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US09337683B2	Controlling battery states of charge in systems having separate power sources A control system is designed or configured to control the state of charge of a battery or battery pack in a system containing a separate power source, which is separate from the battery or battery pack. In operation, the battery or battery pack is called upon to intermittently provide power for certain functions. The separate power source may be, for example, an AC electrical power source for a UPS or an engine of a vehicle such as a micro hybrid vehicle. The battery may be a nickel zinc aqueous battery. The control system may be designed or configured to implement one or more of the following functions: monitoring the state of charge of the battery or battery pack; directing rapid recharge of the battery or battery pack from the separate power source when the battery or battery pack is not performing its functions; and directing charge to fully charged level or a float charge level, which is different from the fully charged level, in response to operating conditions.
US09337681B2	Power source system, vehicle including same, and method for controlling power source system A first opening/closing device is connected between a power storage device and a first pair of power lines. A second opening/closing device is connected between the power storage device and a second pair of power lines. A third opening/closing device opens and closes an electric conduction path between the power storage device and each of the first opening/closing device and the second opening/closing device. When starting to externally supply electric power, a control device charges a first capacitor connected between the first pair of power lines by closing the first opening/closing device and the third opening/closing device, and thereafter charges a second capacitor connected between the second pair of power lines by closing the second opening/closing device and opening the third opening/closing device.
US09337679B2	Electric vehicle charging system and method The invention provides an electric vehicle charging system in which the charging station and the vehicle each have a power transfer measurement unit, and a communication system for communicating data at least from the vehicle to the station. The power delivery is controlled based on a comparison of power transfer measurements made by the charging station and by the electric vehicle control system.
US09337675B2	Inductive charger for hand held appliances An inductive charger for charging a hand-held appliance is disclosed. The inductive charger includes a charger coil surrounding a magnetic core, the magnetic core forming at least a part of a charger projection, wherein the charger projection is surrounded by the charger coil which is adapted to be inserted, together with the charger projection of the magnetic core, into a charging recess of the hand-held appliance.
US09337674B2	Desktop charger A desktop charger includes a housing having a face panel with multiple insertion slots and an openable front cover plate for closing the face panel, a rack mounted inside the housing and defining multiple insertion slots in communication with the insertion slots of the face panel, and a power supply module including a system circuit board holding multiple electrical connectors in respective connector holes in the face panel for the connection of transmission cables of mobile electronic products being inserted into the insertion slots of the face panel and the insertion slots of the rack, a power adapter connectable to an external power source for power input and a control system for controlling the operation of the system circuit board and the power adapter and for charging the inserted mobile electronic products and for allowing the inserted mobile electronic products to transmit signals and data during charging.
US09337673B2	Battery charging apparatus and method of controlling battery charging apparatus A battery charging apparatus that controls charging of a battery by an alternating-current generator, the battery charging apparatus has a first switch element connected to a first battery terminal to which a positive electrode side of the battery is connected in a normal connection of the battery at a first end thereof and to a first generator terminal to which a first output of the alternating-current generator is connected at a second end thereof, and a second switch element connected to the first battery terminal at a first end thereof and to a second generator terminal to which a second output of the alternating-current generator is connected at a second end thereof. In a case when a controlling circuit stops controlling the first switch element and the second switch element, and the first switch element and the second switch element are turned off, a detecting circuit, which detects a reverse connection condition of the battery, forcedly turns on at least one of the first switch element and the second switch element when the detecting circuit detects the reverse connection condition of the battery.
US09337663B2	Systems, devices, and methods for automation and energy management A building automation system including a controller, at least one outlet for providing electrical energy to one or more electrical devices, at least one sensor for detecting one or more characteristics of the electrical devices, and a communication link configured to allow communication between the controller and other components of the system, wherein the controller is configured to control (e.g., interrupt, change, adjust, terminate, increase, and/or meter) the supply of power to the at least one outlet based, in part, on one or more characteristics of the electrical device.
US09337654B2	Power storage device and method for operating power storage device A sodium-sulfur battery belongs to each of a plurality of operation units. A first power consuming body and a second power consuming body are electrically connected to the grid. The first power consuming body belongs to each of the plurality of operation units, and the second power consuming body does not belong to the operation unit. One of the first power consuming body and the second power consuming body may be omitted. Rank is given to each of the plurality of operation units. The ranks become higher as the remaining capacity of the sodium-sulfur batteries belonging to the operation unit becomes greater. When the stand-alone operation is started, one operation unit of the highest rank is selected, and the sodium-sulfur battery belonging to the operated operation unit is paralleled in to the grid.
US09337644B2	ESD protection circuit An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is provided. The ESD protection circuit includes an impedance device coupled between a pad and a power line and a clamp unit coupled between the pad and a ground line.
US09337643B2	Arc fault detector, electrical device having the arc fault detector, and method of controlling the electrical device An arc fault detector, an electrical device having the arc fault detector, and a method of controlling the electrical device. The arc fault detector includes a current detector to detect current flowing through a plurality of loads in an electrical device, a filter unit to pass current having a frequency equal to or higher than a predetermined cut-off frequency from the frequency of the detected current, a comparison unit to compare a voltage of the passed current with a predetermined threshold voltage and output a comparison signal based on a comparison result, and a controller to determine whether an arc fault has been generated by comparing the comparison signal with a predetermined reference arc fault signal, determine a load having the arc fault from among the plurality of loads, and control cut-off of power to the determined load.
US09337637B2	Slide for a modular rail-mounted device, modular rail-mounted device and bus bar network A slide for a modular rail-mounted device where the rail mounted device is embodied for use in a bus bar network. The slide is used for locking the rail-mounted device on an attachment rail, wherein the slide has an attachment device for captive attachment of the slide to the rail-mounted device.
US09337633B2	Water draining structure for electric wire protection member A water draining structure for an electric wire cover (11) includes: a wall (53) for covering the surroundings of an electric wire to be routed; a pair of slit openings (63) penetrating through the wall (53); and a water guiding protrusion (61) rising from each of adjacent opening edges (55) of the pair of slit openings (63) and protruding from an inner surface (59) of the wall (53) so as to have an apex part (57) of curved surface shape.
US09337632B2	Splice sleeve retainer with three coupling members for securing a sleeve to an electrical joint body A splice sleeve retainer for securing a sleeve to a leg of an electrical joint body has a retention axis and includes at least one connecting strap extending along the retention axis, and first, second and third coupling members secured to the at least one connecting strap at axially spaced apart locations along the at least one connecting strap. The splice sleeve retainer is configured such that, when the sleeve is installed on the leg and the splice sleeve retainer is installed on the sleeve: the first coupling member engages the sleeve at a first axial location; the second coupling member engages the sleeve at a second axial location nearer the leg than the first axial location; and the third coupling member engages the joint body to resist axial displacement of the sleeve relative to the leg.
US09337629B2	Compact dual feeders for circuit breakers and related buckets and motor control centers (MCCs) Dual starters and/or feeders are positioned in a unit housing to be offset from one another in a front to back direction to provide a compact configuration for a MCC cabinet. The dual starters or feeders can communicate with a respective external handle attached to an inwardly oriented shaft. The handles can be rotary handles that connect to a respective gear assembly that transforms rotational input to linear input.
US09337613B1	Chip on submount carrier fixture Heat assisted magnetic recording uses a laser diode (LD) to provide energy during the writing process. The LD is bonded on a submount chip which is referred to as the Chip-On-Submount-Assembly (COSA). COSA devices undergo burn-in and testing in COSA burn-in fixtures, which include a first non-conductive layer having through holes and a second conductive layer having first openings. The second conductive layer is disposed over the first non-conductive layer with each of the first openings overlaying one of the through holes. COSA burn-in fixtures also include a third non-conductive layer having second openings that are larger than the first openings. The third non-conductive layer is disposed over the second conductive layer with each of the second openings overlaying one of the first openings, which forms pockets with a seat on the conductive layer for disposing the LD with one electrode in contact with the conductive layer.
US09337611B2	Small packaged tunable laser transmitter A tunable laser transmitter configured in a small package subassembly coupled to a printed circuit board such as an ITLA assembly. The tunable laser transmitter includes a housing with a volume formed by exterior walls. An electrical input interface is positioned at the first end of the housing. An optical output interface is positioned at the second end of the housing and configured to transmit a modulated optical beam.
US09337610B2	Laser damage resistant optical components for alkali vapor laser cells A laser damage resistant optical component exposed to alkali vapor and intense (>1 kW/cm2) light is formed by making the outermost surface of the component from a specified metal oxide or metal fluoride whose metal boils at a temperature lower than the melting temperature of that metal's oxide or fluoride, such as BaO, CdO, CaO, MgO, SrO, ZnO, CdF2, MgF2 or SrF2. This allows the metal formed by the alkali's reduction of the metal compound to be vaporized and removed by the laser beam at a temperature that does not melt or deform the host compound or substrate. The alkali reduction of metal compounds, other than those listed above, leaves metals that are heated by the laser beam to a temperature above the melting point of the host compound and/or common substrates such as silica or alumina which can lead to their damage.
US09337608B2	Laser source having a peak power of more than 100 terawatts and high contrast A laser source capable of emitting energy pulses greater than or equal to 100 TeraWatt, consisting of a laser chain that comprises in cascade: a solid-state laser oscillator; a first amplification stage with frequency chirping; and a last amplification stage with frequency chirping; a first filter with one or two non-linear crystals and third order non-linear optical susceptibility, capable of generating a cross-polarized wave, known as non-linear cross-polarization filter, inserted between these two amplification stages. The laser chain furthermore comprises: between the first and the last amplification stage, at least one other non-linear cross-polarization filter, i.e. N filters in the chain with N≧2; and N−1 dispersion compensator(s), placed at the output of the first filter(s) (respectively).
US09337605B2	Optical amplification component and fiber laser device An optical amplification component 1 includes a heat dissipation plate 10 and an amplification optical fiber 20 arranged on the heat dissipation plate 10. A first fiber portion 20A extending from a reference position RP between a first end E1 and a second end E2 of the amplification optical fiber 20 toward the first end E1 and a second fiber portion 20B extending from the reference position RP toward the second end E2 are wound in a spiral around the reference position RP so as to be along each other as well as not to overlap with each other, and the distance between the first fiber portion 20A and the second fiber portion 20B increases toward the ends thereof.
US09337586B2	Apparatus and methods for electrically grounding a load-supporting surface Apparatus for electrically connecting and grounding at least two mechanically interconnectable, planar mats in a reusable load-supporting surface includes at least one removable, electrically-conductive cover configured to be engaged with each mat and extend at least partially across the top and/or bottom face thereof. Each cover includes at least one conductive interface configured to electrically connect its associated mat with at least one other mat in the load-supporting surface.
US09337580B2	Locking device for locking electrical plugs A locking device for locking electrical plugs in sockets has a rotational track element which can be driven by a motor and on which a guide track is provided around the axis of rotation thereof, said guide track being provided with a plurality of track sections that have different pitches. A sliding element has a track engagement part that engages in the guide track and that can be displaced parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotational track element by rotation of the rotational track element.
US09337562B1	Pressable portable storage device A pressable portable storage device includes an outer housing, a main body fixedly accommodated inside the outer housing, an inner housing slidably accommodated in a sliding space between the main body and the outer housing, an elastic unit connected between the main body and the inner housing, and a linear spring. The main body has a terminal port exposed outside the outer housing. The inner wall of the outer housing is formed with a protrusion. The linear spring has a first end disposed on the inner housing and a second end formed with a guiding hook pointing toward the inner wall of the outer housing. When the inner housing slides to sleeve the terminal port, the guiding hook moves along an outer edge of the protrusion to drive the linear spring to deform for providing a first spring force, and the elastic unit deforms for providing a second spring force.
US09337549B2	Antenna module An antenna module mainly includes at least one antenna capable of radiating signals of two frequencies, a grounding portion, and at least one isolation metal sheet capable of isolating signals of a frequency generated by different antennas from each other to avoid interference. The antenna module is integrally formed, which can reduce the volume of the antenna module, and provide a stable radiation pattern and broadband and multi-band functions.
US09337533B2	Ground plane meandering in Z direction for spiral antenna An antenna has a spiral driven element that meanders in a z direction, perpendicular to the x-y plane of the spiral, and a ground plane that also meanders in the z direction, such that spacing between the ground plane and the driven element is an odd multiple of one-quarter wavelength, along at least a portion of the length of the driven element. The spacing promotes constructive interference from signals reflected by the ground plane, increasing the front-to-back ratio of the antenna and, thereby, providing gain. The ground plane of a wideband version of the spiral antenna meanders, such that the spacing varies between about an odd multiple of one-quarter wavelength of an upper frequency to about an odd multiple of one-quarter wavelength of a lower frequency of a frequency range, thereby providing gain over a range of frequencies.
US09337530B1	Cover for converting electromagnetic radiation in electronic devices Methods and apparatuses for capturing at least a portion of the radio frequency (“RF”) radiation emitted from an electronic device or other external sources and converting it into electric current that can be used for a number of different functional purposes including to drive a circuit that provides an indication when the RF radiation is captured and its relative intensity. One of the advantages of these techniques is that users can be protected from the potential harmful effects of long-term exposure to the RF radiation emitted from electronic devices, particularly for wireless phones which are often held in close proximity to a user's body. The indication can provide users with an indication that the circuit is redirecting the RF radiation away from their bodies and dissipating it as electrical energy.
US09337527B2	Mobile telecommunication terminal A mobile communication terminal comprises a shell, and a backfire antenna which includes a main board disposed in the shell and having a transmitting circuit and a receiving circuit on the main board; a main antenna element coupled to the transmitting circuit and the receiving circuit on the main board; and a backfire resonator located at a side of the shell deviated from a user's head, and coupled to the main board and the main antenna element, in which the backfire resonator is fed by the main board from a position on the main board deviated from a center of the main board. The mobile communication terminal according to embodiment of the present disclosure may cause most electromagnetic waves to radiate towards a direction deviated form the user, thus reducing radiation and harm thereof to the user, strengthening the signal received by the base station, and improving the communication quality.
US09337526B2	Antenna-printed circuit board package An antenna-printed circuit board (PCB) package is provided. The antenna-PCB package includes a PCB; an antenna portion formed on an upper surface of the PCB and inside the PCB; and a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) chip bonded to a lower surface of the PCB.
US09337516B2	System for preventing condensate formation on a battery A system for preventing condensate formation on a battery (1), in particular on a battery (1) that is cooled by means of a cooling device, wherein the battery (1) is surrounded by a housing (6), and wherein the housing (6) has at least one air inlet opening (8) and at least one air outlet opening (9), wherein the at least one air inlet opening (8) is designed such that air supplied to the housing (6) can flow into the housing (6) so as to flow around the battery (1), and wherein the at least one air outlet opening (9) is designed such that air can flow out of the housing (6).
US09337502B2	Fuel cell system and control method at starting in the fuel cell system A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack and a fuel gas piping system which supplies a fuel gas to the fuel cell stack, and is capable of, at starting below a freezing point, selectively performing a rapid warm-up operation to generate electric power at an air stoichiometric ratio lower than that at starting at ordinary temperature, while revolving a circulating pump, and the fuel cell system further includes a clogging determination unit which determines whether or not clogging arises from freezing in a fuel gas passage of the fuel cell stack, or the fuel gas piping system, wherein when the clogging arises, the circulating pump is stopped in the rapid warm-up operation, and termination conditions of the rapid warm-up operation are changed in accordance with a clogging volume.
US09337501B2	Hydrogen-generating fuel cell cartridges The present application is directed to a gas-generating apparatus and various pressure regulators or pressure-regulating valves. Hydrogen is generated within the gas-generating apparatus and is transported to a fuel cell. The transportation of a first fuel component to a second fuel component to generate of hydrogen occurs automatically depending on the pressure of a reaction chamber within the gas-generating apparatus. The pressure regulators and flow orifices are provided to regulate the hydrogen pressure and to minimize the fluctuation in pressure of the hydrogen received by the fuel cell. Connecting valves to connect the gas-generating apparatus to the fuel cell are also provided.
US09337500B2	Fuel cell with improved thermal management A fuel cell including at least two stacks of electrochemical cells, a heat management system including a circuit for flowing a coolant into each of the stacks fed in parallel, and an outside circuit for flowing the coolant outside the stacks. The outside circuit includes a first subcircuit including a heat exchanger and a second subcircuit directly connected to an inlet of the inside circuit, and controlling valves for controlling flow of the coolant toward either or both subcircuits as a function of temperature of the coolant at an output of each of the stacks. The second outside subcircuit includes a mechanism increasing its head loss such that it is close or equal to that of the first outside subcircuit.
US09337497B2	Layer structure and use thereof to form a ceramic layer structure between an interconnect and a cathode of a high-temperature fuel cell The invention relates to a layer structure which is formed between an interconnect and a cathode of a solid oxide fuel cell and can be used for forming a ceramic layer structure between an interconnect and a cathode. In this respect, the interconnect comprises a metal alloy containing chromium. The object of the present invention is to provide a layer structure between an interconnect and a cathode of a solid oxide fuel cell with which a good protective function (from corrosion and from chromium vaporization), a high electrical conductivity and also a good thermal expansion behavior adapted to the materials of an interconnect and of a cathode can be achieved. The layer structure in the green state is formed by a powdery spinel as well as at least one of the below-named metal oxides CuO, NiO, CoOx and MnOx as a sintering additive and at least one powdery perovskite. In this respect, chromium is not contained in any of these chemical compounds and the portion of spinel contained with the metal oxides as a sintering additive is reduced starting from the side facing the interconnect up to the side facing the cathode and the portion of perovskite is reduced starting from the side facing the cathode in the direction of the side facing the interconnect.
US09337496B2	Stainless separator for fuel cell and method of manufacturing the same A stainless steel separator for fuel cells and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The method includes preparing a stainless steel sheet as a matrix, performing surface modification on a surface of the stainless steel sheet to form a Cr-rich passive film having a comparatively increased amount of Cr in a superficial layer of the stainless steel sheet by decreasing an amount of Fe in the superficial layer of the stainless steel sheet, and forming a coating layer on the surface of the surface-modified stainless steel sheet. The coating layer is one selected from a metal nitride layer (MNx), a metal/metal nitride layer (M/MNx), a metal carbide layer (MCy), and a metal boride layer (MB) (where 0.5≦x≦1, 0.42≦y≦1, 0.5≦z≦2).
US09337491B2	Electrode for a lithium battery and lithium battery An electrode for a lithium battery, which electrode includes an electrode active material which can charge and discharge lithium ions (A), a carbonaceous conductive additive (B) and a binder (C). The carbonaceous conductive additive contains carbon fiber, the carbon fiber including a mixture of two kinds of carbon fibers having different diameter distributions on a number basis; and the fiber diameter distribution of the carbon fiber in the electrode has one or more maximum values at 5-40 nm and at 50-300 nm, respectively. Also disclosed is a lithium battery using the electrode. The electrode enables production of a lithium battery having a reduced discharge capacity decline.
US09337487B2	Positive electrode active material precursor for lithium secondary battery, positive electrode active material manufactured by using thereof, and lithium secondary battery including same The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode active material precursor for a lithium secondary battery, a positive electrode active material manufactured by using thereof, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same. More specifically, it relates to a positive electrode active material precursor for a lithium secondary battery as a secondary particle comprising transition metals, and formed by gathering of a plurality of primary particles having different a-axis direction length to c-axis direction length ratio, wherein the a-axis direction length to c-axis direction length ratio of the primary particle making up the secondary particle is increased from the center to the surface of the secondary particle; a positive electrode active material; and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same.
US09337463B2	Separator A separator for an electrode plate of a plate-shaped electrode of a battery, particularly a lead-acid battery, comprising a separator pocket providing a receiving space for said electrode plate and including two separator sheets bearing on each other, which are welded to each other along their respective longitudinal sides and upper front sides, the welding seam interconnecting said upper front sides presenting an interruption, which forms a recess for a current-collecting lug disposed on the upper outer edge of the electrode plate to pass through, said welding seam, for forming a degasification opening, being interrupted in a rim portion adjacent to a longitudinal side, a second welding seam spaced from said welding seam being provided which is positioned directly vis-à-vis the degasification opening of the first welding seam.
US09337457B2	Battery assembly with cooling A battery assembly has a structure that can effectively cool batteries. A battery assembly according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a housing, a first battery pack in the housing, and a second battery pack in the housing, the second battery pack being spaced from the first battery pack with a first flow path therebetween, wherein a second flow path is between the battery packs and an inner surface of the housing.
US09337454B2	Battery pack including gas absorption portion A battery pack comprising: a secondary battery including a safety valve; a gas absorption portion including a gas absorbent represented by zeolite and a container hermetically enclosing the gas absorbent; and a case housing the secondary battery and the gas absorption portion. The safety valve is configured to discharge a gas produced in the secondary battery at the time of abnormality. The container includes a principal surface facing the safety valve, for example, and when the gas is discharged, the container is unsealed by rupturing of at least the principal surface of the container by an effect of heat or pressure of the gas.
US09337451B2	System and method for roller interconnection of battery cells A battery module includes a power assembly including a first battery cell and a second battery cell in a stacked orientation relative to each other. The first battery cell includes a first tab electrode extending therefrom, and the second battery cell includes a second tab electrode extending therefrom. The battery module also includes an interconnect assembly configured to facilitate electrically coupling the first tab electrode with the second tab electrode. The interconnect assembly includes a roller housing structure about which the first and second tab electrodes at least partially conform such that the first and second tab electrodes are positioned in an opening defined by the roller housing structure. The interconnect assembly also includes a roller disposed in the opening of the roller housing structure such that the first and second tab electrodes are secured in electrical communication.
US09337449B2	Organic light-emitting device and image display system employing the same An organic light-emitting device and an image display system employing the same are provided. The organic light-emitting device includes: a first substrate; an organic light-emitting pixel structure disposed on a top surface of the first substrate; a second substrate having a bottom surface opposite to the top surface of the first substrate; and an optical functional layer disposed over the organic light-emitting pixel structure.
US09337441B2	OLED lighting panel and methods for fabricating thereof Described herein are OLED lighting systems and devices, and methods related to fabricating such OLED lighting systems and devices. The methods can be used to produce OLED systems and devices of varying sizes without changing the underlying OLED unit design. In one embodiment, the OLED lighting system includes a cover that connects a plurality of OLED lighting units. The cover includes contacts that are accessible from outside the system, such that each OLED lighting unit connected to the cover can be controlled in series or in parallel.
US09337435B2	Dye sensitized solar cell A dye sensitized solar cell, wherein a compacting compound whose molecular structure comprises a terminal group, a hydrophobic part and an anchoring group is co-adsorbed together with the dye on the semi-conductive metal oxide layer of the photoanode, forming a dense mixed self-assembled monolayer.
US09337428B2	Donor mask and method of manufacturing organic light emitting display apparatus using the same A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display apparatus using a donor mask. The donor mask includes a base substrate, a light to heat conversion layer provided on the base substrate, and a reflection layer disposed between the base substrate and the light to heat conversion layer and comprising a through hole corresponding to a first transfer region, a non-transfer region having a first thickness and a second transfer region having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness, and the organic light emitting display apparatus using the same.
US09337425B2	Method of manufacturing resistance change layer using irradiation of electron beam and resistive random access memory device using the same Methods of manufacturing a resistance change layer and a resistive random access memory device are provided. The method of manufacturing a resistance change layer includes forming a preliminary resistance change layer including an oxide semiconductor material on a substrate and irradiating the preliminary resistance change layer with an electron beam to a predetermined depth. On a path along which the electron beam is irradiated, a composition ratio of the resistance change layer changes in a direction in which a density of oxygen vacancies of the oxide semiconductor material increases. Accordingly, the composition ratio of a resistance change layer is easily controlled using electron beam irradiation. In addition, since interfacial surface roughness and internal defect structures of an oxide semiconductor are controlled by electron beam irradiation, a resistance change ratio is improved and thereby device characteristics can be improved.
US09337414B2	Reader sensor structure and its method of construction A TMR (tunneling magnetoresistive) read sensor is formed in which a portion of the sensor stack containing the ferromagnetic free layer and the tunneling barrier layer is patterned to define a narrow trackwidth, but a synthetic antiferromagnetic pinning/pinned layer is left substantially unpatterned and extends in substantially as-deposited form beyond the lateral edges bounding the patterned portion. The narrow trackwidth of the patterned portion permits high resolution for densely recorded data. The larger pinning/pinned layer significantly improves magnetic stability and reduces thermal noise, while the method of formation eliminates possible ion beam etch (IBE) or reactive ion etch (RIE) damage to the edges of the pinning/pinned layer.
US09337407B2	Photoelectronic element and the manufacturing method thereof A photoelectronic element includes an electrically insulative substrate, an electrically conductive substrate, an intermediate layer and a semiconductor stacked layer. The electrically insulative substrate has a top surface. The electrically conductive substrate has a lower portion, and an upper portion surrounded by the electrically insulative substrate and coplanar with the top surface. The intermediate layer has a first portion formed directly under the electrically insulative substrate and above the electrically conductive substrate, a second portion and a bent portion formed between the first portion and the second portion. The semiconductor stacked layer has an light-emitting active layer with a high band gap, disposed on the electrically insulative substrate and the upper portion.
US09337404B2	Substrate for mounting a plurality of light emitting elements The present invention relates to a substrate (1) comprising: a first segment (5a) provided with a first contact pad (22a) for connection of a first light emitting element (2a); and a second segment (5b) provided with a second contact pad (22b) for connection of a second light emitting element (2b), wherein the substrate is provided with at least one through-hole (6a-c) that extends from an edge (8,9) of the substrate to a point within the substrate, such that a relative movement, in a plane of the substrate, can be achieved between the first segment (5a) of the substrate and the second segment (5b) of the substrate by applying a mechanical force to the substrate. This makes very accurate alignment to a multiple cavity optical system possible without adjusting the optics, thereby enabling a more convenient and time efficient process in production.
US09337396B2	Semiconductor light emitting device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a third metal layer, a semiconductor light emitting unit and an insulating unit. The semiconductor light emitting unit is separated from the first metal layer in a first direction. The second metal layer is provided between the first metal layer and the semiconductor light emitting unit to be electrically connected to the first metal layer, and is light-reflective. The second metal layer includes a contact metal portion, and a peripheral metal portion. The third metal layer is light-reflective. The third metal layer includes an inner portion, a middle portion, and an outer portion. The insulating unit includes an first insulating portion, a second insulating portion, and a third insulating portion.
US09337382B2	Method for producing semiconductor microparticles and the microparticles It is an object to provide a method for producing compound semiconductor particles in which monodisperse compound semiconductor particles can be prepared according to the intended object, clogging with products does not occur due to self-dischargeability, a large pressure is not necessary, and productivity is high. In producing compound semiconductor particles by separating and precipitating, in a fluid, semiconductor raw materials, the fluid is formed into a thin film fluid between two processing surfaces arranged so as to be able to approach to and separate from each other, at least one of which rotates relative to the other, and the semiconductor raw materials are separated and precipitated in the thin film fluid. Further, in producing semiconductor microparticles containing semiconductor elements by reacting a compound containing semiconductor elements, in a fluid, with a reducing agent, the fluid is formed into a thin film fluid between two processing surfaces arranged so as to be able to approach to and separate from each other, at least one of which rotates relative to the other, and the compound containing semiconductor elements is reacted with the reducing agent in the thin film fluid.
US09337378B2	System and method for photovoltaic device temperature control while conditioning a photovoltaic device A system and method for applying an electrical bias to a photovoltaic device in a temperature control chamber, in which the temperature of the photovoltaic device is controlled according to a temperature profile. The temperature profile may include at least one hot phase and at least one cool phase.
US09337374B2	High productivity spray processing for the metallization of semiconductor workpieces Processing equipment for the metallization of a plurality of semiconductor workpieces. A controlled atmospheric non-oxidizing gas region comprises at least two enclosed deposition zones, the controlled atmospheric non-oxidizing gas region is isolated from external oxidizing ambient. A temperature controller adjusts the temperature of the semiconductor workpiece in each of the at least two enclosed deposition zones. Each of the enclosed deposition zones comprising at least one spray gun for the metallization of the semiconductor workpiece. A transport system moves the semiconductor workpiece through the controlled atmospheric non-oxidizing gas region. A batch carrier plate carries the semiconductor workpiece through the controlled atmospheric non-oxidizing gas region. The controlled atmospheric non-oxidizing gas region further comprises a gas-based pre-cleaning zone.
US09337370B2	Apparatus and method for the automatic assembly of photovoltaic panels Apparatus and method for the automatic assembly of photovoltaic panels with back-contact architecture, the apparatus comprising a series of six stations that are configured in sequence in a carousel with recirculation of trays and a control device, which is adjacent to one or more of the stations, for controlling the correctness of the processes performed, the control device enabling the processing or the mere transit of the tray into the subsequent station by comparing the actual state with a predefined state. If one or more of the controls performed in the transfers between the six stations yields a negative outcome regarding the correctness of the operation performed previously, the control device enables the mere transit of the tray with its content to the subsequent stations until it reaches the first station without undergoing any tipping.
US09337365B2	Transversely-illuminated high current photoconductive switches with geometry-constrained conductivity path A photoconductive switch having a wide bandgap semiconductor material substrate between opposing electrodes, with one of the electrodes having an aperture or apertures at an electrode-substrate interface for transversely directing radiation therethrough from a radiation source into a triple junction region of the substrate, so as to geometrically constrain the conductivity path to within the triple junction region.
