At least one sound layer is adapted for modifying the preset start and stop times of its audio features to match the reading speed of a user based on a reading speed input.
US09223863B2	Detection of conditions from sound Disclosed are various systems, methods, and programs embodied in a computer-readable medium for sound analysis. The sound analysis involves transforming a sound print into a frequency domain in a memory to generate a frequency spectrum. A plurality of signatures are identified in the frequency spectrum. Also, a plurality of frequency ranges associated with the signatures are identified in the sound print. The frequencies associated with a physiological profile are cross-referenced with the frequency ranges to determine if the physiological profile is applicable to the sound print.
US09223862B2	Remote storage and provisioning of local-media index Embodiments described herein involve remote storage and provisioning of a local-media index. An example method may involve storing, by a computing system, a local-media index that identifies a plurality of multimedia items that are stored within a local area network and accessible within the local area network by a playback device of a media playback system within the local area network, and sending a message over a wide area network that indicates at least a portion of the local-media index to the media playback system. Another example method may involve, determining that a first local-media index is inaccessible over a wide area network to the media playback system, and then providing an identification of at least one multimedia item based on a second local-media index.
US09223860B2	Hand held bar code readers or mobile computers with cloud computing services A data decoding system that includes a server-side proxy component and at least two back-end computers, where the server-side proxy component is configured, when it receives an encoding request from a client, to select a back-end computer to forward the encoding request to, based on either a pre-defined rule, load estimates for the at least two computers, estimated network throughputs across network paths to the two computers. In response to receiving this request, the back-end computer that is selected is configured to encode the request.
US09223857B2	Systems and methods for generating a two-dimensional graphical grid representation of the treatment of a document Systems and methods for generating a two-dimensional graphical grid representation of the treatment of a document are disclosed. A method includes receiving a request to generate the two-dimensional graphical grid representation of the treatment of the document with respect to at least one variable. In response to the received request, the method further includes retrieving, by a computer, treatment information associated with the document with respect to the at least one variable from a database. The method further includes generating a message containing the retrieved treatment information of the document with respect to the at least one variable, transmitting the generated message, and providing for display the two-dimensional graphical grid representation of the treatment of the document with respect to the at least one variable based on the transmitted message.
US09223854B2	Document relevance determining method and computer program Disclosed is a method and computer program product of determining the relevance of at least a part of an electronic document comprising a plurality of terms distributed over a plurality of regions of said document, comprising displaying the electronic document to a user; determining the gaze characteristics of the person on a region of the electronic document; assigning a relevance score to an individual term in said region based on said characteristics; and generating a term relevance label for said electronic document, said term relevance label comprising relevance scores for the respective individual terms in said document The relevance scores may also be used to define a user profile for the user that can aid in retrieving future documents of relevance to the user.
US09223852B2	Methods and systems for analyzing search terms in a multi-tenant database system environment Knowledge base is gaining popularity as a customer support tool. Customers search the knowledge base for solutions to their issues. Keywords searched in knowledge base are analyzed and reports are made available for managers and supervisors to understand the trends and requirements of customers. The number of keywords searched can be extremely large in some organizations. In this specification, storing the keywords in a meaningful way in order to generate report for further analysis is discussed. Efficient data storage helps in managing voluminous data and also reducing the amount of memory required to store the data. Any of the above embodiments can be used independently or together with any combination of other embodiments.
US09223850B2	Data retrieval and indexing method and apparatus A method of searching a plurality of data files, wherein each data file includes a plurality of features. The method: determines a plurality of feature groups, wherein each feature group includes n features and n is an integer of 2 or more; expresses each data file as a file vector, wherein each component of the vector indicates the frequency of a feature group within the data file, wherein the n features which constitute a feature group do not have to be located adjacent to one another; expresses a search query using the feature groups as a vector; and searches the plurality of data files by comparing the search query expressed as a vector with the file vectors.
US09223831B2	System, method and computer program product for searching summaries of mobile apps reviews A system, method, and computer program product (e.g. mobile App) and/or web-based service is provided to enable users to research online reviews in order to assess the performance and functionality of mobile applications. The system extracts reviews from multiple online sources, including: mobile Apps “stores”, blogs, online magazines, websites, etc.; and, utilizes sentiment analysis algorithms and supervised machine learning analysis to present more informative summaries for each App's reviews. Summaries may include: a sentence that encapsulates a sentiment held by many users; the most positive and negative comments; and a list of features with average scores (e.g. graphics, fun, easy to use, etc.). Additionally, the user may view a separate review detail page per App that provides further summaries, such as a short list of other Apps that the same reviewer gave a very positive review for the features. The user is then able to purchase and download the App via a link.
US09223829B2	Interdistinct operator A computer-implemented system and method for performing distinct operations on multiple tables of shared memory of parallel computing environments are disclosed. A distinct operation is executed on each table of a plurality of tables, each distinct operation eliminating duplicate data from each table, the executing creating a hierarchy of table pairs and distinct results, the distinct results comprising a reduced row set for each table. Duplicates on each reduced row set are detected to complete the distinct operation on the plurality of tables.
US09223825B2	Methods and devices for applying constraints to data object In one example embodiment, a processor-implemented method is described. The processor implemented method includes: associating a first notebook with one or more predetermined constraints; receiving input associating a data object with a notebook; and when the notebook associated with the data object is the first notebook, applying the one or more predetermined constraints associated with the first notebook to the data object.
US09223824B1	Systems and methods for scrubbing confidential insurance account data Methods and systems for scrubbing confidential insurance account information are provided. According to embodiments, a scrubbing server can receive a request to scrub confidential insurance data that includes the contents of an insurance account information database and an indication of the category of confidential data stored in the database. The scrubbing server can scrub the valid data contained in the received database, replacing confidential information with “scrambled” data that is not confidential. The scrubbing server can transmit the contents of the scrubbed database back to the requesting party.
US09223822B1	Techniques for performing indication management Described are techniques for performing indication management. Registration criteria is received that includes information identifying a first set data elements of a first data model about which a subscriber is registered to receive notifications. Operations are performed to a second set of data elements stored in a first table of a database in accordance with a second data model where the operations each modify an existing data element of the first table, add a row to said first table or delete a row from said first table. Information is recorded in a delta table regarding the operations. A query is executed that uses the delta table and the first table to generate a virtual table including information regarding the operations performed. First processing is performed using the virtual table to determine notifications for the subscriber regarding data elements of the first set in accordance with said registration criteria.
US09223819B2	Linking of parent-child data records in a legacy software modernization system A system and method for linking parent and child data records during data migration is disclosed. One embodiment comprises sequentially receiving a plurality of data records from an arbitrary source of records without running a query on the source of records, generating a destination store of records that contains the plurality of data records, and locating any records in the destination store of records that has a dangling key. In this way, the embodiment may correct dangling keys to generate a destination store of records with referential integrity.
US09223806B2	Restarting a batch process from an execution point Batch processing machines, systems and methods are provided. The method comprises copying target data from a target location to a first data storage medium, wherein the target data stored in the first data storage medium is utilized by a batch process; executing the batch process; checkpointing state information for the batch process at one or more time intervals while the batch process is executing; determining whether a data record in the target data stored in the target location was updated while the batch process was executing; and reinstating the batch process from a point in time prior to an earliest point in the batch process when a representation of an updated data record in the target data in the target location was accessed by the batch process.
US09223802B2	Automatic sharing of superlative digital images Described herein are techniques related to automatic sharing of superlative digital images. Such techniques include an automatic selection of one or more superlative digital images from a set of digital images based, at least in part, upon weighted criteria regarding properties (e.g., metadata or content) of the digital images. Instead, interested parties (e.g., subscribers and/or persons with an association with a particular image) are notified automatically. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09223801B2	Information management method and information management apparatus An information management method to be executed by a computer, the information management method includes: accepting a registration request including information in which latitude and longitude are included, and correspondence information corresponding to the position information; generating one character string by alternately arraying one character of the latitude and another one character of the longitude, each of the one character and the other one character is in a same digit regarding all of the digits of each of the latitude and the longitude, or some digits from the least significant digit of each of the latitude and the longitude; and storing the correspondence information in a storage unit in a manner correlated with the character string as a key.
US09223800B1	Cluster file system providing object store and functionality for transformation of metadata files into objects A cluster file system includes a physical file system and a virtual file system arranged between the physical file system and multiple clients. The virtual file system comprises a data object processing module configured to receive multiple data files from each of one or more of the clients and to transform the data files into data objects for object-based storage in the physical file system. The virtual file system further comprises a metadata object processing module configured to receive metadata files associated with the data files and to transform the metadata files into metadata objects for object-based storage in the physical file system. The virtual file system thereby implements multiple object stores utilizing the physical file system for independent storage of data objects and metadata objects but presents a file-based interface to the clients. In some embodiments, the virtual file system illustratively comprises a parallel log-structured file system (PLFS).
US09223799B1	Lightweight metadata sharing protocol for location transparent file access A storage processor having access to published logical unit numbers of a common block file system mounted on another storage processor processes requests for a particular file system object of the common block file system using metadata objects of the common block file system cached in both storage processors to access storage units shared between the two storage processors.
US09223791B2	System and method for reading file blocks A system and method for reading file blocks includes reading an inode associated with the file from the file system, the inode including one or more first block pointers, determining a height of a file tree associated with the file, and determining whether a value of a second block pointer selected from the one or more first block pointers is consistent with the file having been stored using a block allocation pattern. When the value of the second block pointer is consistent with the file having been stored using the block allocation pattern the method further includes pre-fetching a plurality of file blocks based on the block allocation pattern, verifying that the pre-fetched file blocks are consistent with the file tree, and retrieving one or more data blocks of the file. In some examples, the block allocation pattern corresponds to the file being stored in streaming order to consecutively and contiguously located blocks.
US09223786B1	Communication in a sensory immersive motion capture simulation environment A participant in a capture volume can speak through a microphone. The microphone can capture the speech and transmit it to a wearable computing device of the participant. The wearable computing device can process the speech to generate audio data. The wearable computing device can transmit the audio data to a simulator engine. The simulator engine can receive the audio data and processes the audio data to determine an attribute of the audio data (e.g., amplitude) at the location of a virtual character in a simulated virtual environment based on one or more attenuation factors. The attenuation factors can be calculated based on 3D motion data of the participant. Further, the simulator engine can drive an change in state of the virtual character in the simulated virtual environment based on the attribute of the audio data.
US09223782B2	System for performing instructions that are dependent upon received media-based messages and associated methods and components A system for performing instructions determined by received media-based messages, the system including an interface for receiving a media-based message from a system user; a database associating a plurality of specifications of media-based messages with respective stored instructions; a recognition engine for identifying a correspondence between a received media-based message and a stored specification of a media-based message. The system may include an instruction engine for performing an instruction associated with a stored specification of an media-based message for which a correspondence has been identified; an interface for receiving an activation request; and a database manager configured to process the activation request to generate publication data for creating a publication that may be recorded by a user to define a new media-based message and configured to adapt the database to include a specification of the new media-based message. The system may include a database manager configured to arbitrate which of plural stored instructions is performed in response to an identified correspondence between the received media-based message and one or more specifications of media-based messages.
US09223777B2	Self-learning semantic search engine A method, machine readable storage medium, and system for providing a self learning semantic search engine. A semantic network may be set up with initial configuration. A search engine coupled to the semantic network may build indexes and semantic indexes. A user request for business data may be received. The search engine may be accessed via a semantic dispatcher. And based on the access, search engine may update the indexes and semantic indexes.
US09223773B2	Template system for custom document generation Systems and techniques for flexibly generating custom documents from data objects are described herein. Templates with embedded code instructions, which may be evaluated separate from a document reading or editing program, may be used to generate custom documents. The template system may use the embedded code instructions to dynamically access properties of data objects. An editing program may be used initially to generate a mockup document that may be used as the basis for a template.
US09223771B2	Locking spreadsheet cells In some embodiments, an option to lock one or more associated cells is provided with respect to each different group of cells in a single sheet of a spreadsheet application. One or more locked cells of a group of cells do not scroll out of view at least while a portion of the group of cells is viewable in a given display view.
