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US09241416B2	Module arrangement A module arrangement including a plurality of functional modules lined up in a stacking direction, which are connected to one another for fluidic and electric communication, wherein a functional module includes a plate-shaped base body having two parallel, opposite joining surfaces which are designed to contact joining surfaces of adjacent base bodies, wherein the base body includes a connecting device designed for transferring electric signals and/or electric supply voltages and/or fluid flows between adjacent functional modules along the stacking direction, and wherein several signal lines selectable by the control module extend along the stacking direction of the functional modules for transmitting control signals provided for the direct selection of individual functional modules wherein at least one storage device for detecting, buffering and transferring at least one electric signal of an external component is electrically looped into at least one signal line.
US09241412B2	Manufacturing method of flexible display substrate An embodiment of the invention provides a manufacturing method of flexible display substrate (10) comprising: preparing a backing layer (2) on a carrier substrate (1); preparing a flexible base substrate (3) on the backing layer (2); preparing electronic components (4) on the flexible base substrate (3); and removing the backing layer (2) from the flexible base substrate (3) back to obtain a flexible display substrate (10).
US09241401B2	Solid state lighting device and method employing heat exchanger thermally coupled circuit board An illumination device comprises a circuit board that carries solid-state light sources and a heat transfer structure to which the circuit board is intimately physically coupled such that the circuit board is curved along at least one of a longitudinal dimension or a lateral dimension thereof. Such may allow less fasteners to be used than would otherwise be possible, while maintaining close contact over a large portion of the surface area. Some embodiments may employ a clamp, for example a peripheral clamp such as a cover or bezel clamp.
US09241400B2	Windowed reference planes for embedded conductors A rigid multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) has an embedded elongated conductor between opposing first and second reference planes. The first and second reference planes are formed of conductive material and are electrically isolated from the conductor by intervening insulative material. Each of the first and second reference planes have a plurality of spaced apart windows extending therethrough, the windows aligned with the elongated conductor.
US09241396B2	Method for operating a plasma arc torch having multiple operating modes The present invention provides a multi-mode plasma arc torch that includes a cylindrical vessel having a first end and a second end, a first tangential inlet/outlet connected to or proximate to the first end, a second tangential inlet/outlet connected to or proximate to the second end, an electrode housing connected to the first end of the cylindrical vessel such that a first electrode is (a) aligned with a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical vessel, and (b) extends into the cylindrical vessel, and a hollow electrode nozzle connected to the second end of the cylindrical vessel such that the center line of the hollow electrode nozzle is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical vessel. Adjusting a position of the electrode with respect to the hollow electrode causes the multi-mode plasma arc torch to operate in a dead short resistive mode, a submerged arc mode, an electrolysis mode, a glow discharge mode or a plasma arc mode.
US09241393B2	Dynamic control of radiation emission Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems for selectively inhibiting radiation from being generated by a radiation source are provided. A radiation source comprises an electrically conductive gate situated between a cathode and an anode. When a voltage potential is created between the gate and the cathode, a flow of electrons between the cathode and the anode is mitigated, thus inhibiting radiation from being generated by the radiation source. When the voltage potential is removed or lessened, electrons may more freely flow between the cathode and the anode to generate radiation. In some embodiments, a calibration, such as a dark calibration, may be performed while the gate mitigates the flow of electrons. Moreover, in some embodiments, an accelerating voltage applied to the radiation source may be held substantially constant when radiation is generated as well as when radiation generation is inhibited.
US09241380B2	Hybrid dimming control techniques for lighting drivers Techniques are disclosed for independent control of individual LED strings driven from a single AC current source. A lighting driver circuit includes a DC-AC inverter with series resonance that provides a current that may be split into multiple currents for driving multiple LED assemblies. Current splitting transformers may be used to divide the current from the AC source, and the amplitude of the current from the AC source may be determined by a microcontroller. In some cases the current splitting transformers provide galvanic isolation to the LED assemblies. The multiple LED assemblies may be controlled by a number of switches that may independently activate the individual LED assemblies based on the duty cycle of multiple PWM signals provided to the switches by the microcontroller. When all of the PWM signals output from the microcontroller are on an off-cycle, the current source may be turned off.
US09241365B2	Method of handling device to device communication and related communication device A method of handling device to device communication for a first user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes establishing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection to a network of the wireless communication system; performing a proximity-based services (ProSe) communication with a second UE of the wireless communication system; and transmitting a first message to the network when the first UE detects a radio link failure in the ProSe communication; wherein the first message indicates the radio link failure to the network or requests changing to a UE-to-network communication mode from a ProSe communication mode.
US09241352B2	Method for establishing a connection between a node of a communication system and a node of a data service network in a wireless communication system A method for establishing a connection between a mobility management entity and a node of a network includes acquiring, at the mobility management entity, an address of the node, transmitting a session creation request from the mobility management entity to a serving gateway, receiving, at the mobility management entity, a session creation response from the serving gateway in response to the session creation request, the session creation response including uplink bearer information for data transmission to the serving gateway and an address allocated to the mobility management entity by a packet data network gateway, transmitting, at the mobility management entity, downlink bearer information for data reception from the serving gateway to the serving gateway, and communicating, at the mobility management entity, with the node using the address of the mobility management entity and the address of the node according to the uplink bearer information and the downlink bearer information.
US09241344B2	Method of limiting use of a mobile wireless access point near a wireless local area network To promote network security in a wireless local area network (WLAN), a mobile communication device, which is operable as a mobile wireless access point, may read a WLAN identifier that is known to be used by the WLAN and an indication of a channel on which a wireless access point of the WLAN is known to operate. The device may then monitor the channel for a transmission of the WLAN identifier. The mobile wireless access point may be configured to operate using the selected channel so that the monitoring occurs on the same channel as that on which the mobile wireless access point is operating. The transmission, if detected, may be considered to indicate that the mobile communication device is within the WLAN. Upon detecting the transmission, use of the WLAN identifier by the mobile wireless access point at the mobile communication device may be prevented, e.g. by requiring the mobile wireless access point to use a different WLAN identifier or by disabling the mobile wireless access point.
US09241343B2	Enhanced access channel masks for xHRPD A method of performing Pseudo-random-Noise (PN) quadrature covering for transmitting data via an access channel. The method according to one embodiment includes receiving a 42-bit access long code mask MIACMAC and a 42-bit access long code mask MQACMAC from an upper layer; generating an MI mask and an MQ mask for PN quadrature covering by using certain bits of an assigned channel number for the access channel; performing exclusive OR operations on certain bits of the received access long code mask MIACMAC; performing exclusive OR operations on certain bits of the received access long code mask MQACMAC; and transmitting signals via the access channel based on the generated 12-bit MI mask and the generated 12-bit MQ mask.
US09241339B2	Methods and apparatus for emphasizing frequency blocks containing priority data A method is performed in an electronic device for emphasizing frequency blocks containing priority data. The method includes: determining to communicate data in a plurality of allocated frequency blocks; identifying a first subset of the plurality of allocated frequency blocks that contain data having a higher priority than data in a second subset of the plurality of allocated frequency blocks; and emphasizing, during data communication, the first subset of the plurality of allocated frequency blocks, which contain the data having the higher priority, over the second subset of the plurality of allocated frequency blocks.
US09241336B2	Communication terminal device and method, base station device, and communication system The present technique relates to a communication terminal device and method, a base station device, and a communication system that enable efficient communications. A first communication unit that performs a first communication with a first other device transmits information indicating the margin in which the first communication is not disturbed by a second communication with a second other device, to the first other device. The communication terminal device and the communication system of the present technique can be used to perform efficient communications between a personal computer and a communication system utilizing the personal computer, for example.
US09241334B2	Wireless reception device, wireless transmission device, and wireless communication method A wireless reception device includes a resource information acquisition section that is configured to acquire silent resource setting information showing that a silent resource which indicates that no signals are allocated in a predetermined resource among distributed resources in which a resource unit defined in a frequency-time domain is divided along a time direction and distributed at a predetermined frequency interval, a receiver that is configured to receive a signal including the distributed resources in which the silent resource is allocated; and an inter-cell interference measurement section that is configured to measure an inter-cell interference pertaining to an amount of interference affected by another cell based on the silent resource setting information and by use of the silent resource allocated in the distributed resources.
US09241332B2	System and method for managing resources in a communication system The present invention relates to a system and method for managing resources, which involve managing a plurality of frequency resources in a communication system including a plurality of systems having no right to use a first frequency band. The system comprises a coexistence manager (CM) which manages, when a frequency band usable by the plurality of systems is found in the first frequency band, the plurality of systems so as to enable the coexistence of the systems and frequency-sharing among the systems in the usable frequency band; a coexistence enabler (CE) which transceives information of the plurality of systems and information of the coexistence manager; and a coexistence discovery and information server which supports the control of the coexistence manager on the plurality of systems. The plurality of systems uses the usable frequency band by means of coexistence and frequency-sharing according to a reference model.
US09241330B2	Resource management method and apparatuses for device to device communications The present disclosure proposes a method and apparatuses for geographical zone based radio resource management. The geographical zone based radio resource management method adapted for a control node would receive from a user equipment a request to communicate in a Device to Device (D2D) mode of communication. The control node would validate the user equipment according to a geographical zone in which the user equipment is located in response to the request of the user equipment to communicate in the D2D mode, wherein the geographical zone is formed by at least three control nodes. The control node would then notify the user equipment whether the user equipment may communicate in the D2D mode after the user equipment is authorized.
US09241324B2	Mapping and resource allocation method for relay link-physical downlink shared channel The present disclosure provides a mapping and resource allocation method for R-PDSCH, including: when resources allocated for an R-PDCCH overlap with resources allocated for the R-PDSCH, data of the R-PDSCH is not mapped or sent on over-lapped resources, or the data of the R-PDSCH to be sent on the over-lapped resources is punctured; the data of the R-PDSCH is mapped and sent on all or partial resources which are not occupied by the R-PDCCH; a receiving end receives data according to the mapping method for the R-PDSCH; wherein a resource allocation mode corresponding to a shared channel in an LTE system is reused or a grouping-tree resource allocation mode is used to allocate resources for the R-PDSCH.
US09241306B2	Radio communication system, mobile station, base station, and communication control method A radio communication system includes multiple base stations including a first base station and a second base station, and a mobile station. A candidate base station selector selects multiple candidate base stations that are candidates for a radio access point for the mobile station on the basis of the reception powers reported by the mobile station. When the mobile station actually executes wireless communication with the base station, an access-point base station determiner determines, as an access-point base station that is the actual radio access point for the mobile station, a base station corresponding to a best reception quality among reception qualities measured in the protected resource and reception quality measured in the non-protected resource.
US09241303B2	Mobile station and method A mobile station includes a public land mobile network registration unit that registers public land mobile networks including a public land mobile network input by a manual operation, wherein the public land mobile network input by the manual operation is not detected, and a public land mobile network selecting unit that selects a public land mobile network specified by the manual operation, among the public land mobile networks registered in the public land mobile network registration unit, wherein the public land mobile networks registered in the public land mobile network registration unit include the public land mobile network which is not detected.
US09241296B2	Radio communication terminal, radio communication system, and radio communication method A radio communication terminal includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire property information indicating a property that is used when a data communication route, on which data communication is performed with other radio communication terminals, is determined, a calculator configured to calculate variation of the property by using the acquired property information, and a controller configured to change a determination reference for whether to change the data communication route in response to the calculated variation of the property.
US09241286B2	Associating a VoIP provider with a set of VoIP networks as a preferred or default VoIP provider In an embodiment, a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) bidder negotiates with a VoIP provider and/or a VoIP access network to establish the VoIP provider as a preferred or default VoIP provider for the VoIP access network (e.g., a set of particular WiFi APs, a non-roaming cellular access network, etc.). As the preferred or default VoIP provider, the VoIP access network gives preferential performance and/or contract terms (or VoIP opportunities) for providing VoIP service to user equipments (UEs) via the VoIP provider as compared to one or more other VoIP providers that are also configured to provide VoIP service to the UEs over the VoIP access network. In a further embodiment, one of the UEs connects to the VoIP access network and advertises, to a user of the UE, the preferential performance and/or contract terms available to the UE via the VoIP provider over the VoIP access network.
US09241281B2	Apparatus and method for reporting of communication path quality within a wireless network A method includes identifying multiple statistics associated with each of multiple wireless connections. The multiple wireless connections form a single communication path between two wireless nodes in a wireless network. The method also includes identifying an overall quality associated with the communication path using the statistics. The method can also include assigning a quality value to each statistic for each wireless connection, where the overall quality is based on at least one of the quality values assigned to the statistics (such as a lowest of the quality values). The statistics could include a Received Signal Quality Indicator (RSQI), a Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), and a transmit success/fail ratio. The quality value assigned to each statistic could include a “good” quality, a “fair” quality, or a “poor” quality.
US09241278B2	Measuring instrument and a measuring method for stationary testing of mobile-radio relay stations A measuring instrument for testing mobile-radio relay stations provides at least one first measuring device and a receiver device. The first measuring device generates a first signal and transmits it either directly or via at least one further device to a relay station under test. The receiver device receives from the relay station under test a second signal derived from the first signal. The first measuring device compares the first signal and at least one signal derived from the second signal.
US09241268B2	Method and device for screen unlocking of electronic device A method for authentication in an electronic device is provided, comprising: receiving a touch pattern, the touch pattern including a set of points; determining, by a processor, whether the touch pattern is valid by validating a first portion of the touch pattern, the first portion not including at least one of the set of points; when the touch pattern is determined to be valid, unlocking the screen; and when the touch pattern is determined to be invalid, holding the screen locked.
US09241256B2	Transmission and distribution of position- and/or network-related information from access networks The present invention relates to a method, subscriber database, network element, an interface, and a computer program product for distributing position- or network-related information from an access network to a core network, wherein a first interface between the access network and the subscriber database is associated with a second interface between the core network and the subscriber database in a manner so that, in response to at least one predetermined notification indicating a registration or change of position and signaled to the subscriber database via the first interface, the position- or network-related information is selectively signaled via the second interface to a network element of the core network in a server assignment answer or in a push profile request. Thereby, position or location information of a subscriber or user in an access network is directly or automatically availability in the core network.
US09241255B2	Local breakout with optimized interface The present invention relates to methods, apparatuses, and computer program products at interrelated entities of a network system for providing access via a cellular access network to a packet data network, wherein a simple local IP access or local breakout (LBO) feature is provided, which uses a bridging function between a packet data network interface and a radio interface in an access device (e.g. base station device or HNB) that can be controlled by a single control plane interface.
US09241246B2	Method and apparatus for communication connection service Methods and apparatus are provided for communication connection service. Identification information of a second device is acquired. An inquiry about whether to register the second device as a favorite device is displayed. A registration request message is sent to a server, when a request to register the second device as the favorite device is inputted in response to the inquiry. The registration request message includes the identification information of the second device. A registration response message is received from the server in response to the registration request message. A user interface of the first device is controlled to provide feedback informing of a success or a failure in registering the second device as the favorite device based on the registration response message.
US09241243B1	Step triangulation A computing device can determine an estimated location of a target computing device based on historical signal readings describing wireless communication signals received from the target computing device. A signal reading can include data such as a signal strength value indicating the received signal strength of the wireless communication signal, a timestamp value and a geographic coordinate value indicating the location of a receiving computing device when the wireless communication signal was received. The signal readings can describe wireless communication signals received from the target computing device by one or more receiving computing devices and received during various times. The computing device can calculate the estimated location of the target computing device by triangulating the location of the target computing device based on the geographic coordinate value and signal strength value of three signal readings selected from the set of signal readings.
US09241242B2	Information recommendation method and apparatus An information recommendation method is provided for a terminal. The method includes obtaining at least one keyword, obtaining geographical location information corresponding to the keyword, and searching, within a range of a map interface display area, recommendation information relevant to geographical locations adjacent to the geographical location corresponding to the geographical location information. The method also includes displaying, according to the range of the map interface display area, geographical location information corresponding to the keyword, as well as the map interface having the recommendation information.
US09241237B2	Device with an EEPROM having both a near field communication interface and a second interface A peripheral device and a method for programming the read/writeable memory of the RFID circuitry by communications between either RF antenna or bus communications port controller interface or both. In the peripheral device, an EEPROM, bus communications controller interface, NFC interface, antenna, and logic controller operate to receive and transmit configuration and calibration data between a wireless personal area network circuit and an external wireless personal area network enabled device. The dual interfaced EEPROM is operable to share or partition its EEPROM between an NFC interface and a bus communications controller.
US09241226B2	Uncomfortableness threshold value estimation system and method, and a program thereof; hearing aid adjustment system; and uncomfortableness threshold value processing circuit An exemplary UCL estimation system including: an output section configured to present to a user a first sound, and a second sound after lapse of a first predetermined time from a point of presenting the first sound, the first sound having a sound pressure within a predetermined sound pressure range, and the second sound having a same sound pressure as that of the first sound; a measurement section configured to measure an electroencephalogram signal of the user; an extraction section configured to extract, from an electroencephalogram signal measured within a second predetermined time from a point of presenting the second sound, a characteristic amount of an event-related potential of the signal; and an estimation section configured to estimate, by referring to a predetermined relationship between characteristic amount values of event-related potential and uncomfortableness threshold values, an uncomfortableness threshold value corresponding to the extracted characteristic amount of the potential.
US09241218B2	Apparatus and method for decomposing an input signal using a pre-calculated reference curve An apparatus for decomposing a signal having an number of at least three channels includes an analyzer for analyzing a similarity between two channels of an analysis signal related to the signal having at least two analysis channels, wherein the analyzer is configured for using a pre-calculated frequency dependent similarity curve as a reference curve to determine the analysis result. The signal processor processes the analysis signal or a signal derived from the analysis signal or a signal, from which the analysis signal is derived using the analysis result to obtain a decomposed signal.
US09241213B2	Acoustic transducer This invention relates to acoustic transducers with stationary and moving coils, and methods for operating the acoustic transducers. Time varying signals are applied to the moving and stationary coils to control the movement of a diaphragm, which produces sound. The time varying signal applied to the moving coil corresponds to at least a processed version of an input audio signal and is updated based on, at least, a version of the time varying signal applied to the stationary coil. Some embodiments include updating the processed version of the input audio signal in response to a magnetic flux value corresponding to the time-varying signal applied to the stationary coil. Some embodiments include updating the time-varying signal applied to the moving coil in response to a feedback signal.
US09241204B2	Transmitting multiple adaptive bit rate (ABR) segment streams on a shared frequency A system for transmitting multiple adaptive bit rate (ABR) segment streams on a shared frequency may include an ABR segment generator and transmitter circuitry. The ABR segment generator may encode a content item based at least in part on different ABR profiles to generate encoded streams. The ABR profiles may indicate encoding parameters corresponding to the encoded streams, e.g., bit rates, resolutions, frame rates and/or codecs. The ABR segment generator may be further configured to segment the encoded streams to generate ABR segment streams. The transmitter circuitry may be configured to transmit the ABR segment streams on a shared frequency, such as by transmitting the segment streams over spatially separated antennas, or by applying different orbital angular momentums to the ABR segment streams. In one or more implementations, the system may further include a segment interleaver that is configured to interleave the ABR segment streams.
US09241201B2	Linking and browsing media on television Techniques for linking and browsing media on a television (TV) are provided. A selected program, which is associated with a channel of the TV, is detected and additional content, which is associated with that channel and/or the selected program, is dynamically acquired from one or more external sources. The additional content is formatted as links and simultaneously presented within a display of the TV along with the selected program that continues to play on the TV. Furthermore, activation of any link results in the additional content being dynamically acquired and presented within the display.
US09241200B2	Targeted advertising A distribution system of programs and ads includes transmitting one or more ad channels to user devices. An ad channel includes ads and ratings that indicate a likelihood of interest of a user for an ad. The ratings are calculated based on ad profiles and user profiles. A user device selects ads to play during an ad insertion period of a program based on the rating.
US09241195B2	Searching recorded or viewed content A method may include receiving a request from a user to play or record a program, wherein the program is associated with dialog text and determining a user profile associated with the user. The method may include associating, in response to receiving the request, the dialog text of the requested program with the user profile. The method may include receiving a search query from the user associated with the user profile and searching the dialog text associated with the user for dialog text that matches the search query. The method may include transmitting, for display, an identification of the program associated with the matching dialog text.
US09241185B2	Apparatus and method for media detection and replacement A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller configured to receive a selection from a computing device during presentation of a media program comprising at least one of audio content and textual content associated with the audio content, wherein the selection identifies media content of interest, receive a selection from the computing device identifying replacement content for the media program, detect whether the media program contains the identified media content of interest, and replace the identified media content of interest with the replacement content if the identified media content of interest is detected in the media program. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09241180B2	Distributing content to subscribers of a communications service provider A system, method, and server for distributing content. The system includes a number of servers in communication with the Internet and configured to provide subscribers of the communications service provider with access to content stored on the number of servers without having to access external networks including the Internet. The system further includes a remote content management application operating on at least one of the number of servers and configured to provide content providers with: (1) digital rights management (DRM) and (2) guaranteed quality of service (QoS) to the subscribers of the communications service providers, wherein the content providers establish the DRM and the QoS.
US09241175B2	Digital broadcasting receiver and method for controlling the same According to one embodiment, a method of processing broadcast data in a broadcast transmitter includes: encoding the broadcast data for broadcast service; encoding signaling information for signaling the broadcast data; assigning the encoded broadcast data and the encoded signaling information into a signal frame; and transmitting a broadcast signal including the signal frame. The broadcast signal further includes a signaling table having access information of the broadcast data. The signaling table includes service id information for identifying the broadcast service and component information for indicating a number of components in the broadcast service.
US09241174B1	Demand-based edge caching video content system and methods A video-on-demand system includes a resource manager (501) in communication with a central storage server (502), a back office system (503), and a plurality of edge servers (504). The resource manager can receive (523) a video-on-demand session request 524) requesting delivery of content (529), read (525) a content allocation register (520) that includes a popular asset list (301) with a plurality of content assets ranked (314) by highest demand (314) within a predetermined past usage window (316) and an edge server list (302) indicating which edge servers have delivered each content asset of the popular asset list. The resource manger can then Select (526) a selected edge server (527) from the content allocation register as a function of the popular asset list and the edge server list and cause (528) the selected edge server to deliver (529) the content in response to the video-on-demand session request.
US09241163B2	VC-2 decoding using parallel decoding paths Methods, devices and systems that perform VC-2 decoding are disclosed. In an embodiment, a VC-2 decoder includes three parallel data paths including top-band, current-band and bottom-band data paths. The top-band data path performs variable length decoding (VLD), inverse-quantization (IQ) and inverse-DC-prediction (IDCP) processing of a top compressed data-band. The current-band data path performs VLD, IQ and IDCP processing of a current compressed data-band. The bottom-band data path performs VLD, IQ and IDCP processing of a bottom compressed data-band. Additionally, the decoder includes a three-level inverse discrete wavelet transform (IDWT) module to perform IDWT processing to synthesize decoded source pixel values in dependence on partially-decompressed top, current and bottom data-bands produced using the three parallel data paths. The decoder also includes a slice-bytes equalizer, a bit-stream first-in-first-out (FIFO), a scan conversion FIFO, and a module that inserts horizontal and vertical blanking periods into data received from the scan conversion FIFO.
US09241159B2	Encoding apparatus, method of controlling thereof, and computer program An encoding apparatus comprises, a detection unit configured to determine a characteristic of the image of each of a plurality of blocks and to detect whether visual degradation in each block is noticeable, a determination unit configured to determine a quantization parameter of each block based on a detection result, a transformation unit configured to perform orthogonal transformation of the block and quantization using the quantization parameter, an encoding unit configured to perform variable-length encoding of a transformation result, an inverse transformation unit configured to inversely transform the transformation result to generate a locally decoded image, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a reference value to change a criterion to determine the characteristic of the image, wherein the detection unit detects a block having noticeable visual degradation by changing the criterion in accordance with the reference value.
US09241158B2	Hypothetical reference decoder parameters in video coding A device performs a hypothetical reference decoder (HRD) operation that determines conformance of a bitstream to a video coding standard or determines conformance of a video decoder to the video coding standard. As part of performing the HRD operation, the device determines a highest temporal identifier of a bitstream-subset associated with a selected operation point of the bitstream. Furthermore, as part of the HRD operation, the device determines, based on the highest temporal identifier, a particular syntax element from among an array of syntax elements. The device then uses the particular syntax element in the HRD operation.
US09241146B2	Interleaved approach to depth-image-based rendering of stereoscopic images Techniques are disclosed for generating stereoscopic images. The techniques include receiving a first image frame associated with a first eye, and receiving a first depth frame associated with the first eye. The techniques further include reprojecting the first image frame based on the first depth frame to create a second image frame associated with a second eye. The techniques further include identifying a first pixel in the second image frame that remains unwritten as a result of reprojecting the first image frame, and determining a value for the first pixel based on a corresponding pixel in a prior image frame associated with the second eye. One advantage of the disclosed techniques is that DIBR reprojected image frames have a more realistic appearance where gaps are filled using pixels from a prior image for the same eye.
US09241145B2	Information processing system, recording/playback apparatus, playback terminal, information processing method, and program An information processing system is disclosed. The information processing system includes: a recording/playback apparatus; and a playback terminal. The recording/playback apparatus includes an output unit, a management unit, and a playback unit. The playback terminal includes a playback unit, a generating unit, and an output unit.
US09241134B2	Transfer of metadata using video frames An automated method of attaching metadata to a segment of content using a programmed processor consistent with certain embodiments involves retrieving metadata relating to the segment of content; rendering the metadata as visually perceptible text in one or more frames of video; appending the one or more frames of video to the video as the first one or more frames of the video to produce metadata enhanced video; and storing or transmitting the metadata enhanced video. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US09241130B2	Streaming of telepresence video content Solutions for distributing telepresence content to users and devices that are not direct participants in the telepresence session in which the content is created. For example, in some cases, a collector device might receive telepresence content from a dedicated telepresence endpoint and/or transmit that content, through a firewall, to a system that is outside the firewall and therefore is accessible from the Internet. In an aspect, such embodiments might employ a protocol that does not require any incoming connection from the outside system and therefore does not require any modification of the firewall policies in order to provide such content.
US09241110B2	Information display device and information device system An information display device may include: an image capturing unit configured to capture an image; a display unit configured to display the image captured by the image capturing unit; a detection unit configured to detect a position and an attitude of the information display device; an identification unit configured to identify a field device positioned in a direction of image capturing by the image capturing unit, by using a detection result of the detection unit; and a display control unit configured to cause an overlaid display on the display unit of the image captured by the image capturing unit, overlaid with at least one of static information and dynamic information regarding the field device identified by the identification unit.
US09241090B2	Image processing device, image correcting method and program An image processing device includes: an image correcting unit configured to correct a size of an image by inserting or deleting a predetermined number of pixels into and from the image based on size changing information of the image in which a plurality of pixel data is arranged, wherein the image correcting unit includes: a reading unit configured to read at least any one of attribute data and the pixel data; a characteristic determining unit configured to determine a characteristic of the pixel of interest in the image; a deforming process selecting unit configured to select a type of a deforming process related to determination of a position and determination of a pixel value of a pixel; and a correction executing unit configured to execute the deforming process selected by the deforming process selecting unit.
US09241086B1	Image-reading apparatus An image-reading apparatus includes a case constituted to shut off ambient light and including an opening on a bottom surface thereof, an image capturing unit capturing an image of a medium in the case through the opening, a plurality of light sources disposed in the case to emit light to the opening, and an image-processing unit performing image capturing by the image capturing unit, and performing composition process on plural image data captured by the image capturing unit. The light sources emit light in a direction to form shadowed areas outside of different edges of the medium when the medium is smaller than an area of the opening, and the image-processing unit extracts the edges based on the shadowed areas in the image data and crops the medium from the image data based on the extracted edges.
US09241083B2	Apparatus, method, and computer readable medium for displaying gesture guidance information An input display apparatus includes the following elements. A display unit has a display area. A receiver receives plural types of gestures which are performed on the display area. A setting unit sets plural settings for an apparatus in accordance with the types of gestures received by the receiver. A display controller controls the display unit to display at least one of the plural settings and gesture guidance information for guiding an input of a gesture which is associated with the setting to be displayed.
US09241076B1	Identification of public safety answering platform next generation 911 media support A method, system, and medium are provided for generating a profile for public safety answering platforms. The profile identifies media formats supported by the PSAPs at various cell sector locations maintained by a network provider. A network server selects a cell sector and generates a test emergency services call. The test emergency services call is transmitted to a PSAP. The PSAP generates a response that indicates whether the PSAP supports a media format identified in the test emergency services call. The PSAP transmits the response to the network server for storage in the profile.
US09241063B2	Methods for responding to an email message by call from a mobile device Methods for responding to an email message by a phone call from a mobile device are described. In some embodiments, mobile devices are capable of receiving emails. The emails may be in form of messages in a threaded conversation. Each message has metadata and the metadata includes a phone number corresponding to a sender of the message. The text or information associated with the message is displayed but not the metadata. While a user is reading the message displayed on the mobile device, the user is provided with a plurality of options to respond to the message, an option is for the user to call the sender of the message using the phone number in the metadata. Upon selecting such an option, the user is able to initiate a call to the sender of the message by activating a feature to call using the phone number stored in the metadata without physically looking up and dialing the sender's number. Other embodiments are also described.
US09241061B2	Cell phone peripheral device, communication terminal and method for a cell phone peripheral device communicating with a cell phone A cell phone peripheral device comprises a communication unit, for short-distance wireless communicating between said cell phone peripheral device and the cell phone; a processing unit, for receiving information from said communication unit, processing the information to obtain and analyze data information; a display unit, for receiving and displaying said data information. A method for a cell phone perpheral device communicating with a cell phone comprises receiving information from the cell phone by way of short-distance wireless communication; processing the information to obtain and analyze data information; and displaying, by the cell phone peripheral device, the data information. And a communication terminal comprises: a first communication unit for communicating with a cellular network, a processing unit, and a first input/output unit, and further comprising: a second communication unit, for transmitting voice and data information between the processing unit and the first input/output unit by way of short distance wireless communication.
US09241059B2	Callee rejection information for rejected voice calls A system includes a rejection module in a phone configured to receive calls over a network and a remote rejection announcement server (RAS) configured to receive calls over the network. The rejection module is configured to generate at least a portion of an incoming call user interface (UI) on the phone. The UI indicates incoming call signalling, associated with an incoming call from a caller, over a call signalling path in the network. One or more rejection options is provided for selection by a caller. Rejection reason data is generated based on selecting one of the rejection options. The rejection reason data is sent using a rejection reason path separate from the call signalling path. The remote RAS is configured to receive the incoming call from the caller, receive the rejection reason data over the rejection reason path, and generate an audio/video message based on the rejection reason data.
US09241053B2	Molded shock resistant case for an electronic device A mounting system for an electronic device includes an outer section having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface adapted to face the electronic device when the electronic device is mounted in the mounting system. The mounting system also includes a perimeter suspension section coupled to the outer section and adapted to secure the electronic device to the mounting system, the perimeter suspension section including a spring portion provided around a periphery of the perimeter suspension section, the spring portion being adapted to isolate the electronic device from a shock force that may be applied to the mounting system.
US09241048B2	Mechanism for processing network event protocol messages A communication system includes a first apparatus and a second apparatus. The first apparatus is configured to: attach first and second message length information to a first and second SYSLOG message, respectively; form at least a portion of a transport payload by adding a first portion and a second portion thereto, wherein the first portion includes the first SYSLOG message with the attached first message length information, and the second portion includes the second SYSLOG message with the attached second message length information; and send the transport payload. The second apparatus is configured to: parse the first and second SYSLOG messages one by one from the transport payload.
US09241045B2	Method of generating round robin service order lists for improving service performance during server failures A method controls the routing of service requests to a plurality of servers using a first routing distribution algorithm. The method includes waiting a first period of time for a designated server to respond to a service request, transmitting the service request to the designated server a second time, and waiting a second period to time for the designated server to respond to the service request assigned to the designated server, the second period of time being longer than the first period of time. The method also includes determining that the designated server has failed, rerouting the service request to a different server, and routing the service requests to the plurality of servers using a second routing distribution algorithm.
US09241032B2	Storage performance A network, such as a computer network, is disclosed. The network has a plurality of nodes and includes a first node for storing pieces of a digital object and having a storage. A plurality of connections are present between the first node and the plurality of nodes. The first node has a requester for requesting one or more pieces of the digital object, a transmitter for transferring one or more pieces of the digital object to at least one further node among the plurality of nodes, a receiver for receiving content availability messages from at least some of the plurality of nodes, and a sender for sending a limited content availability message to at least one further node among the plurality of nodes. The limited content availability message indicates a subset but not all of the pieces of the digital object available through the first node.
US09241029B2	Open application interface for complex systems A method and apparatus is disclosed for using an open application interface to enable communications between the components and sub-components of a complex system, such as an OSS system. In a first embodiment, one or more Intelligent Flow Engines (IFEs) are used to register all applications and/or components in the system. Once the applications have been registered, then a component requiring service from another application/component sends a request for service to an IFE. The IFE then determines which provider application can best provide the requested service and binds the requesting application with that provider application. In accordance with another embodiment, when a provider component is taken offline, e.g., for maintenance or to replace that component with a new or upgraded component, the applications of that component are un-registered and any applications that were bound to that component are seamlessly rerouted and are bound with another application if one is available.