US09337363B2	Low resistance, low reflection, and low cost contact grids for photovoltaic cells The instant disclosure relates to contact grids for use in photovoltaic cells, wherein a cross-section of the contact grid fingers is shaped as a trapezoid, as well as a method of making photovoltaic cells comprising these contact grids. The contact grids of the instant disclosure are cost effective and, due to their thick metal grids, exhibit minimum resistance. Despite having thick metal grids, the unique shape of the contact grid fingers of the instant disclosure allow the photovoltaic cells in which they are employed to retain more solar energy than traditional solar cells by reflecting incoming solar energy back onto the surface of the solar cell instead of reflecting this energy away from the cell.
US09337360B1	Non-alloyed contacts for III-V based solar cells A multi junction solar cell is provided with a non-alloyed ohmic contact metallization stack by inversion of the top semiconductor layer from n-type to p-type and including the utilization of a tunnel junction. Alternatively, the non-alloyed ohmic contact can be achieved by changing the top semiconductor layer from a higher bandgap material to a lower bandgap material.
US09337359B2	Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a solar cell may include forming an emitter region that forms a p-n junction with a semiconductor substrate of a first conductive type, forming a passivation layer on the semiconductor substrate, forming a dopant layer containing impurities of the first conductive type on the passivation layer, and locally forming a back surface field region at the semiconductor substrate by irradiating laser beams onto the semiconductor substrate to diffuse the impurities into the semiconductor substrate.
US09337356B2	Devices and methods related to electrostatic discharge protection benign to radio-frequency operation Disclosed are systems, devices and methods for providing electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for integrated circuits. In some implementations, first and second conductors with ohmic contacts on an intrinsic semiconductor region can function similar to an x-i-y type diode, where each of x and y can be n-type or p-type. Such a diode can be configured to turn on under selected conditions such as an ESD event. Such a structure can be configured so as to provide an effective ESD protection while providing little or substantially nil effect on radio-frequency (RF) operating properties of a device.
US09337352B1	Floating gate flash memory device and compilation method thereof The present invention discloses a floating gate flash memory device, comprising: a P-type substrate which has a source and a drain, and a first polysilicon gate, a first control gate and a second polysilicon gate and a second control gate which are respectively located in parallel on the upper and lower sides of the substrate, first and second polysilicon floating gates being respectively provided between the first and second control gates and the substrate; the floating gate flash memory device of the present invention utilizes a double-gate structure, can solve the problems such as the poor programming efficiency of the floating gate flash memory and the high programming current power consumption, by using the compilation mechanism of source side injection.
US09337346B2	Array substrate and method of fabricating the same An array substrate for an electronic display includes a substrate; a gate electrode on the substrate; a gate insulating layer on the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode on the oxide semiconductor layer; a silicide layer on the source and drain electrodes; and a first passivation layer on the source electrode and the drain electrode. The array substrate and fabrication method thereof prevent degradation of a thin-film transistor (TFT) used in driving pixels of the electronic display.
US09337345B2	Semiconductor device including multilayer wiring layer The memory capacity of a DRAM is enhanced. A semiconductor memory device includes a driver circuit including part of a single crystal semiconductor substrate, a multilayer wiring layer provided over the driver circuit, and a memory cell array layer provided over the multilayer wiring layer. That is, the memory cell array overlaps with the driver circuit. Accordingly, the integration degree of the semiconductor memory device can be increased as compared to the case where a driver circuit and a memory cell array are provided in the same plane of a substrate containing a singe crystal semiconductor material.
US09337339B1	Metal oxide semiconductor device and method for forming the same The present invention provides a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) device, comprising a gate structure and an epitaxial structure. The gate structure is disposed on a substrate. The epitaxial structure is disposed in the substrate at two sides of the gate structure and apart thereof serves a source/drain of the MOS, wherein the epitaxial structure comprises: a first buffer layer with a second conductive type, a second buffer layer, and an epitaxial layer with a first conductive type complementary to the second conductive type. The present invention further provides a method of forming the same.
US09337337B2	MOS device having source and drain regions with embedded germanium-containing diffusion barrier An integrated circuit structure includes a gate stack over a semiconductor substrate, and an opening extending into the semiconductor substrate, wherein the opening is adjacent to the gate stack. A first silicon germanium region is in the opening, wherein the first silicon germanium region has a first germanium percentage. A second silicon germanium region is over the first silicon germanium region, wherein the second silicon germanium region has a second germanium percentage higher than the first germanium percentage. A third silicon germanium region is over the second silicon germanium region, wherein the third silicon germanium region has a third germanium percentage lower than the second germanium percentage.
US09337329B2	Method of fabrication and device configuration of asymmetrical DMOSFET with schottky barrier source A trenched semiconductor power device includes a trenched gate insulated by a gate insulation layer and surrounded by a source region encompassed in a body region above a drain region disposed on a bottom surface of a semiconductor substrate. The source region surrounding the trenched gate includes a metal of low barrier height to function as a Schottky source and that may include a PtSi, ErSi layer and may further be a metal silicide layer having the low barrier height. A top oxide layer is disposed under a silicon nitride spacer on top of the trenched gate for insulating the trenched gate from the source region. A source contact disposed in a trench opened into the body region for contacting a body-contact dopant region and covering with a conductive metal layer such as a Ti/TiN layer.
US09337328B1	Super-junction trench MOSFETs with closed cell layout A super-junction trench MOSFET with closed cell layout is disclosed, wherein closed gate trenches surrounding a deep trench in each unit cell. Trenched source-body contacts are disposed between the closed gate trenches and the deep trench. The deep trench has square, rectangular, circle or hexagon shape.
US09337324B2	Bipolar transistor, band-gap reference circuit and virtual ground reference circuit The present invention provides a bipolar transistor, a method for forming the bipolar transistor, a method for turning on the bipolar transistor, and a band-gap reference circuit, virtual ground reference circuit and double band-gap reference circuit with the bipolar transistor. The bipolar transistor includes: a Silicon-On-Insulator wafer; a base area, an emitter area and a collector area; a base area gate dielectric layer on a top silicon layer and atop the base area; a base area control-gate on the base area gate dielectric layer; an emitter electrode connected to the emitter area via a first contact; a collector electrode connected to the collector area via a second contact; and a base area control-gate electrode connected to the base area control-gate via a third contact. Processes of forming the bipolar transistor are fully compatible with traditional standard CMOS processes; and the base current to turn on the bipolar transistor is based on the GIDL current and formed by applying a voltage to the base area control-gate electrode without any need of contact to the base.
US09337319B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a fin-shaped semiconductor layer disposed on a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating film disposed around the fin-shaped semiconductor layer, a first pillar-shaped semiconductor layer disposed on the fin-shaped semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating film that is disposed around the first pillar-shaped semiconductor layer and includes a charge storing layer, a second gate insulating film disposed around the first pillar-shaped semiconductor layer and at a position higher than the first gate insulating film, a fifth gate insulating film surrounding an upper portion of the first pillar-shaped semiconductor layer, and a first contact electrode surrounding the fifth gate insulating film.
US09337315B2	FinFET spacer formation by oriented implantation A FinFET having spacers with a substantially uniform profile along the length of a gate stack which covers a portion of a fin of semiconductor material formed on a substrate is provided by depositing spacer material conformally on both the fins and gate stack and performing an angled ion impurity implant approximately parallel to the gate stack to selectively cause damage to only spacer material deposited on the fin. Due to the damage caused by the angled implant, the spacer material on the fins can be etched with high selectivity to the spacer material on the gate stack.
US09337312B2	Method for system for manufacturing TFT, TFT, and array substrate The method for manufacturing the TFT includes: forming a semiconductor film, a doped semiconductor film, a source/drain electrode film, and a first patterned photoresist layer sequentially; performing first etching to remove the source/drain electrode film on a region that is not covered by the first patterned photoresist layer; performing second etching to remove the doped semiconductor film and the semiconductor film on a region that is not covered by the first patterned photoresist layer; performing ashing treatment on the photoresist layer to remove the photoresist layer on the channel region; hard-baking the photoresist layer after the ashing treatment; performing third etching to remove the source/drain electrode film on a region that is not covered by the photoresist layer; and performing fourth etching to remove the doped semiconductor film on the region that is not covered by the photoresist layer.
US09337311B2	Electronic component, a semiconductor wafer and a method for producing an electronic component An electronic component includes a semiconductor substrate defined by a generally planar first face, a generally planar second face and side faces extending between the generally planar second face and the generally planar first face. The semiconductor substrate has a curved contour between the generally planar second face and the side faces.
US09337305B2	Semiconductor device having curved gate electrode aligned with curved side-wall insulating film and stress-introducing layer between channel region and source and drain regions A semiconductor device including a channel region formed in a semiconductor substrate; a source region formed on one side of the channel region; a drain region formed on the other side of the channel region; a gate electrode formed on the channel region via a gate insulating film; and a stress-introducing layer that applies stress to the channel region, the semiconductor device having a stress distribution in which source region-side and drain region-side peaks are positioned between a pn junction boundary of the channel region and the source region and a pn junction boundary of the channel region and the drain region.
US09337300B2	Nitride-based semiconductor device A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a nitride semiconductor layer, a gate electrode provided above the nitride semiconductor layer, a source electrode provided above the nitride semiconductor layer, a drain electrode provided above the nitride semiconductor layer at a side opposite to the source electrode with respect to the gate electrode, a first silicon nitride film provided above the nitride semiconductor layer between the drain electrode and the gate electrode, and a second silicon nitride film provided between the nitride semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, an atomic ratio of silicon to nitrogen in the second silicon nitride film being lower than an atomic ratio of silicon to nitrogen in the first silicon nitride film.
US09337299B2	Bi-directional ESD diode structure with ultra-low capacitance that consumes a small amount of silicon real estate A bi-directional electrostatic discharge diode structure consumes substantially less silicon real estate and provides ultra-low capacitance by utilizing a p− epitaxial layer that touches and lies between an n+ lower epitaxial layer and an n+ upper epitaxial layer. A metal contact touches and lies over a p+ layer, which touches and lies over the n+ upper epitaxial layer.
US09337296B2	Integrated circuits having a metal gate structure and methods for fabricating the same Integrated circuits and methods for fabricating integrated circuits are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for fabricating an integrated circuit includes forming an interfacial layer material over a semiconductor substrate and forming a gate insulation layer over the interfacial layer material that includes a combination of a layer of a hafnium oxide material and a layer of hafnium silicate material. The layer of the hafnium silicate material includes less than about 40 % of an overall height of the gate insulation layer.
US09337287B2	Non-volatile memory device A non-volatile memory device includes an isolation layer formed over a substrate to define an active region, a floating gate formed over the substrate, a selection gate formed over the substrate on one side of the floating gate and formed to be adjacent to the floating gate with a first gap from the floating gate, a control plug formed over the isolation layer on the other side of the floating gate and formed to be adjacent to the floating gate with a second gap from the floating gate, and a charge blocking layer formed to gap-fill the first gap and the second gap.
US09337284B2	Closed cell lateral MOSFET using silicide source and body regions A closed cell lateral MOSFET device includes minimally sized source/body contacts formed in one or more source cells with silicided source and body diffusion regions formed therein. In this manner, the cell pitch of the cellular transistor array is kept small while the ruggedness of the transistor is ensured. In other embodiments, a closed cell lateral MOSFET device is formed using silicided source and body diffusion regions and self-aligned contacts or borderless contacts as the source/body contacts. The polysilicon gate mesh can be formed using minimum polysilicon-to-polysilicon spacing to minimize the cell pitch of the cellular transistor array.
US09337283B2	Semiconductor device with field plate A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed on the first semiconductor layer, a first electrode which extends in a first direction and is surrounded by the first semiconductor layer except at one end thereof, and a first insulation film which is formed between the first semiconductor layer and the first electrode. A film thickness of the first insulation film between the other end of the first electrode in a second direction opposite to the first direction and the first semiconductor layer includes a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the first insulation film along a side surface of the first electrode. The semiconductor device also includes a second electrode which faces the second semiconductor layer, and a second insulation film which is formed between the second electrode and the second semiconductor layer.
US09337276B2	Silicon carbide semiconductor device having junction barrier Schottky diode A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a junction barrier Schottky diode including a substrate, a drift layer, an insulating film, a Schottky barrier diode, and a plurality of second conductivity type layers. The Schottky barrier diode includes a Schottky electrode and an ohmic electrode. A PN diode is configured by the plurality of second conductivity type layers and the drift layer, and the plurality of second conductivity type layers is formed in stripes only in a direction parallel to a rod-shaped stacking fault.
US09337272B2	Ferromagnet-free spin transistor and method for operating the same A spin transistor includes: an input part that is made of a material exhibiting a spin Hall effect and configured to transfer electrons with a predetermined direction of spin to a connecting part; and the connecting part that receives the electrons with the predetermined direction of spin from the input part, rotates the spin of the electrons in accordance with a gate voltage applied to the gate electrode, and transfers the electrons to the output part.
US09337270B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes at least one field effect transistor structure, which is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The field effect transistor structure includes a drift region, a body region, a source region and a gate. The source region and the drift region include at least mainly a first conductivity type, wherein the body region includes at least mainly a second conductivity type. The body region includes at least one low doping dose portion extending from the drift region to at least one of the source region or an electrical contact interface of the body region at a main surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein a doping dose within the low doping dose portion of the body region is less than 3 times a breakdown charge.
US09337260B2	Shallow trench isolation in bulk substrate The semiconductor structure includes a plurality of first insulators in a substrate, a common insulating layer surrounding the sidewall and the bottom of said first insulators in said substrate, and suspended portions of said substrate on said common insulating layer.
US09337259B2	Structure and method to improve ETSOI MOSFETS with back gate A structure to improve ETSOI MOSFET devices includes a wafer having regions with at least a first semiconductor layer overlying an oxide layer overlying a second semiconductor layer. The regions are separated by a STI which extends at least partially into the second semiconductor layer and is partially filled with a dielectric. A gate structure is formed over the first semiconductor layer and during the wet cleans involved, the STI divot erodes until it is at a level below the oxide layer. Another dielectric layer is deposited over the device and a hole is etched to reach source and drain regions. The hole is not fully landed, extending at least partially into the STI, and an insulating material is deposited in the hole.
US09337258B2	Method of making a FinFET device A method for fabricating a fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) device includes forming a first dielectric layer over a substrate and then etching the first dielectric layer and the substrate to form a first fin and a second fin. A second dielectric layer is formed along sidewalls of the first fin and the second fin. A protection layer is deposited over the first fin and the second fin. A portion of the protection layer and the first dielectric layer on the second fin is removed and the second fin is then recessed to form a trench. A semiconductor material layer is epitaxially grown in the trench. The protection layer is removed to reveal the first fin and the second fin.
US09337256B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a VDMOSFET (Vertical Double-diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor) and a planar gate MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor), including forming a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type by epitaxy, forming a body region recess for forming a body region of the VDMOSFET on the semiconductor layer, and embedding a semiconductor material of a second conductivity type in the body region recess by epitaxy or CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition).
US09337255B1	Reducing direct source-to-drain tunneling in field effect transistors with low effective mass channels An approach to providing a barrier in a vertical field effect transistor with low effective mass channel materials wherein the forming of the barrier includes forming a first source/drain contact on a semiconductor substrate and forming a channel with a first channel layer on the first source/drain contact. The approach further includes forming the barrier on the first channel layer, and a second channel layer on the barrier followed by forming a second source/drain contact on the second channel layer.
US09337254B1	Integrated FinFET capacitor A technique relates to forming a semiconductor device. A field-effect transistor structure having a substrate, a fin structure patterned in the substrate, a gate stack structure, and an insulator layer is first provided. A non-capacitor region and a capacitor region are then formed on the field-effect transistor structure by masking portions of the field-effect transistor structure with a mask such that a non-capacitor region is masked and a capacitor region is exposed, and etching the insulator layer to further recess the fin structure and gate stack structure within the capacitor region such that a revealed height of the fins within the capacitor region is increased relative to the revealed height of the fins in the non-capacitor region. A high-k layer can be deposited over the recessed fins and gate stack structures and a gate metal can fill the recessed portions therein.
US09337253B2	Method and apparatus for constructing an isolation capacitor in an integrated circuit At least one high voltage rated isolation capacitor is formed on a face of a primary integrated circuit die. The isolation capacitor AC couples the primary integrated circuit in a first voltage domain to a second integrated circuit in a second voltage domain. The isolation capacitor DC isolates the primary integrated circuit from the second integrated circuit die.
US09337251B2	Integrated magnetic core inductors with interleaved windings A coupled inductor topology for a thin-film magnetic core power inductor that enables efficient integrated power conversion. Coupled magnetic core inductors with interleaved windings inductors comprise magnetic films and partially or fully interleaved conductors. Methods described herein are suitable for integration into monolithic, chip stacking fabrication or other traditional semiconductor device fabrication techniques and equipment. Soft ferromagnetic materials exhibiting high permeability and low coercivity are deposited using thin-film techniques. A plurality of electrical conductors surround at least one ferromagnetic core giving rise to two or more windings. Windings are coupled to one another through magnetic core(s). Windings are used to control permeability, inductance and magnetic saturation, finding particular utility in high magnetic flux applications.
US09337250B2	Semiconductor package and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor package and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor package includes: a substrate having a plurality of conductive lands and a plurality of bonding pads surrounding the conductive lands formed on a surface thereof; a plurality of passive devices mounted on the conductive lands; an insulation layer formed on the surface and having a portion of the passive devices embedded therein; a semiconductor chip mounted on a top surface of the insulation layer; a plurality of bonding wires electrically connecting the semiconductor chip and the bonding pads; an encapsulant formed on the surface of the substrate to encapsulate the insulation layer, the bonding wires and the semiconductor chip, wherein a region of the semiconductor chip projected onto the substrate covers a portion of an outermost one of the passive devices. Therefore, the mounting density of the passive devices is improved.
US09337248B2	Display device including alignment mark and light shielding pattern Disclosed is a display device that includes a substrate having an active area and a dead area around the active area; an alignment mark on the inside surface of the substrate in a part of the dead area; and a light-shielding pattern on a rear surface of the substrate in the dead area, the light-shielding pattern including a mark hole for exposing the alignment mark. By providing the light-shielding pattern on a display surface in the dead area, the display device has expanded active display area and improved visual appreciation.
US09337241B2	Pixel patterns for organic light-emitting diode display An electronic device may include a display having an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels. The display pixels may have subpixels of different colors. The subpixels may include red subpixels, green subpixels, and blue subpixels. The subpixels may be provided with shapes and orientations that improve manufacturing tolerances. Subpixels such as green and red subpixels may have hexagonal shapes while blue subpixel structures may be provided with diamond shapes coupled in pairs to form barbell-shaped blue subpixels. Subpixels can also be angled at 45° relative to horizontal. Subpixels ma have shapes that overlap adjacent display pixels. For example, an array of display pixels that has been rotated by 45° relative to the edges of a display substrate may have blue subpixels and or red subpixels that are shared between pairs of adjacent display pixels in an at of display pixels.
US09337240B1	Integrated circuit package with a universal lead frame A lead frame for an integrated circuit (IC) package is disclosed. The lead frame includes a center region and a plurality of lead fingers surrounding the center region. The plurality of lead fingers that surrounds the center region defines a periphery region around the center region. A portion of the plurality of lead fingers extends from the center region to hold the center region in place. Tie bars that are typically used to hold the center region in place may not be included in the lead frame.
US09337236B2	Light emitting device having current blocking layer A light emitting device includes a substrate, light emitting cells, each of the light emitting cells including a light emitting structure including lower and upper semiconductor layers, an upper electrode, and a lower electrode, a conductive interconnection layer electrically connecting a lower electrode of a first one of the light emitting cells and an upper electrode of a second one of the light emitting cells, and a current blocking layer disposed to extend from between the upper electrode and the upper semiconductor layer, wherein each light emitting cell further includes a conductive layer arranged to electrically connect the upper electrode of the second light emitting cell to the upper semiconductor layer of the second light emitting cell.
US09337233B1	Photodiode array for imaging applications Embodiments of a photodiode array are provided herein. In some embodiments, a photodiode array may include a semiconductor layer configured to convert photons into analog electrical signals; and a passive layer having a first surface and a second surface disposed opposite the first surface, wherein the semiconductor layer is coupled to the first surface, and wherein the passive layer is configured to have a signal receiving component coupled directly to the second surface of the passive layer.
US09337228B2	Stack chip package image sensor An image sensor cell is divided into two chips, and a capacitor for noise reduction is formed in a bottom wafer in correspondence with a unit pixel of a top wafer in a stack chip package image sensor having a coupling structure of the two chips, so that noise characteristics of the image sensor are improved. A stack chip package image sensor includes: a first semiconductor chip that includes a photodiode, a transmission transistor, and a first conductive pad and outputs image charge, which is output from the photodiode, through the first conductive pad; and a second semiconductor chip that includes a drive transistor, a selection transistor, a reset transistor, and a second conductive pad and supplies a corresponding pixel with an output voltage corresponding to the image charge received from the first semiconductor chip through the second conductive pad. The second semiconductor chip includes a capacitor for noise reduction.
US09337227B2	Multi-substrate image sensor having a dual detection function The present invention relates to an image sensor in which substrates are stacked, wherein a substrate-stacked image sensor according to the present invention is configured such that a first photodiode is formed on a first substrate, a second photodiode is formed on a second substrate, the two substrates are aligned with and bonded to each other to electrically couple the two photodiodes to each other, thereby forming a complete photodiode within one pixel.
US09337225B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A backside illumination semiconductor image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate includes a radiation sensitive diode and a peripheral region. The peripheral region is proximal to a sidewall of the backside illumination semiconductor image sensing device. The backside illumination semiconductor image sensing device further includes a first anti reflective coating (ARC) on a backside of the semiconductor substrate and a dielectric layer on the first anti reflective coating. Additionally, a radiation shielding layer is disposed on the dielectric layer. Moreover, the backside illumination semiconductor image sensing device has a photon blocking layer on the sidewall of the backside illumination semiconductor image sensing device. The at least a portion of a sidewall of the radiation shielding layer is not covered by the photon blocking layer and the photon blocking layer is configured to block photons penetrating into the semiconductor substrate.
US09337217B2	Display device with barrier layer disposed at pre-cutting position and manufacturing method thereof A display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided, and the display device includes an array substrate, an opposite substrate and sealant frames between the array substrate and the opposite substrate, with a pre-cutting position disposed between two adjacent the sealant frames. The display device further includes a barrier layer between the array substrate and the opposite substrate and at a position corresponding to the above-mentioned pre-cutting position, and a material forming the barrier layer has an elongation at fracture smaller than that of a material forming the sealant frames. The display device can solve the problem of a large quantity of burrs caused by the sealant frames during the cutting process of a display screen under the precondition of reducing production costs.
US09337216B2	Substrate device and method for manufacturing same The present invention allows a current leakage path to be reliably disconnected even when a conductive film residue occurs between data wiring lines. An interlayer insulating film of a TFT panel includes an interlayer insulating film opening at a position corresponding to a pattern edge of an insulating protective film.
US09337214B2	Display device To provide a display device with excellent display quality, in a display device including a signal line, a scan line, a transistor, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode in a pixel, the common electrode is included in which an extending direction of a region overlapping with the signal line differs from an extending direction of a region overlapping with the pixel electrode in a planar shape and the extending directions intersect with each other between the signal line and the pixel electrode. Thus, a change in transmittance of the pixel can be suppressed; accordingly, flickers can be reduced.
US09337212B2	Flexible display substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and flexible display device The present invention provides a flexible display substrate, comprising a flexible base; an ultraviolet reflecting layer disposed on the flexible base and capable of reflecting ultraviolet light and transmitting visible light, comprising a stacked structure consisting of alternate first transparent material layers and second transparent material layers, wherein the numbers of the two kinds of transparent material layers are equal, and are at least two respectively, and the two kinds of transparent material layers also satisfy: 4nd=λ, wherein d is the thickness of any one of the transparent material layers, n is a refractive index of the transparent material layer and λ is the wavelength of ultraviolet light; and a display structure disposed above the ultraviolet reflecting layer. The present invention is applicable to flexible display substrates, particularly flexible array substrates comprising low-temperature polycrystalline silicon thin film transistors.
US09337211B2	Backplane of flat panel display and method of manufacturing the same Provided are a backplane for a flat panel display device and a method of manufacturing the backplane. The method of manufacturing the backplane for a flat panel display device includes forming an insulation substrate on a glass substrate, forming a protection layer on the insulation substrate, the protection layer including a first opening exposing a portion of the insulation substrate, forming a first hole in the insulation substrate by removing the portion of the insulation substrate exposed by the first opening, and forming a transistor on the protection layer, the transistor including an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. The insulation substrate may include a transistor area including the transistor, and a non-transistor area excluding the transistor and including the first hole.
US09337206B2	Semiconductor device, related manufacturing method, and related electronic device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device may include the following steps: providing a composite structure that includes a gate material layer, a first mask material layer, and a sacrificial layer; partially removing, through a first mask, the sacrificial layer to form a sacrificial members; providing a second mask material layer on the sacrificial members; partially removing the second mask material layer to form mask units that contact sides of the sacrificial members; removing the sacrificial members; providing a third mask material layer between two of the mask units for forming a second mask; partially removing, through the second mask, the first mask material layer to form a third mask; and partially removing, through the third mask, the gate material layer to form a control gate and a select gate.
US09337200B2	Dynamic random access memory cell employing trenches located between lengthwise edges of semiconductor fins After formation of semiconductor fins in an upper portion of a bulk semiconductor substrate, a shallow trench isolation layer is formed, which includes a dielectric material and laterally surround lower portions of each semiconductor fin. Trenches are formed between lengthwise sidewalls of neighboring pairs of semiconductor fins. Portions of the shallow trench isolation layer laterally surrounding each trench provide electrical isolation between the buried plate and access transistors. A strap structure can be formed by etching a via cavity overlying a portion of each trench and a source region of the corresponding access transistor, and filling the via cavity with a conductive material. A trench top oxide structure electrically isolates an inner electrode of each trench capacitor from an overlying gate line for the access fin field effect transistor.
US09337186B2	Semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having a semi-insulating region A semiconductor device and a method for forming a semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body including a diode-structure with a pn-junction, and an edge-termination structure arranged in a peripheral area of the semiconductor body. The edge-termination structure includes an insulating region partially arranged in the semiconductor body adjacent the pn-junction and a semi-insulating region arranged on the insulating region and spaced apart from the semiconductor body. The semi-insulating region forms a resistor connected in parallel with the diode-structure.
US09337175B2	Light emitting device and method of fabricating the same A light emitting device and a method of fabricating the same. The light emitting device includes a substrate. A plurality of light emitting cells are disposed on top of the substrate to be spaced apart from one another. Each of the light emitting cells includes a first upper semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second lower semiconductor layer. Reflective metal layers are positioned between the substrate and the light emitting cells. The reflective metal layers are prevented from being exposed to the outside.
US09337174B2	Semiconductor device for suppressing inductance According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to fourth circuit substrates. Each of the first to fourth circuit substrates includes a switching device. The first circuit substrate includes a first terminal unit and a second terminal unit set to a potential lower than a potential of the first terminal unit. The third circuit substrate includes a fifth terminal unit and a sixth terminal unit set to a potential lower than a potential of the fifth terminal unit. The first circuit substrate overlaps the third circuit substrate. The second circuit substrate overlaps the fourth circuit substrate. A direction from the first terminal unit toward the second terminal unit is reversely oriented with respect to a direction from the fifth terminal unit toward the sixth terminal unit.
US09337171B2	Full bridge rectifier module A full bridge rectifier includes four bipolar transistors, each of which has an associated parallel diode. A first pair of inductors provides inductive current splitting and thereby provides base current to/from one pair of the bipolar transistors so that the collector-to-emitter voltages of the bipolar transistors are low. A second pair of inductors similarly provides inductive current splitting to provide base current to/from the other pair of bipolar transistors. In one embodiment, all components are provided in a four terminal full bridge rectifier module. The module can be used as a drop-in replacement for a conventional four terminal full bridge diode rectifier. When current flows through the rectifier module, however, the voltage drop across the module is less than one volt. Due to the reduced low voltage drop, power loss in the rectifier module is reduced as compared to power loss in a conventional full bridge diode rectifier.
US09337168B2	Hermetic wafer level packaging Provided is a wafer level packaging. The packaging includes a first semiconductor wafer having a transistor device and a first bonding layer that includes a first material. The packaging includes a second semiconductor wafer having a second bonding layer that includes a second material different from the first material, one of the first and second materials being aluminum-based, and the other thereof being titanium-based. Wherein a portion of the second wafer is diffusively bonded to the first wafer through the first and second bonding layers.
US09337160B2	Copper wire receiving pad One embodiment is directed to a welding pad capable of receiving a ball-shaped copper wire at its end, including a first copper pad coated with a protection layer and topped with a second pad containing aluminum having dimensions smaller than those of the first pad and smaller than the ball diameter once said ball has been welded to the welding pad.
US09337159B2	Semiconductor package with integrated microwave component A semiconductor device package includes an encapsulant and a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip is at least partly embedded in the encapsulant. A microwave component including at least one electrically conducting wall structure is integrated in the encapsulant. Further, the semiconductor device package includes an electrical interconnect configured to electrically couple the microwave component to the semiconductor chip.
US09337155B2	Semiconductor component with moisture barrier for sealing semiconductor body A semiconductor component includes a semiconductor body having a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side. A top metallization is applied to the top side and a bottom metallization is applied to the bottom side. A moisture barrier completely seals the semiconductor body in cooperation with the top metallization and the bottom metallization.