US09223758B1	Determining a language encoding data setting for a web page, and applications thereof Systems, methods and computer storage mediums automatically apply a language encoding data setting to a web page. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to equipping a web browser with the ability to automatically open web pages with an appropriate language encoding data setting applied to the web page so that the web page is displayed without garbled characters. The web browser is able to determine the appropriate language encoding setting by requesting the appropriate language encoding setting for the web page that is stored in a language encoding database that is updated each time the web page is successfully opened without displaying garbled characters.
US09223741B1	Systems for setting the address of a module A circuit module is disclosed. The circuit module has a ground connection, a power connection, a shunt regulator coupled to the power connection and to the ground connection, a current measuring circuit that measures a current flowing between the power connection and the ground connection, one or more communication connections, and a digital logic circuit coupled to the one or more communication connections to send and receive communications. The digital logic circuit responds to communications addressed to a communication address with the communication address based on the current measured by the current measuring circuit. Other systems are disclosed.
US09223726B2	Apparatus and method for programmable read preamble with training pattern A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a preamble memory and a memory controller. The preamble memory is arranged to store a read preamble such that the read preamble includes a training pattern that is suitable for aligning a capture point for read data. Further, the training pattern is programmable such that the training pattern can be altered at least once subsequent to manufacture of the preamble memory. In response to a read command, the memory controller provides the read preamble stored in the preamble memory, as well as the read data.
US09223724B2	Information processing device A device of one embodiment includes a host device including a first memory unit and host controller, and memory device. The host controller controls input/output accesses to the first memory unit. The memory device includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, second memory unit, protection circuit, and device controller. The second memory unit temporarily stores data to be transferred between the first memory unit and the nonvolatile semiconductor memory. The protection circuit protects data to be transferred from the second memory unit to the first memory unit by converting the data into an incomprehensible format. The device controller switches according to a control program whether or not to protect the data by the protection circuit.
US09223717B2	Computer cache system providing multi-line invalidation messages A computer cache system delays cache coherence invalidation messages related to cache lines of a common memory region to collect these messages into a combined message that can be transmitted more efficiently. This delay may be coordinated with a detection of whether the processor is executing a data-race free portion of the program so that the delay system may be used for a variety of types of programs which may have data-race and data-race free sections.
US09223711B2	Combining associativity and cuckoo hashing Addition, search, and performance of other allied activities relating to keys are performed in a hardware hash table. Further, high performance and efficient design may be provided for a hash table applicable to CPU caches and cache coherence directories. Set-associative tables and cuckoo hashing are combined for construction of a directory table of a directory based cache coherence controller. A method may allow configuration of C cuckoo ways, where C is an integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein each cuckoo way Ci is a set-associative table with N sets, where each set has an associativity of A, where A is an integer greater than or equal to 2.
US09223710B2	Read-write partitioning of cache memory A system and method to enforce read-write partitioning in an N-way, set associative cache may limit a number of ways allocated for storing modified data in a set to a value W and limit a number of ways holding read data to a value R. The cache may be configured where N=R+W. Furthermore, a number of ways storing prefetched read data may be limited to RP, while a number of ways storing prefetched modified data may be limited to WP. The values for W, R, WP, and/or RP may be determined using a prediction method to estimate cache miss rates for different values for W, R, WP, and/or RP and selecting values corresponding to a desired cache miss rate, and so allowing for selective application of the read-write partitioning.
US09223707B2	Mobile memory cache read optimization Examples of enabling cache read optimization for mobile memory devices are described. One or more access commands may be received, from a host, at a memory device. The one or more access commands may instruct the memory device to access at least two data blocks. The memory device may generate pre-fetch information for the at least two data blocks based at least in part on an order of accessing the at least two data blocks.
US09223702B2	Systems and methods for read caching in flash storage A flash controller receives a read request for reading a page of data from the flash memory from a host system, and identifies, in a cache tag table stored in the random access memory, a virtual unit address associated with the page of data. In response to identifying the virtual unit address in the cache tag table, controller determines whether a valid tag line for the page of data is associated with the virtual unit address in the cache tag table. In response to determining that the valid tag line is associated with the virtual unit address in the cache tag table, the controller reads the page of data from the random access memory in accordance with the read request and returns the read data to the host system.
US09223688B2	Data storing method and memory controller and memory storage device using the same A data storing method for a rewritable non-volatile memory module and a memory controller and a memory storage device using the same are provided. The data storing method includes moving or writing data into a physical erase unit of the rewritable non-volatile memory module and determining whether the physical erase unit contains a dancing bit. The data storing method further includes when the physical erase unit contains the dancing bit, restoring the rewritable non-volatile memory module to the state before the data is moved or moving the data from the physical erase unit to another physical erase unit. Thereby, the data storing method can effectively ensure the reliability of the data.
US09223683B1	Tool to analyze dependency injection object graphs for common error patterns The present document pertains to systems and methods of dependency framework analysis to automatically identify errors in the dependency framework of an application or software module. Variations discussed include devices and methods for identifying errors in an object dependency graph by techniques such as determining a module and module type associated with a method at a plugin point on the object dependency graph; automatically selecting, from a set of testlets, at least one testlet associated with the determined module type, where each testlet is associated with one or more common dependency errors; and automatically creating, with a processor, at least one test suite for each selected testlet, where automatically creating includes building an executable code module that, when executed with a processor, analyzes the dependency graph at the plugin point and generates data showing a location and severity of common dependency errors within the graph.
US09223678B2	Data processor device having a debug control module which selectively modifies trace messages Upon detecting an occurrence of a watchpoint event for debugging a computer processing system, at least a portion of at least one message in a trace message buffer is flushed when a characteristic of the at least one of the messages matches a specified characteristic.
US09223676B2	Introducing timing synchronization indicating stall reason in next synchronization window An electronic tracing process includes packing both stall (215) and reason (219) data into a single high priority timing information stream. An integrated circuit includes an electronic processor (110), and a tracing circuit (120) operable to pack both stall and events data into a single timing information stream. Other circuits, processes and systems are also disclosed.
US09223665B2	Apparatuses and methods for memory testing and repair Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having a first interface to communicate with a processing unit, a second interface to communicate with a memory device, and a module coupled to the first and second interfaces. In at least one of the embodiments, the module can be configured to obtain information stored in the memory device and perform at least one of testing and repairing of a memory structure of the memory device based at least in part on the information.
US09223662B2	Preserving data of a volatile memory Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products for auto-commit memory are presented. A monitor module determines that a triggering event for an auto-commit memory has occurred. An identification module identifies a triggered commit action for an auto-commit memory. An auto-commit memory module performs a triggered commit action for an auto-commit memory in response to a triggering event occurring.
US09223658B2	Managing errors in a raid An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for configuring a plurality of storage devices for a RAID and setting a time-out value for the plurality of storage devices, determining whether a response time for a storage device of the plurality of storage devices exceeds the time-out value, and recovering data from the RAID in response to the storage device exceeding the time-out value.
US09223649B2	System and method of sending correction data to a buffer of a non-volatile memory A method and apparatus for receiving data from a buffer of a non-volatile memory is described. An error correction coding (ECC) operation is initiated at a controller to correct bit errors in the data. Correction data is sent from the controller to the buffer of the non-volatile memory to correct the bit errors in the data; the correction data may correspond to a portion of the data in the buffer.
US09223648B2	Memory storage device, memory controller thereof, and method for processing data thereof A data processing method adapted for a rewritable non-volatile memory module is provided. The method includes receiving a first data stream and performing an error-correction encoding procedure on the first data stream to generate an original error checking and correcting (ECC) code corresponding to the first data stream. The method also includes converting the original ECC code into a second ECC code according to a second rearrangement rule, and the original ECC code is different from the second ECC code. The method further includes respectively writing the first data stream and the second ECC code into a data bit area and an error-correction code bit area of the same or different physical programming units in the rewritable non-volatile memory module.
US09223646B2	Error detection systems and methods Error detection systems and methods are provided. An error detection system (100) can include a plurality of networked output devices (110) and a processor (130) coupled via a network (120) to the plurality of output devices. The processor can be configured to aggregate output data (135) from at least a portion of a plurality of parallel, networked, output devices. The processor can be further configured to compare (140) the aggregated output data with an output data sample selected from one of the plurality of output devices and detect (145) a discrepancy between the output data sample and the aggregated output data. The processor can also be configured to compare (150) the detected discrepancy to a predetermined threshold and signal (155) when the detected discrepancy exceeds the predetermined threshold.
US09223638B2	Lockless spin buffer Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to enabling data transfer between data producers and data consumers. Implementations include generating a data structure, the data structure including a lockless spin buffer (LLSB), the LLSB including two or more lockless components, each of the two or more lockless components including a plurality of elements to be written to and read from, providing one or more write pointers to enable one or more data producers to write to each of the two or more lockless components, and providing one or more read pointers to enable one or more data consumers to read from each of the two or more lockless components, the one or more data producers being able to write to the LLSB concurrently with the one or more data consumers being able to read from the LLSB.
US09223637B1	Method and apparatus to advise spin and yield decisions Methods and apparatus provide for a busy resource encoder to allow for a finer control of spin versus yield decisions. Specifically, the busy resource encoder allows for the execution a first thread, where the first thread is using a particular resource. Additionally, the busy resource encoder allows for the execution of a second thread, where the second thread requires use of the resource which is locked due to first thread execution. The busy resource encoder creates a busy code to indicate the progress of the execution of the first thread in relation to use of the resource by the first thread. The second thread can then read the busy code to determine to execute one of a spin and a yield routine by the second thread.
US09223634B2	System and method for simulating virtual machine migration in a network environment A method includes simulating network resources of a portion of a cloud in a simulated cloud within a enterprise network, the cloud being communicable with the enterprise network over a first communication channel, which may be external to the enterprise network. The method can also include simulating network behavior of the first communication channel in a second communication channel within the enterprise network, and validating application performance in the simulated cloud. Simulating network resources includes providing a cloud resources abstraction layer in the enterprise network, and allocating enterprise network resources in the enterprise network to the simulated cloud by the cloud resources abstraction layer. The method further includes adding a virtual network service appliance to the simulated cloud, and determining a change to a network topology of the enterprise network to accommodate the virtual appliance without materially impacting application performance.
US09223631B2	Performing an operation using multiple services Some embodiments provide a method for distributing an operation for processing by a set of background services. The method automatically determines a number of background services for performing an operation. The method partitions the operation into several sub-operations. The method distributes the several sub-operations across the determined number of background services.
US09223620B2	Apparatus and method for processing data A data processing apparatus and method for allocating data to processors, allowing the processors to process the data efficiently. The data processing apparatus may predict a result of processing data, based on a workload for the data, according to a number of processors, and may determine the number of processors to be allocated with the data, using the predicted processing result.
US09223617B2	Methods and systems for migrating networked systems across administrative domains Systems and methods for determining whether networked system migrations are successful are disclosed. In accordance with one method, a first set of properties of the networked system on a source platform in a first administrative domain is determined. Further, the method includes transferring the networked system to a destination platform in a second administrative domain. In addition, a second set of properties of the transferred system on the destination platform is determined, where the first and second sets of properties include functional properties and at least one of: performance properties, security properties or reliability properties. The method also includes outputting an indication that the transfer of the system to the destination platform is successful in response to determining that one or more of the properties of the second set are equivalent to corresponding properties of the first set.
US09223613B2	Managing service level objectives for storage workloads Described herein is a system and method for dynamically managing service-level objectives (SLOs) for workloads of a cluster storage system. Proposed states/solutions of the cluster may be produced and evaluated to select one that achieves the SLOs for each workload. A planner engine may produce a state tree comprising nodes, each node representing a proposed state/solution. New nodes may be added to the state tree based on new solution types that are permitted, or nodes may be removed based on a received time constraint for executing a proposed solution or a client certification of a solution. The planner engine may call an evaluation engine to evaluate proposed states, the evaluation engine using an evaluation function that considers SLO, cost, and optimization goal characteristics to produce a single evaluation value for each proposed state. The planner engine may call a modeler engine that is trained using machine learning techniques.
US09223612B1	Object-based commands with quality of service identifiers Systems and methods are disclosed for object-based commands with quality of service identifiers. In an embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a memory device having a processor configured to store data as objects, each object including an object identifier field to track the object, and a user data field for user data of the object. The processor may be further configured to receive a command including an operation directed to an object, and a quality of service identifier that specifies a level of service associated with the operation. Commands may be directed toward put, get, and delete operations, among others.
