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US09319950B2	Method and apparatus for band switching in wireless local access network A method and apparatus for switching a band in a wireless local access network (WLAN) is provided. The method includes transmitting a multi-band switch request message to request switching from a first frequency band to a second frequency band, and receiving a multi-band switch response message in response to the multi-band switch request message. The multi-band switch request message includes a multi-band switch schedule to operate in the second frequency band. Wider coverage can be supported by using multi-band.
US09319946B2	System for efficient recovery of Node-B buffered data following MAC layer reset A method and system for the UE and RNC to reduce transmission latency and potentially prevent loss of PDUs upon a MAC-hs layer reset. The RNC generates a radio resource control (RRC) message with a MAC-hs reset indication. The MAC reset indication requires the UE to flush buffers for configured HARQ processes, disassemble MAC protocol data units (PDUs) in the reordering buffers, deliver MAC-d PDUs to a MAC-d layer, and configure the MAC-hs to receive new data.
US09319943B2	Method and apparatus for supporting multimedia service in electronic device A method in an electronic device, comprises, in response to an Internet Protocol (IP) voice packetized data call being performed in a first call session of a first communication processor and occurrence of a handover event from the first communication processor to a second communication processor, receiving at least one of, (a) a control message and (b) IP packetized voice data, via the second communication processor. The control message received from the second communication processor is forwarded to the first communication processor.
US09319938B2	Inter-APN routing flow distribution For Inter-APN routing flow distribution, a step of receiving, by a UE from a server, an Inter-System Routing Policy (ISRP) rule that comprises flow distribution rules for at least one of a For Flow Based flow distribution container used for IP Flow Mobility (IFOM), a For Service Based flow distribution container used for Multi-Access PDN Connectivity (MAPCON), a For Non-Seamless Offload flow distribution container used for Non-Seamless WLAN Offload (NSWO), and an Inter-APN routing flow distribution container, is performed. Here, the Inter-APN routing flow distribution container comprises information related to routing IP flows with respect to a plurality of APNs for using PDN connections to access multiple IP networks. Then a step of selecting, by the UE, among active/valid flow distribution rules in the received ISRP rule, a flow distribution rule having highest priority is performed.
US09319934B2	Adaptive partial packet decoding A user device receives packets from a base station. The user device may invoke decoding while the packet is still being received, based on the incomplete contents of a given packet. This “partial packet decoding” relies on the fact that the underlying information in the packet is encoded with redundancy (code rate less than one). If link quality is poor, the partial packet decoding is likely to be unsuccessful, i.e., to fail in its attempt to recover the underlying information. To avoid waste of power, the user device may be configured to apply one or more tests of link quality prior to invoking the partial packet decoding on a current packet.
US09319922B2	System and method for multicast over highly mobile mesh networks Systems, devices, and methodology for removing echo and reducing congestion in multicast (broadcast) over a dynamic self-healing mobile mesh network, by use of discrete embedded computers synchronously tracking mesh connections and link quality across multiple RF connections, keeping multicast both efficient and effective in a highly kinetic, ever changing, mesh topology.
US09319920B2	Communicating a broadcast message to change data rates of mobile stations A wireless communications network includes a base station to communicate with plural mobile stations over a wireless link. A broadcast message is sent to the plural mobile stations, with the broadcast message containing an indication for indicating to the plural mobile stations that the mobile stations are to change data rates for transmissions over a reverse wireless link.
US09319906B2	Preemptive packet for maintaining contiguity in cyclic prioritized multiple access (CPMA) contention-free sessions An access point transmits a preemptive peg packet when it has no data to transmit in order to maintain the contiguity of its transmission timing position with respect to the timing position of other contention-free sessions (CFS) transmitted by other access points in an existing, periodic sequence. The cyclic prioritized multiple access (CPMA) method establishes the transmission timing position of contention-free sessions (CFS) between overlapping first and second wireless LAN cells contending for the same medium. Each cell includes a respective plurality of member stations. If an access point has no traffic, it will transmit a short, preemptive pegging packet and reset its backoff timer. In this manner, no gaps longer than the distributed coordination function (DCF) Interframe Space (DIFS) are left idle. This prevents other stations from using DCF contention to seize the channel, until all access points have completed one contention-free session (CFS) per periodic cycle.
US09319898B2	Wireless communication system with rate selection mechanism and method of operation thereof A wireless communication system includes: a control module configured to calculate a maximum throughput to represent a spectral efficiency; a storage module, coupled to the control module, configured to store the maximum throughput in a throughput table; and a communication module, coupled to the control module, configured to transmit a channel quality indicator as a feedback, selected from the throughput table, based on a largest value of the maximum throughput.
US09319894B2	Method for transmitting and receiving power outage report and device therefor Disclosed are a method for transmitting and receiving a power outage report and a device therefor. According to the present invention, a method for allowing a machine to machine (M2M) device to transmit a power outage report comprises a step of transmitting, to a base station, a first message which contains a bandwidth request (BR) index value defined in advance if a power outage occurs, wherein said BR index value defined in advance is allocated to indicate to said M2M device that the power outage has occurred.
US09319891B2	Method and apparatus for leveraging wireless communication using an aerial vehicle An approach is provided for providing wireless communication in a remote area by using an aerial vehicle. Signal strength information received at a plurality of antennas mounted over the aerial vehicles is monitored. The antennas are associated with a plurality of stabilizing control mechanisms of the aerial vehicle. The signal strength information is processed to determine control adjustment information, which is then transferred to the stabilizing control mechanisms for orienting the aerial vehicle such that maximum signal is reflected and/or repeated from the aerial vehicle.
US09319883B2	Card device A card devices includes an authentication unit, a wireless communication unit, and a control unit. The authentication unit performs and authentication process with an external device via wired communication. The wireless communication unit performs wireless communication with the external device. The control unit controls the wireless communication unit to reduce radio waves radiated from the wireless communication unit when the control unit detects that the authentication process is being performed.
US09319882B2	Method for mutual authentication between a terminal and a remote server by means of a third-party portal Mutual authentication between: (i) a user terminal cooperating with a security element and an application for registering with a service, and (ii) a remote server that provides the service, by means of a third-party portal, includes: i) transmitting, to the remote server by means of the portal, signed information R enabling the security element to be authenticated in the remote server; ii) authenticating the security element in the remote server; iii) transmitting a value R′ signed by the remote server to the application by means of the portal; iv) transmitting a request for verification of the signed value R′ from the application to the security element; v) verifying, in the security element, the signature of the remote server and whether the requested service has been granted by the remote server; vi) establishing a secure connection with the remote server using the security element, and requesting that the service be executed.
US09319878B2	Streaming alignment of key stream to unaligned data stream Enhanced cryptographic techniques are provided which facilitate higher data rates in a wireless communication system. In one aspect, improvements to the ZUC algorithm are disclosed which can reduce the number of logical operations involved key stream generation, reduce computational burden on a mobile device implementing ZUC, and extend battery life. The disclosed techniques include, for instance, receiving, at a wireless communication apparatus, a data stream having data packets for ciphering or deciphering. The wireless apparatus can generate a cipher key for the cryptographic function, determine a starting address of a first data packet in the data stream and shift the cipher key to align with the starting address of the first data packet. Once aligned, the processing apparatus applies the cryptographic function to a first block of the first data packet using the shifted cipher key and manages a remaining portion of the cipher key to handle arbitrarily aligned data across multiple packets.
US09319867B2	Method and apparatuses for policy and charging control of machine-to-machine type communications At present, applying conventional policy and charging control in scenarios where a huge amount of users is supported, such as machine-to-machine type communication devices, represents a number of drawbacks, such as the amount of data to be stored in subscriber databases and the access rate, the signalling load, and the processing performance of nodes. The present invention provides for a method of policy control and enhanced apparatuses enabling the support of user community profiles that apply to a plurality of subscribers, the generation and enforcement of community policy and charging rules derived from the user community profiles and preferably installed upon establishment of a session for a first user. Further sessions to be established for subsequent users of the plurality of users would be enforced with said community policy and charging rules without needs for handling them on individual basis.
US09319859B2	System and method for text messaging for emergency response Systems and methods are provided to guide an emergency dispatcher in responding to emergency communications. The systems and methods may allow the dispatcher to use one or more of a plurality of different communication methods to communicate with a person needing assistance, such as by sending and receiving SMS/MMS messages. The systems and methods can include an emergency police, emergency fire, and/or emergency medical dispatch protocol configured to facilitate rapid, uniform, and consistent handling of communications. The emergency dispatch protocol presents a pre-scripted interrogation, including preprogrammed inquiries for a dispatcher to ask the person needing assistance. The emergency dispatcher may be able to easily send preprogrammed inquiries to the person needing assistance via SMS/MMS message and provide their responses to the emergency dispatch protocol quickly and/or automatically. The dispatch protocol may facilitate quick deployment of responders even if the person needing assistance cannot talk and/or hear.
US09319855B2	Wireless charging and communication with wireless communication devices in a communication system A personal computing system and a mobile phone interoperate according to a wireless charging protocol while in a charging arrangement. The personal computing system can wirelessly charge a power source of the mobile phone. The personal computing system and the mobile phone are in a communication system. A server communicatively coupled to a first network and a wireless communication network can inhibit in the wireless communication network transmission of messages destined for reception by one of the personal computing system and the mobile phone, in response to determining that the personal computing system and the mobile phone are in a charging arrangement.
US09319852B2	Interoperability and communications system dynamic media proxy based on capability negotiation A system and methodology to facilitate communication between non-compatible communication devices by utilization of a dynamic media proxy is provided. Information associated with an endpoint, such as, media capabilities, identity and system resource information is collected. Media proxy'ing is performed as part of capability negotiation. A dynamic media proxy is employed based on an analysis of the collected information. An analysis component can identify an endpoint that does not adhere to specific rules of transmission and can dynamically connect such an endpoint to a VTG (virtual talk group) via a proxy to prevent the endpoint from transmitting media into an active VTG that already has multiple talkers streaming media. Additionally, the location where media processing can occur can be dynamically determined based on the available system resources.
US09319841B2	Location information notification method, user equipment, and application service gateway The present invention provides a location information notification method, a user equipment, and an application service gateway. The method includes: acquiring, by a user equipment UE, current camping location information through an application programming interface API; performing, by the UE, matching between the current camping location information and a preset location information configuration table; and sending out, by the UE, corresponding prompt information according to a matching result. In addition, a user equipment and an application service gateway are provided.
US09319833B1	Methods providing configuration management for mobile devices based on location A method of operating a wireless terminal communicating with a radio access network over a radio interface may include saving information in memory at the wireless terminal identifying locations associated with a wireless terminal location configuration. A configuration message may be received from a configuration management system over the radio interface at the wireless terminal, with the configuration message including information identifying a new location associated with the wireless terminal location configuration. Responsive to receiving the configuration message, the information identifying the new location associated with the wireless terminal location configuration may be saved in the memory at the wireless terminal thereby adding the new location to the locations associated with the wireless terminal location configuration. A location of the wireless terminal may be monitored based on electronic positioning, and responsive to a monitored location of the wireless terminal being proximate to one of the locations associated with the wireless terminal location configuration in the memory at the wireless terminal, the wireless terminal location configuration may be initiated for the wireless terminal.
US09319832B2	Location-based social software for mobile devices A method for communicating location information to a device includes receiving, at a computer system that implements a social networking service, location information that represents a geographic location of a device associated with a first user; associating, by the computer system, the received location information with a profile associated with the first user; and sending, from the computer system to a device associated with a second user, a message that is generated based at least in part on the location information.
US09319829B1	Wireless inductive pointer clock A wireless inductive pointer clock includes a wireless inductive receiver module for receiving a time code, a control circuit module electrically coupled to the wireless inductive receiver module for receiving the time code and converting the time code into a pointer drive signal, a movement electrically coupled to the control circuit module for receiving the pointer drive signal and driving by the control circuit module, and a pointer unit including a plurality of pointers drivable by the movement. The wireless inductive receiver module can receive the time code (hour, minute, second) of a smart phone or tablet computer, enabling the control circuit module to drive the movement and the pointers of the pointer unit so that the time on the wireless inductive pointer clock can be automatically synchronized to the time on the smart phone or tablet.
US09319815B2	Managing audio output through an intermediary The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for managing audio output through an intermediary. In some embodiments, an audio controller emulates a direct connection between an audio source device and an audio output device. In other embodiments, audio content local to an audio controller is combined with other audio content passing through the audio controller on its way from an audio source device to an audio output device. In additional embodiments, an audio output device is locked to an audio controller. The lock survives power cycling and soft resets of the audio output device. A special hard reset can be used to release the audio output device.
US09319814B2	Method for fitting a hearing aid device with active occlusion control to a user Methods and apparatus for fitting a hearing aid device (3) that includes a part which is arranged in the ear canal (2) of a user (31).
US09319811B2	Hearing device with closure mechanism A closure member and a hearing device are disclosed. The hearing device comprising a housing; a battery door attached to the housing and configured to pivot in relation to the housing about a pivot axis; closure member attached to the housing and having a first closure arm with a first distal end; the battery door comprising a closure device comprising a first primary closure element configured to engage with the first closure arm when the battery door is in a closed position, wherein the first closure arm is flexible such that the first distal end displaces in a first direction when the battery door is moved from an open position to the closed position.
US09319809B2	Hearing loss compensation apparatus including external microphone A hearing loss compensation apparatus includes a microphone configured to collect an ambient sound and generate an audio signal based on the collected ambient sound. A hearing loss compensation apparatus body inserted into an ear of a hearing impaired patient is configured to compensate for the audio signal based on auditory characteristics of the hearing impaired patient. The hearing loss compensation apparatus body is further configured to output the audio signal in a direction of an eardrum of the hearing impaired patient. A connection member is configured to connect the microphone to the hearing loss compensation apparatus body and fix a position of the microphone to be inside an ear canal of the hearing impaired patient.
US09319806B2	Method and apparatus for low power operation of binaural hearing aid Provided is a method and apparatus for low power operation of a binaural hearing aid, the method including determining whether a residual battery exceeds a predetermined threshold level, collecting an external audio signal, in response to whether the residual battery exceeds the predetermined threshold level, and transmitting the collected audio signal to a second hearing aid.
US09319805B2	Noise reduction in auditory prostheses A method of processing audio signals for an auditory prosthesis is provided. The method includes a noise reduction step and a later compression step. A gain control step is provided prior to the compression step. The gain control step operates so as to minimize the occurrence of signal compression in the compression step. An auditory prosthesis arranged to provide the method is also provided.
US09319803B2	Hearing aid and method for controlling the same When hearing-aid processing and predetermined-sound suppression processing are performed, in order to reduce an increase in delay of an output sound in response to an input sound greater than a case where only the hearing-aid processing is performed, a hearing aid includes: a hearing-aid processing unit configured to amplify a first acoustic signal received by a microphone, according to an ability of a user to hear sound in each of frequencies, to produce a second acoustic signal; a predetermined-sound detection unit configured to detect a predetermined sound included in the first acoustic signal, and to produce a control signal indicating generation timing of the predetermined sound; and a predetermined-sound suppression unit configured to suppress the second acoustic signal produced in the hearing-aid processing unit at the generation timing of the predetermined-sound indicated by the control signal produced in the predetermined-sound detection unit.
US09319791B2	Reduced-delay subband signal processing system and method A method for signal processing, receiving a time domain signal having a sample-rate Fs and generating N time domain signal bands, each having a bandwidth equal to Fs/N. Receiving the N signal bands and transforming a first time domain signal band to a frequency domain at a first resolution and a second time domain signal band to the frequency domain at a second resolution, where the first resolution may be different from the second resolution. Determining one or more first filter coefficients using the frequency domain components from the first signal band and one or more second filter coefficients using the frequency domain components from the second signal band. Transforming the first and second filter coefficients from the frequency domain to a time domain. Applying the first and second time domain filter coefficients to the first and second time domain signals, respectively.
US09319775B2	Electronic apparatus, and method of providing of sound An electronic apparatus includes a configured to output audio using a permanent magnet, an audio processor configured to process audio data and output to the speaker, and an electromagnet configured to push the permanent magnet and project the speaker out on the electronic apparatus, with application of electric current.
US09319774B2	Loudspeaker unit with two loudspeakers and a wedge-shaped body between the spaces adjoining the loudspeakers A loudspeaker unit comprising a loudspeaker housing and a first and a second loudspeaker, wherein the two loudspeakers are both placed in a flat front wall of the loudspeaker housing, the rear side of the first loudspeaker adjoins a first space in the loudspeaker box and the rear side of the second loudspeaker adjoins a second space in the loudspeaker box, and the first and the second space in the loudspeaker box are separated by a wedge-shaped body, the base of which is connected to a wall placed opposite the front wall and the intersection between the sloping surfaces of which is located in the vicinity of the front wall, wherein the wedge has a length in the direction transversely of the plane of the front wall that is at least twice the distance between the sloping surfaces at the position of the base of the wedge-shaped body.
US09319771B2	Earphone The present invention relates to an earphone, which comprises a shell, a speaker arranged in said shell, an sound chamber corresponding to said speaker and an E&M, in which the sound emission hole is arranged in said E&M, and connected with said sound chamber; the earphone also comprises a normally closed pressure relief channel used for connecting the said sound chamber and the outside, and connected when a user puts said E&M in the ear canal.
US09319763B2	Cart assembly A cart assembly is provided for transporting multiple loudspeakers that are stacked in a pre-assembled line array. The cart assembly includes a base and at least two wheels that are mounted to the base. A plurality of loudspeakers having a non-parallelogram cabinet are stacked on the base in a vertical line array with a splay angle between a pair of axis each extending through about a horizontal axis between adjacent loudspeakers. The cart assembly is coupled to at least one of the plurality of loudspeakers. The cart assembly and the plurality of loudspeakers arranged in the vertical line array are transported to a desired location.
US09319762B2	Water-proof sound transmitting member Provided is a water-proof sound transmitting member that is less likely to be bonded to a housing at a position other than a normal attachment position. The present invention provides a waterproof sound transmitting member (2) having a multilayer structure. This water-proof sound transmitting member (2) includes: a water-proof sound transmitting membrane (11) to be attached to a housing having a hole that allows sound to pass therethrough; a support layer (12) to be attached to the housing together with the waterproof sound transmitting membrane (11), the support layer (12) allowing sound to pass therethrough; and a housing-side adhesive layer (21) for bonding the waterproof sound transmitting membrane (11) to the housing. The entire peripheral portion of the support layer (12) extends outwardly beyond the housing-side adhesive layer (21).
US09319748B2	User terminal apparatus, server, and method for providing broadcast viewing pattern information A method of providing viewing pattern information of a user terminal apparatus is provided. The method includes: transmitting content viewing information of the user terminal apparatus to a server; receiving information about a channel on which a content is broadcast among a plurality of channels that are on air, from the server; requesting viewing pattern information of the plurality of channels from the server; and receiving and displaying viewing pattern information, which is calculated based on a viewer rating acquired by aggregating the transmitted channel information, from the server.
US09319739B2	Delivery system, delivery method, server device, program, and client device A server device is configured to be able to transmit content data having one of a plurality of bit rates. While receiving the content data, a client device stores a received portion thereof and reproduces content based on the stored data. A delivery system acquires a period of time during which content can be reproduced (remaining reproduction time) based on a portion of the stored data that has not been reproduced. The delivery system calculates, according to a predetermined procedure, a correction amount for correcting the bit rate based on the remaining reproduction time, and changes the bit rate based on the calculated correction amount. When the bit rate is within a predetermined range, the delivery system calculates a correction amount having a smaller magnitude than a magnitude of the correction amount calculated according to the procedure.
US09319726B2	System and method for a passively-adaptive preferred channel list Systems and/or methods are disclosed herein to identify a user interacting with a content presentation system, adaptively learn, in a passive manner, a user's pattern of accessing content over time, and globally store the user's identifying and use information. Specifically, systems and/or methods for creating a preferred channel list, including determining an identity of a user interacting with a content presentation system, collecting channel use information for each of a plurality of channels from the user's interaction with the content presentation system, storing the channel use information, determining a value for each of the plural channels as a function of the channel use information, and creating a preferred channel list for the plural channels as a function of the determined value.
US09319719B2	Method for processing video and/or audio signals A method for processing video and/or audio signals utilizing a processing component which is communicatively connected with a source component having a compression stage for compressing video and/or audio signals is suggested. The method comprises the steps of receiving uncompressed video and/or audio signals as source signals at the source component from one or a plurality of sources; compressing the video and/or audio signals with a selectable compression factor; transmitting the compressed video and/or audio signals to the processing component; processing the compressed video/audio signals in the processing component to produce at least one production output signal. In addition to that a system for processing video and/or audio signals is proposed. The system comprises a source component, a routing component and a processing component. The source component transmits all received source signals through the routing component to the processing component. The processing component is adapted to determine a source signal as being important and to send a request to the source component requesting the transmission of the determined source signal as high quality signal.
US09319717B2	System and method for providing and using predetermined signaling of interoperability points for transcoded media streams A system and method for identifying when an indicated or predetermined media transcoding process results in a media stream that is compliant with an indicated interoperability point. Various embodiments allow for the encoding, storage, transcoding, and transmission of a media stream, for which a transcoding process is identified and the resulting media stream of the transcoding process is associated with at least one property. The signaling of the property or properties, and an identification of the transcoding process in one embodiment, may be included in the media bitstream, in a file format container containing the media bitstream, or in a transmission or control protocol for transmission or control of the media bitstream.
US09319716B2	Performing motion vector prediction for video coding In general, techniques are described for performing motion vector prediction for video coding. An apparatus comprising a motion compensation unit may implement the techniques. The motion compensation unit determines spatial candidate motion vectors (MVPs) associated with a current portion of a video frame and prunes the spatial candidate motion vectors to remove duplicates without removing a temporal candidate motion vector. The motion compensation unit selects one of the temporal candidate motion vector or one of the spatial candidate motion vectors remaining after pruning as a selected candidate motion vector based on a motion vector predictor (MVP) index signaled in a bitstream and performs motion compensation based on the selected candidate motion vector.
US09319712B2	Filtering strength determination method, moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus includes an inter-pixel filter having filters for filtering decoded image data so as to remove block distortion which is high frequency noise around block boundaries. The inter-pixel filter includes filters having different filtering strengths. The coding apparatus also includes a filter processing control unit for determining a filtering strength of the inter-pixel filter.
US09319709B2	Method for selecting motion vector predictor and device using same A method for selecting a motion vector predictor is provided. The method of selecting a motion vector predictor includes the steps of selecting motion vector predictor candidates for a current block and selecting a motion vector predictor of the current block out of the motion vector predictor candidates, wherein the motion vector predictor candidates for the current block include a motion vector of a first candidate block which is first searched for as an available block out of left neighboring blocks of the current block and a motion vector of a second candidate block which is first searched for as an available block out of upper neighboring blocks of the current block.
US09319707B2	Method and apparatus for decoding video according to individual parsing or decoding in data unit level, and method and apparatus for encoding video for individual parsing or decoding in data unit level A video decoding method including: extracting, from a bitstream of an encoded video, at least one of information indicating independent parsing of a data unit and information indicating independent decoding of a data unit; extracting encoded video data and information about a coded depth and an encoding mode according to maximum coding units by parsing the bitstream based on the information indicating independent parsing of the data unit; and decoding at least one coding unit according to a coded depth of each maximum coding unit of the encoded video data, based on the information indicating independent decoding in the data unit and the information about the coded depth and the encoding mode according to maximum coding units.
US09319699B2	Apparatus, method and program for image conversion Disclosed is a conversion apparatus including a decoding unit that decodes input encoded data into image data, and a size conversion unit that converts size of the image data based on a size conversion request received from outside and that expands/contracts, or splits/synthesizes motion vector or prediction mode of encoding parameters, received from the decoding unit, based upon a size conversion request, and an encoding unit that encodes image data after size conversion using the prediction mode or motion vector converted and transmits the resulting encoded image data via a transmission buffer to outside.
US09319698B2	Image decoding apparatus for decoding a target block by referencing information of an already decoded block in a neighborhood of the target block To provide an image decoding apparatus that suppresses overhead of parallel processing to improve parallelization efficiency and reduce circuit costs, while solving neighboring macroblock dependencies. The image decoding apparatus (100) includes first and second decoding circuits (101, 102) having a transfer unit that transfers right neighborhood information or left neighborhood information, and first and second transfer completion detection units (104, 105) that respectively detect whether or not the left neighborhood information or the right neighborhood information has been transferred to the first and second decoding circuits (101, 102). Each of the first and second decoding circuits (101, 102) decodes a decoding target macroblock positioned at an edge of a region, when the transfer of the left neighborhood information or the right neighborhood information is detected. A boundary line between regions is orthogonal to a decoding direction corresponding to an order in which macroblocks adjacent to each other are sequentially decoded.
US09319697B2	Coding and decoding images with sign data hiding A method is provided for coding at least one image split up into partitions, a current partition to be coded containing data, at least one data item of which is allotted a sign. The coding method includes, for the current partition, the following steps: calculating the value of a function representative of the data of the current partition with the exclusion of the sign; comparing the calculated value with a predetermined value of the sign; as a function of the result of the comparison, modifying or not modifying at least one of the data items of the current partition, in the case of modification, coding the at least one modified data item.
US09319694B2	Method for encoding and decoding images, encoding and decoding device, and corresponding computer programs A method for coding includes; segmenting an image into blocks; grouping blocks into a number of subsets; coding, using an entropy coding module, each subset, by associating digital information with symbols of each block of a subset, including, for the first block of the image, initializing state variables of the coding module; and generating a data sub-stream representative of at least one of the coded subsets of blocks. Where a current block is the first block to be coded of a subset, symbol occurrence probabilities for the first current block are determined based on those for a coded and decoded predetermined block of at least one other subset. Where the current block is the last coded block of the subset: writing, in the sub-stream representative of the subset, the entire the digital information associated with the symbols during coding of the blocks of the subset, and implementing the initializing sub-step.
US09319693B2	Method of coding and decoding images, coding and decoding device and computer programs corresponding thereto A method for coding includes; segmenting an image into blocks; grouping blocks into a number of subsets; coding, using an entropy coding module, each subset, by associating digital information with symbols of each block of a subset, including, for the first block of the image, initializing state variables of the coding module; and generating a data sub-stream representative of at least one of the coded subsets of blocks. Where a current block is the first block to be coded of a subset, symbol occurrence probabilities for the first current block are determined based on those for a coded and decoded predetermined block of at least one other subset. Where the current block is the last coded block of the subset: writing, in the sub-stream representative of the subset, the entire the digital information associated with the symbols during coding of the blocks of the subset, and implementing the initializing sub-step.
US09319683B2	Method for intra prediction and device therefor A method for intra prediction comprises determining a first MPM candidate corresponding to a left-side candidate block on the basis of a position of the left-side candidate block adjacent to a left side of a current block; determining a second MPM candidate corresponding to an upper-end candidate block on the basis of a position of the upper-end candidate block adjacent to an upper end of the current block; generating an MPM candidate list including a plurality of MPM candidates, on the basis of the first MPM candidate and the second MPM candidate; and determining one MPM candidate of the plurality of the MPM candidates that constitute the MPM candidate list as an intra prediction mode of the current block, and performing intra prediction for the current block on the basis of the determined intra prediction mode to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block.
US09319682B2	Moving image encoding apparatus, control method therefor, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium A moving image encoding apparatus comprising a calculation unit configured to calculate an expected occupation amount of a virtual buffer when a picture contained in a generated encoded stream is held for decoding processing, and a code amount control unit configured to control a generated code amount in an encoding unit based on information of the occupation amount, wherein every time a predetermined group of pictures in the encoded stream starts, the calculation unit sets a virtual buffer having an initial value, and updates the occupation amount of the virtual buffer based on a size of the picture contained in the encoded stream, and the generated code amount is compared with a smallest occupation amount of the plurality of virtual buffer occupation amounts, and controls the generated code amount not to exceed the smallest occupation amount.
US09319679B2	Signaling data for long term reference pictures for video coding A video coder codes a slice header for a slice of video data. The slice header includes a syntax element comprising identifying information for a long term reference picture, wherein the identifying information is explicitly signaled in the slice header or derived from a sequence parameter set corresponding to the slice. When the syntax element indicates that the identifying information for the long term reference picture is explicitly signaled, to code the slice header, the video coder is further configured to code a value for the identifying information for the long term reference picture in the slice header.
US09319677B2	Video decoding method and system thereof A video decoding method for decoding a bit stream to a plurality of frames, applied in a video decoding system, includes: determining whether a size of a current picture is equal to that of a next picture according to the bit stream; scaling a corresponding reference frame for the next picture to generate a scaled frame when the size of the current picture is not equal to that of the next picture; and storing the scaled frame in a first buffer of a storage unit, wherein at least a portion of a first frame originally stored in the first buffer is used; wherein when it is determined that the size of the current picture is not equal to that of the next picture, the next picture is encoded in the bit stream in a mode that the scaled corresponding reference frame is required for decoding the next picture.
US09319676B2	Motion estimator and system on chip comprising the same A motion estimation device includes a memory to store a reference image, a bus connected to the memory; and a motion estimator to control a size of data of a reference image block depending on an available bandwidth of the bus when extracting at least one reference image block for motion estimation from the reference image through the bus.
US09319663B2	Image display using matrix screen and periodic grating having a fixed period An image display device has a matrix screen having a plurality of pixels arranged in columns and a periodic grating arranged in front of the matrix screen having a structure extending parallel to the columns. A lateral direction grating period corresponds to a whole number multiple of adjacent column spacing of the matrix screen. In a use of this image display device, at least two different viewing positions are detected and disjunctive excerpts of columns of the matrix screen are determined in accordance with the detected viewing positions such that a respective excerpt is associated with each of the detected viewing positions, this excerpt including all columns at least partly visible through the grating from this viewing position, wherein the matrix screen is controlled in dependence with image information of at least two different images such that exactly one of the images is displayed on each of the excerpts.
US09319662B2	Systems and methods for differentiating between dominant and weak eyes in 3D display technology A method of displaying visual information to different viewer-eyes includes receiving eye strength data indicative of a deficiency of a weak viewer-eye with respect to a dominant viewer-eye. The method further includes causing a 3D-display system to display a first perspective of an image to the weak viewer-eye and causing the 3D-display system to display a second perspective of the image to the dominant viewer-eye. A difference between the first perspective and the second perspective is a variation of a display characteristic of one of the first and second perspectives where the variation is made in accordance with the indicated deficiency of the weak viewer-eye.
US09319658B2	Digital video signal output device and display device, and digital video signal output method and reception method Provided is a digital video signal output device for outputting digital video signals to a display device for displaying pictures. The digital video signal output device captures display capability data having described therein video-data structure such as a 3D format and the like from the digital video display device. The digital video signal output device is configured to select one video-data structure from at least one video-data structure, superimpose packet data including structural information that designates the selected video-data structure, during a blanking period of a digital video signal including video data based on the selected video-data structure, and transmits, as a digital video output signal, a signal obtained as a result of the superimposing.
US09319656B2	Apparatus and method for processing 3D video data A method comprising: obtaining a disparity map for one of a left eye image and a right eye image, the disparity map indicating the horizontal displacement between corresponding pixels in the left eye image and the right eye image; generating a luminance representation of the disparity map, wherein a disparity unit which defines the resolution of the disparity map, is mapped to a corresponding luminance value; and companding the luminance value for transmission over a luminance channel is described.
US09319654B2	Video data reproducing apparatus, video data generating apparatus and recording medium To provide a video data reproducing apparatus or the like, which includes: a flag reader 101 for reading out a flag that designates a playback style during special playback, from video data; decoders 102 and 103 for decoding two sets of video data; a synthesizer 106 for combining the decoded videos to output the result; and a manager 109 for controlling the operations of decoders 102, 103 and synthesizer 106 in accordance with the flag value, and which manages the playback style in the special playback during picture-in-picture playing in accordance with the flag value, to thereby realize the playback style of the picture-in-picture video during the special playback that reflects the distributor's intention.
US09319651B2	Image projection apparatus, image projection method, and storage medium of program An image projection apparatus for generating a projection image based on image data input to the image projection apparatus and projecting the projection image onto a projection face includes a correction unit to correct the projection image, a synthesis image projection unit to superimpose a superimposition image on the projection image corrected by the correction unit to generate a synthesis image and project the synthesis image onto the projection face, and an image capturing unit to capture the synthesis image projected on the projection face. The synthesis image projection unit changes a display position of the superimposition image to fit the superimposition image within a display area of the synthesis image by referring an image of the synthesis image captured by the image capturing unit, and projects the synthesis image after changing the display position of the superimposition image.
US09319650B2	Device and method for displaying information in light illuminated area ahead of vehicle A device includes a DMD (digital mirror device) that displays an icon in an illuminated area on a road surface by controlling contrast of light generated by a light source for a headlight that illuminates ahead of vehicle, an in-cabin camera that obtains a driver's eye position, and a display control unit that controls a shape of the icon displayed by the DMD so that the shape of the icon is not distorted when viewed from the driver's eye position by using a difference between a reflection position of a reflected light by the DMD and the driver's eye position obtained by the in-cabin camera.