US09337138B1	Capacitors within an interposer coupled to supply and ground planes of a substrate An embodiment of an apparatus to reduce supply voltage noise with capacitors of an interposer of a stacked die is disclosed. In this embodiment, an interposer is coupled to a first integrated circuit die using a first plurality of interconnects. A substrate is coupled to the interposer using a second plurality of interconnects. The substrate includes a supply voltage plane and a ground plane, each of which is coupled to the first integrated circuit die using the second plurality of interconnects, the interposer, and the first plurality of interconnects. The interposer includes capacitors coupled in parallel using the supply voltage plane, the ground plane, and the second plurality of interconnects, where capacitance from capacitors of the interposer is provided to the first integrated circuit die using the supply voltage plane and the ground plane of the substrate.
US09337136B2	Method of fabricating a through-holed interposer A through-holed interposer is provided, including a board body, a conductive gel formed in the board body, and a circuit redistribution structure disposed on the board body. The conductive gel has one end protruding from a surface of the board body, and an area of the protruded end of the conductive gel that is in contact with other structures (e.g., packaging substrates or circuit structures) is increased, thereby strengthening the bonding of the conductive gel and reliability of the interposer.
US09337130B2	Leadframe strip and leadframes A leadframe strip including a first leadframe having a first die pad and a first plurality of generally parallel leads each extending outwardly relative to the first die pad and terminating in a free end and a second leadframe having a second die pad and a second plurality of generally parallel leads extending outwardly relative to the second die pad and terminating in a free end. The free ends of the second plurality of leads are positioned in close nontouching adjacent relationship with the free ends of the first plurality of leads. The two leadframes may be separated from each other by a single saw cut.
US09337122B2	Transferring heat through an optical layer of integrated circuitry A computer program product or hardware description language (“HDL”) design structure in a computer-aided design system for generating a functional design model of an integrated circuitry structure including generating a functional representation of at least first and second regions of the integrated circuitry structure, generating a functional representation of an optical layer comprising optical waveguides, and generating a functional representation of a heat-conductive material for transferring heat from at least the second region through the optical layer to a heat sink.
US09337115B2	Chip package and method for forming the same A chip package is provided. The chip package includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto. The substrate includes a sensing device and a conducting pad therein. The sensing device and the conducting pad are adjacent to the first surface. The conducting pad has a sidewall laterally protruding from a sidewall of the substrate. An encapsulation layer is attached to the first surface of the substrate to cover the sensing device and the conducting pad. A redistribution layer is disposed on the second surface of the substrate and extends to contact the sidewall of the conducting pad. An end of the redistribution layer protrudes from the first surface of the substrate and is level with a third surface of the encapsulation layer that is opposite to the first surface. A method of forming the chip package is also provided.
US09337107B2	Semiconductor device and method for forming the same Various embodiments provide semiconductor devices and methods for forming the same. A substrate having a dielectric layer formed thereon is provided. The dielectric layer has six openings. A gate dielectric layer and a cap layer are sequentially formed in each opening of the six openings. A first work function layer is formed in a first opening and a second opening. A diffusion layer is formed in the first opening, a fifth opening, and a sixth opening. A material of the diffusion layer is diffused into the first work function layer and the cap layer, to form a doped work function layer in the first opening and a doped cap layer in the fifth opening and in the sixth opening. A second work function layer is formed in a fourth opening and the fifth opening. A third work function layer and a metal gate are formed in the each opening.
US09337100B2	Apparatus and method to fabricate an electronic device An apparatus and method to fabricate an electronic device is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, an apparatus includes a template having an imprint surface. The imprint surface includes a first region having a first pattern adapted to fabricate a fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device and a second region having a second pattern adapted to fabricate a planar electronic device.
US09337095B2	Method of manufacturing leadless integrated circuit packages having electrically routed contacts A method of manufacturing a leadless integrated circuit (IC) package comprising an IC chip mounted on a metal leadframe and a plurality of electrical contacts electrically coupled to the IC chip. The IC chip, the electrical contacts, and a portion of the metal leadframe are covered with an encapsulation compound, with portions of the electrical contacts exposed on a bottom surface of the encapsulation compound. The electrical contacts of the IC package having metal traces connecting bonding areas on a top surface thereof and contact areas on a bottom surface thereof, wherein at least some of the bonding areas are laterally disposed from the contact areas connected thereto.
US09337094B1	Method of forming contact useful in replacement metal gate processing and related semiconductor structure A method of forming a contact is provided. The method may include forming a liner against a spacer around a gate; selectively removing an upper portion of the liner adjacent the spacer, forming a void; forming a spacer extension by filling the void with a spacer material; and forming a contact self-aligned to the spacer extension. A semiconductor structure is also disclosed. The structure may include: a gate; a spacer around the gate; a spacer extension extending laterally from an upper portion of the spacer; and a contact self-aligned to the spacer extension.
US09337092B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a groove portion formation process of forming a groove portion in a base body, a bather layer formation process of forming a barrier layer covering at least the inner wall surface of the groove portion, a seed layer formation process of forming a seed layer covering the barrier layer, and a seed layer melting process of causing the seed layer to be melted using the reflow method. The seed layer is made of Cu.
US09337085B2	Air gap formation between bit lines with side protection Air gaps are formed between bit lines by etching to remove sacrificial material from between bit lines. Bit lines are protected from etch damage. Sacrificial material may be selectively oxidized prior to deposition of bit line metal so that protective oxide lies along sides of bit lines during etch. Portions of protective material may be selectively formed on tops of bit lines prior to etching sacrificial material.
US09337081B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Manufacturing stability of a semiconductor device is improved. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming an etching stopper film over a first interlayer insulating film; forming an inorganic insulating film over the etching stopper film; forming a resist film over the inorganic insulating film; selectively etching the etching stopper film and the inorganic insulating film by using the resist film as a mask to form a first opening in the etching stopper film and to form a second opening in the inorganic insulating film; removing the resist film by O2 plasma ashing; forming a second interlayer insulating film over the inorganic insulating film; and etching the second interlayer insulating film to form a wiring groove that is coupled to the second opening, and etching a portion located under the first opening of the first interlayer insulating film to form a via hole.
US09337079B2	Prevention of contact to substrate shorts Isolation trenches are etched through an active silicon layer overlying a buried oxide on a substrate into the substrate, and through any pad dielectric(s) on the active silicon layer. Lateral epitaxial growth of the active silicon layer forms protrusions into the isolation trenches to a lateral distance of at least about 5 nanometers, and portions of the isolation trenches around the protrusions are filled with dielectric. Raised source/drain regions are formed on portions of the active silicon layer including a dielectric. As a result, misaligned contacts passing around edges of the raised source/drain regions remain spaced apart from sidewalls of the substrate in the isolation trenches.
US09337076B2	Workpiece support structure with four degree of freedom air bearing for high vacuum systems A workpiece adjustment assembly is disclosed. The assembly can include a shaft, a spherical bearing, and a wafer support. A spherical housing receives the spherical bearing and allows the bearing to rotate therein. The housing and bearing may form an air bearing. A seal may be formed in the housing to prevent gas from the air bearing and the ambient atmosphere from migrating to a process chamber side of the housing. A set of spherical air pads may be positioned on an ambient side of the bearing to press the bearing against the housing when the process chamber is not under vacuum conditions. The seal can include a set of differentially pumped grooves. The spherical bearing enables the wafer manipulation end, and a wafer attached thereto, to be moved with four degrees of freedom. The arrangement facilitates isocentric scanning of a workpiece. Methods for using the assembly are also disclosed.
US09337074B2	Attaching device and attaching method An attaching device configured to attach a substrate and a support via an adhesive layer is provided with support holding members. Holding tools of the support holding members are configured to hold the support with oblique surface parts (contact members) of the holding tools without coming into contact with a surface of the support, which is to be attached to the substrate. The attaching device attaches, to the substrate, the support of which the surface is held not to be contacted.
US09337073B2	3D shielding case and methods for forming the same A package includes a die, and a molding material molding the die therein. A metal shield case includes a first metal mesh over and contacting the molding material and the die, a second metal mesh underlying the die, and a Through-Assembly Via (TAV) in the molding material and forming a ring encircling the die. The TAV is electrically connected to the first metal mesh and the second metal mesh.
US09337072B2	Apparatus and method for substrate clamping in a plasma chamber The present invention generally provides methods and apparatus for monitoring and maintaining flatness of a substrate in a plasma reactor. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for processing a substrate comprising positioning the substrate on an electrostatic chuck, applying an RF power between the an electrode in the electrostatic chuck and a counter electrode positioned parallel to the electrostatic chuck, applying a DC bias to the electrode in the electrostatic chuck to clamp the substrate on the electrostatic chuck, and measuring an imaginary impedance of the electrostatic chuck.
US09337060B1	Filling materials and methods of filling through holes for improved adhesion and hermeticity in glass substrates and other electronic components A glass substrate and method of processing the glass substrate for use in semi-conductor packaging applications. The glass substrate has top surface and a bottom surface. At least one through-hole extends from the top surface to the bottom surface of the glass substrate. At least one interior layer is disposed inside the through-hole. At least one external layer is disposed on the top surface and at least one external layer is disposed on the bottom surface. The through holes of the glass substrate are filled with a metallized paste material using thick film technology. The glass substrate is planarized after metallization to clean and flatten a surface of the glass substrate. The surface of the glass substrate is coated with at least one redistribution layer of a metal, a metal oxide, an alloy, a polymer, or a combination thereof. The paste material has improved adhesion to the through-holes. The filled through-holes are hermetic and have a low resistivity.
US09337056B2	Semiconductor device manufacturing method A semiconductor device manufacturing method for etching a multilayer film using a mask is provided. The method includes (a) supplying a first gas containing hydrogen, hydrogen bromide, nitrogen trifluoride and at least one of hydrocarbon, fluorocarbon and fluorohydrocarbon into the processing chamber and exciting the first gas to etch the multilayer film from a top surface of the multilayer film to a predetermined position in a stacked direction of the multilayer film; and (b) supplying a second gas that does not substantially contain hydrogen bromide and contains hydrogen and nitrogen trifluoride and at least one of Thydrocarbon, fluorocarbon and fluorohydrocarbon into the processing chamber and exciting the second gas to etch the multilayer film from the predetermined position of the multilayer film to a top surface of the etching stop layer.
US09337052B2	Silicon-containing EUV resist underlayer film forming composition A resist underlayer film forming composition for EUV lithography, comprising: as a silane, a hydrolyzable silane, a hydrolyzate of the hydrolyzable silane, a hydrolysis condensate of the hydrolyzable silane, or a mixture of any of the hydrolyzable silane, the hydrolyzate, and the hydrolysis condensate, wherein the hydrolyzable silane includes a combination of tetramethoxysilane, an alkyltrimethoxysilane, and an aryltrialkoxysilane, and the aryltrialkoxysilane is represented by formula (1): (R2)n2—R1—(CH2)n1—Si(X)3 Formula (1) In formula (1), R1 is an aromatic ring consisting of a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring or a ring including an isocyanuric acid structure, R2 is a substituent replacing a hydrogen atom on the aromatic ring and is a halogen atom or a C1-10 alkoxy group, and X is a C1-10 alkoxy group, a C2-10 acyloxy group, or a halogen group.
US09337049B1	Manufacturing method of wafer level chip scale package structure A manufacturing method of wafer level chip scale package structure is provided. Firstly, a wafer including a plurality of semiconductor devices is provided. An active surface of one of the semiconductor devices has an active an active region and an outer region. A first electrode and a second electrode are arranged on the active region, and the outer region has a cutting portion and a channel portion. Next, a patterned protecting layer having a plurality of openings is formed on the active surface to respectively expose the first and second electrodes and channel portion. Subsequently, a wafer back thinning process is performed and then a back electrode layer is deposited. Subsequently, the channel portion is etched to form a trench exposing the back electrode layer, and a conductive structure connected to the back electrode layer is formed through the trench. Thereafter, the wafer is cut along the cutting portion.
US09337040B1	Angled ion beam processing of heterogeneous structure A method for fabricating a multilayer structure includes providing a mask on a device stack disposed on the substrate, the device stack comprising a first plurality of layers composed of a first layer type and a second layer type; directing first ions along a first direction forming a first non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a normal to a plane of the substrate, wherein a first sidewall is formed having a sidewall angle forming a first non-zero angle of inclination with respect to the normal, the first sidewall comprising a second plurality of layers from at least a portion of the first plurality of layers and composed of the first layer type and second layer type; and etching the second plurality of layers using a first selective etch wherein the first layer type is selectively etched with respect to the second layer type.
US09337030B2	Method to grow in-situ crystalline IGZO using co-sputtering targets A co-sputter technique is used to deposit In—Ga—Zn—O films using PVD. The films are deposited in an atmosphere including both oxygen and argon. A heater setpoint of about 300 C results in a substrate temperature of about 165 C. One target includes an alloy of In, Ga, Zn, and O with an atomic ratio of In:Ga:Zn of about 1:1:1. The second target includes a compound of zinc oxide. The films exhibit the c-axis aligned crystalline (CAAC) phase in an as-deposited state, without the need of a subsequent anneal treatment.
US09337028B2	Passivation of group III-nitride heterojunction devices Passivation of group III-nitride hetero junction devices is described herein. The passivation facilitates simultaneous realization of effective/high current collapse suppression and low leakage current without the use of a sophisticated multiple-field plate technique. The passivation can be achieved by growing a charge-polarized AlN thin film on the surface of a group III-nitride based heterojunction device by plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition such that positive polarization charges are induced at the interface to compensate for a majority of negative charges at the interface.
US09337021B2	Thin film structure and method of fabricating the same Provided are a thin film structure capable of remarkably reducing the defect density of gallium nitride (GaN), and a method of fabricating the same. The thin film structure includes a supporting substrate including sapphire, and an epilayer disposed on the supporting substrate and including gallium nitride (GaN). An upper part of the supporting substrate facing the epilayer includes a layer of sapphire into which silicon (Si) is diffused or ion-implanted through a top surface of the supporting substrate.
US09337014B1	Processing system architecture with single load lock chamber A substrate processing system architecture includes an MOCVD reactor processing module coupled to a single three-level load lock chamber. The load lock has a heater at a first stationary location, a cold plate at a second secondary location, and a three-level transport system between the heater and cold plate. The transport system has two-position carrier transfer assembly with upper and lower stages, where the upper stage may move between an intermediate transfer level and an upper level proximate to the heater while the lower stage moves between a lower level proximate to the cold plate and the transfer level. The choreography of substrate transport between external loader, load lock and reactor allows substrates to be processed in the reactor while other substrates are post-process cooled, unloaded, and a new substrate loaded and preheated.
US09337013B2	Silicon wafer and method for producing the same Methods for producing a silicon wafer from a defect-free silicon single crystal grown by a Czochralski (CZ) method are provided. The methods comprise: preparing a silicon wafer obtained by slicing the defect-free silicon single crystal and subjected to mirror-polishing; then performing a heat treatment step of subjecting the mirror-polished silicon wafer to heat treatment at a temperature of 500° C. or higher but 600° C. or lower for 4 hours or more but 6 hours or less; and performing a repolishing step of repolishing the silicon wafer after the heat treatment step such that a polishing amount becomes 1.5 μm or more. Therefore, it is an object to provide a method by which a silicon wafer can be produced at a high yield, the silicon wafer in which Light Point Defects (LPDs) are reduced to a minimum, the silicon wafer with a low failure-incidence rate in an inspection step and a shipment stage.
US09337010B2	Fluorescent lighting with aluminum nitride phosphors A fluorescent lamp includes a glass envelope; at least two electrodes connected to the glass envelope; mercury vapor and an inert gas within the glass envelope; and a phosphor within the glass envelope, wherein the phosphor blend includes aluminum nitride. The phosphor may be a wurtzite (hexagonal) crystalline structure Al(1-x)MxN phosphor, where M may be drawn from beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, zinc, scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, ytterbium, bismuth, manganese, silicon, germanium, tin, boron, or gallium is synthesized to include dopants to control its luminescence under ultraviolet excitation. The disclosed Al(1-x)MxN:Mn phosphor provides bright orange-red emission, comparable in efficiency and spectrum to that of the standard orange-red phosphor used in fluorescent lighting, Y2O3:Eu. Furthermore, it offers excellent lumen maintenance in a fluorescent lamp, and does not utilize “critical rare earths,” minimizing sensitivity to fluctuating market prices for the rare earth elements.
US09337003B2	Plasma processing apparatus and constituent part thereof A constituent part is included in a plasma processing apparatus for performing a plasma process on a substrate mounted on a susceptor by using a plasma generated in a processing chamber. The constituent part has at least one recessed corner formed by intersection of two surfaces. The recessed corner is exposed to the plasma when the plasma is generated in the processing chamber. An intersection angle of the two surfaces seen from a plasma side is 115 degrees to 180 degrees.
US09336998B2	Apparatus and method for dynamic control of ion beam energy and angle In one embodiment a method of etching a substrate includes directing a first ion beam to the substrate through an extraction plate of a processing apparatus using a first set of control settings of the processing apparatus. The method may further include detecting a signal from the substrate that indicates a change in material being etched by the first ion beam from a first material to a second material, adjusting control settings of the processing apparatus to a second set of control settings different from the first set of control settings based on the second material, and directing a second ion beam to the substrate through the extraction plate using the second set of control settings.
US09336995B2	Multiple radio frequency power supply control of frequency and phase A system has a first RF generator and a second RF generator. The first RF generator controls the frequency of the second RF generator. The first RF generator includes a power source, a sensor, and a sensor signal processing unit. The sensor signal processing unit is coupled to the power source and to the sensor. The sensor signal processing unit scales the frequency of the first RF generator to control the frequency of the second RF generator.
US09336989B2	Method of cleaving a thin sapphire layer from a bulk material by implanting a plurality of particles and performing a controlled cleaving process Embodiments relate to use of a particle accelerator beam to form thin layers of material from a bulk substrate. In particular embodiments, a bulk substrate (e.g. donor substrate) having a top surface is exposed to a beam of accelerated particles. In certain embodiments, this bulk substrate may comprise a core of crystalline sapphire (Al2O3) material. Then, a thin layer of the material is separated from the bulk substrate by performing a controlled cleaving process along a cleave region formed by particles implanted from the beam. Embodiments may find particular use as hard, scratch-resistant covers for personal electric device displays, or as optical surfaces for fingerprint, eye, or other biometric scanning.
US09336984B2	Charged particle beam device and measuring method using the same In an SEM provided with an ExB deflector for deflecting secondary electrons outside an optical axis of a primary electron beam between an electronic source and an object lens for condensing the primary electron beam and irradiating a sample with the beam, a unit to decelerate the secondary electrons deflected in the ExB deflector, and a magnetic generator for deflecting the decelerated secondary electron are provided, and a plurality of energy filters and detectors are arranged around the magnetic generator. That is, by separating loci of the secondary electrons incident on the energy filters and of the secondary electrons reflected at the energy filters by the magnetic generator, both of the secondary electrons are concurrently detected.
US09336959B2	Collector, electrode structure, non-aqueous electrolyte cell, and electrical storage device An object of the present invention is to provide a current collector which can decrease the internal resistance of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, be used suitably for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery such as a lithium ion secondary battery and the like or for an electrical storage device such as a lithium ion capacitor and the like, and improve high rate characteristics. According to the present invention, a current collector which is structured by forming a resin layer possessing conductivity on at least one side of a conductive substrate is provided. The resin layer contains a chitosan-based resin and a conductive material, and the water contact angle of the surface of the resin layer measured by θ/2 method in a thermostatic chamber at 23° C. is 5 degrees or more and 60 degrees or less. In addition, an electrode structure, a non-aqueous electrolyte battery, and an electrical storage device which use the current collector are provided.
US09336944B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component and board for mounting the same There are provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component and a board for mounting the same. The multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a hexahedral ceramic body including dielectric layers and satisfying T/W>1.0 when a width thereof is defined as W and a thickness thereof is defined as T; an active layer in which capacitance is formed, by including a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately exposed through both end surfaces of the ceramic body, having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, an upper cover layer formed above the active layer; a lower cover layer formed below the active layer and having a greater thickness than the upper cover layer; and first and second external electrodes covering the end surfaces of the ceramic body, wherein when a thickness of the lower cover layer is defined as Tb, 0.03≦Tb/T≦0.25 is satisfied.
US09336943B2	Transformer A transformer includes a magnetic core, a primary winding, and a plurality of secondary windings. The magnetic core has an axial and a radial direction. The primary winding includes a plurality of winding sections and at least one connecting section. The winding sections are arranged along the axial direction. The connecting section is connected between the two adjacent winding sections. Each of the winding sections includes a plurality of primary winding layers and pull-out portions. The primary winding layers surround the magnetic core and are arranged along the radial direction. One pull-out portion connects two primary winding layers adjacent to the pull-out portion. Part of normal projections of the primary winding layers on a surface of the magnetic core are located between normal projections of the pull-out portions on the surface of the magnetic core. The secondary windings surround the primary winding.
US09336927B2	Halogen-free, flame retardant composition for wire and cable applications A halogen-free, flame retardant composition comprises: A. A polymer blend comprising: 1. Polypropylene, and 2. Thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) other than the polypropylene of (A)(1), and B. An intumescent flame retardant comprising at least one of: 1. A compound of Formula 1 where M is at least one of melamine, morpholine, piperazine, piperidine, alkyl hydroxyl and a triazine polymer of Formula 2 where D is a heterocyclic or polyamine moiety, and m and n are independently integers the sum (m+n) of which is less than 1000, and 2. A piperazine phosphate.
US09336926B2	Elongated, ductile, ridged, coil-retaining member An insulated cable that includes conductors has a first interface at one end that is configured to detachably attach to a first electronic device and a second interface at the other end that is configured to detachably attach to a second electronic device so that the first electronic device and the second electronic device are interconnected. An elongated, ductile, ridged, coil-retaining member is attached at the other end of the insulated cable, and it is configured to hold the electric signal cable in a wound state when the elongated, ductile, ridged, coil-retaining member is wrapped on itself such that ridges on a surface of the elongated, ductile, ridged, coil-retaining member are received by valleys on the surface of the elongated, ductile, ridged, coil-retaining member in order to limit a translatory motion of the elongated, ductile, ridged, coil-retaining member when it is subjected to a tensile stress.
US09336923B2	Electrically conductive polymer resin and method for making same Disclosed are polymer resins, including polymer resin sheets, having good electroconductivity and a method for manufacturing the same. The polymer resins exhibit flexibility and show electroconductivity on their surface as well as along their thickness, and thus can be used as electromagnetic wave-shielding materials having impact- and vibration-absorbing properties as well as conductivity.
US09336921B2	Electrically conducting composites, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a regioregular polyalkylthiophene and/or a regioregular poly[2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thieno(3,2-b)thiophene]; and a metallocene; where the metallocene is present in an amount of greater than 50 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition. Disclosed herein too is a method of manufacturing a thin film comprising dissolving a regioregular polyalkylthiophene or a regioregular poly[2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thieno(3,2-b)thiophene] in a solvent to form a solution; dissolving a metallocene in the solution; disposing the solution on a substrate; and annealing the substrate.
US09336920B2	Composite oxide sintered body and oxide transparent conductive film To provide a composite oxide sintered body from which an oxide transparent conductive film having lower light absorption properties in a wide wavelength region and having a low resistance can be obtained, and an oxide transparent conductive film.A composite oxide sintered body containing indium, zirconium, hafnium and oxygen, wherein the atomic ratio of the elements constituting the sintered body satisfies the following formulae, where In, Zr and Hf are respectively contents of indium, zirconium and hafnium: Zr/(In+Zr+Hf)=0.05 to 4.5 at % Hf/(In+Zr+Hf)=0.0002 to 0.15 at %.
US09336919B2	Methods for preparing colloidal nanocrystal-based thin films Methods of exchanging ligands to form colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) with chalcogenocyanate (xCN)-based ligands and apparatuses using the same are disclosed. The ligands may be exchanged by assembling NCs into a thin film and immersing the thin film in a solution containing xCN-based ligands. The ligands may also be exchanged by mixing a xCN-based solution with a dispersion of NCs, flocculating the mixture, centrifuging the mixture, discarding the supernatant, adding a solvent to the pellet, and dispersing the solvent and pellet to form dispersed NCs with exchanged xCN-ligands. The NCs with xCN-based ligands may be used to form thin film devices and/or other electronic, optoelectronic, and photonic devices. Devices comprising nanocrystal-based thin films and methods for forming such devices are also disclosed. These devices may be constructed by depositing NCs on to a substrate to form an NC thin film and then doping the thin film by evaporation and thermal diffusion.
US09336918B2	Sample-containing cell for X-ray microscope and method for observing X-ray microscopic image Observation samples in a sample solution are held due to absorption or the like on a rear face of a first X-ray transmission film. In a mirror body, while an X-ray emission film and X-ray transmission films are bent to be convex outward due to a pressure difference, an X-ray transmission film is bent to be convex toward the X-ray transmission film side due to gas expansion in a second cavity part. This bending results in widening of a gap between the first and second X-ray transmission films in their center part more compared with a gap between their end parts. However, there is almost no change between the X-ray transmission films.
US09336890B1	Simultaneous programming of many bits in flash memory A semiconductor device includes: a plurality of memory cells; a plurality of local bit lines connected to respective memory cells of the plurality of memory cells; and a first amplifier. The first amplifier receives read data from each local bit line of the plurality of local bit lines and determines a transition speed of an output level of the first amplifier in response to receiving a combination of at least two pieces of read data. The first amplifier transfers, based on the determined transition speed, multivalued data of the read data to a read global bit line.
US09336889B2	Nonvolatile memory system and refresh method A memory system including non-volatile memory devices and a corresponding refresh method are disclosed. The method groups memory blocks of the non-volatile memory devices into memory groups, determines a refresh sequence for the memory groups, and refreshes the memory groups in accordance with the refresh sequence.
US09336881B2	Variable resistance nonvolatile memory device including a variable resistance layer that changes reversibly between a low resistance state and a high resistance state according to an applied electrical signal A variable resistance nonvolatile memory device includes: a nonvolatile memory element; an NMOS transistor connected to the nonvolatile memory element; a source line connected to the NMOS transistor; a bit line connected to the nonvolatile memory element. When a control circuit causes the nonvolatile memory element to be in the low resistance state, the control circuit controls to flow a first current from a first voltage source to a reference potential point, and applies a first gate voltage to a gate of a NMOS transistor, and when the control circuit causes the nonvolatile memory element to be in the high resistance state, the control circuit controls to flow a second current from a second voltage source to the reference potential point, and applies a second gate voltage to the gate of the NMOS transistor, the second gate voltage being lower than the first gate voltage.
US09336879B2	Multiple phase change materials in an integrated circuit for system on a chip application A device includes first and second pluralities of memory cells with memory elements and first and second capping materials on the first and second pluralities of memory cells. First and second capping materials can comprise lower and higher density silicon nitrides. The memory elements can include a programmable resistance memory material, and the capping materials can contact the memory elements. The first and second pluralities of memory cells can have a common cell structure. The first memory cells in the can comprise a top and bottom electrodes with a memory material therebetween and the first capping material contacting the memory material. Control circuits can apply different write algorithms to the first and second pluralities of memory cells. The first and second sets of memory cells can have different operational memory characteristics by forming the first and second capping layers using different capping materials but with the same cell structure.
US09336878B2	Method and apparatus for healing phase change memory devices A first memory cell including a phase change material. The first memory cell is programmable to store one data value of a plurality of data values. The plurality of data values are represented by a plurality of non-overlapping ranges of resistance of the first memory cell. At least one testing pulse is applied to the first memory cell to establish a cell resistance of the first memory cell in an intermediate range of resistance, the intermediate range of resistance in between first and second adjacent ranges in the plurality of non-overlapping ranges of resistance representing the plurality of data values. After applying the at least one testing pulse to the first memory cell, it is determined whether to apply at least one healing pulse to repair the first memory cell, depending on relative values of (i) the cell resistance in the intermediate range of resistance and (ii) a reference resistance in the intermediate range of resistance.
US09336874B2	Mixed mode programming for phase change memory Subject matter disclosed herein relates to a memory device, and more particularly to write performance of a phase change memory.
US09336872B2	Nonvolatile logic and security circuits In some examples, a nonvolatile storage element may be configured to store a state or value during a low power or powered down period of a circuit. For example, the nonvolatile storage element may include a bridge of resistive elements that have a resistive state that may be configured by applying voltages to multiple drive paths. A sense amplifier may be connected to the bridge in order to resolve a voltage differential associated with the bridge to ether power or ground and, thereby determine the state associated with on the nonvolatile storage element.
US09336860B1	Complementary bipolar SRAM A complementary lateral bipolar SRAM device. The device includes: a first set and second set of lateral bipolar transistors forming a respective first inverter device and second inverter device, the first and second inverter devices being cross-coupled for storing a logic state. In each said first and second set, a first bipolar transistor is an PNP type bipolar transistor, and a second bipolar transistor is an NPN type bipolar transistor, each said NPN type bipolar transistor having a base terminal, a first emitter terminal, a second emitter terminal, and a collector terminal. Emitter terminals of the PNP type transistors of each first and second inverter devices are electrically coupled together and receive a first applied wordline voltage. The first emitter terminals of each said NPN transistors of said first inverter and second inverter devices are electrically coupled together and receive a second applied voltage. 'The second emitter terminal of one NPN bipolar transistor of said first inverter is electrically coupled to a first bit line conductor, and the second emitter terminal of the NPN bipolar transistor of said second inverter device is electrically coupled to a second bit line.