US09241026B2	Facilitating network communications with control server and devices utilizing virtual network connections A method includes communicating network connection information from a control server to each of a subset of devices for enabling an open network connection between each of the devices; spawning, by each device of the subset, a plurality of virtual machines for network connections that virtualize network capabilities of the device; establishing, by each device of the subset, a respective open network connection with each of the other devices of the subset using a respective spawned virtual machine and network connection information received from the control server; and communicating, by one or more devices of the subset, via each of the open network connections that are established with such one or more devices, data, whereby each such one or more devices of the subset functions in part as a server by serving data to other devices of the subset.
US09241019B2	System and method of extending IMS SCIM / service broker to enable application servers using MSCML to execute on GSM camel networks In accordance with various embodiments, systems and methods that provide unified user interaction across different network interfaces are provided. A system can include a service control interaction manager (SCIM) which is operable to manage communication between one or more call parties and one or more applications. In a global system for mobile communications (GSM) network, when the one or more IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) applications connect a call party to a media resource, the SCIM is configured to connect the call party to a mobile switching center (MSC) internal resource function, receive a message from the one or more IMS applications which indicates an announcement to play to the call party and/or information to be collected from the call party, mediate the message into native customized applications for mobile networks enhanced logic (CAMEL) operations for the GSM network, and play the announcement and/or collect information indicated in the message.
US09241017B2	Systems and methods for cross domain service component interaction Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for interacting with components across different domains in a single user interface in an online social network. The user interface includes a first component and a second component, where the first component exposes content from a first database system at a first network domain and the second component exposes content from a second database system at a second network domain. A first interaction with the first component is received at a computing device, followed by a reference being provided in the second component, where the reference includes information related to the first interaction. A second interaction with the second component regarding the reference can be received at the computing device. Interactions between the components hosted on different database systems can occur through an application programming interface (API).
US09241014B2	Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for transferring or recovering a communication between a number of participants The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for conducting communications. One method includes determining a context associated with a communication between a first participant and a second participant while the communication is occurring, determining a failure of the communication, and resuming the communication based, at least in part, on the context.
US09241001B2	Method and apparatus for providing service using personal network A method and apparatus in which a device capable of near-field communication receives a service from an external network using a communication function of a device capable of accessing the external network. A personal network is formed with devices having different users, and subscriber information for each user is safely acquired and authenticated, making it possible to provide a service received from the external network to the devices included in the personal network more conveniently.
US09241000B2	Trusted social network A technique for trusted social networking involves enabling parties to join a social network and provide a list of trusted content sources. The system can maintain folders associated with each of the trusted content sources for a first member. If one of the trusted content sources is a second member that indicates the first member is trusted, then the system can maintain a master folder for the first and second member.
US09240995B1	Method and system for denying cable modem access to a broadband network A device, such as a cable modem or embedded media terminal adaptor that attempts to obtain unauthorized network services, is designated by head end equipment, such as a CMTS, as being a ‘rogue’ device. Upon a range request from the rogue device, the CMTS responds with a continuing range command. Upon receiving each periodic range request transmitted from the rogue device during a periodic station maintenance opportunity, the CMTS responds with another continuing range command. Thus, the rogue device does not ever establish connection with the CMTS because an ACK message is not received back from the CMTS.
US09240991B2	Anti-phishing system for cross-domain web browser single sign-on A system and method for cross-domain web browser single sign-on is described. A client accesses a workflow view from a service provider. An identity provider of the service provider generates an authentication process view. The authentication process view has the workflow view provided by the service provider and a logon form view provided by the identity provider.
US09240990B1	Acknowledgment authentication system and method The present invention is a method of and a system for enabling an initiating party to capture, store, and retrieve a video image of at least one acknowledging party performing an acknowledgement requested by the initiating party where the acknowledging party(s) may be remotely located from the initiating party.
US09240985B1	Method and system for managing access to storage space in storage systems Method and system for managing access to storage space are provided. A plurality of client computing systems interfaces with a management console for accessing storage space at a plurality of storage devices managed by a plurality of storage servers that also interfaces with the management console. The management console is configured to receive a request from a client computing system to access a storage volume or to obtain information regarding the storage volume, validate the request by verifying a client computing system identity with a domain controller, store validation result in an access control data structure at a memory storage device; and use the validation result to either accept or reject any future client computing system request for accessing another storage volume without having to validate the future requests with the domain controller.
US09240982B2	Method for associating an image-forming device, a mobile device, and a user Systems, methods, and devices for associating an image forming device and a mobile device receive, at a first device, a request to establish a connection with a second device; generating an optically-readable code that encodes a first set of data, wherein the first set of data includes first key-derivation data; display the optically-readable code of the first set of data; establish a communication channel with the second device; receiving a second set of data from the second device via the established communication channel, wherein the second set of data includes second key-derivation data, and wherein the second key-derivation data is generated in response to receiving the first key-derivation data at the second device; and determine the common key from the first key-derivation data and the second key-derivation data.
US09240973B2	Self-construction system of wireless sensor network and method for self-construction of wireless sensor network using the same Disclosed is a self-construction system of a wireless sensor network, and a method for self-construction of a wireless sensor network using the same. Also disclosed is a method for self-construction of a cluster tree structure-based wireless sensor network (WSN). The present invention can connect devices distributed densely in a wide area to a network while maintaining the advantages of a conventional tree-structured network, such as the reduction of time required for network construction, traffic by the exchange of control command messages, and a load for a routing path search, and thus can provide a WSN having an improved self-construction performance.
US09240966B2	System and method for transmitting and receiving media messages Systems and methods for a communication platform that includes receiving a media message request; obtaining a set of web content resources associated with the media message request; rendering the set of web content resources; converting the rendered set of web content resources into a media resource; and transmitting the media resource to a destination according to the media message request.
US09240964B2	Cross platform discovery and communication over a local network Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems that execute a cross-platform application programming interface (API) that supports a plurality of applications are described. The cross-platform API implements a request from an application for a device to participate in a unique conversation, the unique conversation being identified by a topic and independent of a unique identifier for entities. The cross-platform API further provides the application an abstracted discovery mechanism by which the application causes the device to discover an entity that is accessible on the local network participating in the unique conversation. The cross-platform API further provides the application with a message passing mechanism by which the application causes the first device to exchange messages related to the unique conversation with the entity.
US09240962B2	Group messaging system and method for providing file sharing through bidirectional interlock with a cloud server Disclosed herein is a group messaging system for providing file sharing through bidirectional interlock with a cloud server, including: a messenger server receiving information requesting creation of a group chatting room including group members and instructing user terminals of the respective group members to create the group chatting room; and a cloud server interlocking with the messenger server, receiving information about the creation of the group chatting room from the messenger server, and creating a sharing group mapped to the group chatting room in a one-to-one scheme.
US09240950B2	System and method for providing quality of service over dedicated local loop networks An apparatus, method, and system for quality of service over dedicated local loop networks is provided. Information regarding uplink and downlink speeds, and information regarding WAN interface protocol and encapsulation mode, is received from a network device. A link throughput limit is calculated based on the uplink speed of the network device, and a link throughput limit is set based on the calculated uplink throughput limit. An uplink network protocol overhead of the network device is calculated based on the WAN interface protocol and encapsulation mode of the uplink device and is factored in upstream available bandwidth calculations. Communication data size(s) are set based on the calculated uplink network protocol overhead. The downlink throughput limit is set to match the downlink speed based on the downlink speed and WAN network protocol overhead. The WAN network protocol overhead is factored in the downstream available bandwidth calculations and communication data sizes.
US09240938B2	Distributed system and method for flow identification in an access network A system and method for tracking and adjusting packet flows through a network having a service delivery node and one or more residential services gateways. Packet flows are recognized as they pass through one or more residential services gateway and flow analytics information corresponding to the packet flows recognized in the residential services gateways are transferred from the residential gateways to the flow identification control unit. The flow analytics information received from the residential services gateways is analyzed within the flow identification control unit and traffic through one or more of the service access platform and the residential services gateways is adjusted, if necessary, as a function of the flow analytics information analyzed by the flow identification control unit.
US09240931B2	Information technology service management A desired instance of a service model is stored, and an observed instance of the service model is provided. Inconsistencies between the desired instance and the observed instance may be detected based on a comparison between the desired instance and the observed instance.
US09240928B2	Data plane for resilient network interconnect A network interconnect node of an internal network may communicate with an external network interconnect node of an external network, other internal network interconnect node(s) and internal network node(s). The network interconnect node may receive frames from the external network interconnect node and forward them according to a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) tagging forwarding process to other internal network interconnect node(s) or internal network node(s) based on whether the network interconnect node is active for the service associated with the frames. The network interconnect node may receive frames from other internal network interconnect node(s) or from internal network nodes and forward them according to the VLAN tagging forwarding process to other internal network interconnect nodes, internal network nodes or the external network interconnect node based on whether the frames are encapsulated frames and/or whether the network interconnect node is active for the service.
US09240923B2	Methods and apparatus for automatically provisioning resources within a distributed control plane of a switch In some embodiments, a network management module is operatively coupled to a set of edge devices that are coupled to a set of peripheral processing devices. The network management module can receive a signal associated with a broadcast protocol from an edge device from the set of edge devices in response to that edge device being operatively coupled to a switch fabric. The network management module can provision that edge device in response to receiving the signal. The network management module can define multiple network control entities at the set of edge devices such that each network control entity from the multiple network control entities can provide forwarding-state information associated with at least one peripheral processing device from the set of peripheral processing devices to at least one remaining network control entity from the multiple network control entities using a selective protocol.
US09240913B2	Full-duplex capacity allocation for OFDM-based communication In one embodiment, device determines a quantity of subcarriers available for data frame transmission and data frame receipt based on information included in an acknowledgement data frame. The device transmits a first data frame over at least one of the subcarriers and includes information associated with one or more additional data frames pending transmission. The device then receives a second data frame, subsequent to transmission of the first data frame, and determines a quantity of subcarriers available for transmission of the one or more additional data frames pending transmission based on the information included in the second data frame.
US09240912B1	Transceiver circuitry with summation node common mode droop reduction An integrated circuit having transceiver circuitry is provided. The transceiver circuitry may include an equalization circuit such as a decision feedback equalizer (DFE). The DFE may include a variable gain amplifier (VGA) that is coupled to a summation node circuit and a digital sampler. The DFE may also include an operational amplifier that is coupled in a negative feedback loop and that provides a controlled power supply voltage to the VGA so that the VGA is able to provide a stable common mode output voltage to the digital sampler. The operational amplifier may be a self-biased operational amplifier with an output stage that includes miller compensation circuitry for enhanced stability.
US09240911B1	Decoupled equalizer in a communications receiver A digital communications receiver can comprise a digital filter that can be configured and later reconfigured multiple times as, for example, a matched filter, an equalizer, a matched filter and equalizer, or the like. For example, the digital filter can be initially configured as a matched filter for use with a correlation module to detect pilot symbols. Detected pilot symbols can be utilized to estimate characteristics of a channel from the distant transmitter to the receiver, and the estimated channel characteristics can be used to determine coefficients for an equalizer for reducing channel distortion in future transmissions received over the channel. The digital filter can then be configured as an equalizer or a matched filter and equalizer. If the later, the digital filter can both equalize incoming transmissions from the distant transmitter and, with a correlation module, identify any pilot symbols in the transmissions. Any detected pilot symbols can be utilized to determine again equalizer coefficients for equalizing transmissions received over the channel, and the digital filter can be updated accordingly.
US09240910B2	Out-of-band emission cancellation A transmission signal pre-processing method and apparatus for out-of-band emission cancellation are disclosed. For each of N subchannels in a band weighting each of N subchannel symbols by a calculated value in the range from 0 to 1 is performed. Precoding said N weighted symbols, organised as an N×1 matrix, by multiplication by a unitary matrix is then performed.
US09240897B2	Method of using AV devices and AV device system A plurality of devices and a device system are disclosed, in which a plurality of input devices generate an input AV signal, a related device records and reproduces the AV signal, and a display device displays the AV signal. The input devices, the related device and the display device are interconnected to configure an AV system having a bus for transmitting or receiving the AV signal and management information. The related device of the AV system includes a recording medium for recording the AV signal, and the input devices transmit to the related device a request to secure a recording area on the recording medium.
US09240895B2	Method, system and device of multicast functionality in an energy portal Described herein are embodiments of methods, systems and devices of providing multicast functionality through an energy portal such as a meter, which reduces bandwidth required for communication between the energy portal and a server. In accordance with one aspect, a method is provided of providing multicast functionality through an energy portal, which reduces bandwidth required for communication between the energy portal and a server. In one embodiment, the method includes: receiving, over a first network, a single message, wherein the single message includes at least one device characteristic; determining, using a processor, one or more devices associated with the at least one device characteristic, wherein each of the one or more devices are connected to a second network; and transmitting the single message over the second network to each of the one or more devices associated with the at least one device characteristic, wherein the single message is transmitted individually to each of the one or more devices associated with the at least one device characteristic such that the single message is transmitted as many times as there are devices associated with the at least one device characteristic.
US09240887B2	Off-host authentication system An off-host authentication system includes an authentication information handling system (IHS) that is coupled to a network. The off-host authentication system also includes a host processing system. An off-host processing system in the off-host authentication system is coupled to the host processing system and is coupled to the authentication IHS through the network. The off-host processing system provides an encrypted primary authentication item to the authentication IHS through the network. The off-host processing system then receives an encrypted secondary authentication token from the authentication IHS through the network. The off-host processing system then decrypts the encrypted secondary authentication token to produce a decrypted secondary authentication token and uses the decrypted secondary authentication token to retrieve a tertiary authentication token. The off-host processing system then provides the tertiary authentication token to the host processing system for use in logging a user into a user IHS that includes the host processing system.
US09240879B2	Signal generator, electronic system comprising the signal generator and method of generating signals A quadrature phase signal generator comprises a relative delay unit, a phase detector, a first amplifier and a loop filter. The relative delay unit delays differential input signals and generates four delayed signals. The phase detector generates quadrature four phase output signals, a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal according to the four delayed signals. A difference of the first and the second voltage signals indicates a phase error of the quadrature four phase output signals. The first amplifier amplifies the voltage difference of the first and the second voltage signals. The loop filter filters the amplified voltage difference and generates a tuning voltage signal. The loop filter is further communicatively coupled to the relative delay unit. The relative delay unit adjusts a delay of the quadrature four phase delayed signals according to the tuning voltage signal.
US09240874B2	Coexistent channel access method A method for transmitting a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) packet in a wireless local area network is described. The method includes generating a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) including a short training field (STF), a long training field (LTF), a very high throughput (VHT)-signal field, a VHT-STF, a VHT-LTF and a plurality of data streams. The STF is used for at least one receiver to estimate an automatic gain control and a coarse frequency offset. The LTF is used for the at least one receiver to estimate a fine frequency offset. The VHT-STF is used for improving automatic gain control estimation in a MIMO transmission. The VHT-LTF is used for estimating a MIMO channel based on the plurality of data streams. The PPDU is transmitted to the at least one receiver.
US09240869B2	Wireless communication system In a wireless communication system, a terminal device and a base station device communicate using frequency bands selected from among a plurality of frequency bands. The base station device selects a frequency band used for a downlink and a frequency band used for an uplink as frequency bands used for communication with the terminal device from among the plurality of frequency bands, selects an association between the frequency band used for the downlink and the frequency band used for the uplink among the selected frequency bands, and transmits information indicating the selected frequency bands and information indicating the association containing identification information of the association using a signal specific to the terminal device.
US09240865B2	Digital broadcasting system and data processing method A method of transmitting broadcast signals includes forward error correction (FEC) encoding mobile data; interleaving the FEC encoded mobile data; encoding signaling information for the mobile data; mapping the interleaved mobile data and the encoded signaling information into a data unit, wherein the data unit includes a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is concatenated with the second region, wherein the first region includes known data and the encoded signaling information, and wherein the second region includes known data and the encoded mobile data; and transmitting the broadcast signals including the data unit, wherein the data unit is multiplexed with a data unit of main data in a specific time period, wherein the signaling information includes information of the data unit having the interleaved mobile data.
US09240844B2	Optocoupler arrangement and input and/or output module An optocoupler arrangement for signal transmission with galvanic separation includes a first optocoupler with a first input path and a first output path, a second optocoupler with a second input path and a second output path, wherein the first and second input paths are arranged in series with a connecting switching device, and wherein an actuation circuit has first and second input signals as inputs, and first, second and third outputs as outputs, and the actuation circuit is configured such that, as a function of a first switching state related to the first and second signal inputs, the connecting switching device is actuated, and with respect to either a second or a third switching state, either a first switching device assigned to the first input path of the first optocoupler or a second switching device assigned to the second input path of the second optocoupler is actuated.
US09240840B2	Inter-vehicle communication apparatus and method using visible light communication The present invention relates to an inter-vehicle communication apparatus and method using visible light communication. The inter-vehicle communication apparatus using visible light communication includes a spreading code application unit for applying a spreading code to transmission data desired to be transmitted, and a transmission unit for generating a transmission frame based on the transmission data to which the spreading code is applied, and transmitting the transmission frame via a lighting lamp of a vehicle. The transmission frame includes a preamble field required to synchronize the transmission frame, a data field required to transmit the transmission data, and a position field required to provide hopping information of the transmission data.
US09240837B2	Systems and methods using optical communication for commissioning of network nodes Embodiments relate to methods, devices, and computer-implemented methods for transmitting a modulated signal transmitted from at least one signal light source and using the modulated signal for commissioning of network nodes. The method can include determining, by a network node, that the network node is not commissioned. The method can further include generating, by the network node, a random number, and generating a modulated light signal based on the random number. In addition, the method can include transmitting, to an image capture device, the modulated light signal, receiving, from a network control unit, via a radio channel, an encrypted commissioning message, and decrypting, by the network node, the encrypted commissioning message using the random number. Further, the method can include establishing, with the network control unit, communication based on data in the encrypted commissioning message.
US09240833B2	Method of operating relay station in wireless communication system A method of operating a relay station in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes operating in a first mode comprising a first sub-mode and a second sub-mode, in the first sub-mode a first downlink and a first uplink between a base station and the relay station being simultaneously activated, in the second sub-mode a second downlink and a second uplink between the relay station and a mobile station being simultaneously activated, and operating in a second mode comprising a third sub-mode and a fourth sub-mode, in the third sub-mode the first downlink and the second uplink being simultaneously activated, in the fourth sub-mode the first uplink and the second downlink being simultaneously activated.
US09240831B2	Radio base station apparatus, radio communication system and radio communication method The present invention is designed to implement radio communication to maintain good communication quality even when the number of antennas provided in a radio base station apparatus is greater than the number of transmission layers of a downlink control channel, a broadcast channel, and cell-specific reference signals. When, from a radio base station apparatus (200) having a plurality of transmitting antennas, at least one of a downlink control channel, a broadcast channel and a cell-specific reference signal is transmitted with fewer transmission layers than the number of all transmitting antennas, a smaller number of antennas than the number of all transmitting antennas are made virtual in a precoding weight multiplication section (205), and also transmission weights that make the average transmission power of the transmitting antennas or transmission streams the same are multiplied, and the signals multiplied by the transmission weights are transmitted from the transmitting antennas on the downlink.
US09240829B2	Transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus, radio communication system, and radio communication method A transmitting apparatus includes multiple antennas between which an antenna interval is variable; and a transmitter that transmits a pilot signal using an antenna selected from among the antennas and based on a correlation value representing correlation between the antennas.
US09240826B2	Electronic device and control method thereof An electronic device and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic device and the control method thereof provides a user interface whereby when an electronic device is connected to an external device through short-range communication, an item of the electronic device can be shared with the external device through a simple manipulation on the touchscreen. For example, a particular item displayed on the touchscreen can be easily shared with the external device through only an operation of associating an item desired to be shared with a tray bar.
US09240821B2	Communication system A charging station performs communications by use of a superimposing/separating unit configured by connecting a capacitor, a coupling transformer and a capacitor to branch lines branching out respectively from a control cable and a grounded cable. An electric vehicle performs communications by use of a superimposing/separating unit configured by providing a coupling transformer to the control cable. A capacitor is also connected between the control cable and the grounded cable. Communications are allowed by the configuration of a closed loop circuit comprising the control cable, the branch line, the capacitor, a primary coil of the coupling transformer, the capacitor, the branch line, the grounded cable, the capacitor, and a primary coil of the coupling transformer.
US09240817B2	Wall fastener for wireless transmission module The wall fastener for a wireless transmission module includes a supporting frame and a case. The supporting frame has a front face, a rear face, a first engagement portion and a slot. The case has a rear plate which has an outer face, an inner face, a second engagement portion and a stopper. The stopper partially projects out of the outer face. The first and second engagement portions mate and the stopper is received by the slot. The wireless transmission module and the supporting frame are tightly engaged and easily disengaged by a tool.
US09240803B2	Compression of baseband signals in base transceiver system processors A signal compression method and apparatus for a base transceiver system (BTS) in a wireless communication network provides efficient transfer of compressed signal samples over serial data links in the system. For the uplink, an RF unit of the BTS compresses baseband signal samples resulting from analog to digital conversion of a received analog signal followed by digital downconversion. The compressed signal samples are transferred over the serial data link to the baseband processor then decompressed prior to normal signal processing. For the downlink, the baseband processor compresses baseband signal samples and transfers the compressed signal samples to the RF unit. The RF unit decompresses the compressed samples prior to digital upconversion and digital to analog conversion to form an analog signal for transmission over an antenna. Compression and decompression can be incorporated into operations of conventional base stations and distributed antenna systems, including OBSAI or CPRI compliant systems.
US09240787B2	Wide supply range high speed low-to-high level shifter A level shifter may include a first current source configured to source current to a node that pulls up an output voltage of the level shifter to a logic high level and a second current source configured to sink away current from the node to pull down the output voltage to a logic low level. When the output voltage at the node reaches the logic high voltage, the first current source may be deactivated while a latch connected to the node maintains the output voltage at the logic high level. Similarly, when the output voltage reaches the logic low voltage, the second current source may be deactivated while the latch maintains the output voltage at the logic low level.
US09240782B2	One-dimensional capacitive touch panel with stable coupling capacitance A touch sensitive device includes a capacitive touch panel with plural electrodes, a driving and sensing circuit electrically connected to the electrodes through sensing lines, and at least one conductive member. The conductive member is arranged orthogonal to and crosses the sensing lines without contact and is electrically connected to the driving and sensing circuit. Therefore, a stable coupling capacitance is provided for a one dimensional capacitive touch panel for improved touch sense performance.
US09240772B2	Frequency synthesiser A low power frequency synthesizer circuit for a radio transceiver, the synthesizer circuit comprising: a digital controlled oscillator configured to generate an output signal (Fo) having a frequency controlled by an input digital control word (DCW); a feedback loop connected between an output and an input of the digital controlled oscillator, the feedback loop configured to provide the digital control word to the input of the digital controlled oscillator from an error derived from an input frequency control word (FCW) and the output signal; and a duty cycle module connected to the digital controlled oscillator and the feedback loop, the duty cycle module configured to generate a plurality of control signals to periodically enable and disable the digital controlled oscillator for a set fraction of clock cycles of an input reference clock signal (RefClock).
US09240770B2	Harmonic cancellation circuit for an RF switch branch Disclosed is a harmonic cancellation circuit for an RF switch branch having a first transistor with a first gate terminal and a first body terminal, a second transistor having a second gate terminal coupled to the first body terminal, and having a second body terminal coupled to the first gate terminal. Also included is a first resistor coupled between a first coupling node and the second body terminal, and a second resistor coupled between a second coupling node and the first body terminal, wherein the first transistor and second transistor are adapted to generate an inverse phase third harmonic signal relative to a third harmonic signal generated by the RF switch branch, such that the inverse phase third harmonic signal is output through the first resistor and the second resistor to the RF switch branch to reduce the third harmonic signal.
US09240765B1	Snap-on coaxial cable balun and method for trapping RF current on outside shield of coax after installation Apparatus and method for a radially attachable RF trap attached from a side to a shielded RF cable. In some embodiments, the RF trap creates a high impedance on the outer shield of the RF cable at a frequency of RF signals carried on at least one inner conductor of the cable. In some embodiments, an RF-trap apparatus for blocking stray signals on a shielded RF cable that has a peripheral shield conductor and a inner conductor for carrying RF signals includes: a case; an LC circuit having a resonance frequency equal to RF signals carried on the inner conductor; projections that pierce and connect the LC circuit to the shield conductor; and an attachment device that holds the case to the cable with the LC circuit electrically connected to the shield conductor of the shielded RF cable.
US09240761B1	Power amplifier calibration systems and methods Systems and methods for use in configuring a power amplifier system are provided. The method includes generating a phase error compensation signal using a phase error model configured to determine the phase error compensation signal based at least in part on an amplitude and a phase of an input signal for the power amplifier system. The phase error model is configured to estimate a time and frequency-dependent phase error in a power amplifier output signal associated with the amplitude and the phase of the input signal, and the phase error compensation signal is configured to at least partially correct the time and frequency-dependent phase error in the power amplifier output signal. The method further includes applying the phase error compensation signal to the input signal to generate a corrected input signal and providing the corrected input signal to the power amplifier system.
US09240759B2	Amplifier assembly The invention relates to an amplifier assembly. The assembly comprises an input device for receiving a representation of an input signal (I, Q; A, phi), a signal-component separator, wherein the signal-component separator produces a first complex intermediate output signal (S1) and a second complex intermediate output signal (S2), wherein the signal-component separator produces the first complex intermediate output signal (S1) and the second complex intermediate output signal (S2) on the basis of the representation of the input signal (I, Q; A, phi), wherein the signal-component separator provides a plurality of amplitude levels, wherein the plurality of amplitude levels is selected in such a way that a sum of the first complex intermediate output signal (S1) and the second complex intermediate output signal (S2) is substantially a reflection of a complex input signal in accordance with the representation of the input signal (I, Q; A, phi) and the phase angle between the first complex intermediate output signal (S1) and the second complex intermediate output signal (S2) is small. Furthermore, the assembly comprises an amplifying device for amplifying the signals in the high-frequency state and a combining device for combining the signals.
US09240752B2	Power oscillator apparatus with transformer-based power combining An oscillator circuit includes first and second oscillators arranged in a series configuration between a supply voltage node and a reference voltage node. The first and second oscillators are configured to receive a synchronizing signal for controlling synchronization in frequency and phase. An electromagnetic network provided to couple the first and the second oscillators includes a transformer with a primary circuit and a secondary circuit. The primary circuit includes a first portion coupled to the first oscillator and second portion coupled to the second oscillator. The first and second portions are connected by a circuit element for reuse of current between the first and second oscillators. The oscillator circuit is fabricated as an integrated circuit device wherein the electromagnetic network is formed in metallization layers of the device. The secondary circuit generates an output power combining power provided from the first and second portions of the primary circuit.
US09240749B2	Motor drive control using pulse-width modulation pulse skipping A control system for a motor includes a pulse-width modulation module, a pulse skip determination module, and a duty cycle adjustment module. The pulse-width modulation module generates three duty cycle values based on three voltage requests, respectively. A plurality of solid-state switches control three phases of the motor in response to the three duty cycle values, respectively. The pulse skip determination module generates a pulse skip signal. The duty cycle adjustment module selectively prevents the plurality of solid-state switches from switching during intervals specified by the pulse skip signal.
US09240748B2	Dynamically reconfigurable motor and generator systems An electrical machine comprises a rotor, and a stator magnetically coupled to the rotor. The stator has a plurality of slots and a plurality of windings, and each winding is installed in a corresponding slot. A plurality of magnetic poles and a plurality of phases in each pair of poles are formed when currents flow through the windings. The windings are so configured that the number of phases and the number of poles can be dynamically adjusted.
US09240741B2	AC motor An embodiment of the invention provides an AC motor that is driven by an AC voltage. The AC motor includes a motor coil, a switch circuit, a position detector and a controller. The motor coil receives the AC voltage to drive an axis of the motor. The switch circuit is coupled to the motor coil and controls a current passing through the motor coil. The position detector detects the position of a motor rotor to output a polarity signal. The controller controls the switch circuit according to the polarity signal and the AC voltage to make the current to be a first current with a first direction or a second current with a second direction.
US09240740B2	Active voltage controller for an electric motor A method for controlling an electric motor. A desired speed is identified for the electric motor during operation of the electric motor. A voltage is identified to cause the electric motor to turn at the desired speed. The voltage is applied to the electric motor and actively controlled during operation of the electric motor.
US09240739B2	Driving system for driving switching element In a driving system, an applying module applies, in response to an input of an on or off command as a switching command, a switch signal to a target switching element as a high- or low-side switching element to switch the target switching element to be an on or off state. A measuring module measures a delay period defined as a time interval from a first time to a second time. The first time represents a time at which the switching command is switched from one of the on command and the off command to the other. The second time represents a time at which the target switching element is actually switched to be the on or off state. An adjusting module adjusts, based on the delay period, an input timing of a next switch signal applied from the applying module to the target switching element.
US09240738B2	Interlocking device and three-phase interlocking device for DC to AC converter The disclosure provides an interlocking device and a three-phase interlocking device for a DC to AC converter (DAC). The interlocking device includes a first interlocking circuit and a second interlocking circuit. The first interlocking circuit couples with a first switch and a second switch, controls whether to conduct the first switch according to the logic levels of a first signal, a second signal and a third signal, and controls whether to conduct the second switch according to the logic levels of the first signal and the second signal. The second interlocking circuit couples with a third switch and a fourth switch, controls whether to conduct the third switch according to the logic levels of the first signal, the third signal and a fourth signal, and controls whether to turn on the fourth switch according to the logic levels of the third signal and the fourth signal.
US09240734B2	AC adapter and electronic apparatus unit An AC adapter includes a conversion part, an output terminal, and a voltage adjusting circuit. The conversion part converts alternating current input to an input terminal into a direct current. The output terminal supplies the direct current to an electronic apparatus outside. The voltage adjusting circuit lowers a voltage of the output terminal by a predetermined voltage from a regular supply voltage in a term after the AC adapter is connected to the electronic apparatus until a predetermined time lapses.
US09240732B2	Harmonic regulator for current source rectification and inversion A system includes a current source rectifier which has a plurality of switches configured to receive an input current from an AC voltage source and to receive a plurality of control signals. The switches are configured to produce a rectified output current based on the input current and the control signals. The system also includes a rectifier controller configured to receive a current sense signal indicative of the rectified output current and to generate the control signals based at least in part on the current sense signal, where the control signals cause the current source rectifier to attenuate at least one of a plurality of harmonic frequencies in the rectified output current.
US09240726B1	Dimming LED driver circuit with dynamically controlled resonant tank gain A constant current driver circuit based on a half-bridge resonant topology has a variable capacitance circuit. The driver circuit operates the half-bridge inverter at a fixed frequency. The variable capacitance circuit is configured to vary the effective capacitance of the resonant tank of the driver circuit. The driver circuit can be configured to maintain soft-switching over a wide output current range (e.g., dimming range) by selecting a resonant capacitor value effective to maintain soft switching given the fixed frequency of the half-bridge inverter.
US09240721B2	Multiphase digital current mode controller with dynamic current allocation A multiphase switching regulator includes a power stage with at least a first phase and a second phase for supplying power to a load through inductors coupling the phases to the load. The multiphase switching regulator is operated by switching the first phase at a higher switching frequency than the second phase via pulse width modulation (PWM) signals provided to the phases. A phase-specific target current is generated for each phase at the switching frequency for that phase based on the difference between an output voltage of the power stage and a reference voltage. The current in the inductors coupling the phases to the load is sensed, and a duty cycle of the PWM signal provided to each phase is adjusted based on the phase-specific target current and sensed inductor current for that phase.
US09240718B2	Accurate current sensing in H-bridge applications without amplifier having high common mode rejection ratio A current sensing circuit may include a shunt resistance through which current to be sensed travels. A first and a second differential amplifier may each provide an amplified output of the voltage across the shunt resistance. A switching system may deliver a current sensing signal output based on the amplified output of the first differential amplifier when the common mode voltage across the shunt resistance is low and based on the amplified output of the second differential amplifier when the common mode voltage across the shunt resistance is high. The first differential amplifier may provide its lowest output DC offset voltage when the common mode voltage is low, while the second differential amplifier may provide its lowest output DC offset voltage when the common mode voltage is high. The first and second differential amplifiers may both have a low common mode voltage rejection ratio, such as a ratio of less than 40 db at the switching frequency of switches that control the current that is sensed.
US09240714B2	Voltage converter using graphene capacitors The subject matter disclosed herein provides an apparatus for smoothing an output signal. The apparatus comprising can include an input, an output, one or more voltage regulator circuit components, and one or more graphene capacitors. The voltage regulator circuit components can be configured to provide for a change in the voltage level of signalling between the input and the output. The one or more graphene capacitors can be configured to provide for smoothing of the signalling provided to the output. Related methods, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.
US09240709B2	Manufacturing method for electric motor rotor A manufacturing method for an electric motor rotor includes: a stacking process in which a plurality of iron core pieces are stacked to form a laminated iron core; a magnet insertion process in which a permanent magnet is inserted into a magnet insertion hole provided in the laminated iron core; a resin filling process in which the laminated iron core is heated to fill the magnet insertion hole with a molten resin for magnet fixation; and a rotary shaft assembly process in which a rotary shaft is warm-fitted into a rotary shaft insertion hole of the laminated iron core utilizing residual heat from the heating of the laminated iron core 10 in the resin filling process.