US09223610B2	Management of virtual machine snapshots A virtual machine snapshot mechanism takes snapshots of virtual machines on a computer system, generates relationships between a snapshot and resources on the computer system, and provides a graphical display of one or more snapshots that allow visually determining which snapshots include which resources. A user may search the snapshots based on user-specified criteria. If an exact match is not available, and closest match is identified in the graphical display.
US09223609B2	Input/output operations at a virtual block device of a storage server Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to input/output (I/O) operations at a virtual block device of a storage server. Example embodiments include requesting an input/output (I/O) operation at an offset of a virtual block device of a storage server in response to a virtual machine request for an I/O operation at a virtual disk.
US09223608B2	Systems and methods for finding solutions in distributed load balancing Systems and methods for finding solutions exhaustively in distributed load balancing are provided. A plurality of virtual machines (VMs) is in communication with a virtual machine management server (VMMS). The VMMS is configured to generate a matrix that represents a mapping of a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) to a plurality of hosts and to calculate a first imbalance metric of the matrix. The VMMS is also configured to identify a plurality of candidate migrations the VMs. The VMMS searches through the solution space efficiently and can perform an exhaustive search to find the optimal solution. For each candidate migration, the VMMS is configured to alter the matrix to represent the candidate migration and to calculate a candidate imbalance metric based on the altered matrix. The VMMS is also configured to determine which candidate migration to perform based at least in part on the candidate imbalance metric for each candidate migration and the first imbalance metric.
US09223597B2	Archiving virtual machines in a data storage system The data storage system according to certain aspects can manage the archiving of virtual machines to (and restoring of virtual machines from) secondary storage. The system can determine whether to archive virtual machines based on usage data or information. The usage information may include storage usage, CPU usage, memory usage, network usage, events defined by a virtual machine software or application, etc. The system may archive virtual machines that are determined to have a low level of utilization. For example, a virtual machine can be archived when its usage level falls below a threshold level. The system may create a virtual machine placeholder for an archived virtual machine, which may be a “light” or minimal version of the virtual machine that acts as if it is the actual virtual machine. By using a virtual machine placeholder, a virtual machine may appear to be active and selectable by the user.
US09223592B2	Configuring a system with various system components utilizing a configuration profile According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer system for configuring a system with at least two different system components based on a target computing environment includes at least one processor. The computer system generates a profile to configure each of the different system components for the target computing environment. The profile identifies the corresponding tasks to be performed and properties to configure each of the different system components for the target computing environment. The computer system processes the profile and performs the tasks in the order listed in the profile and in accordance with the properties to configure the system for the target computing environment. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for configuring a system with at least two different system components based on a target computing environment in substantially the same manner described above.
US09223591B2	Sizing a pane of a window presented on a display Sizing a pane of a window presented on a display. The window is presented to a user on the display. Within the window, the pane is presented at a first pane size. A user input is detected from the user resizing the window. Responsive to detecting the user input resizing the window, a new size of the window resulting from the user input resizing the window is detected. Data is accessed from a machine-readable storage device corresponding to at least one user-defined pane size previously defined by the user to whom the window is presented, wherein the user-defined pane size corresponds to a particular window size. Based on the accessed user-defined pane size(s), a second pane size of the pane at which the pane is to be presented in the newly sized window is determined. The pane is presented in the newly sized window at the second pane size.
US09223581B2	Data processing system and method for switching between heterogeneous accelerators A method for operating a system on chip includes receiving an acceleration request signal generated upon execution of an application program, in response to receipt of the acceleration request signal, comparing a current usage of a central processing unit (CPU) with a threshold value to generate a comparison signal, and performing switching between heterogeneous accelerators to accelerate a function executed by the application program in response to the comparison signal.
US09223576B2	Reducing a set of instructions for execution on a processor and expanding a set of instructions on a processor A method of reducing a set of instructions for execution on a processor extracts information from a first instruction of the set of instructions. The method identifies unencoded space in one or more further instructions of the set of instructions and replaces the unencoded space of the one or more further instructions with the extracted information of the first instruction so as to form one or more amalgamated instructions. The method removes the first instruction from the set of instructions. A method of expanding a set of reduced instructions on a processor is also disclosed.
US09223567B2	Integrated exchange of search results in an integrated software development environment In a method for sharing computer-generated search results, in an integrated development environment (IDE), a first computer inserts, into a message, a portion of search results of a search of one or more files accessible via the IDE. The portion of the search results includes a user-selectable file name. The first computer inserts metadata into the message. The metadata includes an identifier of a version of the file. The first computer displays the message in a graphical window such that the search results are visible in the graphical window and the metadata is invisible in the graphical window. The first computer sends the message to a second computer.
US09223563B2	Management of device firmware update effects as seen by a host Management of device firmware update effects as seen by a computing host enables continuously running an OS on the host across a device firmware update, e.g., via delaying visibility of at least a portion of effects of the firmware update, such as in a context where without the delay in visibility the OS would encounter an unrecoverable error and crash. For example, a device (e.g. an SSD) is coupled to a computing host running an unmodified version of Windows. Firmware on the device is updated/activated, such as by being booted. Visibility of a portion of information that would otherwise become immediately visible to the OS (upon activation of updated firmware) is delayed until a power cycle of the device. If the portion includes, e.g., a firmware revision identifier, then the delayed visibility enables continuously running the OS across the firmware update/activation without rebooting the OS.
US09223560B2	Software installation and configuration A method to manage an initial software installation and configuration script is provided. The method may include saving, by a plurality of collaboration tools, a new customization associated with the initial software installation and configuration script in an installation and configuration knowledgebase. The method may also include saving, by the plurality of collaboration tools, a new solution associated with the initial software installation and configuration script in the installation and configuration knowledgebase. The method may further include querying, by a search engine or a similarity engine, the installation and configuration knowledgebase for the new customization or the new solution based on a comparison between a criteria provided by an administrator and an index of vocabularies stored in the configuration knowledgebase related to the initial installation and configuration script. Additionally, the method may include returning a search result based on the querying the installation and configuration knowledgebase.
US09223559B2	Information processing apparatus, electronic control unit, information processing method, and program A configuration information generation section 11 uses configuration information of an ECU 2 and configuration information of a new device 5 which is to be newly connected to the ECU 2, generates and outputs to the ECU 2, new configuration information after the new device 5 is connected to the ECU 2. An executable file generation section 12 links an object file of a control program implemented on the ECU 2, and an object file of a control program to control the new device 5, and generates and outputs to the ECU 2 an executable file of a new control program after the new device 5 is connected to the ECU 2.
US09223558B2	Software installation and configuration A method to manage an initial software installation and configuration script is provided. The method may include saving, by a plurality of collaboration tools, a new customization associated with the initial software installation and configuration script in an installation and configuration knowledgebase. The method may also include saving, by the plurality of collaboration tools, a new solution associated with the initial software installation and configuration script in the installation and configuration knowledgebase. The method may further include querying, by a search engine or a similarity engine, the installation and configuration knowledgebase for the new customization or the new solution based on a comparison between a criteria provided by an administrator and an index of vocabularies stored in the configuration knowledgebase related to the initial installation and configuration script. Additionally, the method may include returning a search result based on the querying the installation and configuration knowledgebase.
US09223554B1	Recovering source code structure from program binaries Recovering structure from binaries is disclosed. A binary file having components including a plurality of linker objects is received. A cross reference map of linker objects is created. The linker objects are associated based on calls. An address space distance for each call is determined. Boundaries are defined in the cross reference map based on the address space distance. Subsets are defined as portions of the file that are separated by the boundaries.
US09223553B2	Methods and apparatus to validate translated guest code in a dynamic binary translator Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to validate translated guest code in a dynamic binary translator. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a translator to generate a first translation of code to execute on a host machine, the first translation of the guest code to facilitate creating a first translated guest code, and the translator to generate a second translation of the translated guest code to execute on the host machine. The example apparatus also includes a translation versions manager to identify a first host machine state based on executing a portion of the first translation, and the translation versions manager to identify a second host machine state based on executing a portion of the second translation. The example system also includes a validator to determine a state divergence status of the second translation based on a comparison between the first host machine state and the second host machine state.
US09223544B2	Number representation and memory system for arithmetic A method, device and system for representing numbers in a computer including storing a floating-point number M in a computer memory; representing the floating-point number M as an interval with lower and upper bounds A and B when it is accessed by using at least two floating-point numbers in the memory; and then representing M as an interval with lower and upper bounds A and B when it is used in a calculation by using at least three floating-point numbers in the memory. Calculations are performed using the interval and when the data is written back to the memory it may be stored as an interval if the size of the interval is significant, i.e. larger than a first threshold value. A warning regarding the suspect accuracy of any data stored as an interval may be issued if the interval is too large, i.e. larger than a second threshold value.
US09223543B2	Arithmetic unit, processor, compiler and compiling method An arithmetic unit which includes: a data supply section which supplies floating-point type object data to which a sign is to be added and condition data which includes a condition under which the sign is added; a sign data generating section which extracts the condition included in the condition data and generates sign data for adding the sign to the object data on the basis of the extracted condition; and an integer arithmetic operation section which performs an integer arithmetic operation while treating the object data as integer type data so as to add the sign to the object data on the basis of the sign data and the object data.
US09223542B2	Variable-sized buffers mapped to hardware registers An interface includes a first hardware register field to store respective chunks of a command directed to a device and respective chunks of a response to the command from the device. The interface also includes a second hardware register field to store a size of the command and a size of the response. The first and second hardware register fields are accessible by the device and by a processor external to the device that generates the command, in response to memory not being available to buffer the command and the response.
US09223530B2	Multi-tiered constraint checking for managing print jobs A method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment is described. When an operator manually assigns a print job to a printer, the print job requirements are compared with capabilities of the printer to detect any constraints (i.e. incompatibilities between printer capabilities and print job requirements). The job is printed if no constraint is detected. If a constraint of a first category is detected (e.g. incompatible color capabilities, paper size and type, layout, etc.), printing will not proceed and an error message is displayed. If a constraint of a second category is detected (e.g. inadequate finishing capabilities), a warning message is displayed with a request for operator instruction regarding whether to proceed with printing. If the operator chooses to proceed, the job will be printed, and a banner page containing instructions regarding uncompleted job requirements is generated.
US09223528B2	Electronic content management workflow A method for managing an electronic document (ED) using an electronic content management (ECM) system. The method includes: receiving, by the ECM system, a submission having the ED; generating an archived document corresponding to the ED; storing, by the ECM system, the ED and the archived document; distributing, by the ECM system, the archived document to multiple users including a first user and a second user; receiving, by the ECM system and from the first user, a first request for the ED; sending, by the ECM system, the ED to the first user in response to the first user having access rights to the ED.
US09223523B2	Method, program product and image forming system for storing printer profile of paper to be printed on and transmitting rasterized and color corrected print job from master rip to slave rip An image forming method using an image forming system including a master RIP and at least one slave RIP is provided. The slave RIP stores a printer profile of every paper to be printed by a printer connected to the slave RIP, registers paper relating information associating the printer profile with the paper and including a storage place for the printer profile, and transmits the paper relating information and the printer profile respectively to the master RIP. The master RIP receives the paper relating information and the printer profile, sets a paper in a print job, acquires the printer profile from the storage place associated with the set paper in the paper relating information, conducts color conversion of the print job by the printer profile instead of the slave RIP, and transmits the print job subjected to the color conversion to the slave RIP.
US09223517B1	Scalable index store A method, system, and computer program product for providing, via a provisioning engine, a scalable set of indexed key-value pairs enabled to store objects in a data storage environment; wherein the data representing the objects is enabled to be spread across arrays in the data storage environment; wherein additional arrays are enabled to be added to the data storage environment and included in the indexed key-value pairs; wherein the data stored across the arrays may be balanced.
US09223515B2	Devices and methods for device-mapping connectivity hub The present invention discloses devices and methods for a connectivity hub, for connecting a plurality of storage devices to a host system, including: a plurality of ports, each port operative to electrically engage with a storage device; electrical paths joining the plurality of ports to a common point operationally connected to the host system; and a controller operative to associate a relative physical location with a logical identity for each port. Preferably, the controller is configured to perform the association by correlating an insertion time of the storage device in a respective port with a detection time of the logical identity. A connectivity hub, for connecting a plurality of storage devices to a host system, including: at least 23 ports, each port operative to electrically engage with a corresponding storage device; and electrical paths joining at least 23 ports to a common point operationally connected to the host system.