US09336848B2	Memory device with differential bit cells In some examples, a memory device may be configured to utilize differential bit cells formed from two or more tunnel junctions. In some cases, the tunnel junctions forming the differential bit cell may be arranged to utilize shared read circuitry to reduce device mismatch. For instance, the read operations associated with both tunnel junction may be time multiplexed such that the same preamplifier circuitry may sense voltages representative of the tunnel junctions.
US09336845B2	Register circuit including a volatile memory and a nonvolatile memory A semiconductor device capable of assessing and rewriting data at a desired timing is provided. A semiconductor device includes a register circuit, a bit line, and a data line. The register circuit includes a flip-flop circuit, a selection circuit, and a nonvolatile memory circuit electrically connected to the flip-flop circuit through the selection circuit. The data line is electrically connected to the flip-flop circuit. The bit line is electrically connected to the nonvolatile memory circuit through the selection circuit. The selection circuit selectively stores data based on a potential of the data line or a potential of the bit line in the nonvolatile memory circuit.
US09336842B2	Address counting circuit and semiconductor apparatus using the same A semiconductor apparatus includes a first memory die; a second memory die; and a processor configured to provide an external command, an external start address and an external end address which are associated with a read operation, to the first memory die, and provide an external command, an external start address and an external end address, which are associated with a write operation, to the second memory die, in the case where data stored in the first memory die is to be transferred to and stored in the second memory die.
US09336841B1	Pipeline register with data alignment therein A device is disclosed that includes a first memory module and a second memory module. The first memory module is configured to output a data signal according to a first phase of a first control signal. The second memory module is connected to the first memory module and includes a latch and a derace latch. The latch is configured to hold a received data signal according to a second phase of a second control signal. The derace latch transmits the data signal from the first memory module to the latch according to the second phase of both of the first control signal and the second control signal.
US09336840B2	Semiconductor apparatus capable of compensating for data output time and method for controlling the same A semiconductor apparatus may include a base die and a plurality of core dies stacked above the base die. Each of the core dies may be configured to output a strobe signal in response to a read command, and the base die may be configured to make remaining data output times correspond to any one data output time among respective data output times of the plurality of core dies, in response to the read command and the strobe signal.
US09336827B2	Systems and methods for browsing a mobile device with an in-vehicle user interface Systems and methods for browsing a mobile device are provided. Some embodiments may include determining a location of each of a plurality of media files on the mobile device. The plurality of media files may be organized according to a predetermined configuration and may include at least two identical media files at different locations in the predetermined configuration. Similarly, some embodiments may include receiving a request for a requested media file of the plurality of media files at the vehicle computing device and determining which of the at least two identical media files is more accessible. Still some embodiments may include navigating the mobile device to one of the at least two identical media files that is more accessible and play the requested media file through a vehicle audio system.
US09336817B1	Spindle motor and disk drive apparatus A spindle motor is used in a disk drive apparatus including a cover member to be attached to the spindle motor. The spindle motor includes a rotor portion; a bearing portion; a stator portion; a base portion molded by casting, and arranged to contain the rotor portion, the bearing portion, and the stator portion; and a screw attachment member fixed to the base portion, and including a screw hole. The base portion includes a plate portion arranged to extend radially with respect to a central axis, and a wall portion arranged to extend in an axial direction from a radially outer edge of the plate portion. The wall portion is arranged to support at least a portion of the cover member. An inside surface of the base portion includes a metal surface subjected to a cutting process. The screw attachment member is arranged on the wall portion.
US09336813B2	Thermal-assisted magnetic recording device capable of writing magnetic patterns on lower multi-step driving signals According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic disk device including a light irradiation element and a control unit. The light irradiation element is configured to irradiate a magnetic disk with light according to a driving signal. The control unit is configured to lower, in multistep manner, active level of the driving signal contributing intensity of the light when a low frequency pattern of write data is recorded into the magnetic disk.
US09336807B1	Unstable reader detection Method and apparatus for detecting unstable read sensors (readers) for data storage systems. In some embodiments, a transducer is supported adjacent a rotating data recording medium having servo data patterns interspersed with calibration test data patterns. A read sensor of the transducer reads the servo and calibration test data patterns while the transducer is maintained at a passive fly height adjacent the medium. A corresponding location on the medium is identified for an error detected during the reading of the servo and calibration test patterns. The servo and calibration test patterns at the location are reread using the read sensor to characterize the read sensor as an unstable reader.
US09336803B1	Pseudo-differential shared-pin reader for two-dimensional magnetic recording An apparatus for two-dimensional magnetic recording includes a storage medium, an array of magnetoresistive read heads disposed adjacent the storage medium and spaced to read a data track, wherein the array of magnetoresistive read heads share a common terminal, a number of leads connected to the array of magnetoresistive read heads, with one lead for each of the magnetoresistive read heads, plus a common lead connected to the common terminal, wherein each of the plurality of leads other than the at least one common lead are referenced to the at least one common lead, and a preamplifier connected to the array of magnetoresistive read heads by the plurality of leads and operable to perform pseudo-differential sensing or single-ended sensing of signals from the array of magnetoresistive read heads.
US09336802B2	Zig-zag MIMO head reducing space between three sensors The embodiments disclosed generally relate to a magnetic recording head having three magnetoresistive effect elements. The structure comprises a first magnetoresistive effect element on a lower magnetic shield layer. Additionally, two lower electrodes are disposed on the two sides of the first magnetoresistive effect element. A second magnetoresistive effect element is disposed on a lower electrode while a third magnetoresistive effect element on another lower electrode. An upper magnetic shield layer is disposed between the second magnetoresistive effect element and the third magnetoresistive effect element. The upper magnetic shield also serves as an electrode of the first magnetoresistive effect element.
US09336794B2	Content identification system The content of a media program is recognized by analyzing its audio content to extract therefrom prescribed features, which are compared to a database of features associated with identified content. The identity of the content within the database that has features that most closely match the features of the media program being played is supplied as the identity of the program being played. The features are extracted from a frequency domain version of the media program by a) filtering the coefficients to reduce their number, e.g., using triangular filters; b) grouping a number of consecutive outputs of triangular filters into segments; and c) selecting those segments that meet prescribed criteria, such as those segments that have the largest minimum segment energy with prescribed constraints that prevent the segments from being too close to each other. The triangular filters may be log-spaced and their output may be normalized.
US09336787B2	Encoding apparatus and encoding method Provided is an encoding apparatus. A threshold value calculating unit (32) calculates a threshold value from a statistical amount of conversion factors of an extended band. A representative conversion factor extracting unit (33) uses the calculated threshold value to extract conversion factors having large amplitudes. If the number of extracted conversion factors does not reach a specified number, the threshold value calculating unit (32) determines, in accordance with a lacking number of conversion factors, an amount by which the threshold value should be lowered, and modifies the threshold value accordingly. The representative conversion factor extracting unit (33) uses the threshold value, which has been modified, to extract conversion factors. Such threshold value modification by the threshold value difference calculating unit (32) and such conversion factor extraction by the representative conversion factor extracting unit (33) are repeated until the number of extracted conversion factors reaches the specified number.
US09336783B2	Method and apparatus for performing packet loss or frame erasure concealment A method for performing packet loss or Frame Erasure Concealment (FEC) for a speech coder receives encoded frames of compressed speech information transmitted from an encoder. The method determines whether an encoded frame has been lost, corrupted in transmission, or erased, synthesizes properly received frames, and decides on an overlap-add window to use in combining a portion of the synthesized speech signal with a subsequent speech signal resulting from a received and decoded packet, where the size of the overlap-add window is based on the unavailability of packets. If it is determined that an encoded frame has been lost, corrupted in transmission, or erased, the method performed an overlap-add operation on the portion of the synthesized speech signal and the subsequent speech signal, using the decided-on overlap-add window.
US09336779B1	Dynamic image-based voice entry of unlock sequence Embodiments described herein may help to provide a lock-screen for a computing device. An example method involves: (a) while a computing device is locked, displaying an interface that comprises a fixed arrangement of input regions, wherein an image from a set of images is displayed in each input region, and wherein each input region is associated with an image-name for the image that is displayed in the input region, (b) receiving audio data that comprises speech, (c) detecting a sequence of one or more of the image-names in the speech, (d) determining an input sequence based on the input regions that are associated with the detected sequence of image-names, (e) determining whether or not the input sequence matches a predetermined unlock sequence, and (f) if the input sequence matches the predetermined unlock sequence, then unlocking the computing device.
US09336771B2	Speech recognition using non-parametric models Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for using non-parametric models in speech recognition. In some implementations, speech data is accessed. The speech data represents utterances of a particular phonetic unit occurring in a particular phonetic context, and the speech data includes values for multiple dimensions. Boundaries are determined for a set of quantiles for each of the multiple dimensions. Models for the distribution of values within the quantiles are generated. A multidimensional probability function is generated. Data indicating the boundaries of the quantiles, the models for the distribution of values in the quantiles, and the multidimensional probability function are stored.
US09336770B2	Pattern recognition apparatus for creating multiple systems and combining the multiple systems to improve recognition performance and pattern recognition method Provided is a pattern recognition apparatus for creating multiple systems and combining the multiple systems to improve the recognition performance, including a discriminative training unit for constructing model parameters of a second or subsequent system based on an output tendency of a previously-constructed model so as to be different from the output tendency of the previously-constructed model. Accordingly, when multiple systems are combined, the recognition performance can be improved without trials-and-errors.
US09336768B2	Smartphone security masking enclosure The Mobile Phone/PDA Security Masking Enclosure is a sound insulated enclosure for use as a temporary storage location for cellular and other mobile devices in locations at which confidential and sensitive conversations and discussions are being conducted. A pink/white noise generating device within the enclosure generates a masking noise such that the cellular or other mobile devices inside the enclosure are unable to pick up or record conversations outside the enclosure.
US09336761B1	Impact responsive portable electronic drumhead A portable electronic drumhead sensor which converts impact forces exerted by a drumstick or hand into electrical pulses input to headphones to thereby simulate sounds of an acoustic drumhead includes a Force Sensing Resistor (FSR) lamination coated with an electrically conductive polymer ink, a spacer lamination, and a flexible electrode lamination having on an inner surface thereof interdigitated electrodes, the electrode lamination elastically contacting the FSR lamination in response to impact forces on the outer surface of either lamination to momentarily reduce electrical resistance between the electrodes. An annular ring-shaped embodiment of the sensor positionable on an acoustic drumhead has an upwardly protruding resilient bumper strikable to produce electronically synthesized rim-shot sounds. Optionally, the sensor may include a planar resistor connected to a row of electrodes which enables determination of the position where a force has been exerted on the sensor as well as the magnitude of the force.
US09336760B2	Generating music from image pixels Musical compositions are generated from image pixels. To do so, pixel values are mapped to musical elements together for creating the musical compositions. Additionally, images are formed from pixels generated from musical compositions. More generally, a computer system creatively generates media using captured media as a source. The system also generates collage images in which individual images are pixels for the collage image. Collages are further generated from text.
US09336753B2	Executing secondary actions with respect to onscreen objects In a computer system receiving input from a user via at least a keyboard and a pointing device, in which input via the pointing device causes corresponding movement of a pointing image on a display screen of the computer system, user input may be received via the pointing device to point the pointing image at an onscreen object on the display screen. In response to the user activating a key on the keyboard while the pointing image is pointing at the onscreen object, a secondary action with respect to the onscreen object may be executed.
US09336749B2	Display device and means to measure and isolate the ambient light A display method and display device are described having at least one sensor for detecting a property of light such as the intensity, color and/or color point of light emitted from at least one display area of a display device into a viewing angle of the display device and to measure and isolate the contributions of ambient light. An advantage of the sensor system is that it can be used for real-time measurements, e.g. while the display device is in use, and off-line, e.g. when the normal display functionality is interrupted, with a high signal to noise ratio and simultaneously can isolate the contributions of the signals from the backlight of the display device and the signals from the ambient light.
US09336747B2	Display dimming to save mobile device power during webpage, web content, and device application loading Systems, methods, and apparatus are herein disclosed for controlling a display brightness based on user action or user interest in the display. In particular, the display brightness can be dimmed upon identification of a first marker indicative of a user action such as a request for a webpage. The brightness of the display can be increased or returned to its original state upon identification of a second marker indicative of completion of a user equipment activity triggered by the user action. In some embodiments, another brightness state between these two can be used as an intermediary and is triggered when a third marker, indicative of a progression of the user equipment activity, is identified.
US09336743B2	Video signal transmitting apparatus and video signal receiving apparatus An interface is realized that can prevent video signals from being copied easily and which uses a luminance/color difference signal transmission scheme with an excellent harmony with a television circuit. In a video transmission using a digital interface, colorimetry information for defining the conversion from the luminance/color difference signal into a primary color signal and video aspect ratio information are transmitted along with the luminance/color difference type video signal. This allows reproduction of video with high quality and high resolution and also realizes a copyright protection which allows only the users authorized by key information to use the content of the video. With this transmission scheme, it is possible to provide a transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus and an interface which highly harmonize with a rationalized television-based circuit.
US09336737B2	Array substrate, display device and control method thereof An array substrate, a display device and a control method thereof are disclosed. The array substrate includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines which are intercrossed to define pixels arranged in an array. The gate lines include n gate line groups and n+1 main gate lines; each gate line group includes a first gate line and a second gate line which are adjacent to each other; the first gate line is provided corresponding to a first transistor, and the second gate line is provided corresponding to a second transistor and a switching element; both the first gate line and the second gate line in the ith gate line group are connected with the ith main gate line; a gate electrode of the first transistor is connected with the first gate line, a source electrode connected with a corresponding data line, a drain electrode connected with a pixel electrode; a gate electrode of the second transistor is connected with one end of the switching element in a pixel unit, a source electrode connected with a corresponding data line, a drain electrode connected with a pixel electrode; and the other end of the switching element is connected with a main gate line in the (i+1)th row and configured to control on/off operation of the second transistor.
US09336733B2	Display apparatus and driving device for displaying A liquid crystal display system including: a liquid crystal display panel for displaying image data; a semiconductor device including a display driving circuit configured to drive the liquid crystal display panel, said display driving circuit having a function of generating gray scale voltages based on a gamma characteristic curve, said display driving circuit including: an interface circuit coupled to plurality of external terminals for inputting a first, second and third value which define the gamma characteristic curve; a first register configured to store the first value that adjusts an amplitude of the gamma characteristic curve; a second register configured to store the second value that adjusts a gradient of the gamma characteristic curve; a third register configured to store the third value making a micro adjustment of the gamma characteristic curve; and a generation circuit configured to generate the gray scale voltages based on the gamma characteristic curve.
US09336730B2	Drive method for an electrophoretic display device and an electrophoretic display device A drive method for an electrophoretic display device that has an electrophoretic device composed of a suspension fluid containing electrophoretic particles disposed between a common electrode and pixel electrodes is provided. No holding electrode is necessary. A driver drives the electrophoretic device by applying voltage between the common electrode and the pixel electrodes, and a controller controls the driver. The method involves redrawing the display to change the displayed image by applying to the common electrode pulse trains of different widths, each composed of a first potential and a second potential, at different times, based on certain conditions.
US09336728B2	System and method for controlling a display backlight In one embodiment, a backlight controller for a zoned backlight display includes a processor having a brightness value output. The processor is configured to provide a brightness value for at least one brightness zone of the display based on a target brightness value for the at least one zone, a past brightness value of the at least one zone, and a brightness time response.
US09336720B2	Organic light-emitting diode display panel An organic light-emitting diode display panel is disclosed herein. The organic light-emitting diode display panel includes display units. Each of display units includes an organic light-emitting element, a light-driving circuit and stages of shift register connected in series. The light-driving circuit drives the organic light-emitting element according to a light-emitting control signal. Each of the stages of the shift register includes a shift register circuit and a control signal output circuit. The shift register circuit generates a current stage shift signal according to a previous stage shift signal and a first clock signal. The control signal output circuit outputs the light-emitting control signal according to the current stage shift signal and a previous stage carry signal. The enabling period of the light-emitting control signal is determined by the time period between the enabling period of the current stage shift signal and the previous stage carry signal.
US09336715B2	Pixel, display device and driving method with simultaneous writing and emisson A display device comprising a plurality of pixels is disclosed. In one aspect, each pixel of the display device comprises a first capacitor connected between a data line and a first node, a reference voltage transistor configured to apply a reference voltage on the first node, a driving transistor having a gate connected to a second node and configured to control a drive current flowing from a first power supply voltage to an organic light emitting diode in response to a voltage of the second node applied to the gate of the driving transistor, a light emitting transistor configured to apply the first power supply voltage to an electrode of the driving transistor in response to a light emission signal applied to a gate of the light emitting transistor, a second capacitor connected between the second node and an anode of the organic light emitting diode, and a relay transistor configured to electrically connect the first node and the second node in response to a write signal applied to a gate of the relay transistor.
US09336713B2	Organic light emitting display and driving method thereof An organic light emitting display comprises: a driving TFT comprising a gate connected to a node B, a drain connected to an input terminal of high-potential cell driving voltage, and a source connected to the organic light emitting diode through a node C; a first switching TFT for switching the current path between a node A and the node B in response to a light emission control signal; a second switching TFT for initializing the node C in response to an initialization signal; a third switching TFT for initializing either the node A or the node B in response to the initialization signal; a fourth switching TFT for switching the current path between a data line and the node B in response to a scan signal; a compensation capacitor connected between the node B and the node C.
US09336712B2	Display device To alleviate an afterimage phenomenon caused by a hysteresis characteristic of a drive transistor. Current driven type light emitting elements 3 are provided for each of pixels 6 that are arranged in a matrix shape, and current of the light emitting elements 3 is controlled using drive TFTs 2 that operate by receiving data voltage on a gate. At least two power supply voltages (PVDDa, PVDDb) for supply to each pixel are provided, one being set to a voltage such that current corresponding to a data voltage flows in the drive TFT 2, the other being set to a voltage beyond a variation range of data voltage and that reverse biases the drive TFT 2, and the two power supply voltages are switched and supplied to each pixel 6.
US09336711B2	Display device and display driving method Disclosed herein is a display device including a pixel array configured to include pixel circuits arranged in a matrix having a light emitting element, driving transistor, sampling transistor, and hold capacitor. The display device further includes a signal selector, driving control scanner, and writing scanner. The signal selector alternately carries out supply of a video signal voltage in order from a beginning line to an end line in a unit and supply of a video signal voltage in order from an end line to a beginning line in a unit. The writing scanner outputs the pulse to the writing control lines in such a way that input of a video signal voltage in order from a beginning line to an end line in a unit and input of a video signal voltage in order from an end line to a beginning line in a unit are alternately carried out.
US09336710B2	Organic light emitting display and method of driving the same An organic light emitting display capable of preventing data collision to improve picture quality. The organic light emitting display includes pixels positioned at crossings between scan lines and data lines, a scan driver for driving the scan lines, a data driver for driving the data lines, a timing controller for controlling the scan driver and the data driver, and an input controller for receiving data and an input clock, and for controlling a point in time where the data is supplied to the timing controller in response to at least one clock signal supplied from the timing controller.
US09336706B2	Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and method for driving the same An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a plurality of pixels, a luminance measuring unit, a current measuring unit, and a compensation data generator. The luminance measuring unit measures the luminance of each pixel and generates luminance information corresponding to the measured luminances. The current measuring unit measures the current output from each pixel and generates current information corresponding to the measured currents. The compensation data generator generates compensation data including a compensation value for each pixel based on the luminance information and/or the current information.
US09336705B2	Self-luminous display device, control method of self-luminous display device, and computer program Provided is a self-luminous display device including a data calculation section configured to calculate, by using a supplied video signal, data relating to a luminance amount accumulated in a unit of a first block in a target region for luminance control in a screen on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels including a light emitting element which emits light by itself according to a current amount, a resampling section configured to resample the data relating to the luminance amount in the target region, in a unit of a second block, the data relating to the luminance amount being calculated by the data calculation section, the second block being larger than the first block, and a scaling section configured to generate data for luminance control in the target region by scaling the data resampled by the resampling section.
US09336702B2	Display apparatus and method of driving the same using photonic and electrophoresis principle A display apparatus includes an image data comparator which receives first, second and third color image data, extracts first, second and third image data from the first, second and third color image date by comparing gray scale values of the first, second and third color image date such that each of grayscale values of the second and third image data is greater than or equal to a gray scale value of the first image data, and compares the gray scale value of the first image data with a predetermined gray scale value, a driving circuit which generates a gray scale signal based on a result of the comparison and generates first and second color signals based on the first, second or third image data, and a pixel including a first sub-pixel which receives the gray scale signal, second and third sub-pixels which receive the first and second color signals, respectively.
US09336698B2	Flashing LED message box A message box for presenting messages, such as advertising material to target consumers. The message box is suitable for being integrated into existing infrastructure. Further, the message box includes an electronic illumination source that can be pulsed on or off, and at varying intensity levels so as to maximize or increase the ability to attract the attention of the target consumers. Other controls can be applied in operation of the illumination sources so as to create additional attractions to target consumers. The messages can be manually or automatically changed.
US09336697B2	Adjustable marking device to visually identify valves in a multi valve fluid distribution and/or transmission system An adjustable marking device for visual identification of a valve in a valve housing or a pipe comprises a substantially planar flexible body having a tail, a head, and a visual indicator. A permanent magnet is secured to the body for magnetic attachment to the housing or pipe. A fixing means holds the tail and the head when they are brought into overlapping proximity with one another to form an in use configuration to fit the housing or pipe. The visual indicator may be a color indicator and/or a directional indicator. A method is provided for visually identifying a valve in a valve housing or a pipe in a multi-valve distribution and/or treatment system by means of a color indicator and directional indicator of valve operation.
US09336682B2	Navigation system for vehicle and navigation service method for the same A navigation system for a vehicle and a navigation method for the same are disclosed. The navigation system collects transportation information and fuel efficiency information from several source vehicles located in a specific region, generates an optimum route for the corresponding region, and informs a target vehicle having requested a navigation service of the optimum route, resulting in the implementation of more effective navigation service.
US09336668B2	Alarming pinless security tag Systems (100) and methods (1200) for operating a security tag (132) of an Electronic Article Surveillance system. The methods involve: sliding a sidewall (202) of an article (102) into a clip structure (208) of the security tag; rotating at least one pawl (604) of the security tag so that the pawl is transitioned from a retracted position in which an engagement surface (606) of the pawl is disposed within a housing (302) of the security tag to an engaged position in which the engagement surface of the pawl extends out and away from the housing of the security tag; and applying a clamping force by the pawl to the article whereby the article is clamped between the engagement surface of the pawl and a vertical elongate member (406) of the clip structure.
US09336664B2	Crime prevention system using sensor module Provided is a crime prevention system using a sensor module capable of sensing all directions. The crime prevention system using a sensor module may be applied to buildings in which internal structures and crime prevention environments are various, have relatively low power consumption, and be simply installed.
US09336663B1	Alarm system and enclosure An alarm system described herein can be used in commercial, public, or governmental buildings and can be activated by any individual when an intruder poses imminent threat; can contain a portable, removable, self-defense mechanism; can notify everyone within the building of the threat; records surveillance video; and can immediately notify police of an intruder posing serious threat to the public. There remains a vital need in public, commercial, residential and governmental buildings for a robust intruder alarm system that protects the public, warns other patrons, notifies the police, and records crime scene information. The embodiments disclosed herein attempt to provide a method and apparatus for protecting people in the presence of a threatening intruder.
US09336660B2	Overhead hazard warning systems An overhead hazard warning system for an elevated work platform comprises a projector coupled to the work platform and configured to project a pattern of light downwardly to produce a visual indication on a surface below the work platform, a range finder configured to produce an elevation signal representative of a height of the projector relative to the surface below the work platform, and a controller connected to receive the elevation signal and configured to control the projector based on the elevation signal.
US09336658B2	Gaming machine and methods of allowing a player to play gaming machines having modifiable reel features A method of allowing a player to play a gaming machine is described herein. The game includes a plurality of reels, each reel having a reel strip. The method includes initiating a primary game, responsively spinning the reels, randomly determining an outcome of the primary game and responsively stopping the reels to display the primary game. The method includes detecting if a triggering condition occurs in the primary game outcome, the triggering condition being defined as the at least one trigger symbol being displayed in at least one reel of the plurality of reels in the primary game outcome, and responsively modifying a reel feature of a reel strip associated with the at least one reel to generate an outcome of a secondary game including the modified reel strip.
US09336650B2	Conducting a side bet in a game Systems and methods for conducting a side bet in a game include receiving side bet parameters that control how the side bet is conducted. The side bet parameters may include a specified in-game event. Gameplay of the game by participants of the side bet may be monitored to determine whether the in-game event has occurred for one of the participants. If so, funds associated with the side bet may be apportioned to the winning participant.
US09336648B2	Gaming system and method for providing symbol combinations with dynamic awards The gaming system and method disclosed herein provides a plurality of symbol combinations that are each associated with a dynamic award. Such dynamic awards increase based, at least in part, on one or more random events which occur in association with one or more plays of a game. In one embodiment, the gaming system increases the dynamic award of a designated symbol combination based on the random generation of another, different symbol combination. In this embodiment, if the gaming system randomly generates the other symbol combination, the gaming system: (i) provides any award associated with this other symbol combination, and (ii) increases the dynamic award of the designated symbol combination. Additionally, if the gaming system randomly generates the designated symbol combination, the gaming system provides to a player the dynamic award of the designated symbol combination.
US09336643B2	Live table gaming and auxiliary mystery progressive jackpots The invention provides a method for playing an auxiliary progressive jackpot game associated with a base, live casino table game. The invention extends to an apparatus for administering the auxiliary game and notifying players of game occurrences including jackpot winners.
US09336632B2	Methods for generating multiple data reports in vehicles Embodiments of the subject matter described herein relate generally to generating multiple, multivariant prognostic data reports in aircraft. A plurality of data collection requests, one from each of a plurality of stakeholders, is received at the aircraft. A unique portion of onboard memory is associated with each of the data collection requests. Concurrently, according to the associated data collection requests, parametric data is collected and recorded as a report into each one of the unique portions of memory associated with each data collection request.
US09336630B2	Method and apparatus for providing augmented reality A method and apparatus for providing augmented reality are provided and include a controller that is configured to match a head up display area of a windshield and an input image and determine an area in which an information amount is a minimum in the matched image as a position of a display window to display virtual information. In addition, the controller is configured to output virtual information at the determined position.
US09336614B1	Methods and systems for performing joint estimation techniques in image reconstruction A method for correcting an emission tomography image includes obtaining a first modality image dataset, identifying areas in the first modality dataset that may be impacted by respiratory motion, and applying joint estimation attenuation correction techniques to improve emission image data. A medical imaging system is also described herein. Emission tomography may include positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
US09336610B2	Information processing device, method, and program An information processing device includes a face detection unit that detects a face area from a target image, a feature point detection unit that detects a feature point of the detected face area, a determination unit that determines an attention area that is an area to which attention is paid in the face area based on the detected feature point, a reference color extraction unit that extracts a reference color that is color setting obtained from the target image in the determined attention area, an adjustment unit that adjusts the extracted reference color to a color setting for a modified image generated from the target image as a base, and a generation unit that generates the modified image from the target image by drawing the attention area using the color setting for the modified image.
US09336599B2	Determining proximity of a mobile device to a subject based on shadow analysis Portions of the disclosure relate generally to shadow analysis, e.g., on mobile platforms. One claim recites a mobile phone comprising: a camera for capturing images and video; memory for buffering captured images and video; means for identifying a shadow cast by the mobile phone on a subject being imaged by said camera by analyzing buffered captured images and video; and means for determining proximity to the subject based on an analysis of the shadow. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided too.
US09336598B2	Shape-extraction method and shape-extraction system An unknown surface shape of a physical object can be extracted with good precision. Image data of a projective image that has been acquired by radiation projection to an object is acquired. Next, a predetermined mesh structure is used to acquire cross-sectional images of the subject from image data of the projective images by reconstruction using tomography. Lattice points constituting the mesh structure are then moved in conformity with the surface shape of the object, based on the cross-sectional image that has been acquired by reconstruction. Reconstruction is carried out again using the mesh whose lattice point positions have been corrected. Movement on the reconstruction of the lattice points is then repeated as many times as required.
US09336591B2	Integration of user inputs and correction of deformation vector field in deformable image registration workflow Adeformation vector field (DVF) (22)is computed that relatively spatially registers a first image (16)and a second image (14). A contour (26)delineating a structure in the first image is adapted using the DVF to generate an initial contour (52)for the structure in the second image. A final contour (56)is received for the structure in the second image. The DVF is corrected based on the initial and final contours for the structure in the second image to generate a corrected DVF (32). The correction may comprise computing an adjustment DVF (62)relating the initial and final contours and combining the DVF and the adjustment DVF to generate the corrected DVF. The final contour may be received by displaying the second image overlaid with the initial contour, and receiving user adjustments of the overlaid contour with the overlaid contour updated for each received user adjustment.
US09336587B2	Semiconductor circuit pattern measuring apparatus and method Included is a multiple resolution image generating unit which applies a plurality of noise removing filters to a semiconductor circuit pattern image and generates a multiple resolution image, a multiple resolution differential image generating unit which generates a multiple resolution differential image from a difference of images between hierarchies of the multiple resolution image, and a contour extracting unit which extracts a contour of the semiconductor circuit pattern based on an intensity signal of the semiconductor circuit pattern image. The contour extracting unit calculates an intensity signal level upon extracting a contour of the semiconductor circuit pattern from the multiple resolution image by using an image signal of the multiple resolution differential image, and extracts a contour of the semiconductor circuit pattern based on the calculated intensity signal level.