US09319645B2	Encoding method, decoding method, encoding device, decoding device, and recording medium for a plurality of samples In encoding, index information indicating a group of coefficients that minimizes the sum of the error between the value of each sample and the value is obtained by multiplying the quantized value of each of a plurality of samples by a coefficient corresponding to the position of the sample. The coefficient is selected from a plurality of groups of predetermined coefficients corresponding to the positions of the samples. In decoding, a plurality of values corresponding to an input vector quantization index are obtained as decoded values corresponding to a plurality of sample positions. With the use of a group of predetermined coefficients corresponding to the plurality of sample positions and indicated by input index information, the values obtained by multiplying the decoded values and the coefficients, corresponding to the sample positions are output.
US09319638B1	On-axis guide system An on-axis dichroic guide system provides a telescope with an automated active control and focusing system for imaging celestial bodies. The on-axis dichroic guide system mainly comprises a system body, a scope port, a guide port, an imaging port, and an dichroic beam splitter. The scope port is positioned adjacent to the system body, and the guide port is positioned adjacent to the system body opposite to the scope port. The imaging port is positioned adjacent to the system body on an axis that is non-parallel to the axis containing the scope port and the guide port. The dichroic beam splitter is positioned with the system body. In addition, the dichroic beam splitter is arranged to reflect the visible portion of the input light towards the imaging port and to direct the infrared portion the input light towards the guide port.
US09319636B2	Video imaging system with multiple camera white balance capability A system for capturing image data including a control module having a control switch and a processor, the processor being adapted for white balance control and the control switch being adapted to initiate white balance control, at least one input module connected to the control module, the input module providing white balance calibration, and at least one camera coupled to the input module. One or more of the at least one input module are configured as active input modules, each active input module having an active camera generating an image signal. The control module detects the one or more active input modules and controls one of the one or more active input modules, selected based on user feedback, to calibrate white balance of the image signal of the active camera coupled to the selected input module and to transmit the calibrated image signal to the control module for display.
US09319635B2	Window blanking for pan/tilt/zoom camera Network cameras employing advanced video analytics are increasingly being used in both public and private settings. Unlike fixed surveillance cameras, pan/tilt/zoom cameras provide a dynamic field-of-view. Some regions within a given field-of-view can be designated as private and may not be recorded. A window-blanking feature, according to an embodiment of the invention, enables an ability to block out defined portions of the video where a privacy zone may otherwise appear. Through use of the embodiment, consistent privacy is provided during dynamic surveillance to ensure compliance with privacy regulations or contractual arrangements relating to use of a surveillance camera having a privacy zone within the given field-of-view.
US09319634B2	Facilitating multi-party conferences, including allocating resources needed for conference while establishing connections with participants A system includes a network interface for sending and receiving one or more of video data and audio data between two or more endpoints. One or more of a video data source and an audio data source located at more than one endpoint and a control unit for controlling one or more of the video data and the audio data between endpoints. The control unit is operable to execute instructions to specify more than one participant in a conference, wherein at least one participant is remotely located and invoke the conference upon receiving one or more requests to connect to the conference by one or more participants. The control unit is further operable to allocate resources upon the conference being invoked and connect participants to the conference.
US09319633B1	Ultrasonic echo canceler-based technique to detect participant presence at a video conference endpoint A loudspeaker transmits an ultrasonic signal into a spatial region. A microphone transduces ultrasonic sound, including an echo of the transmitted ultrasonic signal, received from the spatial region into a received ultrasonic signal. A controller transforms the ultrasonic signal and the received ultrasonic signal into respective time-frequency domains that cover respective ultrasound frequency ranges. The controller computes an error signal, representative of an estimate of an echo-free received ultrasonic signal, based on the transformed ultrasonic signal and the transformed received ultrasonic signal. The controller computes power estimates of the error signal over time, and detects a change in people presence in the spatial region based on a change in the power estimates of the error signal over time.
US09319621B2	Display apparatus and television receiver A television receiver includes a reception section receiving television broadcast, and a display apparatus on which an image is displayed based on the television broadcast received by the reception section. The backlight chassis included in the display apparatus supports a light source unit emitting light for displaying an image and constitutes a part of an outer casing of the display apparatus. The backlight chassis has an integrally continuous circumferential wall formed of side walls vertically extending from the respective sides of the bottom wall of a rectangular shape. The circumferential wall surrounds the light source unit.
US09319612B2	Imagers with improved analog-to-digital circuitry An imager may include an array of pixels. The pixel array may be arranged in rows and columns. Each pixel of the pixel array may include a photodiode that is coupled to a floating diffusion region by a transfer gate. A source-follower transistor may be coupled between the floating diffusion region and a pixel output node. The imager may include ramp circuitry that provides a ramp signal to the floating diffusion region. A capacitor interposed between the ramp circuitry and the floating diffusion region may be used in conveying the ramp signal to the floating diffusion region. The pixel may be coupled to a comparator that is implemented using separate circuitry or may include portions of the pixel.
US09319598B2	Personal identification system A personal identification system, which uses a vein pattern of a finger, optimizes the amount of light of a light source based on a captured finger image and emphasizes the vein pattern during image processing for identification.
US09319593B2	Recognition apparatus, recognition method, mounting apparatus, and mounting method The recognition and mounting apparatus including a zoom lens capable of changing imaging magnification, a chip camera, having a plurality of imaging pixels, capable of capturing an image an IC chip having a plurality of bumps arranged at at least one interval, through the zoom lens, a storage unit for storing shape information of the IC chip including at least information indicating an arrangement interval between the plurality of bumps, and a signal processor adjusting imaging magnification of the zoom lens based on a length of the imaging pixel and the information indicating the arrangement interval stored in the storage unit, and recognizing a position of the bump based on a plurality of pixel values in the image captured by the chip camera may be provided.
US09319591B2	Display control device, display control method, program, and imaging apparatus A display control device includes: a composition determining unit that determines a plurality of recommended compositions of an input image; and a display controller that controls one recommended composition to be displayed distinguishably from other recommended compositions among the plurality of recommended compositions.
US09319589B2	Device and method for capturing images and selecting a desired image by tilting the device An image capturing apparatus that includes one or more image sensors configured to capture a plurality of images and store the captured images in a memory. The apparatus also includes a circuitry that detects an input trigger and continues to capture new images in response to the trigger. The numbers of new images captured are equal in magnitude to half the magnitude of the capacity of the memory. The first new image captured after detecting the trigger is tagged as a reference image. In response to the number of new images captured, the sensors are deactivated and the reference image is displayed immediately on a display panel. On detecting an input operation, the apparatus displays a target image from the plurality of images captured in a quick and efficient manner.
US09319578B2	Resolution and focus enhancement An exemplary system includes at least one detector configured to provide an output based on a detected input. A plurality of input control elements control the input detected by the detector. A processor is configured to determine at least one point spread function based on a condition of the detector, a condition of the input control elements and a selected distance associated with the output. The controller is configured to generate data based on the output and the at least one point spread function, the generated data having at least one aspect
US09319573B2	Camera module The present invention relates to a camera module, the module including: a PCB; an image sensor mounted on the PCB and formed with an image pickup device; a base mounted on the PCB and including a plated portion formed at a lower center with an opening mounted with an IR filter; a lower spring plate formed with a conductive material; a spacer arranged on an upper surface of the lower spring plate and forming a staircase structure by a rib wrapping a periphery of the lower spring plate to supportively apply a pressure to the lower spring plate; a lens actuator including a bobbin, and a yoke; an upper spring plate coupled to an upper surface of the lens actuator; and a cover arranged on an upper surface of the upper spring plate.
US09319571B2	Arrow with a camera An arrow includes an arrowhead, a shaft, a nock, and an internal cavity. The internal cavity includes a camera.
US09319569B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus A semiconductor device is provided as a back-illuminated solid-state imaging device. The device is manufactured by bonding a first semiconductor wafer with a pixel array in a half-finished product state and a second semiconductor wafer with a logic circuit in a half-finished product state together, making the first semiconductor wafer into a thin film, electrically connecting the pixel array and the logic circuit, making the pixel array and the logic circuit into a finished product state, and dividing the first semiconductor wafer and the second semiconductor being bonded together into microchips.
US09319565B1	Interleaved encoding of compressed attribute and color planes An example embodiment may involve obtaining an a×b pixel macro-cell from an image with one or more color planes, and an a×b attribute macro-cell. The a×b pixel macro-cell may contain 4 non-overlapping m×n pixel cells, and the a×b attribute macro-cell may contain 4 non-overlapping m×n attribute cells. The pixels in the a×b pixel macro-cell may be associated with respective color values. The example embodiment may also involve determining 4 attribute output values associated respectively with the 4 non-overlapping m×n attribute cells. The example embodiment may further involve determining 1 to 4 color-plane output values for the non-overlapping m×n pixel cells, and writing an interleaved representation of the 4 attribute output values and the determined color-plane output values.
US09319564B2	Scanner system A scanner system includes: a scanning unit that scans a document and generates scan image data; an image processing unit that performs an image process on first subject image data obtained from the scan image data to generate processed image data in a first case where the image process is instructed to be performed, the image process including: a first kind of image conversion process on the first subject image data using a first input-side color conversion profile; and a color correction process performed after the first kind of color conversion process; and an outputting unit configured to: output the processed image data to an outside in the first case; and output second subject image data obtained from the scan image data without the image process and the first input-side color conversion profile to the outside in a second case where the image process is not instructed to be performed.
US09319561B2	Image reading apparatus, control method thereof, and recording medium A scanner unit includes, a CIS module having a light source unit, and a CIS which receives reflected light which is emitted in the light source unit; a carriage motor which is provided in the vicinity of the CIS module, and operates along with heat when reading out using the CIS module; a determination unit which determines whether or not dark period measurement data read out using the CIS module in a dark period is in a predetermined range of a reference dark period which is set corresponding to a temperature of the carriage motor; and a control unit which controls the carriage motor so as to limits an operation of the carriage motor in read processing, when the dark period measurement data is not in the range of the reference dark period.
US09319557B2	System and method for producing color shifting or gloss effect and recording medium with color shifting or gloss effect An ultraviolet image pattern is created on a recording medium having florescence properties and being a first color by electronically creating a first electronic pattern ink, the first electronic pattern ink including a second color and including holes, the holes representing areas in the first electronic pattern ink wherein the second color is absent; electronically creating an electronic image region having a pattern; electronically painting, using the first electronic pattern ink, a background of the electronic image region and the pattern of the electronic image region; electronically painting a predetermined portion of the holes with a third color, the third color matching the first color of the recording medium; and rendering, using marking materials, the electronic image region on the recording medium such that the florescence properties of the recording medium are only visible through the holes not painted with the third color when viewing the recording medium using ultraviolet illumination.
US09319555B2	Handheld device for capturing text from both a document printed on paper and a document displayed on a dynamic display device A device for capturing rendered text is described. The device incorporates one or more visual sensors that receive visual information as a part of capturing rendered text. The visual sensors are collectively capable of capturing both text that is permanently printed on a page, and text that is displayed transitorily on a dynamic device. The device further incorporates a visual information disposition subsystem for disposing of visual information received by the visual sensors. The device further incorporates a package that bears the visual sensors and the visual information disposition subsystem, and is suitable to be held in a human hand.
US09319542B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming processing setting method, and recording medium having recorded thereon computer program for the image forming processing setting method An image forming apparatus includes: an image acquiring section configured to acquire an image formation target page image; a display control section configured to perform processing for displaying the page image in a preview display area; an operation-input acquiring section configured to acquire a first operation input for designating a first position in a designatable area and a second operation input for designating a second position in the preview display area; a determining section configured to determine which allocation setting area corresponding to which number of page images is designated as an area where processing for setting a number of page images allocated to one sheet is executed; and a setting section configured to apply setting of a number of page images allocated to one sheet to the page image for which the first operation input is performed.
US09319539B2	Image processing apparatus, method of controlling image processing apparatus, and non-transitory recording medium An image processing apparatus includes a display; a document image accepting unit for accepting input of a document image obtained by a scanner; a display control unit for causing a preview image of the document image accepted by the document image accepting unit to be displayed on the display while being moved in a prescribed direction in a sequential manner; an operation accepting unit for accepting an operation of image editing for document images, which are series of document images accepted by the document image accepting unit, including the document image corresponding to the preview image moving on the display; and an editing unit for performing the image editing accepted by the operation accepting unit for the document images.
US09319536B2	Processing method of gateway charging and gateway Embodiments of the present invention provide a processing method of gateway charging and a gateway, where a gateway is divided into two sub-gateways. The method includes, detecting, by a first sub-gateway, a current status of an access user if the first sub-gateway receives an online message, a newly establishing bearer message or a status change indication message of at least one access user. The method further includes sending, a first message to the second sub-gateway if the first sub-gateway determines that the at least one access user complies with a predefined rule of charging delayed reporting, where the first message indicates a charging policy corresponding to a current status of the at least one access user, and indicates, to the second sub-gateway, a delay of sending measured charging information, and receiving, charging information corresponding to all the statuses of the at least one access user that meets a reporting condition.
US09319526B2	System and method for granting delayed priority access to a resource A user service center facilitates communication between a user and an agent at the user service center. At peak use times, the user service center is connected to a surplus of users with respect to its number of agents, and the user service center has the users wait to communicate with an agent. In one embodiment, the system and method described herein give the user the option to reconnect with the user service center at a later, off-peak, time. In exchange, the user is granted an identifier indicating priority access to an agent at the off-peak time. In this way, the user does not have to wait to communicate with an agent during the subsequent communication during the off-peak time.
US09319525B1	Best time to call parties having multiple contacts Technologies are disclosed for determining a best time to contact a party over a plurality of contact periods of time to achieve at least one of a desired outcome and a desired result. In various embodiments, the party has multiple contact types that can be utilized to contact the party. Accordingly, an optimal contact type for the party for each contact period is selected that identifies the contact type with a probability having the highest likelihood of achieving at least one of the desired outcome and the desired result by utilizing the contact type to contact the party during the contact period. A best time to contact the party is then identified as one of the contact periods based on the optimal contact types selected for the party for each contact period and associated probabilities.
US09319524B1	Applying user preferences, behavioral patterns and/or environmental factors to an automated customer support application A method and apparatus of applying user profile information to a customized application are disclosed. One example method of operation may include receiving an inquiry message or call from a user device, identifying and authorizing the user from inquiry message information received from the inquiry message, retrieving a user profile comprising at least one user preference, applying the at least one user preference to a user call processing application, and transmitting menu options to the user device based on the applied at least user preference.
US09319522B1	Applying user preferences, behavioral patterns and/or environmental factors to an automated customer support application A method and apparatus of applying user profile information to a customized application are disclosed. One example method of operation may include receiving an inquiry from a user device at a customer call center server and identifying and authorizing the user from the received inquiry. The method may also provide retrieving a user profile from memory that includes history information based on previous interactions between the user device and the customer call center server and calculating a prediction as to a purpose for the inquiry. The prediction may be based on user profile history, social networking profile information, recent transactions, etc. The method may also provide transmitting a response to the inquiry based on the calculated prediction.
US09319520B1	Media on hold features in a VoIP system A method for providing file-based media on hold (MOH) services in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system includes selecting an MOH file and streaming digital content of the MOH file to a communication device while a call is on hold. If the call is removed from hold and placed back on hold a second time, the digital content of the MOH file is streamed to the communication device while the call is on hold the second time. The digital content is streamed from substantially a beginning of the MOH file to a first stopping point while the call is on hold the first time, and from substantially the first stopping point to a second stopping point while the call is on hold the second time.
US09319519B2	Systems and methods for IP and VoIP device location determination A method and system for precise position determination of general Internet Protocol (IP) network-connected devices. A method enables use of remote intelligence located at strategic network points to distribute relevant assistance data to IP devices with embedded receivers. Assistance is tailored to provide physical timing, frequency and real time signal status data using general broadband communication protocols. Relevant assistance data enables several complementary forms of signal processing gain critical to acquire and measure weakened or distorted in-building Global Navigation Satellite Services (GNSS) signals and to ultimately extract corresponding pseudo-range time components. A method to assemble sets of GNSS measurements that are observed over long periods of time while using standard satellite navigation methods, and once compiled, convert using standard methods each pseudo-range into usable path distances used to calculate a precise geographic position to a known degree of accuracy.
US09319518B2	Method and system for configuring information regarding processing of calls involving a party A method implemented by a network entity. The method comprises identifying a previously-originated call involving a party. The method also comprises receiving information regarding processing of a potential future call related to the previously-originated call. The method further comprises using the information regarding processing of a potential future call related to the previously-originated call to cause configuration of call processing information associated with the party. Also provided is a configuration entity for implementing the method.
US09319512B2	Systems and methods for establishing a diagnostic transmission mode and communicating over the same Upon detection of a trigger, such as the exceeding of an error threshold or the direction of a user, a diagnostic link system enters a diagnostic information transmission mode. This diagnostic information transmission mode allows for two modems to exchange diagnostic and/or test information that may not otherwise be exchangeable during normal communication. The diagnostic information transmission mode is initiated by transmitting an initiate diagnostic link mode message to a receiving modem accompanied by a cyclic redundancy check (CRC). The receiving modem determines, based on the CRC, if a robust communications channel is present. If a robust communications channel is present, the two modems can initiate exchange of the diagnostic and/or test information. Otherwise, the transmission power of the transmitting modem is increased and the initiate diagnostic link mode message re-transmitted to the receiving modem until the CRC is determined to be correct.
US09319508B2	Method and device for adding menu item to android menu A method and device for adding a menu item to an Android menu are provided. The method includes: receiving a request for opening a local menu, where the request carries a menu ID, and creating a local menu corresponding to the menu ID; obtaining according to the menu ID, in a stored correspondence between a menu item of a third-party application and the menu ID, a menu item of a corresponding third-party application; and adding the menu item of the third-party application to the local menu, and displaying the local menu to which the menu item of the third-party application is added. The device includes a first creating module, an obtaining module, and an adding module. The present invention is capable of adding a menu item of a third-party application to a local menu of a mobile phone without modifying an Android platform code.
US09319504B2	System and method for answering a communication notification Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for answering a communication notification. The method for answering a communication notification comprises receiving a notification of communication from a user, converting information related to the notification to speech, outputting the information as speech to the user, and receiving from the user an instruction to accept or ignore the incoming communication associated with the notification. In one embodiment, information related to the notification comprises one or more of a telephone number, an area code, a geographic origin of the request, caller id, a voice message, address book information, a text message, an email, a subject line, an importance level, a photograph, a video clip, metadata, an IP address, or a domain name. Another embodiment involves notification assigned an importance level and repeat attempts at notification if it is of high importance.
US09319502B2	Mobile electronic device, image projecting method and projection system According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes an image projecting unit, a distance detecting unit, and a processing unit. The image projecting unit projects an image to a projection plane. The distance detecting unit detects a distance from the image projecting unit to the projection plane. The processing unit causes the image projecting unit to project a projection image including at least part of a reference image in such a manner that a ratio of the projection image to a whole of the reference image is changed based on the change in the distance detected by the distance detecting unit.
US09319500B2	Electronic device with display having reduced border region An electronic device includes a display module, a first housing, and a second housing. The display module includes a display and a touch plate. The first housing includes a flange and a number of latching blocks. The second housing includes a resisting wall and a number of receiving grooves, and a projection is formed in each receiving groove. The flange of the first housing abuts against the resisting wall, each latching block is received in a corresponding receiving groove and is latched by the projection, the display 11 is received in the first housing, the touch plate is positioned on the display, and a peripheral edge of the touch plate is positioned on the flange and the projections.
US09319499B2	Wearable ultra-thin miniaturized mobile communications A device is provided with a housing adapted to engage a portion of a head of a user, such as the ear of the user. The device includes a camera component adapted to face in the same direction as the user when engaged with the portion of the head of the user. The device may be adapted to be controlled using voice commands from the user.
US09319489B2	Nearstore compression of data in a storage system A network adapter receives a request to store a data block. The data block is sent from the network adapter to a compression module. The compression module generates a compressed data block from the data block. The compressed data block or a reference to the compressed data block is stored in a buffer cache. The compressed data block is stored in nonvolatile memory. It is determined that the compressed data block should be flushed a storage device. In response to determining that the compressed data block should be flushed to the storage device, the compressed data block is flushed from the nonvolatile memory to the storage device.
US09319478B2	Vehicle communications interface and method of operations thereof A vehicle communication interface (VCI) that allows for a single communications protocol to be used between a software application and a plurality of software drivers that are connected to physical interfaces of the VCI. Also, a method of communicating with a vehicle using a host system such as a personal computer. The method also makes use of a single communications protocol between a software application that processes information received from a vehicle and a plurality of software drivers.
US09319475B2	Method, system and apparatus for management of push content when changing computing devices A method, system and apparatus for management of push content when changing computing devices is provided. In an example embodiment, a computing device is configured to maintain an absolute identifier of the device that remains unchangeable, and a relative identifier that can be changed. The processor of the device is configured to ascertain if the relative identifier has been changed, and accordingly notify any network infrastructure that is configure to send push content to the device to cease delivery of such push content.
US09319473B2	Mobile push notification In one embodiment, a method includes sending to a mobile client computing device a first notification through a real-time push service, the first notification including content and being associated with a stateful object; the method also includes, in response to a state change of the stateful object, sending to the mobile client computing device a second notification through the real-time push service, the second notification including an update to the content based on the state change of the stateful object.
US09319472B2	Facilitating generation of user content for aggregated story units A social networking system aggregates two or more stories having at least one common characteristic to create an aggregated story unit. Each story describes an action performed on an object over the social networking system or external to the social networking system. The aggregated story unit includes one or more input elements allowing a viewing user to interact with the aggregate story unit as a whole or with individual stories in the aggregated story unit. The input elements included in the aggregated story unit may be based on the types of the actions or of the objects described by stories in the aggregated story unit and on one or more input policies.
US09319464B2	Storage managment in a multi-tiered storage architecture Resource management processes are implemented by a computer processor and logic executable by the computer processor. The logic is configured to calculate a performance weight for each end user of an application executing on the computer processor. The performance weight is calculated as a function of an activity level determined for each end user and a type of the application. The logic is also configured to calculate an input/output weight for each end user from a combination of an input/output requirement and the performance weight. The input/output requirement is indicative of an amount of storage resources of a multi-tiered storage system associated with anticipated activities of the end user. The logic is further configured to assign an amount of the storage resources for each end user based on the input/output weight.
US09319460B2	Information processing method, computer-readable recording medium, and information processing system An information processing method includes executing a processing corresponding to a first request of a terminal apparatus using a first information processing apparatus, when a fault occurs in the first information processing apparatus, transmitting an apparatus information that identifies the first information processing apparatus from a second information processing apparatus to the terminal apparatus, after receiving the apparatus information by the terminal apparatus, discarding data transmitted from the first information processing apparatus to the terminal apparatus, transmitting, from the terminal apparatus to the second information processing apparatus, a response notification indicating that the apparatus information is received by the terminal apparatus, and after receiving the response notification by the second information processing apparatus, executing the processing corresponding to a second request of the terminal apparatus using the second information processing apparatus.
US09319452B2	System and method for providing private session-based access to a redirected USB device or local device Restricting access to a device from a server, where the device is remote to the server and is connected locally to a client that is remote to the server, is described. The operations may include facilitating interception, at the server, of a function call to create a symbolic link; facilitating determination that the intercepted function call to create the symbolic link corresponds to a device object associated with the device that is remote to the server and is connected locally to a client that is remote to the server; facilitating obtaining configuration data indicating whether access to the device is to be restricted; and facilitating creation of the symbolic link in a local namespace of an object manager namespace of the server, upon obtaining configuration data indicating that access to the device is to be restricted.
US09319451B2	Systems and methods for selecting an accounting technique for interactions with electronic content A method for selecting an accounting technique for recording interactions with electronic content includes receiving a request for a content item from a user device, selecting a content item in response to the request, and configuring the content item to cause the user device to store a ping identifier in a local memory of the user device. The method further includes distributing the content item to the user device. The distributed content item includes a hyperlink having a ping attribute which causes the user device to send a ping request to one or more servers. The method further includes receiving the ping identifier from the user device, determining whether the ping request was received at the one or more servers, and selecting a ping-based accounting technique or a redirect-based accounting technique based on a result of the determination.
US09319444B2	Font data streaming Provided is a method for font data streaming for time-based video/audio presentations where content is transmitted in small increments and transmission continues while a previously transmitted portion is viewed or played. Different subsets of characters of the same font are assembled together on a device and previously sent characters are reused for rendering subsequent text strings. Font subsets are created to provide only a minimal number of glyphs for the character set coverage, thereby reducing the redundancy of font data transmission and reducing the total number of characters transmitted.
US09319443B2	Content segment detection and replacement Methods and systems for providing content are disclosed. One method can comprise receiving a request for content comprising at least a first segment. The method can also comprise determining an expiration condition of the first segment, and replacing the first segment with a second segment based on the expiration condition. The method can also comprise providing the second segment to a user or a device.
US09319438B2	Communication terminal that performs network packet communication using sip servers, control method for the communication terminal, and storage medium A communication terminal that determines the types of SIP servers, and stores SIP server information in association with the determined types so that SIP communication can be normally performed. The communication terminal carries out network packet communication using the SIP servers. SIP server information on the SIP servers is acquired, and types of the SIP servers are determined based on the acquired SIP server information. The SIP server information is stored in association with the determined types of the SIP servers.
US09319437B2	Connection analysis in communication systems A method of generating an analyzed call record comprising the steps of: providing control plane information identifying a plurality of terminations established at a gateway involved in the call; providing user plane information related to terminations used in the call; providing user plane measurement data being associated with respective terminations; analyzing the user plane measurement data in order to produce respective quality indications for respective ones of the plurality of terminations; generating enhanced user plane information incorporating the respective quality indications; and associating together the control plane information and the enhanced termination reports.
US09319436B2	Method for integrating functions of a telecommunications network in a data network In a method for integrating functions of a telecommunications network (TN) in a data network (DN), a switching System (PBX) of the telecommunications network is connected to an IM Server (XS) of the data network via a device (CCGW), with the aid of which the IM Server is rendered capable of providing Computer telephony integration Services of the switching System (PBX) to a Communications subscriber of the data network.
US09319430B2	Managing software deployment The method includes identifying an instance of software installed. The method further includes determining a fingerprint corresponding to the instance of software installed. The method further includes determining a security risk associated with the instance of software installed. The method further includes identifying a software management policy for the instance of software based upon the fingerprint, security risk, and designated purpose of the computing device. In one embodiment, the method further includes in response to identifying the software management policy, enforcing, by one or more computer processors, the software management policy on the instance of software installed on the computing device.
US09319429B2	Network quarantine system, network quarantine method and program therefor To isolate a terminal from a network immediately after a quarantine agent is uninstalled therefrom, a policy readout unit reads out a policy from a policy database and a policy check unit determines whether or not a terminal satisfies the policy that was read out. If it is determined that the terminal satisfies the read out policy, a quarantine server control unit instructs a bridge to destroy a packet with no VLAN tag among the packets sent from the terminal while controlling a quarantine agent to send a packet with a VLAN tag when sending the packet from the terminal.
US09319428B2	Analysis of scripts A method and system for analyzing scripts. A script is analyzed to determine whether the script includes malicious content. A computer executes at least two text blocks of code derived from a script of a web page. The execution of a text block of the at least two text blocks generates an additional text block of code. The computer determines whether the additional text block includes new code that is malicious. If so, the computer prevents transmission of the web page to a client computer. If not, the computer transmits the web page to the client computer.
US09319423B2	Malware and anomaly detection via activity recognition based on sensor data A system for malware and anomaly detection via activity recognition based on sensor is disclosed. The system may analyze sensor data collected during a selected time period from one or more sensors that are associated with a device. Once the sensor data is analyzed, the system may determine a context of the device when the device is in a connected state. The system may determine the context of the device based on the sensor data collected during the selected time period. The system may also determine if traffic received or transmitted by the device during the connected state is in a white list. Furthermore, the system may transmit an alert if the traffic is determined to not be in the white list or if the context determined for the device indicates that the context does not correlate with the traffic.
US09319418B2	Method and apparatus for software downloads in a network Files associated with the operation of gateway and client devices in a network may be downloaded with minimal operator intervention. Accordingly, a method includes receiving data including a first file, a first authentication element, and a second authentication element, the first authentication element being unique to a client device associated with the gateway device. The method also includes determining if the second authentication element is valid for the gateway device and storing the first authentication element and the second file for the client device if the second authentication element is valid for the gateway device. An apparatus includes a receiver that receives data, a processor that determines if the second authentication element is valid for the gateway device, and a memory that stores the first authentication element and a portion of the data for the client device if the second authentication element is valid for the gateway device.
US09319411B2	Security management for cloud services A cloud management node (102) in a public cloud (100) works together with a private management system (116) in a private cloud (114) to manage provisioning and access to cloud services from the private cloud (114). Private data does not need to be held or duplicated in the public cloud so that the data security is enhanced. The private management system (116) issues tokens for authorization so that user access to cloud services may be controlled. The cloud management node (102) receives provisioning requests from the private cloud (114) and selects and informs an appropriate service provider node (112) that a provisioning request is waiting. In examples an administrator at the private cloud (114) is able to manage cloud service access for many users in a simple effective manner and users are able to operate multiple cloud services from a single account.
US09319401B2	System and method for cross-channel authentication A system may include a memory and processor. The memory may store a user account identifier associated with a user account. The processor may be able to receive at least one user credential and authenticate the user account based at least in part on the at least one user credential. The processor may also receive a first request, from a device associated with the user account, to generate a one-time password and generate the one-time password in response to receiving the first request. The processor may associate the one-time password to the user account and communicate the one-time password to the device associated with the user account. The processor is further able to receive a second request, from a transaction device, the second request comprising an attempted one-time password, determine whether the attempted one-time password is valid and communicate, to the transaction device, an indication that the attempted one-time password is valid in response to determining that the attempted one-time password is valid.
US09319400B2	Sharable content item links with use restrictions Sharable content item links with use restrictions. In one embodiment, for example, a method comprises: receiving, from a client computing device used by an authenticated link submitter, a first request to access a server-stored content item at a sharable link; wherein the link submitter is authenticated according to a first authentication factor; responsive to receiving the first request, prompting the link submitter to enter/submit a second authentication factor; and providing access to the server-stored content item at the shareable link responsive to receiving the second authentication factor from the link submitter.
US09319399B2	Consolidated authentication A method and system for authenticating a user at a first computer to first and second applications installed in a second computer. The second computer receives from the user a first request to access the first application, and in response, the second computer redirects the first request to a third computer, and in response, the third computer determines that the user was previously authenticated and so notifies the second computer, and in response, the second computer returns a first session key to the third computer. The first session key enables a session with the first application but not with the second application. The second computer receives from the user a second request with a second session key to access the first and/or second application, and in response the second computer determines that the user is authentic and notifying the first and/or second application that the user is authentic.
US09319386B2	Security for mobility between MBMS servers In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform operations including triggering by user terminal device a new streaming server to generate new user-specific security keys; receiving at the user terminal device from the new streaming server a new security key specific for the new streaming server; generating at the user terminal device for the streaming server user-specific security keys; and using the new user-specific security keys generated at the user terminal device with the new streaming server for a previously established streaming service.
US09319371B1	Management of commercial messages in a social network Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for managing the flow of messages among users of a social network. One method enables the election of an entity in the social network by a person in the social network. The election indicates that the person follows the entity to receive entity electronic messages. Further, an election of the person by the entity is disabled until it is detected that the person has elected to follow the entity. Additionally, the method includes an operation for detecting the election of the entity by the person, where the person is enabled to add the entity to communication groups managed by the person after the election. The entity is enabled to follow the person after the person elects to follow the entity, and messages from the person to communication groups including the entity will reach the entity.
US09319366B2	Digital device for providing text messaging service and method for controlling the same The present disclosure relates to a digital device and a method for controlling the same, which displays an application related to a text message, extracts additional information from the application and inserts the extracted additional information to the text message, in order to provide additional information associated with a text message.
US09319364B2	Displaying message content differential in popup window A difference between a source email message and at least one target email message is determined and then displayed in a popup window. A first selected message in a message thread is designated as a source message. The thread is searched for a target message that comprises a next oldest message in the thread. Identifying data in the source message is compared to identifying data in the target message for generating difference data. Content of both the source message and target message is also compared. A popup window is generated over the target message and the content difference is displayed in the popup window.
US09319355B2	Communications system having instant message (IM) contact based communications and related methods A communications system may include a content provider device having an instant message (IM) content provider contact associated therewith and may be configured to store content. The communications system may include an IM contact server configured to register the content provider device and thereafter allow subscriber access to the IM content provider contact. The communications system may further include a communications server configured to communicate with the content provider device, and a subscriber device configured to access the IM content provider contact from the IM contact server, and download content from the content provider device via the communications server and based upon the IM content provider contact.
US09319354B2	Network storage device and method for data transmission via a single serial network link A network storage device receives data from and transmits data to a plurality of network devices via a single serial network link. The network storage device has a cache selector, for transferring data associated with individual ones of the plurality of-network devices to corresponding cache queues. Data is output from a cache queue to the storage device when at least one complete block can be written to the storage device, and from the cache queue to the serial network link when at least one complete frame can be transmitted.
US09319340B2	Processing received data A method for controlling the processing of data in a data processor such that the data processor is connectable to a further device over a data link. The method comprising the steps of receiving data at an element of the data processor and if a set interval has elapsed following the receipt of the data, determining whether processing of the received data in accordance with a data transfer protocol has begun, and, if it has not, triggering such processing of the received data by a protocol processing element. The method then senses conditions pertaining to the data link and sets the interval in dependence on the sensed conditions.