US09240705B2	Control apparatus and control method The present invention relates to a control apparatus and a control method which is capable of reliably preventing electric power not required to be returned to an electric power system from flowing out to the electric power system. A bidirectional DCAC converting unit converts DC power stored in a storage battery to AC power, and outputs the converted power to each load. Further, a current detecting unit is arranged on a wire from the electric power system which is connected to a wire between the bidirectional DCAC converting unit and each load, and the current detecting unit detects a current flowing between the connection point and the electric power system. A control unit increases/reduces an amount of AC power output of the bidirectional DCAC converting unit based on an amount of current detected by the current detecting unit, thereby to control a supply of electric power to each load.
US09240697B2	Charging circuit and method for preventing charging power supply from reversely connecting The invention discloses a charging circuit and a method for preventing charging power supply from reversely connecting in an electronic cigarette or electronic cigarette case. The charging circuit comprises a direct current input terminal, an unit for preventing charging power supply from reversely connecting, a charge management unit and a rechargeable battery. The unit is electrically connected to the direct current input terminal; the charge management unit is electrically connected to the unit and the rechargeable battery. The charging circuit and method according to these embodiments of the invention can effectively avoid the risk caused by the reverse connection of the charging power supply for the electronic cigarette or the electronic cigarette case; it also has the advantages such as low voltage drop and low power consumption.
US09240689B2	Load and consumer A load includes a device for inductively powering it, the device including an insertion part, following the insertion of which into the load the powering of the latter is provided.
US09240683B2	Over-current regulating system An over-current regulating system includes a protecting resistor, an amplifying circuit, and a comparing circuit. The protecting resistor is configured to be electrically coupled to a power supply unit. The amplifying circuit is electrically coupled to the protecting resistor and the comparing circuit and configured to amplify a voltage of the protecting resistor, and output the amplified voltage value to the comparing circuit. The comparing circuit is configured to determine whether the amplified voltage is greater than a first predetermined value when the comparing circuit is coupled to the power supply unit. When the voltage is greater than the first predetermined value, the comparing circuit outputs a controlling signal to reduce a work frequency of a load.
US09240680B2	Switch for a transmission path for high-voltage direct current A switch for a high-voltage direct current transmission path includes a vacuum circuit breaker for disconnecting the transmission path and a gas-insulated circuit breaker for disconnecting the transmission path. The gas-insulated circuit breaker is connected in series with the vacuum circuit breaker. A device is provided for building up a counter-current against the current in the transmission path for the purpose of reducing the current across the vacuum circuit breaker. The elements of the switch are actuated by a control device in such a way that the switch is switched off at or close to the zero crossing of the current.
US09240670B2	Optical pulse source with increased peak power In at least one embodiment time separated pulse pairs are generated, followed by amplification to increase the available peak and/or average power. The pulses are characterized by a time separation that exceeds the input pulse width and with distinct polarization states. The time and polarization discrimination allows easy extraction of the pulses after amplification. In some embodiments polarization maintaining (PM) fibers and/or amplifiers are utilized which provides a compact arrangement. At least one implementation provides for seeding of a solid state amplifier or large core fiber amplifier with time delayed, polarization split pulses, with capability for recombining the time separated pulses at an amplifier output. In various implementations suitable combinations of bulk optics and fibers may be utilized. In some implementations wavelength converted pulse trains are generated. A method and system of the present invention can be used in time domain applications utilizing multiple beam paths, for example spectroscopy.
US09240663B2	Tunable femtosecond laser-pulse source including a super-continuum generator A mode-locked fiber MOPA delivers pulses of laser-radiation. A super-continuum generator including a bulk spectral-broadening element and a negative group-delay dispersion (NGDD) device is arranged to receive a pulse from the MOPA and cause the pulse to make a predetermined number of sequential interactions with the broadening element and the NGDD device. After making the predetermined interactions, the pulse is delivered from the super-continuum generator with a very broad spectral-bandwidth and a very short duration.
US09240659B2	Bi-pin dongle The invention described herein is directed to different embodiments of a bi-pin dongle that in some embodiments is adapted to be received by a standard lamp holder to provide an electrical signal to a non-conventionally shaped lamp or other electronic device.
US09240651B2	Universal DC power adaptor A universal DC power adaptor for a PRC-148 radio, a PRC-152 radio, and a Handheld ISR Transceiver, and a method of using same, is disclosed. The presently disclosed universal DC power adaptor includes mounting and locking features that are common to both the PRC-148 radio and the PRC-152 radio. The universal DC power adaptor further includes certain mounting and locking features that are unique to the PRC-148 radio and other mounting and locking features that are unique to the PRC-152 radio. The universal DC power adaptor also provides an output voltage suitable for both the PRC-148 and PRC-152 radios. Such features also are compatible with the Handheld ISR Transceiver, making the universal DC power adaptor compatible with the ISR Transceiver as well. Additionally, the universal DC power adaptor includes programmable control electronics.
US09240644B2	High-frequency electrical connector An electrical connector with improved high frequency performance. The connector has conductive elements, forming both signal and ground conductors, that have multiple points of contact distributed along an elongated dimension. The ground conductors may be formed with multiple beams of different length. The signal conductors may be formed with multiple contact regions on a single beam, with different characteristics. Signal conductors may have beams that are jogged to provide both a desired impedance and mating contact pitch. Additionally, electromagnetic radiation, inside and/or outside the connector may be shaped with an insert electrically connecting multiple ground structures and/or a contact feature coupling ground conductors to a stiffener. The conductive elements in different columns may be shaped differently to reduce crosstalk.
US09240639B2	Card edge connector with a lock mechanism A card edge connector assembly includes a connector with a central slot and a daughter card having an inserted end for being inserted into the central slot. The connector includes an elongated housing, a plurality of terminals retained in the elongated housing, and at least one lock mechanism for locking the daughter card. The lock mechanism has a locking portion for locking the daughter card and an elastic projection projects from the locking portion for downwardly pressing the daughter card. It can prevent the daughter card from shaking shake.
US09240632B2	Multilevel antennae A multi-band antenna includes at least one structure useable at multiple frequency ranges. The structure includes at least two levels of detail, with one level of detail making up another level of detail. The levels of detail are composed of closed plane figures bounded by the same number of sides. An interconnection circuit links the multi-band antenna to an input/output connector and incorporates adaptation networks, filters or diplexers. Each of the closed plane figures is linked to at least one other closed plane figure to exchange electromagnetic power. For at least 75% of the closed plane figures, the region or area of contact, intersection, or interconnection between the closed plane figures is less than 50% of their perimeter or area. Not all of the closed plane figures have the same size, and the perimeter of the structure has a different number of sides than its constituent closed plane figures.
US09240629B2	Antenna for vehicle An antenna for a vehicle is provided which includes a first printed circuit board coupled to an upper part of the base, in which at least one ground feeding point is formed and a second printed circuit board coupled to the first printed circuit board in a vertical direction on the upper part of the first printed circuit board. A monopole antenna is coupled to a first side of the second printed circuit board and a first pattern radiates a coupled signal by being coupled to the ground feeding point electrically on the first side of the second printed circuit board.
US09240625B2	Expandable in-wall antenna for a security system control unit The present disclosure relates to an expandable antenna for a security system that is installed within a wall. The security system may include a control unit. The control unit may include a casing that houses one or more internal components of the control unit and a radio-frequency (RF) communication module that is situated within the casing. The RF communication module includes an antenna connected that is exposed to the exterior of the casing. An expandable antenna connects to the antenna connector. The expandable antenna is fit through an aperture in a wall and is then expanded to an enlarged size within the gap of the wall.
US09240623B2	Wide-band microwave hybrid coupler with arbitrary phase shifts and power splits A device for coupling microwave signals with arbitrary phase shifts and power split ratios over broadband may comprise a first branch comprising a cascade of first stripline sections connected to one another. A second branch may comprise a cascade of second stripline sections connected to one another. A single stripline section and a capacitor may be coupled in series to at least one of the branches. The first stripline sections of the first branch and the corresponding second stripline sections of the second branch form broadside coupled stripline sections. Those cascaded coupled stripline sections may be arranged to have a monotonically changing horizontal offsets but at a uniform vertical distance.
US09240621B2	Micro-strip crosstalk compensation using stubs A micro-strip transmission line may include a plurality of conductors, wherein each conductor has a compensating portion and a remaining portion. The compensating portion can compensate for far-end crosstalk in the remaining portion. In one example, the compensating portion has a longitudinal section and a plurality of alternating stubs extending from lateral surfaces of the longitudinal section.
US09240616B2	Solvent including 1,2-dialkyl-1,2-difluoroethylene carbonate for non-aqueous electrolytic solution of lithium secondary battery A solvent for non-aqueous electrolytic solution of lithium secondary battery including a non-fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate (I), a non-fluorine-containing chain carbonate (II) and 1,2-dialkyl-1,2-difluoroethylene carbonate (III). When the total amount of (I), (II) and (III) is taken as 100% by volume, the non-fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate (I) is contained in an amount of 10 to 50% by volume, the non-fluorine-containing chain carbonate (II) is contained in an amount of 49.9 to 89.9% by volume and the 1,2-dialkyl-1,2-difluoroethylene carbonate (III) is contained in an amount of not less than 0.1% by volume and less than 30% by volume. A non-aqueous electrolytic solution including the above-mentioned solvent and a lithium secondary battery using the non-aqueous electrolytic solution are also disclosed.
US09240613B2	Carboranyl magnesium electrolyte for magnesium battery An electrochemical device is provided having a carboranyl magnesium electrolyte. Specifically the disclosure relates to an electrochemical device having a carboranyl magnesium electrolyte which is compatible with a magnesium anode and a cathode, and on non-noble metal still having oxidative stability >3.0V vs. a magnesium reference.
US09240604B2	Hydrogen generation apparatus and fuel cell power generation system A hydrogen generation apparatus 200 includes: an evaporating part 7; a reforming reaction part 9A connected to the downstream side of the evaporating part; a carbon monoxide reducing part 20 provided downstream from the reforming reaction part; and a gas guiding part 21 disposed between the reforming reaction part and the carbon monoxide reducing part and configured to guide a gas that has passed through the reforming reaction part to the carbon monoxide reducing part. The evaporating part and the carbon monoxide reducing part are arranged to be adjacent to each other such that, at least, a part of the evaporating part and a part of the carbon monoxide reducing part are heat exchangeable with each other. The evaporating part is configured such that a heat exchange amount at a portion of the evaporating part, the portion corresponding to the carbon monoxide reducing part, is less than a heat exchange amount at a portion of the evaporating part, the portion not corresponding to the carbon monoxide reducing part.
US09240594B2	Positive electrode active substance for lithium ion batteries, positive electrode for lithium ion batteries, and lithium ion battery The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for lithium ion battery which has a high capacity and good rate characteristics can be provided. The positive electrode active material for lithium ion battery has a layer structure represented by the compositional formula: Lix(NiyMe1-y)Oz (wherein Me represents at least one type selected from the group consisting of Mn, Co, Al, Mg, Cr, Ti, Fe, Nb, Cu and Zr, x denotes a number from 0.9 to 1.2, y denotes a number from 0.70 to 0.79, and z denotes a number of 1.9 or more), wherein the coordinates of the lattice constant a and compositional ratio (Li/M) are within the region enclosed by three lines given by the equations: y=1.108, y=−37.298x+108.27, and y=75.833x−217.1 on a graph in which the x-axis represents a lattice constant a and the y-axis represents a compositional ratio (Li/M) of Li to M, and the lattice constant c is 14.2 to 14.25.
US09240590B2	Battery active material, nonaqueous electrolyte battery and battery pack According to one embodiment, a battery active material includes a complex oxide containing Nb and Ti and an element M. In the active material, the molar ratio (M/Ti) of the element M to Ti satisfies the following formula (I): 0
US09240589B2	Electrode active material of lithium ion battery and method for making the same A method for making an electrode active material of a lithium ion battery is provided. A sulfur grafted poly(pyridinopyridine) is synthesized. The sulfur grafted poly(pyridinopyridine) includes a poly(pyridinopyridine) matrix and a plurality of poly-sulfur groups dispersed in the poly(pyridinopyridine) matrix. The electrically conductive polymer is coated on a surface of the sulfur grafted poly(pyridinopyridine). An electrode active material of a lithium ion battery is also provided.
US09240587B2	Carbon material for nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary-battery negative electrode and process for producing the same, negative electrode including the same for nonaqueous secondary battery, and nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery A carbon material for nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary-battery negative electrode is provided, which satisfies the followings (1) and (2):(1) the carbon material has an aspect ratio of 10 or less;(2) the amount of CO eliminated from the carbon material during heating to 1,000° C., as determined with a temperature programmed decomposition mass spectrometer (TPD-MS), is 2-15 μmol/g.
US09240579B2	Battery cell case with holder Disclosed herein is a battery cell case. The battery cell case includes a front case plate and a rear case plate which are separably coupled to each other. The structures of the front and rear case plates are symmetrical structures, so that the battery cell case can be easily assembled in such a way that the front and rear case plates are coupled to each other with the battery cell disposed therebetween and are fastened to each other by holders fitted over the opposite ends of the case plates. In another embodiment, the structures of the front and rear case plates may be asymmetrical structures so that the front and rear case plates can be coupled with each other in an insert coupling manner without using a separate tool or fastening means.
US09240571B2	Organic light emitting diode display device and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed is an OLED display device. The OLED display device includes a substrate in which a plurality of pixels are defined, a thin film transistor formed in each of the pixels defined in the substrate, a passivation layer formed on the thin film transistor, a planarizing layer formed on the passivation layer and including a groove formed in an upper end portion of each pixel, a reflective electrode formed in the groove of the planarizing layer, an anode electrode formed on the reflective electrode, an organic emitting layer formed on the anode electrode, and a cathode electrode formed on the organic emitting layer.
US09240570B2	Organic light-emitting device and method of fabricating the same Provided is a method of fabricating an organic light-emitting device. The method of fabricating an organic light-emitting device includes: providing a substrate; forming a control electrode on the substrate; forming an insulating layer covering at least a top surface of the control electrode; forming a hole transport layer pattern through printing on at least a part of the insulating layer; forming an organic light-emitting layer to be in contact with at least a part of a surface of the hole transport layer pattern; forming an electron transport layer pattern through printing to be in contact with at least a part of a surface of the organic light-emitting layer; and forming a first electrode and a second electrode respectively on the hole transport layer pattern and the electron transport layer pattern.
US09240565B2	Composition A suitable composition for manufacturing components and devices is disclosed.
US09240560B2	Array of several organic semiconductor components and method for the production thereof The invention relates to an array of several semiconductor components (20, 30), comprising a layer array (40) having a first and a second semiconductor component (20, 30), each being formed in an electrode layer (34) having a drain and a source electrode (22, 23, 32, 33), a gate electrode (21, 31) in a further electrode layer, and a layer stack between the electrode layer (34) and the further electrode layer (21, 31). The invention further relates to a method for producing an array having a first and a second semiconductor component (20, 30) in a layer array (40) and to the application thereof.
US09240552B2	Carbon nanotube semiconductor devices and deterministic nanofabrication methods Embodiments of the invention provide transistor structures and interconnect structures that employ carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Further embodiments of the invention provide methods of fabricating transistor structures and interconnect structures that employ carbon nanotubes. Deterministic nanofabrication techniques according to embodiments of the invention can provide efficient routes for the large-scale manufacture of transistor and interconnect structures for use, for example, in random logic and memory circuit applications.
US09240549B2	Memory component, memory device, and method of operating memory device A memory component including first and second electrodes with a memory layer therebetween, the memory layer having first and second memory layers, the first memory layer containing aluminum and a chalcogen element of tellurium, the second memory layer between the first memory layer and the first electrode and containing an aluminum oxide and at least one of a transition metal oxide and a transition metal oxynitride having a lower resistance than the aluminum oxide.
US09240518B2	Light emitting diode device having super lattice structure and a nano-structure layer A light emitting diode device is provided, which comprises a silicon-based substrate, a buffer layer, a super lattice structure layer, a nano-structure layer, a first semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, and a second semiconductor layer. The buffer layer is formed on the silicon-based substrate, the super lattice structure layer is formed on the buffer layer, the nano-structure layer is formed on the super lattice structure layer, a first semiconductor layer is formed on the nano-structure layer, and the light emitting layer is formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The super lattice layer and the nano-structure can release the stress within the light emitting diode device, and reduce the epitaxy defect, so that the internal quantum effect and the external quantum effect can be increased.
US09240514B2	Photovoltaic cell having a high conversion efficiency An embodiment of a monolithic photovoltaic cell is provided. The photovoltaic cell comprises at least one junction; said at least one junction includes a base formed by an epitaxial doped semiconductor material of a first conductivity type and an emitter formed by a doped semiconductor material of a second conductivity type opposed to the first. Said emitter is stacked on the base according to a first direction, and the base of at least one of said at least one junction has a decreasing dopant concentration gradient along said first direction. Said base comprises a first portion far from the emitter, a second portion proximate to the emitter, and a third portion between the first portion and the second portion. In the first portion, said decreasing dopant concentration gradient has a slope whose average value ranges from approximately −91017 cm−3/μm to −41017 cm−3/μm. In the second portion, said decreasing dopant concentration gradient has a slope whose average value ranges from approximately −31017 cm−3/μm to −91016 cm−3/μm. In the third portion, said decreasing dopant concentration gradient has a slope whose average value ranges approximately from −21017 cm−3/μm to −51016 cm−3/μm.
US09240513B2	Dynamic support system for quartz process chamber One embodiment of the present invention provides a support system for providing dynamic support to a deposition reactor. The system includes a coupling mechanism configured to provide coupling between the deposition reactor and the support system, an attachment mechanism configured to attach the support system to an external frame, and at least one gas bellows situated between the coupling mechanism and the attachment mechanism.
US09240512B2	Image sensors having transfer gate electrodes in trench Provided is an image sensor including a semiconductor substrate having a trench and having a first conductivity type, a photoelectric conversion layer formed in the semiconductor substrate below the trench to have a second conductivity type, first and second transfer gate electrodes provided in the trench covered with a gate insulating layer, a first charge-detection layer formed in the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the first transfer gate electrode, and a second charge-detection layer formed in the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the second transfer gate electrode.
US09240511B2	Photodetector using surface plasmon resonance and image sensor having the same Disclosed is a photodetector including an electrically conductive substrate, a first electrode formed on the substrate, a second electrode disposed to be spaced apart from the first electrode, a plasmonic nanostructure positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode and having surface plasmon resonance, and a resistance measuring device or an electrical conductivity measuring device connected to the first electrode and the second electrode.
US09240510B2	Concentrated photovoltaic and thermal solar energy collector This invention relates to a solar energy collector that converts solar radiation into both electrical and thermal energy. More specifically this invention relates to a concentrating solar energy collector with an integrated construction that minimizes cost, bulk, and weight, and maximizes overall efficiency. Typical non-concentrating solar collectors use photovoltaic cells over the entirety of their surface. These solar cells are the most expensive part of the collector. This invention discloses using a reflector to concentrate the incident radiation on photovoltaic cells with one-twentieth the area of the reflector, and transferring the co-generated thermal energy into a working fluid pumped through the cell support structure.
US09240509B2	Solar cell including microlens and method of fabricating the same Disclosed is a method of fabricating a microlens. The method includes forming a self assembly monolayer having a strong hydrophobicity on a substrate; forming a plurality of ink droplets on the self assembly monolayer by jetting a transparent ink using an inkjet apparatus, the transparent ink including a first solvent having a first boiling point, a second solvent having a second boiling point lower than the first boiling point and a silicon oxide (SiOx) solid material dispersed in the first and second solvents; and drying the plurality of ink droplets.
US09240508B2	Thin film structures and devices with integrated light and heat blocking layers for laser patterning Selective removal of specified layers of thin film structures and devices, such as solar cells, electrochromics, and thin film batteries, by laser direct patterning is achieved by including heat and light blocking layers in the device/structure stack immediately adjacent to the specified layers which are to be removed by laser ablation. The light blocking layer is a layer of metal that absorbs or reflects a portion of the laser energy penetrating through the dielectric/semiconductor layers and the heat blocking layer is a conductive layer with thermal diffusivity low enough to reduce heat flow into underlying metal layer(s), such that the temperature of the underlying metal layer(s) does not reach the melting temperature, Tm, or in some embodiments does not reach (Tm)/3, of the underlying metal layer(s) during laser direct patterning.
US09240507B2	Intermediate band solar cell using type I and type II quantum dot superlattices A light receiving element includes a p-type semiconductor layer, an n-type semiconductor layer, and a first and a second superlattice semiconductor layers, and the first and the second superlattice semiconductor layers each have a superlattice structure in which a barrier layer and a quantum dot layer are alternately and repeatedly stacked. A band structure of the superlattice structure of the first superlattice semiconductor layer is a type I structure, and that of the second superlattice semiconductor layer is a type II structure. The superlattice structures of the first and the second superlattice semiconductor layers each form a superlattice miniband, and a conduction band first superlattice miniband of the superlattice structure of the second superlattice semiconductor layer is lower in lower and energy than a conduction band first superlattice miniband of the superlattice structure of the first superlattice semiconductor layer.
US09240499B2	Solar cell A solar cell is discussed. The solar cell includes a substrate of a first conductive type, an emitter region which is positioned at a front surface of the substrate and has a second conductive type different from the first conductive type, a front passivation region including a plurality of layers which are sequentially positioned on the emitter region, a back passivation region which is positioned on a back surface opposite the front surface of the substrate and includes three layers, a plurality of front electrodes which pass through the front passivation region and are connected to the emitter region, and at least one back electrode which passes through the back passivation region and is connected to the substrate.
US09240492B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same To provide a highly reliable semiconductor device exhibiting stable electrical characteristics. To fabricate a highly reliable semiconductor device. Included are an oxide semiconductor stack in which a first oxide semiconductor layer, a second oxide semiconductor layer, and a third oxide semiconductor layer are stacked, a source and a drain electrode layers contacting the oxide semiconductor stack, a gate electrode layer overlapping with the oxide semiconductor layer with a gate insulating layer provided therebetween, and a first and a second oxide insulating layers between which the oxide semiconductor stack is sandwiched. The first to the third oxide semiconductor layers each contain indium, gallium, and zinc. The proportion of indium in the second oxide semiconductor layer is higher than that in each of the first and the third oxide semiconductor layers. The first oxide semiconductor layer is amorphous. The second and the third oxide semiconductor layers each have a crystalline structure.
US09240490B2	Oxide semiconductor target and oxide semiconductor material, as well as semiconductor device using the same There are provided an oxide semiconductor material, capable of attaining stability of a threshold voltage (Vth) (threshold voltage shift amount ΔVth within a range of ±3 V in PDS and NBIS) and field-effect mobility of 5 cm2/Vs or more necessary for the operation of an OLED display device. An oxide semiconductor target in which an oxide semiconductor material with one or more of oxides of W, Ta, and Hf of 5d transition metal added each by 0.07 to 3.8 at %, 0.5 to 4.7 at %, and 0.32 to 6.4 at % to a semiconductor material with Zn—Sn—O as a main ingredient is sintered; a semiconductor channel layer formed by using the target, and an oxide semiconductor material for TFT protective film, as well as a semiconductor device having the same.
US09240489B2	Oxide material and semiconductor device An object is to provide a material suitably used for a semiconductor included in a transistor, a diode, or the like. Another object is to provide a semiconductor device including a transistor in which the condition of an electron state at an interface between an oxide semiconductor film and a gate insulating film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film is favorable. Further, another object is to manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device by giving stable electric characteristics to a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor film is used for a channel. A semiconductor device is formed using an oxide material which includes crystal with c-axis alignment, which has a triangular or hexagonal atomic arrangement when seen from the direction of a surface or an interface and rotates around the c-axis.
US09240481B2	Semiconductor device having embedded strain-inducing pattern A semiconductor device can include an active region having a fin portion providing a channel region between opposing source and drain regions. A gate electrode can cross over the channel region between the opposing source and drain regions and first and second strain inducing structures can be on opposing sides of the gate electrode and can be configured to induce strain on the channel region, where each of the first and second strain inducing structures including a respective facing side having a pair of {111} crystallographically oriented facets.
US09240469B2	Transverse ultra-thin insulated gate bipolar transistor having high current density A transverse ultra-thin insulated gate bipolar transistor having current density includes: a P substrate, where the P substrate is provided with a buried oxide layer thereon, the buried oxide layer is provided with an N epitaxial layer thereon, the N epitaxial layer is provided with an N well region and P base region therein, the P base region is provided with a first P contact region and an N source region therein, the N well region is provided with an N buffer region therein, the N well region is provided with a field oxide layer thereon, the N buffer region is provided with a P drain region therein, the N epitaxial layer is provided therein with a P base region array including a P annular base region, the P base region array is located between the N well region and the P base region, the P annular base region is provided with a second P contact region and an N annular source region therein, and the second P contact region is located in the N annular source region. The present invention greatly increases current density of a transverse ultra-thin insulated gate bipolar transistor, thus significantly improving the performance of an intelligent power module.
US09240466B2	Method of introducing local stress in a semiconductor layer The disclosure concerns a method of stressing a semiconductor layer comprising: forming, over a silicon on insulator structure having a semiconductor layer in contact with an insulating layer, one or more stressor blocks aligned with first regions of said semiconductor layer in which transistor channels are to be formed, wherein said stressor blocks are stressed such that they locally stress said semiconductor layer; and deforming second regions of said insulating layer adjacent to said first regions by temporally decreasing, by annealing, the viscosity of said insulator layer.
US09240444B2	High-voltage semiconductor device with a termination structure A semiconductor device is disclosed. A substrate of a first conductivity type is provided. The substrate has a first area and a second area. An epitaxial layer of a second conductivity type is disposed on the front side of the substrate. A first doped region of the first conductivity type is disposed in the epitaxial layer in the first area, wherein a doping depth of the first doped region is gradually decreased away from the second area. At least one second doped region of the second conductivity type is disposed in the first doped region, wherein a doping depth of the at least one second doped region is gradually increased away from the second area. A dielectric layer is disposed on the epitaxial layer. A first conductive layer is disposed on the dielectric layer.
US09240431B1	Conductive trench isolation An image sensor including a plurality of photodiodes disposed in a semiconductor layer and a plurality of deep trench isolation regions disposed in the semiconductor layer. The plurality of deep trench isolation regions include: (1) an oxide layer disposed on an inner surface of the plurality of deep trench isolation regions and (2) a conductive fill disposed in the plurality of deep trench isolation regions where the oxide layer is disposed between the semiconductor layer and the conductive fill. A plurality of pinning wells is also disposed in the semiconductor layer, and the plurality of pinning wells in combination with the plurality of deep trench isolation regions separate individual photodiodes in the plurality of photodiodes. A fixed charge layer is disposed on the semiconductor layer, and the plurality of deep trench isolation regions are disposed between the plurality of pinning wells and the fixed charge layer.
US09240418B2	Wordline resistance reduction method and structure in an integrated circuit memory device Methods and structures for reducing resistance in wordlines of an integrated circuit memory device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes forming multiple columns of polycrystalline silicon for respective number of wordlines, forming core transistor junctions and periphery transistor junctions associated with the wordlines, performing a salicidation process for the periphery transistor junction and performing a salicidation process for the columns of polycrystalline silicon to from the wordlines with low resistance.
US09240415B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming the same A semiconductor device is provided. A cell region is disposed in a substrate. The cell region includes a memory cell. A peripheral region is disposed in the substrate. The peripheral region is adjacent to the cell region. The peripheral region has a trench isolation, a first active region and a second active region. The trench isolation is interposed between the first active region and the second active region. A common gate pattern is disposed on the peripheral region. The common gate pattern extends in a first direction and partially overlaps the first active region, the second active region and the trench isolation. A buried conductive pattern is enclosed by the trench isolation. The buried conductive pattern extends in a second direction crossing the first direction. A top surface of the buried conductive pattern is lower than a bottom surface of the common gate pattern.
US09240410B2	Group III-N nanowire transistors A group III-N nanowire is disposed on a substrate. A longitudinal length of the nanowire is defined into a channel region of a first group III-N material, a source region electrically coupled with a first end of the channel region, and a drain region electrically coupled with a second end of the channel region. A second group III-N material on the first group III-N material serves as a charge inducing layer, and/or barrier layer on surfaces of nanowire. A gate insulator and/or gate conductor coaxially wraps completely around the nanowire within the channel region. Drain and source contacts may similarly coaxially wrap completely around the drain and source regions.
US09240402B2	Electronic circuits including a MOSFET and a dual-gate JFET Electronic circuits and methods are provided for various applications including signal amplification. An exemplary electronic circuit comprises a MOSFET and a dual-gate JFET in a cascode configuration. The dual-gate JFET includes top and bottom gates disposed above and below the channel. The top gate of the JFET is controlled by a signal that is dependent upon the signal controlling the gate of the MOSFET. The control of the bottom gate of the JFET can be dependent or independent of the control of the top gate. The MOSFET and JFET can be implemented as separate components on the same substrate with different dimensions such as gate widths.
US09240390B2	Semiconductor packages having wire bond wall to reduce coupling A device (e.g., a Doherty amplifier) housed in an air cavity package includes one or more isolation structures over a surface of a substrate and defining an active circuit area. The device also includes first and second adjacent circuits within the active circuit area, first and second leads coupled to the isolation structure(s) between opposite sides of the package and electrically coupled to the first circuit, third and fourth leads coupled to the isolation structure(s) between the opposite sides of the package and electrically coupled to the second circuit, a first terminal over the first side of the package between the first lead and the third lead, a second terminal over the second side of the package between the second lead and the fourth lead, and an electronic component coupled to the package and electrically coupled to the first terminal, the second terminal, or both the first and second terminals.
US09240389B2	Method for producing at least one pad assembly on a support for the self-assembly of an integrated circuit chip on the support by the formation of a fluorinated material surrounding the pad and exposure of the pad and the fluorinated material to an ultraviolet treatment in the presence of ozone A method for producing at least one pad assembly (32, 50) on a support (19, 43) for use in a method for self-assembling at least one element (10) on the support (19, 43), comprises fanning, on the support (19, 43), a layer (28, 48) of at least one fluorinated material around the location (30, 44) of the pad assembly (32, 50), the layer (28, 48) having a thickness greater than 10 nm. The layer (28, 48) and the location (30, 44) are exposed to an ultraviolet treatment in the presence of ozone to form the pad assembly (32, 50) at said location (30, 44), wherein a drop of liquid (16) having a static contact angle on the pad assembly (32, 50) less than or equal to 15°, after the exposure to the ultraviolet treatment, has a static contact angle on the layer (28, 48) greater than or equal to 100°.
US09240386B2	Semiconductor device and process for producing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a substrate in which a product region and scribe regions are defined; a 1st insulation film formed above the substrate; a metal film in the 1st insulation film, disposed within the scribe regions in such a manner as to surround the product region; a 2nd insulation film formed on the 1st insulation film and the metal film; a 1st groove disposed more inside than the metal film in such a manner as to surround the product region, and reaching from a top surface of the 2nd insulation film to a position deeper than a top surface of the metal film; and a 2nd groove disposed more outside than the metal film in such a manner as to surround the metal film, and reaching from the top surface of the 2nd insulation film to a position deeper than the top surface of the metal film.
US09240382B2	High speed, high density, low power die interconnect system A system for interconnecting at least two die each die having a plurality of conducting layers and dielectric layers disposed upon a substrate which may include active and passive elements. In one embodiment there is at least one interconnect coupling at least one conducting layer on a side of one die to at least one conducting layer on a side of the other die. Another interconnect embodiment is a slug having conducting and dielectric layers disposed between two or more die to interconnect between the die. Other interconnect techniques include direct coupling such as rod, ball, dual balls, bar, cylinder, bump, slug, and carbon nanotube, as well as indirect coupling such as inductive coupling, capacitive coupling, and wireless communications. The die may have features to facilitate placement of the interconnects such as dogleg cuts, grooves, notches, enlarged contact pads, tapered side edges and stepped vias.
US09240378B2	Method of forming a copper layer using physical vapor deposition A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes the steps: providing a substrate; forming a dielectric over the substrate; forming an opening recessed under a top surface of the dielectric; forming a barrier layer on a sidewall of the opening; performing a physical vapor deposition (PVD) to form a copper layer over the barrier layer, a corner of the opening intersecting with the top surface and the top surface with a predetermined resputter ratio so that the ratio of the thickness of the copper layer on the barrier layer and the thickness of the copper layer over the top surface is substantially greater than 1.
US09240376B2	Self-aligned via fuse A method including forming a first via opening in a substrate, the first via opening is self-aligned to a first trench in the substrate, forming a second via opening in the substrate, the second via opening is self-aligned to a second trench in the substrate, a portion of the second via opening overlaps a portion of the first via opening to form an overlap region, and the overlap region having a width (w) equal to or greater than a space (s) between the first trench and the second trench, and removing a portion of the substrate in the overlap region to form a bridge opening, the bridge opening is adjacent to the first and second via openings and extends between the first and second trenches.
US09240366B2	Semiconductor device, semiconductor package, and electronic system Provided are a semiconductor device, a semiconductor package, and an electronic system. The device includes a substrate having a front side and a back side disposed opposite the front side. An internal circuit is disposed on or near to the front side of the substrate. Signal I/O through-via structures are disposed in the substrate. Back side conductive patterns are disposed on the back side of the substrate and electrically connected to the signal I/O through-via structures. A back side conductive structure is disposed on the back side of the substrate and spaced apart from the signal I/O through-via structures. The back side conductive structure includes parallel supporter portions.