US09336576B2	Method and system for improving the visibility of features of an image A system and method provide enhanced perceived contrast within a region of interest (102) of an image being displayed in order to enable viewers to more easily perceive subtle features in images, such as during medical diagnostics. The enhanced perceived contrast may be implemented using software only, hardware only, or a combination of hardware and software. If the backlight of a display includes only one or few light sources, the enhanced perceived contrast can be achieved through a software only solution in which the area (104) outside of the ROI (102) is darkened. If the backlight of the display comprises, for example, an LED matrix, enhanced perceived contrast may be implemented through a hardware only solution in which the luminance of the display is increased in the ROI (102). In addition, enhanced perceived contrast may also be achieved through a solution utilizing both hardware and software.
US09336566B2	Image deformation method and apparatus using deformation axis The present invention relates to an image deformation method. An image deformation method using a deformation axis according to the present invention includes deforming the deformation axis based on deformation energy of points according to a deformation of at least one deformation axis including a plurality of points predetermined with respect to an image to be deformed; and deforming the image using a plurality of segments of the deformation axis divided based on points of the deformed deformation axis. According to the present invention, an image deformation method using a deformation axis is performed based on a freeform deformation axis (FDA) that is independent from a type of an original object and thus, may be more advantageous and may be utilized in combination with various types of deformation methods. Deformation of an image may be performed intuitively and in real time and thus, may be easily used by general users.
US09336552B1	Laser-based methods and systems for capturing the condition of a physical structure In a computer-implemented method and system for capturing the condition of a structure, the structure is scanned with a three-dimensional (3D) scanner. The 3D scanner generates 3D data. A point cloud or 3D model is constructed from the 3D data. The point cloud or 3D model is then analyzed to determine the condition of the structure.
US09336549B2	Systems and methods for performing in-store and online transactions Items are added to a transaction on a user mobile device. In-store items may be added by scanning and on-line only items may be added to the transaction. Payment for the transaction may be invoked on the mobile device and processed in a single transaction. A verification code may be transmitted to the mobile device, scanned by an employee device, which uses the code to obtain a listing of the items of the transaction. The employee device sends verification to the server, which, in response, sends an electronic receipt to the mobile device. Recommendations for online products, including possible substitutions are provided. Where a desired quantity of an in-store item exceeds available inventory, an online order for the excess quantity may be added to the transaction.
US09336547B2	Integrating local products into global web services Systems and methods are disclosed herein for integrating locally carried products into web services provided by a global server. A user computing device, such as a mobile phone, is used to scan optical codes for products. A product identifier extracted from the optical code is used to request product information from a global server system with respect to the product or to take an action with respect to the product, such as adding the product to an electronic shopping cart. For locally carried products, notice may be provided to the user computing device to scan the product using an in-store scanner. Upon scanning the optical code, the in-store scanner retrieves product information from a local server system and encodes this information in an optical code, which the user computing device scans in order to use with respect to a web service or web-integrated transaction.
US09336546B2	Recommendation system with multi-dimensional discovery experience Example apparatus and methods perform matrix factorization (MF) on a collaborative filter based usage matrix to create a multi-dimensional latent space that embeds users, items, and features. A full distance matrix is extracted from the latent space. The full distance matrix may be extracted from the latent space by defining a distance metric between item pairs based on the multi-dimensional representation in the latent space. The full distance matrix may be populated with values computed for item pairs using the distance metric. A plurality of vectors associated with a multi-dimensional Euclidean space are produced from the full distance matrix. The plurality of vectors produce a navigable data set. The plurality of vectors may be produced in a manner that minimizes strain on the distances vectors. A representation of the navigable data set may be presented as, for example, a virtually traversable landscape that supports an interactive user experience.
US09336542B2	Construction payment management system and method with automatic notification workflow features Systems and method for managing a construction payment process. An input is received from a first participant and one of a plurality of stored notification workflows is accessed from a memory based on the information received from the first participant. Each stored notification workflow defines a sequence of automatic electronic notifications that are transmitted from the application server to one or more participants in the construction project in response to one or more predetermined events. Based on the accessed notification workflow, a second participant is identified and a first notification is automatically transmitted to the second participant. A response to the first notification is received from the second participant through an electronic form. The content of the response is automatically processed and a second notification is transmitted to a third participant based on the accessed notification workflow.
US09336541B2	Augmented reality product instructions, tutorials and visualizations In a system for augmented reality product instructions, tutorials and visualizations a method may include receiving a request for information from a client device, the request including image data and a request type; converting, using at least one processor, the image data into a digital fingerprint; comparing the digital fingerprint to a plurality of stored fingerprints to identify an object in the image data; and generating an augmented reality view of the identified object based on the request type; and transmitting the augmented reality view to the client device.
US09336537B2	System and method of providing a particular number of distributions of media content through a plurality of distribution nodes The invention relates to systems and methods of providing a particular number of distributions of media content through a plurality of distribution nodes, which individually distribute the media content to users and/or other distribution nodes. The system may provide the media content and an allocation of the media content to a distribution node. The allocation may specify whether the distribution node may distribute the media content (e.g., a binary indication) or a number of times that the distribution node may distribute the media content during a time interval. By keeping track of allocations to and distributions by various distribution nodes, the system may adjust allocations and distributions to ensure adherence to the limit. For instance, the system may turn off distribution by some distribution nodes while allowing distribution by others. The system may also or instead reduce allocations or time intervals during which the various distribution nodes may distribute the media content.
US09336521B2	System and method for chopping up and processing gift cards Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for chopping up a gift card/code into smaller multiple gift card/codes. The system receives a request from a user to convert a closed-loop card/code having a value amount into two different closed-loop cards/codes and divides (or “chops up”) the closed-loop card/code into a first closed-loop card/code having a first value amount and a second closed-loop card/code having a second value amount, wherein the first value amount and the second value amount add up to no more than the value amount. The system offers the first closed-loop card/code and the second closed-loop card/code to one of the user and a third party.
US09336520B2	System and method for processing funds transfer between entities based on received optical machine readable image information A system and method for coordinating processing of a funds transfer transaction between a transaction requestor and a transaction responder over a communications network. The transaction system comprises receiving a funds amount, requestor identification information, and responder identification information, such that at least one of the funds amount, the requestor identification information, or the responder identification information is encoded in symbology information embodied in a barcode. The system also decodes the symbology information into unencoded information using a coding scheme of the barcode and generates a funds transfer request for the funds transfer transaction, such that the funds transfer request has content including the unencoded information decoded from the symbology information. The system also sends the funds transfer request to a transaction processing system for subsequent settlement, as well as receives transaction confirmation messages.
US09336517B1	Systems and methods for alignment of check during mobile deposit An alignment guide may be provided in the field of view of a camera associated with a mobile device used to capture an image of a check. When the image of the check is within the alignment guide in the field of view, an image may be taken by the camera and provided from the mobile device to a financial institution. The alignment guide may be adjustable at the mobile device. The image capture may be performed automatically by the camera or the mobile device as soon as the image of the check is determined to be within the alignment guide. The check may be deposited in a user's bank account based on the image. Any technique for sending the image to the financial institution may be used.
US09336511B2	Import and merge of categorization schemas Methods and systems for merging a updated schema and a customized schema both derived from the same schema are presented. The schemas may be used by application programs as decision trees. The schemas may have categories with linked business objects. The categories may be organized by a hierarchy which defines relationships between the categories. The customized schema may be imported and merged with the updated schema. The merging may be based on the merging the paths of the updated schema with the paths of the customized schema. Additional steps may include merging the attributes of the updated and customized schemas, merging the application areas of the updated and customized schemas, and merging the attributes of the categories. Adjustments may be performed to the merged updated schema by a user or an application program. The results of merging may be recorded in a log.
US09336509B1	Crossdocking transshipments without sortation Systems and methods may be provided for determining, assigning and directing containers for transshipment between facilities without using an item-level sortation process and moving containers from a receiving area of a facility to an outbound dock without placing the items into inventory. A facility may or may not have item-level sortation processing. Data indicating received items is received. A determination is made for which of the received containers are for transshipment from the materials handling facility based on multiple factors. Containers in receiving that are determined for transshipment may be directed from receive to outbound docks without placing the items into inventory and without using an item-level sortation process. Pallets may be transshipped without placing the items into inventory and without depalletization. A facility with sortation may switch from item-level sortation of transshipments to container-level crossdock transshipment when a sortation process of a processing line approaches or exceeds capacity.
US09336508B2	Virtual planogram management, systems, and methods Systems and methods of constructing and managing virtual planograms are presented. Contemplated systems allow for construction of a virtual planogram, which can be used to present consumers virtual inventory items as being available for purchase via a display device. The display device can include an electronic billboard within an establishment, a mall for example, or include a user's smart device, a cell phone or tablet for example.
US09336505B1	Apparatus for portal based scanning A system, apparatus, and method for the rapid inspection of shipping containers during transport and for intelligent data gathering for risk analysis are provided. More specifically, a portal based scanner is disclosed which includes a plurality of sensors positioned to create a target zone so that the shipping containers can be automatically scanned during loading and offloading operations. According to one aspect of the invention, the scanner is capable of wirelessly communicating with the containers, gathering data about each container, and reporting data to a Data Fusion Center for risk profile analysis.
US09336504B2	Eliminating execution of jobs-based operational costs of related reports Optimizing operational costs in a computing environment includes identifying high-cost jobs that are executed to generate one or more reports in the computing environment, identifying one or more reports the generation of which is dependent on the execution of the high-cost jobs, and culling at least a first job from among the high-cost jobs, in response to determining that a benefit achieved from the reports that depend on the first job does not justify costs associated with generating the reports.
US09336500B2	System and method for authorizing and connecting application developers and users A system and method for authorizing application use of a user that can include creating a developer account associated with an application of an application platform; receiving an authorization request to authorize the application to act on a user account; creating a subaccount of a user, wherein the subaccount is associated with the developer account; creating an authorization record, that includes setting a permission profile for the subaccount; and returning a subaccount identifier to the developer.
US09336495B2	Query generation and time difference features for supervised semantic indexing Semantic indexing methods and systems are disclosed. One such method is directed to training a semantic indexing model by employing an expanded query. The query can be expanded by merging the query with documents that are relevant to the query for purposes of compensating for a lack of training data. In accordance with another exemplary aspect, time difference features can be incorporated into a semantic indexing model to account for changes in query distributions over time.
US09336480B1	Self-aware swarms for optimization applications Described is a high-dimensional optimization system implementing a modification of particle swarm optimization called self-aware particle swarm optimization. A plurality of software agents is configured to operate as a cooperative swarm to locate an objective function optima in a multi-dimensional solution space. The plurality of software agents is influenced by a set of parameters which influence exploration of the multi-dimensional solution space and convergence on the objective function optima. The plurality of software agents automatically modifies the set of parameters in response to at least one measure of convergence progress. Self-aware particle swarm optimization allows for monitoring of simple convergence properties to provide feedback to the swarm dynamics and make the swarm self-aware and adjust itself to the problem being solved.
US09336475B2	Radio IC device and radio communication terminal A radio IC device includes a radio IC element that includes an antenna terminal connected to an antenna element, and a ground terminal connected to a ground conductor provided integrally with the antenna element, and a circuit element that includes an impedance matching circuit connected to the antenna terminal of the radio IC element. The circuit element includes a first inductance element that defines the impedance matching circuit, and a second inductance element that is connected, as a high-frequency cutoff circuit for the radio IC element, to the ground terminal.
US09336472B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a master control unit and a slave control unit. The master control unit operates in synchronization with a master clock signal. The slave control unit operates according to an operation instruction by the master control unit in synchronization with a slave clock signal. The slave control unit includes a slave clock generator for generating the slave clock signal, and a signal output unit for outputting the slave clock signal to the master control unit. The master control unit includes a master clock generator for generating the master clock signal with a higher time accuracy than the slave clock signal, and a clock error calculator for calculating an error of the slave clock signal based on obtained information representing a cycle of the slave clock signal using the master clock signal.
US09336466B2	Printing apparatus including a moving guiding portion A printing apparatus includes: a first driving portion transporting a paper sheet; a printing portion being disposed on an upstream side of the first driving portion in a transporting direction of the transported paper sheet, including a plurality of aligned ejection ports ejecting liquid onto the transporting paper sheet to print an image on the paper sheet by the liquid; a drawing portion being disposed on an upstream side of the printing portion in the transporting direction, drawing the paper sheet of which a tip end is placed at a preset position, and feeding the paper sheet to a transporting path via the printing portion and the first driving portion; and a guiding portion being interposed between the printing portion and the first driving portion in the transporting direction, and when feeding the paper sheet, freely reciprocating between a first position and a second position.
US09336462B2	Tray-type card connector capable of receiving at least two cards simultaneously A card connector (100) used for receiving at least two cards includes an insulative housing (1) having a bottom wall (11), a number of first contacts (21) and a number of second contacts (22) retained in the bottom wall along a front-and-rear direction, a metal shield (4) covering the insulative housing for defining a tray receiving space, and a tray (3) is moveably received in the tray receiving space. The tray includes a first front card receiving cavity (311), a second rear card receiving cavity (312), and a first supporting portion (3112) and a second supporting portion (3121) respectively located below the front card receiving cavity and the rear card receiving cavity. The front card receiving cavity is isolated from the rear card receiving cavity along the front-and-rear direction.
US09336460B2	Adaptive motion instability detection in video One or more apparatus and method for adaptively detecting motion instability in video. In embodiments, video stabilization is predicated on adaptive detection of motion instability. Adaptive motion instability detection may entail determining an initial motion instability state associated with a plurality of video frames. Subsequent transitions of the instability state may be detected by comparing a first level of instability associated with a first plurality of the frames to a second level of instability associated with a second plurality of the frames. Image stabilization of received video frames may be toggled first based on the initial instability state, and thereafter based on detected changes in the instability state. Output video frames, which may be stabilized or non-stabilized, may then be stored to a memory. In certain embodiments, video motion instability is scored based on a probability distribution of video frame motion jitter values.
US09336457B2	Adaptive anatomical region prediction Disclosed herein is a framework for facilitating adaptive anatomical region prediction. In accordance with one aspect, a set of exemplar images including annotated first landmarks is received. User definitions of first anatomical regions in the exemplar images are obtained. The framework may detect second landmarks in a subject image. It may further compute anatomical similarity scores between the subject image and the exemplar images based on the first and second landmarks, and predict a second anatomical region in the subject image by adaptively combining the first anatomical regions based on the anatomical similarity scores.
US09336454B2	Vector processor calculation of local binary patterns A method (and system) of determining a local binary pattern in an image includes selecting an orientation. For each pixel in the image, the method further includes determining a binary decision for each such pixel relative to one neighboring pixel of the orientation, selecting a new orientation, and repeating the determination of the binary decision for each pixel in the image relative to one neighboring pixel of the newly selected orientation.
US09336448B2	Variable speed sign value prediction and confidence modeling Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for predicting the value of a variable speed sign (VSS) and determining the predicted value's associated confidence level. Highly assisted driving (HAD) vehicles may read or capture images of the VSS. The speed limit values, images, or videos of the VSS are reported and received by a network and database for analysis. A predicted speed limit value is determined for the variable speed sign from at least a portion of the received traffic data. A confidence level is also calculated for the predicted speed limit value for the variable speed sign.
US09336444B2	System and method for occupancy detection using differential image sensing and optical markers A system and method for detecting occupancy of live objects, using differential image sensing and optical markers is provided. The system includes a live object(s) or a human, a stationary object(s), an image capturing device, an imaging system, a network, and an occupancy determination and parsing server. The image capturing device may capture the image sequences from a physical location which may be within the camera viewing area. The image capturing device may also be configured to track motions of the live objects. The imaging system may be connected to the occupancy determination and parsing server through the network. The occupancy determination and parsing server based on the information received from the imaging system may determine whether the physical location is occupied with the live objects or the stationary objects. The occupancy determination module and parsing server may be connected with at least one the imaging system.
US09336436B1	Methods and systems for pedestrian avoidance An autonomous vehicle configured to avoid pedestrians using hierarchical cylindrical features. An example method involves: (a) receiving, at a computing device, range data corresponding to an environment of a vehicle, and the range data comprises a plurality of data points; (b) detecting, by the computing device, one or more subsets of data points from the plurality of data points that are indicative of an upper-body region of a pedestrian, and the upper-body region may comprise parameters corresponding to one or more of a head and a chest of the pedestrian; and (c) in response to detecting the one or more subsets of data points, determining a position of the pedestrian relative to the vehicle.
US09336429B2	Necrotic cell region detection apparatus and method of the same, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium to store a necrotic cell region detection program A necrotic cell region detection apparatus includes an image acquiring unit, a segmentation unit, a band separate unit, a feature value calculating unit, a luminance calculating unit, and a judging unit. The image acquiring unit acquires a cell image. The segmentation unit divides the cell image into multiple regions so that a local imaging properties. The band separate unit separates a low-band image and a high-band image. The judging unit forms a feature space composed of the texture feature value calculated by the feature value calculating unit and the luminance average value calculated by the luminance calculating unit, and judges a region formed by necrotic cell in the feature space.
US09336423B2	Analyte meter including an RFID reader A glucose monitoring system, includes a glucose sensor strip or package of strips. The strip includes a substrate and a glucose monitoring circuit that has electrodes and a bodily fluid application portion of selected chemical composition. An antenna is integrated with the glucose sensor strip. A RFID sensor chip is coupled with the glucose sensor strip and the antenna. The chip has a memory containing digitally-encoded data representing calibration and/or expiration date information for the strip.
US09336421B1	System and method for RFID-enabled information collection Methods, apparatuses and systems for radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled information collection are disclosed, including an enclosure, a collector coupled to the enclosure, an interrogator, a processor, and one or more RFID field sensors, each having an individual identification, disposed within the enclosure. In operation, the interrogator transmits an incident signal to the collector, causing the collector to generate an electromagnetic field within the enclosure. The electromagnetic field is affected by one or more influences. RFID sensors respond to the electromagnetic field by transmitting reflected signals containing the individual identifications of the responding RFID sensors to the interrogator. The interrogator receives the reflected signals, measures one or more returned signal strength indications (“RSSI”) of the reflected signals and sends the RSSI measurements and identification of the responding RFID sensors to the processor to determine one or more facts about the influences. Other embodiments are also described.
US09336418B2	System and method for polling NFC-A devices alongside RF barcode devices A NFC reader is connected for communication to NFC devices such as an NFC-A device and an RF barcode device. The reader detects and logs the active and sleep intervals of the RF barcode device in response to receipt of periodically received UID communications. The transmission and reception of data to and from each NFC-A device is then synchronized to occurs only when the RF barcode device is in a sleep interval between UID communications.
US09336412B2	Storage system and method for controlling storage system The storage system according to the present invention has a function to encrypt write data from the host and store the same in a storage media. Further, validation information of write data is added to the write data during storage thereof, and the data having the validation information added thereto is encrypted and stored in the storage media. When starting the storage system or restoring the encryption key information, the encrypted data stored in the storage media is read from the disk and decrypted prior to receiving a data access request from the host, and validation of data is performed using the validation information added to the decrypted data, so as to determine whether the encryption key stored in a storage controller is valid or not.
US09336411B2	System on chip In a system on chip responder units comprise one or more responder elements and is associated with one or more protection units. A request analysis unit is arranged to receive from a requesting requestor unit a request for access to one or more target responder elements among responder elements within a target responder unit among the responder units. The request analysis unit determines relevant protection data based on the request and an authorization list, which comprises one or more entries For each entry of the authorization list: taking access requirements specified by the respective entry into account if one or more of the target responder elements are part of the group of responder elements specified by the respective entry. The request analysis unit provides the relevant protection data to one or more target protection unit(s) associated with the responder unit(s), and located in a hierarchical path between the requesting requestor unit requestor unit and the target responder unit. The target protection unit(s) are arranged to perform a protective action for the target responder elements based on relevant protection data.
US09336406B2	Multiprotocol access control list with guaranteed protocol compliance An approach to multiprotocol ACL implementation with guaranteed protocol compliance is described. In one approach, a method of access rights validation for a multiprotocol supported file server is detailed. The method involves receiving a request to store a file with a security descriptor and storing the security descriptor in an extended attribute associated with the file. Subsequently, the security descriptor is expanded to extract a set of ACEs. Access to the file can then be validated against the ACEs expanded from the security descriptor according to the specifications of the protocol that created the security descriptor.
US09336405B2	Photographic copy prevention of a screen image A method for preventing photographic capture of a displayed image on an electronically controlled screen using a photographic capture device is provided. The method includes intercepting an image for display; generating a plurality of subset frames based on the intercepted image; dividing the intercepted image into a plurality of subsections; generating a pseudo random number on each of the subsections within the plurality of subsections using a pseudo random number generator; mapping, on each of the subset frames within the plurality of subset frames, a group of subsections within the plurality of subsections that share a common generated pseudo random number; and determining a frame rate value for displaying the plurality of subset frames, which enables human visualization of the plurality of subset frames as a single perceived frame.
US09336396B2	Method and system for generating an enforceable security policy based on application sitemap A system for generating a security policy for protecting an application-layer entity. The system comprises a security sitemap generator for generating a security sitemap of a protected application-layer entity, the security sitemap is stored in a first repository connected to the security sitemap generator; and a policy builder for generating a security policy for the application-layer entity based on the security sitemap, the security policy is stored in a second repository connected to the policy builder, wherein the security policy includes a plurality of enforcement rules for at least one of a resource, a group of resources, and a client-side input parameter of at least a portion of the protected application-layer entity.
US09336385B1	System for real-time threat detection and management A system and method for threat detection and management. The method includes: comparing the observed activity with a threat profile; generating a threat detection signal including threat information when the observed activity matches the threat profile; altering an operating characteristic of a client device in response to a threat response signal; receiving the threat information; evaluating the threat information; automatically determining an appropriate response to the threat detection signal based on an evaluation of the threat information; comparing the threat detection signal to known threat patterns; distributing new threat information if the threat detection signal does not match a known threat pattern; storing threat information; and providing a user interface information and controls for delivering control information over a control protocol.
US09336380B2	Applying activity actions to frequent activities Activities of users of a service often involve one or more resources, such as uploading or downloading files in a file system of an FTP server. The activities of the users may be tracked and recorded in an activity log in order to identify frequently performed activities involving particular resources, and for such frequently performed activities, one or more activity actions may be performed. For example, malicious users may upload or utilize an equivalent set of assets stored in several accounts. The frequency of these undesirable activities may be identified, and an activity action may be automatically applied to the users (e.g., banning accounts), resources (e.g., deleting assets), and/or activities (e.g., blocking access to the resources). Conversely, desirable activities involving particular resources may be similarly detected, and the activity action applied to such desirable activities may involve reporting the desirable activity to an administrator of the service.
US09336378B2	Credential sharing A credential can be shared by one user with other users when sharing conditions are met. Sharing conditions can include a time, time range, date, date range and the geographic location of a user with whom the credential is to be shared. The credential can be shared so that it is not visible or accessible in plaintext to the shared-with user. Sharing conditions can include conditions that, when met, result in the revocation of a shared credential.
US09336367B2	Site directed management of audio components of uploaded video files A system, method and various software tools enable a video hosting website to automatically identified unlicensed audio content in video files uploaded by users, and initiate a process by which the user can replace the unlicensed content with licensed audio content. An audio replacement tool is provided that enables the user to permanently mute the original, unlicensed audio content of a video file, or select a licensed audio file from a collection of licensed audio, and insert the selected in place of the original audio.
US09336361B2	Feature license-related repair/replacement processes and credit handling A system and method for issuing a license for a device through a license server is provided. A server receives identification information for a device that communicates to the server if a first license binding identity and/or a first display identity has changed. A previous license for the device is revoked and a previous license credit is returned to a user's credit pool if the first license binding identity and/or the first display identity has changed. A license request is received, which includes a second license binding identity identifying the device. If the second license binding identity is the same as the first license binding identity, the previous license for the device is issued. If the second license binding identity is not the same as the first license binding identity, a new license for the device is issued and a new license credit is deducted from the user's credit pool.
US09336359B2	Device certificate individualization A method of generating a device certificate. A method of generating a device certificate comprising, constructing a device certificate challenge at a device, sending information to a device certificate individualization server in response to the device certificate challenge, validating the device certificate challenge by the device certificate individualization server, and validating the device certificate response by the device.
US09336355B2	Apparatus and method for generating a condition indication An apparatus for generating a condition indication using a time sequence of data values, each data value representing a physiological measure of a condition of a subject at a time, includes: a transformer for transforming the time sequence of data values into a transformed sequence of data values using a transform rule, wherein the transform rule is such that a certain characteristic in a time course of the physiological measure is represented by the transformed sequence of data values is more linear than the time course before the transform; a rate of change calculator for calculating an estimated rate of change for the transformed sequence of data values; and a processor for processing the estimated rate of change to output the condition indication.
US09336352B2	Power injector with help functionality A power injector (10) with help functionality is disclosed. What may be characterized as a ‘help output’ may be displayed on a graphical user interface (11) in response to a request for help. This help output may be based upon a current state of the power injector (10), may be accompanied by a cross-reference to an operator's manual for the power injector (10), may be expanded to provide additional detail, or any combination thereof. At least one system screen that relates to the help output may be displayed (e.g., simultaneously, sequentially). The help functionality may be in the form of having the power injector (10) incorporate help mode logic (256) that is configured to allow a user to view and obtain information on the various system screens that would be presented when using the power injector (10) to deliver a fluid, but without actually operating the power injector (10) to deliver fluid.
US09336349B2	Method for producing RNA-containing probe for detecting a target nucleotide An object of the present invention is to provide a simple and useful method for producing an RNA-containing probe for detecting a target nucleotide, a simple and useful method, device, and system for processing nucleotide sequence information, and a simple and useful method for detecting a target nucleotide. The present invention provides a method for processing nucleotide sequence information, the method comprising the step of generating partial nucleotide sequences which has 7 to 14 nucleotides and a Tm value of 25 to 40° C. and in which a target nucleotide or a nucleotide adjacent to the target nucleotide is located at a position between 3 and 5 nucleotides from the 3′ or 5′ end. The method according to the present invention is useful for simply and efficiently producing an RNA-containing probe for detecting a target nucleic acid, without the basis of researchers' experiences or guess, and are extremely useful not only in the field of genetic engineering, but also in the field of medical research.
US09336348B2	Method of forming layout design A method of forming a layout design for fabricating an integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed. The method includes identifying one or more areas in the layout design occupied by one or more segments of a plurality of gate structure layout patterns of the layout design; and generating a set of layout patterns overlapping the identified one or more areas. The plurality of gate structure layout patterns has a predetermined pitch smaller than a spatial resolution of a predetermined lithographic technology. A first layout pattern of the set of layout patterns has a width less than twice the predetermined pitch.
US09336333B2	Searching and reference checking within social networks A computer-implemented method for identifying a potential reference is disclosed. In one embodiment, a user interface (UI) object (e.g., a one-click reference search button) is provided, for example, on a web page displayed at a user's client device. When selected, the UI object causes a reference search query to be generated. The search query identifies the user performing the search, and a target person for whom the user would like a reference. The search query is communicated to, and processed by, a social networking system (e.g., through an API function call). In turn, the social networking system returns information about potential references to the client.
US09336332B2	Programmatic data discovery platforms for computing applications Systems, methods and techniques for discovering, managing and/or representing data are described. In particular, systems and methods for acquiring, representing, and disseminating data independently of, for example, the nature of the data sources or the data storage infrastructure, are described. Such discovery, management and/or representation may be enabled by various manners of integration into pre-existing network architecture, enabled via system(s) or method(s) implemented remotely from pre-existing network architecture, and/or enabled via programmatic integration into existing computing applications such as Web applications.
US09336329B2	Performing a search for a document A system for performing a search for a document in a collection of documents (11) is presented. A user input unit (1) enables a user to indicate a part of a search term. An auto completion unit (2) determines one or more completions of the part of the search term in order to obtain one or more completed search terms. An associating unit (3) associates a completed search term with a document matching the completed search term, wherein the document has a property, e.g. a time, associated therewith. An arranging unit (4) arranges the one or more completed search terms, based on the property of the documents associated with the completed search terms, to obtain an arrangement. A display unit (5) displays the one or more completed search terms according to the arrangement.
US09336326B2	Browser based objects for copying and sending operations A disclosed method of transferring information between application programs on a mobile device may involve executing a browser application program on the mobile device to display a page containing one or more objects on a touch panel display; responsive to user touching of the display, identifying an object from the displayed page as having been selected by the user; and copying the selected object from the displayed page. The method further includes steps of displaying on the display a list of one or more destination programs available for selection and execution on the mobile device. The method may also involve steps of, responsive to user touching of the touch screen display, identifying one destination program as having been selected by the user, and launching the identified program. Then, the copied object is pasted for use in the execution of the identified destination program.
US09336312B2	Vertical-based query optionalizing In one embodiment, one or more computing devices receive a search query; the computing devices identify in the search query a search term associated with a first object type of multiple object types; the computing devices modify the search query by optionalizing the search term in the search query; the computing devices also send the search query as modified for execution against a first data store storing objects of the first object type.