US09319337B2	Universal physical control plane A controller for generating universal physical control plane (UPCP) data for configuring a set of managed forwarding elements that forward data in a network is described. The controller includes a control module for converting logical control plane (LCP) data to logical forwarding plane (LFP) data. The controller includes a virtualization module for converting the LFP data to UPCP data. The UPCP data is for subsequent conversion into customized physical control plane (CPCP) data for each of the managed forwarding elements. The CPCP data directs the forwarding of data by the managed forwarding element.
US09319327B2	Packet transmission method, packet transmission apparatus, and storage medium A packet transmission method includes receiving a packet having a first service class; determining a maximum transfer band of the first service class, based on maximum transfer band information for each of a plurality of service classes of each of a plurality of computers; determining a transfer band of the first service class, based on traffic amount information for each of the plurality of service classes; transferring the received packet in the first service class, when the transfer band is smaller than the maximum transfer band of the first service class; determining whether a second service class includes a free band, based on the maximum transfer band information, when the transfer band of the first service class is not smaller than the maximum transfer band; and transferring the received packet in the second service class, when it is determined that the second service class includes the free band.
US09319315B2	Distributing transmission of requests across multiple IP addresses of a proxy server in a cloud-based proxy service A first packet is received at a proxy server from a client and includes a first incoming request for an action to be performed on an identified resource. The first packet is received at the proxy server as a result of a DNS request for a domain corresponding to the identified resource resolving to an IP address of the proxy server. The proxy server selects, based on at least in part on a set of parameters associated with the first packet, one of multiple IP addresses for use as a source IP address for a second packet that carries an outgoing request and transmits the second packet. The proxy server receives a third packet that includes an incoming response from the destination origin server in response to the outgoing request and transmits a fourth packet to the client that includes an outgoing response based on the incoming response.
US09319313B2	System and method of forwarding IPMI message packets based on logical unit number (LUN) Certain aspects direct to a system having at most four service processors (SP's). Each of the at most four SP's is assigned with a logical unit number (LUN) of 0 to 3. When the SP receives a message packet, the SP identifies the message packet based on the header of the message packet. The header uses a LUN field to identify a corresponding SP as a destination of the message packet. For the LUN 0 SP, when the message packet is identified as a request message packet for the LUN 0 SP, the SP processes the request message packet to generate a corresponding response message packet. When the message packet is identified as a request message packet for other SP's (LUN 1-3), the SP saves a copy of the header of the request message packet for later response use, and forwards the request message packet to the destination.
US09319310B2	Distributed switchless interconnect A distributed switchless system characterized by full mesh connectivity is disclosed. The full mesh distributed switchless system allows direct and indirect communication between a source node and a destination node. In direct communication, data propagates via links connecting the source and destination nodes. In indirect communication, data is first sent to an intermediate node via links connecting the source and intermediate nodes. The intermediate node sends the data to the destination node via links connecting the intermediate node and the destination node. The traffic can be divided into all available links across the nodes, rather than only the links connecting the source and destination nodes. Because indirect communication uses more links compared to direct communication, the traffic in each link is smaller. Consequently, the switchless distributed interconnect system can operate with fewer links between any two nodes and links with smaller bandwidth.
US09319309B2	Mobile router information management server, mobile router, mobile router network, and communication method for same With the object of enabling data transfer between mobile routers without going through a home agent and establishing a connection to a destination mobile router even when mobile communication terminals equipped in the destination mobile router are changed at the time of initiating connection to the destination mobile router, a mobile router information management server has a mobile router registration information table that registers, for each mobile router, mobile router information that is reported from the mobile routers and that includes identification information of the mobile routers and identification information of mobile communication terminals equipped in the mobile routers, in response to inquiry information from a mobile router that includes identification information of another mobile router that is to be a communication destination, searches the mobile router registration information table, based on the identification information of the other mobile router, for mobile router information that includes identification information of mobile communication terminals equipped in the other mobile router, and returns the searched mobile router information to the mobile router.
US09319305B2	Next hop ingress protection of label switched paths A network node for providing ingress fault protection. The network node may be along a primary label switched path (LSP) and may be configured to receive an ingress protection request message that identifies one or more other network nodes along the primary LSP. The network node may generate a forwarding table that comprises one or more forwarding entries for the other network nodes along the primary LSP and one or more forwarding entries for the other network nodes along a backup LSP. In typical operation, the network node may receive data traffic from a first source path within a label switched network and may send the data traffic using the primary LSP. When an ingress node fault in the first source path is present, the network node may receive data traffic from a second source path and may send the data traffic using the backup LSP.
US09319302B2	System and method for traffic engineering information summary of a zone in network communications A method for summarizing topology transparent zone (TTZ) traffic engineering (TE) information, comprising computing a TE link state for every TE link internal to a TTZ from a root node to one or more non-root edge nodes, wherein the TE link state comprises the maximum bandwidth of the link, summarizing the computed TE link state information and storing the summary in a memory, and distributing at least a portion of the information in the summary to at least one neighboring node external to the TTZ connected to the root node via an external link.
US09319301B2	Method and node for realizing route discovery in network A method for realizing route discovery in a network includes: classifying a level of a node in the network; receiving a route request packet from a node adjacent to the node; comparing a node level indicated by node level information contained in the received route request packet with the level of the node; updating, in a case where the level of the node is higher than the node level indicated by the node level information contained in the route request packet, the node level indicated by the node level information contained in the route request packet to be the level of the node; and forwarding the updated route request packet to other nodes adjacent to the node.
US09319296B2	Methods for embedding an out-of-band signal into a communication protocol capture stream One or more out-of-band input signals (GPIO) are handled and efficiently embedded into a USB capture stream. In order to conserve resources, the state of the input signals can be sent only when a change occurs. The signals are accurately time-stamped, and then presented within the context of the captured USB data. In order to provide maximum visibility, if the digital inputs occur during a normally filtered multi-packet sequence, the filter is canceled and the surrounding packets will also be sent to an analysis computer. Furthermore, because digital inputs may happen during a USB packet, the digital inputs are queued in a FIFO buffer until there is an opportunity to send the digital inputs. Even though the state of the inputs may be sent at a later time, the state of the inputs may be time-stamped when the state of the inputs is perceived by the analyzer.
US09319294B2	Wake-up processing by network apparatus in response to remotely-transmitted wake-up instruction Provided is a network apparatus that has a function of receiving a wake-up instruction from a terminal apparatus over a network and thereby waking up, including a wake-up instruction receiving unit that receives the wake-up instruction, a wake-up control unit that performs wake-up processing in a case of receiving the wake-up instruction, and a state transmitting unit that transmits a state notification of the wake-up processing to the terminal apparatus in the case of receiving the wake-up instruction.
US09319292B2	Client activity DNS optimization Client and user activity in an application or a browser are monitored to determine whether potential actions will result in a server being contacted. A DNS request to resolve the server's host name is generated to ensure the server's IP address is cached and available.
US09319289B2	Adaptive bit rate (ABR) streaming with server side adaptation A device for providing adaptive bit rate streaming that includes a first transcoder configured to transcode a video stream based at least in part on an encoding characteristic to generate a first transcoded video stream, a network monitor configured to monitor network conditions including a network bandwidth of a network, an adjustment module configured to cause the transcoder to adjust the encoding characteristic in response to a change in the network conditions, an advertising module configured to advertise to a client device an ABR profile that corresponds to the first transcoded video stream, wherein the advertising module updates the advertised single ABR profile when the at least one encoding characteristic is adjusted, and a network interface configured to transmit segments of the first transcoded video stream to the client device via the network in response to requests therefor.
US09319288B2	Graphical user interface for displaying information related to a virtual machine network A graphical user interface for displaying information related to a virtual machine network is disclosed. In an embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores instructions that, when executed by a computer, enable a graphical user interface to be displayed. The graphical user interface displays information related to a virtual machine network and includes a chart having error indicators organized in rows and columns, wherein an error indicator corresponds to an entity in the virtual machine network at a time and indicates a state of the entity at that time.
US09319272B1	Methods and apparatus for providing composed appliance services in virtualized private networks Methods and apparatus that enable appliance service instances to be provisioned in a subnet of a customer's private network on a service provider network without provisioning the backend nodes in the customer's subnet. At least one front-end node instance is provisioned in the customer's subnet. Instead of provisioning the backend nodes in the customer's subnet, the appliance service provider provisions the backend node instances in the appliance service provider's subnet. In addition, at least the front-end node instance may be provided with multiple interfaces. At least two of the interfaces face different subnets, with one facing the customer subnet and the other facing the backend subnet operated by the appliance service provider in which the backend node instances are implemented. In some implementations, a third interface may face a management subnet so that the owner of the front-end node instance may manage the instance.
US09319270B2	Configuration of third party applications in a sandboxed environment A profile manager application is installed in an electronic device that fetches configuration profiles for third party applications from a remote server. Using code libraries incorporated in the third party applications and URL based commands, the profile manager application communicates with the third party applications to configure them according to the corresponding configuration profiles, even though the third party applications are running in a sandboxed environment.
US09319266B2	Method and apparatus for managing diameter routing A method and a network device for managing Diameter routing are disclosed in the communication technology. The network device avoids frequently sending a Diameter message on a faulty routing. In the method: a network apparatus receives a first Diameter message configured to be delivered to a destination node. The network apparatus determines a routing status of a primary routing from the network apparatus to the destination node according to recorded routing status from the network apparatus to the destination node. The network apparatus sends the first Diameter message through the primary routing if the routing status of the primary routing is normal. The network apparatus sends the first Diameter message through an alternative routing from the network apparatus to the destination node if the routing status of the primary routing is faulty.
US09319237B2	Method and device for controlling a bus system and a corresponding bus system Method for controlling a bus system having at least two users, a first user repeatedly transmitting a reference message in at least one predeterminable time interval over the bus system, the reference message being triggered by time trigger information when the time information reaches a time mark assigned to the trigger information, wherein the time mark is altered at least once in such a way that when the time information reaches the altered time mark, time shifting of the trigger information occurs.
US09319233B2	Method and system for controlling network device and recording medium storing program for executing the method A task-based device control method and system for easily providing a service desired by a user in a home network using universal plug and play (UPnP), and a recording medium storing a program for executing the method are provided. The method includes, if a service is selected using a first device connected to the network, the first device generating a task according to the service; the first device notifying another device of the generation of the task via the network; if the first device receives a command to browse or search for the task from a second device via the network, the first device transmitting information on the task to the second device; and if the first device receives a request to fetch the task from the second device via the network, the first device transferring the task to the second device.
US09319231B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting a MAC control message in wireless access system A method for transmitting a Medium Access Control (MAC) control message for an M2M device and an apparatus for supporting the same are disclosed herein. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for transmitting a MAC control message includes the steps of receiving a broadcast assignment map information element (BA A-MAP IE) including a function index field and broadcast assignment information for the M2M device, and wherein the broadcast assignment information indicates a resource region to which the MAC control message is being transmitted, and, when a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bit masked to the BA A-MAP IE indicates that the BA A-MAP IE is for a M2M broadcast assignment, receiving the MAC control message through the resource region, which is indicated by the broadcast assignment information.
US09319229B2	Transmission terminal and method of transmitting display data A transmission terminal includes a network communication unit to transceive predetermined data with another transmission terminal connected to a communication network; a proximity communication unit to establish a proximity communication with an information providing apparatus that displays a predetermined image and to transmit connection setting information required to establish a communication at a longer range; a short-range communication unit to establish a radio communication with the information providing apparatus at a longer range than the proximity communication unit using the connection setting information; a display data receiving unit to receive display data through a communication path established by the short-range communication unit; a display data transmitting unit to transmit the display data received by the display data receiving unit to the other transmission terminal using the network communication unit; and a display control unit to display the image data and/or the display data on a display device.
US09319226B2	Method and system for downloading in ubiquitous network by means of multicast A method and system for downloading in a ubiquitous network by means of multicast are disclosed. The method includes: after requesting to download a media service, a terminal acquires, from a tracing server, an address of a cache server corresponding to the media service, and requests the cache server to transmit the media service; after receiving the request, the cache server triggers a context server to determine, according to a preset multicast terminal threshold value, whether a condition for triggering multicast is met; when the condition for triggering multicast is met, the cache server cooperates with the context server and a joint radio resource management server to determine a plurality of terminals participating in multicast and a multicast channel; and the cache server sending data of the media service to each terminal on the multicast channel via a resource control node. According to the solution provided by the disclosure, a user is able to obtain a media multicast service in the case of being unable to learn the surrounding multicast group situation, which not only can make the best of the radio resources, but also can implement rapid media download for the user.
US09319221B1	Controlling access based on recognition of a user Approaches to enable a computing device, such as a phone or tablet computer, to compute a probability that the user currently using the device matches a profile of an authorized user and to set or change a security level of the computing device based on the computed probability. The security level can be one of many security levels each having a different scope of authorized access to data or functions of the computing device. The computing device may periodically re-compute the probability and change the security level whenever the probability crosses certain predefined thresholds.
US09319216B2	Operating method of human interface device An operating method of a human interface device includes the steps of: counting an oversampling number of an oversampling signal and estimating an accumulated bit number of a USB data stream according to the oversampling signal; calculating a difference between the oversampling number and M times of the accumulated bit number when the accumulated bit number is larger than a predetermined value; and calibrating detected information obtained operating with the oversampling signal according to the correction parameter.
US09319213B2	Method for transceiving signals, and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for a terminal to perform a HARQ process in which a scheduling cell of a first UL-DL configuration and a P-scheduling cell of a second TDD UL-DL configuration are set in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation (CA), as well as to an apparatus for the method. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a UL grant through the scheduling cell; transmitting data corresponding to the UL grant through the P-scheduling cell according to the HARQ timing of a specific UL-DL configuration; and receiving data acknowledgement information through the scheduling cell according to the HARQ timing of the specific UL-DL configuration.
US09319203B2	Method of transmitting control information and device for same The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In more detail, a method for performing HARQ (hybrid automatic repeat request) retransmission by a communication device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: initially transmitting a data block to a Base Station (BS); attempting PDCCH (physical downlink control channel detection) in a predetermined time interval including a plurality of subframes after transmission of an uplink channel signal; and retransmitting the data block when a PDCCH signal indicating retransmission of the data block is detected in the predetermined time interval, wherein reception of a PHICH (physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel) corresponding to initial transmission of the data block is skipped.
US09319195B2	Multiplexing PUCCH information An exemplary method of communicating includes multiplexing control signaling in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) onto a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) by puncturing PUSCH data with PUCCH control information using a uniform distribution of the PUCCH information within at least one resource block of the PUSCH data. One example includes using a first constant amplitude zero autocorrelation sequence (CAZAC) index on PUCCH for communicating CQI and ACK information together and using a second, different CAZAC sequence index for communicating CQI information alone or with NAK information or DTX. The used index provides an indication of whether ACK information is communicated. The used index also provides implicit DTX detection without additional processing.
US09319193B2	Method for interference measurement in base station cooperative wireless communication system, and device therefor The present application discloses a method wherein a terminal sets an interference measurement reference signal resource in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of: receiving first resource setting data, comprising bit map data indicating the position of a resource element for a reference signal in one subframe and comprising subframe data whereby the reference signal can be received; receiving second resource setting data of the interference measurement reference signal, constituted on the basis of the first resource setting data and the interference measurement reference signal resource, on the basis of the second resource setting data. The second resource setting data comprises resource element data indicating the position of one or more resource element and comprises interference measurement subframe data indicating the position of a subframe where the interference measurement reference signal can be received. The subframe indicated by the interference measurement subframe data is defined by a subset of the subframe indicated by the subframe data comprised in the first resource setting data.
US09319189B2	Method and apparatus for controlling inter-cell interference in wireless communication system The present invention pertains to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method for transmitting an uplink (UL) signal in a time division duplex (TDD) wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor, and the method comprises the following steps: receiving information limiting UL transmission activity from a serving cell; and transmitting a UL subframe in consideration of the information, wherein signal transmission of specific time-frequency resources corresponding to the information in the UL subframe is limited.
US09319188B2	Systems and methods for special subframe configuration for carrier aggregation A user equipment (UE) for special subframe configuration for carrier aggregation is described. The UE includes a processor and memory in electronic communication with the processor. Executable instructions are stored in the memory. The UE transmits and receives based on the special subframe configuration, regardless of a combination of special subframe configurations of the aggregated cells.
US09319177B2	Radio communication devices and methods for controlling a radio communication device A radio communication device may be provided. The radio communication device may include: a first circuit; a second circuit; a processor configured to operate the radio communication device in a plurality of operation modes, wherein the plurality of operation modes may include: a first operation mode in which the first circuit processes received data of a first communication channel independent from the second circuit and in which the second circuit processes received data of a second communication channel independent from the first circuit; and a second operation mode in which the first circuit and the second circuit jointly process received data of a third communication channel. The radio communication device may further include a mode switching circuit configured to switch between the plurality of operation modes.
US09319169B2	Orthogonally-combining interleaving filter multiplexer and systems and methods using same In general, a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) communication system simultaneously pre-filters and combines groups of wavelengths with orthogonal polarizations to provide a pre-filtered, pair-wise orthogonal aggregate WDM optical signal. In particular, an orthogonally-combining interleaving filter multiplexer provides substantially orthogonal polarizations for odd and even channel wavelengths and simultaneously pre-filters and combines the orthogonally polarized odd and even channel wavelengths using interleaver optics. The orthogonal polarizations may be provided by orientation of PM input fibers or by a polarization rotator in the orthogonally-combining interleaving filter multiplexer.
US09319167B2	Technique for inter-cell interference coordination in a heterogeneous communication network A technique for assigning transceiver devices to transmission resources for inter-cell interference coordination in a heterogeneous cellular communication network is described. The network comprises a first cell layer having a first cell associated with a first transmission resource and a second cell layer having a second cell associated with a second transmission resource disjunctive from the first transmission resource. In a method implementation, the technique comprises performing a first selection procedure to select a first set of transceiver devices served in the first cell based on the potential of causing interference to transceiver devices served in the second cell, performing a second selection procedure to select a second set of transceiver devices served in the second cell based on the potential of being sensitive to interference from transceiver devices served in the first cell, and assigning the first set of transceiver devices to the first transmission resource and the second set of transceiver devices to the second transmission resource.
US09319157B2	Characterisation of a wireless communications link A system and method are described for characterizing a wireless communications link as line-of-sight (LOS) or non line-of-sight (NLOS). The method comprises receiving data (T) representing a position of a transmitter, receiving data (R) representing a position of a receiver, receiving a measure of transmitted power at an output of the transmitter (PT) and receiving a measure of received power at an input to the receiver (PR). An NLOS detector (400) generates at least one non line-of-sight metric to characterize the wireless link between the transmitter and the receiver based on the position of the receiver, the position of the transmitter, the transmitted power and the received power.
US09319156B2	Analyzing a particular wireless signal based on characteristics of other wireless signals The present disclosure discloses a system and method for classifying Wi-Fi signals from Fourier transform samples. Generally, classifying Wi-Fi signals from Fourier transform samples includes: collecting and dividing Fourier transform samples into frequency blocks; determining the bandwidth for the Fourier transform sample; and determining whether the Fourier transform sample corresponds to a narrowband signal. Further, if a determination is made that the Fourier transform sample does not correspond to a narrowband signal, channel utilization is calculated based on a determination that the FFT sample corresponds to a Wi-Fi signal. If it is determined that the Fourier transform sample corresponds to a narrowband signal, then a determination is made that the FFT sample corresponds to a Wi-Fi signal based on certain criteria. The certain criteria may include one or more of a slope value, a number of sub-peak bins, an analysis of adjacent channels, characteristic matching, or other criteria.
US09319155B2	Multiple input multiple output antenna module and associated method A multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna module, comprising a first signal feed port coupled to a first antenna element disposed along a first edge of a PCB, a second signal feed port coupled to a second antenna element disposed on the PCB and a transceiver operable to be selectively coupled to either or both of the first and second signal feed ports. The first and second antenna elements form a plurality of antenna elements confined to a peripheral section surrounding a central region of the PCB of the MIMO antenna module.
US09319153B2	Mobile source media content access Embodiments are provided for accessing media content on a mobile device. In one embodiment, a user may add media from a mobile device carried by the user to a queue of media that may be rendered by a media system in communication with the mobile device. In one example, the user may select a subset of media from the mobile device to add to the queue, such that only the subset of media is accessible to the media system while the non-selected media on the mobile device remains private. In one case, the mobile device may become disconnected from the media system such that the added subset of media is no longer accessible by the media system. In this case, the media system may search for media equivalent to the subset of media, and replace the subset of media in the queue with the equivalent media.
US09319152B2	Method and apparatus for selectively applying interference cancellation in spread spectrum systems The present invention is directed to the selective provision of interference canceled signal streams to demodulating fingers in a communication receiver. According to the present invention, potential interferer signal paths are identified. Signal streams having one or more potential interferer signals removed or canceled are created, and a correlation is performed to determine whether the strength of a desired signal path increased as a result. If the correlation indicates that the strength of a desired signal path was increased by the signal cancellation, the interference canceled signal stream is provided to the demodulation finger assigned to track the desired signal path. If the correlation determines that the strength of the desired signal path did not increase as a result of performing interference cancellation, the raw or a different interference canceled signal stream is provided to the demodulation finger.
US09319151B2	Methods and apparatus for blind interference decrease/cancellation techniques A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which one or more semi-static parameters associated with at least one neighboring eNode B (eNB) and an interfering user equipment (UE) are detected, at an eNB, and a blind interference reduction scheme based on the one or more detected semi-static parameters to reduce a signal from the interfering UE is applied.
US09319142B2	Full-duplex optical transceiver applicable to digital coherent system An optical transceiver applicable to the coherent communication is disclosed. The optical transceiver includes a laser module, a transmitter module to output a transmitting signal by modulating a phase of an laser beam output from the laser module, and a receiver module to receive a receiving signal modulated in the phase thereof and extract data by multiplying the receiving signal with an laser beam output from the laser module.
US09319128B2	Helicopter satellite communication system, helicopter-mounted communication apparatus, terrestrial station communication apparatus, communication method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer program A helicopter-mounted communication apparatus encodes video data at a compression rate based on a percentage of time a transmission beam is blocked by rotor blades. When a number of video packets is less than a specified number, the helicopter-mounted communication apparatus inserts null packets to keep a packet rate constant, then deletes the null packets and attaches additional information to another packet indicating the number of deleted null packets, and after buffering modulates and transmits a signal toward a communication satellite at transmittable-time points. A terrestrial station communication apparatus receives and demodulates the transmitted signal via the communication satellite, generating a packet stream, and based on the additional information included in the generated packet stream, inserts null packets in the packet stream and buffers the packet stream, thereby keeping the packet rate constant, and then separates the video packets from the packet stream and decodes the separated video packets.
US09319122B1	Beamsteering in a spatial division multiple access (SDMA) system In a communication network, a first communication device obtains respective channel estimate matrices of respective communication channels between i) the first communication device and ii) respective second communication devices. The first communication device generates respective steering matrices for use in communicating with the respective second communication devices, including generating each steering matrix to project to a null-space of a space spanned by channel estimate matrices corresponding to others of the second communication devices. The first communication device utilizes the respective steering matrices to simultaneously transmit respective signals to the respective second communication devices.
US09319120B2	Radio communication method, user terminal, radio base station and radio communication system The present invention is designed so that it is possible to feed back channel state information (CSI) that is suitable for downlink communication in which 3D beams are used. The radio communication method of the present invention is a radio communication method to allow a radio base station to carry out downlink communication with a user terminal by using a 3D beam that is formed with a horizontal beam having directivity in a horizontal plane and a vertical beam having directivity in a vertical plane, and has the steps in which the radio base station transmits a plurality of measurement reference signals that are pre-coded using different precoding weights between a plurality of vertical beams, and the user terminal transmits channel state information that is generated based on the plurality of measurement reference signals, to the radio base station.
US09319108B2	System for contactless transfer of energy and data and vehicle with such a system A system for the contactless transfer of energy and data includes a transfer path with a primary coil and with a secondary coil. The primary control unit is designed to lead data-modulated first alternating-voltage signals of a first frequency range into the primary coil. The secondary control unit is designed to receive the first alternating-voltage signals of the first frequency range from the secondary coil, and to demodulate the modulated-on data. The system further includes a feed-in line for feeding a second alternating-voltage signal of a second frequency range to a primary line leading to a primary coil and an activation line that is connected to a secondary line that is connected to the secondary coil. A first filter filters the second alternating-voltage signal from the secondary line and provides the signal to an activation connection.
US09319103B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for power line carrier data communication to DC powered electronic device Systems and methods are operable to communicate information to a direct current (DC) powered electronic device. An exemplary embodiment receives alternating current (AC) power with an AC information signal modulated thereon, converts the received AC power to DC power, demodulates the received AC information signal to determine information, modulates the information onto the transmitted DC power as a DC information signal, transmits the DC power with the DC information signal over a DC connector to the DC powered electronic device, detects the DC information signal on the modulated DC power at the DC powered electronic device, demodulates the DC information signal from the received DC power, and determines the information at the DC powered electronic device based upon the demodulated DC information.
US09319102B2	Communication apparatus, communication system, communication method, and storage medium In a communication system, communication apparatuses provided with their respective antennas are wiredly connected in serial, and a control apparatus receives a signal based on a radio signal received by one of the communication apparatuses. In the system, one of the communication apparatuses determines whether reception quality of a radio signal received via the antenna thereof satisfies predetermined quality, and transmits, to a second communication apparatus or the control apparatus that is wiredly connected thereto, a signal based on the received radio signal if the reception quality satisfies the predetermined quality, and a signal based on a wired signal received from a first communication apparatus wiredly connected thereto if the reception quality does not satisfy the predetermined quality.
US09319100B2	Delay compensation for variable cable length The present application discloses a time distribution device capable of providing a synchronized time signal to a plurality of end devices connected to the time distribution device with cables of various lengths. The time distribution device may receive a time signal, generate a time reference based on the received time signal, compensate the time reference for hardware delay, and overcompensate the time reference for a delay caused by a maximum cable length. Prior to being distributed to various end devices, each being connected with the time distribution device by cables of varying length, this overcompensated time reference may then be delayed by an amount based on the cable length connecting each respective end device such that the arrival of each of the synchronized time references at the various end devices is synchronized.
US09319097B2	Method for generating binary offset carrier correlation function based on local signals, apparatus for tracking binary offset carrier signal, and spread spectrum signal receiver system A method of generating a correlation function used to track a code phase delay value for a local code, in a spread spectrum signal receiver system, to be correlated with a received cosine or sine BOC-modulated signal, in which plurality of pulses successively occur in a single period of a spreading code chip is presented. The Method may include generating a local signal pair having a phase delay value based on a first and second local signal pair defined by first and last pulses of a signal pulse train, received during a single period of a sub-carrier of the received signal, and a given main peak shape parameter, generating a sub-correlation function pair by performing correlation operations of the received signal and the local signal pair with respect to a total time and generating a main correlation function having only a main peak by performing an elimination operation of the sub-correlation function pair.
US09319093B2	System and method for communicating with an unpowered device An apparatus for shipping a device containing a circuit, including a bag sized for holding the device; and an antenna connected to the bag, the antenna having a first end for coupling to the circuit of the device when the device is in the bag so as to allow for radio frequency (RF) communication with the device while the device is in the bag. Separation of the device from the bag causes the antenna to be disconnected from the circuit of the device.
US09319090B2	Methods and apparatus for low power audio visual interface calibration Methods and apparatus for calibration of interface operation of a display device. In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, an embedded DisplayPort (eDP) source element (such as a graphics processing unit (GPU)) configures itself to support the minimum requirements necessary to support a sink element (such as a screen display). Unlike prior art solutions, minimum sink requirements are identified during a calibration process, and the source is configured accordingly. By tailoring the source to the specific requirements of the sink, the device can initialize faster, consume less power, etc. Moreover, in another aspect of the present invention, if a device does not initialize to an expected configuration based on prior calibration settings, the device can be flagged as having faulty or failing components.
US09319089B1	Apparatus for interfacing auxiliary devices with radio communication hardware An apparatus for interconnecting a radio communication equipment connector with non-Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) accessories includes a pass through portion including a first connector and a second connector having the same type and an opposing gender with respect to the first connector. A conversion portion is coupled adjacent the pass through portion and is configured to electrically interface with one of the plurality of the contacts of the first connector or the second connector. The conversion portion is further configured to transmit a signal from one of the plurality of contacts of the first connector or the second connector to a non-OEM accessory. Additionally, the apparatus is configured to concurrently maintain the functionality between an OEM accessory and a radio connected thereto.
US09319084B2	Noise cancellation apparatus and method A noise cancellation structure comprises a trans-impedance stage couple to an output of a mixer of a receiver and a noise cancellation stage connected in parallel with the trans-impedance stage, wherein the noise cancellation stage comprises a first adjustable resistor and a second adjustable resistor connected in series with the first adjustable resistor, wherein the first adjustable resistor and the second adjustable resistor are configured such that the first adjustable resistor has a first resistance variation portion and the second adjustable resistor has a second resistance variation portion equal to the first resistance variation in an opposite direction and a magnitude of the first resistance variation is so selected that differential mode second-order noise and common mode second-order noise cancel each other.
US09319082B2	Receiver and transmitter of coping with interference in super-regenerative communication system, and method of using the receiver and the transmitter A receiver and a transmitter that copes with interference in a super-regenerative communication system, and a method of using the receiver and the transmitter, are provided. A super-regenerative receiver includes a resonance frequency adjusting unit configured to adjust a resonance frequency associated with a filtering band of a transmission signal that is received from a transmitter. The super-regenerative receiver further includes an oscillation signal generating unit configured to generate an oscillation signal, using a positive feedback amplification, based on the resonance frequency and the transmission signal. The super-regenerative receiver further includes an oscillation characteristic detecting unit configured to detect a characteristic of the oscillation signal. The super-regenerative receiver further includes a determining unit configured to determine whether interference is included in the transmission signal based on the characteristic of the oscillation signal and the resonance frequency.
US09319079B2	Reception quality measuring apparatus and reception quality measuring method A reception quality measuring apparatus (100) including: an equalizing processing unit (1) for performing an equalizing process on a reception signal to derive an equalized reception signal; lattice distance estimating element (2) for deriving a lattice distance estimation value using the equalized reception signal; an RSSI estimating unit (3) for deriving an RSSI estimation value using the lattice distance estimation value; an ISSI estimating unit (4) for deriving an ISSI estimation value by subtracting the RSSI estimation value from the lattice distance estimation value; and a dividing unit (5) for deriving an SIR representing reception quality by dividing the RSSI estimation value by the ISSI estimation value.
US09319077B2	Active waveform shuttering for rotorcraft In one embodiment a communication system comprises a radiofrequency (RF) transmitter, an antenna communicatively coupled to the RF transmitter to direct an RF signal in a first direction, a laser ranger mounted to the antenna to direct a pulsed laser signal in the first direction and receive reflected laser signals from a rotorblade, and logic to determine a measure of interference resulting from a rotorblade, provide the measure of interference to a radiofrequency (RF) transmitter, and shutter an RF transmission signal from the RF transmitter in response to the measure of interference. Other embodiments may be described.
US09319075B1	Wireless devices with transmission control and multiple internet protocol (IP) based paths of communication A method and apparatus in which multiple Internet Protocol (IP) based wireless data transmissions are simultaneously provided between a wireless device and a server, including providing multiple antennas, multiple T/R units, multiple processors and multiple I/O ports on the wireless device. The method includes receiving multiple IP data packets on the I/O ports at substantially the same time, and sending multiple data packets from the wireless device to the server, whereby the transmission rate between the wireless device and the server is increased.
US09319071B2	Parallel bit interleaver A bit interleaving method involves applying a bit permutation process to bits of a QC-LDPC codeword made up of N cyclic blocks each including Q bits, and dividing the codeword after the permutation process into a plurality of constellation words each including M bits, the codeword being divided into F×N′/M folding sections (N′ being a subset of N selected cyclic blocks and being a multiple of M/F), each of the constellation words being associated with one of the F×N′/M folding sections, and the bit permutation process being applied such that each of the constellation words includes F bits from each of M/F different cyclic blocks in a given folding section associated with a given constellation word.
US09319064B2	Method for coding a data stream The invention relates to a method for coding a data stream (DS), wherein the data stream (DS) comprises a multiplicity of characters which are symbols (S) from an alphabet, wherein the characters of the data stream (DS) are combined to form a plurality of blocks (B), and the blocks (B) are entropy-coded on the basis of a code table (CT) valid for the respective block (B). The method according to the invention is characterized by the fact that the blocks (B), by means of iteration (IT), are associated with a plurality of clusters (CL) on the basis of a clearance (d) which is defined such that the clearance (d) between a block (B) and a cluster (CL) is smaller the less pronounced the change in the entropy (ET) of the cluster (CL) when adding the block (B) to the cluster (CL). In a respective iteration step, of the iteration (IT), reassignment of the blocks (B) to the clusters (CL) takes place by virtue of the blocks (B) being assigned in each case to the cluster (CL) with the smallest clearance (d) between the block (B) and the cluster (CL). Then, in each case one code table (CT) is assigned to the clusters (CL) determined by the iteration (IT), which code table is determined on the basis of the frequency distribution of the symbols (S) in at least some of the blocks (B) contained in the respective cluster (CL) and is valid for all blocks (B) of the respective cluster (CL).