US09223513B2	Accessing data in a dual volume data storage system using virtual identifiers A data storage system, and a method for accessing data in a data storage system, wherein the data storage system comprises at least a first volume and a second volume, and the first volume and the second volume remain consistent by a synchronous copy relationship, the method comprising: setting a virtual unique identifier of the second volume as a unique identifier of the first volume; creating a first path from a host to the first volume and a second path from the host to the second volume by using the unique identifier of the first volume; accessing data by using the first path from the host to the first volume; and setting the second path from the host to the second volume as unavailable.
US09223509B2	File processing method and storage device A file processing method and a storage device are disclosed. In the method, a storage device receives T files that are to be stored in the RAID, and determines a sequence number of a check block of a stripe of the RAID. The storage device obtains a data block of the Kth file in the T files as the Kth data block of the stripe, where a value of K progressively increases from 1 to T, and the value of K is not equal to the sequence number of the check block of the stripe. After computing the check block according to data blocks, the storage device writes, into the T disks, the data blocks and the obtained check block of the stripe. Using the foregoing method, one file can be written into one disk of the RAID while ensuring security of file storage.
US09223508B2	Storage system Disclosed is a storage system that suppress occurrence of a bottleneck in the storage system, efficiently uses a bandwidth of hardware, and achieves high reliability. A storage system includes a storage apparatus that stores data, a controller that controls data input/output with respect to the storage apparatus, and an interface that couples the storage apparatus and the controller. The storage apparatus has a plurality of physical ports that are couples to the interface. The controller logically partitions a storage area of the storage apparatus into a plurality of storage areas and provides the plurality of storage areas, or allocates the plurality of physical ports to the logically partitioned storage areas.
US09223506B2	Semiconductor storage device and method of throttling performance of the same A semiconductor storage device and a method of throttling performance of the same are provided. The semiconductor storage device includes a non-volatile memory device configured to store data in a non-volatile state; and a controller configured to control the non-volatile memory device. The controller calculates a new performance level, compares the calculated performance level with a predetermined reference, and determines the calculated performance level as an updated performance level according to the comparison result.
US09223498B2	Method for setting and method for detecting virtual key of touch panel A method for setting and a method for detecting a virtual key of a touch panel are provided. The method for setting the virtual key of the touch panel includes the following steps. A setting interface is provided. A key function is received via the setting interface by a processor. A key area is received via the setting interface by the processor. The key function and the key area are stored in a register. The register corresponds to the virtual key.
US09223494B1	User interfaces for wearable computers A method for operating a wearable computer using a user interface system having a touch pad includes changing the behavior of the wearable computer in direct response to gestures received at the touch pad. The gestures are not used for graphical user interface selections and are not used for cursor operations but rather directly invoke communication, navigation, machinery operation, or other primary device features or operations.
US09223490B2	Methods and apparatus to manage zones of a multi-zone media playback system Methods and apparatus to manage zones of a multi-zone media playback system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a user interface; a controller to configure one or more zone groups each associated with one or more media playback devices; a detector to monitor the user interface for a drag of an icon representative of a first one of the zone groups on the user interface from a first position to a second position; and a configuration implementer to change a configuration of the one or more zone groups in response to a detected drag of the icon.
US09223488B1	Navigable interfaces for graphical representations A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method that includes defining a first portion of a display as a workspace for a graphical representation of a portion of a network of processing operations. The workspace provides a navigable view of the graphical representation for editing the displayed portion of the network. The method also includes defining at least a second portion of the display, different from first portion, for a compressed view of a portion of the network of processing operations external to the first portion of the display. The method also includes simultaneously presenting the first portion and the second portion on the display.
US09223483B2	Method and apparatus for providing a user interface on a device that indicates content operators A computer-implemented method of operating an electronic device having a display and means for receiving user input, the method comprises: displaying on the display a menu adjacent an edge of the display, the menu containing one or more icons, each icon representing a function and being selectable by the user; and in response to detection of a user input in relation to an icon, causing the device to display a description of the function of the icon, wherein the description is displayed to project from the menu.
US09223480B2	Multiple stakeholders for a single business process Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a customized representation of a business process involving one or more organizational entities that are accessible through a network. A user interface that can display a customized representation of a business process is provided. User information, including user privileges associated with the business process, is stored in a central repository that is accessible through the network. A request to view the business process is received from a first user through the user interface. The user privileges for the first user are retrieved from the central repository. A customized representation of the business process is displayed with the user interface. The customized representation is in compliance with the retrieved user privileges for the first user.
US09223474B2	Gesture controlled user interface A method, in a computer system including an interactive display surface, of controlling the display of a user interface menu, the method comprising: displaying a menu option in each of a plurality of active display positions, each display position being located at one of a respective plurality of active radial positions radiating from a central position; detecting movement of a contact point on the interactive display surface; and changing the menu option displayed in each of the plurality of display positions in response to the detected movement of the contact point being inward or outward of the central position.
US09223460B2	Toolbar search centered user interface model Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and computer-storage media for organizing presentation of browser toolbars. In one embodiment, a toolbar of a web browser is presented. The toolbar has a search input box. Additionally, one or more application icons are presented on each of at least two sides of the search input box. An indication that a user has engaged an application icon of the toolbar is received. Further, an application window is presented beneath the search input box of the toolbar. The application window comprises content associated with the application icon.
US09223453B2	In-cell touch display panel device with three-dimensionally configured sensing blocks An in-cell touch display panel device includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a display controlling and sensing structure layer including a data line sub-layer and a scan line sub-layer. The data line sub-layer has plural data lines and plural first dashed conductor lines, each first dashed conductor line being formed by continuing plural first conductor segments. The scan line sub-layer has plural scan lines and plural second dashed conductor lines, each second dashed conductor line being formed by continuing plural second conductor segments. The data lines are disposed at positions identical to those of the second dashed conductor lines, and the first dashed conductor lines are disposed at positions identical to those of the scan lines, so as to form a touch sensing pattern structure by using conductor parts to selectively connect the first dashed conductor lines and the second dashed conductor lines.
US09223451B1	Active capacitive sensing on an HMD Embodiments described herein may allow for the use of active capacitive sensing on a head-mountable device. An example method may involve: sending a first signal that has a first frequency from a signal transmitter positioned on a wearable computing device so that when the wearable computing device is worn, the signal transmitter couples to a part of a wearer of the wearable computing device, receiving a second signal at a capacitive sensor located on the wearable computing device, determining whether the second signal has the first frequency, if the second signal has the first frequency, outputting a third signal that is indicative of manual input on the capacitive sensor, and if the second signal does not have the first frequency, refraining from outputting the third signal.
US09223450B2	Apparatus and method for proximity touch sensing An apparatus performs proximity touch sensing, and includes a shield layer, an electrostatic capacity touch panel disposed with a specific distance above the shield layer, and a proximity touch controller for sensing a non-contact touch by supplying a voltage to the electrostatic capacity touch panel and the shield layer and thus by forming a first capacitance.
US09223448B2	Compensation for variations in a capacitive sense matrix A readout device for a capacitive sense matrix includes a computer readable storage medium configured to store capacitance data. The capacitance data represents capacitance values of the capacitive sense matrix. The readout device also includes a readout circuit configured to receive a signal from the capacitive sense matrix, the readout circuit being configured based upon the capacitance data. Also described are a readout method and a method of compensating for variations in capacitance.
US09223445B2	Position-sensing and force detection panel Disclosed is a touch position sensor. Force detection circuitry can be included with the position sensor, for example, to determine an amount of force applied to a touch panel of the sensor.
US09223443B2	Projection device, projection method and projection program According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is used for processing a first image projected toward a target. The apparatus includes a processing unit for detecting that an object exists between a projector unit and the target, wherein when an object exists between the projector unit and the target, the apparatus determines an area of the object and generates a modified first image, based on the area of the object, for projection toward the target.
US09223434B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel, a touch panel control unit, a plurality of scanning electrodes formed on the display panel, a plurality of detection electrodes formed on the display panel so as to intersect with the plurality of scanning electrodes, a drive signal supply unit for inputting a drive signal to each of the scanning electrodes, and a detection unit for detecting a detection signal from each of the detection electrodes. The touch panel control unit supplies the driving signal to each of the scanning electrodes from the drive signal supply unit to enable detection of a touch position of a detection object based on the detection signal detected, and supplies the driving signal to all of the scanning electrodes collectively from the drive signal supply unit to enable detection of approach of the detection object to the touch panel based on the detection signal detected.
US09223433B2	Display system and display method A display system is disclosed. The display system includes a display unit configured to include a sensor which detects an operation in a display area of the display unit, a determination unit configured to determine an effective area of the display area of the display unit, the effective area being an area on which an image is displayed, and a first control unit configured to disable the operation detection outside the effective area by the sensor.
US09223432B2	Touch-sensing display panel module which improves sensing ability using reset unit and readout unit and related driving method An embedded sensor of a touch panel includes at least a readout unit and a reset unit. The total readout length or the total reset length during each sensing period may be larger than the pixel refresh period by introducing other readout units, introducing other reset units, or increasing the enabling period of the gate driving signals, thereby enhancing the sensibility of the touch panel.
US09223431B2	Touch-sensitive display with depression detection and method A device includes a touch-sensitive display and a sensor configured to detect a force that results in depression of the touch-sensitive display. The sensor includes one or more wavelength selective optical carriers that carry optical signals. The force affects one or more optical paths of the optical signals.
US09223427B2	Portable terminal device and method for releasing keylock function of portable terminal device A cellular phone includes a first display, a second display, a first touch sensor which detects an input to the first display, a second touch sensor which detects an input to the second display, a CPU which sets and releases a keylock function for disabling the inputs, and a memory which stores a releasing condition of the keylock function including a combination of an input detected by the first touch sensor and an input detected by the second touch sensor. The CPU releases the keylock function with respect to at least one of the first touch sensor and the second touch sensor when inputs detected by the touch sensors and match with the releasing condition stored in the memory while the keylock function is being set.
US09223426B2	Repositioning windows in the pop-up window A dual-screen user device and methods for revealing a combination of desktops on single and multiple screens are disclosed. Selected desktops and/or running applications are displayed on dual screen displays. Desktops and applications can be shifted between screens by user gestures, and/or moved off of the screens and therefore hidden. Hidden desktops and screens can be re-displayed by yet other gestures. The desktops and applications are arranged in a window stack that represents a logical order of the desktops and applications providing a user with an intuitive ability to manage multiple applications/desktops running simultaneously. One user gesture launches an applications management window that provides visual indications of all of the applications and desktops running at the time, applications/desktops displayed on the screens. Other gestures can rearrange the order of all of the applications and desktops in the window stack.
US09223424B2	Electronic device signal routing structures with conductive adhesive An electronic device may have structures that are coupled together using conductive adhesive such as anisotropic conductive film and other adhesives. The structures that are coupled together may include a touch sensor structure formed from electrodes on the inner surface of a display cover layer, a display module having display layers such as a thin-film transistor layer, and circuitry mounted on substrates such as printed circuits. Conductive signal path structures may be used in routing signals within the electronic device. The conductive signal path structures may be formed from pins that are embedded within injection molded plastic, from metal traces such as laser-deposited metal traces that are formed on the surface of a plastic member or other dielectric, from metal structures that run within channels in a plastic, printed circuit traces, and other signal path structures.
US09223420B2	Apparatus for driving electronic device and driving method thereof A method of driving an electronic device easily and accurately controls a pointer displayed on a screen of the electronic device. The method of driving an electronic device including an input unit into which information is input by a touch and a screen display unit on which a pointer is displayed in response to the touch includes: a first step of moving the pointer from a point at which the touch is applied to the input unit first in an arbitrary direction in which drag of the pointer is performed; a second step of stopping the movement of the pointer when the drag is stopped; and a third step of additionally moving the pointer in a direction, which is directed from the point at which the touch is applied first to a point to which pressing pressure is applied, in response to pressing pressure when the drag is stopped.