US09336311B1	Determining the relevancy of entities Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining the relevancy of entities. One of the methods includes obtaining a first entity identifier, wherein the first entity identifier identifies a first entity associated with a query; identifying one or more second entities associated with the first entity; and for each of the one or more second entities, determining a relevancy score for the second entity from a measure of the popularity of the second entity and a measure of the freshness of the second entity, wherein the relevancy score represents a relevance of the second entity to the query; determining that the relevancy score satisfies a threshold; and providing the second entity in response to the query.
US09336308B2	Methods, systems, and computer program proucts for categorizing/rating content uploaded to a network for broadcasting Methods, systems, and computer program products that automatically categorize and/or assign ratings to content (video and audio content) uploaded by individuals who want to broadcast the content to others via a communications network, such as an IPTV network, are provided. When an individual uploads content to a network, a network service automatically extracts an audio stream from the uploaded content. Words in the extracted audio stream are identified. For each identified word, a preexisting library of selected words is queried to determine if a match exists between words in the library and words in the extracted audio stream. The selected words in the library are associated with a particular content category or content rating. If a match exists between an identified word and a word in the library, the uploaded content is assigned a content category and/or rating associated with the matched word.
US09336305B2	Systems and methods for generating issue networks Systems and methods for generating issue networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of generating an issue network from a document corpus includes searching, using a computer, the document corpus for a set of documents discussing a starting issue, wherein the starting issue is one of a plurality of normalized issues defined by the document corpus. The method further includes determining a set of normalized issues discussed by the set of documents discussing the starting issue, wherein the set of normalized issues also includes the starting issue, and determining instances of co-occurrences of individual normalized issues of the set of normalized issues within individual cases of the set of documents. The method also includes linking individual normalized issues of the set of normalized issues based on their co-occurrences within the set of documents, wherein the linked individual normalized issues at least in part define the issue network.
US09336303B2	Computer-implemented system and method for providing visual suggestions for cluster classification An embodiment provides a computer-implemented system and method for providing visual suggestions for cluster classification. One or more clusters comprising uncoded documents from a set are obtained. A different set of reference documents that are each classified with a code is designated. A cluster center in one of the clusters is identified. The cluster center is compared to one or more of the reference documents. Those of the reference documents that are similar to the cluster are identified based on the comparison. The classification codes of each of the similar reference documents are visually represented as a suggestion for assigning one of the classification codes to the cluster.
US09336302B1	Insight and algorithmic clustering for automated synthesis A decision support system and method, which receives user inputs comprising: at least one user criterion, and at least one user input tuning parameter representing user tradeoff preferences for producing an output; and selectively produces an output of tagged data from a clustered database in dependence on the at least one user criterion, the at least one user input tuning parameter, and a distance function; receives at least one reference-user input parameter representing the at least one reference-user's analysis of the tagged data and the corresponding user inputs, to adapt the distance function in accordance with the reference-user inputs as a feedback signal; and clusters the database in dependence on at least the distance function, wherein the reference-user acts to optimize the distance function based on the user inputs and the output, and on at least one reference-user inference.
US09336300B2	Client-side search templates for online social networks In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an unstructured text query from a first user of an online social network; and accessing, from a data store of the mobile client system, a set of nodes of a social graph of the online social network. The social graph includes a number of nodes and edges connecting the nodes. The nodes include a first node corresponding to the first user and a number of second nodes that each correspond to a concept or a second user associated with the online social network. The method also includes accessing, from the data store of the mobile client system, a set of grammar templates. Each grammar template includes one or more non-terminal tokens and one or more query tokens. The query tokens include references to zero or more second nodes and one or more edges and each grammar template is based on a natural-language string.
US09336275B2	Hash join using collaborative parallel filtering in intelligent storage with offloaded bloom filters Processing resources at a storage system for a database server are utilized to perform aspects of a join operation that would conventionally be performed by the database server. When requesting a range of data units from a storage system, the database server includes join metadata describing aspects of the join operation for which the data is being requested. The join metadata may be, for instance, a bloom filter. The storage system reads the requested data from disk as normal. However, prior to sending the requested data back to the storage system, the storage system analyzes the raw data based on the join metadata, removing a certain amount of data that is guaranteed to be irrelevant to the join operation. The storage system then returns filtered data to the database server. The database system thereby avoids the unnecessary transfer of certain data between the storage system and the database server.
US09336273B2	Range query methods and apparatus Range query techniques are disclosed for use in accordance with data stream processing systems. A technique is provided for incrementally processing continual range queries against moving objects. This technique is applicable for location-aware services and applications. A technique for evaluating one or more continual range queries over one or more moving objects comprises maintaining a query index with one or more containment-encoded virtual constructs associated with the one or more continual range queries over the one or more moving objects, and incrementally evaluating the one or more continual range queries using the query index.
US09336271B2	Optimizing a query A method of optimizing a query is provided herein. The method includes determining a cost estimate for a query. The method further includes determining a budget for optimizing the query based on the cost estimate. Additionally, the method includes determining a complexity of the query based on the budget. The method also includes determining a strategy based on the complexity. The strategy specifies a limit to a search space enumerated during optimization of the query. Further, the method includes optimizing the query based on the strategy.
US09336270B2	Techniques for accessing a parallel database system via external programs using vertical and/or horizontal partitioning Techniques for accessing a parallel database system via an external program using vertical and/or horizontal partitioning are provided. An external program to a database management system (DBMS) configures external mappers to process a specific portion of query results on specific access module processors of the DBMS that are to house query results. The query is submitted by the external program to the DBMS and the DBMS is directed to organize the query results in a vertical or horizontal manner. Each external mapper accesses its portion of the query results for processing in parallel on its designated AMP or set of AMPS to process the query results.
US09336263B2	Data loading systems and methods System, method, and computer program product for processing data are disclosed. The system is configured to perform transfer of data from a file system to a database system. Such transfer is accomplished through receiving a request for loading data into a database system, wherein the data includes a plurality of attributes, determining at least one attribute of the data for loading into the database system, and loading the at least one attribute of the data into the database system while continuing to process remaining attributes of the data.
US09336258B2	Reducing database locking contention using multi-version data record concurrency control Managing a multi-version data record database is provided. A mapping is maintained between a logical record identifier and committed and uncommitted physical record identifiers corresponding to data records using an indirection mapping table. Entries are updated within an index to point to the logical record identifier instead of the committed and uncommitted physical record identifiers. The committed physical record identifier corresponding to a data record is read from the indirection mapping table to access a committed version of the data record while a writer is modifying the data record to prevent the writer from blocking a reader. An uncommitted physical record identifier corresponding to the data record is written in the indirection mapping table to insert a new uncommitted version of the data record within a data table while the reader is reading the committed version of the particular data record to prevent the reader from blocking the writer.
US09336253B2	Semantic discovery and mapping between data sources An apparatus and method are described for the discovery of semantics, relationships and mappings between data in different software applications, databases, files, reports, messages, or systems. In one aspect, semantics and relationships and mappings are identified between a first and a second data source. A binding condition is discovered between portions of data in the first and the second data source. The binding condition is used to discover correlations between portions of data in the first and the second data source. The binding condition and the correlations are used to discover a transformation function between portions of data in the first and the second data source.
US09336251B2	System and method for SLA-aware database consolidation using per-tenant memory size configuration Systems and methods for consolidating workload on one or more computing devices, comprising: generating tenant performance profiles for at least one of a buffer memory size and a buffer warmness; assigning one or more tenants to a database management system (DBMS) instance; configuring the one or more tenants to minimize a total server count needed to host the one or more tenants; and reducing the total server count by adjusting of buffer sizes while satisfying Service Level Agreement (SLA) requirements.
US09336241B2	Method and system for image search A method and system for image search, the method comprising: receiving an indication regarding at least one feature of at least one image from a collection of images; creating an updated search algorithm according to the indication; and providing an updated collection of images by using the updated search algorithm.
US09336234B2	Online content management system with undo and redo operations Techniques are disclosed for facilitating the process of undoing and redoing modifications that are made to content using an online content management system (CMS). As a user makes changes to content, such as by editing a webpage using a web-based CMS, a history of the user's modifications is generated and stored locally on the client. When the user invokes an undo command, the modification history can be used to determine a previous state of the content and restore the content to that previous state. Similarly, when the user invokes a redo command, the modification history can be used to return to a state that had previously been undone. In some embodiments, the process of undoing or redoing the user's modifications is selectively performed on either a client side or a server side of the online system, depending on the type of content that is being manipulated.
US09336230B1	File replication A method, system, and computer program product for use in replication comprising intercepting an IO for a file at an application layer at the production site, determining if the file is being replicated, and based on a determination the file is being replicated, sending the IO to a first data recovery appliance and recording the IO in a journal.
US09336227B2	Selective synchronization in a hierarchical folder structure A technique is described to selectively synchronize content on a client database with content from a server database. As the user traverses a hierarchical folder structure of the client database, he may run into content that has been deleted or moved in the server database. If the content is something that the user wishes to store locally, the content can be stored as an orphan. An orphan is content stored on the client that cannot be traversed by the hierarchical folder structure. When the user traverses to a node in the hierarchical folder structure that is missing an object existing on the server, a determination can be made as to whether the orphan object is the missing object. If so, the orphan object can be connected once against to the hierarchical folder structure. This may minimize the content that needs to be re-downloaded from the server.
US09336222B2	Creation and access of quota trees in a file system A method of identifying metadata referenced by a quota tree. A quota tree metafile is accessed, and this quota tree metafile includes references to locations of inode grouped data structures associated with quota trees. Here, each quota tree is allocated an inode grouped data structure. A reference to a location of an inode grouped data structure that is allocated to the quota tree is identified from the quota tree metafile. The inode grouped data structure is accessed based on the reference, and this inode grouped data structure defines a set of inode identifiers associated with the quota tree. An inode grouped data structure that stores the metadata is then located using the set of inode identifiers as index.
US09336219B2	Distributed file system snapshot Technology is disclosed for managing data in a distributed file system (“the technology”). The technology can gather metadata information associated with the data stored within the distributed file system, create a secondary namespace within a local file system of a local host using the gathered metadata information and store the gathered metadata information as files within the secondary namespace. Further, when a request to create a PPI of the distributed file system is received, the technology can create a PPI of the secondary namespace using a PPI creation feature of the local file system.
US09336217B2	Determining user key-value storage needs from example queries Technologies are generally provided for conveying tree and index needs of a database by collecting and forwarding a statistically representative set of data requests so that a new datacenter can use its existing auto-learning and adjustment techniques to create local indices before receiving its first real or live requests. In some examples, requests at an origin datacenter may be collected to provide a small population of queries that are representative of a larger population of queries. Filters anonymizers may be employed to adhere to data sharing rules and restrictions while still allowing a new datacenter to build indices and test performance. Thus, the new datacenter may be trained asynchronously from another site and without actual data changing hands. Training and testing of destination database services may be completed before committing to customer migration.
US09336213B2	Active file system A computerized file system is accessible over the Internet or other type of network, in which certain “triggering events” pertaining to the operation of the file system automatically generate a notification message to users. Once a user has been authenticated, this user's access rights are determined. An Automatic Notification function checks to see if any “triggering” events have occurred when a user performs a particular task. The Automatic Notification function defines what type of event will become a triggering event, and also defines what will be the triggering action, once the triggering event occurs, and stores this information in a database. The Auto-notification function can comprise programs that are launched to perform certain tasks. The precise type of auto-notification message is fully configurable for each component in the file system.
US09336212B2	Systems and methods for collection and automatic analysis of opinions on various types of media Systems and methods for collection and automatic analysis of opinions of media are provided. A representative method includes: receiving, from a user, media for review; automatically distributing the media to a pool of reviewers based on reviewer profiles; receiving, from the reviewers, information corresponding to opinions pertaining to the media; automatically generating a report based, at least in part, on the information received from the reviewers; and providing the report to the user.
US09336207B2	Measuring linguistic markers and linguistic noise of a machine-human translation supply chain An approach is provided in which a linguistic analyzer engine generates a leverage value of a language translation supply chain that corresponds to an amount of suggested translations that are accepted by a professional linguist. The linguistic analyzer engine generates a factor value of the language translation supply chain that indicates a productivity of the user to convert the set of accepted translation into a set of final translations. In turn, the linguistic analyzer engine determines a performance efficiency of the language translation supply chain based upon the generated leverage value and the generated factor value, and evaluates the language translation supply chain accordingly. In one embodiment, the linguistic analyzer engine determines a performance efficiency of the language translation supply chain based on “n” distinct metric values associated with final translated segments.
US09336198B2	Apparatus, computer readable medium and method for effectively navigating polysemous symbols across a plurality of linked electronic screen overlays, including use with visual indicators A method, apparatus and computer readable medium are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes providing polysemous symbols for selection on an initial electronic screen overlay displayed on a display; storing, in a memory, a plurality of the selectable polysemous symbols in association with a pointer identifying display of an electronic screen overlay which is different from the initial electronic screen overlay; and displaying a second electronic screen overlay on the display, in response to initial selection of one of the provided polysemous symbols. In at least one embodiment, the second electronic screen overlay is the electronic screen overlay associated with the selected polysemous symbol.
US09336196B2	Methods, systems, and apparatus for optimization using statistical estimation Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer program products for utilizing a split dictionary are described. A mean and a standard deviation of a length of a plurality of records in a dictionary may be computed. A split condition may be determined based on the computed mean and the computed standard deviation. The dictionary may be split into a plurality of split dictionaries based on the split condition.
US09336193B2	Method and apparatus for updating a previously generated text Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are described herein that are configured to enable updating of an output text. In some example embodiments, a method is provided that comprises generating a new message for each updateable data element based on a predetermined indication. The method of this embodiment may also include determining a classification for each new message by comparing each new message with a corresponding message that describes the updateable data element. The method of this embodiment may also include generating an additional document plan tree that contains at least a portion of the new messages. The method of this embodiment may also include combining the additional document plan tree with an original document plan tree.
US09336188B2	Generating a statistical tree for encoding/decoding an XML document A method and apparatus for generating a statistical tree representing an extensible markup language Schema (XSD) is disclosed. Components of the XSD are prioritized according to predefined rules. A root node representing said XSD is created. Pairs of child nodes are generated from the root node. Each pair comprises at least one genuine node, and each pair of generated child nodes is appended to a parent node which is a genuine node. The path to each of said child nodes from a respective parent genuine node is represented with a binary sequence. At least one genuine node is allocated to a corresponding component of said XSD, the allocation being based on the prioritization of the component. Methods, apparatus and computer program products for generating a statistical tree representing an extensible markup language Schema (XSD), for encoding an extensible markup language (XML) document utilizing a statistical tree representing an extensible markup language Schema (XSD), and for decoding an XML document represented by a binary encoded sequence also are disclosed.
US09336186B1	Methods and apparatus related to sentence compression Methods and apparatus related to sentence compression. Some implementations are generally directed toward generating a corpus of extractive compressions and associated sentences based on a set of headline, sentence pairs from documents. Some implementations are generally directed toward utilizing a corpus of sentences and associated sentence compressions in training a supervised compression system. Some implementations are generally directed toward determining a compression of a sentence based on edge weights for edges of the sentence that are determined based on weights of features associated with the edges.
US09336183B2	Vehicle information processing system and driving assistance system A vehicle information processing system includes a database that mutually associates and stores driving operation information of a driver and position information of a vehicle for each candidate of an assistance area; and a specification unit that determines a vehicle stop based on the information stored in the database, and specifies an assistance area based on stop frequency in the same area. By this configuration, the assistance area can be specified by learning a driving action of the driver based on the database which stores information for each vehicle, and an assistance that is appropriate for the driver can be performed for each vehicle.
US09336182B2	Apparatus and method for controlling a data-based biped The invention relates to controlling a biped. In the biped control, target pose information for tracking control is provided by an animation engine, and/or is generated by modulating the reference pose information acquired from video capture data. In modulating such reference pose information, the current pose information can be fed back and used.
US09336179B2	Computer subsystem and computer system with composite nodes in an interconnection structure The present invention provides a computer subsystem and a computer system. The computer subsystem includes L composite nodes, each composite node includes M basic nodes, each basic node includes N central processing units CPUs and one node controller NC, where any two CPUs in each basic node are interconnected, each CPU in each basic node is connected to the NC in the basic node, the NC in each basic node has a routing function, any two NCs in the M basic nodes are interconnected, and a connection between the L composite nodes formed through a connection between NCs enable communication between any two NCs to require at most three hops. The computer subsystem and the computer system according to embodiments of the present invention can reduce the kinds and the number of interconnection chips, and simplify an interconnection structure of a system, thereby improving reliability of the system.
US09336177B2	Genome sharing Sharing data is disclosed. In some cases, sharing data includes receiving a request to share data from a first account to a second account, receiving an indication of a plurality of first account profiles associated with the first account to share with the second account, and establishing sharing from the plurality of first account profiles to the second account, wherein sharing comprises the second account having read access to a subset of nonpublic data associated with the plurality of first account profiles.
US09336168B2	Enhanced I/O performance in a multi-processor system via interrupt affinity schemes Disclosed herein is a method for improving Input/Output (I/O) performance in a host system having multiple CPUs. Under this method, various interrupt affinity schemes are provided, which associate multiple processors, interrupts, and I/O channels for sending the interrupts, thereby allowing the interrupts to be almost evenly loaded among the multiple I/O channels and processors. Also, data locality (“warm cache”) can be achieved through the interrupt affinity schemes that associate each interrupt to its source processor, namely, the processor originating the I/O request that results in the interrupt.
US09336162B1	System and method for pre-fetching data based on a FIFO queue of packet messages reaching a first capacity threshold A method is provided for pre-fetching packet data prior to processing. The method accepts a plurality of packets and writes each packet into a memory. A message is derived for each packet, where each message includes a packet descriptor with a pointer to an address of the packet in the memory. Each message is added to a tail of a first-in first-out (FIFO) queue. A pre-fetch module examines a first message, if the first message reaches a first capacity threshold of the FIFO queue. If the first message reaches the first capacity threshold, the pre-fetch module reads a first packet associated with the first message, from the memory, and the first packet is loaded into cache memory. A processor reads the first message from a head of the FIFO queue, and in response to reading the first message, reads the previously loaded first packet from cache memory.
US09336161B2	Keyboard-video-mouse system and method of providing and using the same Some embodiments include keyboard-video-mouse systems. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed.
US09336160B2	Low latency block cipher A block cipher is provided that secures data by encrypting it based on the memory address where it is to be stored. When encrypting data for storage in the memory address, the memory address is encrypted in a first plurality of block cipher rounds. Data round keys are generated using information from the first plurality of block cipher rounds. Data to be stored is combined with the encrypted memory address and encrypted in a second plurality of block cipher rounds using the data round keys. The encrypted data is then stored in the memory location. When decrypting data, the memory address is again encrypted as before while the encrypted stored data is decrypted in a second plurality of the block cipher rounds using the data round keys to obtain a partially decrypted data. The partially decrypted data is combined with the encrypted memory address to obtain fully decrypted data.
US09336159B2	Managing a cache for storing one or more intermediate products of a computer program A method, program product and a system is provided for managing a cache. The method includes analyzing at least an intermediate product of a computer program. The intermediate product is produced by the computer program in response to a set of control inputs. The method also includes determining a resource measure associated with the first intermediate product and determining a resource measure value for the first intermediate product using a first set of control inputs> The first intermediate product is stored in the cache upon determination that the resource measure value exceeds a predetermined resource threshold.
US09336146B2	Accelerating cache state transfer on a directory-based multicore architecture Technologies are generally described herein for accelerating a cache state transfer in a multicore processor. The multicore processor may include first, second, and third tiles. The multicore processor may initiate migration of a thread executing on the first core at the first tile from the first tile to the second tile. The multicore processor may determine block addresses of blocks to be transferred from a first cache at the first tile to a second cache at the second tile, and identify that a directory at the third tile corresponds to the block addresses. The multicore processor may update the directory to reflect that the second cache shares the blocks. The multicore processor may transfer the blocks from the first cache in the first tile to the second cache in the second tile effective to complete the migration of the thread from the first tile to the second tile.
US09336140B1	Efficient management of hierarchically-linked data storage spaces Data storage management by determining, for leaf and summary storage spaces of a data storage space hierarchy having at least two leaf storage spaces descending from at least one summary storage space, an invariant leaf attribute value for each leaf attribute type, an invariant summary attribute value for each descending leaf attribute type as a sum of the invariant leaf attribute values of all leaves descending from the summary storage space, and for each leaf, a variable leaf attribute value for each leaf attribute type, and, for each summary storage space, a variable summary attribute value for each descending leaf attribute type, where for each summary storage space, and for each storage space immediately descending from the summary storage space, each variable leaf attribute value of the immediately descending storage space is expressed as a proportion of the variable summary attribute value for the same attribute type.
US09336137B2	System and method for performing data management in a collaborative development environment An object that is not linked to a root object of a data model is identified. A first instruction comprising a fingerprint and a request to delete the object from memory is transmitted to a plurality of user devices. A second instruction to undo the first instruction is received from one of the plurality of user devices, and, in response to the second instruction, a third instruction comprising the fingerprint and a request to execute and delete any instruction that includes the fingerprint is transmitted to the plurality of user devices.
US09336131B1	Systems and methods for enabling virtual environments to mount non-native storage disks A computer-implemented method for enabling virtual environments to mount non-native storage disks may include (1) identifying a storage disk formatted in a format that is non-native to a virtual environment, (2) locating disk information of the storage disk that includes (i) a plurality of non-native partition table entries and (ii) a partition table pointer that points to the non-native partition table entries, and then (3) modifying the disk information to enable the virtual environment to mount the storage disk as though the storage disk were formatted in a format that is native to the virtual environment by (i) adding a plurality of native partition table entries that identify the plurality of volumes within the storage disk and then (ii) modifying the partition table pointer to point to the native partition table entries instead of the non-native partition table entries. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09336126B1	Client-side event logging for heterogeneous client environments A testing model for heterogeneous client environments is enabled. A test of a computer system state transition may be specified. The test specification may include elements corresponding to test actions that cause the computer system state transition and elements corresponding to test conditions that are evaluated to generate the test results. A collection of pre-assembled executable components suitable for implementing specified tests at a wide variety of clients may be maintained, and particular test specifications may be mapped to a corresponding and optimal implementation subset of the collection. Test results may be determined based on one or more outputs of the implementation subset of executable components. A vendor and version independent browser driver may include code capable of identifying an operational set of browser capabilities among the superset of considered browser capabilities independent of vendor or version identification by a browser under test.
US09336125B2	Systems and methods for hardware-assisted type checking Devices and methods of providing hardware support for dynamic type checking are provided. In some embodiments, a processor includes a type check register and support for one or more checked load instructions. In some embodiments, normal load instructions are replaced by a compiler with the checked load instructions. In some embodiments, to perform a checked load, an error handler instruction location is stored in the type check register, and a type tag operand is compared to a type tag stored in the loaded memory location. If the comparison succeeds, execution may proceed normally. If the comparison fails, execution may be transferred to the error handler instruction. In some embodiments, type prediction is performed to determine whether a checked load instruction is likely to fail.
US09336120B2	Enhanced string analysis that improves accuracy of static analysis An apparatus and computer program product which are configured for determining, as part of a static analysis of a program, links between functions in the program and performing, as part of the static analysis, string analysis on strings used in the program to determine additional links between the functions in the program. The apparatus and computer program product are further configured for outputting, as part of the static analysis, indications of at least the links between the functions and the additional links between the functions.
US09336117B2	Remote display performance measurement triggered by application display upgrade Methods, systems, and computer programs are provided for measuring the performance of display images received on a remote computer display. One method includes an operation for detecting calls from an application to an application programming interface (API), which is provided for rendering images on a display image, each call causing an update of the display image. Further, the method includes an operation for embedding data for measuring performance in display frames of the display image based on the detecting. The embedding results in modified displayed frames with respective data for measuring performance. The modified displayed frames are transmitted to a remote client, which results in received modified display frames having respective received data for measuring the performance. In addition, the method includes an operation for calculating the remote display quality for the given application based on the received modified display frames and the respective received data for measuring performance.
US09336112B2	Parallel status polling of multiple memory devices An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to communicate with multiple memory devices over a bus that includes a plurality of parallel data lines. The processor is configured to request the memory devices to provide respective status reports, and to receive the status reports from the memory devices such that, in a given clock cycle of the bus, the multiple status reports from the respective memory devices are received in parallel over respective different subsets of the data lines of the bus.
US09336111B1	System and method for data logging within a field replaceable unit A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system for detecting the availability of status-related data within a field replaceable unit (FRU). The status-related data is written to persistent memory within the FRU.
US09336110B2	Identifying performance limiting internode data sharing on NUMA platforms Methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying performance limiting internode data sharing on Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) platforms are provided. A computer-implemented method may include receiving event records collected by a performance monitoring unit (PMU) during event tracing, associating the event records with corresponding operating system information observed during the event tracing, analyzing the event records to identify shared cache line utilization, and generating a shared cache line utilization report in view of the analyzing.
US09336109B2	Real-time rule engine for adaptive testing of integrated circuits A method of testing a device is disclosed. Test data is obtained for a device testing program that tests the device. An adaptation command for testing the device is determined at an adaptive testing engine using obtained test data. The adaptation command is sent from the adaptive testing engine to a tool control application. The tool control application uses the adaptation command to control an operation related to the testing of the device.
US09336106B2	Dynamically limiting bios post for effective power management Presented herein are methods for budgeting power during a power-on self-test (POST) sequence. A determination is made for one or more stages of a power-on-self-test sequence of a system, whether a power profile of a particular stage is greater than a power budget for that stage. The power profile specifies a maximum power consumption as determined by the characteristics of the system and the power budget specifies a power consumption currently allocated to the system. When the power profile is greater than the power budget for that stage, power consumption of the system during the power-on-self-test sequence is limited such that the system does not consume more power than specified by the power budget.
US09336105B2	Evaluation of multiple input signature register results Provided is an apparatus that includes a processor comprising a plurality of processing cores and a corresponding plurality of LBIST modules, each LBIST module corresponding to one of the plurality of processing cores; a MISR read out connection, comprising a compare value register, a plurality of MISR registers equal in number to the plurality of cores, each MISR register corresponding to one of the plurality of processing cores and a corresponding plurality of XOR logic gates, each XOR logic gate coupled to the compare value register and a corresponding one of the MISR registers and configured to signal whether or not the event the compare value register and the corresponding MISR register match and logic, stored and executed on the processor, for transmitting the signals generated by the plurality of XOR logic gates.
US09336104B2	Keyboard testing machine A keyboard testing machine for testing a keyboard of an electronic apparatus is provided. The keyboard testing machine includes a rack, a fixing base, and a pressing module. The fixing base is operatively connected to the rack and located over the electronic apparatus. The pressing module is located over the keyboard and includes a drive shaft, a rotating member, and a pressing assembly. The drive shaft is rotatably disposed on the fixing base. The rotating member is sleeved onto the drive shaft and has a cam portion. The pressing assembly is operatively connected to the fixing base and the cam portion. When the drive shaft rotates together with the rotating member, the cam portion drives the pressing assembly to linearly move relative to the fixing base, so as to make the pressing assembly cyclically press the keyboard.
US09336100B2	Efficient debugging of memory miscompare failures in post-silicon validation Debugging techniques performed post-silicon, but with reference to pre-silicon phase data and/or reference model data. For example, one debugging technique is as follows: (i) receiving a first memory location that is subject to a miscompare between an associated simulation value for the first memory location and an associated actual value for the first memory location; (ii) backtracking through instructions of a test case to determine the identity of a set of backtrack locations upon which the first memory location is dependent, with the set of backtrack locations being made up of at least one of: memory locations and register locations; and (iii) comparing respective simulation values and actual values for at least one of the backtrack locations to help determine a cause of the miscompare at the first memory location.
US09336098B2	Method of synchronizing data A method for use in a database cluster is provided. A given transaction is executed at a first given node of the database cluster. The first given node identifies one or more keys referenced by the given transaction. The first given node then assigns a key type to each of the one or more keys referenced by the given transaction. Accordingly, the key type is selected from a group including: exclusive; semi-exclusive; and/or shared.
US09336092B1	Secure data deduplication Data chunks encrypted using an encryption key are backed up to a server. Each chunk is associated with plain and encryption signatures. The plain signature is based on an unencrypted version of a chunk. The encryption signature is based on an encrypted version of the chunk. A new data chunk is identified and a new plain signature for the new chunk is calculated. A request is made for a current key and the new chunk is encrypted using the current key to obtain a new encryption signature. The new encryption and plain signatures are sent to the server for comparison against the existing encryption and plain signatures. If the new encryption signature does not match an encryption signature of an existing chunk and the new plain signature matches a plain signature of the existing chunk, the new chunk is transmitted to the server to replace the existing chunk.
US09336090B2	Storage apparatus comprising snapshot function, and storage control method Storage apparatus, in response to write command specifying write destination with regards to multiple virtual areas, allocates a free real area of multiple real areas based on storage devices to a write-destination virtual area, of the multiple virtual areas, to which the write destination belongs, and writes write-target data conforming to the write command to the allocated real area. The storage apparatus, where a first write command has been received subsequent to a snapshot acquisition time point, erases an allocation of a first real area to a first virtual area to which the write destination specified in the first write command belongs, allocates the first real area to a free second virtual area to which a real area has not been allocated, allocates a free second real area to the first virtual area, writes write-target data conforming to the first write command to the second real area.