US09319050B1	Multiple synchronizable signal generators using a single field programmable gate array An apparatus for phase alignment of clock signals includes a sampling circuit that samples a first clock signal on edges of a reference clock signal and that samples the reference clock signal on edges of the first clock signal, to generate a phase signal indicative of relative phase between the first clock signal and the reference clock signal. An alignment control circuit generates a control signal responsive to the phase signal, the control signal setting a phase shift direction for the first clock signal. A phase shifter shifts a phase of the first clock signal in the phase shift direction responsive to the control signal to align the phase of the first clock signal with a phase of the reference clock signal.
US09319040B2	Distributing multiplexing logic to remove multiplexor latency on the output path for variable clock cycle, delayed signals A controller sets a selector register of programmable delay signal logic is to a value equal to a required number of clock cycles of delay for signals output from an integrated circuit to an external memory. The controller controls a selection of additional logic along the output path to perform on the delayed signal within a clock cycle without any latency added to the output path by delay signal logic outputting the delayed signal. The controller waits required number of clock cycles after setting the selector register before using the delayed signal output by the delay signal logic onto an output path.
US09319032B2	Ramp signal generating circuit and signal generator, array substrate and display apparatus A ramp signal generating circuit and ramp signal generator, an array substrate and a display apparatus. The ramp signal generating circuit comprises a first shift register (11), a second shift register possessing a bidirectional scanning function (12), a voltage decreasing unit (13) and a sampling unit (14); the voltage decreasing unit (13) is connected to a power supply input terminal and a ground terminal and is configured to continuously decrease a voltage inputted from the power supply input terminal stage by stage; the first shift register (11) is connected to the voltage decreasing unit (13) and is configured to control the voltage decreasing unit (13) to output voltages which are decreased continuously stage by stage; the sampling unit (14) has an output terminal and is connected to the voltage decreasing unit (13); the second shift register (12) is connected to the sampling unit (14) and is configured to control, through bidirectional scanning, the sampling unit (13) to sample and output the voltages which are decreased continuously stage by stage by the voltage decreasing unit (13). Such ramp signal generating circuit is capable of reducing area of the ramp signal generating circuit and improving linearity of ramp signal.
US09319031B2	High-speed CMOS ring voltage controlled oscillator with low supply sensitivity High-speed CMOS ring voltage controlled oscillators with low supply sensitivity have been disclosed. According to one embodiment, a CML ring oscillator comprises a CML negative impedance compensation circuit comprising two cross coupled transistors and a resistor connected to the two transistors for resistive biasing and a CML interpolating delay cell connected in parallel with the CML negative impedance compensation. An impedance change of the CML negative impedance compensation due to supply variation counteracts an impedance change of the CML interpolating delay cell.
US09319029B1	System and method for automatic filter tuning Various methods and devices that involve tuning filters are disclosed. A disclosed method for tuning a filter comprises trimming a center frequency of the filter. The method also comprises trimming an input signal magnitude of the filter. The method also comprises measuring a performance metric of the filter after trimming the center frequency of the filter and the input signal magnitude of the filter. The method also comprises repeating the trimming steps and the measuring step until the filter is tuned for a first physical test condition. A disclosed device that includes a filter also includes first and second trimming circuits that trim the center frequency and input signal magnitude of the filter. A disclosed system includes a motor to transfer a transmitting device from a first physical test condition to a second physical test condition relative to a proximity coupling device with a filter.
US09319023B2	Acoustic wave element and acoustic wave device using same An IDT electrode of a SAW element has a plurality of first dummy electrodes which extend from the first bus bar to the second bus bar side and have tips which face the tips of the plurality of second electrode fingers through a plurality of first gaps, and a plurality of second dummy electrodes which extend from the second bus bar to the first bus bar side and have tips which face the tips of the plurality of first electrode fingers through a plurality of second gaps. The plurality of first gaps and the plurality of second gaps are arranged to be inclined to the same side relative to the propagation direction of SAW. When the inclination angles of the first gaps and the second gaps relative to the propagation direction are a first angle θA and a second angle θB, the following are true: 10°≦θA≦26°, and 10°≦θB≦26°.
US09319022B2	Resonator element, resonator, oscillator, and electronic apparatus A resonator element includes a base section, a pair of vibrating arms projecting from the base section in a +Y-axis direction, and arranged in an X-axis direction intersecting with the Y-axis direction with a distance in a plan view, and a support arm disposed between the pair of vibrating arms and projecting from the base section in the +Y-axis direction. The base section includes a first shrunk-width portion disposed on an opposite side to the side on which the support arm projects taking the center of the base section as a boundary, and within a range of the distance, and having a length in the X-axis direction gradually decreasing with a distance from the support arm in a plan view.
US09319017B1	LNA gain adaption based on received signal strength of signals conforming to different communication protocols An integrated circuit for controlling a gain of an LNA to be applied to (i) a first signal from a first communication device, and (ii) a second signal from a second communication device, wherein (i) the first signal conforms to a first communication protocol, and (ii) the second signal conforms to a second communication protocol, includes LNA gain adaptation hardware. The LNA gain adaptation hardware is configured to determine a first signal strength indicator corresponding to a signal strength of the first signal, determine a second signal strength indicator corresponding to a signal strength of the second signal, and control the gain of the LNA based on at least (i) the first signal strength indicator and (ii) the second signal strength indicator.
US09319013B2	Operational amplifier input offset correction with transistor threshold voltage adjustment A device can include an operational amplifier (op amp) circuit having a differential transistor pair, a first transistor of the differential transistor pair being formed in a first well of a substrate and a second transistor of the differential transistor pair being formed in a second well of the substrate; a body bias generator configured to generate at least a first body bias voltage for the first well, and not the second well, that varies in response to a first body bias control value; and a control circuit configured to selectively generate the first body bias control value in response to an input offset voltage of the op amp.
US09319004B2	Apparatus and methods for equalization Apparatus and methods for equalization are provided. In certain implementations, an equalizer includes first and second feedback resistors, first and second equalization resistors, an equalization capacitor, and an amplification circuit that includes first to fourth input terminals and first and second output terminals. The amplification circuit can receive a differential input voltage signal between the first and third input terminals, and the first and second equalization resistors and the equalization capacitor are electrically connected in series between the second and fourth input terminals with the equalization capacitor between the first and second equalization resistors. Additionally, the first feedback resistor is electrically connected between the first output terminal and the second input terminal, and the second feedback resistor is electrically connected between the second output terminal and the fourth input terminal.
US09319000B2	Method and apparatus for improving leakage performance of a multi-port amplifier A method and apparatus for managing a multi-port amplifier. In one illustrative embodiment, an apparatus comprises the multi-port amplifier and a controller. The multi-port amplifier is configured to amplify a plurality of signals to form a plurality of amplified signals. The controller is configured to send a plurality of control adjustments to a plurality of equalizers in the multi-port amplifier to improve leakage performance of the multi-port amplifier.
US09318999B2	Sampling mixer circuit and receiver The sampling mixer circuit comprises: a clock generating circuit that outputs four-phase control signals the periods of which are in accordance with the carrier frequency of an input signal and the phases of which are different from one another; a voltage-to-current converting circuit that converts a voltage signal based on the input signal to a current signal; four-system charge sharing circuits in which the current signal as converted is input to a plurality of capacitors in accordance with the different phases based on the four-phase control signals and in which charges are exchanged among the plurality of capacitors; and a phase-to-phase capacitor that is selectively connected, on the basis of the four-phase control signals, to the respective ones of nodes, which are other than the input nodes of the current signal, in the four-system charge sharing circuits.
US09318996B2	Solar energy apparatus and methods The invention is for improved solar energy collection apparatus that utilize one or more 3-dimensional porous metal absorber plates that contain one or more materials that can harness either or both solar thermal and solar electric energy. Working fluid can traverse throughout the depth, width, and length of the 3-dimensional porous metal absorber plate in order to extract solar thermal energy absorbed therein. Working fluid can be guided throughout the porous metal absorber plate in an alternating flow pattern with contoured cover glazing, to extract solar energy at high efficiency while reducing flow resistance. Working fluid that contains materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect can traverse within the solar energy collection apparatus. The utility includes a wide variety of practical uses such as energy for hot water heating, space heating, aquaculture, industrial production processes, and other thermal or electric energy applications. The invention can also be utilized for other multi-functionality purposes such as combined effects of air pollution reduction and solar energy harvest inside the improved solar energy collectors.
US09318993B2	Drive circuit and physical quantity measuring device In order for keeping the amplitude of the excitation current of a vibrator constant irrespective not only of the temperature variation but also of the manufacturing variation and the variation in frequency, a comparison control circuit for controlling the amplitude of the drive signal for exciting the vibrator includes a comparative voltage supply circuit for supplying the comparative voltage, and the comparative voltage supply circuit generates the comparative voltage with a constant current source and a second resistor made of a material the same as a material of a first resistor included in a current-voltage conversion circuit.
US09318992B2	Drive circuit for a pre-phase AC motor As described herein, a drive circuit for a three phase AC motor comprises an AC/AC converter. The converter has an input for receiving multiphase AC power from an AC source and converting the AC power to variable voltage and variable frequency from the AC source for driving the AC motor. A filter circuit is connected to the AC/AC converter and comprises at least one inductor per phase and at least one capacitor per phase. The capacitors are connected in a broken wye configuration with one side connected to one of the inductors and an opposite side connected via a three phase diode bridge rectifier to a switch. The switch is controlled by a converter control to selectively open or short a neutral point of the broken wye capacitor configuration.
US09318977B2	Actuating circuit for three-level inverter An actuating circuit having a primary-side circuit part with an actuating logic circuit and a primary-side reference potential, and four secondary-side circuit parts each having one driver stage designed for actuating a phase of a three-level inverter and a first to fourth semiconductor switch, wherein each semiconductor switch and the secondary-side circuit part assigned thereto has a respective first to fourth secondary-side reference potential, and wherein in each case a level shifter connects the primary-side circuit part to the respective secondary-side circuit part and thus is assigned in each case to both circuit parts. In this connection, the primary-side reference potential corresponds to the first secondary-side reference potential. Furthermore, at least the actuating logic circuit, the first and second level shifters and the first and second driver stages are monolithically integrated.
US09318972B2	Power circuit A power circuit includes: a rectifying circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage; a capacitor configured to integrate an output current of the rectifying circuit; a field effect transistor connected between the rectifying circuit and the capacitor; and a control circuit configured to supply a first gate voltage to a gate of the field effect transistor when a voltage of the capacitor is lower than a threshold value and supply a second gate voltage to the gate of the field effect transistor when the voltage of the capacitor is higher than the threshold value, wherein a resistance of the field effect transistor when the first gate voltage is supplied is higher than a resistance of the field effect transistor when the second gate voltage is supplied.
US09318971B2	Switching power supply apparatus A switching power supply apparatus which receives AC voltage and includes: a transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding; a first bidirectional switch connected in series with the primary winding; and a Snubber circuit connected in parallel with the primary winding. The AC voltage is applied to a series circuit which includes the primary winding and the first bidirectional switch. The Snubber circuit includes a second bidirectional switch for controlling the first bidirectional switch.
US09318969B2	Frequency converter with DC link capacitor and method for pre-charging the DC link capacitor A frequency converter has an AC-DC converter and an inverter interconnected via a DC link having a first and a second circuit branch interconnected by a DC link capacitor and a commutation capacitor. To protect the AC-DC converter from damage caused by an overcurrent, the first circuit branch includes a choke in which a capacitor-side terminal is connected to a terminal of the DC link capacitor and a switch-side terminal is connected via a semiconductor switch to a DC link terminal of the AC-DC converter and also via a freewheeling diode to the second circuit branch. The semiconductor switch is configured to control a magnitude of an electric current flowing from the AC-DC converter into the DC link capacitor in accordance with a control signal.
US09318967B2	DC to DC converter and DC to DC conversion system The present disclosure discloses a DC/DC converter and a DC/DC conversion system. The DC/DC converter includes a transformer, a primary power circuit, a secondary bridge synchronous rectifying circuit, an output inductor and a control circuit. The primary power circuit receives an input voltage, and deliver a symmetrical power flow to a secondary side of the transformer during positive and negative switching cycles, and a magnetic flux in the transformer core is balanced through the above symmetrical power flow. The rectifying circuit is coupled to a secondary winding of the transformer. The control circuit provides primary and secondary driving signals to the primary power circuit and the rectifying circuit, respectively. When an output voltage of the primary power circuit is zero, the control circuit controls the first, the second, the third and the fourth switches to be conductive.
US09318965B2	Method to control a minimum pulsewidth in a switch mode power supply A power converter circuit includes a transformer and a main switch controller by a primary side controller. A sensing circuit is implemented that senses the voltage at an auxiliary winding of the transformer while the main switch is ON. The auxiliary winding is another winding on the primary side of the transformer, magnetically coupled to the secondary winding and electrically isolated from the primary winding. When the voltage across the auxiliary winding reaches a predefined threshold voltage level, the main switch is switched OFF. The threshold voltage level is set at a value that minimizes an amount of energy transferred per pulse to the secondary side of the circuit while maintaining a minimum amount of energy transfer to enable output voltage sensing at the auxiliary winding.
US09318964B2	Power supply system, image forming apparatus having the same, and control method of the same A power supply system includes: a switching power supply configured to convert an AC voltage from an AC power supply into predetermined DC voltages, and outputs the DC voltages; a switch circuit provided on an AC input line, the switch circuit being configured to be switched on and off and supply AC power to the power supply when the switch circuit is turned on; a low-capacity power supply circuit connected. to the AC input line at a front stage of the switch circuit, the low-capacity power supply circuit being configured to supply electric power to the switch circuit if the power supply is active and supply predetermined electric power if the power supply is not used; and a control device configured to receive the predetermined electric power from the low-capacity power supply circuit. When the power supply is not used, the control device turns off the switch circuit.
US09318961B2	Switching power-supply device A switching power-supply device includes a COMP-voltage comparator circuit that compares a COMP-voltage obtained by performing phase compensation on the feedback signal, with a first threshold voltage which is a threshold value; and an intermittent-oscillation control circuit that, if it is detected by the COMP-voltage comparator circuit that the COMP-voltage is lower than the first threshold voltage, stops the switching operation of the switching device and performs a transition to a first intermittent oscillation operation in which the switching device performs the switching operation every predetermined first period, wherein if a predetermined delay period elapses in a state where the COMP-voltage is lower than the first threshold voltage, the intermittent-oscillation control circuit performs a transition to a second intermittent oscillation operation in which the switching device performs the switching operation every second period which is an integral multiple of the first period.
US09318953B2	Apparatus, system, and method for voltage level switching Various embodiments include apparatus, systems, and methods having a reference node to receive a reference voltage, a first node to provide a signal, and a circuit. Such a circuit may include a second node to receive different voltages greater than the reference voltage and to cause the signal at the first node to switch between a first voltage greater than the reference voltage and a second voltage greater than the reference voltage. Other embodiments including additional apparatus, systems, and methods are described.
US09318951B2	Power source control device and method for controlling power source control device A DC-DC converter 4 accumulates power generated by a power source in a power storage element, converts power from an input into a predetermined voltage to supply the predetermined voltage to a load connected to an output, and is activated to start power feeding when an input voltage exceeds Vd1. A power source control section 8 is connected to the output of the converter 4 to obtain power to operate, and controls the power supply to the load while changing an operation mode according to the power source energy. The section 8 is activated by the start of the power supply by the converter to operate in a low power-consumption mode with only the detected power source energy monitor, and starts the power supply to the load when the energy exceeds a level in which the input voltage becomes equal to Vd2 higher than Vd1.
US09318948B2	Power circuit part, power control method thereof and display apparatus having the same A power circuit part, a power control method and a display apparatus having the same control an output DC voltage supplied as operating power to elements such as a display to be variably output at different levels according to a voltage level of input AC power. The power circuit part includes a rectifier configured to rectify a current of an input alternating current (AC) power into a direct current (DC); and a power factor corrector configured to output a DC voltage output set at a DC voltage level corresponding to an AC voltage level of the input AC power, and supplies the DC voltage as operating power to the electronic apparatus, wherein the DC voltage level is selected from a plurality of target DC voltage levels each corresponding to at least one of a plurality of AC voltage level ranges.
US09318946B2	Optimal trajectory control for LLC resonant converter for soft start-up By setting switching instants of a switching circuit of a resonant power converter based on current in a resonant circuit reaching a current limit of a current limitation band, soft start-up of the power converter can be achieved to avoid or limit electrical stress with full control over a trade-off between time required to settle to a full load steady-state mode of operation and the amount of electrical stress permitted while soft start up switching frequency is automatically optimized.
US09318943B2	Linear motor In a linear motor, one of a field system and an armature is configured as a mover and the other is configured as a stator. The field system relatively moves with respect to the armature. The field system includes two yoke boards which are arranged facing each other, a yoke base to which one side ends of the two yoke boards are to be fixed, a plurality of permanent magnets respectively fixed to facing surfaces of the two yoke boards and arranged along a moving direction of the mover, and an elastic member configured to apply force the facing surfaces of the two yoke boards in directions that other side ends of the two yoke boards move away from each other.
US09318941B2	Double rotor stepping motor In precision mechanical actuators, wherein a high precision stepping motor can notably be used in the actuating mechanisms of artificial satellites, a stepping motor comprises two rotors that rotate in opposite directions to generate a low-amplitude movement between one of the rotors and a stator. The first rotor comprises a first set of teeth distributed at a first pitch p1 and a second set of teeth distributed at a second pitch p2. The stator comprises N stator contacts comprising a plurality a of teeth distributed at the pitch p1, distributed at a third pitch equal to p1(a+1/N), and able to cooperate with the teeth of the first set. The second rotor comprises N rotor contacts comprising a plurality b of teeth distributed at the pitch p2, distributed at a fourth pitch equal to p1(b+1/N), and able to cooperate with the teeth of the second set of the first rotor.
US09318937B2	Flux controlled PM electric machine rotor A flux-regulated permanent magnet machine (PMM) includes a stationary portion and a rotating portion. The stationary portion includes a plurality of stator/armature windings. The rotating portion includes a plurality of permanent magnets and a control/field winding that is supplied with current to control the magnetic flux presented to the stator/armature windings.
US09318936B2	Alternator stator lead and terminal insulator assembly One possible embodiment could be a stator lead and terminal insulator assembly for use in an alternator comprising of a top plate having a top surface and a bottom surface that converge to further define both an outside edge and an inside edge, the outside edge meeting the inside edge; a flange that connects to the outside edge of the top plate; and a plurality of terminal apertures penetrating the top plate, each terminal aperture being capable of reversibly receiving a respective terminal from a lead connected to the windings of a multi-phase stator of the alternator.
US09318926B2	Electric machine An electrical machine is provided, comprising a stator (8) and a rotor (9). The stator comprises slots (1, 2) for receiving a coil of an electrical winding. The coil has a first number of turns (n1) in a first slot (1) and a second number of turns (n2) in a second slot (2).
US09318922B2	Mechanically removable wireless power vehicle seat assembly Described herein are improved capabilities for a system and method for wireless energy distribution to a mechanically removable vehicle seat, comprising a source resonator coupled to an energy source of a vehicle, the source resonator positioned proximate to the mechanically removable vehicle seat, the source resonator generating an oscillating magnetic field with a resonant frequency and comprising a high-conductivity material adapted and located between the source resonator and a vehicle surface to direct the oscillating magnetic field away from the vehicle surface, and a receiving resonator integrated into the mechanically removable vehicle seat, the receiving resonator having a resonant frequency similar to that of the source resonator, and receiving wireless energy from the source resonator, and providing power to electrical components integrated with the mechanically removable vehicle seat.
US09318919B2	Power distribution with wraparound bus A power distribution system among a set of units (e.g., server blocks) may comprise, for each unit, a utility line and a unit generator, and a reserve generator providing failover transient performance and redundancy improvement to the power for the unit generators. The reserve generator may connect to the units via a reserve bus, and the unit generators may selectively connect to a wraparound bus connected to the reserve bus. When the failover load exceeds the available failover transient capability of one generator, one or more unit generators may (automatically or by operator selection) be connected with the wraparound bus to apply available transient capability to satisfy the excess failover load with minimal increase in power distribution resources and complexity.
US09318917B2	Electric storage apparatus and power control system An electric power apparatus includes an energy device, a device manager, and a storage system manager.
US09318913B2	Method of controlling a power transfer system and power transfer system A power transfer system which includes a power transfer device as well as at least one portable device, and to a method of controlling the power transfer system specifically in case of a dead battery condition of a battery of the portable device. The power transfer device for wireless charging of the battery arranged in the portable device and the power transfer device each comprise a near field communication functionality for data communication by a data communication link between the devices. The method includes a step of starting to establish the data communication link between the power transfer device and the portable device.
US09318908B2	Anti-theft charging system An anti-theft charging system for charging a chargeable battery of an electric vehicle is disclosed and includes a power supplying device, an output terminal assembly, and a burglarproof detecting device. The power supplying device is used for outputting a charging energy. The output terminal assembly is electrically connected with the power supplying device and detachably coupled to the electric vehicle for receiving and transmitting the charging energy to the chargeable battery. The burglarproof detecting device includes a responding unit disposed within the output terminal assembly for issuing a response signal and a detecting unit disposed within the power supplying device and in signal connection with the responding unit for detecting the response signal. If the output terminal assembly is stolen, the detecting unit realizes that the output terminal assembly is stolen according to a change of the response signal.
US09318901B2	Response to detection of an overdischarge event in a series connected battery element A system and method for identifying and responding to exceptional charge events of series-connected energy storage elements.
US09318894B2	Methods of operating dual fed systems A method of operating a dual fed system is described where power is supplied to a electrical load from first and second ac busbars at a ratio that achieves a desired level of exhaust emissions such as nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon dioxide (CO2) and other pollutants produced by the prime movers associated with generators. Preferably, the method may be used to operate a dual fed marine propulsion system wherein the electrical load is a thruster. Operating a dual fed marine propulsion system using the method of the present invention makes it possible to optimize thrust allocation between thrusters in a way that is similar to that used in conventional dynamic positioning (DP) systems and then share or allocate the required power between generators to minimize exhaust emissions.
US09318884B2	Induction heating wire insulation heating and removal This disclosure relates generally to removing wire insulation. In an embodiment, a system for heating and removal of wire insulation includes a power supply configured to receive input power and to provide a high frequency power output to an induction coil. The induction coil is to be coupled to the power supply and dimensioned to receive an insulated wire therethrough. The induction coil is also to produce a field based upon the high frequency power output to heat the wire by induction and to condition insulation disposed on an outer surface of the wire for removal.
US09318874B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer stacked on a substrate, a stripe-shaped ridge formed on a surface of the semiconductor layer, and electrode formed on an upper surface of the ridge and a protective film disposed on each side of the ridge. The electrode includes a flat portion having a flat surface substantially parallel to the upper surface of the ridge and sloped portions on both sides of the flat portion with each of the sloped portions having a sloped surface that is sloped with respect to the upper surface of the ridge. The protective film covers a region from a side surface of the ridge to the sloped surface of the sloped portion of the electrode.
US09318865B2	Vision enhancement illuminators An illuminator comprising a short-wave infrared (SWIR) laser, a fiber optic, and a lens optic. The fiber optic is coupled to the SWIR laser for mixing the modes of a beam emitted by the SWIR laser. The lens optic is coupled to the fiber optic for shaping the beam into a top-hat beam profile. A method for creating SWIR illumination includes emitting a laser beam with multiple modes from a SWIR laser, transmitting the laser beam through a multi-mode fiber optic, and transmitting the laser beam through a lens optic. Transmitting the laser beam through the multi-mode fiber optic can including mixing modes of the laser beam thereby reducing speckle and constructive and destructive interference in the laser beam. Transmitting the laser beam through the lens optic can include generating a top-hat beam profile.
US09318862B2	Method of making an electronic interconnect An electrical interconnect including a substrate with at least two adjacent layers configured to translate relative to each other between a nominal position and a translated position. A plurality of through holes are formed through the layers from a first surface of the substrate to a second surface of the substrate in both the nominal position and the translated position. At least one contact member is positioned in the through holes with distal portions accessible from the first surface and a proximal portions positioned near the second surface. The proximal portion of the contact members are secured to the substrate near the second surface with a conductive structure. The two adjacent layers of the substrate are translated from the nominal position to the translated position to elastically deform the contact members within the through holes and to displace the distal portions of the contact members toward the conductive structures, respectively.
US09318860B2	Light source, lamp socket and illumination device using the lamp socket A light source has an outer size set equal to the dimension of a straight tubular fluorescent lamp. The light source includes a straight light emitting tube and end caps provided at the opposite end portions of the light emitting tube. Each of the end caps includes first pins arranged at the same positions as lamp pins of the fluorescent lamp. The first pins have the same shape as the lamp pins of the fluorescent lamp. Further, at least one of the end caps includes a current-feeding second pin.
US09318853B2	Flippable electrical connector A plug connector includes a connector tab connected to and extending longitudinally away from a rear body, the tab includes opposite first and second major surfaces. A first plurality of contacts is carried by the tab on the first major surface and a second plurality of contacts is carried by the tab on the second major surface. The contacts include differential signal pairs. Each pair of the differential signal pairs is consisting of two individual contacts and said two contacts are located adjacent to each other but at the first and second main surface respectively.
US09318845B2	Charging connector In the charging connector, in a movement process of a release lever from a start position to a completion position, a holding locking piece moves on a plane surface of the release lever with an urging force of a coil spring, and also an auxiliary locking piece slides over a top point between the plane surface and an inclined surface with an urging force of a coil spring. At the completion position of the release lever, the holding locking piece falls from the plane surface of the release lever to an upper-side locking groove portion with the urging force of the coil spring to be locked on a locking surface, and thus a tip end of the holding locking piece does not come into contact with a bottom surface.
US09318816B2	Electric connector and terminal included in the same There is provided a terminal made of a single metal sheet, the terminal including a support unit in which a core wire of a cable is sandwiched, the support unit including a first portion extensive in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which an axis of the core wire extends, and a second portion spaced away from the first portion, and extensive in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the axis of the core wire extends, the first and second portions being connected at an end thereof to each other, the first and second portions being formed with a slit thereover, a center line of the slit existing in the first portion and a center line of the slit existing in the second portion deviating from each other when viewed in a direction in which the axis of the core wire extends.
US09318814B2	Wire connection member, wire connection structure and annular power distribution member A wire connection member for connecting a first wire to a second wire by crimping includes a partition for dividing a first housing space for housing tip portions of the first wire from a second housing space for housing a tip portion of the second wire, a first housing portion that, together with the partition, forms the first housing space, and a second housing portion that, together with the partition, forms the second housing space. The partition is arranged between the first and second housing portions.
US09318812B2	Antenna fabrication In one embodiment a method to form a load bearing antenna aperture comprises forming a honeycomb core structure having a plurality of wall sections, the wall sections including electromagnetic radiating elements, and wherein lower surfaces of the wall sections defines a first surface and upper surfaces of the wall sections define a second surface, positioning a back skin to the first surface of the honeycomb core structure with an adhesive layer which comprises a layer of adhesive film and a paste adhesive disposed on the layer of adhesive film. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09318801B2	Dual/wideband termination for hybrid transformer A wireless device is described. The wireless device includes an antenna. The wireless device also includes a hybrid transformer. The wireless device further includes a frequency matching termination port. The frequency matching termination port provides impedance matching with the antenna at multiple frequencies. The frequency matching termination port may include multiple resistors, inductors and capacitors that can be switched in/out.
US09318798B2	Antenna insulation for an implantable medical device An implantable medical device includes a hermetically sealed housing that contains electronic circuitry. A feedthrough is disposed on an external surface of the housing. An antenna wire is disposed around the external surface of the housing. The antenna wire has one end connected to the feedthrough so that the antenna wire is in electric communication with at least a portion of the electronic circuitry. A heat shrink tube is sealingly disposed about substantially the entire external surface of the antenna wire to prevent fluids from contacting the antenna wire and thereby detuning the antenna wire. An antenna surround is disposed about the tube.
US09318796B2	Multiband antenna A multiband antenna includes a feed end, a first ground end, a second ground end, a ground path, parasitic member, a first resonating member, and a second resonating member. The ground path is connected between the feed end and the first ground end. The first resonating member operates at a low frequency resonating mode. The second resonating member operates at a high frequency resonating mode. The second resonating member includes a first bent portion and a second bent portion. The first bent portion is coupled with the parasitic member to widen a bandwidth of the second resonating member at the high frequency resonating mode. The second bent portion is coupled with the first resonating member to reduce an electrical length of the first resonating member.
US09318795B2	Wideband antenna and related radio-frequency device A wideband antenna is disclosed. The wideband antenna includes a ground element electrically connected to a ground, a feed element for feeding in a Radio-Frequency signal, a radiation element electrically connected to the feed element for radiating the Radio-Frequency signal, and at least one meta-material structure electrically connected between the radiation element and the ground element.
US09318790B2	Portable device with apertured electrical contacts The invention relates to a portable electronic device comprising a supporting member receiving on one side conductive contact lands or tracks extending substantially as far as the edge of the side and connecting an electronic microcircuit, the conductive contact lands or tracks comprising a plurality of perforations. The device is noteworthy in that the interior of the perforations is free, or intended to be kept free, of metal.
US09318783B2	Positive electrode for lithium air battery, method of preparing same, and lithium air battery including same A positive electrode for a lithium air battery includes a current collector, and a positive electrode catalyst layer on the current collector. The positive electrode catalyst layer includes a first conductive material supported on a binder, a second conductive material on the first conductive material, and a catalyst supported on the second conductive material.
US09318780B2	Wirelessly rechargeable battery and power transmitter A wirelessly rechargeable battery is provided having coils oriented off major battery axes to facilitate good coupling with power transmitter magnetic fields. A magnetic core may house charging electronics for a compact form factor. A wireless power transmitter that produces fields to maximize coupling with receiver coils.
US09318777B2	Secondary battery having improved safety Disclosed is a secondary battery comprising an electrode assembly including a cathode, an anode and a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode, the secondary battery comprising a HF scavenger.
US09318774B2	Substrate for solid-state battery Disclosed are solid-state batteries having improved energy density and methods of manufacturing the solid-state batteries having improved energy density. In some embodiments, the solid-state battery may include a substrate of yttria-stabilized zirconia, a cathode current collector formed on the substrate, an anode current collector formed on the substrate, a cathode of lithium cobalt oxide in electrical contact with the cathode current collector, an anode of lithium in electrical contact with the anode current collector, and a solid-state electrolyte of lithium phosphorous oxynitride formed between the cathode and the anode.
US09318772B2	Additives for lithium-ion accumulators A lithium-ion accumulator includes an anode, a cathode, a separator, and an electrolyte which is in connection with the anode and the cathode, which electrolyte includes at least one lithium salt as electrolyte salt and a solvent solubilizing the at least one lithium salt. The at least one lithium salt reacts with water to form an hydrogenous acid, and the electrolyte includes at least one additive, which reacts with the hydrogenous acid to form a compound acting as electrolyte salt.
US09318769B2	Electrode assembly and electric storage device Provided are an electrode assembly including a sheet-shaped current collector that has, on at least one face thereof, a mixture agent layer containing an active material and is spirally wound, in which the current collector has, in a portion on a side of at least one end of a winding axis, a non-mixture agent layer part having no mixture agent layer formed therein, and a mass per unit area of the mixture agent layer is larger in an edge portion on the side of the non-mixture agent layer part by 0.3% or more and 1.0% or less than in a portion other than the edge portion; and an electric storage device including the electrode assembly.
US09318767B2	Laminate assembly sealing method and arrangement An example laminate assembly pressurization arrangement includes a plurality of laminations arranged in a laminate stack. The plurality of laminations are movable between sealed positions and unsealed positions relative to each other. An end plate is adjacent the laminate stack. A housing is configured to establish a first volume together with the end plate. A first group of tie rods is directly secured to the end plate and is configured to move the end plate to a first position that holds the plurality of laminations in sealed positions. A second group of tie rods is directly secured to the housing. Pressurizing the first volume limits movement of the end plate away from the first position.
US09318762B2	Conducting polymer-transition metal electro-catalyst compositions for fuel cells An electro-catalyst composition for use as an electrode, gas diffusion layer-supported electrode, catalytic electrode-coated solid electrolyte layer, and/or membrane-electrode assembly in a proton exchange membrane (PEM) type fuel cell. The composition comprises: (a) a proton- and electron-conducting polymer having at least one heteroatom per backbone monomer unit thereof and a plurality of neutral transition metal atoms covalently bonded to at least a portion of the heteroatoms; wherein the polymer has an electronic conductivity no less than 10−4 S/cm and a proton conductivity no less than 10−5 S/cm. Preferably, the electro-catalyst composition further comprises (b) a plurality of catalytically active particles of a transition metal, nucleated around the covalently bonded transition metal atoms. Also preferably, additional catalytically active catalyst particles with an average dimension smaller than 2 nm (most preferably smaller than 1 nm) are physically dispersed in such a polymer and typically not chemically bonded thereto. A hydrogen-oxygen PEM fuel cell or a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) featuring such an electro-catalyst composition in a thin-film electrode exhibits a superior current-voltage response.