US09223402B2	Head mounted display and method of controlling digital device using the same Disclosed is a method of receiving a gesture input of a user using a Head Mounted Display (HMD) and synthetically controlling a digital device using the received gesture input. The method includes detecting whether or not the HMD is worn by a user, detecting a positional state of an external digital device linked with the HMD, the positional state including a first state in which the external digital device is located in a preset view angle region of the HMD and a second state in which the external digital device is not located in the view angle region, detecting a gesture input of the user, determining at least one digital device to be controlled based on whether or not the HMD is worn by the user and the detected positional state, and controlling a display object of the determined digital device under application of the gesture input.
US09223400B2	Performing method of device capable of adjusting images according to body motion of user A performing method of a device capable of adjusting images according to a body motion of a user, the device comprising a display unit, at least one camera unit, and a control unit electrically coupled to the display unit and the camera unit, the performing method comprising: capturing at least one motion image of the user by the at least one camera unit; receiving the at least one motion image of the user by the control unit; and adjusting the display unit according to the least one motion image of the user by the control unit, whereby the images displayed by the display unit moving as does the user.
US09223374B2	Power sourcing equipment chip power sourcing equipment and power over ethernet system and method using registers and slave address A power sourcing equipment (PSE) chip controls a powering channel of the PSE chip according to a value stored in a first register; the PSE chip changes, in response to a second instruction, the value stored in the first register into a calculated value, where the second instruction includes a second slave address and a second data byte, the second slave address is a virtual address of a virtual powering group, and the calculated value is a result obtained by calculation according to the second data byte and a channel indication value that is of the virtual powering group and stored in the PSE chip. Information indicating whether a powering channel is added to a virtual powering group is stored in a PSE chip, so that powering channels added to a virtual powering group can be controlled at a time.
US09223373B2	Power arbitration for storage devices Aspects of the subject disclosure relate to a storage device including a flash memory, a controller coupled to the flash memory, wherein the controller is configured to store data to the flash memory and a power arbiter unit coupled to the controller and to the flash memory via a plurality of flash channels, wherein the power arbiter unit is configured to receive a plurality of power requests via one or more of the plurality of flash channels and process the plurality of power requests based on a respective priority identifier associated with each of the plurality of power requests. Additionally, a computer-implemented method and power arbiter unit (PAB) are provided.
US09223369B2	Providing power management services in a software provisioning environment A software provisioning server can communicate with a power management system of the target machines to alter the power state of the target machines during actions requiring a change in the power state, such as power cycling the target machines during a software installation. The software provisioning server can communicate with the power management system of the target machines and instruct the power management systems to alter the power state of the target machines during the actions.
US09223368B2	Countermeasure method and device for protecting data circulating in an electronic microcircuit The disclosure relates to a countermeasure method in an electronic microcircuit, comprising successive process phases executed by a circuit of the microcircuit, and adjusting a power supply voltage between power supply and ground terminals of the circuit, as a function of a random value generated for the process phase, at each process phase executed by the circuit.
US09223367B2	Supply margining method and apparatus In accordance with some embodiments, margining routines to determine acceptable voltage command values for specific CPU implementations at one or more different operating levels may be provided.
US09223365B2	Method and apparatus for controlled reset sequences without parallel fuses and PLL'S A system, semiconductor device and method for providing a controlled system reset sequence with lower power consumption without dependency on fuses, PLL's and external XTAL's. A method to simplify a boot sequence by using a ring oscillator that compensates for voltage and temperature variations while also removing the dependency on parallel fuses, PLL's and external XTAL's.
US09223364B2	Heat dissipation control system for portable electrical device and control method thereof A heat dissipation control system includes an angle detection module and a control module. The heat dissipation control system is adapted for a portable electrical device having a first body and a second body. The angle detection module senses an included angle of the first body and the second body and generates an angle signal corresponding to the included angle of the first body and the second body. The control module, in response to the angle signal, generates a heat dissipation control signal according to the angle signal for enabling at least one of a first heat dissipation policy and a second heat dissipation policy.
US09223354B2	Grid connected keyboard apparatus A grid connected keyboard which includes a keyboard base; and a removable keyboard positioned with respect to the keyboard base. The removable keyboard include a keyboard grid having a plurality of spaces; a plurality of keyboard keys positioned within the spaces of the keyboard grid; and fastening means between the keyboard grid and each of the plurality of keyboard keys for maintaining the keyboard keys within the spaces of the keyboard grid. The fastening means allows movement of the keyboard keys in a direction perpendicular to a plane that contains the keyboard grid. The removable keyboard, including the plurality of keyboard keys, are removable from the keyboard base as a unit.
US09223353B2	Ambient light proximity sensing configuration Embodiments are provided for intelligently revealing selectable icons on a control panel of a playback device based on proximity detection. In one example, an ambient light level may be determined based on a detection of ambient light by a light sensor of a control area for a playback device. Based on the ambient light level, a sensitivity of an infrared (IR) proximity sensor and a sensitivity of a capacitive proximity sensor may be adjusted. The IR proximity sensor and the capacitive proximity sensor may each be configured to detect a physical movement. Based on the detection of the physical movement by at least one of the IR proximity sensor and the capacitive proximity sensor, a physical approach of an entity towards the playback device may be determined, and a control area of the playback device may be illuminated.
US09223351B2	Moveable display portion of a computing device The computing device includes a base portion including a keyboard, a display portion including a display. The display includes a viewable surface and a hinge configured to operably couple the base portion to the display portion. If the computing device is in a closed position the viewable surface faces in a first direction away from the base portion. Further, if the computing device is in a transition from the closed position to an open position, the hinge is further configured to rotate around a first axis of the base portion with a primary plane of the display portion being substantially parallel to a primary plane of the base portion and to rotate around a second axis of the display portion such that the viewable surface faces in a second direction toward a user plane extending from the keyboard and approaches a perpendicular position with respect to the base portion.
US09223348B2	Split keyboard modification for a pull-out flexible display A display device may have displayed a user input interface, such as a virtual keyboard, on a main display of the display device. Then as a secondary flexible display is pulled out from within the display device, various methods for handling the display of the user input interface between the main display and the secondary flexible display are described. The display of the user input interface between the main display and the flexible display will be controlled based upon a combination of user input touch gestures on the main display and the flexible display, as well as a measured length of the pulled out portion of the flexible display.
US09223341B2	Hinge assembly having linear movement and slide type electronic device A hinge assembly includes a guiding rail, at least one protruding block, a slidable element, and a rotatable element. The guiding rail includes a first side and a second side surface opposite to each other. The guiding rail further includes a first edge and a second edge in parallel to a longitudinal direction of the guiding rail. The protruding block is disposed on the first side surface. The width of the protruding block is smaller than that of the first side surface, and a gap exists between the protruding block and the first edge. The slidable element includes a sliding surface and a guiding surface opposite to each other. The first edge of the guiding rail inserts into a chute formed on the sliding surface to move the slidable element along the first edge. The rotatable element is pivoted to the slidable element to rotate on the slidable element.
US09223335B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a reference voltage generation circuit to which a power source voltage is applied; an output terminal for outputting an output voltage; a determining circuit connected to the reference voltage generation circuit and the output terminal for generating the output voltage according to a determination target voltage; and a constant electric current source connected to the determining circuit and a ground potential for generating a constant electrical current.
US09223331B2	Power distribution system control and monitoring In one example embodiment, a power control system includes one or more stages, a plurality of primary busbars operatively coupled to the one or more stages, and an intelligent controller operatively coupled to the one or more stages. Each of the one or more stages is configured to generate a lead current when coupled in parallel to a power distribution system, and at least one of the one or more stages comprises a notch filter and a power tank circuit. Each of the plurality of primary busbars is configured to carry one phase of a multiple phase power signal. The controller is configured to determine when to switch each of the one or more stages one and off, to count a number of times each stage is switched on, and to track one or more electrical parameters of the power distribution system, power control system, or both.
US09223325B2	Temperature estimation based on a fan control signal Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to the estimation of temperature based on a fan control signal. Example embodiments include the estimation of temperature based on a fan control signal having a value based on a temperature reading of a temperature sensor.
US09223321B2	Reduction of periodic disturbances A method of reducing periodic disturbances in the feedback quantity of a controlled system is disclosed. The method includes receiving a feedback signal and repeatedly deriving respective magnitudes of harmonic components of the feedback signal to produce corresponding error signals. The error signals and harmonic components are used to generate harmonic control signals. The harmonic control signals are used to create a plurality of negative feedback loops acting to reduce the error signals. The present disclosure thus provides negative feedback control in the frequency domain. In one specific disclosed embodiment, the control is tied to the periodic domain resulting from the rotation of an actuator motor shaft.
US09223315B2	Method of controlling item delivery to an electronic parcel locker A system, apparatus, and method for use in delivery of items to a storage unit. The storage unit can include one or several storage receptacles and a control unit that controls and monitors the status of the one or several storage receptacles. The storage unit can be included in a storage unit system that can include one or several storage units and a central control unit. The central control unit can communicate with the one or several storage units, and can receive status and availability updates from the one or several storage units.
US09223309B2	Plant monitoring and control system and plant monitoring and control method A monitoring apparatus has: an abnormality detecting unit which can detect an abnormality of a self apparatus; a second communication unit for receiving state information through a second communication network; a plant information forming unit for forming plant information as information regarding the whole plant equipment based on a plurality of state information; a first communication unit for transmitting the plant information to a maintenance tool through a first communication network; and an abnormal-case control unit constructed in such a manner that when the abnormality detecting unit detects the abnormality, a substituting request is transmitted to the other control unit, when a response to the substituting request is affirmative, an operation of the self apparatus is stopped, and when the response to the substituting request is negative or when the response to the substituting request is not received, the state information is transferred to the maintenance tool.
US09223306B2	System and method utilizing an editing initialization block in a part program editing environment in a machine vision system A method is provided for defining and utilizing an editing initialization block for a part program. The part program comprises a plurality of steps for taking measurements of a part and is displayed in an editing interface. An option is provided in the editing interface for selecting which steps are in an editing initialization block. After the part program has been saved, at a later time when the part program is recalled for editing, the editing initialization block may be run before additional steps are added to the part program. At least some of the data that would have been obtained by one or more of the initial part program steps that are not in the editing initialization block may be based on estimated data that is related to (e.g., modified based on) data determined from running the editing initialization block.
US09223301B2	Active cloud point controller for refining applications and related method A method includes receiving a measurement associated with a cloud point of a biofuel being produced in a refining system. The method also includes determining how to adjust the refining system based on a desired cloud point of the biofuel and the measurement associated with the cloud point. The method further includes outputting a control signal to adjust the refining system based on the determination. Determining how to adjust the refining system could include determining how to adjust an inlet temperature of a reactor in the refining system. The reactor could represent an isomerization reactor, and a heater could heat material entering the isomerization reactor. Determining how to adjust the inlet temperature of the reactor could include determining how to adjust operation of the heater. A model predictive control (MPC) technique could be used to determine how to adjust the inlet temperature of the isomerization reactor.
US09223286B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of developing units disposed in parallel with each other, a developer cartridge being detachably attached to each of the plurality of developing units, each of the plurality of developing units forming a developer image with a developer agent in the developer cartridge; a first cover covering at least one specified developer cartridge of a plurality of developer cartridges attached to the plurality of developing units, the first cover being openable to allow the at least one specified developer cartridge to be attached and detached; and a second cover covering at least one developer cartridge other than the at least one specified developer cartridge of the plurality of developer cartridges, the second cover being openable to allow the at least one developer cartridge other than the at least one specified developer cartridge to be attached and detached.
US09223285B2	Unit frame having grip part An image forming unit includes a cartridge and a unit frame. The cartridge has a cartridge-grip. The unit frame is configured to accommodate the cartridge. The unit frame includes a first plate, a second plate, a first beam, and a second beam. The first plate has a through hole. The first beam extends between the first plate and the second plate. The first beam includes a frame-grip disposed between an upper end of the first beam and a lower end of the first beam. The second beam extends between the first plate and the second plate. When the cartridge is accommodated in the unit frame, a distance between the lower end of the first beam and an upper end of the frame-grip is smaller than a distance between the lower end of the first beam and an upper end of the cartridge-grip.