US09240364B2	Adhesive film for heat dissipation, semiconductor device including the same, and method of fabricating the semiconductor device A heat dissipation adhesive film, a semiconductor device including the same, and a method of fabricating the semiconductor device, the heat dissipation adhesive film being placeable between a protective layer encasing a semiconductor element therein and a heat dissipation metal layer on the protective layer to bond the protective layer to the heat dissipation metal layer, wherein an adhesive strength between the heat dissipation adhesive film and the protective layer and an adhesive strength between the heat dissipation adhesive film and the heat dissipation metal layer are each about 3 kgf/25 mm2 or greater.
US09240361B2	Array substrate, method for fabricating and testing array substrate, and display device The present invention provides an array substrate, which includes a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit includes a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode, a common electrode and a passivation layer, the thin film transistor includes an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, the drain electrode and the pixel electrode are connected, the passivation layer is disposed on the active layer, the source electrode, the drain electrode and the pixel electrode, the common electrode is disposed above the pixel electrode with the passivation layer therebetween, a test electrode is disposed on the active layer and under the passivation layer, the test electrode is electrically insulated from the gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode. Correspondingly, a method for fabricating and a method for testing the array substrate, and a display device including the array substrate are provided.
US09240354B2	Semiconductor device having diffusion barrier to reduce back channel leakage A semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate comprises a bulk semiconductor substrate, a buried insulator layer formed on the bulk substrate and an active semiconductor layer formed on the buried insulator layer. Impurities are implanted near the interface of the buried insulator layer and the active semiconductor layer. A diffusion barrier layer is formed between the impurities and an upper surface of the active semiconductor layer. The diffusion barrier layer prevents the impurities from diffusing therethrough.
US09240351B2	Field effect transistor device with improved carrier mobility and method of manufacturing the same The devices are manufactured by replacement gate process and replacement sidewall spacer process, and both tensile stress in the channel region of NMOS device and compressive stress in the channel region of PMOS device are increased by forming a first stress layer with compressive stress in the space within the first metal gate layer of NMOS and a second stress layer with tensile stress in the space within the second metal gate layer of PMOS, respectively. After formation of the stress layers, sidewall spacers of the gate stacks of PMOS and NMOS devices are removed so as to release stress in the channel regions. In particular, stress structure with opposite stress may be formed on sidewalls of the gate stacks of the NMOS device and PMOS device and on a portion of the source region and the drain region, in order to further increase both tensile stress of the NMOS device and compressive stress of the PMOS device.
US09240343B2	Method for modifying an initial stress state of an active layer to a final stress state This process comprises steps of: a) providing a first substrate comprising the active layer made of a first material of Young's modulus E1 and of thickness h1; b) providing a second substrate made of a second material of Young's modulus E2 and of thickness h2; c) bending the first substrate and the second substrate such that they each have a curved shape of a radius of curvature R; d) joining the second substrate to the active layer such that the second substrate closely follows the shape of the first substrate; and e) re-establishing the initial at-rest shape of the second substrate, the process being noteworthy in that the second material of the second substrate is a flexible material respecting the relationship E2/E1<10−2, in that the thickness of the second substrate respects the relationship h2/h1≧104, and in that the radius of curvature respects the relationship R = h 2 2 ⁢ ⁢ ɛ .
US09240341B2	Top wafer rotation and support Embodiments of the present disclosure provide thermal processing chambers including a drive mechanism and a heating assembly disposed on opposite sides of a substrate support assembly. Particularly, the heating assembly is disposed below the substrate support assembly to process a substrate with a device side facing up and the drive mechanism is disposed above the substrate assembly.
US09240340B2	Electrostatic chuck An electrostatic chuck includes a base having a first through hole extending through the base. An electrostatic chuck attraction plate is bonded to the base. An attraction electrode is incorporated in the electrostatic chuck attraction plate to generates electrostatic charge and electrostatically attract an attraction subject. A recess is formed in the electrostatic chuck attraction plate in alignment with the first through hole. The recess partially exposes the attraction electrode. An adhesive layer is formed between the electrostatic chuck attraction plate and the base. The adhesive layer covers an inner surface of the recess. A tubular insulator is arranged in the recess. The tubular insulator includes a second through hole. A power supply terminal is arranged in the first through hole and the second through hole. The power supply terminal includes a distal portion electrically connected to the attraction electrode.
US09240338B2	Workpiece alignment device An alignment device has a carriage, two rails on the carriage that are configured for a workpiece to pass therebetween, and a finger that protrudes a distance from the carriage. The finger is configured to be disposed on a carrier for the workpieces. The workpieces may be solar cells and may pass through the rails on a conveyor belt. The alignment device may move in order to align the workpieces as the workpieces are loaded into a carrier.
US09240333B2	Manufacturing method for monolithic ceramic electronic component In a manufacturing method for a monolithic ceramic electronic component, a plurality of green chips arrayed in row and column directions which are obtained after cutting a mother block are spaced apart from each other and then tumbled, thereby uniformly making the side surface of each of the green chips an open surface. Thereafter, an adhesive is applied to the side surface. Then, by placing a side surface ceramic green sheet on an affixation elastic body, and pressing the side surface of the green chips against the side surface ceramic green sheet, the side surface ceramic green sheet is punched and stuck to the side surface.
US09240330B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device The TSV technology has been popular as one of stacking technologies of a plurality of semiconductor chips. It has however been revealed by the present inventors that when TSV is formed using a so-called first via process, via middle process, front-via via last process, or the like, there is a possibility of defects such as gate breakdown occurring due to electrostatic breakdown in the subsequent process. In order to overcome the above problem, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device, in which a through via electrode is formed by forming a hole in a semiconductor substrate, forming an insulating member in the hole, and burying a conductive member in the resulting hole while covering a portion of the hole except for the bottom portion with the insulating member.
US09240327B2	Resist underlayer film-forming composition for EUV lithography containing condensation polymer There is provided a resist underlayer film composition for EUV lithography that is used in a device production process using EUV lithography, reduces adverse effects of EUV, and is effective for obtaining a good resist pattern, and to a method for forming a resist pattern that uses the resist underlayer film composition for EUV lithography. A resist underlayer film-forming composition for EUV lithography, including: a polymer having a repeating unit structure of formula (1): [where each of A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, and A6 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group; X1 is formula (2), formula (3), formula (4), or formula (0): Q is formula (5) or formula (6): and a solvent. A resist underlayer film-forming composition for EUV lithography, comprising: the polymer having the repeating unit structure of formula (1); a crosslinkable compound; and a solvent.
US09240326B2	Self-aligned borderless contacts using a photo-patternable dielectric material as a replacement contact A photo-patternable dielectric material is provided to a structure which includes a substrate having at least one gate structure. The photo-patternable dielectric material is then patterned forming a plurality of sacrificial contact structures adjacent the at least one gate structure. A planarized middle-of-the-line dielectric material is then provided in which an uppermost surface of each of the sacrificial contact structures is exposed. Each of the exposed sacrificial contact structures is then removed providing contact openings within the planarized middle-of-the-line dielectric material. A conductive metal-containing material is formed within each contact opening.
US09240320B1	Methods of depositing smooth and conformal ashable hard mask films Provided are plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition methods of depositing smooth and conformal ashable hard mask films on substrates containing raised or recessed features. The methods involve using precursors having relatively high C:H ratios, such as acetylene (C:H ratio of 1), and plasmas having low ion energies and fluxes. According to various embodiments, the methods involve depositing smooth ashable hard mask films using high frequency radio frequency-generated plasmas with no low frequency component and/or relatively high pressures. Also provided are methods of depositing ashable hard mask films having good selectivity and improved side wall coverage and roughness. The methods involve depositing a first ashable hard mask film on a substrate having a feature using a process optimized for selectivity and/or optical properties and then depositing a smoothing layer on the first ashable hard mask film using an HF-only process.
US09240317B2	High temperature GaN based super semiconductor and fabrication process A low temperature GaN based super semiconductor comprising a GaN supercell having equal percentages of Cu and at least one material from the family of P, As, or Sb. The GaN supercell is doped in accordance with the formula Ga1-2xCuxAsxN, wherein x is from about 6.25% to about 25%. The supercell is deposited on GaN grown on silicon substrate.
US09240313B2	Target for ultraviolet light generation, electron beam-excited ultraviolet light source, and production method for target for ultraviolet light generation A target for ultraviolet light generation comprises a substrate adapted to transmit ultraviolet light therethrough and a light-emitting layer disposed on the substrate and generating ultraviolet light in response to an electron beam. The light-emitting layer includes a polycrystalline film constituted by an oxide polycrystal containing Lu and Si doped with an activator or a polycrystalline film constituted by a rare-earth-containing aluminum garnet polycrystal doped with an activator.
US09240310B2	Method and apparatus for improving ion transmission into a mass spectrometer An ion transfer device for transferring ions emerging from an electrospray ion source at atmosphere to a vacuum chamber includes an inner surface in the shape of a diverging conical duct. The ion transfer device has an entrance aperture for positioning proximate the exit port of the electrospray ion source emitter, the entrance aperture receiving the electrosprayed ions from the exit port of the electrospray ion source emitter at atmosphere, the diverging conical duct being an electrode toward which the ions migrate and having an exit aperture with an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of its entrance aperture, the exit aperture enclosed in the vacuum chamber, the diverging conical duct transporting the ions from atmosphere to vacuum. The vacuum chamber can be a chamber of a vacuum housing enclosing a mass analyzer.
US09240305B2	Charged particle beam device and sample observation method All of the conventional charged particle beam devices are designed only for the observation at atmospheric pressure or in gas atmosphere at a pressure substantially equal to the atmospheric pressure, and there is no device enabling easy observation using a typical high-vacuum charged particle microscope at atmospheric pressure or in gas atmosphere at a pressure substantially equal to the atmospheric pressure. Such a conventional technique has another problem that the distance between the diaphragm and a sample cannot be controlled, and so it has a high risk of breakage of the diaphragm. Then, the device of the present invention includes a diaphragm configured to separate a space to place a sample therein so that pressure of the space to place the sample therein is kept larger than pressure of the interior of the enclosure, the diaphragm letting the primary charged particle beam transmit or pass therethrough and being removable; a contact prevention member configured to prevent a contact between the sample and the diaphragm; and an adjustment mechanism configured to let at least a part of the contact prevention member in an optical axis direction of the charged particle optic column.
US09240302B2	Lamp To the common point (C) of two transistors of a magnetron, switched converter power circuit is connected a coupling capacitor which provides input to a starter circuit. A transistor switch id in series with a capacitor and a diode. When the switch is off no current flows in (D11). When the switch is made, (D11) conducts during alternate halves of cycles present a (C). A second diode also conducts and allows current to pass through discharge capacitor. This progressively charges until the voltage across it reaches the breakdown voltage of a gas discharge tube (GTD). Whereupon the capacitor discharges through the primary winding of transformer (TR2). The second winding has many more turns and a started voltage is induced in the starter electrode. This is isolated from the Faraday cage and terminates adjacent to the crucible, close to the void.
US09240296B2	Keyboard construction having a sensing layer below a chassis layer A keyboard having a sensor layer below a chassis layer is described. In one embodiment, the keyboard includes a keyboard chassis and a plurality of keycaps positioned above the keyboard chassis. Each of the plurality of keycaps has a touch surface for receiving a press force. A sensor substrate is positioned below the keyboard chassis and has sensor electrodes configured to sense that one or more of the plurality of keycaps is in a pressed position.
US09240290B2	Switch for preventing inrush current shock and cutting off standby power The present invention is provided with a delay unit for applying a function of a double-pole contact switch and a control function of an activation switch, so as for the contact switch and the activation switch not to operate simultaneously when turned on. Accordingly, when a predetermined time elapses after the double-pole contact switch operates first to prevent an inrush current shock, the activation switch generates a control signal to safely operate an internal circuit such as a central processing device or a control device, so that an electronic product is turned on without an electrical shock or a significant spark. Moreover, if power is cut off by software or the internal circuit is turned off in response to a control signal of the activation switch after an ON button of the electronic product is pressed, the double-pole contact switch is automatically turned off immediately or over a time interval, so that standby power is cut off completely, safely, conveniently, and effectively.
US09240287B2	Immobilized heteropoly acids and the use of the same electrode stabilization and enhancement The use of fuel cells to produce electricity are known as an environmentally clean and reliable source of energy, and show promise as an automotive power source if the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell can be made less expensive, more durable, reduce or eliminate humidification of the reactive gases, and operate at temperatures encountered during automotive operating conditions. The use of an electro-catalyst formed from heteropoly acids immobilized by a conductive material, such as carbon or platinum black, and stabilizing a metallic black with the immobilized conductive material addressed these automotive fuel cell needs. Coating the fuel cell electrode, polymer electrolyte assembly with a nano-particle catalyst derived from a heteropoly acid provided anodic carbon monoxide tolerance at anodic overpotentials and an active cathodic oxygen reduction. The heteropoly acids can also function as supercapacitor electrode films.
US09240272B2	Winding and method for preparing a winding applied to an inductive device The present invention relates to a winding and a method for preparing a winding of inductive devices. The winding includes at least a plurality of layers, where each layer includes at least one conductive loop; the conductive loops are electrically connected to form a winding; and the conductive loop or the portion of the conductive loop of at least one layer is not spatially aligned with the conductive loop or the portion of the conductive loop of at least one another layer. The winding may be prepared by adopting a PCB process or semiconductor process, which can effectively consume less of surface area on the integration substrate, have a symmetric trace and reduce the parasitic coupling capacitance while acquiring a high Q-factor value. The windings of the present invention may be used for making an inductor or a transformer.
US09240270B2	Wireless power transfer magnetic couplers A magnetic coupler is disclosed for wireless power transfer systems. A ferrimagnetic component is capable of guiding a magnetic field. A wire coil is wrapped around at least a portion of the ferrimagnetic component. A screen is capable of blocking leakage magnetic fields. The screen may be positioned to cover at least one side of the ferrimagnetic component and the coil. A distance across the screen may be at least six times an air gap distance between the ferrimagnetic component and a receiving magnetic coupler.
US09240267B2	Power generation device A power generation device includes a first magnet member, a second magnet member which is disposed such that the N pole side thereof is in the opposite direction to the N pole side of the first magnet member, a yoke which is disposed between the first magnet member and the second magnet member, an induction coil which is disposed at an outer periphery of the yoke. When the first magnet member and the second magnet member slidingly move in synchronization or when the yoke slidingly moves, the direction of a magnetic flux flowing in the yoke changes to generate an electromotive force in the induction coil.
US09240264B2	Variable resistor having resistance varying geometrically ratio and control method thereof An analog amplifier for amplifying an analog signal and an analog filter is provided. In particular, an apparatus and method for controlling gain and cutoff frequency of the variable gain amplifier and the variable cutoff frequency filter that is capable of changing the gain and cutoff frequency are provided. The variable resistor includes a plurality of resistor segments in the variable resistor and, when a plurality of resistance candidates for the variable resistor is arranged in order of size, the resistance candidates form a geometric series.
US09240257B2	Solid, lithium-salt-doped, thermoset polyimide polymer electrolyte and electrochemical cell employing same An electrolyte medium suitable for use as a separator for an electrochemical cell comprises a substantially solid, thermoset polyimide polymer matrix doped with a lithium salt. The lithium salt comprises lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LITFSI).
US09240252B2	Assembly and method for injecting water containing a neurton-absorbing element to cool a nuclear reactor core in a crisis situation An assembly is provided including a mobile structure including a main pipe equipped with a first end intended to be connected to a water supply and a second end intended to be connected to a circuit connected to the primary circuit of the reactor, and including between these two ends in the direction of circulation of the water, a pump, a water heating device, an injector for continuously injecting the powdered neutron-absorbing element into the water of the main pipe, a first mixer for mixing and dissolving powder with water and a controller driving and controlling the flow rate of the water and the flow rate of the powder injected.
US09240246B2	Semiconductor device having fuse circuit A semiconductor device includes a fuse array with a plurality of fuses, a common signal generation unit suitable for receiving a power-up signal and generating an inverted power-up signal and a reset signal, a plurality of fuse registers suitable for latching a plurality of fuse data for the plurality of fuses and commonly receiving the inverted power-up signal and the reset signal from the common signal generation unit by grouped fuse registers, and an output selection unit suitable for outputting the plurality of fuse data stored on the plurality of fuse registers according to a predetermined sequence.
US09240239B2	Nonvolatile memory devices and driving methods thereof Nonvolatile memory devices including memory cell arrays with a plurality of cell strings connected between a substrate and a plurality of bit lines and selected by selection lines, and a gating circuit configured to drive the selection lines in at least two directions.
US09240234B2	Method of operating channel buffer block and devices including the channel buffer block A method of operating a channel buffer block is provided. The method includes changing bias voltages applied to bias lines in an input stage included in the channel buffer block using a coupling effect of coupling capacitors during a slewing interval and increasing bias currents in the input stage using input voltages and changed bias voltages.
US09240225B2	Current sense amplifier with replica bias scheme Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a sense amplifier architecture that facilitates fast and accurate read operations. The sense amplifier architecture includes a folded cascode amplifier for its first sense amplifier stage, and a pre-charge circuit to establish a pre-charge condition for a senseline and a reference senseline of the sense amplifier. The pre-charge circuit and the folded cascode amplifier each include one or more cascode transistors of the same size and which receive the same bias voltage on a gate thereof. This architecture provides fast and accurate read operations in a relatively small footprint, thereby providing a good blend of cost and performance.
US09240220B2	Stacked-die multi-processor A plurality of stacked dies has outer dies that permits high heat dissipation. A plurality of processors is located on a first outer die. A plurality of memory elements located on a second outer die. An interconnect structure is located an inner die.
US09240213B2	Method and assembly for improved audio signal presentation of sounds during a video recording In order to achieve an improved audio presentation of sounds, in particular sports specific sounds, at reduced technical effort during any video recording, it is suggested to capture sensor-based and analyze image contents of video images. From the information obtained hereby, fitting sound events (audio samples) are selected according to predefined criteria from an audio database. The selected sound events are automatically added to the components of a video accompanying sound.
US09240207B1	Minimization of VCM-resolution switching induced position error transients Systems, methods, and devices for selecting modes of operation include, in at least one aspect, a method including: selecting a first mode associated with digital-analog conversion; determining whether a second mode associated with digital-analog conversion is available; if the second mode is available, evaluating one or more switching parameters associated with the second mode; switching from the first mode to the second mode if the one or more evaluated switching parameters satisfy one or more predetermined criteria; analyzing one or more performance parameters after switching from the first mode to the second mode; and setting the second mode as a default mode of operation if the one or more analyzed performance parameters are satisfactory.
US09240206B2	Electronic device and audio adjustment method An electronic device with a touch sensitive display comprises an identifying module, a detecting module, an adjusting module, and an outputting module. The identifying module identifies the touch operation on the touch sensitive display and generates corresponding touch information. The detecting module detects the status of the electronic device and generates a status signal. The adjusting module adjusts the parameter of the audio signal according to the status signal and the touch information. The outputting module outputs the adjusted audio signal.
US09240205B1	Write parameters used to ensure accurate phase lock during reading of a heat-assisted magnetic recording medium Based on thermal time constant of a head-to-media spacing of a write head, a write parameter is determined that includes at least one of: a modified laser power boost used at a beginning of writing; and a time adjustment affecting the beginning of the writing. The write parameter is applied to writing operations affecting a heat-assisted magnetic recording medium, the write parameter ensuring accurate phase lock during reading of the heat-assisted magnetic recording medium.
US09240200B2	Magnetic element with crossed anisotropies A magnetic element may be configured with at least a magnetic stack having first and second magnetically free layers that each has a predetermined stripe height from an air bearing surface (ABS). The first and second magnetically free layers can respectively be configured with first and second uniaxial anisotropies that are crossed in relation to the ABS and angled in response to the predetermined stripe height.
US09240199B2	Systems and methods for distortion characterization Systems, methods, devices and circuits for data amplification, and more particularly systems and methods for characterizing distortion introduced during data amplification. In some cases, an amplifier modeling circuit is discussed that receives a preamplifier status input from a preamplifier circuit; applies a vector fitting algorithm to the preamplifier status to yield a pole value; determines that the pole value is greater than unity; and replaces the pole value with an inverse of the pole value when the pole value is greater than unity.
US09240197B2	Library of existing spoken dialog data for use in generating new natural language spoken dialog systems A machine-readable medium may include a group of reusable components for building a spoken dialog system. The reusable components may include a group of previously collected audible utterances. A machine-implemented method to build a library of reusable components for use in building a natural language spoken dialog system may include storing a dataset in a database. The dataset may include a group of reusable components for building a spoken dialog system. The reusable components may further include a group of previously collected audible utterances. A second method may include storing at least one set of data. Each one of the at least one set of data may include ones of the reusable components associated with audible data collected during a different collection phase.
US09240194B2	Voice quality conversion system, voice quality conversion device, voice quality conversion method, vocal tract information generation device, and vocal tract information generation method A voice quality conversion system includes: an analysis unit which analyzes sounds of plural vowels of different types to generate first vocal tract shape information for each type of the vowels; a combination unit which combines, for each type of the vowels, the first vocal tract shape information on that type of vowel and the first vocal tract shape information on a different type of vowel to generate second vocal tract shape information on that type of vowel; and a synthesis unit which (i) combines vocal tract shape information on a vowel included in input speech and the second vocal tract shape information on the same type of vowel to convert vocal tract shape information on the input speech, and (ii) generates a synthetic sound using the converted vocal tract shape information and voicing source information on the input speech to convert the voice quality of the input speech.
US09240187B2	Identification of utterance subjects Features are disclosed for generating markers for elements or other portions of an audio presentation so that a speech processing system may determine which portion of the audio presentation a user utterance refers to. For example, an utterance may include a pronoun with no explicit antecedent. The marker may be used to associate the utterance with the corresponding content portion for processing. The markers can be provided to a client device with a text-to-speech (“TTS”) presentation. The markers may then be provided to a speech processing system along with a user utterance captured by the client device. The speech processing system, which may include automatic speech recognition (“ASR”) modules and/or natural language understanding (“NLU”) modules, can generate hints based on the marker. The hints can be provided to the ASR and/or NLU modules in order to aid in processing the meaning or intent of a user utterance.
US09240169B2	Pivot supports for drum rim In a drum beating assembly, the combination comprising a frame, including at least one pedestal, an axle carried by the pedestal to rotate relative thereto, the axle having an axis of rotation, a drum beater carried by the axle, a pedal operatively connected to the axle to rotate the axle and beater in response to pedal movement, the frame including a base plate, there being a clamp arm and means supporting the arm on the plate to pivot relative thereto, and multiple drum rim support elements carried to engage the drum rim at multiple locations to support the drum rim relative to the base plate. The support elements are typically pivotable to self-adjust during clamp up.
US09240165B2	Display driver integrated circuit including first-in-first-out (FIFO) memories configured to receive display data from a distributor and output the display data to graphics memories a display system having the same, and a display data processing method thereof A display driver integrated circuit which includes a distributor configured to output display data; a plurality of first-in first-out (FIFO) memories configured to receive the display data from the distributor according to an external clock and output the display data in response to an internal clock; and a plurality of graphics memories configured to receive the display data from the FIFO memories.
US09240162B2	Transparent display apparatus and method for controlling the same There are provided a transparent display apparatus and a method for controlling the same. The transparent display apparatus includes a transparent display unit that includes an emissive area and a transmissive area and is configured to display a video, an optical sensor configured to measure the amount of light, and a light shielding unit that is disposed on one surface of the transparent display unit and is configured to adjust transmittance on the basis of the amount of light.
US09240161B2	System and display for controlling display A system and method that adjusts a screen brightness of a display, considering an ambient illumination state, are provided. The method includes receiving a signal, corresponding to an event related to an illumination state alteration, from a sensor, confirming the event, and adjusting, if the event is confirmed, a screen brightness of a display unit in accordance with the event.
US09240155B2	Driving circuit and driving method thereof and liquid crystal display A driving circuit for a liquid crystal display comprises a light sensitive element configured to be arranged on a liquid crystal panel of the liquid crystal display, and detect an operation state of a backlight source of the liquid crystal display; and a reset signal output device configured to receive an input signal from the light sensitive element in accordance with the operation state of the backlight source, and output a reset signal to a gate line driver of the liquid crystal display so as to turn on all of gate lines on the liquid crystal panel.
US09240153B2	Liquid crystal device, method of driving liquid crystal device, and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal device having a first substrate, a second substrate, and liquid crystal provided between the first substrate and the second substrate includes: a plurality of scanning lines provided in the first substrate; a plurality of data lines provided in the first substrate; a plurality of switching elements provided in correspondence with intersections of the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines; a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of switching elements; a common electrode provided in correspondence with the pixel electrodes; a control circuit that alternately supplies a first voltage and a second voltage higher than the first voltage to the common electrode; and a data line driving circuit that alternately supplies a positive-polarity image signal, of which an electric potential is higher than the first voltage, and a negative-polarity image signal, of which an electric potential is lower than the second voltage, to the plurality of data lines.
US09240152B2	Array substrate and liquid crystal display panel and driving method thereof The present disclosure provides an array substrate and liquid crystal display panel, and a driving method thereof, wherein each pixel unit of the array substrate includes a compensation circuit unit. When proceeding in the direction of scanning and when there is a scanning signal on a scanning line related to a pixel unit in the next row of a present pixel unit, the compensation circuit of the present pixel unit works on a sub electrode of the present pixel unit, such that a ratio of the voltage difference between the sub electrode and a common electrode to the voltage difference between a main electrode and the common electrode during a positive polarity inversion driving period equals a ratio of the voltage difference between the sub electrode and the common electrode to the voltage difference between the main electrode and the common electrode during a negative polarity inversion driving period. By means of the above, the liquid crystal display panel according to the present disclosure can obtain the effect of reduced color shift.
US09240148B2	Image processing device, display device, and image processing method An image processing device is capable of inhibiting the moire and the false color from occurring in the case of performing color display using four colors of sub-pixels. The image processing device has filter processing sections. The filter processing sections limit frequency bands of signals R, G, B, and W in an X direction and a Y direction in accordance with a positional relationship between the sub-pixels corresponding to each of the colors and the other sub-pixels. Further, the filter processing sections control a frequency response of image signals of the respective colors in accordance with an amplitude of a high frequency component of the image signal corresponding to each of the other colors.
US09240145B2	Multi-display device and image display device A multi-display device includes an image-display-light emitting backlight which includes a light emitting element arranged in each of a plurality of areas to emit light to form planar light; and a light emission controller configured or programmed to generate emission luminance data, for each of the areas, to drive the light emitting element. The light emission controller includes a luminance correcting controller configured or programmed to correct the emission luminance data on the basis of installation directions of image display devices and connection information that is information on connection positions thereof.
US09240142B2	Apparatus and method for driving organic light emitting display device Disclosed is an apparatus and method for driving an organic light emitting display device which facilitates to control current consumption of a display panel according to a temperature of the display panel including a light emitting device or a surrounding temperature of the display panel, the apparatus comprising the display panel including the plurality of pixels provided with the plurality of light emitting devices which emit light according to a current, a temperature sensing unit for generating temperature data by sensing a temperature of the display panel or surrounding temperature; and a panel driver for controlling a data signal to be supplied to each pixel so as to make current consumption of the display panel be lower than a preset current limit value on the basis of input data and temperature data.
US09240141B2	Pixel unit driving circuit, pixel unit driving method and pixel unit A pixel unit driving circuit, a pixel unit driving method and a pixel unit, which can improve the problems of OLED panel luminance uniformity and luminance decreasing caused by material aging. The pixel unit driving circuit includes a driving TFT (DTFT), a matching TFT (MTFT), a first switching element (11), a storage capacitor (Cs) and a driving control unit (12); the driving TFT (DTFT) has a gate connected to a first terminal of the storage capacitor (Cs), a source connected to a second terminal of the storage capacitor (Cs) through the first switching element (11), and a drain connected to a driving power source; the matching TFT (MTFT) has a gate and a drain connected to the gate of the driving TFT (DTFT), and a source connected to the source of the driving TFT (DTFT) through the driving control unit (12); the second terminal of the storage capacitor (Cs) is also connected to a data line through the driving control unit (12).
US09240140B2	Display device, power source generator device, and driving method of an OLED pixel A display device having a particular power controller circuit is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a plurality of pixels, and a power controller for supplying a first power source voltage and a second power source voltage for providing a driving current of the plurality of pixels wherein the power controller connects at least one of a first high level voltage, a ground, and a capacitor to a first node connected to the first power source voltage, and connects one of a second high level voltage and the ground to a second node connected to the second power source voltage.
US09240139B2	Organic electroluminescent display device and method of driving the same An organic electroluminescent display device includes a plurality of pixels, each one of the plurality of pixels including: a switching transistor that is connected to a gate line and a data line; a driving transistor, wherein a data voltage of the data line passing through the switching transistor is reflected into a gate of the driving transistor; a sampling transistor that samples a threshold voltage of the driving transistor, wherein a gate of the sampling transistor is connected to a control line, and the sampled threshold voltage is reflected into the gate of the driving transistor; an initializing transistor, wherein a gate of the initializing transistor is connected to a previous or next gate line, and an initialization voltage passing through the initializing transistor is reflected into the gate of the driving transistor; and an organic light emitting diode that is connected to the driving transistor, wherein a driving current of the organic light emitting diode is adjusted according to a voltage of the gate of the driving transistor.
US09240136B2	Driving circuit for display device A data driving circuit for a display panel. The data driving circuit includes a driving integrated circuit including a plurality of data driving units configured to supply image data to data lines of the display panel; and a package body including: a mount region in which the driving integrated circuit is mounted, logic power input patterns configured to transmit logic power to the plurality of data driving units, and at least two external auxiliary transmission lines formed in the mount region and connected to at least one logic power input pattern. Further, the at least two external auxiliary transmission lines are configured to transmit power received from the at least one connected logic power input pattern to data driving units located farthest from said at least one logic power input pattern.
US09240134B2	Device for controlling electro-optic device including write section that executes first and second write operations during which different voltages are applied to pixels, method for controlling electro-optic device electro-optic device, and electronic apparatus When a write operation to change the pixel into one of the first gray level and the second gray level is stopped before completion of the write operation, and when a write section executes a write operation to change the pixel into another of the first gray level and the second gray level, the write section executes the write operation by voltage application to change the pixel into the other gray level the same number of times of voltage application as the number of times of voltage application in the write operation that has been stopped.
US09240133B2	Detection circuit and method for a liquid crystal display A detection circuit and a detection method for liquid crystal display are provided. The detection circuit comprises gate driver for providing row scan signal to liquid crystal cell to be detected; signal source for providing polarity inversion signal to source driver, polarity inversion signal comprises continuous high level signal and continuous low level signal; source driver for performing digital-analog conversion on received display data signal according to preset reference voltage and polarity inversion signal, generating pixel voltage signal, and sending pixel voltage signal to liquid crystal cell to be detected, polarity inversion mode formed by pixel voltage signal is column inversion mode. The polarity inversion mode of column inversion, formed by pixel voltage signal in technical solution makes white dot of damaged area of alignment film is more prominent during detection process, so it would be easy for the operator to recognize it and avoid the issue of missing detection.
US09240129B1	Notifications and live updates for braille displays Various systems, servers, methods, media, programs, and devices for providing a notification of a live event in an application to a braille display are provided. Content information of the application is transmitted to the braille display and displayed in a first display area of the braille display. The notification is transmitted to the braille display and displayed in a second display area of the braille display in response to detecting the live event for notifying a user of the braille display of the live event. The notification is transmitted independently of the content information without interrupting transmission of the content information.
US09240126B2	Method of simulating a failure on an aircraft A method of failure simulation for an aircraft (7) having a power plant (10) with at least two turbine engines (11, 12), together the two engines develop an overall power, each engine (11, 12) being capable of delivering at least one contingency power in order to compensate for a total failure of other engines (11, 12). The device serves during a failure simulation to modify the overall power delivered by the power plant, with this modification being performed with the help of first adjustment means (20). Second adjustment means (30) serve to modify also the difference between the minimum power obtained during the simulated failure and the stabilized overall power, and also the time between said failure stabilizing on said overall power.
US09240125B2	Detecting roadway targets across beams The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting targets across beams at roadway intersections. Embodiments of the invention include tracking a target across a plurality of beams of a multiple beam radar system in a roadway intersection and updating track files for targets within a roadway intersection. Returns from a plurality of radar beams monitoring a roadway intersection are divided into range bins. Identified energy in the range bins is used to compute the position of targets within a roadway intersection. When the position of a target is computed, it is determined if the position is a new position for an existing target or if the position is the position of a new target.
US09240124B2	Traffic-volume prediction device and method Because a route selection model for traffic demand prediction of selecting a route from among travel routes in probe data cannot include other routes than the travel route in the probe data, it is not possible to predict a traffic volume on the route that has not been traveled. A traffic-volume prediction device includes a simple-network creation device that makes a simple network connecting principal intersections extracted from travelling loci in the collected probe data, a model creation device that determines a utility between the principal intersections based on the data of the travelling loci and calculates a selection probability for each principal intersection based on the utility, and a traffic-volume assignment device that distributes a traffic volume to the routes between the principal intersections according to the selection probability and uses the traffic volume for each route candidate to be a traffic demand prediction object.