US09318758B2	SOFC stack with temperature adapted compression force means A fuel cell stack includes a lower end plate for placing a stack body on the lower end plate, a load plate for applying a load to the stack body in a stacking direction, and a fuel cell support member provided between the load plate and the stack body. The fuel cell support member includes composite layers made of composite material of alumina fiber and vermiculite. The fuel cell support member includes a first support section for applying a load to sandwiching sections at a position corresponding to electrolyte electrode assemblies, and a second support section for applying a load to reactant gas supply sections in the stacking direction. The density of the first support section is smaller than the density of the second support section.
US09318740B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode active material includes a lithium-containing oxide Lix1Nay1CoαMnβOγ, where 0.66
US09318738B2	Lithium secondary battery including multi-layered active material layers A lithium secondary battery of the present invention may simultaneously improve high output and high capacity characteristics by including a first active material layer having high output characteristics and a second active material layer having high capacity characteristics respectively on a cathode collector and an anode collector.
US09318737B2	Negative electrode material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery There is provided a negative electrode material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, the negative electrode material being a silicon oxide represented by the composition formula, SiOx, containing silicon and silicon oxide, in which x satisfies the relation of 0.1≦x≦0.8; the silicon oxide contains crystalline silicon; among the particles of crystalline silicon having a diameter of 1 nm or greater, the proportion by number of particles having a diameter of 100 nm or less is 90% or greater; and the BET specific surface area of the silicon oxide is larger than 100 m2/g.
US09318734B2	Bimetal buss bar assembly A bimetal buss bar assembly includes a positive battery cell terminal having a flat pad, a negative battery cell terminal having a flat pad, and a buss bar having a negative end and a positive end. The buss bar is attached to the positive battery cell terminal at the positive end and attached to the negative battery cell terminal at the negative end. At least one of the positive battery cell terminal, negative battery cell terminal, and buss bar have a bimetal interface.
US09318718B2	Methods and devices for silicon integrated vertically aligned field effect transistors Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for vertically aligned CNTFET, methods of making vertically aligned CNTFET, methods of using vertically aligned CNTFET, and the like.
US09318716B1	Process for making electronically active functionalized silsequioxane nanostructures of controlled morphology through covalent synthesis Disclosed is a composition comprising perylenediimide bridged dimethylethoxysilane. Disclosed also is an electronically active nanostructure comprising perylenediimide bridged dimethylethoxysilane. Disclosed also is a process for fabricating a photovoltaic device comprising depositing an electronically active nanostructure, the nanostructure made by hydrolysis and condensation of perylenediimide bridged dimethylethoxysilane, onto a substrate.
US09318713B2	Asymmetric fused polyheteroaromatic compound, organic thin film including the asymmetric fused polyheteroaromatic compound, and electronic device including the organic thin film An asymmetric fused polycyclic heteroaromatic compound is represented by the above Chemical Formula 1-1 or Chemical Formula 1-2, and is highly fused due to fusion of greater than or equal to 4 rings.
US09318711B2	Organic electroluminescence materials comprising substituted carbazoles and organic electroluminescence devices having the same The organic EL material is represented by Formula (1): where X1 to X4 are each independently a nitrogen (N) atom or a carbon atom that is monovalently bonded to R1(C—R1), R1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an aryl group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, a hetero aryl group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, or an alkyl group having 1-12 carbon atoms, R2 to R10 are each independently hydrogen, an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, or hetero aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and at least one of X1 to X4 is a nitrogen atom.
US09318706B2	Laminated structure, method for producing same, and electronic element comprising same A laminated structure comprising an electrode, a polymer binding layer arranged on the electrode, and an electrically conductive organic material layer arranged on the polymer binding layer, wherein the polymer binding layer comprises an aromatic polymeric compound which has a structure represented by formula (I) [wherein Ar represents a conjugated divalent group which may have a substituent, provided that when there are multiple Ar's, the Ar's may be the same as or different from each other; and n represents an integer of 1 or greater] and has a number average molecular weight of 1×103 to 1×108 inclusive in terms of polystyrene content, the polymer binding layer is bonded to the electrode via a chemical bond between the aromatic polymeric compound and the surface of the electrode, and an electrically conductive organic material that composes a layer included in the electrically conductive organic material layer and arranged adjacent to the polymer binding layer has a number average molecular weight of 3×102 to 1×108 inclusive in terms of polystyrene content.
US09318704B2	Variable resistance memory device and methods of forming the same Variable resistance memory devices and methods of forming the same are disclosed. The devices may include an additional barrier layer that is a portion of a variable resistance layer and that is formed before forming a horizontal electrode layer. Due to the presence of the additional barrier layer, it may be possible to cure loss or damage of the variable resistance layer.
US09318703B2	Resistive random access memory and method for manufacturing the same A resistive random access memory (RRAM) including a substrate, a dielectric layer, memory cells and an interconnect structure is provided. The dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate. The memory cells are vertically and adjacently disposed in the dielectric layer, and each of the memory cells includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a variable resistance structure. The second electrode is disposed on the first electrode. The variable resistance structure is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. In two vertically adjacent memory cells, the first electrode of the upper memory cell and the second electrode of the lower memory cell are disposed between the adjacent variable resistance structures and isolated from each other. The interconnect structure is disposed in the dielectric layer and connects the first electrodes of the memory cells.
US09318674B2	Submount-free light emitting diode (LED) components and methods of fabricating same Light emitting devices include a Light Emitting Diode (LED) chip having an anode contact and a cathode contact on a face thereof. A solder mask extends from the gap between the contacts onto one or both of the contacts. The LED chip may be mounted on a printed circuit board without an intervening submount. Related fabrication methods are also described.
US09318661B2	Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor light emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a first electrode layer, a light emitting layer, a second semiconductor layer, a third semiconductor layer and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes a metal portion having a plurality of opening portions. The opening portions penetrate the metal portion and have an equivalent circle diameter of a shape of the opening portions. The light emitting layer is between the first semiconductor layer and the first electrode layer. The second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type is between the light emitting layer and the first electrode layer. The third semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type is between the second semiconductor layer and the first electrode layer. The second electrode layer is connected to the first semiconductor layer.
US09318658B2	Method for manufacturing red phosphor Provided is a process for producing a red phosphor, said process achieving enhanced productivity. Also provided are: a red phosphor having excellent luminescence characteristics; and a white light source, a lighting system, and a liquid crystal display device, using the red phosphor. This process comprises: mixing an A-containing compound, a nitrogen-free europium source, a silicon-containing compound, an aluminum-containing compound and a carbon-containing reducing agent so as to form a mixture wherein the atomic ratio among A, europium (Eu), silicon (Si), aluminum (Al) and carbon (C) is a value represented by compositional formula (1); firing the mixture; and pulverizing the fired mixture. (Am−xEux)Aly(Si1−zCz)90 nN[12+y−2(n−m)/3] (1) [wherein A is at least one element selected from among magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr) and barium (Ba), and m, x, z and n satisfy the relationships: 3.
US09318657B2	Light emitting devices, systems, and methods of manufacturing A light emitting device includes: a substrate; an n layer; an active light emitting region having a light emitting side; a p layer; a reflector opposite the light emitting side; and a plurality of microchannels configured to optically couple the active light emitting region with the reflector.
US09318656B2	Light-emitting diode and method of manufacturing the same A light-emitting diode and manufacturing method, including a flat portion and a mesa structure. An inclined side surface is formed by wet etching such that a cross-sectional area of the mesa structure is continuously reduced toward a top surface. A protective film covers the flat portion, the inclined side surface, and a peripheral region of the top surface of the mesa structure. The protective film includes an electrical conduction window arranged around a light emission hole and from which a compound semiconductor layer is exposed. A continuous electrode film contacts the exposed compound semiconductor layer, covers the protective film formed on the flat portion, and has the light emission hole on the top surface. A transparent conductive film is formed between a reflecting layer and the layer at a position that corresponds to the electrical conduction window and in a range surrounded by the electrical conduction window.
US09318643B2	Fabrication method of inverted solar cells A fabrication method for an inverted solar cell includes: (1) providing a growth substrate; (2) depositing a SiO2 mask layer over the surface of the growth substrate to form a patterned substrate; (3) forming a sacrificial layer with epitaxial growth over the patterned substrate, wherein the sacrificial layer encompasses the entire SiO2 mask pattern; (4) forming a buffer layer over the sacrificial layer via epitaxial growth; (5) forming a semiconductor material layer sequence of the inverted solar cell over the buffer layer with epitaxial growth; (6) bonding the semiconductor material layer sequence of the inverted solar cell with a supporting substrate; (7) selectively etching the SiO2 mask layer by wet etching; and (8) selectively etching the sacrificial layer by wet etching to lift off the growth substrate.
US09318641B2	Nanowires formed by employing solder nanodots A photovoltaic device and method include depositing a metal film on a substrate layer. The metal film is annealed to form islands of the metal film on the substrate layer. The substrate layer is etched using the islands as an etch mask to form pillars in the substrate layer.
US09318640B2	Method and apparatus for image sensor packaging A device having a sensor die with a sensor and a control circuit die with at least one control circuit disposed therein, the control circuit die on the sensor die. A plurality of mounting pads is disposed on a second side of the sensor die. A first electrical connection connects a first one of the plurality of mounting pads to a first control circuit of the at least one sensor control circuit and a second electrical connection connects the first control circuit to the sensor. A third electrical connection connects the sensor to a second control circuit of the at least one control circuit and a fourth electrical connection connects the second control circuit to second one of the plurality of mounting pads.
US09318639B2	Gallium arsenide avalanche photodiode An avalanche photodiode can include: an avalanche region having one or more layers prepared from GaAs; an N− absorption layer extending across the avalanche region; an N-type layer above at least a center portion of the N− absorption layer; and optionally a lower conductivity layer laterally from the N-type layer to a surface of the avalanche region and above a perimeter portion of the N− absorption layer, the lower conductivity layer having lower conductivity compared to the N-type layer. The avalanche photodiode can include a window layer above the N-type layer and lower conductivity layer, and an anode contact above the window layer. The avalanche photodiode can include an N+ barrier layer below the N− absorption layer, an N+ conduction layer below the N+ barrier layer, a substrate below the N+ conduction layer, and a cathode contact coupled with the N+ conduction layer.
US09318636B2	Secondary optic for concentrating photovoltaic device A light concentrating optic for use with a photovoltaic device includes a light pipe having a first end portion for receiving light and a second end portion for outputting concentrated light. An optical element is coupled to the light pipe on the first end portion and configured to form an optical interface between the light pipe and the optical element. The optical element includes at least one light transmitting surface configured to redirect incident light entering the optical element to disperse the light to fall incident on side walls of the light pipe to increase homogeneity and intensity of light through the second end portion.
US09318629B2	Method for fabricating sensor using multiple patterning processes Embodiments of the invention disclose a sensor and its fabrication method, the sensor comprises: a base substrate, a group of gate lines and a group of data lines arranged as crossing each other, a plurality of sensing elements arranged in an array and defined by the group of gate lines and the group of data lines, each sensing element comprising a TFT device and a photodiode sensing device, wherein the TFT device is a bottom gate TFT; the photodiode sensing device comprises: a receiving electrode connected with a source electrode, a photodiode disposed on the receiving electrode, a transparent electrode disposed on the photodiode, and a bias line disposed on and connected with the transparent electrode, the bias line is disposed as parallel to the gate line.
US09318624B2	Schottky structure employing central implants between junction barrier elements The present disclosure relates to a Schottky diode having a drift layer and a Schottky layer. The drift layer is predominantly doped with a doping material of a first conductivity type and has a first surface associated with an active region. The Schottky layer is provided over the active region of the first surface to form a Schottky junction. A plurality of junction barrier elements are formed in the drift layer below the Schottky junction, and a plurality of central implants are also formed in the drift layer below the Schottky junction. In certain embodiments, at least one central implant is provided between each adjacent pair of junction barrier elements.
US09318610B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same The present invention improves the aperture ratio of a pixel of a reflection-type display device or a reflection type display device without increasing the number of masks and without using a blackmask. A pixel electrode (167) is arranged so as to partially overlap a source wiring (137) for shielding the gap between pixels from light, and a thin film transistor is arranged so as to partially overlap a gate wiring (166) for shielding a channel region of the thin film transistor from light, thereby realizing a high pixel aperture ratio.
US09318605B2	Semiconductor device with an SGT and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a P+ region and an N+ region functioning as sources of SGTs and disposed in top portions of Si pillars formed on an i-layer substrate. Connections between a power supply wiring metal layer and the P+ region and between a ground wiring metal layer and the N+ region are established on the entire surfaces of low-resistance Ni silicide layers that are respectively in contact with the P+ region and the N+ region and formed on outer peripheries of the Si pillars. Lower ends of the power supply wiring metal layer and the ground wiring metal layer are located at a height of surfaces of HfO layers near the boundaries between the P+ region and a channel and between the N+ region and a channel, respectively.
US09318599B2	Power semiconductor device A power semiconductor device may include: a first conductive type drift layer in which trench gates are formed; a second conductive type well region formed on the drift layer so as to contact the trench gate; a first conductive type source region formed on the well region so as to contact the trench gate; and a device protection region formed below a height of a lowermost portion of the source region in a height direction.
US09318596B2	Ferroelectric field-effect transistor A ferroelectric field-effect transistor device includes: a semiconductor layer; a ferroelectric layer; and an ion conductor layer arranged between the semiconductor layer and the ferroelectric layer and in contact with the semiconductor layer. Methods for producing the ferroelectric field-effect transistor device and using the ferroelectric field-effect transistor device in non-volatile memory devices that reduce a readout voltage to a voltage as low as 0.2 V are also disclosed.
US09318582B2	Method of preventing epitaxy creeping under the spacer After forming a gate spacer on each sidewall of a sacrificial gate structure, portions of each dielectric fin cap portion underneath the gate spacer is intentionally etched and undercut regions that are formed are filled and pinched off with a dielectric material of a conformal dielectric liner. Portions of the conformal dielectric liner in the undercut regions are not subject to the undercut during an epitaxial pre-clean process performed prior to forming an epitaxial source region and an epitaxial drain region on opposite sides of the sacrificial gate structure and remain in the undercut regions after forming the epitaxial source region and the epitaxial drain region.
US09318580B2	U-shaped semiconductor structure A method for forming a U-shaped semiconductor device includes growing a U-shaped semiconductor material along sidewalls and bottoms of trenches, which are formed in a crystalline layer. The U-shaped semiconductor material is anchored, and the crystalline layer is removed. Backfilling is formed underneath the U-shaped semiconductor material with a dielectric material for support. A semiconductor device is formed with the U-shaped semiconductor material.
US09318576B2	Method of manufacturing three-dimensional semiconductor device and variable resistive memory device A three-dimensional semiconductor device, a resistive variable memory device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method may include forming a source on a semiconductor substrate, sequentially forming a first semiconductor layer formed of a first material, a second semiconductor layer formed of a second material having a higher oxidation rate than that of the first material, and a third semiconductor layer formed of the first material on the source; patterning the first semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the third semiconductor layer; forming a lightly doped drain (LDD) region in the second semiconductor layer and a drain in the third semiconductor layer; oxidizing outer circumferences of the first semiconductor layer, the LDD region and the drain region to form a gate insulating layer; forming a gate on an outer circumference of the gate insulating layer to overlap the first semiconductor layer and a portion of the LDD region; foaming a heating electrode on the drain; and forming a variable resistance layer on the heating electrode.
US09318572B2	Ambipolar synaptic devices Device architectures based on trapping and de-trapping holes or electrons and/or recombination of both types of carriers are obtained by carrier trapping either in near-interface deep ambipolar states or in quantum wells/dots, either serving as ambipolar traps in semiconductor layers or in gate dielectric/barrier layers. In either case, the potential barrier for trapping is small and retention is provided by carrier confinement in the deep trap states and/or quantum wells/dots. The device architectures are usable as three terminal or two terminal devices.
US09318562B2	Semiconductor apparatus with band energy alignments A semiconductor apparatus includes: a semiconductor apparatus includes: a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type; and a third semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, wherein: the second semiconductor layer is formed between the first and third semiconductor layers, and the first and second semiconductor layers are in contact with each other; and a first energy level at a bottom edge of a conduction band of the first semiconductor layer is lower than a second energy level at a top edge of a valence band of the second semiconductor layer, and the second energy level at the top edge of the valence band of the second semiconductor layer is substantially the same as a third energy level at a bottom edge of a conduction band of the third semiconductor layer.
US09318558B2	MOS field effect transistor The present invention is to cause high channel mobility and a high threshold voltage to coexist in a SiC-MOSFET power device which uses a SiC substrate. The SiC MOSFET which is provided with a layered insulation film having electric charge trap characteristics on a gate insulation film has an irregular threshold voltage in a channel length direction of the SiC MOSFET, and in particular, has a shorter area having a maximum threshold voltage in the channel length direction compared to an area having other threshold voltages.
US09318554B2	Gate pad and gate feed breakdown voltage enhancement A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor layer having first and second opposing main surfaces. A plurality of MOSFET cells are at least partially formed in the semiconductor layer. A gate pad region is at least partially formed in the semiconductor layer and includes a gate pad contact and a first plurality of trenches extending from the first main surface. The first plurality of trenches are spaced apart from one another in a direction parallel to the first main surface by about 45 micrometers to about 60 micrometers. At least one gate feed region is at least partially formed in the semiconductor layer and includes a gate feed contact and a second plurality of trenches extending from the first main surface. The second plurality of trenches are spaced apart from one another in the direction parallel to the first main surface by about 45 micrometers to about 60 micrometers.
US09318550B2	Semiconductor device with device separation structures A semiconductor device includes a first gate electrode structure, a second gate electrode structure, a device separation structure, and cell separation structures. The first gate electrode structure is buried in a semiconductor portion in a first cell array at a distance to a first surface of the semiconductor portion. The first gate electrode structure includes parallel array stripes. The second gate electrode structure is buried in the semiconductor portion in a second cell array adjacent to the first cell array. The second gate electrode structure includes parallel array stripes. The device separation structure is between the first and second cell arrays. The device separation structure has a first width. The cell separation structures have at most a second width smaller than the first width and notching, at the first surface, semiconductor fins formed from sections of the semiconductor portion between the array trenches.
US09318546B1	Doped electrode for DRAM capacitor stack In some embodiments, a metal oxide second electrode material is formed as part of a MIM DRAM capacitor stack. The second electrode material is doped with one or more dopants. The dopants may influence the crystallinity, resistivity, and/or work function of the second electrode material. The dopants may be uniformly distributed throughout the second electrode material or may be distributed with a gradient in their concentration profile.
US09318540B2	Light emitting diode pixel unit circuit and display panel A LED pixel unit circuit and a display panel. The circuit comprises a driving module (31) which is provided with a driving control unit (311). The driving control unit (311) comprises a matching TFT (T4) whose threshold voltage is matched with the threshold voltage of the driving TFT (DTFT), is located between the first switching element (T1) and the first capacitor (C1), and is configured to control charging and discharging of the first capacitor (C1) so as to write the threshold voltage of the matching TFT (T4) and a new data voltage into the first capacitor (C1) while eliminating the original data voltage in the first capacitor (C1) and thereby compensate for the threshold voltage of the driving TFT (DTFT). The circuit can solve the problem of brightness non-uniformity of the display panel due to different threshold voltages of the TFTs, and also integrate a touch screen circuit into the pixel unit circuit to realize a touch function of the LED display panel.
US09318524B2	Imaging detector with per pixel analog channel well isolation with decoupling An imaging apparatus (400) includes a detector array (412) with at least one detector tile (418). The detector tile includes a photosensor array (422) with a two dimensional array of individual photosensitive detector pixels (424) located within a non-photosensitive area (426) and readout electronics (432) coupled to the photosensor array. The readout electronics includes individual analog readout channel wells (602, 604) corresponding to the individual detector pixels, wherein an analog readout channel well electrically isolates analog electrical components therein from analog electrical components in other analog readout channel wells. Decoupling circuitry optionally is located in at least one of metal layers of the individual analog readout channels or in the individual analog readout channel wells.
US09318523B2	Solid-state imaging device A solid-state imaging device that includes a pixel including a photoelectric conversion section, and a conversion section that converts an electric charge generated by photoelectric conversion into a pixel signal. In the solid-state imaging device, substantially only a gate insulation film is formed on a substrate corresponding to an area under a gate electrode of at least one transistor in the pixel.
US09318522B2	Colored radiation-sensitive composition for color filter, pattern forming method, color filter and method of producing the same, and solid-state image sensor A colored radiation-sensitive composition for a color filter that includes (A) a pigment, (B) a photopolymerization initiator, and (C) a polymerizable compound, in which the colored radiation-sensitive composition satisfies the following conditions: when a colored radiation-sensitive composition layer is formed from the colored radiation-sensitive composition such that spectral transmittance at 600 nm becomes 30%, the colored radiation-sensitive composition layer includes the following characteristics: (1) spectral transmittance at 400 nm is 20% or less; (2) spectral transmittance at 550 nm is 10% or less; (3) spectral transmittance at 700 nm is 70% or more; (4) a wavelength resulting in 50% spectral transmittance is in a range of from 650 nm to 680 nm; and (5) a film thickness of the colored radiation-sensitive composition layer is in a range of from 0.55 μm to 1.8 μm.
US09318518B2	Photon counting detector pixel having an anode including two or more alternatively selectable and separate sub-anodes An imaging system (100) includes a radiation source (112) that emits radiation that traverses an examination region and a detector array (114) with a plurality of photon counting detector pixels (116) that detect radiation traversing the examination region and respectfully generate a signal indicative of the detected radiation. The photon counting detector pixel includes a direct conversion layer (122) having a first radiation receiving side (202) and second opposing side (206), a cathode (118) affixed to and covering all of or a substantial portion of the first side, an anode (120) affixed to a centrally located region (208) of the second side, wherein the anode includes at least two sub-anodes (120, 120i, 1202, 120N), and a metallization (124) affixed to the second side, surrounding the anode and the anode region, with a gap between the anode and the metallization. The system further includes a reconstructor (144) that reconstructs the signal to generate volumetric image data indicative of the examination region.
US09318517B1	Wafer level integration of focal plane arrays having a flexible conductive layer to provide an optical aperture for each pixel Apparatus, systems, and methods related to focal plane arrays can be used in a variety of applications. In various embodiments, focal plane arrays can be fabricated on a wafer integration level based on arrangement of a flexible conductive layer for photosensitive pixels of the focal plane arrays. Arrangement of a flexible conductive layer allows for a number of architectures of focal plane arrays. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US09318514B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes a gate line and a data line intersecting the gate line to define a pixel area on a substrate, a TFT formed in the pixel area and including a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a first protective layer formed on the TFT structured such that a first hole exists through the first protective layer, a second protective layer formed on the first protective layer and structured such that a second hole exists through the second protective layer, wherein the size of the second hole differs from a size of the first hole, a pixel electrode formed on the second protective layer and at least partially filling the first and second holes, the pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the first and second holes.
US09318513B2	Semiconductor device, active matrix board, and display device Provided is a semiconductor device equipped with: a plurality of switching elements (T1, T2) that are connected in series; a first capacitance (Cs1) having one electrode connected to an end of the plurality of switching elements (T1, T2) and another electrode being connected to a first capacitance wiring line (CSL1); a second capacitance (Cs2) with one electrode connected to a node that connects two adjacent switching elements (T1, T2) among the plurality of switching elements, and another electrode being connected to a second capacitance wiring line (CSL2); and a light-shielding film that block light from being incident on at least one of the plurality of switching elements (T1, T2).
US09318505B2	Display panel and method of manufacturing the same A display panel includes a first substrate including a switching device array, a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate, a column spacer maintaining a cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first substrate includes a gate line on a base substrate and extending in a direction, a data line crossing with the gate line, a switching device electrically connected to the gate line and the data line and including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, a pixel electrode connected to the switching device and a dummy pattern adjacent to the column spacer.
US09318498B2	Buried hard mask for embedded semiconductor device patterning Methods and apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor devices, and such semiconductor devices, are described. According to various aspects of the disclosure, a semiconductor device can be manufactured by forming a core region of the semiconductor device and forming a periphery region of the semiconductor device. A first polysilicon region can then be formed over the core and periphery regions of the semiconductor device. A first mask is formed on the first poly silicon layer and a second polysilicon layer is disposed such that the second polysilicon layer covers the first mask. A second mask can then be formed on the second polysilicon layer. After forming the second mask, portions of the first and second polysilicon layers that are uncovered by either the first or second masks are removed.
US09318495B2	Semiconductor device including capacitor and double-layer metal contact and fabrication method thereof Disclosed are a semiconductor device comprising a capacitor and a double-layer metal contact and a method fabricating the same. The method comprising: forming a gate of a peripheral transistor for a peripheral circuit; forming a first contact and a first peripheral circuit wiring layer pattern on a first interlayer insulating layer; forming a second contact and a second peripheral circuit wiring layer pattern; selectively removing a portion of the second interlayer insulating layer in a cell region; forming a mold layer covering the second peripheral circuit wiring layer pattern; forming storage nodes passing through the mold layer; removing the mold layer; forming a dielectric layer and a plate node, which cover the storage nodes; forming a third interlayer insulating layer; and forming third contacts passing through the third interlayer insulating layer.
US09318484B2	Semiconductor device The semiconductor device of the present invention comprises first and second transistors and first and second capacitors. One of source and drain electrodes of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring, the other is electrically connected to a second wiring, and a gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the second transistor and one of electrodes of the first capacitor. The other of the source and drain electrodes of the second transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring, and a gate electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to one of electrodes of a second capacitor and a fifth wiring. The other electrode of the first capacitor is electrically connected to a third wiring, and the other electrode of the second capacitor is eclectically connected to a fourth wiring.
US09318483B2	Reverse blocking transistor device A transistor device includes at least one transistor cell. The cell includes a drift region, a source region, a body region arranged between the source region and the drift region, and a drain region. The drift region is arranged between the body region and the drain region. A gate electrode is adjacent the body region and dielectrically insulated from the body region by a gate dielectric. A channel region of a doping type complementary to a doping type of the drain region is arranged between the drift region and the drain region. A drift control region is adjacent the drift region and dielectrically insulated from the drift region and the channel region by a drift control region dielectric. A first switch is coupled between the drift control region and the drain region.
US09318472B1	Light-emitting diode lighting device A light-emitting diode (LED) lighting device includes a substrate, a first bottom electrode, a bottom transparent isolation layer, a first vertical LED, a second vertical LED, a first top transparent electrode, and a second top transparent electrode. The first bottom electrode is disposed on the substrate and is reflective. The first vertical LED and the second vertical LED are disposed on the first bottom electrode. The bottom transparent isolation layer covers the substrate and the first bottom electrode and exposes the first vertical LED and the second vertical LED. The first top transparent electrode is electrically connected to the first vertical LED. The second top transparent electrode is electrically connected to the second vertical LED. The first top transparent electrode, the second top transparent electrode, and the first bottom electrode cooperate to electrically connect the first vertical LED and the second vertical LED in series.
US09318467B2	Multi-die wirebond packages with elongated windows A microelectronic package can include a substrate having first and second opposed surfaces extending in first and second transverse directions and an opening extending between the first and second surfaces and defining first and second distinct parts each elongated along a common axis extending in the first direction, first and second microelectronic elements each having a front surface facing the first surface of the substrate and a column of contacts at the respective front surface, a plurality of terminals exposed at the second surface, and first and second electrical connections aligned with the respective first and second parts of the opening and extending from at least some of the contacts of the respective first and second microelectronic elements to at least some of the terminals. The column of contacts of the first and second microelectronic elements can be aligned with the respective first and second parts of the opening.
US09318465B2	Methods for forming a semiconductor device package A method of forming a semiconductor device package includes bonding a first connector to a first conductive structure on a first package. The method includes bonding a die to a surface of the first package, wherein a top surface of the first connector extends above a top surface of the die. The method includes surrounding the first connector with a molding compound. The method includes removing a portion of the first connector and a portion of the molding compound. The top surface of the remaining first conductor is below the top surface of the die. A first top surface of the remaining molding compound is below the top surface of the die. A second top surface of the remaining molding compound is level with the top surface of the die. The method includes bonding a second connector to the remaining portion of the first connector.
US09318463B2	Method for producing a photovoltaic module A photovoltaic module having at least one photovoltaic cell may be produced. At least one photovoltaic cell may be arranged on a substrate, covering the substrate and the cell with at least one rear wall. The rear wall may be made from at least one back sheet material, connecting the substrate, the cell, and the rear wall to one another in a planar fashion. At least one component may be arranged on the rear wall of the photovoltaic module by welding to the back sheet material. In the welding process, a heating element may be positioned between the component and at least a partial area of the rear wall, and at least the partial area of the rear wall of the photovoltaic module and a partial area of the component may be brought into contact with respective surfaces of the heating element.
US09318451B2	Wirebond recess for stacked die A first semiconductor device die is provided having a bottom edge incorporating a notch structure that allows sufficient height and width clearance for a wire bond connected to a bond pad on an active surface of a second semiconductor device die upon which the first semiconductor device die is stacked. Use of such notch structures reduces a height of a stack incorporating the first and second semiconductor device die, thereby also reducing a thickness of a semiconductor device package incorporating the stack.
US09318447B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming vertical structure According to an exemplary embodiment, a method of forming a vertical structure with at least two barrier layers is provided. The method includes the following operations: providing a substrate; providing a vertical structure over the substrate; providing a first barrier layer over a source, a channel, and a drain of the vertical structure; and providing a second barrier layer over a gate and the drain of the vertical structure.
US09318443B2	Method for forming identification marks on refractory material single crystal substrate, and refractory material single crystal substrate An identification mark formation method for forming an identification mark on a refractory material single crystal substrate that is made of one selected from the group consisting of sapphire, gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, diamond, boron nitride, zinc oxide, gallium oxide, and titanium dioxide is disclosed. The method includes: (a) scanning a principal surface of the refractory material single crystal substrate with a laser beam at a first energy density such that a groove is formed in the principal surface of the refractory material single crystal substrate, thereby forming an identification mark in the principal surface of the refractory material single crystal substrate; and (b) scanning an inside of the groove of the refractory material single crystal substrate with a laser beam at a second energy density that is lower than the first energy density.
US09318441B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming sacrificial adhesive over contact pads of semiconductor die A semiconductor wafer contains a plurality of semiconductor die each having a plurality of contact pads. A sacrificial adhesive is deposited over the contact pads. Alternatively, the sacrificial adhesive is deposited over the carrier. An underfill material can be formed between the contact pads. The semiconductor wafer is singulated to separate the semiconductor die. The semiconductor die is mounted to a temporary carrier such that the sacrificial adhesive is disposed between the contact pads and temporary carrier. An encapsulant is deposited over the semiconductor die and carrier. The carrier and sacrificial adhesive is removed to leave a via over the contact pads. An interconnect structure is formed over the encapsulant. The interconnect structure includes a conductive layer which extends into the via for electrical connection to the contact pads. The semiconductor die is offset from the interconnect structure by a height of the sacrificial adhesive.
US09318440B2	Formation of carbon-rich contact liner material Conductive contact structure of a circuit structures and methods of fabrication thereof are provided. The fabrication includes, for instance, providing at least one contact opening disposed over a semiconductor substrate; forming a carbon-rich contact liner material having a set carbon content conformally within the at least one contact opening disposed over the semiconductor substrate.
US09318429B2	Integrated structure in wafer level package An embodiment device package includes a die having a conductive pillar and a molding compound extending along sidewalls of the die. The molding compound at least partially covers a top surface of the die. The device package further includes a conductive via extending through the molding compound and a redistribution layer (RDL) over the molding compound. The RDL and the molding compound have a continuous interface extending from the conductive via to a point over the die.
US09318426B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a first bump that is located over a surface of a semiconductor element, and is formed on a first bump formation face distanced from a back surface of the semiconductor element at a first distance, and a second bump that is located over the surface of the semiconductor element, and is formed on a second bump formation face distanced from the back surface of the semiconductor element at a second distance being longer than the first distance, the second bump having a diameter larger than a diameter of the first bump.
US09318421B2	Power semiconductor chip with a metallic moulded body for contacting thick wires or strips and method for the production thereof The invention relates to a power semiconductor chip (10) having at least one upper-sided potential surface and contacting thick wires (50) or strips, comprising a connecting layer (I) on the potential surfaces, and at least one metal molded body (24, 25) on the connecting layer(s), the lower flat side thereof facing the potential surface being provided with a coating to be applied to the connecting layer (I) according to a connection method, and the material composition thereof and the thickness of the related thick wires (50) or strips arranged on the upper side of the molded body used according to the method for contacting are selected corresponding to the magnitude.
US09318409B1	Integrated circuit heater for reducing stress in the integrated circuit material and chip leads of the integrated circuit, and for optimizing performance of devices of the integrated circuit A device comprising a first detector, comprising an output, disposed at a first location of an integrated circuit chip and configured to determine a first temperature information, a chip heater, comprising an input to receive a control signal, disposed at a second location of the integrated circuit and configured to heat an area of the integrated circuit device that includes the first location and the second location, based upon the control signal, and a heater controller comprising a first input coupled to the output of the first detector to receive the first temperature information, and an output coupled to the input of the chip heater, the heater controller configured to generate the control signal based upon the first temperature information.