US09223268B2	Fixing device, belt device, and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a first support and a second support to rotatably support a fixing rotator at a first lateral end and a second lateral end of the fixing rotator in an axial direction thereof. A first stopper is mounted on the first support. A second stopper is mounted on the second support. A first skew restraint projects from an outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator radially at the first lateral end of the fixing rotator in the axial direction thereof. A second skew restraint projects from the outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator radially at the second lateral end of the fixing rotator in the axial direction thereof. The second skew restraint comes into contact with the second stopper as the fixing rotator moves in the axial direction thereof toward the first support.
US09223265B2	Image forming apparatus with option device detection and fixing warm up mode selection An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fixing unit having a heater, a temperature detection unit, a power control unit, and a conveyance control unit that controls conveying a recording material. The conveyance control unit executes, when the maximum power is greater than a threshold power, a first mode where conveyance is performed according to a time, and executes, in a case where the maximum power is less than the threshold power, a second mode where conveyance is performed according to the detected temperature. The power control unit sets a larger value to the threshold power when an option device is connected to the image forming apparatus as compared to when the option device is not connected to the image forming apparatus.
US09223259B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes a fixing section including a fixing belt laid over a plurality of supporting rollers and an endless rotating section that forms a nip between the rotating section and the fixing belt, the fixing section being configured to nip and carry a recording medium in the nip, and a control section configured to control the fixing section at first fixing speed while a leading end of the recording medium is passing at least a part of the nip and control the fixing section at second fixing speed higher than the first fixing speed after controlling the fixing section at the first fixing speed.
US09223255B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a chassis having an opening, a cover, photosensitive members, an intermediate transfer belt, a primary-transfer member, a secondary-transfer roller, a cleaner device, a waste toner container, which is movable along a predetermined direction to be removably installed in the chassis through the opening and stores residual toner, a connector, and a feed roller, which is arranged within the feeding path to feed the recording sheet in the feeding path. The feed roller is arranged in a position to at least partially fall within a vertical range of the waste toner container and to be aligned with the waste toner container along an axial direction of the second feed roller.
US09223249B2	Image forming unit and image forming apparatus An image forming unit includes an image carrier, a developer carrier carrying a developer for developing images by attaching the developer to electrostatic latent images on the image carrier, a developer supply member for supplying the developer to the developer carrier, a first developer container having an opening, for containing the developer, a second developer container reserving the developer supplied via the opening from the first developer container, and a stirring member disposed rotatably in a prescribed rotation direction around a rotation axis in the first developer container for stirring the developer. The stirring member comprises a first elastic member extending in a first direction, and a second elastic member extending in a second direction as different direction from the first direction, and the second elastic member is disposed on a downstream side of the first elastic member in the rotation direction of the stirring member.
US09223247B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a developer storage portion; a developer bearing member; a toner replenishing device that replenishes toner to the developer storage portion; a power supply that supplies an AC voltage or a voltage in which a DC voltage and an AC voltage are superimposed to the developer bearing member at least during an image forming period; and a controller that performs control such that a scattering toner discharge control mode in which the DC voltage only is applied to the developer bearing member in a non-image forming period so as to generate force such that normally charged toner moves from the developer bearing member to the image bearing member so that the toner is discharged from the developer bearing member to the image bearing member.
US09223246B2	Image forming apparatus and method for controlling image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit including a containing unit; a replenishment unit replenishes the containing unit with the toner; a first determination unit determines an amount of the toner consumed in the containing unit; a detection unit detects a toner amount in the containing unit; a first calculation unit calculates a difference between the toner amount and a target amount; a second calculation unit calculates a cumulative value of the difference; a second determination unit determines a determination value; a prevention unit prevents the second calculation unit from accumulating the difference at second timing following the first timing; and a controller controls the replenishment unit, based on the determination value, in a case where the first determination value is less than a threshold, the second calculating unit is prevented from accumulating the difference at the second timing, on the cumulative value calculated at the first timing.
US09223238B2	Production of latex using a wipe film evaporator A process is disclosed for making a resin emulsion suitable for use in forming toner particles including using a wiped film evaporator for removing residual solvents.
US09223237B2	Additive attachment on toner particles by plasma A process for attaching additives onto toner particles using plasma is described.
US09223233B2	Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus The photosensitive layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member contains (a) a gallium phthalocyanine crystal, (b) a specific amine compound and (c) a specific polyvinylacetal resin.
US09223232B2	Method for producing electrophotographic photosensitive member A method for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member including an undercoat layer includes preparing a coating liquid for an undercoat layer containing zinc oxide particles, a polyol, a blocked isocyanate compound whose isocyanate group is blocked with a specific structure, and a solvent mixture, in which the solvent mixture contains a monohydric alcohol in an amount of 1 chemical equivalent or more based on the specific structure and 90% by mass or less based on the total mass of the solvent mixture, and a ketonic solvent and/or a cyclic ether solvent in an amount of 7% by mass or more based on the total mass of the solvent mixture.
US09223217B2	Sulfonamide-containing topcoat and photoresist additive compositions and methods of use Provided are sulfonamide-containing compositions, topcoat polymers, and additive polymers for use in lithographic processes that have improved static receding water contact angles over those known in the art. The sulfonamide-containing topcoat polymers and additive polymers of the present invention include sulfonamide-substituted repeat units with branched linking group as shown in Formula (I):
US09223212B2	Photosensitive resin composition and cured product thereof An alkali-developing-type photosensitive resin composition comprising: a polycarboxylic acid resin (A) obtained by reacting a polybasic anhydride (c) with a reactant (ab) between a difunctional bisphenol epoxy resin (a) having an epoxy group at both terminals and an epoxy equivalent of 600-1300 g/eq., and a monocarboxylic acid compound (b) having an alcoholic hydroxyl group; an epoxy resin (B) having two or more epoxy groups in a molecule; and a photoacid generator (C), wherein the addition ratio the monocarboxylic acid compound (b) with respect to 1 equivalent of the epoxy group of the epoxy resin (a) is 80 equivalent % or more, and the addition ratio the polybasic anhydride with respect to one equivalent of the primary hydroxyl group of the reactant (ab) is 80 equivalent % or more.
US09223197B2	Lithography and mask for resolution enhancement A lithography process in a lithography system includes loading a mask having multiple mask states and having a mask pattern consisting of a plurality of polygons and a field. Different mask states are assigned to adjacent polygons and the field. The lithography process further includes configuring an illuminator to generate an illumination pattern on an illumination pupil plane of the lithography system; configuring a pupil filter on a projection pupil plane of the lithography system with a filtering pattern determined according to the illumination pattern; and performing an exposure process to a target with the illuminator, the mask, and the pupil filter. The exposure process produces diffracted light and non-diffracted light behind the mask and the pupil filter removes most of the non-diffracted light.
US09223195B2	Exposure apparatus having blind and method of driving An exposure apparatus includes a light source, a mask, a blind, and a blind driver. The light source emits light in a light emitting cycle. The mask is disposed over a substrate and includes an exposure window. A pattern is formed in the exposure window. The blind is disposed over the exposure window. The blind moves in a first direction to block a non-exposed area in the substrate. The blind is returned to pass through the exposure window area in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The blind includes a plurality of blocking plates. The blocking plates include a blocking portion and an opening portion. The blind driver drives the blind.
US09223182B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes first and second sub-pixels charged with the same voltage during a first period. The voltage charged in the second sub-pixel is decreased after the first period. Since the voltage level of the first sub-pixel is different from the voltage level of the second sub-pixel after the first period, liquid crystal molecules disposed corresponding to the first sub-pixel are aligned in a direction different from that of liquid crystal molecules disposed corresponding to the second sub-pixel. Thus, a side viewing angle of the liquid crystal display is improved.
US09223174B2	Liquid crystal display device including light sources emitting different colors A display device includes a display panel having a first transparent subpixel, a second transparent subpixel and a third transparent subpixel. A light source part provides light to the display panel. The light source part including a first light source configured to generate red light, a second light source configured to generate green light and a third light source configured to generate blue light. The third light source includes a blue light emitting diode and a wavelength shift layer. The wavelength of the blue light emitted from the third light source has a first peak within a range of about 445 nm to about 450 nm and a second peak within a range of about 450 nm to about 540 nm.
US09223173B2	Lighting unit and display device having the same A lighting unit may include a bottom cover having a plurality of sidewalls, a board, a plurality of light emitting diodes, and a light-transmitting resin layer over the plurality of light emitting devices and the board. One of the sidewalls includes a first fixing groove having an inside region greater than an opened inlet region. The light-transmitting resin layer may be provided within the first fixing groove in order to support the light-transmitting resin layer.
US09223154B2	Display device having a cuboid birefringent crystal layer A display device comprises: a first substrate (20), a first polarizer (10), a second polarizer (50), a first electrode (30), a second electrode (31), an electrically controlled birefringence crystal layer (40). The first polarizer (10) is attached to the first substrate (20). The second polarizer (50) is disposed to face the first substrate (20) and parallel to the first substrate (20). The first electrode (30) and the second electrode (31) are disposed between the first substrate (20) and the second polarizer (50) and separate from each other. The electrically controlled birefringence crystal layer (40) is disposed between the first electrode (30) and the second electrode (31) and has a primary electro-optic effect. The corresponding manufacturing method for a display is also provided.
US09223151B2	Method for determining reading distance A method for determining reading distance for an individual made to observe a reading zone includes positioning the individual in front of an apparatus to learn their reading distance. The individual reads of a zone that is placed on a portable tablet and equipped with at least one location marker. At least one image is acquired allowing at least one facial reference point of the individual and each marker of the reading tablet. The images is processed taking into account the position of the facial reference point of the individual and the position of the at least one marker of the tablet and the indicating of the reading distance is conveyed.
US09223150B2	Eyeglasses able to instantly install or remove lens A pair of eyeglasses includes a lens and a frame. The frame has a holder and two temples connected to two ends of the holder. The holder has a clip slot able to fix the lens. A through hole is defined in the holder and communicates with the clip slot. A bead and a spring are accommodated in the through hole. A restriction member is connected to the holder and blocks the through hole at the inside of the holder. The spring is installed between the bead and the restriction member. The bead partially protrudes from the through hole. The lens has a positioning portion corresponding to the bead. The bead that partially protrudes from the through hole is engaged with the positioning portion. The lens is easily installed or removed by shifting the bead in the clip slot from the positioning portion of the lens.
US09223149B2	Sidepiece for eyeglasses, eyeglasses including at least one such sidepiece, and method for assembling such a sidepiece The invention relates to a sidepiece (3) comprising a reinforcement (5) that is to be hinged onto a frame (2). The sidepiece (3) includes: a first strip (11) for covering a first portion of the reinforcement (5); a second strip (12) for covering a second portion of the reinforcement (5); a first connection means (21) for guiding the first strip (11) in translation and holding same on the reinforcement (5); and a second connection means (22) for guiding at least the second strip (12) in translation and holding same on the reinforcement (5).
US09223131B2	Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including the same An image forming apparatus includes an optical scanning device and one or more second driving motors. The optical scanning device includes a polygon mirror, an optical scanning system for forming an image of the beam light on a surface to be scanned, a folding mirror for returning the beam light so as to be led to a photosensitive drum, and a housing. The housing is provided with a first support portion, a second support portion, and a third support portion for supporting the reflective surface of the folding mirror. When a distance between the first support portion and the second support portion is set to L, the third support portion is disposed at the first support portion side from a position of L/4 in a direction of the second support portion from the first support portion and is disposed at the second support portion side from the first support portion.
US09223127B2	Electrowetting display device An electrowetting display device has a picture element having first and second support plates with a space in between, the space including first and second fluids immiscible with each other, the second fluid being electroconductive or polar. The first support plate includes a wall defining an extent of the picture element. An electric field is applied between an electrode and the second fluid, the electrode having an edge, a low portion and a high portion, the high portion being closer to the second support plate than the low portion, the high portion being arranged adjacent to the wall and having an area smaller than the area of the low portion. The high portion of the electrode has a cut-out causing an increased electric field in the space, and at least part of the edge of the electrode adjacent to the cut-out following the shape of the wall.
US09223124B2	Time resolved optical microscopy (“TROM”) process for measuring the rate of crystallization of solid inks A system is disclosed for measuring the crystallization of crystalline-amorphous mixtures. The system includes a sample holder. and a heating apparatus to melt a ink composition and to keep the melted ink composition at a first specified temperature for a first period of time. The system includes a cooling apparatus to receive the melted ink composition, to cool the melted ink composition and to maintain the cooled ink composition at a second specified temperature. The system includes a microscope and a video recording device to capture images of the cooled ink composition for a second period of time A video processing computer includes a memory, a processor and software instructions and the software instructions causes the computer to extract crystallization parameters about the cooled ink composition from the captured images. The crystallization parameters identify fast solidifying crystalline inks that have a short time duration from onset of crystallization until crystallization.