US09240120B2	Caregiver rounding with real time locating system tracking An information technology system for a healthcare facility is provided. The system includes a first computer device to keep track of rounding intervals for caregivers and to determine whether the caregivers successfully complete their rounds in a timely manner for their assigned patients. The system also has a real time locating system (RTLS) that tracks locations of the plurality of caregivers and that is in communication with the first computer device. The system further has a number of graphical displays in communication with the first computer device. Each graphical display is operable to display a list of patients for whom rounds are due and to display reminder messages to the plurality of caregivers relating to rounding.
US09240118B2	Systems and methods for beacon tethering in a monitoring system Various embodiments of the present inventions are related to monitoring physical location of a monitored target, but not limited to, use of beacon location information.
US09240108B2	Banking apparatus with deposit accepting device An automated banking machine that includes a check acceptor that is operative to receive checks from authorized machine users. The check acceptor is operable to continuously move a received check along its transport path while simultaneously rotationally orienting the check into alignment with the transport path. A check determined not to have at least one property of an acceptable check is returned to the machine user. Acceptable checks are processed and stored in the machine.
US09240102B2	Method, apparatus, and program product for conducting a game using both unisymbol and multisymbol reel effects A novel game is provided that transforms at least a part of the graphic symbol matrix shown on a video-based reel-type gaming machine to change the game operation from multi-symbol reels to single-symbol reels. Methods, apparatus and program products for implementing the game are provided. A preferred game operates in a first display matrix state displaying a symbol matrix. The symbol matrix provides a game play result by displaying two or more reel representations that combine to form the symbol matrix. In response to a trigger event in game play, the game switches to a second display matrix state where it is modified to show single-symbol reel representations with separating elements between at least one pair of adjacent symbols of a respective reel representation. Multiple sets of data structures are provided for operation in each display state.
US09240095B2	Methods and systems for playing baccarat jackpot with an option for insurance betting Methods for carrying out any or all the steps of the disclosed gaming method for playing jackpot and live baccarat games with an option for insurance betting. After first two cards are dealt to a player's hand and a banker's hand, according to a set of baccarat rules, and one or more of the players are allowed to place a bet on live baccarat on either the banker's hand to win or the player's hand to win, an insurance bet becomes available for the player to be placed on the player's hand or the banker's hand and various rules are set forth for winning the insurance bet.
US09240089B2	Systems and methods for time variable financial authentication The systems and methods of the invention provide a technique for authenticating a finance related transaction. The method may include providing a token which contains a token counter, the token counter periodically advancing to generate a changing token value, the token counter being synchronized to a base counter that generates an authenticating value; transforming the token value into a token output sequence using logic; and outputting at least part of the token output sequence to an authenticating authority, the authenticating authority having access to the authenticating value. Further, the method includes the authenticating authority verifying the validity of the transaction based on the token output sequence and the authenticating value, from which the authenticating authority obtains a verification sequence using the logic, the verifying the validity including the authenticating authority comparing the token output sequence to the verification sequence to determine if there is a match between the token output sequence and the verification sequence.
US09240086B2	Banknote validator The present invention relates to the technical field of devices for reading/authenticating banknotes. The invention also concerns handheld devices, particularly those which may be used by visually impaired persons, to identify different banknote denominations. The present invention is aimed at providing a banknote validator that avoids the drawbacks of the prior art. The validator according to the invention may as well be used for validating a security document including a marking (like luminescent ink or pattern printed on said document, luminescent security thread or strip, for example) operable to glow with a specific color luminescence under appropriate UV light illumination. The invention further describes a method for identifying a denomination of a banknote having a test zone including a marking operable to glow with a specific color luminescence according to the denomination under appropriate UV light illumination.
US09240080B2	Server request for downloaded information from a vehicle-based monitor A system for triggered request for downloaded information from a vehicle-based monitor comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The processor is coupled to the transmitter and the receiver. The processor is configured to determine whether it is desired to receive one or more data from a vehicle-based monitor. In the event that it is desired to receive one or more data from the vehicle-based monitor, the processor is configured to provide an indication that it is desired to receive the one or more data from the vehicle-based monitor. The processor is configured to receive the one or more data.
US09240061B2	Pattern representation images for business intelligence dashboard objects Techniques are described for generating pattern representation images of business intelligence (BI) dashboard objects in a business intelligence (BI) dashboard. In one example, a method includes generating an image that represents a dashboard object in the business intelligence dashboard. The image may be based at least in part on one or more rules defined for metadata associated with the dashboard object. The method may include collecting the data from the dashboard object prior to generating the image. The metadata may include an indication of a type of display comprised in the dashboard object, and the method may further include generating the image with a theme associated with the type of the display. The theme may include one or more styles and one or more color schemes applied to the image.
US09240060B2	Apparatus and method of generating a tomographic image A method and an apparatus for generating a tomographic image are provided. The method for generating a tomographic image may involve: detecting a principal frequency region corresponding to a portion of a frequency data corresponding to a tomographic image, determining a plurality of sub frequency regions within the principal frequency region, and generating, by a processor, the tomographic image by synthesizing data of the plurality of sub frequency regions.
US09240053B2	Target tracking An apparatus and a method are disclosed for tracking a plurality of targets (e.g. land-based vehicles). The method can include: for a first time-step, estimating a state of each respective target; at a second time-step, measuring values for a state of each target; for the second time-step, estimating a state of each target using the estimated target states for the first time-step; updating the estimated target states for the second time-step by performing a Joint Probabilistic Data Association process using the measured values; and performing an identity management process to estimate a probability that a particular state measurement corresponds to a particular.
US09240052B2	Correction of blotches in component images Blotches may be identified and processed to reduce or eliminate the blotch. The blotch may be in just one of several separations and multiple separations may be used, for example, to identify the blotch. An implementation (i) compares a first component image of an image with a first component image of a reference image, (ii) compares a second component image of the image with a second component image of the reference image, and (iii) determines based on these comparisons whether the first component image of the image includes a blotch. Multiple image separations also, or alternatively, may be used, for example, to modify the blotch, as well as to evaluate whether a modification is beneficial.
US09240048B2	Depth estimation using three-dimensional epipolar data structures Systems and methods are provided for depth map estimation using three-dimensional epipolar data structures. The image manipulation application receives image data depicting an image space from a multiple perspectives. The image manipulation application generates at least one three-dimensional epipolar data structure from the image data. The at least one three-dimensional epipolar data structure includes data describing the difference in position of at least one object between the perspectives. The at least one three-dimensional epipolar data structure corresponds to at least one region of the image space. The image manipulation application generates a depth map based on the at least one three-dimensional epipolar data structure.
US09240044B2	Drug solution inspection device and drug solution inspection method A drug solution inspection device includes a jig that mounts thereon a syringe containing a drug solution, an imaging unit that captures an image of the syringe mounted on the jig, an exposure unit that performs exposure on the syringe mounted on the jig, and a first control unit that controls the imaging unit and the exposure unit to acquire inspection information. In order to inspect an amount of the drug solution in the syringe, the first control unit transmits the captured image of the syringe while changing an exposure state of the exposure unit.
US09240043B2	Reproducible quantification of biomarker expression A method is described for the reproducible quantification of biomarker expression, including biomarker expression in a tissue sample. Methods and systems are described whereby reproducible scores for biomarker expression are obtained independent of instrument, its location, or operator.
US09240040B2	Method and system for predicting errors on components of rotating machines by thermography Computer-based detection of damage on machine components, such as misalignments and mechanical damage on bearings and clutches, is achieved using mathematical linkage of the temperatures of selected regions of thermography pictures. Photographs from the visible spectral range can be consulted in the computed-based detection.
US09240035B2	Methods for reducing row and column patterns in a digital image A method for performing column/row pattern suppression in a digital input image includes creating a smoothed version of the input image by averaging a set of columns/rows neighboring around the column/row being corrected. A difference image is constructed by subtracting the smoothed image from the input image. New column/row intensities are computed from the difference image. An output image is constructed with suppressed column/row patterns by subtracting the new column/row intensities from the input image.
US09240026B2	Forward-looking transactive pricing schemes for use in a market-based resource allocation system Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for distributing a resource (such as electricity) using a resource allocation system. One of the disclosed embodiments is a method for generating a bid value for purchasing electricity in a market-based resource allocation system. In this embodiment, a desired performance value indicative of a user's desired performance level for an electrical device is received. Price information from an electricity futures market is received. A bid value for purchasing electricity from a local resource allocation market sufficient to operate the electrical device at the desired performance level is computed. In this embodiment, the computing is performed based at least in part on the desired performance value and based at least in part on the price information from the electricity futures market.
US09240025B1	Dynamic pricing of network-accessible resources for stateful applications Methods and apparatus for dynamic pricing of cloud resources for stateful applications are disclosed. A system includes a resource manager and a plurality of execution platforms. The resource manager stores client-provided application packages in a repository, where each package includes an executable object and has an associated pricing constraint. The resource manager selects a particular execution platform on which to schedule execution of the executable object of a particular application package, based at least in part on a current pricing of execution units of the particular execution platform and the pricing constraint of the application package. In response to a price-based interruption event, a representation of a state of the application is saved, and the execution of the application on the particular execution platform is stopped.
US09240022B2	On-line video and image system A system is provided that allows a photographer to take images for a customer and provide those images to order servicing equipment with which the images are placed on-line for the customer to view. The customer may place orders for the images and products and services related to the images. The order servicing equipment may credit the photographer when the customer orders images, products, or services. Images may be manipulated before images, products, or services are ordered. Images may be taken using film-based cameras or digital image acquisition equipment. Image presentation options may be selected. Content may be appended to the images. Web sites and digital albums may be created using the images. The photographer may check the status of assignments that have been submitted to the order servicing equipment and may check on account status.
US09240002B2	Systems and methods for a graphical interface including a graphical representation of medical data This disclosure describes systems and methods for a graphical interface including a graphical representation of medical data. The graphical interface platform may receive medical data and provide medical safety reporting capabilities including reporting of history data and real-time visual monitoring data. The graphical interface platform may be configured to identify potential problems and corrections to medical devices in operation while a reporting cycle is underway through visual representation of performance metrics.
US09239996B2	Method and apparatus for clearing cloud compute demand Provided are systems and methods for simplifying cloud compute markets. A compute marketplace can be configured to determine, automatically, attributes and/or constraints associated with a job without requiring the consumer to provide them. The compute marketplace provides a clearing house for excess compute resources which can be offered privately or publically. The compute environment can be further configured to optimize job completion across multiple providers with different execution formats, and can also factor operating expense of the compute environment into the optimization. The compute marketplace can also be configured to monitor jobs and/or individual job partitions while their execution is in progress. The compute marketplace can be configured to dynamically redistribute jobs/job partitions across providers when, for example, cycle pricing changes during execution, providers fail to meet defined constraints, excess capacity becomes available, compute capacity becomes unavailable, among other options.
US09239993B2	Method and system for distributing electronic tickets with visual display This invention discloses a novel system and method for distributing electronic ticketing such that the ticket is verified at the entrance to venues by means of an animation or other human perceptible verifying visual object that is selected by the venue for the specific event. This removes the need to use a bar-code scanner on an LCD display of a cell phone or other device and speeds up the rate at which human ticket takers can verify ticket holders. The system also can permit ticket purchase verification in the absence of a network connection during verfication.
US09239971B2	Image processing apparatus, method, and program product determining show-through of image formed on translucent print medium An image processing apparatus including: a unit configured to acquire a translucency reference value indicating optical translucency in a specified translucent printing medium; a show-through determination unit configured to determine whether an image that is formed on the translucent printing medium in accordance with print data shows through by determining whether there exists a difference between the density of a pixel in the print data and the density specified by the acquired translucency reference value and whether the density of the pixel in the print data is lower than the density specified by the translucency reference value; and a first determination unit configured to determine whether a user should be notified of information about whether an image that is formed on the translucent printing medium in accordance with the print data shows through in accordance with the results of the determination by the show-through determination unit.
US09239969B1	Image forming device, image forming method, and non-transitory computer readable medium An image forming device includes an acquisition unit and a display controller. The acquisition unit accesses multiple storage devices in units of a certain number of storage devices in order starting with a storage device having a highest priority to acquire information concerning image data stored in a certain number of storage devices equal to the number of storage devices in each unit. The display controller causes information concerning image data acquired from a certain number of storage devices having a first priority, equal to the number of storage devices in each unit, to be displayed on a display. In response to receipt of instructions to continue acquisition, the display controller causes information concerning image data acquired from a certain number of storage devices having a second priority next to the first priority, equal to the number of storage devices in each unit, to be displayed on the display.
US09239965B2	Method and system of tracking object Provided is a method and system for tracking an object that may track a point into which an object is to move by combining the object in an image and position coordinates of the object acquired through a position tracking apparatus provided to the object and thereby displaying the position coordinates.
US09239964B2	Surface shape measurement method, surface shape measurement apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, optical element, and method of manufacturing optical element A surface shape measurement method that divides a surface shape of an object (107) into a plurality of partial regions (201, 202, 203, 204) to obtain partial region data and that stitches the partial region data to measure the surface shape of the object, and the method includes the steps of calculating sensitivity of an error generated by a relative movement between the object and a sensor (110) for each of the partial regions, dividing the surface shape of the object into the plurality of partial regions to obtain the partial region data, obtaining the partial region data, calculating an amount corresponding to the error using the sensitivity, correcting the partial region data using the amount corresponding to the error, and stitching the corrected partial region data to calculate the surface shape of the object.
US09239963B2	Image processing device and method for comparing feature quantities of an object in images An image processing device comprises a part-point specifying unit configured to specify a part point of an object; a feature-quantity extracting unit configured to extract one or a plurality of feature quantities from a pixel of a sampling point or from a pixel group including the pixel of the sampling point, for each of a plurality of sampling points, and extract candidate feature quantities corresponding to the part point constituted by the extracted plurality of feature quantities corresponding to the respective sampling points, the plurality of sampling points comprising the part point specified by the part-point specifying unit and at least one point on the image other than the part point; and a feature-quantity generating unit configured to generate one or a plurality of comparison feature quantities corresponding to the part points based on a predetermined standard by using the candidate feature quantities extracted by the feature-quantity extracting unit.
US09239962B2	Nail region detection method, program, storage medium, and nail region detection device Disclosed is a nail region detection device including: color camera; image data storage part; color specification conversion plotting part for converting captured image data from the RGB color specification system to the HLS color specification system; threshold value setting part for setting and varying a threshold value along the X axis with respect to a first plotting region; second plotting part for replotting in a two-dimensional planar second graph, plotting data items which are equal to or greater than the threshold value and detecting the physical quantity or its ratio in a second plotting region; repeat control part for repeating the processing for replotting the data items; nail determination part for determining, as a nail region, a second plotting region in which the gradient of the amount of variation in the physical quantity or its ratio is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
US09239961B1	Text recognition near an edge The recognition of text in an acquired image is improved by using general and type-specific heuristics that can determine the likelihood that a portion of the text is truncated at an edge of an image, frame, or screen. Truncated text can be filtered such that the user is not provided with an option to perform an undesirable task, such as to dial an incorrect number or connect to an incorrect Web address, based on recognizing an incomplete text string. The general and type-specific heuristics can be combined to improve confidence, and the image data can be pre-processed on the device before processing with an optical character recognition (OCR) engine. Multiple frames can be analyzed to attempt to recognize words or characters that might have been truncated in one or more of the frames.
US09239955B2	Method and system for vehicle classification A method and system of vehicle classification, and more particularly to a method and system called hierarchical vehicle classification system using a video and/or video image, a method and system of vehicle classification using a vehicle ground clearance measurement system, and method and system for classification of passenger vehicles and measuring their properties, and more particularly to capturing a vehicle traveling along a road from a single camera and classifying the vehicle into a vehicle class.
US09239953B2	Contextualization of machine indeterminable information based on machine determinable information A system for contextualizing machine indeterminable information based on machine determinable information may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory may store an electronic document image which may include information determinable by a machine and information indeterminable by a machine. The processor may be operative to receive, via the interface, the electronic document image. The processor may determine the machine determinable information of the electronic document image and may identify the machine indeterminable information of the electronic document image. The processor may contextualize the machine indeterminable information based on the machine determinable information. The processor may present the contextualized machine indeterminable information to the user to facilitate interpretation thereof. In response thereto, the processor may receive, via the interface, data representative of a user determination associated with the machine indeterminable information.
US09239952B2	Methods and systems for extraction of data from electronic images of documents A system for extracting data from a document may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The processor may identify one or more landmarks based on predefined characteristics that are associated with known landmarks. After one or more landmarks are defined, business rules may indicate one or more areas that may contain data to be extracted. The business rules may also indicate the type of data in the area and processing methods that may be used to extract the data. After determining the business rules, the processor may determine whether the data is in the area and/or extract the data.
US09239949B2	Method for user function operation based on face recognition and mobile terminal supporting the same A mobile device user interface method activates a camera module to support a video chat function and acquires an image of a target object using the camera module. In response to detecting a face in the captured image, the facial image data is analyzed to identify an emotional characteristic of the face by identifying a facial feature and comparing the identified feature with a predetermined feature associated with an emotion. The identified emotional characteristic is compared with a corresponding emotional characteristic of previously acquired facial image data of the target object. In response to the comparison, an emotion indicative image is generated and the generated emotion indicative image is transmitted to a destination terminal used in the video chat.
US09239945B2	Biometric authentication apparatus and biometric authentication method A biometric authentication apparatus includes: a storage unit which stores representative matching data representing features of biometric information of a registered user and representing conditions of a designated body part of the registered user, each representing one of at least two different portions of a variation range over which the condition of the body part containing the registered user's biometric information varies due to cyclic environmental variations; a biometric information acquiring unit which generates a biometric image representing biometric information of a user; a matching data generating unit which generates, from the biometric image, input matching data that represents the features of the biometric information of the user; a matching unit which matches the input matching data against at least one of the representative matching data; and an authentication judging unit which judges, based on a result of the matching, whether the user is to be authenticated or not.
US09239944B2	Biometric information registration device and biometric information registration method The quality of biometric information that will be input the next time is estimated. Estimated matching quality information is calculated which indicates the degree of matching between estimated quality information and quality information of the actually input biometric information. Further, past quality information is calculated which indicates how the quality of a plurality of pieces of estimated matching quality information varied in the past. Then, whether or not the biometric information is to be registered is determined according to the estimated matching quality information and the past quality information.
US09239942B2	Apparatus, system and method for extending the field area of a device equipped with a high-frequency reader A structure for extending the field area of a device equipped with an RF tag reader. The structure can include at least one reader coupling area for inductively coupling with an RF tag reader, and at least one tag coupling area for inductively coupling with an RF tag, wherein the tag coupling area is disposed outside the field area of the RF tag reader, and the reader coupling area is conductively coupled to the tag coupling area such that a signal induced in the reader coupling area by the RF reader creates a signal in the tag coupling area, thereby inducing a signal in the tag, and allowing the RF reader to communicate with the tag.
US09239941B1	RFID integrated circuit identifier self-check A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag IC stores an identifier and a check code. The IC determines whether the stored identifier is corrupted by comparing it to the check code. If the stored identifier does not correspond to the check code then the IC may terminate operation or indicate an error. The IC may also reconstruct the correct identifier from the check code.
US09239938B2	Data holder, system and method A protective data holding vault that includes a module with onboard memory that can be configured as a drive, e.g. flash drive, attached to a machine or apparatus and which securely and protectively holds data associated with the machine or apparatus and a unique identifier thereof. The vault includes a casing with a receptacle in which the module is received and a cover that is sealingly attachable to the casing to cover the receptacle and protect the module in the receptacle. The vault is mounted in a pocket on the machine or apparatus, or a component therefor or thereof, and is linkable to a processor equipped device, such as via a USB link, enabling data stored on the vault to be retrieved and stored offboard providing secure data backup. In one system implementation, data synchronization can be performed to a remotely located storage device with bidirectional data transfer contemplated.
US09239933B2	Piracy prevention and usage control system using access-controlled encrypted data containers This is a system for controlling and restricting access (reading, writing, creating, deleting, manipulating, and control) to data and data representations of arbitrary processing engines through the use of secure containers, an access processing engine, and cryptographic keys.
US09239924B2	Identifying and characterizing electronic files using a two-stage calculation A computer system includes a server having a memory connected thereto. The server is adapted to be connected to a network to permit remote storage and retrieval of data files from the memory. A file identification application is operative with the server to identify errant files stored in the memory. The file identification application provides the functions of: (1) selecting a file stored in said memory; (2) generating a unique checksum corresponding to the stored fire; (3) comparing said unique checksum to each of a plurality of previously generated checksums, wherein the plurality of previously generated checksums correspond to known errant files; and (4) marking the file for deletion from the memory if the unique checksum matches one of the plurality of previously generated checksums.
US09239921B2	System and methods of performing antivirus checking in a virtual environment using different antivirus checking techniques Disclosed are methods, systems and computer program products for antivirus checking of software objects in a virtual environment. An example method includes monitoring and identifying, by an antivirus agent running on a virtual machine in the virtual environment, an event occurring in the virtual machine, an object related to the event, and a type of the object; upon determining that the object needs an antivirus checking, sending, by the antivirus agent, to a control module in the virtual environment, information of the object and the event; determining, by the control module, priorities of executing one or more antivirus checking methods determined for the object; and distributing, by the control module, among one or more selected components of an antivirus system in the virtual environment, the one or more antivirus checking methods to be performed on the object based on the priorities.
US09239917B2	Gesture controlled login An embodiment provides a method, including: activating, at an information handling device, an optical sensor; initiating, using a processor, an identification sequence; receiving, at the optical sensor, a sequence of user gesture input; determining if the sequence of user gesture input matches a predetermined sequence of user gesture input stored as training data, the determining comprising comparing, using the processor, data points derived from a three dimensional limb movement of the user gesture input with the stored training data; and providing an identification result. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US09239916B1	Using spatial diversity with secrets A method is used in using spatial diversity with secrets. A spatially diverse presentation is presented. A reaction of a user to the spatially diverse presentation is received and analyzed. The analysis is used as a basis for helping to determine whether the user has knowledge of a secret.
US09239912B1	Method, manufacture, and apparatus for content protection using authentication data A method, apparatus, and manufacture for content protection using authentication data. A client media player is employed to determine whether media content is protected. The client media player includes an application, and further includes a media engine that is a distinct program from the application. Upon determining that the media content is protected, the application is employed to get a key and/or a license for the protected media content such that authentication data is employed to authorize the client. The authentication data includes at least one of a software token or a cookie. The application is employed to instruct the media engine to play the media content. The key and/or the license is sent from the application to the media engine.
US09239908B1	Managing organization based security risks A method and system is used in managing organization based security risks. Organization based information is analyzed for information that is suitable for use in attacking a user in the organization. The organization based information comprises user access information. Publicly available information is analyzed for information that is suitable for use in identifying the user within the organization. Based on the analyzes, there is derived a risk score for the user.
US09239904B2	Computer systems for treating diseases The present invention relates to computer-implemented methods and system for analyzing a biomarker which cycles in a subject. In some other aspects, the present invention relates to analyzing a biomarker which at least initially increases or decreases in amount in a subject following a treatment for a disease. In further aspects, the present invention relates to computer-implemented methods and systems for determining a preferred time to administer a therapy to treat a disease in a subject. The present invention also relates to computer program product to implement the methods. Further, the present invention relates to methods of determining the timing of treating a disease in a subject in which the immune system is cycling.
US09239901B2	Wiring board design system and wiring board design method An object of the present invention is to provide wiring board design system and wiring board design method to determine a component and a wiring pattern in real-time when designing a wiring on a circuit board. The wiring board design system provides a cloud service for a terminal which is used by users via a network. When to arrange components on the circuit board, while pushing out automatically wirings which are overlapped with the components on the arranging position, the wiring board design system secures a space on that can arrange the component. The wiring processing is performed automatically and the fine adjustment such as rotation, movement of arranged components is performed automatically if necessary. The processing for equalization is performed so as to be the equal wiring density on the circuit board.
US09239882B2	System and method for categorizing answers such as URLs A correlator extracts a plurality of related queries corresponding to each one of a plurality of answers. A classifier matches each one of the related queries corresponding to the answer with a category. A statistical tool determines the relevance of each category relative to the categories matched to the related queries corresponding to the answers.
US09239877B2	Multimedia integration description scheme, method and system for MPEG-7 The invention provides a system and method for integrating multimedia descriptions in a way that allows humans, software components or devices to easily identify, represent, manage, retrieve, and categorize the multimedia content. In this manner, a user who may be interested in locating a specific piece of multimedia content from a database, Internet, or broadcast media, for example, may search for and find the multimedia content. In this regard, the invention provides a system and method that receives multimedia content and separates the multimedia content into separate components which are assigned to multimedia categories, such as image, video, audio, synthetic and text. Within each of the multimedia categories, the multimedia content is classified and descriptions of the multimedia content are generated. The descriptions are then formatted, integrated, using a multimedia integration description scheme, and the multimedia integration description is generated for the multimedia content. The multimedia description is then stored into a database. As a result, a user may query a search engine which then retrieves the multimedia content from the database whose integration description matches the query criteria specified by the user. The search engine can then provide the user a useful search result based on the multimedia integration description.
US09239869B1	Replication and synchronization for protecting NTFS deduplication volumes Various embodiments illustrated and described herein include systems, methods, and computer program products to protect NTFS deduplicated volumes. Some embodiments select a data protection mode from various modes to protect deduplicated volumes. Some data protection modes retrieve the deduplicated files and associated data chunks without rehydrating the files and send them to a replica. Some data protection modes rehydrate deduplicated files as they are retrieved, send the rehydrated files to the replica, and turn on deduplication at the replica so the files can be deduplicated on the replica. Deduplication settings can also be transferred to the replica so that deduplication on the replica mimics deduplication on the source. Some data protection modes replicate the deduplicated files to the replica.
US09239864B2	Distributing and processing streams over one or more networks In an embodiment, a method for distributing and processing streams over wide area networks comprises receiving, at a unified data processing node, a continuous query; determining a parallel portion of the continuous query; sending the parallel portion to a plurality of distributed data processing nodes located in a plurality of data centers; at each distributed node in the plurality of distributed nodes, locally executing the parallel portion against independent data partitions, producing a partial summary data, sending the partial summary data to the unified node; continuously receiving, at the unified node, in real-time, the partial summary data.
US09239861B2	Techniques for hierarchy visualization for organizations Techniques for hierarchy visualization for organizations are described. An apparatus may comprise an information retrieval component and a profile construction component. The information retrieval component may be generally operative to retrieve information regarding a plurality of individuals from a plurality of data repositories. The profile construction component may be generally operative to create a plurality of profiles from the retrieved information, wherein each profile combines information regarding an individual from the plurality of data repositories. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09239850B2	Feature descriptor encoding apparatus, feature descriptor encoding method, and program An object of the present invention is to reduce the size of encoded feature descriptors. A feature descriptor encoding apparatus includes a feature point detection unit that detects feature points from an image and outputs coordinate values; a local feature descriptor extracting unit that extracts local feature descriptors from local regions centered on the coordinate values of the feature points; a coordinate value scanning unit that converts the coordinate values into index values according to a specific scanning method; a sorting unit that sorts the index values; a difference calculation unit that calculates a differential value between two adjacent index values of the sorted index values and outputs a sequence of differential values; a differential encoding unit that encodes the sequence of the differential values in a sequential permutation; and a local feature descriptor encoding unit that encodes the local feature descriptors of the corresponding feature points in the same permutation as that of the sorted index values.
US09239844B2	Data duplication detection system and method for controlling data duplication detection system Accurate and efficient detection of data duplication is implemented. A data duplication determination part (1A) of a storage system (1) temporarily stores in a pool (4) a target chunk data when a second management table (T2) indicates that the target chunk data, which is included in received data, has already been stored, and, in addition, when data (a fingerprint (FP)) for guaranteeing the identity of the target chunk data is not stored in a third management table (T3). The duplication determination part (1A), in a case where the second management table indicates that another target chunk data that differs from the target chunk is already stored, and, in addition, in a case where determination is made that the FP of the other target chunk data is stored in the third management table, makes a redetermination as to whether the chunk data stored in the pool has already been stored.
US09239843B2	Scalable de-duplication for storage systems A method for performing storage system de-duplication. The method includes accessing a plurality of initial partitions of files of a storage system and performing a de-duplication on each of the initial partitions. For each duplicate found, an indicator comprising the metadata that is similar across said each duplicate is determined. For each indicator, indicators are determined that infer a likelihood that data objects with said indicators contain duplicate data is high. Optimized partitions are generated in accordance with the chosen indicators. A de-duplication process is subsequently performed on each of the optimized partitions.
US09239841B2	Hash-based snapshots Methods and systems configured to provide hash-based snapshot services for a virtual storage are provided. The system includes a processor and memory coupled with the processor. The memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions for maintaining, by a hash-based snapshot module executing on the system, a file system of the virtual storage. The file system is associated with a plurality of data blocks. The virtual storage is supported by a hash-storage having a hash base-file and a hash-database. The hash-database is configured for storing the plurality of data blocks. And the hash base-file includes hash codes generated by applying a hash function to the plurality of data blocks. The memory is further configured to provide the processor with instructions for accessing, by the hash-based snapshot module, the file system using hash codes contained in the hash base-file to identify data blocks stored in the hash-database; creating, by the hash-based snapshot module, a first snapshot for the file system, wherein the first snapshot is associated with a first hash snapshot file copied based on the hash base-file; and accessing, by the hash-based snapshot module, the first snapshot using hash codes contained in the first hash snapshot file to identify data blocks stored in the hash-database.
US09239840B1	Backup media conversion via intelligent virtual appliance adapter A system is provided for migrating, in an automated way, old backups created using older software to the current vendor. Generally, backup products are composed of a few broad sub-systems. The migration system organizes old backup data and can present the backup data to a new vendor's system. The embodiments include a virtual appliance, which can include a client (e.g., a consumer of the XBSA API) to drive the legacy vendor with user selections to pull data from existing media and create a server personality that can be presented to the new backup software. The new backup system can then use existing means to discover, backup, and catalog data made available via the virtual appliance.
US09239837B2	Remote control system for connected devices Systems and methods utilize a display to provide universal remote control functionality. A menu of options appears on a display of a display device. A user can navigate the various options to control devices that are separate from the display device. The menu may be dynamically configured according to the context in which the display device is being used. The menu may be activated using a remote control device or other device and the menu may include options for controlling one or more devices that are absent from the remote control device.
US09239819B2	System and method of report rendering A report rendering system and method of filtering and navigating reports on mobile devices are provided. The report rendering system comprises a scene generator for generating a scene of a report in response to a request to view the report or a subset of the report and a navigation module for storing selected components within the scene. The method comprises the steps of generating a scene of a report in response to a request to view the report or a subset of the report and storing selected components within the scene.
US09239816B2	Method of power system preventive control candidate measures identification self-adaptive to external environment A method of power system preventive control candidate measures identification self-adaptive to external environment, which is applicable to dynamic identification of stations and power equipment under the effect of calamity, and judgment of preventive control measures that lose or restore control capability, and those for which control range or cost has changed. Automatic online identification of set of preventive control candidate measures includes two tasks: identification of stations and power equipment under the effect of calamity, and adjustment of the space of preventive control measures. According to information of power transmission line fault probability due to calamity, online dynamic quantitative assessment of stations and equipment is performed under the effect of external environment, and automatically correct control range and control cost of the measures according to the effect on equipment, so that the result of preventive control adapts to real-time external environment, ensuring feasibility and economy of auxiliary decision making.
US09239806B2	Systems, devices, memory controllers, and methods for controlling memory Systems, devices, memory controllers, and methods for controlling memory are described. One such method includes activating a memory unit of a memory device; after activating the memory unit, providing a command to the memory device; and returning the memory unit to a previous state if the command does not indicate a target memory volume, wherein the memory unit remains active if the command indicates a target memory volume associated with the memory unit.
US09239801B2	Systems and methods for preventing unauthorized stack pivoting An example processing system may comprise: a lower stack bound register configured to store a first memory address, the first memory address identifying a lower bound of a memory addressable via a stack segment; an upper stack bound register configured to store a second memory address, the second memory address identifying an upper bound of the memory addressable via the stack segment; and a stack bounds checking logic configured to detect unauthorized stack pivoting, by comparing a memory address being accessed via the stack segment with at least one of the first memory address and the second memory address.
US09239794B1	Managing a prefetch buffer with probabilistic access predictions A method for managing data items retrieved for storage in a prefetch memory buffer includes determining a probability that a first data item will be requested for retrieval. The method includes estimating a first request time at which the new data item will be requested. The method also includes determining a time differential for the first data item, wherein the time differential is determined based on current time and the first request time. The method includes calculating a first prefetch priority value for the first data item based on the first data item probability and the time differential. The method includes randomly comparing the first prefetch priority value of the first data item to the prefetch priority values of the one or more stored data items to identify at least one stored data item having a prefetch priority value lower than the first prefetch priority value.
US09239791B2	Cache swizzle with inline transposition A method and circuit arrangement selectively swizzle data in one or more levels of cache memory coupled to a processing unit based upon one or more swizzle-related page attributes stored in a memory address translation data structure such as an Effective To Real Translation (ERAT) or Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB). A memory address translation data structure may be accessed, for example, in connection with a memory access request for data in a memory page, such that attributes associated with the memory page in the data structure may be used to control whether data is swizzled, and if so, how the data is to be formatted in association with handling the memory access request.