US09318405B2	Wafer level package without sidewall cracking A wafer level package device may include a molding compound that encapsulates a substrate, a back end of line and front end of line layer on the substrate and a passivation layer of a redistribution layer without encapsulating a metal layer on the passivation layer. The molding compound may eliminate sidewall chipping and cracking as well as reduce the need for back side lamination.
US09318402B2	Resin composition, prepreg and resin sheet and metal foil-clad laminate A resin composition is provided which can be suitably used in a printed circuit board having excellent electrical properties, heat resistance and peel strength, with flame retardancy maintained, a prepreg and resin sheet which use the same, and a metal foil-clad laminate which uses the prepreg. A resin composition including a polyphenylene ether (A), a specific phosphorus-containing cyanate ester compound (B), a non-halogenated epoxy resin (C), a cyanate ester compound (D) and a filler (E) is used.
US09318386B2	Wafer alignment methods in die sawing process A method includes forming a molding compound molding a lower portion of an electrical connector of a wafer therein. The molding compound is at a front surface of the wafer. The molding compound covers a center region of the wafer, and leaves an edge ring of the wafer not covered. An opening is formed to extend from the front surface of the wafer into the wafer, wherein the opening is in the edge ring of the wafer. A backside grinding is performed on the wafer until the opening is revealed through a back surface of the wafer. The method further includes determining a position of a scribe line of the wafer using the opening as an alignment mark, and sawing the wafer from a backside of the wafer by sawing through the scribe line.
US09318381B2	Method of fabricating conductive line of a semiconductor device A method of fabricating a conductive line of a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: sequentially forming a conductive material layer and a mask on a semiconductor substrate, wherein a thickness of the conductive material layer is between 30000 angstroms (Å) and 90000 angstrom (Å); performing a first etching process to remove a part of the conductive material layer to form at least an upper side; and performing a second etching process to remove a part of the conductive material layer to form at least a lower side, wherein a curvature of the upper side is different from a curvature of the lower side.
US09318379B2	Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices including air gap spacers A spacer covering a sidewall of a contact plug includes a relatively more damaged first portion and a relatively less damaged second portion. An interface of the first and second portions of the spacer is spaced apart from a metal silicide layer of the contact plug. Thus reliability of the semiconductor device may be improved. Related fabrication methods are also described.
US09318376B1	Through substrate via with diffused conductive component A front-end-of-line through-substrate via is provided for application in certain semiconductor device fabrication, including microelectromechanical (MEMS) devices. The through-substrate via (TSV) has a conductive element formed from the cylindrical core of a ring-shaped isolating etch trench. The conductivity of the core is provided by in-diffusion of dopants from a highly-doped layer deposited along sidewalls of the core within the etched trench. The highly-doped layer used as the diffusion source can be either conductive or insulating, depending upon the application. The highly-doped diffusion source layer can be retained after diffusion to further contribute to the conductivity of the TSV, to help fill or seal the via, or can be partially or completely removed. Embodiments provide for the drive in-diffusion process to use a same heating step as that used for thermal oxidation to fill or seal the via trench. Other embodiments can provide for diffusion elements from a gaseous source.
US09318358B2	Etching device and a method for etching a material of a workpiece An etching device is provided, the etching device including a process chamber including an etchant, a structure configured to provide a laminar flow of the etchant, and a workpiece handler configured to move a workpiece through the laminar flow of the etchant along a predefined track.
US09318351B2	Wiring substrate A wiring substrate includes a substrate body, a through hole extending through the substrate body from an upper surface to a lower surface of the substrate body, and a through electrode formed in the through hole. The through electrode includes a conductive layer that forms a cavity in the through hole, and a resin layer that fills the cavity. The conductive layer includes first to third metal layers. The first metal layer is formed on an upper wall surface of the through hole. The second metal layer covers at least a portion of the first metal layer and an upper opening of the through hole. The third metal layer is formed on a lower wall surface of the through hole and connected to at least the first metal layer or the second metal layer.
US09318349B2	Plasma chamber top piece assembly A plasma processing system for processing a substrate is described. The plasma processing system includes a bottom piece including a chuck configured for holding the substrate. The plasma processing system also includes an induction coil configured to generate an electromagnetic field in order to create a plasma for processing the substrate; and an optimized top piece coupled to the bottom piece, the top piece further configured for a heating and cooling system. Wherein, the heating and cooling system is substantially shielded from the electromagnetic field by the optimized top piece, and the optimized top piece can substantially be handled by a single person.
US09318344B2	CMOS structures and methods for improving yield A simple, effective and economical method to improved the yield of CMOS devices using contact etching stopper liner, including, single neutral stressed liner, single stressed liner and dual stress liner (DSL), technology is provided. In order to improve the chip yield, the present invention provides a method in which a sputter etching process is employed to smooth/flatten (i.e., thin) the top surface of the contact etch stopper liners. When DSL technology is used, the inventive sputter etching process is used to reduce the complexity caused by DSL boundaries to smooth/flatten top surface of the DSL, which results in significant yield increase. The present invention also provides a semiconductor structure including at least one etched liner.
US09318342B2	Methods of removing fins for finfet semiconductor devices One illustrative method disclosed herein includes forming a plurality of initial fins in a substrate, wherein at least one of the initial fins is a to-be-removed fin, forming a material adjacent the initial fins, forming a fin removal masking layer above the plurality of initial fins, removing a desired portion of the at least one to-be-removed fin by: (a) performing a recess etching process on the material to remove a portion, but not all, of the material positioned adjacent the sidewalls of the at least one to-be-removed fin, (b) after performing the recess etching process, performing a fin recess etching process to remove a portion, but not all, of the at least one to be removed fin and (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) until the desired amount of the at least one to-be-removed fin is removed.
US09318340B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including a wafer using a plasma etching device which includes a chamber, a chuck provided in the chamber to dispose a wafer to be processed thereon, a focus ring disposed at a peripheral edge portion of the chuck, and a gas supplying mechanism configured to supply various types of gases depending a radial position of the wafer. The method includes: placing a wafer formed with an organic film on the chuck; introducing an etching gas which etches the organic film on the wafer from the process gas supplying mechanism to a central portion of the wafer; introducing an etching inhibiting factor gas having a property of reacting with the etching gas to the peripheral edge portion of the wafer from the gas supplying mechanism; and performing plasma etching on the wafer using the etching gas.
US09318338B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, a substrate having a nitride layer and a platinum (Pt)-containing nickel (Ni)-semiconductor compound layer is provided. Then the nitride layer and the Pt are removed in situ with a chemical solution including a sulfuric acid component and a phosphoric acid component.
US09318337B2	Three dimensional three semiconductor high-voltage capacitors An integrated circuit capacitor. The capacitor includes a substrate, a first conductor, and a first insulating region between the first conductor and the substrate. The capacitor also includes a second conductor, a second insulating region between the first conductor and the second conductor, a third conductor, and a third insulating region between the first conductor and the third conductor. The capacitor also includes a fourth conductor and a fourth insulating region between the first conductor and the fourth conductor.
US09318326B2	Dislocation and stress management by mask-less processes using substrate patterning and methods for device fabrication Structures and methods for producing active layer stacks of lattice matched, lattice mismatched and thermally mismatched semiconductor materials, with low threading dislocation densities, no layer cracking and minimized wafer bowing, by using epitaxial growth onto elevated substrate regions in a mask-less process.
US09318314B2	Method of forming a freestanding semiconductor wafer A method of forming a freestanding semiconductor wafer includes providing a semiconductor substrate including a semiconductor layer having a back surface and an upper surface opposite the back surface, wherein the semiconductor layer comprises at least one permanent defect between the upper surface and back surface, removing a portion of the back surface of the semiconductor layer and the permanent defect from the semiconductor layer, and forming a portion of the upper surface after removing a portion of the back surface and the permanent defect.
US09318311B2	Plasma cell for laser-sustained plasma light source A refillable plasma cell for use in a laser-sustained plasma light source includes a plasma bulb, the bulb being formed from a glass material substantially transparent to a selected wavelength of radiation, and a gas port assembly, the gas port assembly being operably connected to the bulb and disposed at a first portion of the gas bulb, wherein the bulb is configured to selectively receive a gas from a gas source via the gas port assembly.
US09318310B2	Method to control space charge in a mass spectrometer A method for operating a mass spectrometer having an ion trap over a plurality of selected mass-to-charge ranges constituting an overall mass-to-charge range is disclosed. For each of the plurality of selected mass-to-charge ranges the method comprises filling the ion trap with fragmented ions of the selected mass-to-charge ranges, cooling the fragmented ions trapped in the ion trap for a first cooling period, applying an RF voltage and a resolving direct current voltage to the ion trap for eliminating any remaining fragmented ions outside the selected ion mass-to-charge range and retaining ions within the selected ion mass-to-charge range, cooling the retained ions in the ion trap for a second cooling period, and scanning the retained ions out of the ion trap and detecting the ions released therefrom.
US09318301B2	Sample introduction device and charged particle beam instrument A sample introduction device (100) has a pre-evacuation chamber (2), a sample holder (10), a mechanical drive arrangement (30) for moving the sample holder (10), and a controller (90). The controller (90) performs a first operation for controlling the mechanical drive arrangement (30) to move a support member (20) such that this support member (20) supports the sample holder (10) when its sample holding portion (12) is in the pre-evacuation chamber (2) and to bring the support member (20) to a halt, a second operation for making a decision as to whether the sample holding portion (12) can be moved into the sample chamber (1), based on the position at which the support member (20) is halted, and a third operation for moving the support member (20) supporting the sample holder (10) such that the sample holding portion (12) moves from the pre-evacuation chamber (2) into the sample chamber (1) if the decision is affirmative to indicate that the sample holding portion (12) can be moved into the sample chamber (1).
US09318295B2	Carbon nanotube patterning on a metal substrate A CNT electron source, a method of manufacturing a CNT electron source, and a solar cell utilizing a CNT patterned sculptured substrate are disclosed. Embodiments utilize a metal substrate which enables CNTs to be grown directly from the substrate. An inhibitor may be applied to the metal substrate to inhibit growth of CNTs from the metal substrate. The inhibitor may be precisely applied to the metal substrate in any pattern, thereby enabling the positioning of the CNT groupings to be more precisely controlled. The surface roughness of the metal substrate may be varied to control the density of the CNTs within each CNT grouping. Further, an absorber layer and an acceptor layer may be applied to the CNT electron source to form a solar cell, where a voltage potential may be generated between the acceptor layer and the metal substrate in response to sunlight exposure.
US09318291B2	Mechanical switch Presented is a mechanical switch that may include a first electrode; a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode; a first material electrically connected to the first electrode; and a second material electrically connected to the first electrode. Any one of a hardness, a Young's modulus, a melting point and an insensitivity degree to external contamination of the second material is lower than any corresponding one of a hardness, a Young's modulus a melting point and an insensitivity degree to external contamination of the first material. When the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected to each other, after the first material is connected to the second electrode, the second material is connected to the second electrode.
US09318288B2	Power saving method and power saving circuit thereof A power saving circuit for an electronic device is disclosed. The power saving circuit includes a direct-current (DC) power supply, a sensing unit, and a control unit. The DC power supply is used for providing a DC current. The sensing unit, coupled to the DC power supply, is used for detecting the DC current and operating to generate a voltage signal according to the DC current. The control unit, coupled to the sensing unit, is used for determining whether a system circuit of the electronic device has a light load or a heavy load and generating an enable signal.
US09318284B2	Low-profile circuit breaker A circuit interrupter having a compact design. According to some implementations, the circuit interrupter includes a conductor from a terminal to a contact having a portion that is angled with respect to the housing sides. This allows a fastener sleeve used to secure the device housing to be positioned closer to the center of mass of the housing, reducing the area of the housing. In some implementations, an arc splitter is provided which includes conductive plates that are angled with respect to the housing sides, allowing the area of the housing to be reduced. In some implementations, a terminal is designed to accommodate a connection without being doubled back, reducing the clearance required for the terminal and the overall area of the circuit interrupter.
US09318283B2	Apparatus including a circuit breaker adapted to selectively provide arc flash protection in connection with a wind turbine Apparatus to provide arc flash protection regarding a wind turbine. In one embodiment, a wind turbine (10) includes a wind turbine generator (12) to generate an alternating current power. A transformer (14) has a high-voltage side (16) coupled to a load. A circuit breaker (18) is adapted to selectively reduce arc flash energy available to the wind turbine. The circuit breaker may be arranged to provide circuit interruption between the generator and a low-voltage side (20) of the transformer upon detection of a fault condition. The circuit breaker includes an arc flash protection mode (24) and a normal protection mode (22). In response to a sensed condition, a respective one of the modes may be automatically set so that the circuit breaker can perform the circuit interruption in accordance with the protection functionality of the set mode.
US09318281B2	Steering wheel assembly with user controls A steering wheel assembly comprises a plurality of control elements disposed on a user-accessible surface of the steering wheel assembly. Each of the plurality of control elements has a plurality of user-selectable operational states and is electrically coupled to a corresponding branch of an electric circuit. The electric circuit defines an output node and is configured to produce a single output signal at the output node. Each of the plurality of control elements is configured for affecting the single output signal based on an active one of the plurality of user-selectable operational states of the respective one of the plurality of control elements. The single output signal is indicative of the active ones of the plurality of user-selectable operational states for each of the plurality of control elements.
US09318280B2	Contactless switch A switch includes a button which is connected to a ring-shaped permanent magnet that is magnetized along a z-axis, a guide member made from an non-ferromagnetic material inside which the button and the ring-shaped permanent magnet are arranged so as to be moveable along the z-axis, as well as at least one sensor that has a sensitive area that is arranged inside the ring-shaped permanent magnet and that is configured to measure a change in a magnetic field in the radial direction within a x-y-plane, wherein the x-axis and the y-axis lie orthogonally to the z-axis, respectively.
US09318275B2	Electrochemical device An electrochemical device is provided with an electric storage element that is constituted by a first electrode sheet, a second electrode sheet, and a separator sheet installed between the two electrode sheets. The separator sheet includes: a first part (high liquid absorptivity part) sandwiched between the two electrode sheets; a second part (low liquid absorptivity part) extending outward from the two electrode sheets; and a third part (contact part) in contact with a rim surface of the second electrode sheet, whereby the electrochemical device can quickly and reliably resolve a phenomenon of the amount of electrolyte decreasing in the part of the separator sheet sandwiched between the two electrode sheets, even if the phenomenon occurs frequently.
US09318268B2	Solid electrolytic capacitor and manufacturing method therefor A solid electrolyte capacitor in which a valve-acting metal substrate with a dielectric oxide film formed on the surface of an anode body is immersed alternately in a monomer solution and an oxidant solution to form a first conductive polymer layer on the surface of the dielectric oxide film. Thereafter, the capacitor element with the first conductive polymer layer is immersed in a soluble conductive polymer solution or a conductive polymer suspension to form a second conductive polymer layer that varies little in film thickness. Then, a cathode layer is formed on the conductive polymer layer.
US09318265B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor provided with external electrodes partially covered by solder non-adhesion film A multilayer ceramic capacitor whose external electrodes are each provided with a solder non-adhesion film made of material to which solder does not adhere, in a manner continuously covering the entire surface of the end face, and optionally the entire surface of the curved face thereof. The multilayer ceramic capacitor, with certainty, allows for suppression of noise accompanying electrostriction.
US09318259B2	Method for constructing a solenoidal magnet assembly In a solenoid magnet assembly, and a method for manufacture thereof, the magnet assembly includes a number of concentrically aligned coils, each including a winding impregnated with a resin. Each coil is mechanically restrained so as to hold the coils in fixed relative positions relative to each other when forming the magnet assembly. The mechanical restraint can be formed by annular support sections bonded to the respective coils, lugs bonded to the respective coils, or by lugs that are at least partially embedded in a crust formed on a radially outer surface of the respective windings.
US09318251B2	Method of manufacturing an electronic component A method of manufacturing an electronic component including providing a wire having first and second ends and a pre-formed core, winding the wire about at least a portion of the pre-formed core and connecting the first and second wire ends to at least one terminal for mounting the component to a circuit, and using a wet press process to form a mixture of magnetic and/or non-magnetic material over at least a portion of the wire and pre-formed core, and harden the mixture without exposing the wire and pre-formed core to the damaging forces of a dry press process to form an electronic component with a generally planar top surface with which the component can be picked and placed on a circuit using conventional pick-and-place equipment.
US09318249B1	Mechanical hub A mechanical hub is provided. The mechanical hub is attachable to a cable and includes an outer shell and tiles. The outer shell surrounds the cable. The tiles are spaced to surround the circumference of the cable. The tiles may be positioned between the outer shell and the cable such that a translation of the outer shell alters the distance between the tiles and the cable. The mechanical hub may improve signals that are transmitted over segments of a cable that have degraded signal quality.
US09318248B2	Spin valve element and method of manufacturing same A spin valve element including parallelly or serially connected magnetic element groups, each magnetic element group having a plurality of magnetic elements that each include an intermediate layer of an insulating member or a nonmagnetic member sandwiched by a pair of ferromagnetic layers. The plurality of magnetic elements are further connected either in series or in parallel.
US09318247B2	Electromagnetic actuating device An electromagnetic actuating device, in particular camshaft adjustment device, having an armature unit (14) which can be driven in the axial direction or parallel thereto in reaction to energization of a stationary, axially oriented coil unit (10) and is designed to interact with a slide and/or plunger unit (16) which extends in the axial direction, in particular a plunger unit which brings about camshaft adjustment of an internal combustion engine, wherein permanent magnet means are provided on and/or in the armature unit and/or the slide or plunger unit, and the coil unit and armature unit are accommodated at least partially in a housing unit or carrier unit.
US09318240B2	Halogen-free, flame retardant composition comprising crosslinked silane-g-EVA Halogen-free, flame retardant compositions comprising in weight percent based on the weight of the composition: A. 20 to 60% TPU/Si-g-EVA polymer blend in which the Si-g-EVA is crosslinked, B. 1 to 25% organic phosphate ester, C. 30 to 60% metal hydrate, and D. 0.1 to 10% epoxidized novolac. Optionally, the compositions further comprise in weight percent based on the weight of the composition, one or more of: E. 0.01 to 0.5% anti-dripping agent, F. 0.1 to 2% additive; and G. 0.1 to 5% filler.
US09318236B2	Mounting device and method of assembling the same A method and system for a mounting device for an electrical harness of a gas turbine engine are provided. The mounting device includes a first and a second semi-cylindrical shell, the first and second shells are hingedly coupled along respective adjacent edges. Each of the first and second shells includes a first end region, a second end region and a middle region extending between the first end region and the second end region. The middle region defines a mounting seat having an outer diameter that is less than an outer diameter of the first end region and the second end region. The mounting device also includes at least one fastener configured to couple the first shell to the second shell with the wire bundle disposed between the first shell and the second shell such that movement of the first shell and the second shell along the wire bundle is restricted.
US09318235B2	Film peeling method and film peeling device for film-coated flat wire A film peeling method for a film-coated flat wire that is performed by a film peeling device including: a rotational holder that can rotationally convey in a perpendicular direction to a rotational axis; a positioning mechanism that positions a film-coated flat wire in a longitudinal direction; and a working section that is provided in plural, aligned at specified intervals, and works an end portion of the film-coated flat wire, the method includes: holding the film-coated flat wire that is cut in a specified length in advance by the rotational holder; rotationally conveying the film-coated flat wire that is held by the rotational holder in the perpendicular direction to the rotational axis; positioning the conveyed film-coated flat wire by the positioning mechanism; and working the end portion of the film-coated flat wire by the working section.
US09318233B2	Method for manufacturing conductive metal thin film using carboxylic acid The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a conductive metal thin film, including: preparing a conductive metal coating solution by adding carboxylic acid to a dispersion including a conductive metal particle having a core/shell structure; coating the conductive metal coating solution on a top portion of a substrate, heat-treating it, and removing an metal oxide layer of the surface of the conductive metal particle having the core/shell structure; and forming a thin film of the conductive metal particle from which the metal oxide layer is removed.
US09318228B2	Production of radionuclide molybdenum 99 in a distributed and in situ fashion A method and apparatus for producing Mo-99 from Mo-100 for the use of the produced Mo-99 in a Tc-99m generator without the use of uranium is presented. Both the method and apparatus employ high energy gamma rays for the transformation of Mo-100 to Mo-99. The high energy gamma rays are produced by exposing a metal target to a moderated neutron output of between 6 MeV and 14 MeV. The resulting Mo-99 spontaneously decays into Tc-99m and can therefore be used in a Tc-99m generator.
US09318226B2	Apparatus and method to inspect, modify, or repair nuclear reactor core shrouds This invention generally concerns robotic systems and is particularly concerned with improved apparatus and methods for remotely inspecting, modifying or repairing a core shroud in a nuclear reactor. The apparatus of the invention includes a partial upper track which horizontally movable along the core shroud, a head and frame assembly which is horizontally movable along the partial upper track, a lower track which is connected to the head and frame assembly and is horizontally movable along the core shroud, and a carriage and arm assembly which extends downward into an annulus formed by the reactor pressure vessel and the core shroud, wherein the arm includes at least one sensor for inspecting the core shroud.
US09318220B2	Memory cell coupling compensation Methods for memory cell coupling compensation and apparatuses configured to perform the same are described. One or more methods for memory cell coupling compensation includes determining a state of a memory cell using a voltage that is changed in accordance with a first memory cell coupling compensation voltage, performing an error check on the state of the memory cell, and determining the state of the memory cell using a voltage that is changed in accordance with a second memory cell coupling compensation voltage in response to the error check failing.
US09318212B2	Nonvolatile memory device changing a period of an internal clock A nonvolatile memory device includes a core unit and a peripheral circuit unit. The core unit is configured to be capable of storing data. The peripheral circuit unit is configured to program and read the data to and from the core unit. The peripheral circuit unit is configured to generate an internal clock having a first period. The peripheral circuit unit is configured to change the first period to be a second period after being input a first command and a second command within an interval.
US09318207B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method of operating the same A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment comprises a control unit, during a data erase, applying at least to a word line connected to a memory cell disposed most to a source line side a lower control voltage than that applied to a word line connected to a memory cell disposed most to a bit line side, of a plurality of word lines connected to at least a plurality of memory cells mutually written with data of an identical number of bits in a cell string.
US09318206B2	Selective word line erase in 3D non-volatile memory An erase process for a 3D stacked memory device allows a portion of a block of memory cells to be erased. In one approach, in a U-shaped NAND string configuration, memory cells in the drain- or source-side columns are erased. In another approach, such as in a U-shaped or a straight NAND string configuration, memory cells in a portion of a column of memory cells are erased, and a dummy memory cell is provided between the erased and non-erased memory cells. A dummy memory cell can be on either side (e.g., above and below) of an erase memory cell, or on either side of a non-erased memory cell. A dummy memory cell is ineligible to store user data, but prevents a downshift in the threshold voltage of an erased memory cell from changing the threshold voltage of a non-erased memory cell, due to capacitive coupling.
US09318202B2	Nonvolatile memory device and method of operating the same According to example embodiments, an operation method of a nonvolatile memory device includes determining a location of a selected word line among word lines connected to the nonvolatile memory device, selecting one of a plurality of different read disturbance reducing modes according to the location of the selected word line, and performing a read or verification operation according to the selected read disturbance reducing modes. The nonvolatile memory device includes cell strings. Each one of the cell strings includes memory cells stacked on top of each other in a direction perpendicular to the substrate and between a ground select transistor and a string select transistor. The ground select transistor is between the substrate and the number of the memory cells. The string select transistor is connected to a bit line and is between the bit line and the number of the memory cells.
US09318198B2	Memory system and method of operating the same A method of operating a memory system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes storing first data in a memory controller; storing second data in the memory controller, wherein the second data is read from a selected page of a first memory block of a memory device; and performing a program operation for storing third data, that include the first data and the second data, in a selected page of a second memory block of the memory device.
US09318193B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment comprises: a plurality of first lines extending in a first direction perpendicular to a substrate surface and arranged with a certain pitch in a second direction parallel to the substrate surface; a plurality of second lines extending in the second direction and arranged with a certain pitch in the first direction; a memory cell provided at an intersection of the first line and the second line and including a variable resistance element; a third line provided extending in the second direction between the plurality of second lines; and a control circuit capable of executing a first operation that changes a resistance value of the variable resistance element by applying a voltage to the memory cell via the first line and the second line, and a second operation that supplies heat to the memory cell using the third line.
US09318188B2	Semiconductor memory with data line capacitive coupling A semiconductor memory is disclosed that includes a first data line, a second data line, a first coupling line and a second coupling line. The first coupling line is configured to capacitively couple the first coupling line with the first data line. The second coupling line is configured to capacitively couple the second coupling line with the second data line.
US09318187B2	Method and apparatus for sensing in a memory A method and a memory for sensing a state of a memory cell while the memory cell capacitor is isolated from a data line are described. An activation device of the memory cell can be enabled to couple the memory cell capacitor to a parasitic capacitance of the active data line for charge sharing. The activation device can then be disabled to isolate the memory cell capacitor from the active data line. The state of the memory cell can then be sensed while the memory cell capacitor is isolated from the active data line. After the sense operation, the activation device can be re-enabled in order to restore the data to the memory cell capacitor that was destroyed during the sense operation.
US09318185B2	Memory module and memory system including the same A memory module may include m memory devices. Each of the m memory devices may be divided into n regions each region including a plurality of rows corresponding to row addresses, where m and n are integers equal to or greater than 2. An address detector included in each of the m memory devices, wherein for each of the address detectors, the address detector may be configured to count a number of accesses to a particular row address included in one region of each of the m memory devices during a predetermined time period, and be configured to output a detect signal when the number of the counted accesses reaches a reference value. Each of the max-count address generators may be configured to count a number of accesses for a set of row addresses different from the sets of row addresses for which the other max-count address generators count accesses.
US09318182B2	Apparatus, method and system to determine memory access command timing based on error detection Techniques and mechanisms to dynamically adjustment a timing of commands to access a dynamic random access memory (DRAM). In an embodiment, a memory controller monitors an error rate of the DRAM and, based on such monitoring, identifies that the error rate is within a predetermined range. In response to the error rate being within the predetermined range, one or more signals are generated to dynamically modify a command timing setting. In another embodiment, modification of the command timing setting is to transition a memory controller from sending memory refresh commands successively at one rate to sending memory refresh commands successively at a different rate.
US09318181B2	Magnetic memory devices including shared lines A magnetic memory device includes word lines, bit lines intersecting the word lines, magnetic memory elements disposed at intersections between the word lines and the bit lines, and selection transistors connected to the word lines. The magnetic memory elements share a word line among the plurality of word lines and also share a selection transistor connected to the word line that is shared among the selection transistors. Related systems and operating methods are also described.
US09318179B2	Spin-transfer torque magnetic random access memory with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy multilayers A spin-transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STTMRAM) element includes a composite fixed layer formed on top of a substrate and a tunnel layer formed upon the fixed layer and a composite free layer formed upon the tunnel barrier layer. The magnetization direction of each of the composite free layer and fixed layer being substantially perpendicular to the plane of the substrate. The composite layers are made of multiple repeats of a bilayer unit which consists of a non-magnetic insulating layer and magnetic layer with thicknesses adjusted in a range that makes the magnetization having a preferred direction perpendicular to film plane.
US09318176B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a clock pulse generating circuit suitable for outputting a command enable clock pulse when a predetermined command is input during a predetermined command-masking period, a command interface circuit suitable for outputting an internal command signal based on the command enable clock pulse and the command, and a target operating circuit suitable for performing an operation corresponding to the command based on the internal command signal.
US09318174B1	Memory systems and methods involving high speed local address circuitry Systems and methods of memory and memory operation are disclosed, such as providing a circuit including a local address driver voltage source for memory decoding. In one exemplary implementation, an illustrative circuit may comprise a first buffer and a capacitor. The first buffer may comprise a power input and a ground input. The capacitor may comprise a first terminal connected to the power input of the first buffer and a second terminal connected to the ground input of the first buffer. When the first buffer draws a current from the power input, at least a portion of the current may be supplied by the capacitor.
US09318173B2	Apparatuses and methods for measuring an electrical characteristic of a model signal line and providing measurement information Apparatuses and methods for measuring an electrical characteristic of a model signal line and providing measurement information based at least in part on the measurement of the electrical characteristic. An example apparatus includes a signal line model including a model signal line configured to model electrical characteristics of a signal line. The apparatus further includes a measurement circuit coupled to the signal line model and configured to measure the electrical characteristic of the model signal line responsive to an input signal provided to the model signal line. The measurement circuit is further configured to provide measurement information based at least in part on the measurement to set a signal applied to the signal line.
US09318171B2	Dual asynchronous and synchronous memory system A computer-system implemented method for dual asynchronous and synchronous memory operation in a memory subsystem includes establishing a synchronous channel between a memory controller and a memory buffer chip. A mode selector determines a reference clock source for a memory domain phase-locked loop of the memory buffer chip based on an operating mode of the memory buffer chip. An output of a nest domain phase-locked loop is provided as the reference clock source to the memory domain phase-locked loop in the memory buffer chip based on the operating mode being synchronous. The nest domain phase-locked loop is operable synchronous to a memory controller phase-locked loop of the memory controller. A separate reference clock is provided independent of the nest domain phase-locked loop as the reference clock to the memory domain phase-locked loop based on the operating mode being asynchronous.
US09318157B2	Stacked device detection and identification Various embodiments include apparatus and methods having circuitry to detect and/or assign identification information to dice arranged in a stack and coupled by conductive paths.
US09318153B2	HAMR drive fault detection system A data storage apparatus includes a controller capable of being coupled to a read/write head. The controller is configured to receive a fault signal from a sensor of the read/write head. The sensor indicates whether an energy source used to heat the recording medium is malfunctioning during a write operation. In response to the fault signal, the controller takes remedial action to protect the data associated with the write operation.
US09318146B2	Method and apparatus for writing and using servo correction data Methods and apparatuses for generating and using servo correction data are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a data storage medium having a first track and a second track, servo correction data for the first track and the second track stored on the first track, and no servo correction data stored on the second track, and a controller configured to correct servo errors based on the servo correction data. In another embodiment a method may comprise receiving servo information related to a first data storage medium having a first track and a second track, generating one or more position error signals (PES) based on the servo information, generating servo correction data based on the one or more PES, and storing the servo correction data for the first track and the second track on the first track.
US09318144B1	Disk drive having a sheet metal clamp with a stamped annular protruding disk contact feature A disk drive includes a spindle motor attached to a disk drive base. The spindle motor includes a hub that rotates about a spindle rotation axis. An annular disk is mounted on the hub. A clamp is attached to the hub. The clamp has a body portion that is stamped from a metal sheet. The clamp also includes an annular rib that protrudes from the stamped sheet metal body portion towards the annular disk. The annular rib includes an annular contact surface that may be lapped to enhance flatness and that contacts the annular disk. The annular rib also includes inner and outer side walls that are each normal to the annular contact surface.
US09318136B1	Multilayer disk drive motors having out-of-plane bending Various embodiments concern a gimbaled flexure having a dual stage actuation structure. The flexure comprises a gimbal on which a motor is mounted. The motor comprises a first and second terminals and a plurality of actuator layers formed from a piezoelectric material. The plurality of actuator layers comprise serially stacked first, second, and third actuator layers. The plurality of actuator layers are respectively poled and connected to the first and second terminals such that both of the first and second actuator layers expand while the third actuator layer contracts in response to application of a signal across the first and second terminals. The differential motion of the plurality of layers in the motor cause the motor to curl about the contracting third actuator layer. The curling motion causes a portion of the flexure to preferentially curl.
US09318132B2	Magnetic head, magnetic head assembly, and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus A magnetic head includes a main magnetic pole used to apply a recording signal magnetic field to a magnetic recording medium and also includes a microwave line through which a microwave alternating current is transferred. The microwave line is connected to the main magnetic pole. The entire end surface of the main magnetic pole is positioned closer to air bearing surface than a connection portion at which the microwave line and main magnetic pole are mutually connected. Therefore, microwave assisted magnetic recording is possible without deteriorating the recording signal magnetic field.
US09318129B2	System and method for enhancing speech activity detection using facial feature detection Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for processing audio. A system configured to practice the method monitors, via a processor of a computing device, an image feed of a user interacting with the computing device and identifies an audio start event in the image feed based on face detection of the user looking at the computing device or a specific region of the computing device. The image feed can be a video stream. The audio start event can be based on a head size, orientation or distance from the computing device, eye position or direction, device orientation, mouth movement, and/or other user features. Then the system initiates processing of a received audio signal based on the audio start event. The system can also identify an audio end event in the image feed and end processing of the received audio signal based on the end event.
US09318128B1	Methods and systems for determining instructions for applications that are recognizable by a voice interface Methods and systems for facilitating development of voice-enabled applications are provided. The method may comprise receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of actions associated with a given application, parameters associated with each respective action, and example instructions responsive to respective actions. The method may also comprise determining candidate instructions based on the actions, parameters, and example instructions. Each candidate instruction may comprise one or more grammars recognizable by a voice interface for the given application. The method may further comprise the computing device receiving respective acceptance information for each candidate instruction, and comparing at least a portion of the respective acceptance information with a stored acceptance information log comprising predetermined acceptance information so as to determine a correlation. Still further, the method may comprise determining a set of instructions comprising one or more of the candidate instructions based on the determined correlation.