US09223120B2	Imaging lens and imaging apparatus An imaging lens includes: a positive first lens group; a positive second lens group which moves while focusing; and a third lens group. The first lens group includes a positive lens having a convex surface with a radius of curvature having a small absolute value toward the image side, a positive biconvex lens, a negative lens having a concave surface with a radius of curvature having a small absolute value toward the object side, and a positive lens having a convex surface with a radius of curvature having a small absolute value toward the object side, in this order from the object side. The second lens group includes a positive lens having a convex surface with a radius of curvature having a small absolute value toward the object side. The third lens group includes two positive lenses and one negative lens. The imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional formula.
US09223118B2	Small form factor telephoto camera A compact telephoto lens system that may be used in a small form factor cameras. The lens system may include five lens elements with refractive power. Alternatively, the lens system may include four lens elements with refractive power. At least one of the object side and image side surfaces of at least one of the lens elements is aspheric. Total track length (TTL) of the lens system may be 6.0 mm or less. Focal length f of the lens system may be at or about 7.0 mm (for example, within a range of 6.5-7.5 mm). Lens elements are selected and configured so that the telephoto ratio (TTL/f) satisfies the relation 0.74
US09223113B2	Optical lens and electronic apparatus including the lens An imaging optical system includes, in order from the object side to the image side, an aperture stop, a first lens element with a positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a second lens element with a negative refractive power having a convex image-side surface in the vicinity of an outer circumference, a third lens element with a positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface in a vicinity of an optical axis and a convex image-side surface in the vicinity of the optical axis, and a fourth lens element having a concave image-side surface in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex image-side surface in the vicinity of the outer circumference. The sum of thicknesses of the first, second, third, and fourth lens elements and the sum of total air gaps therebetween satisfy specific conditions.
US09223106B2	Fiber termination enclosure with modular plate assemblies Certain types of fiber termination enclosures include an enclosure and at least one of a plurality of plate module mounting assemblies. Example plate module mounting assemblies include a termination panel plate assembly; a splice tray plate assembly; a cable spool plate assembly; and a drop-in plate assembly. Example cable spool plate assemblies include a cable spool arrangement rotationally coupled to a mounting plate, which fixedly mounts within the enclosure housing. A stand-off mount element may be disposed on the front of the cable spool arrangement to rotate in unison with the cable spool arrangement. The stand-off mount element may include one or more termination adapters.
US09223099B2	Optical device An apparatus is disclosed comprising a planar optical waveguide structure which includes a substrate and two planar optical waveguides thereon. The apparatus further comprises a solid structure having a body and two branches connected to the body. Each of the two branches has a reflective surface area thereon. Each of the two planar optical waveguides is configured to optically couple light from an end thereof to the reflective surface area of a corresponding one of the branches. The planar optical waveguide structure further includes a third planar optical waveguide on the substrate. The third planar optical waveguide has a segment located between the solid structure and the substrate.
US09223094B2	Flexible optical circuit, cassettes, and methods A fiber optic cassette includes a body defining a front and an opposite rear. A cable entry location, such as a multi-fiber connector, is defined on the body for a cable to enter the cassette, wherein a plurality of optical fibers from the cable extend into the cassette and form terminations at one or more single or multi-fiber connectors adjacent the front of the body. A flexible substrate is positioned between the cable entry location and the connectors adjacent the front of the body, the flexible substrate rigidly supporting the plurality of optical fibers. Each of the connectors adjacent the front of the body includes a ferrule. Dark fibers can be provided if not all fiber locations are used in the multi-fiber connectors. Multiple flexible substrates can be used with one or more multi-fiber connectors.
US09223084B2	Illumination of optical analytical devices Optical analytical devices and their methods of use are provided. The devices are useful in the analysis of highly multiplexed optical reactions in large numbers at high densities, including biochemical reactions, such as nucleic acid sequencing reactions. The devices include optical waveguides for illumination of the optical reactions. The devices further provide for the efficient coupling of optical excitation energy from the waveguides to the optical reactions. Optical signals emitted from the reactions can thus be measured with high sensitivity and discrimination using features such as spectra, amplitude, and time resolution, or combinations thereof. The devices of the invention are well suited for miniaturization and high throughput.
US09223082B2	Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device Embodiments of the present invention disclose a backlight assembly and a liquid crystal display device, and the backlight assembly comprises: a light guide plate; a base plate, disposed on an opposite side of a light emitting side of the light guide plate; and a back plate, disposed on a side of the light guide plate along an edge of the base plate, wherein an edge-type light source is disposed on a side facing the light guide plate of the back plate, the back plate is pivotally connected with the base plate via a rotation axis, and the back plate rotates about the rotation axis.
US09223081B2	Optical member and display device including the same Disclosed are an optical member and a display device including the same. The optical member includes a wavelength conversion layer to convert a wavelength of an incident light; a first anti-reflective layer on a first surface of the wavelength conversion layer; and a second anti-reflective layer under a second surface of the wavelength conversion layer opposite to the first surface.
US09223066B2	Patterned retarder A patterned retarder is provided. A microstructure layer is disposed on a substrate of the optical retarder. The microstructure layer has a plurality of trapezoid protrusions. A bottom angel of the trapezoid protrusions is 12-85 degree. A conformal alignment layer and a liquid crystal phase retarder layer are sequentially disposed on the microstructure layer.
US09223062B2	Imaging lens A compact, wide view-field imaging lens with a small F-value which corrects aberrations properly. Its elements are arranged in order from an object side to an image side: an aperture stop, positive first lens having convex surfaces on the object and image sides, negative second lens having a concave object-side surface near an optical axis, positive meniscus third lens having a convex image-side surface, and negative meniscus double-sided aspheric fourth lens having a concave image-side surface near the optical axis. Its F-value is smaller than 2.4 and it satisfies conditional expressions (1) to (3) below: 0.15
US09223057B1	Crowdsourcing platforms, systems, and methods for generating environmental data reports The platforms, systems, methods and computer readable media provided herein monitor a shore or near shore environment using a plurality of sensors, each sensor associated with a near shore water recreationist or near shore water recreationist equipment. The platforms, systems, methods and computer readable media provided herein include a server application configured to generate and transmit an environmental data report. The platforms, systems, methods and computer readable media provided herein include a device configured to receive the environmental data report.
US09223054B2	Proximity sensor A proximity sensor detects an object to be detected. The proximity sensor includes a board; at least three light emitting portions which are mounted on a surface of the board such that not all the light emitting portions is arranged on a straight line, and which emits light; and a light receiving portion which is mounted on the surface of the board so as to have a predetermined positional relationship with the three light emitting portions, and which receives reflected light derived from light emitted from the light emitting portions and reflected by the object to be detected.
US09223045B2	Method and apparatus for object/material detection Methods and apparatus to compare the size of a target from the first sensor information with the size of the target from the second sensor information to determine whether an anomaly exists based upon the size comparison. In one embodiment, the size of the target from the first sensor information is affected by dielectric constants for at least one material of interest associated with the target.
US09223038B2	X-ray detector with photon-counting directly converting detector elements and method for temperature stabilization of the X-ray detector An X-ray detector with photon-counting directly converting detector elements and a method for the temperature stabilization of at least one detector element of an X-ray detector of a CT system are disclosed, wherein the detector elements use a sensor material which converts incident photons of radiation directly into free-moving charge in the sensor material and wherein with the aid of a circuit arrangement (e.g. an ASIC), the number of incident photons in relation to predefined energy ranges (e.g., to imaging) is determined, wherein the total electrical power of at least one detector element is kept constant regardless of the incident intensity of radiation.
US09223022B2	Linear and circular downscan imaging sonar A method for providing a combined linear and circular downscan sonar display may include receiving linear downscan sonar data from a linear downscan transducer, receiving conical downscan sonar data from a circular downscan transducer, and combining the linear downscan sonar data and the conical downscan sonar data to produce combined downscan sonar data. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided.
US09223018B2	Method for displaying an active radar image and handheld screening device A method for displaying an active radar image of an object on a handheld screening device is provided comprising taking a sequence of active radar images of an object, the different active radar images of the sequence being representative for different distances of the object from the handheld screening device; selecting an image of the sequence of active radar images; and displaying the selected image on a display. A corresponding handheld screening device is provided as well.
US09223013B2	Estimating distance to an object using a sequence of images recorded by a monocular camera A method for monitoring headway to an object performable in a computerized system including a camera mounted in a moving vehicle. The camera acquires in real time multiple image frames including respectively multiple images of the object within a field of view of the camera. An edge is detected in the images of the object. A smoothed measurement is performed of a dimension the edge. Range to the object is calculated in real time, based on the smoothed measurement.
US09223010B2	Receiver compensation by adjusting receiver sensitivity A receiver compensation system and method to operate the receiver compensation system are disclosed. The compensation sensor system includes at least one receiver and at least one control loop. The method to operate the receiver compensation system is characterized in that the receiver is adjusted in its sensitivity by a control signal such that in the case of changes of an input received by the receiver, a control signal of the control loop resets an associated receiver output signal, except for a control error. Further, at least one other signal of the control loop represents or contains a measurement of the change of the input received by the receiver.
US09222989B2	Manufacturing methods for a sensor package including a lead frame A sensor package includes a lead frame with a first portion extending and a second portion extending in a direction inclined with respect to the first potion. The sensor package also includes an application specific integrated circuit and a magneto resistive sensor and a ferrite provided with a molding body.
US09222986B2	Distributed battery management system and method of identification distribution using the same A distributed battery management device and a method thereof are provided. The method comprises: receiving, by a battery management control module, a first identification distribution request from a first data acquisition module; activating, by the battery management control module, the first data acquisition module for monitoring one or more batteries; and sending, by the battery management control module, a first identification message corresponding to the first identification distribution request, to the first data acquisition module. The device comprises: a battery management control module; and a first data acquisition module communicatively coupled with the battery management control module, wherein the battery management control module and the first data acquisition module are configured to communicate with each other to identify the data acquisition module.
US09222982B2	Test apparatus and operating method thereof A test apparatus includes a test apparatus may include a core suitable for accommodating a semiconductor device to be tested, a wrapper data register suitable for storing data used for testing the semiconductor device, and a bandwidth controller suitable for adaptively controlling a data bandwidth between the core and the wrapper data register according to the semiconductor device to be tested.
US09222977B2	Semiconductor test system and method A test controller applies test stimulus signals to the input pads of plural die on a wafer in parallel. The test controller also applies encoded test response signals to the output pads of the plural die in parallel. The encoded test response signals are decoded on the die and compared to core test response signals produced from applying the test stimulus signals to core circuits on the die. The comparison produces pass/fail signals that are loaded in to scan cells of an IEEE 1149.1 scan path. The pass/fail signals then may be scanned out of the die to determine the results of the test.
US09222975B2	IC core DDR separate test controller, selector, scan router circuitry A device test architecture and a reduced device test interface are provided to enable efficient testing of embedded cores and other circuits within devices. The reduced device test interface is achieved using a double data rate (DDR) signaling technique between the tester and the device. The DDR test interface allows the tester to interface to test circuits within the device, such as IEEE 1500 and/or IEEE 1149.1 test circuits, to provide high test data bandwidth to the test circuits using a minimum of test interface signals. The test architecture includes compare circuits that allow for comparison of test response data to be performed within the device. The test architecture further includes a memory for storing the results of the test response comparisons. The test architecture includes a programmable test controller to allow for various test control operations by simply inputting an instruction to the programmable test controller from the external tester. Additional features and embodiments of the device test architecture and reduced test interface are also disclosed.
US09222964B2	Cable detection in a pin constrained connector A cable detection apparatus comprises a cable connector, a signal generator, and a detection module. The cable connector is located on a first device and has an input-only pin that is coupled to a receiver and assigned for receiving a first signal from a driver on a second device. The signal generator is located within the first device and has an output driving a second signal onto the input-only pin, wherein the second signal has a frequency that is at least four times greater than the frequency of the first signal. The detection module has a detection input coupled to the input-only pin, wherein the detection module produces a negative cable detection output in response to detecting the second signal, and wherein the detection module produces a positive cable detection output in response to detecting a signal other than the second signal.