US09336087B2	Match server for a financial exchange having fault tolerant operation Fault tolerant operation is disclosed for a primary match server of a financial exchange using an active copy-cat instance, a.k.a. backup match server, that mirrors operations in the primary match server, but only after those operations have successfully completed in the primary match server. Fault tolerant logic monitors inputs and outputs of the primary match server and gates those inputs to the backup match server once a given input has been processed. The outputs of the backup match server are then compared with the outputs of the primary match server to ensure correct operation. The disclosed embodiments further relate to fault tolerant failover mechanism allowing the backup match server to take over for the primary match server in a fault situation wherein the primary and backup match servers are loosely coupled, i.e. they need not be aware that they are operating in a fault tolerant environment. As such, the primary match server need not be specifically designed or programmed to interact with the fault tolerant mechanisms. Instead, the primary match server need only be designed to adhere to specific basic operating guidelines and shut itself down when it cannot do so. By externally controlling the ability of the primary match server to successfully adhere to its operating guidelines, the fault tolerant mechanisms of the disclosed embodiments can recognize error conditions and easily failover from the primary match server to the backup match server.
US09336079B2	System and method for cycle slip correction A system and method including a parity bit encoder for encoding bits of data to be transmitted with first and second parity check bits to produce successive block of bits. Each of the blocks of bits are Gray mapped to a plurality of associated QAM symbols that are modulated onto an optical wavelength and transmitted to a receiver. A de-mapper corrects for 90 degree and 180 degree cycle slip using parity indicated by the first and second parity bits.
US09336071B2	Administering incomplete data communications messages in a parallel computer Administering incomplete data communications messages in a parallel computer that includes a plurality of compute nodes, with each compute node including a processor and a messaging accelerator, includes: transmitting, by a source messaging accelerator to a destination messaging accelerator, a message, including processing a messaging descriptor describing the message and setting, in the message descriptor, a flag indicating the message has been sent; transmitting, by the source messaging accelerator to a destination messaging accelerator responsive to processing an acknowledgement request descriptor corresponding to the message, a request for acknowledgment of receipt of the message; receiving, by the source messaging accelerator from the destination messaging accelerator, a negative acknowledgment (NACK) indicating that the message was not received at the destination messaging accelerator; and clearing, by the source messaging accelerator in the message descriptor, the flag indicating that message has been sent.
US09336069B2	Attributing causality to program execution capacity modifications Techniques are described for managing program execution capacity, such as for a group of computing nodes that are provided for executing one or more programs for a user. In some situations, dynamic program execution capacity modifications for a computing node group that is in use may be performed periodically or otherwise in a recurrent manner, such as to aggregate multiple modifications that are requested or otherwise determined to be made during a period of time. In addition, various operations may be performed to attribute causality information or other responsibility for particular program execution capacity modifications that are performed, including by attributing a single event as causing one capacity modification, and a combination of multiple events as possible causes for another capacity modification. The techniques may in some situations be used in conjunction with a fee-based program execution service that executes multiple programs on behalf of multiple users of the service.
US09336065B2	Semiconductor device and memory protection method According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a processor, and a memory device. The memory device has a nonvolatile semiconductor storage device and is configured to serve as a main memory for the processor. When the processor executes a plurality of programs, the processor manages pieces of information required to execute the programs as worksets for the respective programs, and creates tables, which hold relationships between pieces of information required for the respective worksets and addresses of the pieces of information in the memory device, for the respective worksets. The processor accesses to the memory device with reference to the corresponding tables for the respective worksets.
US09336054B2	Method and apparatus for configuring resource Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for configuring a resource and an apparatus. The method includes: allocating a system resource to a currently active application sub-scenario in an application according to recorded system resource occupation information of the application sub-scenario of the application, where the system resource occupation information of the application sub-scenario of the application includes the system resource occupation information recorded when the application sub-scenario works in a process of testing the application after the application sub-scenario of the application is defined. With the present invention, the system resource is configured for the application sub-scenario at a single attempt. Therefore, enough system resources are ensured to meet the requirements for running the currently active application sub-scenario of the application, the running performance is ensured, and the adjustment time and the power consumption are saved.
US09336048B2	Semiconductor device and data processing system selectively operating as one of a big endian or little endian system The present invention is to provide a semiconductor device that can correctly switch endians on the outside even if the endian of a parallel interface is not recognized on the outside. The semiconductor device includes a switching circuit and a first register. The switching circuit switches between whether a parallel interface with the outside is to be used as a big endian or a little endian. A first register holds control data of the switching circuit. The switching circuit regards the parallel interface as the little endian when first predetermined control information, that is unchanged in the values of specific bit positions even if its high-order and low-order bit positions are transposed, is supplied to the first register, and regards the parallel interface as the big endian when second predetermined control information, that is unchanged in the values of specific bit positions even if its high-order and low-order bit positions are transposed, is supplied to the first register. Whatever the endian setting status, the control information can be correctly inputted without being influenced by the endian setting status.
US09336037B2	Analytics platform spanning a unified subnet Determination and indication of operational performance of deployments in an expert integrated system that has multiple deployments, with each deployment having multiple patterns. The determination is based upon pipe analytics, with the pipe analytics being performed over a common subnet that includes both the analytics platform and the management nodes of each deployment of the multiple deployments.
US09336028B2	Virtual graphics device driver Systems and methods are disclosed to enable switching of graphics processing unit (GPU) resources based on different factors. Embodiments include a virtual graphics driver as an interface between GPU drivers and the applications or graphics framework executing on an electronic device. The virtual graphics driver may switch GPU resources from a first GPU to a second GPU by routing function calls to the first GPU or the second GPU. The switching of GPU resources may be based on power management, system events such as hot-plug events, load management, user requests, any other factor, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, a virtual frame buffer driver is provided that interfaces with the frame buffer of the GPU and provides a virtual view of the frame buffer to manage additional system application programming interfaces (APIs) during the switch.
US09336026B2	Methods and apparatus for simulating a distributed business process Methods and apparatus for simulating a distributed business process are disclosed. The methods and apparatus simulate an interdependent business process, such as a financial transaction system, in a secure distributed manner. Each business entity that is part of the interdependent business process models itself on a local client device at any chosen level of detail. A simulation server connects the separate client based simulations into one large simulation. Details of each local simulation may be hidden from other simulation participants. However, interruptions in business flow caused by simulated disruptions introduced at the simulation server and/or a client device are propagated to all of the effected simulation participants via the simulation server. In addition, if a client based model is not available, the server supplies a software agent to replace the inputs and outputs normally associated with that portion of the overall simulation.
US09336022B2	Universal serial bus (USB) device and a USB system including the same A universal serial bus (USB) device includes a first memory and a second memory. The first memory is configured to store L different function drivers, and during a first operation, the second memory is configured to be loaded with M different function drivers from the first memory and, during a second operation, the second memory is configured to maintain N function drivers among the M function drivers while being loaded with A different function drivers from the first memory, wherein M≦L, N
US09336021B2	Configuring applications at runtime The present invention is generally directed to methods, systems, and computer program products for configuring applications at runtime. Embodiments of the invention decouple code and configuration. Application configuration is externalized, allowing configuration to be composed at runtime based on client context. A client context for an application is sent to a configuration manager. One or more pluggable configuration providers at the configuration manager deduce values for use in configuring the application at runtime. Deduced values are composed into a configuration and the configuration returned to the application. Using the values in the composed configuration, the application can be configured to operate in the client context.
US09336020B1	Workflows with API idiosyncrasy translation layers User actions for configuring a computing environment may be recorded and converted to a workflow definition. A translation layer may be associated with the workflow definition and invoked to perform actions described by the workflow by utilizing one or more application programming interfaces. The translation layer may adapt to application programming interface idiosyncrasies by translating state transitions, including asynchronous to synchronous state transitions and synchronous to asynchronous state transitions.
US09336018B2	Mechanism for class data sharing using extension and application class-loaders The present disclosure involves systems, methods, and/or computer-readable mediums for reducing load time of an application. The systems, methods, and/or computer-readable mediums store metadata in an archive prior to execution of an application. The metadata corresponds to a type of class loading operation used to load a class required by the application, where different types of class loading operations perform different security checks as a part of loading classes. During execution of the application, based on the metadata and based in part on a request for the class loading operation to load the class, it is determined whether the class is stored in the archive. When the class is stored in the archive, a particular type of class loading operation loads the class from the archive and the system checks that the particular type of the class loading operation matches the type of the class loading operation in the metadata.
US09336016B2	Registration of applications and complimentary features for interactive user interfaces An exemplary computer-implementable method includes receiving a call from an application executing on a host computer, the host computer having a collection of graphical user interfaces, and, in response to the call, registering the application whereby the registering comprises providing one or more entry points for the application wherein each entry point corresponds to at least one of the graphical user interfaces of the collection of graphical user interfaces. Various other exemplary methods, devices, systems, etc., are also disclosed.
US09336006B2	High-performance parallel traffic management for multi-core platforms A method of traffic management implemented in a multi-core device comprising a first core and a second core, the method comprising receiving a first plurality of data flows for the first core and a second plurality of data flows for the second core, assigning a first thread running on the first core to the first plurality of data flows, assigning a second thread running on the second core to the second plurality of data flows, processing the first plurality of data flows using the first thread, and processing the second plurality of data flows using the second thread, wherein at least one of the first plurality of data flows and at least one of the second plurality of data flows are processed in parallel.
US09336003B2	Multi-level dispatch for a superscalar processor In an embodiment, a processor includes a multi-level dispatch circuit configured to supply operations for execution by multiple parallel execution pipelines. The multi-level dispatch circuit may include multiple dispatch buffers, each of which is coupled to multiple reservation stations. Each reservation station may be coupled to a respective execution pipeline and may be configured to schedule instruction operations (ops) for execution in the respective execution pipeline. The sets of reservation stations coupled to each dispatch buffer may be non-overlapping. Thus, if a given op is to be executed in a given execution pipeline, the op may be sent to the dispatch buffer which is coupled to the reservation station that provides ops to the given execution pipeline.
US09335992B2	Safe unlocking machine A safe unlocking machine is provided with: an operation direction switching mechanism for selectively switching between a first direction allowance state in which only the operation of an operation unit in the first direction is allowed, and a second direction allowance state in which only the operation of the operation unit in the second direction is allowed; detectors for detecting the action of the safe unlocking machine and generating a detection signal; and a switching controller for controlling an operation direction switching mechanism on the basis of the detection signal from the detectors and thereby selectively setting the direction of movement of the operation unit to the first direction or the second direction.
US09335986B1	Hot patching to update program code and/or variables using a separate processor An example method of updating code or variables may include storing a program and/or variables of the program in a memory of a computer. The program may be executed using at least a first processor in the computer. After receiving a request over a network from a hot patching service, a second processor may execute patch software. The second processor may be exposed as a peripheral device to the computer, the second processor having access to the memory of the computer. Without stopping execution of the program, the program and/or variables of the program may be updated using the patch software by changing the stored program and/or variables in the memory using the second processor. The computer may be a server computer used in a multi-tenant virtual environment, and the program may be a hypervisor running on the server computer.
US09335980B2	Processing vectors using wrapping propagate instructions in the macroscalar architecture Embodiments of a system and a method in which a processor may execute instructions that cause the processor to receive a basis vector, an operand vector, a selection vector, and a control vector are disclosed. The executed instructions may also cause the processor to perform a wrapping propagate operation dependent upon the input vectors.
US09335970B2	Method of entropy randomization on a parallel computer Method, system, and computer program product for randomizing entropy on a parallel computing system using network arithmetic logic units (ALUs). In one embodiment, network ALUs on nodes of the parallel computing system pseudorandomly modify entropy data during broadcast operations through application of arithmetic and/or logic operations. That is, each compute node's ALU may modify the entropy data during broadcasts, thereby mixing, and thus improving, the entropy data with every hop of entropy data packets from one node to another. At each compute node, the respective ALUs may further deposit modified entropy data in, e.g., local entropy pools such that software running on the compute nodes and needing entropy data may fetch it from the entropy pools. In some embodiments, entropy data may be broadcast via dedicated packets or included in unused portions of existing broadcast packets.
US09335968B2	Expanded scope incrementer An incrementor circuit and method for incrementing is provided that computes an output data word by increasing an input data word magnitude by one of several integer values. The incrementor circuit includes a mode increment signal circuit providing a designation of one of the integer values for increasing the input data word magnitude. A single constant incrementor is connected to the mode increment signal circuit and the input data word and provides an intermediate sum by selectively adding a constant to the input data word. A multiplex circuit logically combines selected input data word bit position values with the mode increment signal circuit designation forming logical bit position values and directs selected input data word bit position values, selected logical bit position values, and selected bit position values of the intermediate sum to form the output data word.
US09335966B2	Methods and apparatus for unsupervised wakeup Methods and apparatus for unsupervised wakeup of a device including receiving a first acoustic event at a first time and a second acoustic event at a second time, wherein scores of the first and second acoustic events are above a first threshold identifying the first and second acoustic events as wakeup candidates for a wakeup phrase for an unsupervised wakeup of a device. It is determined that the first acoustic event is above a second threshold, which is higher than the first threshold, and that the second acoustic event is above a third threshold, which is higher than the first threshold. Occurrence of a wakeup event can be determined based upon acoustic similarity of the events.
US09335964B2	Graphics server for remotely rendering a composite image and method of use thereof A graphics server for remotely rendering a composite image and a method of use thereof. One embodiment of the graphics server includes: (1) a graphics renderer configured to render updates for a plurality of graphics windows within the composite image and (2) a display processing unit (DPU) configured to identify changed portions of the composite image and provide the changed portions to an encoder for encoding and subsequent transmission.
US09335960B2	Image forming system that ensures preview display by use of portable terminal of user and information processing terminal An image forming system includes a portable terminal, an information processing terminal, and an image forming apparatus. The portable terminal has an imaging function. The information processing terminal generates print data. The image forming apparatus generates a printed matter based on the print data received from the information processing terminal. The portable terminal includes an imaging unit, an information acquiring unit, a preview image generating unit, and a display unit. The imaging unit images the preview-display code displayed in the display unit of the information processing terminal. The information acquiring unit acquires information necessary for the preview display based on the preview-display code acquired by the imaging unit. The preview image generating unit generates a preview image of the printed matter according to the information acquired by the information acquiring unit. The display unit displays the preview image generated by the preview image generating unit.
US09335957B2	Communication apparatus and method for controlling the same, and storage medium A technology is provided for, when an error occurs in a communication apparatus (image forming apparatus), notifying a user of information relating to the error using NFC without a decrease in the user's convenience. A communication apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an NFC device (NFC controller) which can operate in either a reader/writer mode or a card emulation mode. The communication apparatus, when an error occurs, obtains information relating to the error, and sets, into the NFC device, the obtained error information as information which an external mobile terminal can read from the communication apparatus via NFC in the card emulation mode. The communication apparatus also sets the operation mode of the NFC device to the card emulation mode.
US09335955B2	Nonvolatile memory device and related data management method A method of operating a nonvolatile memory device comprising a plurality of memory blocks comprises storing first data and second data to be stored in a hot memory block of the memory blocks in a first buffer, transferring the first data stored in the first buffer to a second buffer to program the first data in the hot memory block, and generating RAID parity data based on the first and second data, wherein the RAID parity data and the first data form part of the same write stripe.
US09335952B2	System and method for polling the status of memory devices A memory controller and methods thereof suitable for operating a system utilizing multiple memory bus channels and/or multiple banks of memory devices on each channel wherein the memory devices is polled only when necessary. The memory controller includes means for determining a status of each individual memory device of the plurality of memory devices, a channel controller for each memory bus channel, and at least one status register on which is stored a plurality of bits. The channel controller maintains a derived status of each individual memory device based on the current and previous status data. Each individual bit of the plurality of bits of the status register corresponds to an individual memory device of the plurality of memory devices and indicates the derived status of the individual memory device which are used to determine whether to check for a queued command destined for the individual memory device.
US09335948B1	Method and apparatus for enabling access to tiered shared storage using dynamic tier partitioning To facilitate both minimal allocations and adaptive allocations, two sets of storage group policies are defined—one policy setting minimal allocation values for storage group access to storage resources and one policy setting maximal allocation values for storage group access to storage. In addition, a set of priority weights is specified that is used to balance access to storage tiers across storage groups. Upon existence of contention for storage resources, minimum allocation values for storage groups are determined based on the priority weights for the storage groups, resulting in threshold values being set to enable at least partial access to storage resources for all storage groups without requiring priority weighting of the activity density distributions of the competing storage groups. Allocations other than the minimal allocations are provided based on relative activity density distribution of storage extents between groups.
US09335941B1	Crash consistency A method, system, and computer program product comprising using a tracking structure to map a first portion and a second portion of a non-volatile storage medium to a logical representation of the non-volatile storage medium; wherein the first portion is presented by the logical representation as writable storage and using the tracking structure to enable the logical representation to present the data written to the second portion as the data corresponding to the write in the first portion.
US09335932B2	Storage unit selection for virtualized storage units Performance information for storage units located at a virtual data center is determined by executing storage administrator logic whose execution is controlled by a management entity different than the virtual data center provider. Performance expectations are automatically determined based on the determined performance information. In response to determining that a particular storage unit is incompatible with performance expectations applicable to the particular storage unit, embodiments cause a reduction in utilization of the particular storage unit. Based on determined performance information, another embodiment determines that a performance pattern indicating a physical co-location of a first storage unit and a second storage unit has occurred. In response to determining that the performance pattern indicating a physical co-location of a first storage unit and a second storage unit has occurred, the embodiment disables use of a selected storage unit of the first storage unit or the second storage unit for at least a particular purpose.
US09335931B2	System and method for making snapshots of storage devices A system and method for making snapshots of storage devices are provided. A method for making a snapshot of a volume includes setting the volume to a read-only mode, receiving an access attempt for the volume, and if the access attempt is a write access attempt, buffering information associated with the write access attempt in a buffer, and updating a snapshot indicator based on the information associated with the write access attempt, where the snapshot indicator includes block information regarding a block in the volume that is a target of the write access attempt. The method also includes if the access attempt is a read access attempt, providing read information requested in the read access attempt, where the read information is based on the volume, or a combination of the snapshot indicator, the buffer, and a buffer indicator.
US09335930B2	Performing asynchronous discard scans with staging and destaging operations A controller receives a request to perform staging or destaging operations with respect to an area of a cache. A determination is made as to whether one or more discard scans are being performed or queued for the area of the cache. In response to determining that one or more discard scans are being performed or queued for the area of the cache, the controller avoids satisfying the request to perform the staging or the destaging operations or a read hit with respect to the area of the cache.
US09335922B2	Electronic device including three-dimensional gesture detecting display An electronic device includes a display, a plurality of antennae arranged and constructed to emit a signal and to receive backscatter from the signal, and a processor operably coupled to the antennae to utilize the received backscatter to detect location and at least one of size and shape of an object spaced from the display.
US09335920B2	Remote control apparatus, remote control system, information processing method of remote control apparatus, and program A remote control apparatus includes a display panel, an operation detector detecting an operation of touching the display panel, a remote controller remotely controlling an electronic apparatus in accordance with the touch operation, an item selection unit allowing a user to select a selection item in the display panel, a touch operation determination unit comparing a duration time of an operation of touching the selection item with a predetermined threshold value, a detailed information obtaining unit obtaining detailed information on the selection item from the electronic apparatus when the duration time is smaller than the threshold value, a related information obtaining unit obtaining related information on the selection item using the selection item as a searching condition from an external service apparatus when the duration time is equal to or larger than the threshold value, and a display controller controlling display of the detailed information or the related information.
US09335912B2	GUI applications for use with 3D remote controller A remote wand for controlling the operations of a media system is provided. The wand may be operative to control the movement of a cursor displayed on screen by the position and orientation at which the wand is held. As the user moves the wand, the on-screen cursor may move. The user may use the wand to control a plurality of operations and applications that may be available from the media system, including for example zoom operations, a keyboard application, an image application, an illustration application, and a media application.
US09335910B2	System and method for reduction of inadvertent activation of medical device during manipulation Inadvertent activation of a portable medical device such as an ambulatory infusion pump can be reduced by locking a touchscreen of the device when it is indicated that an uninterrupted operation is to be performed. When a processor receives a device operation input from the touchscreen that indicates an uninterrupted operation is to be performed on the portable device, the touchscreen is automatically locked such that touch input at the touchscreen is not processed by the processor to navigate between or among menu screens or set pump parameters. Following completion of the uninterrupted operation, the touchscreen can be unlocked. In one embodiment, the touchscreen can be unlocked by selection of an unlock icon on the touchscreen.
US09335909B2	Drawing assist device, drawing assist program, and drawing assist method Provided is a drawing assist device and the like which assists a drawing operation while improving efficiency thereof. According to the drawing assist device of the present invention, whether or not a first factor of an element defined according to a positional trajectory of a pointer moved by an agent is adequate in design for a subject represented by the element is determined. The agent is notified if the determination result thereof is negative. According thereto, the agent can progress the drawing operation while confirming whether or not the subject drawn personally is adequate in design.
US09335902B2	Copying an object in an animation creation application A first input is received in an animation creation application having a user interface showing a virtual-space area for first objects, and a timeline area for second objects representing events. To generate the first input, a user presses and holds an input control while a cursor is over one of the first or second objects. It is determined whether the input control is held for at least a predefined duration. If so, a copy of the object is assigned to the cursor, and the copy is subsequently pasted at another location in the user interface upon the input control ceasing to be held after the cursor is moved to the other location. If the input control does not remain held for at least the predefined duration the copy of the object is not assigned to the cursor.
US09335899B2	Method and apparatus for executing function executing command through gesture input There are provided a method and an apparatus for executing a function executing command through a gesture input, and more particularly, a method and an apparatus for executing a function executing command by recognizing a gesture input performed in a text input field displayed on a touch screen display. The method for executing a function executing command through a gesture input includes displaying a keyboard window for inputting text and a text input field for displaying the text inputted by the keyboard window on a touch screen display; recognizing a gesture input performed in the text input field; and executing a function executing command corresponding to the gesture input only when the text displayed in the text input field is not selected. A user can intuitively execute function executing commands by recognizing a gesture input in a text input field with ease when the function executing command is input through a touch screen display.
US09335898B2	Single page multi-tier catalog browser A single page multi-tier catalog browser interface page is presented in a view formatted in response to a selection of a primary filter. The view displays a graduated element for selecting a primary filter value, and a matrix of secondary filter Yes or No indicators, each associated with the graduated element primary filter values, the Yes indicators aligned with the primary and secondary filter values that match within at least one record in a catalog. Selection of a graduated element value causes aligned Yes matrix indicators to be presented as selectable first-click icons in the interface page. Selection of a first-click icon expands it into a tertiary sub-window within the interface page, wherein selection thereof effects a layered primary-secondary-tertiary value searching of the catalog. Each of the above is achieved without navigating the user away from the single interface page.
US09335890B2	Method and apparatus for user interface of input devices A 3 dimensional (3-D) user interface system employs: one or more 3-D projectors configured to display an image at a first location in 3-D space; one or more sensors configured to sense user interaction with the image and to provide user interaction information; and a processor configured (i) to receive the user interaction information from the one or more sensors; (ii) to correlate the user interaction with the image; and (iii) to provide one or more indications responsive to a correlation of the user interaction with the image, including displaying the image at a second location in 3-D space.
US09335885B1	Generating user interface for viewing data records A computer-implemented method may include receiving a query for information from a data set, wherein the query can be represented logically by a query graph having a plurality of vertices, wherein at least a first vertex includes a first variable that can be used to select a first subset of records within the data set that correspond to a value of the first variable. The method may also include generating, by at least one processor of a computing system, a browsable user interface to select information in the data set based on the vertices of the query graph, the browsable user interface including a first parameter node corresponding to the first vertex, wherein selection of the first parameter node displays a plurality of first value nodes representing different subsets of records that correspond to different values of the first variable of the first vertex.
US09335883B2	Presenting search result items having varied prominence Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices for facilitating presentation of search result items having varying prominence is provided. The method includes referencing a search result item to be presented within a search results page in response to a search query. Thereafter, a determination is made that a size prominence of the search result item is to be modified. Such a determination can be based on a result attribute(s) associated with the search result item and a result attribute(s) associated with other search result items within the search results page. The size of the search result item is adjusted in accordance with the determination that the size prominence of the search result item is to be modified.
US09335878B2	Information input apparatus, information input method, and program An information input apparatus includes: a touch pad; a touch information detecting unit which detects touch information that is information resulting from an operator contacting the touch sensor with a finger; a touch operation start position detecting unit which detects, using the touch information, a touch operation start position that is a start position of a touch operation performed by the operator; a touch operation recognition condition storage unit which stores a plurality of touch operation recognition conditions each for recognizing one of types of touch operation, in association with each of touch operation start positions; and a touch recognizing unit, which recognizes the touch operation, using the touch operation recognition conditions stored in association with the touch operation start position detected by the touch operation start position detecting unit, to determine a type of the touch operation.
US09335873B2	Method of compensating for retransmission effects in a touch sensor In one embodiment, a method of compensating for retransmission effects in a touch sensor includes, in response to measuring a touch input on a display, generating a first matrix comprising a plurality of first measurements associated with a plurality of capacitive nodes of a touch sensor. The method also includes estimating an amount of retransmission associated with the touch input by generating a first vector comprising one or more second measurements associated with one or more first electrode lines of the touch sensor, generating a second vector comprising one or more third measurements associated with one or more second electrode lines of the touch sensor, and calculating an outer product of the first and second vectors. The method includes generating a revised indication of the touch input based on the first matrix and the estimated amount of retransmission.
US09335870B2	Touch-display crosstalk Clamping of a circuit element of a touch screen, such as a gate line of the display system of the touch screen, to a fixed voltage is provided. The circuit element can be clamped during a touch phase and unclamped during a display phase of the touch screen. A gate line system of a touch screen can include a first transistor with a source or drain connected to a first gate line, a second transistor with a source or drain connected to a second gate line, and a common conductive pathway connecting gates of the first and second transistors. A synchronization system can switch the first and second transistors to connect the first and second gate lines to a fixed voltage during a touch phase, and can switch the first and second transistors to disconnect the first and second gate lines from the fixed voltage during a display phase.
US09335867B2	Light-based touch surface with curved borders A light guide for a light-based touch-sensitive surface, including first and second curved panels having substantially similar curvatures, wherein light undergoes a first refraction by the first curved panel as it enters the light guide, and undergoes a second refraction by the second curved panel as it exits the light guide, the second refraction being the inverse of the first refraction, and wherein one of the panels is curved in a horizontal plane parallel to the surface and forms a curved rim for the surface.
US09335864B2	Method and apparatus for detecting a multitouch event in an optical touch-sensitive device A touch sensitive optical control device comprising a set of light emitters 14, 22 and light detectors 18, 24 arranged relative to a touchable surface 30 such that light transmitted by the emitters is received by the detectors along multiple intersecting beams which pass transversely of the surface and touching the surface at a beam interrupts the light transmitted along the beam. Candidate touch points T1, T2, F1, F2 are defined at the intersections of interrupted beams and are confirmed or not as actual touch points by examining test beams 40, 42, 54, 56 near to or coincident with the candidate touch point.
US09335859B2	Adaptive touch sensing electrode Techniques for varying aggregate area of a sensor electrode used for capacitive sensing. Sensor electrodes are driven for capacitive sensing. Resulting signals are received from the sensor electrodes. Based on signal strengths of the resulting signals, aggregate area of the sensor electrodes may be varied. The aggregate area of the sensor electrodes may be varied by connecting or disconnecting segments of the sensor electrodes from a sensor module that drives the sensor electrodes for capacitive sensing. The ability to vary the aggregate area of the sensor electrodes expands the overall dynamic range of a receiver module coupled to the sensor electrodes.
US09335858B2	Input device An input device includes a touch panel configured to be displaceable in vertical direction and to be urged upwardly toward an original position in a non-depressed state, a depression start detector that detects a start of a depression manipulation of the touch panel while the touch panel is depressed and displaced downward, a determination manipulation detector that detects a determination manipulation based on the touch panel is displaced to a position which is lower than a position where the depression start detector detects the start of the depression manipulation, and a decision unit that stores the touch position when the depression start detector detects the start of the depression manipulation, and thereafter decides that the determination manipulation has been conducted at the stored touch position when the determination manipulation detector detects the determination manipulation.
US09335854B2	Display device A plurality of first sensor pixel circuits each sensing light during a sensing period when a backlight is turned on and retaining the amount of sensed light otherwise in accordance with a clock signal and a plurality of second sensor pixel circuits each sensing light during a sensing period when the backlight is turned off and retaining the amount of sensed light otherwise in accordance with a clock signal are arranged in a pixel region. The sensor pixel circuits of two types are connected to different output lines, so that a difference between two output signals is obtained at the outside of the sensor pixel circuit. The sensor pixel circuits described above are used for detecting a difference between an amount of light to be incident when the backlight is turned on and an amount of light to be incident when the backlight is turned off.
US09335850B2	Touch screen guide A touch screen guide is provided that includes an edge-shaped frame disposed on a surface of a touch screen and both ends of an inside surface of the edge-shaped frame includes first guide grooves. A menu guide has both ends movably inserted into the first guide grooves of the frame, a substantial center is longitudinally provided with a moving space, and upper and lower portions of an inside are provided with second guide grooves. A touch guide includes upper and lower portions movably inserted into the second guide grooves of the menu guide and a substantial center is provided with an insertion space. Accordingly, a user may recognize which button is being operated when touching the touch screen viewing the screen to prevent the touch screen from being erroneously operated, thereby improving the convenience of use and the marketability.