US09239789B2	Method and apparatus for monitor and MWAIT in a distributed cache architecture A method and apparatus for monitor and mwait in a distributed cache architecture is disclosed. One embodiment includes an execution thread sending a MONITOR request for an address to a portion of a distributed cache that stores the data corresponding to that address. At the distributed cache portion the MONITOR request and an associated speculative state is recorded locally for the execution thread. The execution thread then issues an MWAIT instruction for the address. At the distributed cache portion the MWAIT and an associated wait-to-trigger state are recorded for the execution thread. When a write request matching the address is received at the distributed cache portion, a monitor-wake event is then sent to the execution thread and the associated monitor state at the distributed cache portion for that execution thread can be reset to idle.
US09239778B2	Controllers that generate output bits for storage in non-volatile memory devices by puncturing code word bits and methods for operating the same An operating method of a controller includes selecting bits of code word to be punctured; detecting locations of incapable bits of an input word based on locations of the bits to be punctured and a structure of a generation matrix calculation unit; refreezing the input word such that frozen bits and incapable bits of the input word overlap; generating input word bits by replacing information word bits with frozen bits based on the refreezing result; generating the code word by performing generation matrix calculation on the input word bits; generating output bits by puncturing the code word based on locations of the bits to be punctured; and transmitting the output bits to a nonvolatile memory device.
US09239777B1	Generating test scenario templates from clusters of test steps utilized by different organizations System, method, and non-transitory medium for generating a test scenario template from a cluster of similar partial runs of test scenarios involves executing the following: identifying runs of test scenarios run by users on software systems that belong to different organizations; generating partial runs of the test scenarios by extracting from each run of a test scenario data pertaining to a proper subset of the plurality of test steps described in the run; clustering the partial runs of the test scenarios into clusters of similar partial runs; receiving a profile of a user; selecting, based on the profile, from among the clusters a certain cluster suitable for the user; and generating a test scenario template based on partial runs belonging to the certain cluster.
US09239770B2	Apparatus and method for extracting restriction condition A restriction condition extraction apparatus specifies operation targets including a first target and another target related thereto that are operated based on first procedure information in a first execution environment, extracts first procedures related to the specified operation targets from the first procedure information, generates first relation information indicating an execution order on related operation targets regarding the extracted first procedures, specifies operation targets including a second target and another target related thereto that are operated based on second procedure information in a second execution environment, extracts second procedures related to the specified operation targets from the second procedure information, generates second relation information indicating an execution order on related operation targets regarding the extracted second procedures, compares the first and the second relation information, and extracts relations of an execution order on related operation targets, which are common in the first and the second relation information.
US09239763B2	Container database A container database may contain multiple database dictionaries, each database dictionary defining a pluggable database. When database sessions are established on a container DBMS, each database session is given access to a pluggable database by establishing the respective database dictionary of the pluggable database as the database dictionary for that database session. Database commands issued through database session can only access the database objects defined in the database dictionary established for the database session.
US09239755B2	Semiconductor device and semiconductor system including the same A semiconductor system includes a memory configured to output a parity bit during a read operation and receive a data mask (DM) signal during a write operation. The semiconductor system also includes a System On Chip (SOC) configured to detect errors by decoding the parity bit during the read operation, and output the DM signal to the memory during the write operation. Since the parity bit is generated in the memory based on data received from outside the memory, the semiconductor device and a corresponding semiconductor system may reduce the size of a storage space for parity bits.
US09239750B1	Detecting problems in content distribution Detecting a problem in a content distribution is disclosed. Performance information associated with a first content player is received form a first client. Performance information associated with a second content player is received from a second client. The information received from the first client and the second client is aggregated. A determination is made, from the aggregated information, that a problem is indicated. Alternate techniques for detecting a problem in a content distribution are also disclosed.
US09239749B2	Network fault detection and reconfiguration Scalable means are provided for diagnosing the health of a parallel system comprising multiple nodes interconnected using one or more switching networks. The node pings other nodes via different paths at regular intervals. If more than a threshold number of pings are missed from a node, the system performs fault detection by entering a freeze state in which nodes do not send or receive any messages except ping messages. If ping messages still fail to reach destination nodes, the parallel system identifies faulty components that are causing ping messages to fail. Once the faulty component is identified, the parallel system is unfrozen by allowing nodes to communicate all messages. If redundant computers and/or switches are present, the parallel system is automatically reconfigured to avoid the faulty components.
US09239743B2	Method and architecture for exception and event management in an embedded software system A method for providing a dedicated software framework for exception and event management in an embedded software system is disclosed. In one embodiment, each of exceptions/events originated from users are uniquely identified and severity of the exceptions/events is categorized. The users are software subsystems, software layers and software modules in the embedded software system. Further, information regarding the exceptions/events is reported through various layers, subsystems and modules for use by an application. Furthermore, information associated with one or more of the reported exceptions/events is logged using a logging framework. In addition, the exceptions/events are handled to keep applications running without causing an unexpected behavior in the embedded software system.
US09239740B2	Program partitioning across client and cloud Partitioning execution of a program between a client device and a cloud of network resources, exploits the asymmetry between the computational and storage resources of the cloud and the resources and proximity of the client access device to a user. Programs may be decomposed into work units. Those work units may be profiled to determine execution characteristics, modeled based on current state information and the profile, and a model performance metric (MPM) generated. Based on the MPM, work units may be partitioned between the client and the cloud.
US09239731B2	Method and system for acquiring a quiesceing set of information associated with a virtual machine A method and system for acquiring a quiesceing set of information associated with a virtual machine. A virtual machine is cloned. The cloned virtual machine has an associated persistent storage device. The state of the persistent storage device is transformed into a quiesced state of the cloned virtual machine by utilizing a shut-down process. The shut-down process is executed on the cloned virtual machine to quiesce the cloned virtual machine and the quiesceing set of information of the cloned virtual machine is automatically reduced to information stored on the persistent storage device.
US09239729B1	Sidecar file framework for managing virtual disk plug-in data and metadata Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include receiving selection of a virtual disk and a plug-in. The virtual disk includes an extent file storing data used by a virtual machine and a descriptor file including a reference to the extent file and used by a virtualization stack of a host computer to manage the virtual disk. The plug-in is attached to the virtual disk in response to the received selection. Attaching the plug-in includes adding an identification of the plug-in to the descriptor file. The plug-in is notified of the attachment to the virtual disk. A request is received from the plug-in to create a sidecar file to store data or metadata on behalf of the plug-in. The sidecar file is created for the attached plug-in. The sidecar file is attached to the virtual disk.
US09239728B2	Method, system, and device for securely handling virtual function driver communications with a physical function driver In an input/output virtualization-enabled computing environment, a device, method, and system for securely handling virtual function driver communications with a physical function driver of a computing device includes maintaining communication profiles for virtual function drivers and applying the communication profiles to communications from the virtual function drivers to the physical function driver, to determine whether the communications present a security and/or performance condition. The device, method and system may disable a virtual function driver if a security and/or performance condition is detected.
US09239719B1	Task management system Project-related tasks are managed and tracked using machine-readable codes. A project board may include one or more task tokens corresponding to tasks of a project, and each task token may include one or more machine-readable codes. Data associated with the project board may be acquired and analyzed to identify and decode the machine-readable codes. Task status information may be determined based on the positions of the task tokens on the project board. The task status information may be stored and used to generate a virtual project board that is accessible through a web site.
US09239716B1	Usage-based program slicing In certain embodiments, execution traces for a program definition of an application are accessed. Probability information for components of the program definition is computed based at least in part upon the execution traces. Program definition slices are determined based at least in part upon the probability information. The program definition slices comprises a baseline slice and at least one supplemental slice. The baseline slice is communicated to a client in response to a request for the application. At least one supplemental slice is communicated to the client to allow the patching of the baseline slice with the at least one supplemental slice to recreate at least a portion of the program definition.
US09239709B2	Method and system for an interface certification and design tool Described herein are methods and systems for an interface certification and design tool. An exemplary embodiment is a computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions executable by a processor, the instructions operable to receive a selection of packaged software components. The set of instructions operable to generate a simulator default response for the software component, validate user changes to the simulator default response to create a validated test file, execute at least one simulator using the validated test file, and publish the validated test file.
US09239706B2	Selective speculative class-based optimization A method, apparatus, and/or computer program product performs selective speculative class-based optimization through the use of a type propagation analysis of class. Responsive to a determination that the type of class is not a fixed type, a determination is made as to whether the class is sub-classed. Responsive to a determination the class is not sub-classed, a virtual synthetic property method is created. The virtual synthetic property method is accommodated in an enhanced java virtual machine using a stack frame type. The stack frame type has associated metadata for throwing an exception and an invisibility property. The virtual synthetic property method, along with a virtual guard, is inlined, and a slow path is created. The slow path handles executions of the virtual synthetic property method when sub-classes of the class, which override an implementation of the virtual synthetic property method, are loaded in the future.
US09239701B2	Electronic device and method of controlling the same An electronic device connected to at least one external electronic device, the electronic device including a communication unit configured to perform data communication with the at least one external electronic device, an interface unit configured to connect to a sound output device, and a controller configured to receive audio data when the sound output device is connected to the electronic device through the interface unit, the audio data associated with a first external electronic device outputting a second content associated with a first content being output through the electronic device from the first external electronic device, and to output the received audio data through the sound output device.
US09239692B2	Communication apparatus performing communication speed changing process, communication control method and storage medium A communication apparatus which realizes communication flow control which is capable of preventing decrease in reception performance without causing disappearance of communication data. A first storage unit stores data transmitted from an external apparatus. A second storage unit stores data transferred from the first storage unit. A determination unit determines, in a case of executing communication with the external apparatus, determine a notification size to be notified to the external apparatus as a size of data that can be received by the communication apparatus on a basis of a size of a free space of the first storage unit and a size of a free space of the second storage unit. A notification unit notifies the notification size determined by the determination unit to the external apparatus.
US09239691B2	System and method for distributed computing in non-volatile memory A system and method are disclosed for incorporating mathematical and/or logical functionality within a memory system (such as a solid state drive (SSD)). The mathematical and/or logical functionality may comprise an arithmetic logic unit (ALU). The ALU may be resident in one or both of flash memory chips or the SSD controller. When resident in the flash memory chips, a single ALU or multiple ALUs may be used. For example, a single ALU may be assigned to one, some, or each block of flash memory within the flash memory chip. As another example, an ALU may be assigned to a sub-block construct, such as to each bit line in the block. Having ALUs resident in the SSD enables more processing to be performed within the SSD and reduces the need to transmit data outside of the SSD for processing.
US09239686B2	Method and apparatus for wireless devices access to external storage Traditionally, wireless device, such as cell phone or personal data assistant device (PDA), has relatively smaller storage capacity. Therefore, it is quite often that a user of the wireless device has difficulty to find more storage space for storing ever increased personal data, such as storing multiple Gig bytes of multimedia data including digital video, music, or photo picture etc. Instant application disclosed a system and method for a storage system providing storage service to the wireless device for the wireless device remotely storing personal data into an external storage space allocated exclusively to a user of the wireless device by the storage system.
US09239683B2	Magnetic disk device According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic disk device including a magnetic disk, a storage unit, and a control unit. The magnetic disk includes a recording region. The storage unit is configured to store a value according to number of accesses to each of a plurality of regions obtained by dividing of the recording region of the magnetic disk in association with each of the plurality of regions. The control unit is configured to count a value according to the number of accesses to each of a plurality of regions in a count step unit that is a value determined according to an elapsed time from occurrence of a specific situation and is a value counted per unit access, and to update the value stored in the storage unit.
US09239680B2	Storage system for a storage pool and virtual volumes This invention provides a storage system to store data used by computers. A storage system coupled to a computer and a management apparatus, includes storage devices accessed by the computer and a control unit that controls the storage devices, in which the control unit performs the following operations: setting, in the storage devices, a first virtual device including a first logical device; setting a second virtual device which including a second logical device, which is a virtual volume accessed by the computer; allocating an address of the first logical device to the second logical device; and changing the allocation to change storage areas of the virtual volume.
US09239671B2	Method for enlarging a display region on a display unit A method for enlarging display regions on displays is provided. The method includes a definition of at least two enlargeable display regions, determining a touch screen signal, associating the touchscreen signal with an enlargeable display region to be enlarged and a display region-specific enlargement of the enlargeable display region to be enlarged.
US09239670B2	Graphical interface data fragment operations for data visualization Techniques are described for providing visualizations of data with options for a user to manipulate the data visualizations. These data visualization options may provide flexible and rapid comparison of different fragments of data. In one example, a method includes outputting a display of a data visualization in a graphical user interface. The method further includes receiving a first user input selecting a first fragment of the data visualization to freeze. The method further includes receiving a second user input selecting a second fragment of the data visualization to reposition to a new position relative to the frozen fragment of the data visualization. The method further includes outputting a revised display of the data visualization in the graphical user interface that displays the repositioned fragment of the data visualization in the new position relative to the frozen fragment of the data visualization.
US09239664B2	Method and system for using a tablet device to provide contextual input to a computing device A tablet device provides contextual input to a computing device by using a touchscreen to display a context menu related to a location on a display screen of the computing device, accessing a selection from the context menu from the touchscreen, and sending values corresponding to the selection to the computing device. The touchscreen may alternatively enable user input related to the context menu or touchpad functions.
US09239659B2	Content distribution system and method A method and computing system for associating a first portion of a display screen with a social network, wherein the display screen is included within a handheld device. Initial social network content is received from the social network, wherein the initial social network content is associated with an event occurring within the social network. The initial social network content is dynamically rendered within the first portion of the display screen. A user indication is received within the first portion of the display screen. In response to the user indication, enhanced social network content is rendered within a second portion of the display screen. The initial social network content is at least a portion of a media stream included within the social network. The enhanced social network content includes content associated with the event occurring within the social network.
US09239657B2	Characters input method A character input method according to the present invention includes the steps of when a user brings a mouse cursor into contact with the term input box of a web browser or website, or clicks the term input box one or more times, displaying a character input window, in which two or more character buttons and a completion button for enabling the input of a signal indicative of the completion of the entry of one or more characters are arranged, in abutment with the term input box; when one or more of the character buttons are clicked, entering one or more characters cor? responding to the clicked character buttons into the term input box; and when the completion button is clicked, generating an activation signal so that an search engine associated with the term input box is run using the characters, entered into the term input box, as search data.
US09239650B2	Curved touch display apparatus for providing tactile feedback and method thereof A curved touch display apparatus for providing tactile feedback is provided. The curved touch display comprises a curved screen, in which an image is displayed; and a projector including an infrared irradiator for irradiating infrared rays to the curved screen. An infrared camera photographs an infrared image reflected from the curved screen. An ultrasonic wave array module includes a plurality of ultrasonic wave generators which generate airborne ultrasonic waves. A controller determines a touched point on the curved screen based on the infrared image, and controls an operation of the ultrasonic wave array module to generate airborne ultrasonic waves directed to the touched point.
US09239641B2	Electronic underlay Provided is an electronic underlay designed not to sense a hand holding a writing tool at the time of writing notes on a sheet. The electronic underlay is provided with: a sheet-like optical waveguide formed by sandwiching lattice-like cores between a sheet-like under cladding and over cladding layers; a light emitting element connected to one end surface of the core; a light receiving element connected to another end surface of the core; and storage means for storing an inputted note as electronic data. An elasticity modulus of the core is larger than that of the under cladding layer and the over cladding layer. When the surface of the optical waveguide is pressed, in the pressing direction, a deformation ratio of the core in a cross section is smaller than that of the over cladding layer and the under cladding layer.
US09239639B1	Protecting stylus force sensor from excess force An electronic stylus device includes one or more mechanisms that deform to protected an electronic force sensor. After the mechanism deforms to relieve force applied to a tip of the stylus, a hard stop may engage to arrest further movement of a shaft transferring force from the tip to the force sensor. The intermediate range of forces that may be relieved by the mechanism, in addition to providing the electronic force sensor, enables less stringent manufacturing tolerances to be used with the hard stop.
US09239634B2	Computer equipment comprising a trackball and method for driving the computer equipment A computer equipment comprises a trackball used to point to objects on a screen of the equipment. A method for driving the computer equipment is also provided. The trackball comprises a moving part and a body inside which the moving part can be displaced, the computer being configured to display at least one object and a pointer on the screen. The trackball comprises means making it possible to exert a tangential force on the moving part, means driven by the computer. The computer is configured to modulate the force according to the shape of the object displayed and the position of the pointer relative to the object.
US09239624B2	Free hand gesture control of automotive user interface A free hand gesture control user interface is described. Components of the interface system may include a stereo vision camera, or multiple cameras, a control unit, a projector and a projecting surface. In an automotive application, the projecting surface may be the windscreen in the vehicle or a mounted screen. The camera together with software modules in the control unit define a gesture acceptance border and a gesture acceptance space within which hand gestures may be imaged, defined for various control actions, and executed. The hand images are analyzed in slices of the gesture acceptance space to determine hand orientation (open or closed) and/or motion.
US09239609B2	Method for reducing power consumption in electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) physical layer, a clock generator and a control unit. The SATA physical layer is configured to provide connection with an SATA device and perform data transmission with the SATA device is performed at a first clock frequency. The clock generator is configured to provide a clock signal having the first clock frequency to the SATA physical layer. When at least one specific event is detected by the control unit, the control unit controls the clock generator to provide the clock signal having a second clock frequency to the SATA physical layer, so that the SATA physical layer performs data transmission with the SATA device at the second clock frequency. The second clock frequency is lower than the first clock frequency.
US09239605B1	Computing device power state transitions Methods and apparatus for scheduling and controlling power management activities are disclosed. An example method includes automatically scheduling a wake-up alarm for a computing device and transitioning the computing device from an active power state to a first low power state. The example method also includes, in response to occurrence of the automatically scheduled wake-up alarm, transitioning the computing device from the first low power state to the active power state and transitioning the computing device from the active power state to a second low power state, where the second low power state is a lower power state than the first low power state.
US09239604B2	Video processing device with ring oscillator for power adjustment and methods for use therewith A video processing device includes a substrate. A plurality of ring oscillators generate a corresponding plurality of ring oscillator outputs. A control circuit generates power adjustment signals for adjusting at least one power supply voltage of the video processing device, based on the plurality of oscillator outputs.
US09239603B2	Voice actions on computing devices A computer-implemented method includes receiving spoken input at a computing device from a user of the computing device, the spoken input including a carrier phrase and a subject to which the carrier phrase is directed, providing at least a portion of the spoken input to a server system in audio form for speech-to-text conversion by the server system, the portion including the subject to which the carrier phrase is directed, receiving from the server system instructions for automatically performing an operation on the computing device, the operation including an action defined by the carrier phrase using parameters defined by the subject, and automatically performing the operation on the computing device.
US09239596B2	Portable electronic device A portable electronic device includes a lower member, an upper member, a strip-storing unit and an electric connecting strip. The lower member is provided with a keyboard module. The upper member is slidably disposed on the lower member. The strip-storing unit is disposed in the lower member. The electric connecting strip is retractably disposed in the strip-storing unit, and two ends thereof are respectively connected to the upper member and the lower member. When the upper member slides on the lower member, a part of the electric connecting strip is pulled out or pulled back into the strip-storing unit.
US09239586B2	Leakage-current start-up reference circuit A leakage-current start-up reference circuit is provided which includes a reference circuit unit, a trigger unit, a leakage-current generator and a disable control unit. The trigger unit includes a first transistor. The drain terminal of the trigger unit is connected to a start-up terminal of the reference circuit unit. The leakage-current generator includes a second transistor which is a gate-drain-tied transistor. The disable control unit includes a third transistor. The gate terminal of the disable control unit is connected to a control terminal of the reference circuit unit. The drain terminal of the leakage-current generator, the gate terminal of the trigger unit and the drain terminal of the disable control unit are joined at a node. The reference circuit unit is started up by the trigger unit to generate a reference current. A leakage-current start-up reference circuit having a current mirror is also provided.
US09239579B2	Precise ascertainment of actuating position for a motor-driven vehicle part In order to ascertain the actuating position of a vehicle part that is moved by an electric actuating motor via an actuating mechanism, an angle of rotation correlating with the number of motor shaft rotations during the actuation process or a motor signal correlated therewith are ascertained during an actuation process. An actuating position measure for the actuating position of the vehicle part is derived from the angle of rotation or the motor signal correlating therewith. During this process, an unloaded angle of rotation, through which the motor shaft rotates during an initial no-load phase of the actuation process without motion of the vehicle part is compensated by a predetermined correction term. The correction term is changed according to a stored dependency on a characteristic quantity for the age of the actuating mechanism.
US09239577B2	Method and device for carrying out an onboard diagnosis A method for checking a function of an actuator or a sensor of a system, having the following steps: controlling the actuator within a time window if at least one state variable of the system is in a predefined operating range; detecting a system response, with the aid of the sensor, within the time window as a response to controlling the actuator; determining a malfunction of the actuator or of the sensor if the system response differs from a setpoint system response that is expected due to controlling the actuator. A further actuator of the system is controlled during the time window in such a way that the at least one state variable of the system remains in the predefined operating range during the time window. Moreover, a corresponding method for calibrating a sensor or an actuator of a system is described.
US09239562B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photosensitive drums, a frame member, a first sheet metal member, and a pressing member. The frame member is configured to accommodate the photosensitive drums such that the photosensitive drums are withdrawn along an axial direction thereof. The first sheet metal member is disposed on a first side of the frame member and configured to position the photosensitive drums. The pressing member is configured to press the photosensitive drums toward the first sheet metal member. The frame member includes a first wall disposed on a second side, opposite to the first side, of the frame member in the axial direction, a second wall disposed on a third side of the frame member and connected to the first wall, and a third wall disposed on an upper side relative to the photosensitive drums and connected to the first wall and the second wall.
US09239553B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a fixing rotary body and a heater disposed opposite the fixing rotary body. A heat shield is movable in a circumferential direction of the fixing rotary body and interposed between the heater and the fixing rotary body to shield the fixing rotary body from the heater. An overheating suppressor is interposed between the heater and the heat shield to shield the heat shield from the heater. The heat shield includes an intermediate portion spanning in the circumferential direction of the fixing rotary body and movable between a shield position where the intermediate portion is disposed opposite the heater directly and a retracted position where the intermediate portion is disposed opposite the heater via the overheating suppressor.
US09239550B2	Image forming apparatus with adjusting belt unit An image forming apparatus assembly includes a main body, and a belt unit mounted to the main body and including an endless belt, a plurality of rollers including a first roller configured to apply a driving force to the belt and to stretch the belt, and a second roller around which the belt is wound with a wrapping angle not less than 90° and configured to stretch the belt, a frame configured to integrally support the rollers, a first engaging portion disposed in the frame and configured to position the first roller to the main body, and a second engaging portion disposed in the frame and configured to position the second roller to the main body. In addition, a guide member is configured to guide the belt unit and disposed in the main body, and including a first engaged portion engaged with the first engaging portion and a second engaged portion engaged with the second engaging portion.
US09239545B2	Toner conveying device, image forming apparatus Toner conveying device includes cylindrical member, shutter member, and shutter opening/closing mechanism. Cylindrical member is provided at end of toner conveyance path in which toner is conveyed, cylindrical member having first opening from which toner is discharged, end of toner conveyance path being on downstream side in toner conveyance direction. Shutter member is formed in shape of cylinder with bottom and configured to be externally fitted with cylindrical member and open and close first opening. Shutter opening/closing mechanism is configured to cause shutter member to pivot between open position at which first opening is opened and closed position at which first opening is closed, while moving shutter member in direction along axis around which shutter member pivots such that at closed position, bottom surface of shutter member and side edge of cylindrical member are pressed against each other.
US09239543B2	Developer supply container and image forming apparatus A developer supply container for use with an image forming apparatus includes a shell having an air passage and a discharge nozzle, a developer storage pouch storing developer contained inside the shell, and a discharging nozzle for discharging the developer accommodated in the developer storage pouch to outside of the developer supply container. In addition, an air passage allows air to communicate between inside and outside of the shell, and a seal attached to the shell seals the air passage to maintain a pressure inside the shell in a negative pressure state which is lower than a pressure outside the shell. The developer storage pouch is deformed to discharge the developer by peeling the seal off the shell to permit air to enter the shell through the air passage.
US09239541B2	Image forming apparatus A photosensitive drum is axially rotatable and has a surface on which an electrostatic latent image is formed. A developing device includes a development roller spaced from the photosensitive drum. The development roller includes a cylindrical sleeve and a coating layer, and the photosensitive drum includes a cylindrical tube and a functional layer. Each of the coating layer and functional layer is formed by dipping the sleeve or tube into a dipping bath with the sleeve or tube directed axially vertically. An axial end portion of the development roller that is lower during the dipping process is disposed opposite to an axial end portion of the photosensitive drum that is higher during the dipping process, and an axial end portion of the development roller that is higher during the dipping process is disposed opposite to an axial end portion of the photosensitive drum that is lower during the dipping process.
US09239536B2	Image forming apparatus with electrophotographic system An image forming apparatus that is capable of simplifying controls for light sources. A polygon mirror with four reflective surfaces deflects light beams emitted from first and second light sources. A housing in which the light sources and the polygon mirror are arranged is configured so that optical paths of the light beams toward the polygon mirror are parallel to a virtual plane containing a rotating axis of the polygon mirror, and so that the light beams are incident on adjoining reflective surfaces of the polygon mirror. First and second driver ICs drive the first and second light sources in one of operation modes. A control unit outputs the same operation mode signal to the first and second driver ICs at the same timing so that the first and second light sources operate in the same operation mode.
US09239516B2	Method of manufacturing reflective extreme ultraviolet mask A reflective extreme ultraviolet mask includes a mask substrate having an exposing region and a peripheral region, the mask substrate including a light-scattering portion in the peripheral region, a reflective layer on an upper surface of the mask substrate, the reflective layer having a first opening exposing the light-scattering portion, and an absorbing layer pattern on the reflective layer, the absorbing layer pattern having a second opening in light communication with the first opening.
US09239512B2	Underwater camera control A camera retained in a waterproof underwater housing is controlled remotely and conveniently by a diver holding a hand-held remote device. The device can be a removable handle on the underwater housing, communicating with the camera, usually a movie camera, by infrared or other wireless protocol. Key functional camera settings, which would normally require navigation through a menu tree with a series of steps and selections, are selected by a single press of a button on the hand-held device. An important example is white balance calibration, which typically must be reset for every five feet of depth change.
US09239496B2	Display with column spacer structures for enhanced light leakage and pooling resistance A display may have a layer of liquid crystal material between a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. Column spacer structures may be formed between the color filter layer and the thin-film transistor layer to maintain a desired separation between the color filter and thin-film transistor layers. The column spacer structures may be formed from polymer structures such as photoresist pillars and may include metal pads. The metal pads may be formed on the upper surface of the thin-film transistor layer or the lower surface of the color filter layer. The photoresist pillars may be formed on a surface in the display such as the lower surface of the color filter layer. Column spacer structures may include main spacer structures, subspacer structures, and intermediate thickness spacer structures to enhance pooling mura and light leakage performance.
US09239494B2	Polymer network stabilized flexoelectric polarization A liquid crystal device comprising a first substrate; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal layer comprising a nematic liquid crystal material and a polymer network. The polymer network is anchored to said first substrate and is configured to alternatingly induce splay deformation and bend deformation of the nematic liquid crystal material along a line parallel with the first substrate. Hereby, the relaxation time τfall of the liquid crystal device is reduced.
US09239490B2	Displays with reflective polarizers An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may include a liquid crystal display module and a reflective polarizer having an in-plane optical axis. The display may also include a backlight unit that includes a light source, a light guide element, and a reflector film coupled to a backside of the light guide element. The display may also include a light retardation layer such as a quarter wave film. The quarter wave film may be arranged between the reflective polarizer and the reflector film of the backlight unit. During operation of the display, partially polarized light that is output from a front side of the light guide element may have a first component parallel to the in-plane optical axis and a second component perpendicular to the in-plane optical axis of the reflective polarizer. The second component may be reflected from the reflective polarizer.
US09239488B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a LCD panel having a first polarizer, a first substrate, a second substrate and a second polarizer are sequentially provided from a front surface side, a frame which surrounds the LCD panel and has a first opening having first to fourth sides, a planar light source disposed on the rear surface side of the LCD panel in the first opening, a plurality of optical sheet groups which are disposed between the planar light source and the LCD panel, and an adhesive layer which has a second opening formed along the first to fourth sides of the frame. A front surface side of the adhesive layer is adhered to the LCD panel along at least the first side, and a rear surface side of the adhesive layer is adhered to the plurality of optical sheet groups and the frame along at least the first side.
US09239478B2	Electro-optic modulator having ridge waveguide structure A ridge waveguide structure includes a substrate having a top surface; a ridge structure protruding from the top surface; and a waveguide formed in the ridge structure and a shape of the waveguide is corresponding to a shape of the ridge structure; the ridge structure includes a Y-shaped input section and a Y-shaped output section, the Y-shaped input section includes a total input section, a first branch and a second branch, the first branch and the second branch are diverged from the total input section and converged into the Y-shaped output section. The relation also relates to an electro-optic modulator.
US09239472B2	Method for determining binocular performance of a pair of spectacle lenses A method of determining binocular performance of a pair of spectacle lenses comprises: a eyes characteristics providing step, a pair of spectacle lenses providing step, a environment providing step, a binocular performance criteria selecting step, and a binocular performance criteria determining step, wherein the at least one binocular performance criterion is selected among one or a combination of the following criteria groups consisting of central vision criteria group and/or peripheral vision criteria group.
US09239470B2	Adjustable eyewear Eyewear includes a frame front (14) having first and second sides (26, 28) to which are attached respective first and second temple arms (40, 42). The frame front is pivotally coupled to the temple arms to provide multiple tilt adjustment positions that enable a person wearing the eyewear to rotate the frame front about a pivot axis (48) between forward-facing and near-field adjustment positions (52, 56). First and second nose pad arms (70l, 70r) couple respective first and second nose pads (72l, 72r) to the frame front and have respective first and second nose bridge-contacting surfaces (74l, 74r). The nose pad arms extend from the frame front in a direction that sets an offset distance (92) between the nose bridge-contacting surfaces and the frame front to establish a vertical drop distance (98) that allows the user rotating the frame front about the pivot axis to the near-field adjustment position to see over the top long side (86) of the frame front.
US09239461B2	Aircraft cockpit with head-up display device An aircraft cockpit comprises a head-up display device comprising a projector and a screen, the screen being placed facing a pilot along a theoretical line of sight of the pilot. The projector is fixed to a side wall of the cockpit, the screen forming a non-zero angle of inclination relative to a plane perpendicular to the theoretical line of sight of the pilot.
US09239460B2	Calibration of eye location Embodiments are disclosed that relate to calibrating a predetermined eye location in a head-mounted display. For example, in one disclosed embodiment a method includes displaying a virtual marker visually alignable with a real world target at an alignment condition. At the alignment condition, image data is acquired to determine a location of the real world target. From the image data, an estimated eye location relative to a location of the head-mounted display is determined. Based upon the estimated eye location, the predetermined eye location is then calibrated.
US09239447B1	Optical imaging lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device An optical imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power in a paraxial region thereof has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has refractive power in a paraxial region. The third lens element has negative refractive power in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element has refractive power in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with positive refractive power in a paraxial region thereof has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof.
US09239445B2	Miniaturized lens assembly A miniaturized lens assembly includes a first lens, a second lens and a third lens, all of which are arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens is a convex-concave lens with negative refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. The second lens is with positive refractive power. The third lens is a convex-concave lens with negative refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side.
US09239444B2	Incident and reflective mirror array focusing by kinematic function control An array of Fresnel reflectors is presented with an adjustable focus. The focus of the array is controlled by only a few mechanical parts and simple inputs. One preferred embodiment of this device is to collect sunlight and focus it onto a photovoltaic (PV) cell or a boiler, for the purpose of collecting solar energy. This solar collector, or heliostat, is easily adjusted so that it always directs the sun's rays onto the PV cell or boiler.
US09239434B2	Loose tube connector termination A fiber optic connector assembly comprises a ferrule assembly including a ferrule and a hub. The ferrule has a distal end and a proximal end. The proximal end of the ferrule is mounted to the hub. The ferrule defines a fiber passage that extends through the ferrule from the proximal end to the distal end. The fiber optic assembly further comprises an optical fiber having an end portion potted within the fiber passage of the ferrule. A loose tube receives the optical fiber. The loose tube has a distal end positioned inside the hub and defines a venting opening that starts at the distal end of the loose tube and extends proximally along a length of the loose tube.
US09239433B2	Optical fiber cable connection device and method An optical fiber connector has, in one embodiment, a body and a light management device. The light management device is operable to manage a plurality of light beams for exchange between a plurality of sets of optical fibers.
US09239430B2	Integrated optical circuit with traversing attentuation zone An integrated optical circuit includes an optically transparent substrate including: an input face, an output face, an upper face and a lower face, the upper and lower faces extending between the input and output faces; at least one optical waveguide which includes at least one first end situated on the input face and a second end situated on the output face; and at least one optical attenuation zone able to attenuate an optical signal transmitted via the substrate to the outside of the waveguide. The waveguide has a non-rectilinear optical path between the first and second end, the attenuation zone extends from the upper face to the lower face, and is positioned on a straight line segment joining the first and second end of the optical waveguide, the waveguide and the attenuation zone having respective dimensions such that the attenuation zone does not cut the waveguide.