US09318127B2	Device and method for improved magnitude response and temporal alignment in a phase vocoder based bandwidth extension method for audio signals An apparatus for generating a bandwidth extended audio signal from an input signal, includes a patch generator for generating one or more patch signals from the input signal, wherein the patch generator is configured for performing a time stretching of subband signals from an analysis filterbank, and wherein the patch generator further includes a phase adjuster for adjusting phases of the subband signals using a filterbank-channel dependent phase correction.
US09318117B2	Method and arrangement for controlling smoothing of stationary background noise In a method of smoothing stationary background noise in a telecommunication speech session, initially receiving and decoding S10 a signal representative of a speech session, where the signal comprises both a speech component and a background noise component. Subsequently, providing S20 a noisiness measure for the signal, and adaptively S30 smoothing the background noise component based on the provided noisiness measure.
US09318116B2	Acoustic data transmission based on groups of audio receivers Techniques are disclosed for acoustic data reception. Playback of modified audio content is acoustically detected by a first receiving entity and a second receiving entity operatively connected to the first receiving entity via a network. The modified audio content is generated by encoding specified data into specified audio content such that the modified audio content satisfies a predefined signal constraint characterizing imperceptibility of any differences between playback of the specified audio content and playback of the modified audio content. The specified data is collaboratively decoded based on the acoustically detected playback of the modified audio content and by the first receiving entity and the second receiving entity using the network and according to a predefined diversity scheme.
US09318113B2	Method and apparatus for conducting synthesized, semi-scripted, improvisational conversations Simulating an improvisational conversation between two or more people (or between a person and himself at a later time) by recording an original conversation involving some of the people and annotating the recording to produce an interview source database, then receiving a statement from another of the people, matching the statement against the interview source database to obtain a suitable audio response in the voice of a participant in the original conversation, and playing the audio response for the speaker or sender of the statement.
US09318112B2	Recognizing speech in the presence of additional audio The technology described in this document can be embodied in a computer-implemented method that includes receiving, at a processing system, a first signal including an output of a speaker device and an additional audio signal. The method also includes determining, by the processing system, based at least in part on a model trained to identify the output of the speaker device, that the additional audio signal corresponds to an utterance of a user. The method further includes initiating a reduction in an audio output level of the speaker device based on determining that the additional audio signal corresponds to the utterance of the user.
US09318109B2	Techniques for updating a partial dialog state Embodiments provide for tracking a partial dialog state as part of managing a dialog state space, but the embodiments are not so limited. A method of an embodiment jointly models partial state update and named entity recognition using a sequence-based classification or other model, wherein recognition of named entities and a partial state update can be performed in a single processing stage at runtime to generate a distribution over partial dialog states. A system of an embodiment is configured to generate a distribution over partial dialog states at runtime in part using a sequence classification decoding or other algorithm to generate one or more partial dialog state hypothesis and/or a confidence score or measure associated with each hypothesis. Other embodiments are included.
US09318102B2	Method and apparatus for correcting speech recognition error Disclosed are a speech recognition error correction method and an apparatus thereof. The speech recognition error correction method includes determining a likelihood that a speech recognition result is erroneous, and if the likelihood that the speech recognition result is erroneous is higher than a predetermined standard, generating a parallel corpus according to whether the speech recognition result matches the correct answer corpus, generating a speech recognition model based on the parallel corpus, and correcting an erroneous speech recognition result based on the speech recognition model and the language model. Accordingly, speech recognition errors are corrected.
US09318097B2	Acoustic reflectors An acoustic reflector comprises a shell surrounding a solid elastomeric core free of joints. The shell transmits acoustic waves incident on the surface of the shell partially into the core to be focused and reflected from an area of the shell located opposite to the area of incidence so as to provide a reflected acoustic signal output from the reflector partially around the circumference of the shell and to combine constructively with the reflected acoustic signal output. The ratio of the speed of sound wave transmission in the shell to the average speed of the wave transmission in the core is preferably in the range of 2.74 to 3.4 best results being in the range of 2.74 to 2.86 inclusive.
US09318095B2	Active vibration noise control device The disclosed active vibration noise control device is suitable for use in cancelling out vibration noise by outputting control noise from a plurality of speakers. When a vibration noise frequency is in a dip bandwidth, the active vibration noise control device alters the step size parameters used to update the filter coefficient at at least one filter coefficient update means from among a plurality of filter coefficient update means. Thus, the filter coefficient update speed can be retarded in unstable dip bandwidths, enabling loss in silencing effect which occurs during dip characteristics to be appropriately reduced.
US09318086B1	Musical instrument and vocal effects A method in accord with certain implementations involves capturing an audio sound at a hand held computing device; extracting a characteristic from the audio sound; and programming one or more digital signal processors in a musical instrument effects processor to modify an input signal to the musical instrument effects processor using the extracted characteristic. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US09318077B2	Head-mount type display device and method of controlling head-mount type display device A head-mount type display device adapted to make a user visually recognize a virtual image includes an image light generation section adapted to generate image light representing an image using image data and then emit the image light, a light guide section adapted to guide the image light, which is emitted, to eyes of the user, a receiving section adapted to receive the image data, and a control section, which is connected to the receiving section, controls image display by the image light generation section, and has a transmitting section adapted to transmit the image data to the receiving section. The control section controls luminance of the image light generation section so as to degrade visibility of the virtual image for a predetermined period of time in a case in which a disturbance in data communication between the transmitting section and the receiving section is presumed.
US09318068B2	Display driver precharge circuitry Systems and methods for efficiently generating display driver timing signals are provided. In one example, display driver circuitry of an electronic display may provide a negative voltage from a negative voltage supply to display control circuitry during a first period and may provide a positive voltage from a positive voltage supply to the display control circuitry during a second period. After providing the negative voltage during the first period but before providing the positive voltage during the second period, the display driver circuitry may precharge the capacitance of the display control circuitry to ground. In this way, the positive voltage supply substantially does not supply charge to raise the voltage on the capacitance of the display control circuitry from the negative voltage to ground.
US09318066B2	Display panel having a boosting voltage applied to a subpixel electrode, and method of driving the same A display panel comprises a plurality of pixels. A first pixel among the plurality of pixels comprises a first subpixel which further comprises a first subpixel electrode, a first switching element configured to apply a data voltage to the first subpixel electrode, and a second switching element applying a boosting voltage to the first subpixel electrode. The first pixel further comprises a second subpixel comprising a second subpixel electrode and a third switching element applying the data voltage to the low pixel electrode. Accordingly, the display quality and the reliability of the display panel may be improved.
US09318065B2	Display panel and method of manufacturing the same A display panel includes a high pixel electrode including a first stem which extends substantially in a first direction, and a second stem which extends substantially in a second direction crossing the first direction, a low pixel electrode including a first stem which extends substantially in the first direction, and a second stem which extends substantially in the second direction, a data line which extends in the second direction, a high storage line which extends substantially in the second direction and overlaps the second stem of the high pixel electrode, and a low storage line which extends substantially in the second direction and overlaps the second stem of the low pixel electrode.
US09318046B2	Power supply circuit and display apparatus A power supply circuit and display apparatus, comprising power source (1), charging/discharging module (2), detecting module (3), the detecting module detects detecting parameter on power-supply path, feeds back corresponding mode signal to the power source according to the detected detecting parameter, and outputs preset operation voltage to load (4); the power source receives the mode signal fed back from the detecting module, outputs power supply voltage corresponding to the mode signal, and charges the charging/discharging module when the mode signal is the low power signal; and the charging/discharging module is discharged to the detecting module when the power source outputs the supply voltage corresponding to the high power signal, and is charged when the power source outputs the supply voltage corresponding to the low power signal. The circuit can avoid effectively that the consumption of the power source fluctuates significantly with the power consumption changing of the load thereby the power source operates stably.
US09318043B2	Systems and methods for coordinating portable display devices A system for distributing display content to multiple heterogeneous mobile display devices is presented. The system includes several independently operated mobile display devices and a host server. The host server is communicatively coupled with the independent mobile display devices and is configured to divide the display content into several pixels. The host server is also configured to assign single pixels from the several pixels individually to distinct display devices selected from the several mobile display devices. The host server is also configured to instruct the display devices having assigned pixels to display their assigned single pixels. In some embodiments, the host server is configured to assign the single pixels to the display devices according to the attributes of the display devices.
US09318035B2	Advertisement display device having 3D sheet Disclosed is an advertisement display device having a 3D sheet. The advertisement display device having the 3D sheet comprises: a substrate; a backlight unit which is provided on the substrate and irradiates light; and a 3D sheet which is provided on the backlight unit to implement a 3D image by the light irradiated from the backlight unit.
US09318028B1	Breaching training door A training door for breaching tools has a frame on which the door is hung by hinges at a hinge edge, while at an opposite edge being retained to a jamb by one or more non-shearing bolts. When the door is forced by a breaching tool at the bolt location, the jamb is forced laterally away from the door edge, against rubber mounts that allow limited jamb movement. As the door is forced in (or out, depending on its swing direction), with the jamb spread away somewhat the bolt will bend and fail pulling out of its socket. Replaceable sleeves are secured to the door edge, in several sections of the door to avoid breach tool damage on the door itself.
US09318025B2	Ground obstacle collision alert deactivation In some examples, a processor is configured to control a ground obstacle collision alerting system of an aircraft to deactivate delivery of ground obstacle collision alerts in response to determining the aircraft is in a designated ground area. In some examples, the processor is configured to determine the aircraft is in the designated ground area based on user input, based on a geographic location of the aircraft, or both. The processor is further configured to control the ground obstacle collision alerting system to automatically reactivate the delivery of the ground obstacle collision alerts in response to determining the aircraft is outside of the designated ground area. In some examples, the processor is configured to determine the aircraft is outside of the designated ground area based on a geographic location of the aircraft, a ground speed of the aircraft, or both.
US09318021B2	Vehicle mounted traffic light and system The vehicle mounted traffic light adds a mini-signal light located inside a vehicle on the deck behind the back seat of the vehicle, to enable its signaling units, such as signal lights, to be visible to other vehicles, such as cars, behind the vehicle. A wireless signal from a wireless transmitter associated with an originating signal system unit associated with a traffic signal light transmits the signal light state of the traffic signal light to a receiver associated with the vehicle, such located as inside the vehicle. The receiver relays the received signal light state information to a processor associated with the vehicle mounted traffic light, such as located inside the vehicle, which issues commands to the signaling units of the vehicle mounted traffic light to mimic or correspond to the received signal light state of the traffic signal light.
US09318013B2	Vibrating, pulse-monitored, alarm bracelet A vibrating pulse monitored alarm bracelet consists of control panel/display/capacitive touchscreen, a flash memory to collect and communicate data, two rechargeable batteries which serve as the power source for the device, sensors to collect pulse rate data, vibrating pads to provide silent, electric pulse stimuli, and a neoprene band to secure the device to its wearer.
US09318005B2	Methods, systems, and products for security services Security systems notify of alarms. Two separate communications paths are established from an alarm controller. One of the communications paths is selected based on performance, cost, or urgency.
US09317998B2	System and method of selecting real-world wagers on behalf of users in an integrated wagering and interactive media platform The invention relates to systems and methods of selecting and placing real-world wagers responsive to one or more wager triggers, obtaining outcomes of the real-world wagers, facilitating user interactions with interactive media, and revealing the outcomes through the interactive media to give an appearance that the outcomes of the real-world wagers resulted from the user interactions even though the outcomes resulted from the real-world wagers and were determined before the user interactions. The system may select a real-world wager based on one or more wager parameters that specify one or more aspects of the wager. In some instances, the user may directly specify some of the foregoing parameters and the system may select other ones of the foregoing parameters. For example, the user may identify a particular horse race on which to place the real-world wager and the system may select the winner, an amount of the wager, etc.
US09317986B2	Movable barrier operator configured for remote actuation The present invention is generally a movable barrier operator configured for remote actuation, and more specifically, to a movable barrier operator configured to generate a barrier command in response to an authorized mobile device joining wireless network. The authorization may be established by connecting the mobile device to the operator through a wireless communication means. The wireless communication means may include known protocols such as Bluetooth™, Wi-Fi, NFC, ZigBee™, or any other type of wireless communication.
US09317981B2	Method and device for protecting products against counterfeiting A method for protecting a product against counterfeiting is provided that has a transponder associated with the product, upon which at least one unique identifier is stored, wherein a flag in a set or cleared state is associated with the identifier, and when the flag is set, read access to the identifier by a reader is only permitted after authentication. The invention further relates to a transponder for protecting a product against counterfeiting.
US09317974B2	Rendering a digital element Rendering a digital element is disclosed. An indication that a device is within a region associated with the digital element is received. It is determined that the digital element is to be rendered. A representation of the digital element is generated in a rendered view of the region. The digital element is provided upon receiving an indication that the digital element has been selected.
US09317961B2	Prioritizing node requests based on tile distance to reduce perceptual scene time An exemplary method for reducing user-perceived scene resolution time to render a node tree in a three-dimensional environment includes identifying a first cache node in the node tree at a first level of detail. The exemplary method also includes computing a first priority score based at least on a depth in the node tree of the first level of detail and a first tile distance. The exemplary method further includes identifying a second cache node in the node tree at a second level of detail different from the first level of detail. The exemplary method also include computing a second priority score based at least on a depth in the node tree of the second level of detail and a second tile distance. The exemplary method further includes ordering cache node requests based at least on the relative values of the first and second priority scores.
US09317959B2	System and method for visualizing virtual objects on a mobile device A system and a method are provided for visualizing virtual objects on a mobile device. A computing device is in communication with the mobile device. The computing device generates a 3D virtual world of one or more virtual objects corresponding to one or more physical objects in a real world. The computing device then associates information with the one or more virtual objects and generates one or more static images based on the 3D virtual world. The mobile device receives the one or more static images and the associated information associated from the computing device, and then displays the one or more static images.
US09317956B2	Apparatus and method for providing mixed reality contents for learning through story-based virtual experience Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for providing mixed reality for a virtual experience service, and more particularly, an apparatus and a method for providing mixed reality contents for learning a virtual experience based on a story that provides a service in which a user in a real world appears in a virtual world having the story to undergo a virtual experience. The method picks up the user image in the real world and synthesizes the picked-up image with a desired position of a 3D virtual world. According to the present disclosure, a realistic experience based learning can be provided while a spatial limit is overcome.
US09317953B2	Coordinated 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional graphics processing A data processing system (70) for graphics processing, including a scene manager (80). The scene manager (80) includes a scene loader (86) for receiving a description of 3 dimensional objects in a scene from a 3-dimensional modelling tool (46). The description includes first 2-dimensional frame data. The scene manager (80) has a texture image modification unit (84) for receiving second 2-dimensional frame data from a 2-dimensional rendering engine (40), and for replacing the first frame data by the second frame data. The scene manager (80) has an animation scheduler for scheduling and monitoring an animation of the scene. The system includes a display manager (96) operative to invoke the scene manager (80) to render output frames in a display buffer (100), and a scene Tenderer (88) configured for applying the 2-dimensional frame data to the 3-dimensional objects to produce textured 3-dimensional objects in the display buffer (100) and outputting the textured objects in the animation. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
US09317944B2	Alignment of start and end of dashed curves Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of vectorizing a curve. The method determines a reference point distanced from the curve and a first point on the curve associated with the reference point, and a line running through the reference point from a tangent to the curve at the first point, where the line and tangent are parallel. A shift point is then determined on the determined line, and the curve is vectorized by a path formed from a plurality of linear segments, the plurality of segments comprising at least a segment joining the reference point and the shift point. From the vectorization of the curve the curve can be rendered, particularly using dashed strokes.
US09317941B2	Method of image reconstruction for a filtered back projection in limited angle tomography The present invention is directed to a limited angle tomography in combination with a filtered back projection using a special filter operator X. The filter operator X used within the present invention makes it possible to perform region of interest reconstructions although delivering high quality reconstruction images as generated by high effort SART methods. The used filter operator is purely and solely mathematically determined and defined by the spatial geometry which is used for the limited angle tomography. Without having the need to perform several iterations, the present invention directly calculates a solution, i.e. reconstructed image, equivalent to known iteratively construction methods. Although, incomplete projection data p may only be used, the present invention provides for a high image quality.
US09317937B2	Recognition of user drawn graphical objects based on detected regions within a coordinate-plane A system, method, and apparatus for managing the drawing of graphical objects are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a touchscreen interface configured to receive at least one gesture from a user on a touchscreen of a client device. The apparatus also includes a coordinate detector configured to determine a coordinate-plane for the at least one gesture and determine coordinates of points along the at least one gesture. The apparatus further includes an object detector configured to determine a graphical object based on the coordinates of points corresponding to the at least one gesture and an object manager configured to cause the graphical object to be displayed by the client device. The graphical object includes a formalized editable version of the at least one gesture in a format native to an application selected to receive the graphical object.
US09317936B2	Information terminal and display controlling method A mobile phone is capable of displaying data of a website stored in a server through a browsing function. The mobile phone is also capable of detecting a line-of-sight of a user with utilizing an infrared light. In a case where the user is reading a website, a keyword is acquired from a content of the website based on the line-of-sight of the user. Thereafter, if a search result screen on a search site is displayed, a plurality of index information are listed such that the index information of the website related to an acquired keyword becomes a higher rank.
US09317935B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting handwritten message including time information A method for transmitting and receiving a handwritten message having time information includes generating one or more codes using handwritten message information which is sequentially input by a user, converting the handwritten message information and the one or more codes into one image and transmitting the converted image, confirming whether a received image includes the one or more codes, and if the received image includes the one or more codes, sequentially reproducing the contents of the handwritten message according to an input order of the contents of the handwritten message by analyzing the one or more codes.
US09317927B2	Methods and systems for interactive 3D image segmentation Methods and systems for interactively segmenting 3D image data are provided. An initial segmentation of the 3D image data is obtained, and for each of a plurality of image regions, a segmentation uncertainty indicator for the initial image segmentation is associated with the image region and a strength is assigned to the segmentation uncertainty indicator. A low-confidence region in the 3D image data is identified based at least in part on proximity of the low-confidence region to the image regions and strengths of the corresponding segmentation uncertainty indicators. An optimization routine may be applied to an objective function whose value depends at least in part on proximity of the candidate region to the image regions and the strengths of the corresponding uncertainty indicators to identify the low-confidence region from among a plurality of candidate regions.
US09317926B2	Automatic spinal canal segmentation using cascaded random walks A method and apparatus for automatic spinal canal segmentation in medical image data, such as computed tomography (CT) image data, is disclosed. An initial set of spinal canal voxels is detected in the 3D medical image using a trained classifier. A spinal canal topology defined by a current set of spinal canal voxels is refined based on an estimated medial line of the spinal canal. Seed points are sampled based on the refined spinal canal topology. An updated set of spinal canal voxels is detected in the 3D medical image using random walks segmentation based on the sampled seed points. The spinal canal topology refinement, seed points sampling, and random walks segmentation are repeated in order to provide cascaded random walks segmentation to generate a final spinal canal segmentation result.
US09317925B2	Depth map generation method, related system and computer program product A depth map is generated from at least a first and a second image. A plurality of reference pixels in the first image are selected and associated with respective pixels in the second image. A disparity between each reference pixel and the respective pixel in said second image is determined, and a depth value is determined as a function of the respective disparity. The plurality of reference pixels is selected based on detected contours in the first image.
US09317924B2	Information processing apparatus, three-dimensional position calculation method, and program An information processing apparatus includes a region segmentation unit configured to segment each of a plurality of images shot by an imaging apparatus for shooting an object from a plurality of viewpoints, into a plurality of regions based on colors of the object, an attribute determination unit configured to determine, based on regions in proximity to intersections between scanning lines set on the each image and boundary lines of the regions segmented by the region segmentation unit in the each image, attributes of the intersections, a correspondence processing unit configured to obtain corresponding points between the images based on the determined intersections' attributes, and a three-dimensional position calculation unit configured to calculate a three-dimensional position of the object based on the obtained corresponding points.
US09317919B2	Identifying individual sub-regions of the cardiovascular system for calcium scoring A method includes identifying a plurality of different anatomical sub-regions of the cardiovascular system of a subject in image data of the subject based on a subject specific cardiovascular anatomical model, wherein the plurality of different regions corresponds to regions where calcifications occur, searching for and identifying calcifications in the sub-regions based on voxel grey value intensity values of the image data, and generating a signal indicative of one or more regions of voxels of the image data respectively corresponding to sub-regions including identified calcifications. A computing system (118) includes a processor that automatically determines a plurality of different groups of voxels of image data of a subject, wherein each group of voxels corresponds to a different sub-region of the cardiovascular system of the subject and each group of voxels corresponds to a region that includes a calcification identified in the image data.
US09317914B2	Image inspecting device, image forming system, and computer program product An image inspecting device includes: an image inspection unit that inspects a read image obtained by reading an image formed by an image formation output, based on threshold information including one or more types of thresholds and a difference image indicating a difference between the read image and a reference image generated based on print data of the image formation output, and specifies a defect portion; and a screen information generation unit that generates and outputs threshold adjustment screen information including a threshold image indicating each value of the thresholds and an inspection result image indicating an inspection result of the defect portion, and threshold adjustment result screen information including a threshold image and a reinspection result image using adjusted threshold information; and a threshold information changing unit that changes the threshold information to the adjusted threshold information based on a threshold information change input.
US09317908B2	Automatic gain control filter in a video analysis system Techniques are disclosed for analyzing a scene depicted in an input stream of video frames captured by a video camera. Bounding boxes are determined for a set foreground patches identified in a video frame. For each bounding box, the techniques include determining textures for first areas, each including a foreground pixel and surrounding pixels, and determining textures for second areas including pixels of the background model image corresponding to the pixels of the foreground areas. Further, for each foreground pixel in the bounding box area, a correlation score is determined based on the texture of the corresponding first area and second area. Pixels whose correlation scores exceed a threshold are removed from the foreground patch. The size of the bounding box may also be reduced to fit the modified foreground patch.
US09317903B1	Self-similarity based single frame super-resolution A method of generating a super-resolution image from a single frame includes receiving, at a processor, first image data having a first resolution as a query image layer, acquiring, by the processor, second image data as a copy image layer, generating, by the processor, at least one additional image layer as a retrieval layer, the at least one additional image layer having a resolution lower than the first resolution, wherein the lower resolution corresponds to the first resolution divided by a scaling factor, generating high resolution image data for a high resolution layer having a resolution higher than the first resolution, the generating including copying image data from the copy layer when a match is found and upscaling the query layer when a match is not found.
US09317899B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method, and computer program There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display part to display video content on a screen, a rotation angle detection part to detect a rotation angle of the screen, a display formation determination part to determine a display formation of video content at any rotation angle of the screen or during transition of the rotation, and an image processing part to perform an image processing in accordance with the display formation determined by the display formation determination part such that the video content is conformed to the screen which is tilted by the rotation angle detected by the rotation angle detection part.
US09317891B2	Systems and methods for hardware-accelerated key color extraction Systems and methods for hardware-accelerated key color extraction are disclosed. An update corresponding to a portion of a digital representation of a display screen is received. Key color information for locations within the update is identified. A data structure code associated with the portion of the digital representation of the display screen is determined based on the identification of the key color information. The data structure code is provided to a data structure. During a scan of the frame buffer for display, the frame buffer is capable of being read according to the data structure.
US09317888B2	Digital watermarking methods, apparatus and systems The present invention relate generally to digital watermarking and data hiding. One claim recites a method including: obtaining first data and second color data, the first color data and the second color data represent data from a color image signal or color video signal; obtaining a digital watermark pattern, the pattern aiding detection of a watermark message; separating the digital watermark pattern into first frequency components and second frequency components; utilizing a programmed electronic processor or electronic processing circuitry, modifying the first color data by hiding the first frequency components therein; and utilizing a programmed electronic processor or electronic processing circuitry, modifying the second color data by hiding the second frequency components therein. Of course, other combinations and claims are provided too.
US09317886B2	Facilitation of payments between counterparties by a central counterparty A system for moving money between accounts of traders by a central counterparty to facilitate payments, i.e. the movement of funds, there between is disclosed which provides a flexible mechanism which supports simpler accounting, new types of derivatives contracts as well new types fees. The disclosed futures contract, referred to as a “payer” contract, comprises a “no-uncertainty” futures contract, i.e. the initial value and settlement value parameters are defined, that leverages the mechanisms of the clearing system to, for example, accommodate related payments. Accordingly, a 1-to-many relationship between contracts and prices is provided whereby each price component may be assigned its own payer contract. The function of the payer contract may be to guarantee the movement of money from related positions. In one embodiment, payer contracts are dynamically created whenever a payment is needed.
US09317884B2	Facilitation of payments between counterparties by a central counterparty A system for moving money between accounts of traders by a central counterparty to facilitate payments, i.e. the movement of funds, there between is disclosed which provides a flexible mechanism which supports simpler accounting, new types of derivatives contracts as well new types fees. The disclosed futures contract, referred to as a “payer” contract, comprises a “no-uncertainty” futures contract, i.e. the initial value and settlement value parameters are defined, that leverages the mechanisms of the clearing system to, for example, accommodate related payments. Accordingly, a 1-to-many relationship between contracts and prices is provided whereby each price component may be assigned its own payer contract. The function of the payer contract may be to guarantee the movement of money from related positions. In one embodiment, payer contracts are dynamically created whenever a payment is needed.
US09317876B2	Automatically adding gratuity to amount charged in electronic transaction A method includes receiving a payment object for payment of a certain amount owed by a first party to a second party. The payment object carries sufficient account information for the payment from an account associated with the payment object. The second party communicates the account information from the payment object and an identification of the second party for receipt by a third party; and receives in return data that is indicative of a gratuity to be charged against the account. The second party prints a document that includes the certain amount owed and the gratuity, as indicated by the data received by the second party, and presents the document for signature by the first party. The printed document preferably includes the total of the amount owed and the gratuity. The payment object may be a credit card, charge card, debit card, rebate card, or stored-value card.
US09317872B2	Encoding and decoding an audio watermark using key sequences comprising of more than two frequency components Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing targeted location-based communications. An exemplary apparatus is configured to receive an encoded signal, decode the encoded signal such that embedded data is retrieved, send the embedded data a remote server; and receive a message based at least partially on sending the embedded data. Create a message vector based on the message comprising of a plurality of key sequences, each of which comprises more than two frequency components and is associated with a unique bit. Another exemplary apparatus is configured to provide the encoded signal by receiving data input, receiving a host signal, embedding the data input within the host signal such that an encoded signal is generated, and transmitting the encoded signal. A third exemplary apparatus is configured to provide the targeted communications by storing one or more messages associated with an entity, receiving data, selecting at least one of the one or more messages based at least partially on the data received, and sending the at least one of the one or more messages selected.
US09317868B2	Advertisements in view A technique is provided to determine whether a region within a web page is viewable to a user through a browser window. Often, browsers will only show part of a web page at given time, creating a difficulty in establishing whether a region of the web page, which may be an advertisement for example, is in view. This is addressed by providing one or more test features within the region, rendering the web page, monitoring a behavioral characteristic of the test features and determining whether the region is in view based on the monitored behavioral characteristic, wherein the behavioral characteristic varies according to whether the test feature is currently being displayed. One example of a behavioral characteristic is a frame progression rate. Browsers will typically redraw elements of a web page at a higher rate if they are currently in view through the browser window, and this characteristic can therefore be used to determine whether the test feature, and thus the region, is in view. The present invention finds particular utility where the region contains an advertisement, as it allows an advertiser to discover whether the advertisement has been seen by users.
US09317858B2	Casino gaming exchange market In a cashless gaming environment, a gaming patron has accounts and may accumulate winnings as well as different types of awards. Methods for efficiently exchanging the awards are disclosed. A secondary market is established for trading different goods and services. Liquidity of credits and awards is established.
US09317856B2	System, method and computer readable medium for application placement In a service delivery environment, multiple services may be provided across multiple service delivery platforms. An application placement system includes an event adaptor that maps events in the service deliver environment to application events. An application placement engine is triggered by the application events to invoke applications in end devices, such as an IPTV or set-top box, of the service delivery environment. Applications may also be invoked across different media types.
US09317852B2	Method and system for recommending content items A method for recommending content items of a content item data base to a user, including: broadcasting user group characteristics, wherein a respective user group characteristic is descriptive of a respective user group; receiving at a user's location the user group characteristics; assigning at the user's location the user to at least one of the user groups, providing user group preference data, the user group preference data being descriptive of a relation between the user groups and the content items; and recommending content items according to the user group preference data.
US09317843B2	Interoperable systems and methods for peer-to-peer service orchestration Systems and methods are described for performing policy-managed, peer-to-peer service orchestration in a manner that supports the formation of self-organizing service networks that enable rich media experiences. In one embodiment, services are distributed across peer-to-peer communicating nodes, and each node provides message routing and orchestration using a message pump and workflow collator. Distributed policy management of service interfaces helps to provide trust and security, supporting commercial exchange of value. Peer-to-peer messaging and workflow collation allow services to be dynamically created from a heterogeneous set of primitive services. The shared resources are services of many different types, using different service interface bindings beyond those typically supported in a web service deployments built on UDDI, SOAP, and WSDL. In a preferred embodiment, a media services framework is provided that enables nodes to find one another, interact, exchange value, and cooperate across tiers of networks from WANs to PANs.
US09317834B2	User computing device with personal agent program for recommending meeting a friend at a service location based on current location, travel direction, and calendar activity A long-term personal agent program, executable as network service and/or on one or more user computing devices and related method for identifying opportunities and making recommendations on behalf of one or more users, are disclosed herein. In one example, the personal agent program includes a monitoring engine configured to monitor and interpret a user's activities over time with a plurality of sensing and logging methodologies according to user authorization, the use of statistical methods for learning to understand a user's goals and behavioral patterns from data, and the use of procedures for computing the expected value of information guiding sensing and logging in different contexts. The personal agent further may include a recommendation methodology configured to make suggestions and to take actions on behalf of the user, in the present moment as well as for future times, based on inferences about user goals and opportunities in the world.
US09317832B2	System and methods for providing user services at remote locations A delivery service system includes a cabinet having a plurality of controlled-access storage cells, located in a plurality of zones, a user interface, a user evaluation device, and a processor. The system receives a user request to accept an item for delivery, detects user physical characteristics, and provides user access to a storage cell in a selected zone, the zone being selected based on the detected user physical characteristics.
US09317826B2	Providing a requisite level of service for an electronic meeting Providing a requisite level of service for an electronic meeting. An embodiment can include receiving a request to schedule a first electronic meeting in a time slot, identifying an electronic meeting system to host the first electronic meeting, identifying a second electronic meeting scheduled to be hosted by the electronic meeting system in the time slot, determining an estimate of resource usage within the electronic meeting system during the time slot at least based on the second electronic meeting being scheduled to be hosted by the electronic meeting system in the time slot, comparing the estimate of resource usage with a threshold value, responsive to determining that the estimate of resource usage exceeds the threshold value, providing the requisite level of service to the first electronic meeting in the time slot by reducing anticipated resource usage of the electronic meeting system by the second electronic meeting.
US09317824B2	Vendor management system and process Disclosed is a novel vendor management system and method that enables one or more parties to assign various types of files to one or more other parties for review and processing. Multiple business clients are able to refer a variety of files to a select group of vendors having expertise in a particular business or process. Further, the present invention provides a robust and flexible platform to support diverse referrals and workflow needs as well as access to referred files by the vendor, client, and adverse party.
US09317817B2	Liability intervention logistical innovation system and method A system and method are disclosed that are able to identify and distinguish persons as soon as they enter or exit a hospital room or any room occupied by a patient who is receiving medical or dental services. After a person who has entered a hospital room has been identified, this person may be required to sanitize his/her hands in order to comply with an established protocol. Therefore, a second identification may take place at the hand sanitization station. The system may confirm that the same person was identified by a first read by the RFID antennas upon entering the room and by a second read by the RFID antennas upon completing the hand sanitization procedure. If no hand sanitization takes place, visual and/or auditory stimuli may be generated as a reminder. Persons and their hand sanitization performances may be used diagnostically to identify and remedy potential contamination events and/or determine the source and mode of transmission of a nosocomial infection. This information may be returned in real-time as well as stored in a database.
US09317813B2	Mobile device with predictive routing engine Some embodiments of the invention provide a mobile device with a novel route prediction engine that (1) can formulate predictions about current or future destinations and/or routes to such destinations for the device's user, and (2) can relay information to the user about these predictions. In some embodiments, this engine includes a machine-learning engine that facilitates the formulation of predicted future destinations and/or future routes to destinations based on stored, user-specific data. The user-specific data is different in different embodiments. In some embodiments, the stored, user-specific data includes data about any combination of the following (1) previous destinations traveled to by the user, (2) previous routes taken by the user, (3) locations of calendared events in the user's calendar, (4) locations of events for which the user has electronic tickets, and (5) addresses parsed from recent e-mails and/or messages sent to the user. The device's prediction engine only relies on user-specific data stored on the device in some embodiments, relies only on user-specific data stored outside of the device by external devices/servers in other embodiments, and relies on user-specific data stored both by the device and by other devices/servers in other embodiments.