US09222959B2	Method for the collective fabrication of carbon nanofibers on the surface of micropatterns constructed on the surface of a substrate The invention relates to a nanofiber fabrication method comprising nanofiber growth from a catalyst zone, furthermore comprising the following steps: producing at least one micropattern (11) on the surface of a substrate (1); producing a catalyst zone (50) on the surface of said micropattern; nanofiber growth from the catalyst zone, characterized in that the micropattern (11) comprises a base, at least partially convergent side walls and an upper face, said base being covered with a so-called “poison” layer (4) where no nanofiber growth catalysis effect can take place, the so-called “poison” layer not being present on said upper face; the base being covered with a catalyst layer (5) on the surface of the so-called “poison” layer; the thickness of the “poison” layer and the thickness of the catalyst layer being such that the nanofibers cannot grow either on the side walls or on the base of the micropatterns constructed beforehand.
US09222953B2	Device, system, and method for selecting a target analyte or fluid This disclosure is directed to a device and a system for aspirating and dispensing a target analyte, target material, or fluid. A picker may aspirate and dispense the desired material by introducing a pressure gradient. The picker may include a hydraulic fluid to hydraulically couple at least two components, such as a moveable pump component and a cannula.
US09222946B2	Composition of diagnostic biomarker for stomach cancer and method of diagnosing stomach cancer using the composition Provided are a composition of a diagnostic biomarker for stomach cancer and a method of diagnosing stomach cancer using the same. The composition of a diagnostic biomarker for stomach cancer and the method of diagnosing stomach cancer using the same may be useful to determine stomach cancer from a patient with suspected stomach cancer.
US09222945B2	Method and kit for the classification and prognosis of wounds The invention relates to a method and kit for identifying chronic or acute mammalian wound tissue or for determining the prognosis of mammalian wound tissue based upon the identification of at least one key set of molecular markers or genes whose expression pattern is indicative of a given wound type and so representative of a given prognosis.
US09222926B1	Methods and articles for identifying objects using encapsulated perfluorocarbon tracers A system and method for tagging, tracking, locating and identifying people and vehicles transporting people using Perfluorocarbon tracers. An on-going problem faced by military as well as law enforcement personnel is that of friendly fire incidents. To prevent possible friendly-fire incidents, troops would separate the two layers of the uniform patch, thereby releasing a controlled release of the Perfluorocarbon vapors. Other “friendly” troops, equipped with sensors tuned to the specific perfluorocarbon characteristics would thus be able to literally view a plume around the tagged person or object. The system may conversely be used to tag enemies. Formulations of mixed perfluorocarbons may be used to provide coding of emissions.
US09222921B2	Method and apparatus for determination of haloacetic acid (“HAA”) presence in aqueous solution A real-time method and analytical system for determining haloacetic acids in water which operate by: (1) extracting samples on ion-exchange absorbent medium; (2) concentrating haloacetic acids on hyper-crosslinked medium; (3) eluting the analytes from the concentration medium for injection into an HPLC system; (4) separating individual haloacetic acid in reverse-phase chromatography performed by the HPLC system; and (5) measuring optical characteristics (UV-absorbance) of haloacetic acids, to determine concentration. The entire process can be performed using a completely self-contained, in-situ mechanism that sits at a water distribution point for 24/7 testing, with automated control, monitoring, reporting, and employment of remedial measures (e.g., automated adjustment of the water treatment process).
US09222919B2	Process to monitor unwanted formation of a polymer having internal strain by acoustic emission analysis A process to monitor unwanted formation of a polymer having internal mechanical strain is disclosed. The acoustic emission generated by polymer formation is detected by one or more acoustic sensors attached to a piece of equipment.
US09222916B2	Through-coil arrangement, test apparatus with through-coil arrangement and testing method A feed-through coil arrangement for an apparatus that tests long products via eddy current includes an exciter coil arrangement with an exciter coil having a passage opening for the long product, and a receiver coil arrangement around the opening. The receiver coil arrangement includes two segment coil arrangements distributed over the passage circumference, wherein each segment coil arrangement has a detection range covering only a circumferential section of the long product circumference. The segment coil arrangements are distributed over two shells surrounding the opening at different distances to a reference axis. First segment coil arrangements on a first shell are without reciprocal overlapping and second segment coil arrangements on a second shell are without reciprocal overlapping. The first and second segment coil arrangements are arranged circumferentially offset to one another such that the second segment coil arrangements detect circumferential sections not covered by the first segment coil arrangements.
US09222910B2	Underfill management system for a biosensor A biosensor system including the underfill management system determines the analyte concentration in a sample from the at least one analytic output signal value. The underfill management system includes an underfill recognition system and an underfill compensation system. The underfill recognition system determines whether the test sensor initially is substantially full-filled or underfilled, indicates when the sample volume is underfilled so that additional sample may be added to the test sensor, and starts or stops the sample analysis in response to the sample volume. The underfill recognition system also may determine the initial degree of underfill. After the underfill recognition system determines the initial fill state of the test sensor, the underfill compensation system compensates the analysis based on the initial fill state of the test sensor to improve the measurement performance of the biosensor system for initially underfilled test sensors.
US09222908B2	Device and method for detecting redox reactions in solution Described herein is a device comprising: a plurality of first reaction electrodes arranged in an array, the plurality of first reaction electrodes configured to be exposed to a fluid and having a capacitance; first circuitry configured to controllably set the plurality of first reaction electrode to a predetermined voltage and allow the capacitance of the plurality of first reaction electrode to charge or discharge through the fluid; and second circuitry configured to measure a rate of charging or discharging of the capacitance of the plurality of first reaction electrodes. Also described herein is a method of using this device to sequence DNA.
US09222907B2	Nano-porous membrane based sensors Sensors include nano-porous alumina membranes that are sensitized by immobilization of antibodies in the nano-pores. The nano-membranes can be sensitized to respond to a single target compound, or different portions of the nano-membrane can be differently sensitized. Capture of the target compound can be detected based on a spectral signature associated with electrical conductance in the nano-pores.
US09222904B2	Method and apparatus for detecting track failure A railroad track monitoring system is described which detects changes in rail track geometry that could lead to derailments, The changes in geometry are detected via analysis of temperature and stress parameters that are collected at one or more sensors installed on the track. Methods are described which provide faster detection and reduced false alerts, thereby saving time and expense to the railroad system.
US09222899B2	X-ray talbot interferometer and X-ray imaging system including talbot interferometer An X-ray Talbot interferometer includes a first grating configured to diffract X-rays from an X-ray source and form an interference pattern, a second grating configured to block a portion of X-rays that form the interference pattern, and a detector configured to detect X-rays from the second grating. An inspection object is disposed between the X-ray source and the second grating. The second grating includes a first shield grating portion in which a shield portion and a transmissive portion are arranged periodically at a first period and a second shield grating portion. The first period is expressed as ps×n×Ls/(Ls+Lf), where ps denotes a size of pixels that the detector has, n denotes a positive integer, Ls denotes a distance from the X-ray source to the first shield grating portion, and Lf denotes a distance from the first shield grating portion to the detector.
US09222894B2	Detection device for detecting state of toner image, image forming apparatus employing the same, and method of removing foreign substance from the detection device A detection device detecting a state of a toner image, an image forming apparatus including a detection device and method of detection are provided. The detection device includes a detector having a light window where light passes through and detecting a state of a toner image formed on an image bearing member via the light window, and a cleaner removing a pollutant attached to a surface of the light window. The cleaner includes an adsorption unit formed of a conductive material and reciprocating while being in contact with the surface of the light window and a voltage applying unit applying a voltage for adsorbing the pollutant to the adsorption unit.
US09222888B2	Pulse amplitude modulated chlorophyll fluorometer Chlorophyll fluorometry may be used for detecting toxins in a sample because of changes in micro algae. A portable lab on a chip (“LOAC”) based chlorophyll fluorometer may be used for toxin detection and environmental monitoring. In particular, the system may include a microfluidic pulse amplitude modulated (“PAM”) chlorophyll fluorometer. The LOAC PAM chlorophyll fluorometer may analyze microalgae and cyanobacteria that grow naturally in source drinking water.
US09222880B2	Probe for detecting underground substances, and method A probe for underground sensing of materials of interest, for example chemicals such as explosives, includes a probe body that is capable of being inserted into the ground, and one or more sensors that are able to sense one or more materials in the vicinity of at least a portion of the probe body. The sensor(s) may include a light source that directs light to the vicinity of the portion of the probe body, and a light detector, such as a photosensor or spectrometer, that detects reflected light from the material around the probe body. The reflected light may be analyzed to determine the presence of one or more materials of interest, such as chemicals used in explosive devices. The probe may be part of a vehicle used to detect and neutralize buried explosive devices, with the probe for example being on an articulable arm of the vehicle.
US09222872B2	Flow cytometer nozzle tip A nozzle tip formed from a cylindrical body defining a longitudinal axis and a frustoconical body adjoining the cylindrical body on the longitudinal axis. The cylindrical body may be in fluid communication with the frustoconical body. The frustoconical body may end in a flat surface with a nozzle exit orifice which is transverse to the longitudinal axis. There may be a cutout at the edge of the frustoconical body and the flat surface. The flow cytometer system may also include a source of electromagnetic radiation for producing a beam incident upon the fluid stream and the particles and a detector for detecting light emitted or reflected from the particles within the fluid stream in response to the beam.
US09222867B2	Resonant micromachined biochemical sensor A sensor system is formed from a micro machined resonant structure with multiple resonant elements, a tracking resonator control electronics, and signal processing algorithms. The moving elements of the resonator are coated with chemically active materials that change mass when exposed to the target chemical resulting in a change in frequency or period of oscillation. The changes in frequency or period are processed by multi-sensor chemical detection algorithms to identify chemical types and concentrations. In essence, the resonator and drive electronics form a closed loop oscillator operating at the resonator's natural frequency. The resonators are formed from silicon using photolithographic processes. The resonator design includes in-plane resonant motion combined with dynamic balance to operate with a high Q even in the presence of atmospheric pressure.
US09222864B2	Apparatus and method to measure back face signature of armor An apparatus and method are provided for evaluating the backface signature of flat panel ballistic resistant composites with accuracy, repeatability and improved correlation to the expected backface signature of shaped ballistic resistant composites in actual field use. The apparatus separates the composite from a clay backing material with a suitable spacer so that the bulk of the backface deformation is inside an air gap space with minimal clay disturbance, thereby eliminating conventional testing error and producing an accurate test result.
US09222861B2	Apparatus and method for measuring the stretch of a chain which circulates endlessly in the apparatus An apparatus (2) with a chain (1) that is arranged endlessly circulateable in the apparatus (2) includes a measuring apparatus (3) for measuring the stretching or elongation of the chain (1), with a first signal pick-up (4) and with a second signal pick-up (5), which are arranged at a spacing distance (D) relative to one another, which extends in the running direction over several chain links (6) of the chain (1). A first element for signal generation (7) is arranged on a first chain link (6.1) in such a manner so that with a circulating chain (1) a signal is produced upon running past the first signal pick-up (4). Several further elements for signal generation (8) are arranged on a second chain link (6.2) in such a manner so that with a circulating chain (1) a further signal is generated with each one of these further elements (8) upon running past the second signal pick-up (5). During one circulation of the chain (1), the number (NS2) of signals at the second signal pick-up (5) is counted, which are produced before a first signal is produced at the first signal pick-up (4).
US09222860B2	Tapping hammer for tapping test The present invention provides a tapping hammer for tapping test, which can help a user to accurately control the tapping force during a tapping test. The tapping hammer comprises a hammerhead and a handle supporting the hammerhead, and further comprises an alarm, a power source and a conductor, a hollowed-out region is provided in the interior of the hammerhead, the hammerhead is elastically deformable and electrically connected to a first electrode of the power source; the conductor is fixed in the interior hollowed-out region, not electrically connected to the hammerhead while no tapping force is exerted on the hammerhead and electrically connected to the hammerhead while a tapping force larger than a certain amount is exerted on the hammerhead; a first electrode of the alarm is connected to the conductor, a second electrode of the alarm is connected to a second electrode of the power source.

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