US09239426B2	Optical waveguide and electronic device An optical waveguide has: a core layer which includes at least one core portion for transmitting a light signal and at least two side cladding portions respectively provided at lateral sides of the core portion so as to be opposed to each other; and two cladding layers respectively provided at vertical sides of the core layer. The core layer is configured to have a horizontal refractive index distribution curve W in a width direction of a cross-sectional plane of the core layer. The horizontal refractive index distribution curve W has a region including at least two local minimum values, at least one first local maximum value and at least two second local maximum values smaller than the first local maximum value. A refractive index in whole of the horizontal refractive index distribution curve W continuously varies.
US09239425B2	Tuneable AWG device for multiplexing and demultiplexing signals and method for tuning said device The invention relates to a tuneable AWG device for multiplexing and demultiplexing signals and to a method for tuning said device. The inventive device is an integrated-optic device which enables a signal made up of a plurality of signals multiplexed by wavelength division to be injected through an input port such as to obtain, at the output, a demultiplexed signal with each component exiting via a different port. If the multiplexed signal is changed to another input port, the demultiplexed signals appear at different ports, but always according to a pre-determined relationship. The invention makes it possible to tune the AWG device by using stationary acoustic waves such that the acoustically excited optical guides are excited by a linear acoustic wave.
US09239414B2	Object provided with a graphic element transferred on a support and method for making such an object An object including at least one graphic element, including at least one at least partly transparent substrate, at least one face of which includes recesses forming a pattern of the graphic element filled with the at least one material, the face of the substrate being fixed to at least one face of at least one support by wafer bonding, the substrate and the support forming a monolithic structure.
US09239404B2	Device and method for continuous monitoring of persons, vehicles, containers or packets A device for continuously monitoring persons, vehicles, containers or packets comprising a device for detecting and identifying in real time a moving gamma radiation source.
US09239403B2	Apparatus and methods of controlling recordation of resistivity-related readings in determining formation resistivity In various embodiments, apparatus and methods are provided to determine formation resistivity associated with a well. Measurements taken using sub-arrays of a tool at different distances of investigation can be used to determine formation resistivity, where the sub-arrays are arranged to make azimuthal related measurements. Separations readings related to resistivity can be generated from signals received from different directions and can be analyzed to characterize validity of a measurement reading. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US09239401B2	Stationary source for marine electromagnetic surveying Disclosed are methods and systems for using electromagnetic sources that are substantially stationary in a body of water while electromagnetic field signals are detected with electromagnetic sensors towed through the body of water. An embodiment discloses an apparatus comprising: a vessel; a first electromagnetic source coupled to the vessel and configured to have a dipole moment oriented in a first direction; and a second electromagnetic source coupled to the vessel and configured to have a dipole moment oriented in a second direction, wherein the second direction is generally orthogonal to the first direction. Another embodiment discloses a system comprising: a sensor streamer configured for towing in a body of water, wherein the sensor streamer comprises a plurality of electromagnetic sensors disposed at spaced apart positions; and an electromagnetic source assembly configured for deployment at a substantially stationary position in the body of water.
US09239397B2	Electroseismic surveying in exploration and production environments Systems, methods, and computer programs for monitoring a drilling operation in a subterranean formation include receiving, from a first sensor array, one or more signals caused, at least in part, by the fracturing operation in the subterranean formation; receiving, from the first sensor array, one or more electromagnetic signals generated by an electroseismic or seismoelectric conversion of the seismic signals caused, at least in part, by the fracturing operation in the subterranean formation; and determining a property of one or more of a fracture or the subterranean formation based, at least in part, at least in part, on the signals received from the first sensor array. The first sensor array is arranged to monitor the fracturing operation.
US09239388B2	Pairwise grouping of joint sparsity models for sensing array processing A scene is reconstructed by transmitting pulses into a scene from an array of transmitters so that only one pulse is transmitted by one transmitter at any one time. The one pulse is reflection by the scene and received as a set of signals. Each signal is sampled and decomposed to produce frequency coefficients stacked in a set of linear systems modeling a reflectivity of the scene. Then, a reconstruction method is applied to the set of linear systems. The reconstruction method solves each linear system separately to obtain corresponding solutions, which are shared and combined to reconstruct the scene.
US09239382B2	Attribute and topology based change detection in a constellation of previously detected objects A system that applies attribute and topology based change detection to networks of objects that were detected on previous scans of a structure, roadway, or area of interest. The attributes capture properties or characteristics of the previously detected objects, such as location, time of detection, size, elongation, orientation, etc. The topology of the network of previously detected objects is maintained in a constellation database that stores attributes of previously detected objects and implicitly captures the geometrical structure of the network. A change detection system detects change by comparing the attributes and topology of new objects detected on the latest scan to the constellation database of previously detected objects.
US09239377B2	Pulse radar ranging apparatus and ranging algorithm thereof A pulse radar ranging apparatus and a ranging algorithm thereof are provided. The pulse radar ranging apparatus includes a radio frequency pulse generator, a radio frequency filter, a radio frequency switch and a transceiver aerial. The radio frequency pulse generator generates a pulse signal. The radio frequency filter receives the pulse signal and generates a high-pass filter signal, wherein the high-pass filter signal includes a radio frequency pulse reference signal. The radio frequency switch controls an output of the radio frequency pulse reference signal. The transceiver aerial transmits the radio frequency pulse reference signal. The radio frequency pulse reference signal contacts an object and generates a return signal, and the transceiver aerial receives the return signal. The ranging algorithm processes and analyzes the signals obtained by the pulse radar ranging apparatus, and calculates a distance between pulse radar ranging apparatus and the object by using polynomial interpolation.
US09239374B2	Beamforming method, ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, program, and integrated circuit A beamforming method according to the present invention is a method of processing echo signals of a target region which are obtained from a probe including a plurality of receiving elements arrayed on a predetermined line. The beamforming method includes the following steps (S1 to S3). At S1, seed beams are formed from echo signals received by at least two receiving elements from among the plurality of receiving elements. At S2, a main beam and sub beams are formed by synthesizing at least one of the seed beams. At S3, a narrow beam for the target region is formed by multiplying the sub beams by respective predetermined coefficients and subtracting the multiplied sub beams from the main beam. Here, an signal intensity for the target region regarding the main beam is higher than a signal intensity for the target region regarding each of the sub beams.
US09239371B1	High power input protection for signal measurement devices A protection device usable with a signal measurement device to limit power level of radio frequency (RF) signals propagated to the signal measurement device can include a direct current (DC) block capacitor, a variable impedance limiter, and a detector. The variable impedance limiter includes a PIN diode electrically connected with a primary signal path of the protection device along a limiter signal path. The detector includes a Schottky detector diode and a limiting resistor electrically connected with the primary signal path along a detector signal path. The detector is configured to generate a DC bias current to adjust resistance of the variable impedance limiter in response to an RF signal.
US09239369B2	Method and system for selecting base stations to position mobile device A method for selecting a plurality of base stations to position a mobile device is provided. The method includes selecting a plurality of base station sets from the plurality of base stations, wherein each of the plurality of base station sets corresponds to a distance matrix, utilizing a first artificial neural network (ANN) unit to select a predefined number of the plurality of base station sets from the plurality of base station sets according to a plurality of distance matrixes corresponding to the plurality of base station sets; and utilizing a second ANN unit to position the mobile device according to the predefined number of the plurality of base station sets.
US09239368B2	Methods and apparatus for continuous ground fault self-test Methods and apparatus for continuous ground fault self-test are disclosed. An example ground fault detection device includes a sense coil to detect current in a line conductor and a neutral conductor, the sense coil comprising a winding influenced by a current difference between the line conductor and the neutral conductor. The example ground fault detection device also includes a current bypass to facilitate a continuous current imbalance detected by the sense coil, and a ground fault detector circuit to detect at least one of the continuous current imbalance in the sense coil or a ground fault current imbalance.
US09239366B2	High resolution high contrast MRI for flowing media An MRI device for providing high-contrast, high-resolution images of a fluid. The device includes: an envelope for at least partially confining the fluid; a plurality of magnets located at least partially around the envelope; and a CPU to process the images, including a computer readable medium containing instructions for generating at least one third image superimposing at least one image of the first images with at least one image of the second images, whereby a high-contrast, high-resolution real-time continuous images of the fluid is obtained.
US09239359B2	Test access architecture for TSV-based 3D stacked ICS A test access architecture is disclosed for 3D-SICs that allows for both pre-bond die testing and post-bond stack testing. The test access architecture is based on a modular test approach, in which the various dies, their embedded IP cores, the inter-die TSV-based interconnects, and the external I/Os can be tested as separate units to allow optimization of the 3D-SIC test flow. The architecture builds on and reuses existing design for test (DfT) hardware at the core, die, and product level. Test access is provided to an individual die stack via a test structure called a wrapper unit.
US09239350B2	Methods and apparatus for determining abnormal conditions in vehicular electrical system Methods and apparatus are provided for determining an abnormal condition in an electrical system of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a memory for storing data relating to normal voltage transients. The apparatus also includes a computer electrically connectable to the electrical system and in communication with the memory. The computer is configured to sense voltage transients that occur in the electrical system of the vehicle, compare the sensed voltage transients to the stored normal voltage transients, and determine if the sensed voltage transient indicates an abnormal condition in the electrical system of the vehicle.
US09239349B2	Time domain electromagnetic interference monitoring method and system This invention relates to a method of, and a system for, monitoring electromagnetic interference. The method comprising capturing a plurality of time domain waveforms, and a plurality of scatter plots; receiving the plurality of captured time domain waveforms and scatter plots; applying a fast fourier transform (FFT) to each of the received time domain waveforms as it is received thereby to receive FFT outputs; storing the FFT outputs in a database; generating a statistically representative spectrograph or spectrogram in the frequency domain based on at least the stored FFT outputs and scatter plots or data associated with the scatter plots, combining constituent FFTs of the statistically representative spectrograph or spectrogram in such a manner as to emulate the result that would be produced by an EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) receiver or spectrum analyzer; and combining resultant outputs from a number of iterations of this process to produce a final result (EMI spectrum).
US09239346B2	Systems for providing electro-mechanical sensors Systems for providing electro-mechanical sensors are provided. In some embodiments, a system for providing an electro-mechanical sensor comprising: a flexible material forming at least a first channel and a second channel, wherein the first channel includes a first plate region and the second channel forms a second plate region that is substantially aligned with the first plate region; and an electrically conductive fluid that fills the first channel and the second channel.
US09239345B2	Controlling a motor with two or more Hall sensors A motor system includes a motor including two Hall sensors configured to output binary values, and a controller configured to control the motor. The two Hall sensors are placed 120 or 60 electrical degrees apart. The controller is operable to monitor output signals of the two Hall sensors and to determine a third Hall sensor output binary value. The controller is operable to fulfill the commanded requirements to operate in a servo system, by controlling commutation of a drive current into the motor, and by keeping track of the motor rotor position based on the third generated signal and the outputs of the two Hall sensors.
US09239340B2	Optomechanical sensor for accelerometry and gyroscopy Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations for a MEMS device configured to determine inertial change applied to the device. In one instance, the device may comprise a laser arrangement configured to generate a light beam having a resonant wavelength, a waveguide configured to receive and output the light beam, and an optical resonator comprising a deformable closed loop and optically coupled to the waveguide to receive a portion of the light beam. A deformation of the optical resonator may result in a change of an optical path length of a portion of the light beam traveling through the optical resonator, causing a change in the resonant wavelength of the light beam outputted by the waveguide. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09239332B2	Akt-specific capture agents, compositions, and methods of using and making The present application provides stable peptide-based Akt capture agents and the use thereof as detection, diagnosis, and treatment agents. The application further provides novel methods of developing stable peptide-based capture agents, including Akt capture agents, using iterative on-bead in situ click chemistry.
US09239331B2	Method for predicting the response to HER2-directed therapy This invention provides methods for determining or predicting response to HER2-directed therapy in an individual.
US09239325B2	Microchip-based apparatus for examining platelet composite functions There is provided a microchip-based platelet multi-function test apparatus. The apparatus includes a sample container configured to accommodate a blood sample therein, a stirrer that is installed inside the sample container and induces a shear flow in the blood sample, a parallel channel configured to divide and flow the blood stirred by the stirrer into a plurality of paths, a vacuum device that is connected to an end of each parallel channel, maintains constant pressure, allows the stirred blood to flow along the parallel channel, a light source that is installed in a rear side of the parallel channel and radiates light to the parallel channel, and an image sensor that receives light transmitted through the blood in the parallel channel, converts the light into an electrical signal, and measures a flowing distance of a blood flow.
US09239320B2	Method for verifying the plausibility of a measuring device for determining the quality of an aqueous urea solution in a reservoir of an SCR catalyst system A method for verifying the plausibility of a measuring device for determining a quality of an aqueous urea solution in a reservoir of an SCR catalyst system comprises determining whether a filling of the reservoir has taken place, determining the quality of the aqueous urea solution in the reservoir and detecting whether an error of the measuring device is present or whether the reservoir was filled with an aqueous urea solution, the quality of which deviates from a default value consisting of a filling status of the reservoir and the quality of the aqueous urea solution in said reservoir.
US09239290B2	Terahertz scanning reflectometer A terahertz scanning reflectometer is described herein. A high sensitivity terahertz scanning reflectometer is used to measure dynamic surface deformation and delamination characteristics in real-time. A number of crucial parameters can be extracted from the reflectance measurements such as dynamic deformation, propagation velocity, and final relaxation position. A terahertz reflectometer and spectrometer are used to determine the permeation kinetics and concentration profile of active ingredients in stratum corneum.
US09239287B2	High resolution object inspection apparatus using terahertz wave An object inspection apparatus includes a terahertz wave supplying unit for generating a terahertz wave and moving a path of the terahertz wave according to time so that the terahertz wave is supplied to an object to be inspected, a focusing lens located between the terahertz wave supplying unit and the object to be inspected to focus the terahertz wave supplied by the terahertz wave supplying unit, a rotating plate having a plate shape and including a plurality of the focusing lenses with different distances from the center thereof, the rotating plate rotating in the circumferential direction so that one of the focusing lenses is located at a path of the terahertz wave according to the path movement of the terahertz wave, and a terahertz wave detecting unit for collecting and detecting a terahertz wave incident to the object to be inspected.
US09239284B2	Scanning analyzer for single molecule detection and methods of use The invention encompasses analyzers and analyzer systems that include a single molecule analyzer, methods of using the analyzer and analyzer systems to analyze samples, either for single molecules or for molecular complexes. The single molecule uses electromagnetic radiation that is translated through the sample to detect the presence or absence of a single molecule. The single molecule analyzer provided herein is useful for diagnostics because the analyzer detects single molecules with zero carryover between samples.
US09239283B2	Defect inspection method and device therefor To process a signal from a plurality of detectors without being affected by a variation in the height of a substrate, and to detect more minute defects on the substrate, a defect inspection device is provided with a photoelectric converter having a plurality of rows of optical sensor arrays in each of first and second light-collecting/detecting unit and a processing unit for processing a detection signal from the first and the second light-collecting/detecting unit to determine the extent to which the positions of the focal points of the first and the second light-collecting/detecting unit are misaligned with respect to the surface of a test specimen, and processing the detection signal to correct a misalignment between the first and the second light-collecting/detecting unit, and the corrected detection signal outputted from the first and the second light-collecting/detecting unit are combined together to detect the defects on the test specimen.
US09239282B2	Metal pipe corrosion monitoring device and use thereof A metal pipe corrosion monitoring device includes a steam introduction unit for introducing thereinto steam flowing through a metal pipe; and a corrosion testing unit provided in the steam introduction unit, characterized in that the steam introduction unit is configured to generate condensed water by condensing some of the steam to create a simulated environment similar to an actual environment in the metal pipe and discharge the condensed water above a predetermined water level to the outside. The corrosion testing unit has one or more contact members that contact with a water line region around a water surface of the condensed water in the steam introduction unit, a water phase region on a condensed water side and a vapor phase region on a steam side, and is configured to be able to measure an electric resistance of the one or more contact members.
US09239273B2	Sensor control apparatus and sensor control system A CPU (11) of an ECU (5) obtains the present exhaust gas temperature from temperature sensor (3), and calculates the difference with an exhaust gas temperature obtained in a previous computation cycle. When the exhaust gas temperature tends to increase, the absolute value of the difference is equal to or greater than 20° C., and a flag indicating that the processing of correcting a target impedance of a cell (21) of an oxygen sensor (2) is being performed is OFF, the CPU determines that the engine is in a transition period. The CPU then obtains a correction value for the target impedance of the cell of the oxygen sensor on the basis of the exhaust gas temperature. The CPU corrects the target impedance of the cell by the correction value, and feedback-controls electric power supplied to a heater (26) on the basis of the corrected target impedance.
US09239269B1	Calibration of photoelectromagnetic sensor in a laser source In a laser-produced plasma (LPP) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) system, laser pulses are used to produce EUV light. To determine the energy of individual laser pulses, a photoelectromagnetic (PEM) detector is calibrated to a power meter using a calibration coefficient. When measuring a unitary laser beam comprising pulses of a single wavelength, the calibration coefficient is calculated based on a burst of the pulses. A combined laser beam has main pulses of a first wavelength alternating with pre-pulses pulses of a second wavelength. To calculate the energy of the main pulses in the combined laser beam, the calibration coefficient calculated for a unitary laser beam of the main pulses is used. To calculate the energy of the pre-pulses in the combined laser beam, a new calibration coefficient is calculated. When the calculated energy values drift beyond a pre-defined threshold, the calibration coefficients are recalculated.
US09239263B2	Image mapped spectropolarimetry A method for imaging a sample, the method includes, during a single acquisition event, receiving a first polarization-encoded EM field for a first point and a second polarization-encoded EM field for a second point. The method further includes re-directing the first polarization-encoded EM field along a first pre-determined direction to a first location on a dispersing re-imager and the second polarization-encoded EM field along a second pre-determined direction to a second location on the dispersing re-imager. The method further includes spectrally dispersing the first polarization-encoded EM field to obtain a first spectrum, re-imaging the first spectrum onto a first location on a detector, spectrally dispersing the second polarization-encoded EM field to obtain a second spectrum, re-imaging the second spectrum onto a second location on the detector, and detecting the first re-imaged spectrum and the second re-imaged spectrum.
US09239255B2	Magnetic flowmeter A magnetic flowmeter (8) for measuring the flow of a flowing medium having a measuring tube (1) with a cross section that changes along its length and preferably the cross section in the middle section of the measuring tube (1) is less than at the beginning and end of the measuring tube (1), preferably the cross section of the measuring tube (1) is rectangular in its middle section and wherein the housing (2) preferably has a circular cross section. The inlet section (5) of the measuring tube (1) is formed of two segments (5a and 5b), of which a first segment (5a), in terms of flow direction, has a cross section that increases in the direction of flow and a downstream adjoining second segment (5b) has a cross section that decreases in the direction of flow. Optionally, the outlet section (6) is similarly formed of two sections (6a, 6b).
US09239253B2	Dial gauge There is disclosed a dial gauge comprising a dial plate having a dial face including angularly spaced markings indicating values; a pointer disposed at a front side of the dial plate and angularly moveable over the dial face with respect to the markings so as to indicate a reading. An illumination source is provided which is arranged to emit illumination light and which is disposed below the dial plate. The gauge further comprises a light guide arranged to guide illumination light from below the dial plate to the front side of the dial plate so as to illuminate the dial face from above. There is also disclosed a mechanical pressure gauge comprising a dial gauge and a breathing apparatus comprising a cylinder of breathable gas fluidically coupled to a pressure gauge which is configured to display the pressure of the breathable gas.
US09239249B2	Optical fiber grating sensor system and method comprising plural optical gratings having partially overlapping operating ranges The present invention relates to an optical fiber for a fiber optic sensor, comprising a first optical grating adapted to operate over a first range of wavelengths; and at least one set of further gratings adapted to operate over a second range of wavelengths, each grating being adapted to operate over a portion of the second range; wherein, each grating within said set has an operating range that partially overlaps with at least one other such grating operating range. The invention also extends to a sensor system, and method, using such an optical fiber.
US09239243B2	Vehicle navigation system A vehicle navigation system having a database configured to store map data. The database includes links corresponding to road segments and attributes associated with the links. The map data includes at least some links associated with a curvature attribute. A mean absolute curvature ( κ) is stored for the curvature attribute for corresponding links. The mean absolute curvature ( κ) may be determined from a normalized sum or integral of absolute curvature values along the road segment corresponding to the link. The system includes a processing unit configured to estimate an energy consumption of the vehicle for a link using the curvature attribute retrieved from the database for the link.
US09239241B2	Navigation system A navigation system includes: a storage unit having stored therein roadmap data, first statistical traffic information data pertaining to a first area which are created based upon a first standard related to a time applicable to the first area, and second statistical traffic information data pertaining to a second area which are created based upon a second standard related to a time applicable to the second area; a search unit that searches for a recommended route; and an estimated time of arrival calculation unit that calculates an estimated time of arrival based upon the roadmap data, the first statistical traffic information data and the second statistical traffic information data. The estimated time of arrival calculation unit executes calculation processing of the estimated time of arrival in compliance with the first standard and the second standard.
US09239236B2	System and method for testing compression panels An alignment apparatus for aligning a test panel with a testing machine may include a laser measuring system and an adjustment mechanism. The laser measuring system may include at least one laser measuring device coupled to a test fixture and/or a testing machine. The laser measuring system may generate laser measurement data representative of an orientation of a test panel relative to a platen and/or a loading axis of the testing machine. The adjustment mechanism may adjust, based on the laser measurement data, a location and/or orientation of the test panel relative to the platen and/or the loading axis in a manner such that the test panel is moved into substantially alignment with the platen and/or the loading axis.
US09239231B2	Systems for and methods of characterizing the thickness profile of laminated glass structures Systems for and methods of characterizing the thickness profile of laminated glass structures are disclosed, wherein the laminated glass structure has at least one gradual transition region between adjacent glass layers. The method includes sequentially focusing laser light at different focuses along a line within the laminated glass structure. The sequentially formed focuses define corresponding micro-volumes from which fluorescent light emanates due to a multiphoton process. The variation in the intensity of the detected fluorescent light from each micro-volume as a function of distance into the laminated glass structure is used to determine the relative locations of the multiple layers and the at least one gradual transition region.
US09239222B2	Displacement amount monitoring electrode structure The displacement amount monitoring electrode structure includes a fixed electrode and a movable electrode each having a comb-teeth shape including a base part and electrode fingers extending from the base part in a direction parallel to a substrate. The fixed electrode and the movable electrode face each other such that the electrode fingers are meshed together. The fixed electrode is fixed to the substrate and the movable electrode can be displaced in the direction. The displacement amount monitoring electrode structure monitors a displacement amount of a detection mass to be driven at a target amplitude based on a change amount of a capacitance between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode. A change sensitivity of the change amount of the capacitance with respect to a displacement amount of the movable electrode, becomes larger after the displacement of the movable electrode reaches a target amount corresponding to the target amplitude.
US09239216B2	Arrowhead An arrowhead having a tip end, a shaft end, and a longitudinal axis intersecting the tip end and the shaft end. The arrowhead has a first portion longitudinally positioned between the tip end and the shaft end and having a first maximum diameter. The first portion is divided into a plurality of sections spaced circumferentially apart to define longitudinal grooves. Each section comprises a first planar surface, a second planar surface not parallel to the first planar surface, a concave surface adjacent to the first planar surface, the second planar surface, the rear end portion, and the front intermediate section. A longitudinally-convex surface is adjacent to the concave surface.
US09239208B2	Integrated leveler and rail platform assembly for a firearm An integrated leveler assembly in combination with a rail portion for an upper receiver and a handguard, where the upper receiver and handguard are core components of a modular rifle assembly. The integrated leveler assembly is configured to fit within a slot formed between the two aligned end-to-end rail portions such that the integrated leveling assembly may not extend above the combined rail portions and the rail portions form a single aligned rail platform. The integrated leveler assembly includes a liquid-filled level vial that forms a bubble, a level vial barrel receiver, and fasteners to secure the integrated leveler assembly to the two rail portions of the rail platform. The integrated leveler assembly may include an extension spring, guide slot, lock pin, and cam lock, along with a separate barrel that axially receives the level vial receiver with an extension spring between the level vial receiver and the barrel.
US09239198B2	Devices, systems, and methods for loading a magazine A magazine loader for loading cartridges into a magazine is provided. The magazine loader may include a base member configured for positioning on an open end of the magazine, a first cartridge support member extending from the base member, and a second cartridge support member extending from the base member. The first cartridge support member may include a first slot configured for receiving a base end of each of the cartridges. The second cartridge support member may include a second slot configured for receiving a tip end of each of the cartridges. A related system for loading and storing cartridges for a firearm also is provided.
US09239196B2	Heat exchanger A heat exchanger with a heat exchanger block is disposed between two collecting tanks, whereby the collecting tank have a cover and a tube bottom, The tube bottom has upstanding edge regions. T-shaped tabs are disposed at an upper end of the upstanding edge regions, whereby the collecting tank has a flange rear engageable at least in part by the T-shaped tabs.
US09239185B2	Vegetable container for refrigerators and refrigerator having the same A vegetable container includes a case having an opening formed at a front thereof, the case being provided with a receiving space to receive objects to be stored, a drawer to seal an interior of the case, a negative pressure part lower pressure in the case, and a reinforcing part to increase strength of the case, where the reinforcing part includes a reinforcing member coupled to at least one surface of the case, located adjacent to the opening, and having greater strength than the case.
US09239178B2	Refrigerant distributor and refrigeration cycle device A refrigerant distributor includes a body portion defining a swirl space, a refrigerant inflow port, and first and second refrigerant outflow ports which causes refrigerant in the swirl space to flow out and distributes the refrigerant to components of a refrigeration cycle device. When a line connecting swirl centers of refrigerant swirling in the swirl space is taken as a swirl center line, the refrigerant swirls in the swirl space such at a velocity of a swirl flow that more vapor-phase refrigerant exists on an inner radius side than on an outer radius side and the velocity of swirl flow at the swirl center line on both end sides are different from each other. The first refrigerant outflow port is arranged at the one end side, and the second refrigerant outflow port is arranged at the other end side, on an extended line of the swirl center line.
US09239168B2	Telescopic rail device and muffle comprising said telescopic rail device A telescopic rail device is provided that includes a first rail, a second rail, and an adapter. The first rail is mobile relative to the second rail, and the first or second rail is detachably connected to the adapter. The adapter is in a stable position relative to the first or second rail that the adapter is detachably connected to.
US09239163B2	Backlight tile system A backlight tile system is configured to be attached to a wall stud and to be surrounded by tile attached to drywall. The backlight tile system has a rear channel that is mechanically coupled to the wall stud and extending through the drywall. A first lighting strip is detachably coupled to the rear channel with a first adhesive strip. A front channel is detachably coupled to the rear channel with a first magnetic strip. A mosaic tile is directly attached to the front channel. The first lighting strip is configured to render light through the mosaic tile.
US09239156B2	Structures for LED light bulbs Structures for LED light bulbs comprise a driver board and a lighting structure having one or more LEDs disposed thereon. The driver board, in a Y shape, can be the circuit board and has a positive terminal and a negative terminal for receiving electrical power. The Y-shaped driver board having two prongs connects to the light structure to power the LEDs thereon. The lighting structure can be in the form of a grid having the LEDs disposed thereon.
US09239148B2	Lighting fixture having spatial distribution control capabilities Techniques are disclosed for a lighting fixture having spatial distribution control capabilities. In some cases, the lighting fixture may include an array of light modules that each contain one or more light sources (e.g., LED light sources) and multiple plates that can be used to control the spatial distribution (e.g., aim and focus) of the light modules. In such multi-plate lighting fixtures, the fixture may include a fixed base plate that includes multiple sockets for pivotally retaining a ball portion of each light module. The fixture may also include an XY plate that is movably coupled to the base plate and a focus plate that is rotationally coupled to the base plate, both plates including multiple slots that overlap to constrain a control arm of each light module. The multi-plate lighting fixture may be manually controlled or automated.
US09239137B2	Lighting device and methods of making the same Lighting devices are disclosed having a light-transmissive resin sheet and one or more light sources disposed within the light-emitting resin sheet. The light sources may, in some embodiments, be oriented so that a large portion of light emitted from the light sources exhibits total internal reflection within the light-transmissive resin sheet and is trapped inside the sheet. This total internal reflection may, for example, advantageously provide a more uniform light emitted from the lighting device when scattered from objects inside the sheet. Methods of making and using the lighting device are also disclosed.
US09239134B1	Flexible and adaptable light harness and wiring A light harness for holding a plurality of elongate lights includes a first flexible elongate member, a second flexible elongate member, a primary power cable attached to the first flexible elongate member, a first receiving section that is attached to the first flexible elongate member and is formed with a first opening for elastically receiving a first end of an elongate light, a second receiving section that is attached to the second flexible elongate member and is formed with a second opening for elastically receiving a second end of the elongate light, and a first power branch that extends from the primary power cable and is of sufficient length to connect the main power cable to the elongate light.
US09239133B2	High brightness solid state illumination system for fluorescence imaging and analysis A solid state illumination system is disclosed, wherein a light source module comprises a first light source, comprising an LED and a phosphor layer, the LED emitting a wavelength λ1 in an absorption band of the phosphor layer for generating longer wavelength broadband light emission from the phosphor, ΔλPHOSPHOR, and a second light source comprising a laser emitting a wavelength λ2 in the absorption band of the phosphor layer. While operating the LED, concurrent laser pumping of the phosphor layer increases the light emission of the phosphor, and provides high brightness emission, e.g. in green, yellow or amber spectral regions. Additional modules, which provide emission at other wavelengths, e.g. in the UV and near UV spectral bands, together with dichroic beam-splitters/combiners allow for an efficient, compact, high-brightness illumination system, suitable for fluorescence imaging and analysis.
US09239128B2	Image forming apapratus An image forming apparatus includes a movable member equipped with an operating unit for operating the image forming apparatus, wherein the movable member can be a first state and a second state by changing its position with respect to an main body of the apparatus, and a holding unit configured to hold the movable member, wherein the direction in which the operating unit is depressed in order to operate the image forming apparatus is the direction in which the movable member is depressed when the position of the movable member is changed from the first state to the second state, and wherein the holding unit holds the movable member so that the requisite force for changing the movable member from the first state to the second state is larger than the requisite force for changing the movable member from the second state to the first state.
US09239126B2	Twist jack stand apparatus and method A load supporting stand that having a longitudinal axis is disclosed. The supporting stand has an upper column that includes a shaft having a first end and a second end that extends along the longitudinal axis. The shaft has a first diameter. The upper column also includes a shelf attached to the first end of said shaft. The upper column also has a load bearing pin that extends transversely through the shaft. The stand also has a base portion that receives the upper column that includes a receiving conduit that extends along the longitudinal axis and has a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The conduit has a third end and a fourth end and a slot that extends between the third and fourth ends along with a series of notches extending therefrom. The base portion has a base plate connected to the receiving conduit.
US09239125B2	Manifold assembly with multiple articulating arm assemblies A manifold assembly for connecting a plurality of pumping units to a wellhead includes at least one main line which is connectable to the wellhead and includes a plurality of discharge connectors, and a plurality of articulating arm assemblies which are each connected to a corresponding discharge connector. Each arm assembly comprises a connector member which includes at least an inlet port, an outlet port and a third port that is located generally opposite the outlet port and is closed by a removable plug member, an articulating conduit assembly which comprises a first end that is connected to the inlet port and a second end that is connectable to a corresponding one of the plurality of pumping units, and a riser swivel which is connected between the outlet port and the discharge connector. In use of the manifold assembly, each arm assembly is connected to a corresponding pumping unit and the main line is connected to the wellhead to thereby connect the pumping units to the wellhead.
US09239122B2	Pipe connection A pipeline includes a pair of pipe sections with ends (20, 22), connected together by threads. the pipe ends having axial and radial abutments lying beyond the ends of the thread. The abutments are located to stabilize a nib sealing arrangement and to enhance the capacity to resist bending while using a shorter thread length. The shorter threads (24, 26) enable pipe ends of smaller wall thicknesses to be used. At the abutments, each pipe end has a nib (40A, 40B) that is deflected to enter a groove as the pipe ends mate.
US09239120B2	Protection valve A protection valve includes: an input chamber into which air is introduced; a plurality of output ports through which air is discharged; and safety valves which open in response to a pressure increase on a primary side or close in response to a pressure decrease on a secondary side, the safety valves including a safety valve PV21 and a safety valve PV23. An air flow path from the input chamber is branched into a first branch line and a second branch line, and a time lag-creating valve having an opening pressure higher than the safety valve PV21 is provided at a upstream of the safety valve PV23 in the second branch line, so that the safety valve PV23 can open with a time lag after the safety valve PV21 opens, regardless of the difference between the opening pressures of the safety valves PV21 and PV23.
US09239118B2	Valve including multilayer wear plate A valve is provided and includes a component including a surface and a wear plate including a surface disposed in sliding engagement with the surface of the component. The surface of the wear plate includes a corrosion resistant substrate, a secondary layer disposed on a surface of the corrosion resistant substrate, a noble metal layer disposed on a surface of the secondary layer and a tertiary layer disposed on a surface of the noble metal layer.