US09317812B2	Customized predictors for user actions in an online system Online systems generate predictors for predicting actions of users of the online system. The online system receives requests to generate predictor models for predicting whether a user is likely to take an action of a particular action type. The request specifies the type of action and criteria for identifying a successful instance of the action type and a failure instance of the action type. The online system collects data including successful and failure instances of the action type. The online system generates one or more predictors of different types using the generated data. The online system evaluates and compares the performance of the different predictors generated and selects a predictor based on the performance. The online system returns a handle to access the generated predictor to the requester of the predictor.
US09317811B2	Diamond material Single crystal diamond having a high chemical purity i.e. a low nitrogen content and a high isotopic purity i.e. a low 13C content, methods for producing the same and a solid state system comprising such single crystal diamond are described.
US09317808B2	Predictive system for designing enterprise applications Predictive systems for designing enterprise applications include memory structures that output predictions to a user. The predictive system may include an HTM structure that comprises a tree-shaped hierarchy of memory nodes, wherein each memory node has a learning and memory function, and is hierarchical in space and time that allows them to efficiently model the structure of the world. The memory nodes learn causes, predicts with probability values, and form beliefs based on the input data, where the learning algorithm stores likely sequence of patterns in the nodes. By combining memory of likely sequences with current input data, the nodes may predict the next event. The predictive system may employ an HHMM structure comprising states, wherein each state is itself an HHMM. The states of the HHMM generate sequences of observation symbols for making predictions.
US09317806B2	Information processing device and method, attention level-calculating device, and computer readable medium A DB registration-updating unit registers, in a patron management DB, the behavior history of each player in association with camera IDs that identify the cameras that have captured images of the player. On the basis of information in the patron management DB, a potential player-determining unit considers a player, whose length of stay in a specific corner is longer than a prescribed period and who is not playing, to be a potential player who wants to play but is unable to play. An attention level DB management unit registers, in an attention level DB, the points proportional to the lengths of stay of potential players in said corner as the attention level by cumulatively storing the points for each game console. An attention level display control unit displays the information on the players' attention level that is registered in the attention level DB.
US09317804B2	Calculating risk assessment value of event sequence Provided are a method, an apparatus and a computer program for calculating a risk assessment value for an event sequence, which are capable of calculating the risk assessment value of each even sequence by calculating a totally ordered set on the basis of a partially ordered set indicating the event sequence. The risk assessment value of an event sequence that is a partially ordered set indicating some events of an event group of M kinds of events (M is a finite natural number) in a time series. The partially ordered set is converted into an approximate totally ordered set, and an M-dimensional feature vector is calculated based on the totally ordered set obtained by the conversion. A projection matrix for calculating the risk assessment value is calculated using the calculated M-dimensional feature vector.
US09317802B2	Detecting water intrusion in electronic devices A device includes a device casing and a water-soluble circuit located within the device casing. An identification code is encoded on the circuit. The identification code is associated with the device.
US09317791B2	Information processing apparatus and control method for information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus includes a first control unit that outputs a command for driving an electric part, a detection unit that detects an abnormality of the first control unit, and a second control unit that controls whether or not supply of a drive signal based on the command for driving the electric part to the electric part can be performed, in which the first control unit outputs instruction signals for instructing execution and stop of the detection by the detection unit, and the second control unit cuts off the supply of the drive signal to the electric part in a case where the detection unit detects the abnormality of the first control unit and a case where the instruction signal for instructing the stop of the detection by the detection unit is output from the first control unit.
US09317786B2	Method, system and computer program product for breast density classification using fisher discrimination A method for content-based image retrieval for the classification of breast density from mammographic imagery is described. The breast density is characterized through the Fisher linear discriminants (FLD) extracted from the Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Unlike PCA, the FLD provides a very discriminative representation of the mammographic images in terms of the breast density. Various exemplary methods, systems and computer program products are also disclosed.
US09317779B2	Training an image processing neural network without human selection of features A method for training an image processing neural network without human selection of features may include providing a training set of images labeled with two or more classifications, providing an image processing toolbox with image transforms that can be applied to the training set, generating a random set of feature extraction pipelines, where each feature extraction pipeline includes a sequence of image transforms randomly selected from the image processing toolbox and randomly selected control parameters associated with the sequence of image transforms. The method may also include coupling a first stage classifier to an output of each feature extraction pipeline and executing a genetic algorithm to conduct genetic modification of each feature extraction pipeline and train each first stage classifier on the training set, and coupling a second stage classifier to each of the first stage classifiers in order to increase classification accuracy.
US09317773B2	Patch-based synthesis techniques using color and color gradient voting Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media for patch-based image synthesis using color and color gradient voting. A patch matching technique provides an extended patch search space that encompasses geometric and photometric transformations, as well as color and color gradient domain features. The photometric transformations may include gain and bias. The patch-based image synthesis techniques may also integrate image color and color gradients into the patch representation and replace conventional color averaging with a technique that performs voting for colors and color gradients and then solves a screened Poisson equation based on values for colors and color gradients when blending patch(es) with a target image.
US09317771B2	Device and method to detect an object and controlling a device to pick up the detected object In an object detecting method according to an embodiment, external reference points are set in external space of a model of an object and an internal reference point is set in internal space of the model. A table is stored in which feature quantities on a local surface of the model are associated with positions of the external reference points and the internal reference point. The feature quantity on the local surface of the model is calculated, and the position of the reference point whose feature quantity is identical to the calculated feature quantity is acquired from the table and is converted into a position in a real space. When the converted position is outside the object, the position is excluded from information for estimation and the position and the attitude of the object are estimated.
US09317769B2	Image capture and identification system and process A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object.
US09317762B2	Face recognition using depth based tracking Face recognition training database generation technique embodiments are presented that generally involve collecting characterizations of a person's face that are captured over time and as the person moves through an environment, to create a training database of facial characterizations for that person. As the facial characterizations are captured over time, they are will represent the person's face as viewed from various angles and distances, different resolutions, and under different environmental conditions (e.g., lighting and haze conditions). Further, over a long period of time where facial characterizations of a person are collected periodically, these characterizations can represent an evolution in the appearance of the person. This produces a rich training resource for use in face recognition systems. In addition, since a person's face recognition training database can be established before it is needed by a face recognition system, once employed, the training will be quicker.
US09317757B2	Method and apparatus for detecting a rear vehicle light A state of a rear vehicle light is detected. A camera system integrated in a vehicle generates an image of an environment in front of the vehicle. An evaluation unit connected to the camera system detects at least one vehicle contained in the image, defines an image range associated with said vehicle, and divides the image range into sub-ranges comprising at least a left sub-range and a right sub range. A segmentation of the sub-ranges into image segments is performed by way of the evaluation unit on the basis of brightness values of points contained in said sub-ranges. At least one brightest image segment is extracted from each of said sub-ranges, and the extracted image segments are checked for whether they can be associated with a particular vehicle light in an ON state.
US09317751B2	Video processing system with video to text description generation, search system and methods for use therewith A system for searching at least one video signal based on an input text string includes a video processing system that processes the at least one video signal by decoding the at least one video signal, encoding the at least one video signal or transcoding the at least one video signal. The video processing system generates a plurality of text strings that describe the video signal in conjunction with the processing. A memory stores a searchable index that includes the plurality of text strings. A search module identifies at least one matching video of the at least one video signal by comparing the input text string to the plurality of text strings of the searchable index.
US09317749B2	Collision detection system, robotic system, collision detection method and program A collision detection system includes a processing section, a drawing section, and a depth buffer. Depth information of an object is set to the depth buffer as depth map information. The drawing section performs a first drawing process of performing a depth test, and drawing a primitive surface on a reverse side when viewed from a predetermined viewpoint out of primitive surfaces constituting a collision detection target object with reference to the depth buffer. Further, the drawing section performs a second drawing process of drawing the primitive surface on the reverse side when viewed from a predetermined viewpoint out of the primitive surfaces constituting the collision detection target object without performing the depth test. The processing section determines whether or not the collision detection target object collides with the object on the target side based on the result of the first drawing process and the second drawing process.
US09317742B2	Rearview mirror system for vehicle A rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly mounted at the interior surface of a windshield of the vehicle. A camera is incorporated into the interior rearview mirror assembly and has a field of view toward a front seat of the vehicle so as to capture images of an occupant of the vehicle. The camera captures image data. An image processor is provided with image data captured by the camera. The image processor image processes image data captured by the camera. The image processor, responsive at least in part to image processing of image data captured by the camera, recognizes movement. The movement comprises a hand gesture made by the occupant of the vehicle.
US09317733B2	Biometric information reading device and biometric information reading method A biometric information reading device includes an image capturing unit that sequentially captures a plurality of partial images about biometric information, an image feature extracting unit that extracts an image feature from each of the partial images and a position of the image feature, a matching relative position detecting unit that determines whether a relative distance between two successive partial images among the partial images is equal to or smaller than a threshold value, based on the image feature of an overlapping region between the two successive partial images, and a partial image output determining unit that determines to output at least two successive partial images as one set, determines not to output a partial image that is input after the partial images as the one set when the matching relative position detecting unit determines that a relative distance of the partial image from one of the partial images as the one set is equal to or smaller than the threshold value, and determines to output at least two successive partial images as another set including a partial image that is input after the partial images as the one set when the matching relative position detecting unit determines that a relative distance of the partial image from one of the partial images as the one set is not equal to or smaller than the threshold value.
US09317727B2	Methods and systems for GPS-enabled baggage tags An electronic baggage tag is self-reliant and self-regulating and provides the underlying foundation for a baggage tracking and management system, the center of which operates one or more tag service provider servers. The tag is attached to a baggage and is loaded with various data, including passenger itinerary, GPS data, and journey profile data. The tag has sensors, such for detecting different vibrations, electro-magnetic sensor, GPS, and others. As the baggage to which the tag is attached goes on its journey, the sensors detect stimuli and ascertain where in the journey the baggage is and use itinerary and other data to determine where the baggage should be. The tag service provider server communicates with the tag at various stages in the journey, providing up-to-date itinerary data to the tag. The tag automatically shuts off to be compliant with government regulations for devices in flight.
US09317724B2	Induction vehicle detection and identification system, induction license plate, and induction reader An induction vehicle detection and identification system comprising electronic identification devices with electronic memory, mounted on vehicles, and a reader capable of reading and/or writing data obtained from devices in HF-band. Devices have a non-volatile memory and are integrated into the vehicle's license plate. The reader combined with a magnetic frame is in a dielectric casing, which is mounted under the roadway. It generates an alternating magnetic field, which determines the detection and identification range. Minimum time the reader requires to read discrete responses generated by electronic identification devices and to identify the vehicle is less than 25 ms. The identification devices and the reader exchange data at the rate of 1 Kbit/sec or higher, and provide data encoding and decoding, as well as data access restriction.
US09317719B2	SM3 hash algorithm acceleration processors, methods, systems, and instructions A processor includes a decode unit to decode an SM3 two round state word update instruction. The instruction is to indicate one or more source packed data operands. The source packed data operand(s) are to have eight 32-bit state words Aj, Bj, Cj, Dj, Ej, Fj, Gj, and Hj that are to correspond to a round (j) of an SM3 hash algorithm. The source packed data operand(s) are also to have a set of messages sufficient to evaluate two rounds of the SM3 hash algorithm. An execution unit coupled with the decode unit is operable, in response to the instruction, to store one or more result packed data operands, in one or more destination storage locations. The result packed data operand(s) are to have at least four two-round updated 32-bit state words Aj+2, Bj+2, Ej+2, and Fj+2, which are to correspond to a round (j+2) of the SM3 hash algorithm.
US09317714B2	Storing user data in a service provider cloud without exposing user-specific secrets to the service provider Subscriber (user) data is encrypted and stored in a service provider cloud in a manner such that the service provider is unable to decrypt and, as a consequence, to view, access or copy the data. Only the user knows a user-specific secret (e.g., a password) that is the basis of the encryption. The techniques herein enable the user to share his or her data, privately or publicly, without exposing the user-specific secret with anyone or any entity (such as the service provider).
US09317713B2	Obstructing user content based on location Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to displaying private user content (420) of a first user (430) on a large interactive display (410) of a multi-user interface. The visibility of the private user content is obstructed based on identifying a second user (440).
US09317711B2	Privacy restrictions for columnar storage In privacy restrictions for columnar storage, a query including operations on one or more protected columns is received. The one or more protected columns are specified with one or more access restricting metadata in a columnar table. It is determined whether the received query comprises operations on the one or more protected columns specified with the one or more access restricting metadata. The execution of the query is restricted and a constraint violation is displayed, based on the determination.
US09317707B2	Method and system for protecting a driver Various examples of the present disclosure provide a method and a system for protecting a driver. The method includes encrypting a program file, and sending an Input/Output Request Package (IRP) and the encrypted program file; receiving the IRP and the encrypted program file, decrypting the encrypted program file, verifying the decrypted program file; and, if verification is passed, returning a handle, otherwise, not returning the handle. In the examples of the present disclosure, the program file of the application layer is encrypted, and the encrypted program file is sent when the IRP is sent; the driver layer decrypts and verifies the encrypted program file, and returns the handle to the application layer when the verification is passed, so that the application layer can access the driver layer through the handle; if the verification is not passed, the driver layer rejects the access of the application layer. Therefore, a legitimate application layer can communicate with the driver layer, a suspicious program is prevented from accessing the driver layer, and the security of the driver layer is improved.
US09317699B2	Preventing malicious observance of private information A technique for preventing malicious observance of private information includes receiving an instruction of entering a mode of inputting private information; determining a correspondence between actual inputs and expected inputs; receiving an actual user input; and converting the actual input into an expected input as private information inputted by the user according to the correspondence. This security technique can prevent discovery of the private information of a user through observation.
US09317689B2	Method and apparatus for secure application execution Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are described for securely installing, executing and/or migrating a security sensitive application in a trusted execution environment on a mobile device. For example, techniques described herein allow a mobile device to verify the operating environment of the mobile device, the security sensitive application itself and discover a trusted execution environment on the device to install the security sensitive application. Furthermore, techniques are disclosed for verifying the state of one or more applications on the mobile device against a synchronized copy of the trusted execution environment operating in the cloud and also migrating the state of one or more applications from a trusted execution environment from a first mobile device to a second mobile device in the event that the mobile device is compromised, lost, stolen or being upgraded.
US09317687B2	Identifying rootkits based on access permissions A method for monitoring for malware includes, during a boot process on an electronic device, determining a portion of memory, determining that the portion of memory is reserved for exclusive access by an entity on the electronic device, and, based on the determination that a portion of memory is reserved for exclusive access during the boot process, determining that the reservation is indicative of malware.
US09317685B1	Method and system for access request alerts for protected information Access request alerts for protected information is described. A request is received, from an access requestor, to access protected information. Identifying data associated with the access requestor is determined. An access request alert is sent to a computer associated with protecting the protected information, wherein the access request alert includes the identifying data and an indication whether a list of authorized users comprises the access requestor. Receiving subsequent access request alerts associated with the access requestor may be disabled while maintaining the capability to receive subsequent access request alerts associated with another access requestor. Access by the access requestor may be enabled to the protected information in response to an indication that the list of authorized users does not comprise the access requestor. A report of access requests may be generated that enable identification of persistent threats of unauthorized access to the protected information.
US09317683B2	Dynamic media content previews A sandboxed process is initiated in response to a request for a preview of dynamic media content. A stream of frames is generated in a preview specific format by a plug-in that executes within the sandboxed process. The stream of frames is provided as the preview of the dynamic media content, where the preview is viewable on a display screen.
US09317679B1	Systems and methods for detecting malicious documents based on component-object reuse A computer-implemented method for detecting malicious documents based on component-object reuse may include (1) identifying a plurality of malicious documents, (2) identifying a plurality of component objects that are contained within at least one malicious document from the plurality of malicious documents, (3) receiving an unknown document, (4) determining that at least one component object from the plurality of component objects was used to create the unknown document, and (5) performing a security action on the unknown document in response to determining that the component object was used to create the unknown document. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09317678B2	System and method for managing logins in a network interface A system and method for managing logins and/or conducting data storage transactions, for example in a network interface. One exemplary embodiment comprises a method for interfacing a mass storage target system with a plurality of initiators. The method includes creating a data structure in local memory of a network interface chip to, at least in part, manage one or more logins; storing information comprising service parameter information m the data structure; and receiving a login request for a login comprising service parameter information. The method further includes comparing the service parameter information of the login request to the service parameter information stored in the data structure; determining, based at least in part on said comparing, to utilize the data structure to manage the login; and managing the login with the network interface chip using at least the data structure.
US09317665B2	Service management apparatus, program, and service management method A service management apparatus is provided that allows management of a shared license among devices, including a user storage unit storing a user and at least one associated terminal; a license information storage unit storing a license including a terminal to be permitted to use a predetermined service and license information for identifying a setting limitation; a setting request reception unit receiving a setting request for the license including information for identifying the terminal that has issued the setting request and the user; an associated terminal identification processing unit identifying the terminal that is associated with the user included in the request; a license identification processing unit identifying the license that each terminal to be identified is permitted to use and is settable to the terminal that has issued the request; and a license setting processing unit setting the identified license to the terminal that has issued the request.
US09317660B2	Group performance monitoring system and method The present invention provides a group monitoring device for monitoring a plurality of individuals engaged in an athletic activity, the device including a display configured to display, during an athletic activity: a metric relating to each of a plurality of individuals engaged in the athletic activity, and a status of a system component used to monitor the athletic activity. The group monitoring device may also include an input configured to allow manipulation of the display.
US09317658B2	Data management computer, sample analyzing system, and computer program A data management computer for a sample measuring apparatus is disclosed. The computer comprises a data storage, a display section; an input device; and a controller. The data storage stores results of measurements for a sample obtained by the sample measuring apparatus, the measurements including an initial measurement for a sample and a secondary measurement which is performed on the sample following the initial measurement. The controller is programmed to cause the display section to display a first result screen which shows a result of the initial measurement for a sample, receive a predefined operation by use of the input device while displaying the first result screen, and cause the display section to display, in a response to the predefined operation, a second result screen which shows a result of the secondary measurement for the sample.
US09317653B2	Analyzer, and method for performing a measurement on a sample An analyzer includes a display, measurement hardware configured to perform a measurement on a sample, and a controller. The controller is in communication with the display and the measurement hardware and is configured to communicate, via the display, a first pre-analytical procedure of the sample prior to measurement of the sample. The controller is also configured to maintain the analyzer in a state associated with the first procedure for an amount of time equal to a time needed for performing the first procedure. After the time needed for performing the first procedure has elapsed, the controller is configured to communicate, via the display, a second pre-analytical procedure of the sample prior to measurement of the sample.
US09317649B2	System and method of determining high speed resonance due to coupling from broadside layers A method includes providing, on a printed circuit board, a first circuit trace having a first unit cell length and a second circuit trace having a second unit cell length, determining a time delay associated with the first unit cell length and the second unit cell length, estimating a floquet frequency associated with the time delay, where the floquet frequency is determined as f floquet = 1 2 ⁢ ⁢ t delay , where ffloquet is the floquet frequency, and tdelay is the time delay, and comparing the estimated floquet frequency with a first interface frequency associated with the first trace.
US09317646B2	Masks formed based on integrated circuit layout design having cell that includes extended active region A set of masks corresponds to an integrated circuit layout. The integrated circuit layout includes a first cell having a first transistor region and a second transistor region, and a second cell having a third transistor region and a fourth transistor region. The first cell and the second cell adjoin each other at side cell boundaries thereof, the first transistor region and the third transistor region are formed in a first continuous active region, and the second transistor region and the fourth transistor region are formed in a second continuous active region. The set of masks is formed based on the integrated circuit layout.
US09317643B2	Technology for temperature sensitive components in thermal processing A method for printed circuit board design of temperature sensitive components includes a scrub tool receiving a list of part numbers for electronic components of a printed circuit board assembly (“PCBA”). The scrub tool sends one or more queries for finding temperature and time limits of the electronic components to a database. A mapping tool receives a selection of one or more part numbers responsive to the one or more queries, wherein the selection is responsive to the temperature and time limits. The mapping tool sends a data structure to a physical design tool which is configured with physical design data for generating a graphic representation of the PCBA. The data structure from the mapping tool provides the received selection of one or more part numbers and configures the physical design tool to highlight components having part numbers of the selection on the PCBA graphic representation.
US09317638B1	Polymorphic circuit simulation system A method for operating a data processing system to simulate a circuit that includes a plurality of circuit devices connected by interconnects. A layout description of the circuit is provided in which the devices are connected by interconnects. Each interconnect is associated with a line definition that includes a physical description of an interconnect between two of the circuit devices and a simulation model to be used in simulating the interconnect during simulations of the circuit. The line definitions are user selectable from a list of available line definitions. A circuit netlist is generated by reading physical interconnects from the layout. At least one of the interconnects is replaced by a plurality of transmission line devices, each device being associated with the simulation model included in the line definition. The circuit is then simulated using the netlist.
US09317617B2	Trip plan sharing and matching method A trip plan sharing and matching method is disclosed. The method allows a user can edit a destination datum by a map website. When the user presses a share button via a mobile device, the map website transmits the destination datum to a web serve and stores the destination datum in the mobile device account of the web server. The mobile device periodically transmits a first matching message to the web server. When the vehicle mounted device enables a share reception, the vehicle mounted device periodically transmits a second matching message to the web server. If the web server confirms the first matching message to the second matching message, the web serve transmits the destination datum to the vehicle mounted device and then the vehicle mounted device executes a navigation process according to the destination datum.
US09317614B2	Static rankings for search queries on online social networks In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a set of queries of an online social network received from one or more users of the online social network, retrieving for each query a number of objects that match at least a portion of the query from one or more data stores associated with the online social network, where each object is associated with a pre-determined static-score based on a static-scoring algorithm, calculating a final-score for each retrieved object based on a final-scoring algorithm, and determining one or more revised static-scores for one or more of the retrieved objects based on a comparison of the final-scores and the static-scores of the retrieved objects.
US09317599B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing relevance indication An apparatus for providing relevance indication may include a processor. The processor may be configured to identify tags associated with a place. In this regard, the place may be a virtual location where information is shared. The processor may be configured to determine a relevance value for the place by analyzing the tags relative to user attributes. The processor may also be configured to provide for an output of a representation of the relevance value to a user interface. Associated methods and computer program products are also provided.
US09317596B2	Function-based method for classifying and fusing system behavior information in product development A method of automatically developing an ontology for product function and failure mode documentation for an apparatus. The apparatus is identified. A function-flow model is generated for the identified apparatus for identifying a composite structure of the apparatus. Functions and failure modes associated with the identified apparatus are enumerated. Failure data is obtained from a plurality of heterogeneous data sources. A semantic similarity module is applied to the enumerated failures by comparing a plurality of documents between the data sources. The semantic similarity module bridges a variety of terms used in the heterogeneous data to describe a respective failure. Failures associated with the enumerated apparatus functions are extracted from the plurality of documents between heterogeneous data sources. A composite of related terminology is generated for each identified failure mode. A failure mode information document is generated utilizing the composite of related terminology for each identified failure mode.
US09317594B2	Social community identification for automatic document classification Systems and methods for identifying data files that have a common characteristic are provided. A plurality of data files are received. The plurality of data files include one or more data files having the common characteristic. A list of key terms is generated from the plurality of data files. Data files from the plurality of data files that have an association with a social community are identified, where the social community is defined by one or more features. The list of key terms is updated based on an analysis of the identified features. The updated list of key terms is used to identify other data files that have the common characteristic.
US09317593B2	Modeling topics using statistical distributions In one embodiment, modeling topics includes accessing a corpus comprising documents that include words. Words of a document are selected as keywords of the document. The documents are clustered according to the keywords to yield clusters, where each cluster corresponds to a topic. A statistical distribution is generated for a cluster from words of the documents of the cluster. A topic is modeled using the statistical distribution generated for the cluster corresponding to the topic.
US09317587B2	Systems, methods, interfaces and software for extending search results beyond initial query-defined boundaries To facilitate legal research, companies, such as Thomson West provide subscription-based online information-retrieval systems. Seeking to improve these and related IR systems, the present inventors recognized researchers often overlook some types of documents, such as legal encyclopedias and treatises that may be useful to them. Accordingly, the present inventors devised systems, methods, and software that automatically search for other types of documents not specifically targeted by user queries. One exemplary system automatically submits a user query for legal opinions to first and second databases, with the first storing legal opinions and the second storing non-opinion documents, such as headnotes from the West Key Number System, articles from American Law Reports, and/or articles from American Jurisprudence.
US09317578B2	Decision tree insight discovery Techniques for presenting insight into classification trees may include performing a grouping analysis to group leaf nodes of a classification tree into a significant group and an insignificant group, performing influential target category analysis to identify one or more influential target categories for the leaf nodes of the classification tree in the significant group, and presenting one or more insights into the classification tree based on the grouping analysis and the influential target category analysis. Techniques for presenting insight into regression trees may include performing a grouping analysis to group leaf nodes of a regression tree into a high group and a low group, performing unusual node detection analysis to detect one or more outlier nodes in the high group and in the low group, and presenting one or more insights into the regression tree based on the grouping analysis and the unusual node detection analysis.
US09317577B2	Method and system for database partition The present invention provides a flexible, dynamic database partition method and system. The method includes the steps of acquiring a data partition rule, where the data partition rule is used to identify a first relationship between a data partition condition and a database partition; establishing a second relationship between the data partition condition and a data partition key based on the data partition rule and a third relationship between the database partition and the data partition key; adding the data partition key to a data item where the data item is stored in the database based on the second relationship between the data partition condition and the data partition key; and storing the data item in the database partition based on the data partition key of the data item.
US09317574B1	System and method for managing and identifying subject matter experts In one embodiment, a method includes collecting communications from a plurality of sources. The method further includes selecting a set of topics and a set of users. In addition, the method includes, for each user, identifying, from the collected communications, conversations in which the user has participated. Moreover, the method includes, for each topic, for each user: measuring a proportion of the identified conversations that contain content suggestive of the topic; analyzing timing of the identified conversations; and examining relationships among data attributes of the identified conversations. Further, the method includes generating multidimensional expertise data. The multidimensional expertise data is representative of the user's expertise on the topic. The multidimensional expertise data includes a topical dimension, an expertise-scope dimension, and a timeline dimension. The method also includes, for each topic, ranking the set of users by expertise index. Also, the method includes providing a searchable interface.
US09317569B2	Displaying search results with edges/entity relationships in regions/quadrants on a display device Methods and systems for Web-scale entity relationship extraction are usable to build large-scale entity relationship graphs from any data corpora stored on a computer-readable medium or accessible through a network. Such entity relationship graphs may be used to navigate previously undiscoverable relationships among entities within data corpora. Additionally, the entity relationship extraction may be configured to utilize discriminative models to jointly model correlated data found within the selected corpora.
US09317568B2	Popularity of content items Search results may be yielded based on a search query. A search query inspired by a user may be received. Based on the search query, multiple search results each including links may be determined. The multiple search results may include a first search result that includes a link to a first digital instance that describes or embodies a first content item, and a second search result that includes a link to a second digital instance that describes or embodies a second content item. A perceived popularity may be assessed for each of the first and second content items. The perceived popularity may be a measure of the popularity of the first and second content items, and may be distinct from a popularity of the first and second digital instances. A presentation of the multiple search results may be determined based on the accessed perceived popularity.
US09317566B1	Method and system for programmatic analysis of consumer reviews Embodiments provide a computer-executable method, computer system and non-transitory computer-readable medium for programmatically analyzing a consumer review. The method includes programmatically accessing, via a network device, one or more consumer reviews for a commercial entity or a commercial object. The method also includes executing a consumer review processing engine to programmatically identify an attribute descriptor in the one or more consumer reviews, and executing the consumer review processing engine to programmatically generate a sentiment score associated with the one or more consumer reviews. The method further includes storing, on a non-transitory computer-readable storage device, the attribute descriptor and the sentiment score in association with the commercial entity or the commercial object.
US09317556B2	Accelerating database queries containing bitmap-based conditions Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for accelerating database queries containing bitmap-based conditions are described herein. An embodiment includes determining a bitmap, where the bitmap represents a set of rows that have satisfied one or more conjunctive conditions which preceded a conjunct that is a disjunction in a query expression and restricting evaluation of a disjunct within the disjunction to the set of rows represented by the bitmap. Another embodiment includes determining a satisfaction bitmap, where the bitmap represents the result of one or more preceding disjuncts in a disjunction within a query expression and restricting scope of evaluation of a disjunct to a set of rows that are not within the determined satisfaction bitmap. In this way, embodiments of the present invention enable the acceleration of queries containing disjunctions of conditions on a database table, as well as reduce the temporary resources consumed for such queries.
US09317549B2	Constraint-based consistency with snapshot isolation Efficient processing of concurrent atomic transactions is provided by identifying the constraints that need to be satisfied for correct application behavior. With these constraints identified, commit processing for a transaction can then refer to the constraints to see if committing the current transaction causes a problem with the constraints. If there is a conflict with the constraints, the transaction aborts. If there is no conflict with the constraints, the transaction commits.
US09317548B2	Reducing collisions within a hash table Collisions in hash tables are reduced by removing each empty bucket from a hash table and compacting the non-empty buckets, generating a map of the hash table indicating a status of the buckets of the hash table, and accessing data in the hash table by applying a hash key to the generated map to determine a corresponding bucket containing the data.
US09317539B2	Time-series database setup automatic generation method, setup automatic generation system and monitoring server If the operations manager makes configuration changes of the log database through configuration management interface, the configuration management interface records configuration information thereof on an management database. Furthermore, when log data of a monitoring target device are collected in a log collection unit through the log database, a log data volume analysis unit reads utilization information of data volume of the log database, and records the reading on a management database. A configuration changes proposal generating unit automatically generates configuration changes proposal of the log database based on the information recorded on the management database. Moreover, a metrics value for evaluating time required for configuration changes, a metrics value for evaluating performance in connection with the configuration changes, and a metrics value for evaluating the data volume in connection with the configuration changes are calculated, and an effect and an influence of changes proposal are presented to the operations manager.
US09317538B1	Methods for generating data sets using catalog entries Methods for recovering data sets using existing catalog entries are described. The data sets to be recovered may correspond with a portion of a data storage volume that has been archived. In some embodiments, an archived data set may be re-cataloged to a pseudo-volume in order to preserve catalog sequencing information for data sets that are members of the data set. In some embodiments, a data storage system may utilize a system interrupt to detect that a request to create a new data set has failed due to a conflict with an existing catalog entry, acquire data set creation parameters associated with the request to create the new data set, and issue a catalog alter command using the data set creation parameters in response to detecting that the request to create the new data set has failed.
US09317530B2	Face recognition based on spatial and temporal proximity In one embodiment, a social networking system determines one or more individuals matching one or more faces in an image file of a still image or a video sequence, associated with a first user based on the one or more individuals' spatial and temporal proximity to the image file, and presents the matched individuals to the first user.
US09317517B2	Hashing scheme using compact array tables Embodiments include a method, system, and computer program product for creating an array table. In one embodiment the method includes identifying keys associated with values in a database and identifying bits common between the plurality of keys using logical functions and removing the common hits to form condensed keys. The method also includes modulating the condensed keys using identified common bits to create transformed keys and populating the plurality of array tables using the transformed keys and associated values.
US09317516B2	Systems and methods for transformation of logical data objects for storage Systems and methods for compressing a raw logical data object (201) for storage in a storage device operable with at least one storage protocol, creating, reading, writing, optimizatic in and restoring thereof. Compressing the raw logical data object (201) comprises creating in the storage device a compressed logical data object (203) comprising a header (204) and one or more allocated compressed sections with predefined size (205-1-205-2); compressing one or more sequentially obtained chunks of raw data (202-1-202-6) corresponding to the raw logical data object (201) thus giving rise to the compressed data chunks (207-1-207-6); and sequentially accommodating the processed data chunks into: said compressed sections (205-1-205-2) in accordance with an order said chunks received, wherein said compressed sections serve as atomic elements of compression/decompression operations during input/output transactions on the logical data object.
US09317511B2	System and method for managing filesystem objects A system and method of operating a filesystem for managing filesystem objects is disclosed. The filesystem objects are characterized by metadata parameters included in a global directory object arranged in a plurality of global directory object (GDO) pages. Responsive to receiving a request for creating a new filesystem object, a parent key is obtained. The parent key is indicative of an identifier of a direct parent directory requested for hosting the new filesystem object. A target page that corresponds to the parent key is located within the plurality of GDO pages. The target page further includes a direct parent directory metadata record associated with the direct parent key and includes metadata parameters related to the direct parent directory. An object key is created as corresponding to the same target page, thereby enabling accommodation of an object metadata record, related to the new filesystem object, on the target page.
US09317510B2	Display, view and operate multi-layers item list in web-browser with supporting of concurrent multi-users Support of end-user to view and operate computing resources through logically organized and graphically represented multi-layered item list (“hierarchical list”) has been fully realized on native window based computer user work environment with modern operating system such as Windows Explore of Microsoft. The present invention has implemented such a hierarchical list to represent structured resources, such as for folder structure, which to be displayable and operable via a browser on an end-user device. The implementation of the hierarchical list is accomplished by creating the hierarchical list in memory to mirror the actual folder structure, where the mirrored hierarchical list is sent to the end-user device, where the end-user device executes the browser to display the hierarchical list to allow the user via the displayed hierarchical list to request access, manage, and share the actual folder structure.

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