US09239114B2	Compressable sealing ring assembly A compressible sealing ring assembly seals an annulus between a radially outer member and a radially inner member. The sealing ring comprises one or more sealing ring members (28), a radially outer wall for sealing with the inner wall of the radially outer member and radially inner wall for sealing with the outer wall of the radially inner member. A compression ring member (10) having a concave lower surface and a convex upper surface exerts an axial force on a sealing ring member to deform the sealing ring member to maintain a seal.
US09239107B2	Neutral locking system and tool for vehicle A neutral locking system for a vehicle includes a park release shaft and a neutral locking tool. The park release shaft is operatively connected to the transmission such that rotation of the park release shaft places the transmission in a neutral state. The tool is configured to couple to the park release shaft such that rotation of the tool rotates the park release shaft. The tool can also include a sliding locking pin having a first position allowing rotation of the tool within an engine compartment and a second position in which the pin contacts a component in the engine compartment to limit rotation of the tool.
US09239104B2	Welded structure and welding method A welded structure has a first member and a second member that are welded together. The first member comprises a second-member joining part, and the second member comprises a first-member joining part. If the direction in which the first member and the second member are arranged is the first direction, and the direction intersecting the first direction is the second direction, welded parts are provided at least at both ends in the second direction of the joining surface where the first member and the second member are joined. The first member is such that the second-member joining part and a linking part which connects to the second-member joining part are arranged in succession from the joining surface in the first direction, and the dimensions of the second-member joining part are greater than the dimensions of the linking part in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US09239101B2	Angular motion control system and method An apparatus and method for imparting an angularly rotational movement. The apparatus includes a cylinder having an internal portion, a rod operatively positioned within the internal portion of the cylinder, a first bearing operatively positioned about rod; a second unidirectional bearing operatively positioned about the rod and a motion program for selectively inputting incremental radial motion to the rod. The apparatus may also include a force generator for linearly moving the rod in a linear axial motion along an axis of the cylinder.
US09239092B2	Shock absorber with frequency dependent passive valve A shock absorber has a pressure tube with a piston assembly slidably disposed within the pressure tube and attached to a piston rod. The piston assembly divides the pressure tube into an upper working chamber and a lower working chamber. The piston assembly includes a frequency dependent valve assembly attached to the piston rod which defines a housing attached to the piston rod and a spool valve assembly. The spool valve assembly includes a spool valve and a bypass valve assembly that controls fluid flow through bypass passage that bypasses the piston assembly.
US09239091B2	Sealing device and suspension device with the sealing device A sealing device for sealing between a tube member and an axial member movably inserted into the tube member includes a dust seal held on an opening end part of the tube member and including an annular dust seal lip held in sliding contact with the outer peripheral surface of the axial member, and a scraper arranged at an inner side of the dust seal and including an annular lip portion slidably pressed into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the axial member. The hardness of the lip portion is set to be higher than that of the dust seal lip.
US09239089B2	Grease shut-off gas cylinder A grease shut-off gas cylinder comprises an outer cylinder having a guide hole; a spindle inserted in the guide hole and having an inner pipe and an outer pipe; a piston rod having a piston wherein the bottom of a rod is fixed on a bottom surface of the outer cylinder and the top of the rod is slide-inserted in the inner pipe; a valve body secured to top of the spindle and controlling the spindle to move up or down about the piston on the basis of the operations of a valve pin which controls the moving direction of gas; a bushing member protruding from an outer side of the bottom of the spindle and coming into slide contact with an inner wall of the outer cylinder; and a bushing cap secured to top of the outer cylinder and having a guide hole configured to guide the spindle.
US09239080B2	Rolling bearing having a bearing ring with a hardened surface zone A rolling bearing (6), in particular for the mounting of the shaft of a turbocharger, which rolling bearing includes a bearing ring (1) and a number of rolling bodies (9). The bearing ring (1) is formed from a steel which comprises, as alloy constituents, 0.05 to 0.65 wt % carbon, 0.5 to 5.0 wt % chromium, up to 1.0 wt % molybdenum, up to 1.0 wt % vanadium, and up to 1.0 wt % aluminum. The surface of the bearing ring (1) has a hardened surface layer (2) which comprises nitrites and which comprises a diffusion layer (3) and a connecting layer (4) situated above said diffusion layer. The surface layer (2) has a thickness of up to 1 mm. The invention also relates to a method for producing a corresponding bearing ring (6).
US09239077B2	Mechanical bearing A mechanical bearing having an outer ring and an inner ring, centered on a same bearing axis, the outer ring being arranged radially around the inner ring, and a cage, arranged coaxially between the inner ring and the outer ring and housing cylindrical rollers, with this cage being formed by several disjointed tubular portion which, in the assembled state of the bearing, are separated from each other by a non-zero gap. The cage is formed by at least three disjointed tubular portions that do not cooperate mechanically with each other in assembled state of the bearing.
US09239076B2	Method of making a bearing ring, a bearing ring and a bearing Method for manufacturing a bearing ring (14, 34, 36) from at least one steel bar (12) having ends. The method comprises the steps of forming said at least one steel bar (12) into at least one ring segment and flash butt welding the ends (12a, 12b) of said at least one ring segment to make a ring. The method also comprises the step of carburizing at least part (C) of a surface (12c, 12d) of said at least one steel bar (12) which is adjacent to said surface (12a, 12b) that is to be flash butt welded prior to said flash butt welding.
US09239073B2	Fastening device The present invention provides a fastening device that allows an attachment operation to be simply and easily performed even by a single person, is capable of fastening and fixing with certainty, and is capable of reducing cost. A fastening device is configured by: a bolt in which a right screw is formed on one end portion and a left screw is formed on another end portion; a jig engaging section that is formed on one end portion or both end portions of the bolt such as to be capable of being rotated using a jig that rotates the bolt; and a right screw nut and a left screw nut that respectively screw onto the right screw in the one end portion of the bolt and the left screw in the other end portion.
US09239072B1	Secure fastener assembly A secure fastener assembly is described. The secure fastener assembly includes a flanged nut and a sleeve. The flanged nut includes a body portion and a flange portion. The sleeve includes an upper opening and a lower opening joined by a wall. The wall includes a shoulder in an inner surface of the wall near the upper opening. The shoulder receives the flange portion. A ball valve using the securing fastener assembly is also described.
US09239069B2	Adhesive-coated dowel A dowel coated with a heat-activated, B-staged formaldehyde-based resin and a related method of using the resin-coated dowel for joining separate components together.
US09239052B2	Scroll compressor having out-of-phase back pressure chamber and compression chamber oil-feeding paths A scroll compressor includes a back pressure chamber oil-feeding path for feeding lubricating oil from a high-pressure region to a back pressure chamber, and a compression chamber oil-feeding path for feeding lubricating oil from the back pressure chamber to a compression chamber. One phase in which the back pressure chamber oil-feeding path is communicated from the high-pressure region to the back pressure chamber and another phase in which the compression chamber oil-feeding path is communicated from the back pressure chamber to the compression chamber are shifted from each other, so that the back pressure chamber oil-feeding path and the compression chamber oil-feeding path are never put into the communicating state simultaneously. Thus, after a halt of the compressor, under-communication oil-feeding of the lubricating oil from the high-pressure region via the back pressure chamber to the compression chamber can be prevented.
US09239051B1	Waterborne fluoropolymer composition This invention relates to a waterborne fluoropolymer composition useful for the fabrication of Li-Ion-Battery (LIB) electrodes. The fluoropolymer composition contains an organic carbonate compound, which is more environmentally friendly than other fugitive adhesion promoters currently used in waterborne fluoropolymer binders. An especially useful organic carbonate compound is ethylene carbonate (EC) and vinylene carbonate (VC), which are solids at room temperature, and other carbonates which are liquid at room temperature such as propylene carbonate, methyl carbonate and ethyl carbonate. The composition of the invention is low cost, environmentally friendly, safer, and has enhanced performance compared to current compositions.
US09239036B2	Ultrasonic liquid treatment and delivery system and process In a system and process for ultrasonically treating a liquid and delivering the liquid as a spray of liquid droplets, liquid is directed to flow along a flow path over a first ultrasonic waveguide, with the first ultrasonic waveguide having at least one agitating member extending outward therefrom and into the flow path. The first ultrasonic waveguide and agitating member(s) are excited to agitate the liquid as the liquid flows along the flow path. The liquid is further directed to flow along the flow path over a second waveguide, with the second waveguide having a terminal end adjacent an exit of the flow path. The second ultrasonic waveguide is ultrasonically excited at least at its terminal end to ultrasonically energize the liquid just prior to the liquid exiting the flow path such that the liquid exits the flow path as a spray of liquid droplets.
US09239029B2	Nozzle arrangement for a gas turbine engine A nozzle arrangement for a gas turbine engine includes an engine nozzle and an ejector nozzle arranged axially downstream thereof. A gap S is formed between the outlet of the engine nozzle and the inlet of the ejector nozzle, and a flange which reduces the gap S is arranged at the outlet of the engine nozzle.
US09239027B2	Motor control device A motor control device includes a drive circuit to drive an H-bridge circuit to control a current fed to a motor, a drive command signal generator to generate a drive command signal including a pulse signal having predetermined drive frequency and duty for sending a command to drive the motor, a current detection circuit operable to output a comparison output signal based on comparison between a current detection signal of a motor current and a target value signal, a latch circuit to hold a current detection result based on an ON signal of the drive command signal and the comparison output signal, a gate circuit to drive the drive circuit based on the ON signal of the drive command signal and a latch output signal from the latch circuit, and a control unit that changes the duty of the drive command signal based on the current detection result.
US09239024B2	Recursive firing pattern algorithm for variable cylinder deactivation in transient operation A cylinder control module generates a desired cylinder activation/deactivation sequence for a future period based on Q predetermined cylinder activation/deactivation sub-sequences used during a previous period, a desired number of cylinders to be activated during a predetermined period including the previous and future periods, and an operating condition. Q is an integer greater than zero. The cylinder control module activates and deactivates opening of intake and exhaust valves of first and second ones of the cylinders that are to be activated and deactivated based on the desired cylinder activation/deactivation sequence, respectively. A fuel control module provides and disables fuel to the first and second ones of the cylinders, respectively.
US09239012B2	Flexible support structure for a geared architecture gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine includes a fan shaft and a support which supports the fan shaft. The support defines at least one of a support transverse and a support lateral stiffness. A gear system drives the fan shaft. A flexible support at least partially supports the gear system, and defines at least one of a flexible support transverse and a flexible support lateral stiffness with respect to at least one of the support transverse and the support lateral stiffness. An input to the gear system defines at least one of an input transverse and an input lateral stiffness with respect to at least one of the support transverse and the support lateral stiffness. A method of designing a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US09239000B2	Method to provide power gain in an engine The present invention provides fuel compositions containing specific additives quaternary ammonium salts or combination of additives as well as methods of operating internal combustion engines using such fuel compositions, resulting in a power gain in the engines.
US09238994B2	Cooling device for a hybrid vehicle A device for cooling the heat engine, electrical components, and an electrical energy storage device including: a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit for cooling each of the heat engine, the electrical components, and the electrical energy storage device, respectively; a heat exchange device separated into three members, including a high temperature member connected to the first circuit, a low temperature member connected to the second circuit, and a very low temperature member connected to the third circuit; an upstream valve connected between the first and the third circuit located upstream of the high temperature member of the heat exchanger in the first circuit; and, a downstream valve connected between the first circuit and the third circuit located downstream of the high temperature member of the heat exchanger in the first circuit, where the downstream valve is a thermostatic valve which is actuated as a function of the temperature of the heat transfer fluid in the first circuit and where the upstream valve is actuated as a function of flow of the heat transfer fluid in the first circuit.
US09238984B2	Exhaust emission prediction system and method An exhaust emissions prediction system includes a catalytic device configured to receive a flow of exhaust and a downstream NOx sensor located downstream of the catalytic device. The downstream NOx sensor is sensitive to NOx and ammonia, and is configured to generate a measured value. The system also includes a controller connected to the downstream NOx sensor. The controller is configured to determine a predicted value for the downstream NOx sensor, determine a mass flow rate of the flow of exhaust into the catalytic device, adjust the mass flow rate based on the predicted value and the measured value, and determine at least one emissions characteristic downstream of the catalytic device using the adjusted mass flow rate.
US09238981B2	Mounting mat with lower friction surface for assembling and higher friction surface for mounting A mounting mat (16) comprising at least one inorganic layer (18) comprising inorganic materials suitable for mounting a pollution control element in a pollution control device. A friction-inducing material (20) is disposed on at least one side of the inorganic layer (18). The deposited friction-inducing material (20) defines a higher friction area exhibiting a static coefficient of friction higher than that of the inorganic materials. A lower friction layer (20) is disposed so as to cover at least a portion of the higher friction area and define an exposed surface area of the mounting mat (16). The exposed surface area exhibits a lower static coefficient of friction than that of the higher friction area. The lower friction layer (20) no longer covers a substantial portion of the higher friction area, after the mounting mat (16) mounts a pollution control element (14) in a pollution control device (10).
US09238974B2	Turbine engine shaft A shaft for a turbine engine, the shaft having a cavity subdivided axially into first and second chambers. The shaft also includes a distributor member having an axial duct, a first radial orifice, and a second radial orifice. The axial duct has an open first end and a second end closed in the axial direction. The first radial orifice connects the second end of the axial duct to the first chamber in order to feed a first bearing with lubricating fluid, and the second radial orifice connects the second end of the axial duct to the second chamber to feed a second bearing with lubricating fluid. The first radial orifice and the second radial orifice of the distributor member are at substantially equal axial distances from the lubricating fluid inlet.
US09238973B2	Gas turbine engine and foil bearing system A gas turbine engine including a compressor, a turbine and a static structure is disclosed herein. The gas turbine engine further includes a foil bearing system operative to transmit rotor loads from at least one of the compressor and the turbine to the static structure. The foil bearing system includes a foil bearing and a self-aligning foil bearing mount to align the foil bearing with an axis of rotation of the compressor and the turbine. A snubber operative to transmit rotor loads to the static structure in parallel with the foil bearing is also disclosed.
US09238972B2	Ram air turbine pump leakage control An example ram air turbine drive shaft assembly includes a drive shaft that rotates about an axis to drive a hydraulic pump and a generator. The drive shaft has an interruption that redirects a fluid flowing from the hydraulic pump to the generator when the drive shaft is rotated.
US09238962B2	Pore pressure from spectroscopy and sonic data A logging tool capable of making different types of measurements is provided, and a plurality of measurements on a formation are obtained. Certain mineral properties of the formation are assumed and a mixed properties theorem for the formation is invoked. Upper and lower velocity limits for sonic waves traveling through the formation are determined using the above information. Biot's constant is also computed using the above information. LWD data on the formation is obtained and an effective stress is determined. A total stress is determined and, from that and the other information, a pore pressure is determined.
US09238945B2	Base beam and self-propelled derrick rig assembly Improvements to base beams and self-propelled derrick rigs are described. The base beam can have two or more stabilizer arms which can be deployed. The base beam is also designed to support the derrick rig. An optional counterweight assembly can be connected to the front of the rig. The self-propelled derrick rig can be easily and quickly mounted to the base beam, and when mounted, the assembly will be able to withstand high hook loads and wind loading without the danger of the rig coming off of its wheels or falling over.
US09238942B2	System and method for stress field based wellbore steering A system, method and computer-readable medium for developing an earth formation is disclosed. A tool conveyed in a borehole induces a stress in the earth formation proximate a borehole. A sensor assembly obtains a measurement of a physical property of the borehole at a plurality of azimuthal locations in the borehole. The values of the physical property are indicative of the induced stress in the formation. A processor forms an image of the borehole using the obtained measurements of the physical property, estimates an azimuthal variation with borehole depth of the induced stress in the formation from the formed image, and alters an operational parameter of a device for developing the earth formation using the estimated azimuthal variation with depth of the induced stress in the formation.
US09238940B2	Structure of roll blind using dual roller A structure of a roll blind that moves in a front-back direction of a vehicle to selectively shade a sunroof glass may include a pair of sunroof frames formed on both lower sides of the sunroof glass in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a main roller disposed at the one end of the sunroof frame in a vehicle width direction and can rotate through a motor, an idle roller disposed in the vehicle width direction adjacent to the main roller, a roller tube coupled to and wrapping the main roller and the idle roller to form a closed loop, and a roller guide coupled to both ends of the main roller and the idle roller and including a guide portion formed to protrude so that the blind maintains a constant height.
US09238937B2	Flashing and joiner for window installations A support frame for a window frame is provided to address the problem of unwanted entry of moisture, such as condensation, into a building in which the window frame is mounted. The support frame includes four sections of flashing. Each section of flashing has a window frame support plate that has a window frame side and building framework side. A first longitudinal wall extends from the window frame side of the support plate. One or more longitudinal stiffening box sections continuous with the plate are provided for imparting rigidity to the flashing. Two of the sections comprise sill and header flashings spaced apart at either end by the remaining two sections, which comprise jamb flashings. Joiners connect adjacent ends of the four sections.
US09238934B2	Door jamb member, door jamb assembly incorporating same and kit therefor A door jamb assembly comprises a plurality of longitudinal door jamb portions. Each door jamb portion comprises a longitudinal door jamb member comprising a longitudinal rounded channel and a plurality of longitudinal internal cavities, and a longitudinal frame member comprising a rounded longitudinal edge matingly engaging the rounded channel of the door jamb member. The door jamb assembly also comprises a plurality of corner keys forming generally right-angled joints between adjacent door jamb portions.
US09238931B1	Stay-open universal automobile door jam The invention is a simple, low-cost, mechanical device to be inserted in the hinge area of an open door of a parked vehicle to keep the door open while people or equipment are added to or removed from the automobile. A particular use of the invention is a safety mechanism to hold the passenger-side door open while a disabled passenger is assisted in exiting the vehicle without the care-giving individual having to hold the door open or having the door slam shut on the disabled person. After this use, the device may be removed and stored in the glove compartment for easy access.
US09238923B2	Wind turbine assembly system The wind turbine assembly system of the present invention comprises a lifting structure comprising at least first structural support elements configured to transmit stresses to the wind turbine tower during the hoisting of a wind turbine component and a crane configured to displace the wind turbine component towards the tower axis, the system further comprising a displaceable climbing element with respect to the lifting structure by means of guiding mechanisms, the displaceable climbing element incorporating second structural support elements dimensioned to at least partly support the weight of the lifting structure, where the first structural support elements are displaceable so that their relative position can vary with respect to the lifting structure.
US09238922B2	Ground anchor for flexible delineator A ground anchor for a delineator includes a unitary plastic body having a receptacle shaped and configured for connection to a delineator post and a ground engaging portion extending from the receptacle along a longitudinal axis. The ground engaging portion includes a plurality of tapered blades. Delineator assemblies using the ground anchor, and methods of installing the ground anchor, are also provided.
US09238916B2	Apparatus and method for protecting a downspout of a gutter An apparatus and method provides for protecting a downspout elbow or extension of a rain gutter from suffering and inflicting harm. The apparatus has a protective outer surface to guard against one or more sharp edges or surfaces of the downspout elbow or extension from suffering or inflicting harm. Methods of protecting the downspout elbow or extension include at least elastically deforming, sliding, rolling, or inverting a portion or all of the apparatus onto the opening and adjacent portions of the downspout elbow or extension.
US09238912B1	Method for installing acoustic panel Described herein is a multi-component panel comprising a ceiling panel and a sound attenuation layer, as well as a ceiling system that includes the multi-component panel.
US09238907B2	Splash guard for sink A splash guard includes a central base having a first linear margin and a second linear margin parallel to the first linear margin, a first wall connected to the central base along the first linear margin, the first wall having an upper portion extending upward from the central base to define a splash shield and having a lower portion extending downward from the central base to engage a host structure, and a second wall connected to the central base along the second linear margin, the second wall extending downward from the central base such that a channel for engaging a host structure is defined by the central base, the lower portion of the first wall, and the second wall.
US09238896B2	Floating structure for supporting a wind turbine The floating structure for supporting a wind turbine comprises a SPAR-type hollow precast monolithic body made of concrete prestressed by active reinforcement members having a cylindrical lower section (13) closed at its lower end by a hemispheric cap (18) which contains ballast (14) and acts as a flotation element and an upper section (12) located above sea level, which acts as a support for the wind turbine or other element. One or more of the active reinforcement members have opposite ends anchored to a steel ring-shaped plate (17) attached to an upper end of the upper section (12) and an intermediate section which has continuity within the hemispheric cap (18). The structure is preferably moored to the seabed by means of cable lines (15), through heavy weight elements (16) or suction piles capable of counteracting vertical and horizontal force components induced by the mooring lines.
US09238894B1	Snow plow/scoop cart A manually propelled cart for the removal of snow, with dual function as garden cart, comprising: a PVC framework with handles on its upper segment, and a scoop on its lower segment. The framework supported by a rectangular metallic plate adhered to its underside, disposed on top of two large wheels in the middle of its length, with an axle attached to the plate's underside providing the cart a seesaw motion. A pivoted scoop designed as a rectangular bin, with an open forward section and an axle attached to its bottom underside, rotates in a vertical plane. A latch mechanism disposed adjacent the scoop's rearwall, controls its automatic motions and is operated by pulling a cable connected to a handle. Two springs hooked to the scoop's sidewalls and to the supporting plate acting cooperatively with the latch. Two swivel casters underside the plate's forward end, makes the cart steerable.
US09238890B2	Fibrous structures A method for making a multiply fibrous structure. The method comprising the steps of: depositing a slurry of pulp fibers onto a Fourdrinier wire running at a first velocity V1; transferring the web from the Fourdrinier wire to at least a first molding member moving at a second velocity, V2, slower than the first velocity, V1. The molding member comprises a substantially continuous relatively low density network at least partially defining a plurality of relatively high density, irregularly shaped, discrete elements situated in an irregular pattern. The embryonic web is partially dried, adhered to a Yankee dryer surface, creped from Yankee dryer and reeled at a velocity, V4, that is faster than that (V3) of the Yankee dryer.
US09238870B2	Plasma etch for chromium alloys A reactive ion etching (RIE) process comprising a chlorine source gas and an oxygen source gas with an atomic ratio of chlorine to oxygen in the plasma of at least 6 to 1 is used to etch chromium alloy films such as SiCr, SiCrC, SiCrO, SiCrCO, SiCrCN, SiCrON, SiCrCON, CrO, CrN, CrON, and NiCr for example. Additionally, a fluorine source may be added to the etch chemistry.
US09238866B2	Rod-type polysilicon having improved breaking properties Rod-type, polycrystalline silicon having a rod diameter of >100 mm are obtained by deposition of silicon-containing gas according to the Siemens method, wherein the Si rods are brought into contact with hydrogen at the end of the deposition process during cooling in the reactor, and the cooled Si rods obtained have in perpendicular cross section cracks and/or radial stresses having a defined size.
US09238856B2	Lead free free-cutting steel A lead free free-cutting steel is described having the following composition in percent by weight: C 0.85-1.2 Si 0.1-0.6 Mn 0.4-1.2 P max 0.05 S 0.04-0.3 Cr max 2 Ni max 1 Mo max 0.5 Cu max 2 Al max 0.1 B max 0.008 Bi+Se+Te max 0.005 Ti+Nb+Zr+V max 0.2 balance Fe and normally occurring impurities. The steel is mainly intended for small/thin dimensions and/or low cutting speeds during manufacture of a product formed of the steel.
US09238852B2	Process for making molybdenum or molybdenum-containing strip A method of making a molybdenum or molybdenum alloy metal strip is disclosed. The method includes roll compacting a molybdenum-based powder into a green strip. The method also includes sintering the green strip followed by a combination of warm rolling, annealing, and cold rolling steps to form the final metal strip which may be cut-to-length. The strip at the final thickness may also undergo an optional stress relief step.
US09238847B2	Tailored hardening of boron steel Disclosed are methods, systems and apparatus for manufacturing complex three dimensional open structures by cold forming the component from unhardened metal stock and then selectively heating and quenching the metal to provide the desired strength profile across the component. The metal is initially formed of unheated and unhardened metal through a combination of rolling, stamping and/or milling operations to produce a component having a complex three dimensional open structure. The formed component is then hardened in strategically predetermined areas by sequentially heating and quenching the predetermined areas of the component. The heating and cooling elements are, in turn, provided on at least one robotic apparatus configured for moving the elements across the surface of the component in a manner sufficient to achieve the desired pattern of hardened and unhardened regions across the component.
US09238841B2	Multi-biomarker-based outcome risk stratification model for pediatric septic shock The invention provides multi-biomarker based methods to stratify pediatric septic shock patients into high and low risk groups.
US09238840B2	Method for single cell genome analysis and kit therefor A method for analyzing a genome of a single cell is provided, and a kit is also provided. The method for analyzing the genome of the single cell may comprise separating and lysing the single cell to obtain a whole-genome DNA of the cell; subjecting the whole-genome DNA to a whole-genome amplification to obtain a whole-genome amplification product; performing a PCR amplification using the whole-genome amplification product as template and using housekeeping-gene-specific primers to detect the housekeeping gene of the whole-genome amplification product; and determining whether the whole genome amplification product meets a requirement for sequencing based on the detection result, wherein a uniform distribution of the amplification product in each chromosome is an indication of the amplification product meeting the requirement for sequencing.
US09238836B2	Methods and compositions for sequencing modified nucleic acids Methods, compositions, and systems are provided for characterization of modified nucleic acids. In certain preferred embodiments, single molecule sequencing methods are provided for identification of modified nucleotides within nucleic acid sequences. Modifications detectable by the methods provided herein include chemically modified bases, enzymatically modified bases, abasic sites, non-natural bases, secondary structures, and agents bound to a template nucleic acid.
US09238831B2	Nucleic acid quantitation method The present invention relates to methods of quantifying nucleic acids and in particular to an improved universal method of quantifying nucleic acids for gene expression studies without the need for normalising data to a housekeeping gene or to a synthetic gene of interest.
US09238830B2	Methods and systems for O-glycosylating proteins Described herein are methods and systems for O-glycosylating proteins in vivo or in vitro in any prokaryotic organism. In these methods and systems, DNA comprising a gene that produces a PglL-like oligosaccharyltransferase and DNA comprising a gene that produces a protein to be O-glycosylated are used. The PglL-like oligosaccharyltransferase facilitates the covalent attachment of the glycan to the protein to produce the O-glycosylated protein. The methods and systems described herein provide an approach for the design and production of new vaccines and therapeutic agents for the treatment of various diseases.
US09238823B2	Pesticidal genes from brevibacillus and methods for their use Compositions and methods for conferring insecticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions including a coding sequence for a Brevibacillus-derived delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also include transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules having nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, 4, 7, or 10, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, or 15, as well as variants and fragments thereof.
US09238817B2	Method for producing natively folded proteins in a prokaryotic host The present invention relates to a method for producing a protein of interest containing one or more disulfide bonds in its native state. The method comprises that a prokaryotic host cell is genetically engineered to express the protein of interest and a sulfhydryl oxidase in the cytoplasm of the host cell. The protein of interest is formed in a soluble form and contains disulfide bonds due to the presence of the sulfhydryl oxidase in the cytoplasm of said host cell. The present invention relates also to a prokaryotic host cell and a vector system for producing a protein of interest containing natively folded disulfide bonds.
US09238811B2	siRNA phospholipid conjugate siRNA-conjugated liposomes and micelles, methods of making such conjugates, and methods of using such conjugates, such as for the delivery of siRNA to cells to reduce expression of target polypeptides in such cells, are described.
US09238805B2	dsRNA endoribonucleases The invention relates to a new double-stranded RNA endoribonuclease, its derivative and/or variant, which has a loop locating in and interacting with the major groove of the double-stranded RNA, exhibiting sequence specific properties in the double-stranded RNA cleavage.
US09238801B2	Ketol-acid reductoisomerase using NADH Methods for the evolution of NADPH specific ketol-acid reductoisomerase enzymes to acquire NADH specificity are provided. Specific mutant ketol-acid reductoisomerase enzymes isolated from Pseudomonas that have undergone co-factor switching to utilize NADH are described.
US09238800B2	Avian adenoassociated virus and uses thereof The present invention provides an Avian adeno-associated vims (AAAV) vims and vectors and particles derived therefrom. In addition, the present invention provides methods of delivering a nucleic acid to a cell using the AAAV vectors and particles. Methods of isolating the AAAV are provided.
US09238797B2	Method for production of pluripotent stem cell The present invention relates to a method for production of a cell population containing a pluripotent stem cell, said method comprising a step of treating a somatic cell which has been contacted with nuclear reprogramming factors under nutrient-starved condition, and/or a step of treating the somatic cell with an agent capable of arresting cell cycle. The present invention allows induction and growth of pluripotent stem cells at high frequency, and it also allows production of pluripotent stem cells with high efficiency. The nuclear reprogramming factors to be used may be any selected from the group consisting of OCT4, SOX2, c-MYC, KLF4, NANOG and LIN28.
US09238792B2	Compartmentalized simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of biomass Methods and apparatus' are disclosed for the simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of biomass providing for the compartmentalization of the saccharification process and the fermentation process resulting in decreased enzymatic end-product inhibition.
US09238784B2	Grease for electrical contact and slide electricity structure, power switch, vacuum circuit breaker, vacuum insulated switchgear, and vacuum-insulated switchgear assembling method A slide electricity structure according to the present invention uses grease for electrical contacts wherein contact resistance does not gradually increase even when exposed to sliding and lifetime is long, and has a silver-plated spring contact that contacts or separates by way of sliding and grease for electrical contacts that has been applied to the spring contact and contains perfluoropolyether oil having an average molecular weight between 2600 and 12500 as a base oil and PTFE having a primary particle diameter of 1 μm or less as a thickener.
US09238782B2	Process to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides and mercury from coal-fired boilers A flue gas additive is provided that includes both a nitrogenous component to reduce gas phase nitrogen oxides and a halogen-containing component to oxidize gas phase elemental mercury.
US09238781B2	Systems and methods for liquid fuel desulfurization In one aspect, the present subject matter is directed to a system for removing sulfur from liquid hydrocarbon fuel. The system includes a reactor having a fuel inlet and fuel outlet. The fuel inlet and fuel outlet are in fluid communication with a fuel path passing through the reactor. The fuel path is defined by an inner helical thread portion and an outer helical thread portion. The inner helical thread portion is complimentary with and has a smaller diameter than the outer helical thread portion. The inner helical thread portion surrounds a heating element and the outer helical thread portion is surrounded by an outer cover.
US09238779B2	Process for converting a solid biomass material A process for converting a solid biomass material is provided. The solid biomass material is contacted with a catalytic cracking catalyst at a temperature of more than 400° C. in a riser reactor to produce one or more cracked products. The riser reactor is an external riser reactor with a curve and/or low velocity zone at its termination and wherein a part of the catalytic cracking catalyst has deposited in the curve and/or low velocity zone.
US09238773B2	Lutetium oxide-based transparent ceramic scintillators In one embodiment, a transparent ceramic of sintered nanoparticles includes gadolinium lutetium oxide doped with europium having a chemical composition (Lu1-xGdx)2-YEuYO3, where X is any value within a range from about 0.05 to about 0.45 and Y is any value within a range from about 0.01 to about 0.2, and where the transparent ceramic exhibits a transparency characterized by a scatter coefficient of less than about 10%/cm. In another embodiment, a transparent ceramic scintillator of sintered nanoparticles, includes a body of sintered nanoparticles including gadolinium lutetium oxide doped with a rare earth activator (RE) having a chemical composition (Lu1-xGdx)2-YREYO3, where RE is selected from the group consisting of: Sm, Eu, Tb, and Dy, where the transparent ceramic exhibits a transparency characterized by a scatter coefficient of less than about 10%/cm.
US09238771B1	Non-coiled tubing well clean-up A well clean-up fluid system than can be used to remove the filter cake in horizontal and multilateral sections of extended-reach and maximum-reservoir-contact wells for both open and cased hole completions. The fluid system contains one or more low pH chelating agents and a viscoelastic surfactant. The fluid is injected through a drill pipe and starts reacting with the filter cake after rigging down. This method of the well clean-up eliminates the use of coil tubing, enzymes and corrosion inhibitors. The efficiency of filter cake removal is enhanced because the well clean-up fluid system has the ability to divert through the highly damaged areas of well or formation in the horizontal section.
US09238769B2	Monolayer film and hydrophilic material comprising the same The invention provides monolayer films which not only have hydrophilicity and are excellent in such properties as antifogging properties, antifouling properties, antistatic properties and anti-condensation properties but also tend to exhibit excellent transparency even with a large film thickness and excellent scratch resistance, as well as stacks having the monolayer film. The monolayer film is obtained by preparing a mixture including a monomer composition and a solvent, the monomer composition including a specific monomer and a polyvalent monomer having two or more (meth)acryloyl groups and being free of sulfonic group, carboxyl group and phosphoric group in a specific molar ratio, the solvent having a specific solubility parameter σ; applying the mixture onto a substrate and removing at least part of the solvent; and polymerizing the monomer composition to produce a monolayer film having at least one anionic hydrophilic group selected from a sulfonic group, a carboxyl group and a phosphoric group and a specific anion concentration ratio (Sa/Da) of the anion concentration (Sa) at the outer surface to the anion concentration (Da) at the middle point between the inner surface in contact with the substrate and the outer surface.

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