US09335848B2	Apparatus for providing a three dimensional tactile display of an electronic device An apparatus providing a three dimensional tactile sense on a display of an electronic device. The apparatus comprises two layers. The bottom layer is a set of channels that form a matrix along x and y axes. The top layer comprises a matrix of small transparent columns. When the user interface provides the sensation of a three dimensional surface, the corresponding x and y coordinates that are mapped to the three dimensional surface are inflated. The change in volume forces a subset of columns upward in the direction orthogonal to the plane of the screen.
US09335846B2	Operation input using touch screen and operation lever An operation input device includes a detection part configured to detect an operation performed by a detected object, an operation part including an operation lever attached to the detection part and configured so as to allow an operation of the operation part in a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a display control part configured so as to control a display device to display on a display screen a first region that displays a first image based on the operation performed by the detected object, a second region that displays a second image based on the operation of the operation lever in the first direction, and a third region that displays a third image based on the operation of the operation lever in the second direction.
US09335845B2	Selective accelerometer data processing methods and apparatus A computer-implemented method for reducing extraneous input in a portable device programmed to perform the method includes displaying with the portable device, a text entry interface via a display to a user of the portable device, receiving with the portable device, one or more taps on a portion of the portable device other than the display, wherein the one or more taps is associated with a first action, while displaying with the portable device, an interface other than a text entry interface via the display to the user, the method includes performing with the portable device, the first action in response to the one or more taps, and while displaying with the portable device, a text entry interface via the display to the user, the method includes inhibiting with the portable device, the first action in response to the one or more taps.
US09335840B1	Flexible circuit board based force sensor A flexible circuit board based force sensor is disclosed. A flexible circuit having a first metal pad and a second metal pad, the flexible circuit board is folded so that the first metal pad functioning as a top metal pad and the bottom metal pad functioning as a bottom metal pad. A force sensing material is configured in between the top metal pad and the bottom metal pad to form a force sensor. An electronic drawing system adopts the flexible circuit board based force sensor in an electronic pen for sensing pressures applied against the pen tip of the electronic pen.
US09335835B2	Method and apparatus for providing user interface A method of providing a user interface of a portable terminal includes receiving a mode switching request into a handwriting input mode from a user during executing an application, switching into the handwriting input mode according to the mode switching request, recognizing handwritten data received from the user, converting the recognized handwritten data to data with a preset format, processing the converted data through a preset scheme and displaying a result of the processing on a touch screen.
US09335829B2	Method for capturing and transmitting motion data In a method for capturing and transmitting motion data (s1) from a transmitter (103, 203) to a receiver (104, 204), motion data is captured by a capturing device (102, 202) at the transmitter end, said capturing device (102, 202) registering the motion of an object (106, 206) by means of at least one sensor (101, 201) and converting the registered motion into a digital signal (i2). Said digital signal is fed to the receiver, which embeds the data of the digital signal (i2) in a series (i3) of data and transmits said series of data to a receiver. In addition to or instead of the data of the digital signal, the series of data transmitted by the transmitter contains context data which the receiver uses to interpret and process the originally captured motion data within a defined context.
US09335827B2	Gesture input systems and methods using 2D sensors A gesture input system with a two-dimension (2D) image sensor and a processing module is provided. The 2D image sensor obtains a plurality of images of a user. The processing module determines positions of an object and a face of the user in a first image of the plurality of images, and determines an operation area for the user according to the positions of the object and the face. Also, the processing module generates a control command according to the subsequent images to the first image of the user within the operation area.
US09335826B2	Method of fusing multiple information sources in image-based gesture recognition system A method of interpreting input from a user includes providing a surface within reach of a hand of the user. A plurality of locations on the surface that are touched by the user are sensed. An alphanumeric character having a shape most similar to the plurality of touched locations on the surface is determined. The determining includes collecting information associated with hand region localized modules, and modeling the information using statistical models. The user is informed of the alphanumeric character and/or a word in which the alphanumeric character is included. Feedback is received from the user regarding whether the alphanumeric character and/or word is an alphanumeric character and/or word that the user intended to be determined in the determining step.
US09335825B2	Gesture control An apparatus including: a radio transmitter configured to transmit radio signals that are at least partially reflected by a human body; one or more radio receivers configured to receive the transmitted radio signals after having been at least partially reflected by a human body of a user; a gesture detector configured to detect a predetermined time-varying modulation that is present in the received radio signals compared to the transmitted radio signals; and a controller configured to interpret the predetermined time-varying modulation as a predetermined user input command and change the operation of the apparatus.
US09335815B2	Method and system for battery power saving The present disclosure provides a method and system for saving battery power. The method comprises: determining whether a new program has been initiated by a user and, when a new program has been initiated by the user, storing the new program initiated by the user in a history database; determining whether the user is connected to a network and, when the user is connected to a network, storing a network connection record of the user in the history database; determining whether a battery level triggers a dynamic power saving schedule and, when the battery level triggers the dynamic power saving schedule, performing the power saving schedule using a power saving scheduling engine; and determining whether a screen being turned off triggers a dynamic network schedule and, when the screen being turned off triggers the dynamic network schedule, performing the network schedule using a network scheduling engine. The method for saving battery power according to the present disclosure provides an improved intelligence in program control and/or network management.
US09335807B2	Information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium for managing power consumption To determine power consumption of an image forming apparatus in each state in detail, an analysis server collects job history of a plurality of image forming apparatuses, calculates power consumption of each of the image forming apparatuses in a job processing state in a designated period by using the job history, identifies a number of times each of the image forming apparatuses has executed processing, which is performed when printing is started, in the designated period based on the job history, and adding a value obtained by multiplying job start time power consumption by the number of times of identification to the power consumption of each of the image forming apparatuses, and corrects the power consumption of each of the image forming apparatuses in the job processing state.
US09335801B2	Frame and electronic device having the same A frame to be assembled to a housing of an electronic device is provided. The frame includes a first material portion and a second material portion. The first material portion has a first thermal conductivity coefficient, and the second material portion has a second thermal conductivity coefficient. The first material portion is connected to the second material portion, and the first thermal conductivity coefficient is greater than the second thermal conductivity coefficient. A stiffness of the second material portion is greater than a stiffness of the first material portion. A heat generating element of the electronic device dissipates heat by the first material portion, and the heat generating element is disposed to be corresponding to the first material portion. An electronic device having said frame is also provided.
US09335794B2	Configurable ergonomic keyboard for computing devices A configurable keyboard. The configurable keyboard includes a base with a top face, and a top edge. A position adjustable panel containing keyboard keys. The position adjustable panel is attached to the base by a position adjustment device. The position adjustment device includes a shaft and a first connector. The shaft is attached, towards a bottom end, to the base. The first connector connects the position adjustable panel to the shaft.
US09335788B2	Slim-type display module fixing apparatus for portable terminal A display module fixing apparatus used in a portable terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet Personal Computer (PC), or the like is provided. The fixing apparatus includes a display module bracket comprising an opening in a predetermined shape and a slim plate integrally fixed to the display module bracket into the opening. Therefore, the portable terminal using the display module fixing apparatus achieves slimness thereof.
US09335786B2	Adapter facilitating blind-mate electrical connection of field replaceable units with virtual backplane of computing rack A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet.
US09335779B2	Linear high speed tracking current sense system with positive and negative current In general, this disclosure describes linear tracking current sense systems having improved accuracy, bandwidth, and stability. An example device comprises a half bridge comprising a high side switch and a low side switch. The device further comprises a first second gain stage coupled to an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) and the high side switch, wherein the first second gain stage is configured to sink or supply current to the high side switch from a first non-zero current. The device also comprises a second second gain stage coupled to the OTA and the low side switch, wherein the second second gain stage is configured to sink or supply current to the low side switch from a second non-zero current.
US09335778B2	Reference voltage generating circuit A reference voltage generating circuit with extremely low temperature dependence is provided. The reference voltage generating circuit includes a BGR circuit which generates a bandgap reference voltage; a bandgap current generating circuit which generates a bandgap current according to the bandgap reference voltage; a PTAT current generating circuit which generates a current proportional to the absolute temperature; and a linear approximate correction current generating circuit which compares the current generated by the PTAT current generating circuit and the bandgap current to generate a correction current, and the BGR circuit adds, to the bandgap reference voltage, a correction voltage generated based on the correction current.
US09335776B2	Reactive power compensator A reactive power compensator for a three-phase network having first, second and third phases includes an assembly of capacitors and electromechanical contactors electrically connected to the capacitors. Each contactor includes at least one upstream and one downstream power terminal. An electric current circulates between the upstream and downstream power terminals when the contactors are closed. A first contactor is connected to the first phase and a second contactor is connected to the third phase. The voltage between the upstream and downstream power terminals of at least one electromechanical contactor is measured so that the electromechanical contactors can be controlled according to a control algorithm. The control algorithm includes the closure of a contactor for a substantially zero voltage between the upstream and downstream power terminals thereof, and the opening a contactor for a substantially minimum power value of the capacitors to which the contactor is connected.
US09335775B2	Integrated circuit having regulated voltage island power system Various embodiments include an integrated circuit (IC) structure having: a chip control logic; a chip power system connected with the chip control logic; and a voltage island connected with the chip control logic and the chip power system, the voltage island including: an interface component for interfacing with the chip power system and the chip control logic; a logic island connected with the interface component; and a voltage island power system connected with the interface component and the logic island, the voltage island power system independently controlling a voltage supplied to the logic island.
US09335773B2	Voltage regulator A voltage regulator, having a control element, having a current feedback circuit, having a negative voltage feedback circuit, having a component for switching between a first mode as a switching regulator and a second mode as a linear regulator and for generating a digital control signal for triggering the control element in the first mode as a switching regulator based on a sum variable, and for generating a linear control signal for triggering the control element in the second mode as a linear regulator based on the sum variable, whereby in the first mode as a switching regulator and in the second mode as a linear regulator, a first output of the current feedback circuit and a second output of the negative voltage feedback circuit are coupled to form the sum variable.
US09335772B2	Last gasp hold-up circuit using adaptive constant on time control A hold-up circuit coupled to a first node to receive an input voltage and to provide a hold-up voltage includes an inductor, a constant on-time buck-boost control circuit configured to drive a high-side power switch and a low-side power switch to operate in a buck mode and a boost mode of operation, and an energy storage capacitor. When the input voltage is greater than a predetermined threshold, the buck-boost control circuit is configured to drive the power switches in the boost mode to charge the capacitor to a capacitor voltage greater than the input voltage. When the input voltage is less than the predetermined threshold, the buck-boost control circuit is configured to drive the power switches in the buck mode to supply the energy stored on the capacitor to the inductor to provide a regulated voltage less than the capacitor voltage as the hold-up voltage to the first node.
US09335770B2	Optical transceiver capable of controlling self-heating according to temperature Disclosed is an optical transceiver capable of controlling self-heating according to temperature, more particularly, an optical transceiver which uses a PTC heater suitable for temperature characteristics to easily control self-heating. A PTC heater of which the self-resistance changes depending on the ambient temperature of uncooled laser diodes of an optical transceiver so as to adjust heating volume of the heater, is applied to a TO CAN, thus making it possible to significantly reduce power consumption while expanding an available temperature range of existing optical modules, even without a separate controller or using a minimum number of control circuits.
US09335767B2	Robot cleaner and control method thereof A robot cleaner having an improved structure which executes a cleaning operation without stoppage of travelling of the robot cleaner due to obstacles present in a space to be cleaned, and a control method thereof. The control method of the robot cleaner which is provided with a main body, driving wheels driving the main body, and driving wheel assemblies, each of which includes each driving wheel, includes detecting displacement of each driving wheel with respect to a reference position by sensing a sensed body provided on each driving wheel assembly, judging whether or not the displacement is within a predetermined reference range, and changing a travelling path of the main body, upon judging that the displacement deviates from the reference range.
US09335766B1	Static obstacle detection A vehicle is provided that may distinguish between dynamic obstacles and static obstacles. Given a detector for a class of static obstacles or objects, the vehicle may receive sensor data indicative of an environment of the vehicle. When a possible object is detected in a single frame, a location of the object and a time of observation of the object may be compared to previous observations. Based on the object being observed a threshold number of times, in substantially the same location, and within some window of time, the vehicle may accurately detect the presence of the object and reduce any false detections.
US09335765B2	Autonomous vehicle media control An event is detected arising during autonomous operation of a vehicle. An index in media content associated with the event is identified. At least one instruction is provided to a media module to pause or modify play of the media content based on the event.
US09335759B2	Optimization of a laser anneal beam path for maximizing chip yield Semiconductor chips with curable out of specification measured values of an anneal-activated parameter are identified at a test step. A plurality of anneal plans are generated to include at least one of the identified semiconductor chips. A net yield improvement is calculated for each anneal plan. Each anneal plan includes the paths of a laser beam across the wafer to be irradiated, and optionally includes an azimuthal angle of the wafer as a function of time. The net yield improvement is the difference between an estimated yield improvement from selected target semiconductor chips for irradiation and an estimated yield loss due to collateral irradiation of functional semiconductor chips for each anneal plan. After simulating the net yield improvements for all the anneal plans, the anneal plan providing the greatest net yield improvement can be selected and utilized.
US09335757B2	Numerical controller with auxiliary command execution function When a program command read from a machining program is an auxiliary command, a command associated with the auxiliary command is transmitted. Monitoring of reception of a completion signal corresponding to the command is started. When the completion signal is not received, and when the auxiliary command is a command indicating the unnecessity of waiting to receive the completion signal, determination is made as to whether or not a condition for ending the monitoring of the completion signal corresponding to the auxiliary command is satisfied without receiving the completion signal. When the condition is satisfied, an error process is executed to end the execution of the machining program.
US09335756B2	Method for the efficient protection of safety-critical functions of a controller and a controller In a method for operating a controller, at least one input data are processed into at least one output data by using an algorithm. For checking the output data, a second determination of the output data is performed only for output data in a group that does not contain all possible output data.
US09335754B2	Method for testing the real-time capability of an operating system A method that tests the real-time behavior of an operating system having a first time system (e.g., a SMI tracer real-time extension) responsible for the real-time behavior of the operating system, wherein a test routine is periodically called for execution and the actual point in time of execution of the test routine is compared with an expected periodic point in time of execution of the test routine.
US09335748B2	Energy management system An energy management system uses an expert engine and a numerical solver to determine an optimal manner of using and controlling the various energy consumption, producing and storage equipment in a plant/communities in order to for example reduce energy costs within the plant, and is especially applicable to plants that require or that are capable of using and/or producing different types of energy at different times. The energy management system operates the various energy manufacturing and energy usage components of the plant to minimize the cost of energy over time, or at various different times, while still meeting certain constraints or requirements within the operational system, such as producing a certain amount of heat or cooling, a certain power level, a certain level of production, etc. In some cases, the energy management system may cause the operational equipment of the plant to produce unneeded energy that can be stored until a later time and then used, or that can be sold back to a public utility, for example, so as to reduce the overall cost of energy within the plant.
US09335747B2	System and method for energy management Embodiments of the present invention assist customers in managing the four types of energy assets, that is, generation, storage, usage, and controllable load assets. Embodiments of the present invention for the first time develop and predict a customer baseline (“CBL”) usage of electricity, using a predictive model based on simulation of energy assets, based on business as usual (“BAU”) of the customer's facility. The customer is provided with options for operating schedules based on algorithms, which allow the customer to maximize the economic return on its generation assets, its storage assets, and its load control assets. Embodiments of the invention enable the grid to verify that the customer has taken action to control load in response to price. This embodiment of the invention calculates the amount of energy that the customer would have consumed, absent any reduction of use made in response to price. Specifically, the embodiment models the usage of all the customer's electricity consuming devices, based on the customer's usual conditions. This model of the expected consumption can then be compared to actual actions taken by the customer, and the resulting consumption levels, to verify that the customer has reduced consumption and is entitled to payment for the energy that was not consumed.
US09335746B2	Electronic apparatus and protecting method thereof An electronic apparatus includes a first casing, a protected device, a detector, a first actuator and a controller. The protected device is spaced apart from the first casing by a first shortest distance. The detector is configured to detect a first early sign before a first collision of the first casing and the protected device. The controller is configured to actuate the first actuator after the detector detects the first early sign, causing an increase of the first shortest distance.
US09335744B2	Transponder A transponder for receiving a wireless electromagnetic query signal and for transmitting a wireless electromagnetic response signal with a coil acting as a first antenna for generating a first wired electrical incoming signal from the query signal and with at least one further coil acting as an antenna for generating a further wired electrical incoming signal from the query signal, and wherein an axis of the first coil and an axis of the further coil are differently aligned in space, and wherein the coils are assigned at least one means for limiting the voltage of the respective incoming signals, and wherein the incoming signals are routed, respectively, via a first full-wave rectifier for generating a rectified incoming signal, and wherein the rectified incoming signals are routed, respectively, to a current-controlled source of current for generating a current signal that corresponds to the respective incoming signal, and wherein the current signals are routed, respectively, to a peak value of current detector for generating a peak value of current signal, and wherein the peak value of current signals are routed to a comparison arrangement for comparing the generated peak value of current signals, and wherein the comparison arrangement is configured for generating a control signal that indicates the strongest peak value of current signal of the generated peak value of current signals.
US09335738B2	Barrel A timepiece barrel includes a drum defining a first compartment and a superimposed second compartment; a first tubular hub secured to a first cover and housed at least partially in the first compartment; a second tubular hub secured to a second cover housed at least partially in the second compartment. Each compartment contains a spring wound into a spiral and an inner first end of which collaborates with the first and second hubs respectively and a second end of which collaborates with the drum. The compartments are open on the side of the covers and the first and second covers are free with reference to the drum and are each provided with peripheral teeth, while the drum has no teeth.
US09335730B2	Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A process cartridge attachable/detachable to/from an apparatus main body of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus is configured such that the photosensitive unit and the development unit are coupled with each other at both ends in a direction parallel to a rotational center axis line of the photosensitive drum. Guide units are provided at one end of the photosensitive unit and at one end of the development unit, which are separated from each other when an external force does not work on the process cartridge. When the process cartridge is subjected to an impact in a direction in which the development roller approaches the photosensitive drum, the guide units are brought into contact with each other while the development unit rotates relative to the link member, and guide the development unit in a direction in which the development roller separates from the photosensitive drum.
US09335727B2	Drum cartridge including a coupling accommodating roller movement A drum cartridge and a method are disclosed. An example of the drum cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a first cleaning roller, and a second cleaning roller. The drum cartridge includes a first cleaning gear rotatable with the first cleaning roller, a second cleaning gear rotatable with the second cleaning roller and engaging with the first cleaning gear, a drum gear being rotatable with the photosensitive drum, a first idle gear engaging with the drum gear, a second idle gear engaging with the first idle gear, and a coupling joining the second cleaning gear and the second idle gear, the coupling being rotatable in unison with the second cleaning gear and the second idle gear.
US09335725B2	Image forming apparatus having developing unit in which developing device is movably disposed An image forming apparatus includes: a main body; a photosensitive drum rotatably supported in the main body; a developing unit detachably accommodated in the main body in a direction along an axis of the photosensitive drum in a state where the photosensitive drum is disposed in the main body. The developing unit includes: a developer carrying member configured to carry developer for supplying the developer to the photosensitive drum; a developing frame supporting the developer carrying member; and a supporting assembly configured to support the developing frame such that, in a state where the developing unit is accommodated in the main body, the developing frame is movable between a proximity position where the developer carrying member and the photosensitive drum being positioned adjacent to or in contact with each other and a separation position where the developer carrying member and the photosensitive drum being separated from each other.
US09335722B2	Drum unit removably mountable to supporting unit of image forming apparatus A drum unit is removably mountable to a supporting unit of an image forming apparatus. The drum unit includes a pair of side plates; and a plurality of photosensitive drums. The pair of side plates face each other and are apart from each other in a first direction. The plurality of photosensitive drums are supported by the pair of side plates such that an axial direction of each photosensitive drum is parallel to the first direction and such that each photosensitive drum is movable relative to the pair of side plates. Each side plate has a plurality of urging members and a plurality of stoppers such that one of the urging members corresponds to one of the photosensitive drums and to one of the stoppers. Each urging member is configured to urge a corresponding photosensitive drum toward a corresponding stopper.
US09335715B2	Member moving mechanism and image forming apparatus including same A member moving mechanism includes a moving member movable in first positive and negative directions, a moved member that moves in second positive and negative directions when the moving member moves, a belt member connecting the moving member to the moved member, a belt-member guide member, an openable-closable cover engaged with the moving member, a first biasing member that biases the moved member in the second negative direction, and a second biasing member that biases the moving member in the first positive direction with a biasing force larger than that of the first biasing member. The moving member moves in the first positive direction with the biasing force of the second biasing member when the openable-closable cover moves in an opening direction, while the moving member moves in the first negative direction against the biasing force of the second biasing member when the openable-closable cover moves in a closing direction.
US09335705B1	Rotor bearing member, photoconductor unit including the same, and image forming apparatus A rotor bearing member is attached to a support body. The support body includes a guide section that supports a first member and a second member such that the first member and the second member are movable toward a rotor. The first member includes a rotary shaft and rotates about the rotary shaft thereof while being in contact with the rotor. The second member includes a rotary shaft extending along the rotary shaft of the first member and cleans a surface of the first member while rotating in contact with the first member. The rotor bearing member includes a first bearing member and a second bearing member that rotatably support the rotary shaft of the second member and the rotary shaft of the first member, respectively, while the first bearing member and the second bearing member abut each other.
US09335697B2	Image forming apparatus having image bearing member life estimation unit An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum life estimation mechanism which estimates wear amounts of a charge transfer layer in both of a toner bearing area and an end portion of a toner non-bearing area of a developing roller and informs a user that the photosensitive drum has reached the end of its life if, out of total wear amounts of the areas corresponding to predetermined life threshold values of the toner bearing and non-bearing areas, either of the total wear amounts reaches the threshold value.
US09335695B2	Imaging device, imaging cartridge, and verification method An imaging device, an imaging cartridge, and a verification method are disclosed. The method comprises storing a first slave address of the imaging cartridge and configuring a first indexing rule in the imaging device. The method further comprises: an indexing step, including sending an indexing command to the imaging cartridge, generating a predicated address for the imaging cartridge based on the first indexing rule and the indexing command, and updating the first slave address of the imaging cartridge based on the predicated address; and a verification step, including judging whether a second slave address of the imaging cartridge is correct according to answer data sent by the imaging cartridge, or according to the answer data sent by the imaging cartridge as well as the first slave address of the imaging cartridge. The answer data comprise indexing feedback data that include the second slave address of the imaging cartridge, or response data with respect to an addressing command that includes the first slave address of the imaging cartridge. A counterfeit imaging cartridge which steals a slave address via the bus can be verified.
US09335689B2	Polyimide tube, method for producing same, and fixing belt Provided are a polyimide tube that can be produced at a low cost and has good durability and a good offset property, a method for producing the polyimide tube, and a fixing belt which includes the polyimide tube as a base and which has good durability and a good offset property. Provided are a polyimide tube including a base resin containing a polyimide resin having good rigidity and a soft polyimide resin having good flexibility in a mass ratio of 30:70 to 70:30, 20% to 50% by volume of graphite, 3% by volume or more of a highly conductive carbon black particle, and 0.5% by volume or more of a carbon nanotube relative to the volume of the base resin, a method for producing the polyimide tube, and a fixing belt including the polyimide tube as a base.
US09335680B2	Image forming apparatus having fixing device that responds to request when using decolorable ink An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit which forms a first image on a first recording medium with a first material that is not thermally decolorizable; a second image forming unit which forms a second image on a second recording medium with a second material that is thermally decolorizable; a fixing device which is on a common carrying path shared by the first recording medium and the second recording medium and fixes the first image to the first recording medium; and a controller which controls the fixing device so that a temperature of the fixing device is lower than a decolorizing temperature of the second material when the second recording medium reaches the fixing device.
US09335677B2	Fixing apparatus for fixing images formed on sheet and image forming apparatus provided with this fixing apparatus A fixing apparatus comprises a fixing nip width adjustment unit configured to adjust the fixing nip width of a fixing nip portion; a braking force generation motor configured to generate an effective braking force in the direction to hinder rotation of an upper pressure roller; and a control unit configured to perform restore control for rotating the upper pressure roller and a lower pressure roller by driving a drive motor and speed keeping control for keeping the rotational speed of the braking force generation motor no higher than a predetermined speed during the restore control in a non-fixing period in which the fixing nip width adjustment unit is controlled to decrease the fixing nip width smaller than in a fixing period and a braking force is applied to the fixing side member by the braking force generation motor.
US09335675B1	Image forming apparatus and transfer voltage setting method An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image with toner, an image carrier, a transfer unit that transfers an image from the image carrier to a medium, and a power supply control unit that applies a transfer bias generated by superimposing an AC bias and a DC bias to the transfer unit. Multiple first images are transferred to a medium, the first images being formed by setting one of an amplitude value of the AC bias, and a DC bias value representing a value of the DC bias to a fixed value and changing the other one at a preset interval. Multiple second images are transferred to a medium, the second images being formed by setting the one of the amplitude value and the DC bias value to a fixed value different from the fixed value, and changing the other one at a preset interval.
US09335673B2	Image forming apparatus and method of controlling image forming apparatus for separating a recording sheet from an image bearing member An image forming apparatus includes: a rotatable image bearing member; a transferring member that forms a transfer nip portion with the image bearing member; a voltage application section that applies a voltage to the transferring member in such a manner that a certain amount of current flows through the transferring member; and a control section that sets a front-end current to a current that flows through the transferring member when a voltage having a polarity opposite to a transfer polarity and an absolute value substantially the same as or greater than an absolute value of a surface potential of the image bearing member is applied to the transferring member, the control section controlling the voltage application section in such a manner that the set front-end current flows through the transferring member when a front-end portion of a recording sheet in a conveyance direction passes through the transfer nip portion.
US09335671B2	Belt unit having steering roller to correct position of belt and image forming apparatus including the same A belt unit including a steering mechanism employing a belt auto alignment method includes a restricting portion configured to enable a steering roller to rotate about a steering axis line for correcting the deviation of the position of the belt in the width-wise direction, while restricting the inclination of the steering roller due to the rotation.
US09335669B2	Systems and methods for implementing advanced stripping of image receiving media substrates in image forming devices A system and method are provided implementing advanced stripping of image receiving media substrates, including substrates involved in any cut-sheet image forming process in an image forming device that includes a pressure nip necessitating an ability to reliably remove the sheets of image receiving media substrate from a conformable belt and/or roller surface. An appropriate peel force is applied to and opposite side of the image receiving media substrate that effectively peels an image receiving media substrate and image combination from an intermediate transfer belt downstream of a conformable transfer nip. A relatively small diameter stripper roller is positioned downstream of, and in close proximity to, the conformable transfer nip as an apparatus by which to effect application of the appropriate peel force. The small diameter stripper roller has a contact surface formed of an appropriately tacky material, including certain silicone materials, to apply the peel force.
US09335666B2	Developing device and image forming apparatus A developing device includes a first magnet fixed inside a first developer bearing member and including a pair of first repulsion magnetic poles with the same polarity and disposed adjacent to each other, and a second magnet fixed inside a second developer bearing member and including a pair of second repulsion magnetic poles with the same polarity and disposed adjacent to each other. The first magnet has a magnetic flux density distribution of a normal component of the first developer bearing member in the circumferential direction of the first developer bearing member having only one minimal point between the pair of first repulsion magnetic poles, and the second magnet has a magnetic flux density distribution of a normal component of the second developer bearing member in the circumferential direction of the second developer bearing member having a plurality of minimal points between the pair of second repulsion magnetic poles.
US09335658B2	Developer supply device with wall between chambers having two heights A developer supply device including a developer carrying body, extending in a width direction, configured to carry developer and a casing including an wall, extending in the width direction, disposed between a first room on which the developer carrying body is disposed and a second room configured to store the developer is provided. The first room and the second room communicate each other through an opening formed above the wall. The wall includes end portions having a first height and a central portion. The central portion is disposed between the end portions and has a second height which is higher than the first height.
US09335641B2	Optical element mount for lithographic apparatus A mount configured to mount an optical element in a module for a lithographic apparatus. The mount includes a plurality of resilient members constructed and arranged to circumferentially support the optical element. Each resilient member includes a plurality of resilient subsections that are configured to engage the optical element around a perimeter thereof. Each resilient subsection is configured to flex independent of another resilient subsection.
US09335639B2	Exposure method, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method A liquid immersion device that has an mixing mechanism that mixes and dissolves a predetermined substance for adjusting specific resistance of the liquid, which is supplied onto a liquid repellent film on the surface of an object (member) of a projection optical system placed on the light emitting side of projection optical system, and an liquid immersion area is formed by supplying the liquid in which the predetermined liquid is dissolved onto the liquid repellent film.
US09335638B2	Lithographic apparatus, programmable patterning device and lithographic method In an embodiment, a lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a modulator configured to expose an exposure area of the substrate to a plurality of beams modulated according to a desired pattern and a projection system configured to project the modulated beams onto the substrate. The modulator may be moveable with respect the exposure area and/or the projection system may have an array of lenses to receive the plurality of beams, the array of lenses moveable with respect to the exposure area.
US09335636B2	Method of patterning a device A photopolymer layer is formed on an organic device substrate and exposed to patterned radiation. The photopolymer layer includes a photopolymer comprising at least a first repeating unit having an acid-catalyzed, solubility-altering reactive group, wherein the total fluorine content of the photopolymer is less than 30% by weight. The pattern exposed photopolymer is contacted with a developing agent, such as a developing solution, to remove unexposed photopolymer, thereby forming a developed structure having a first pattern of exposed photopolymer covering the substrate and a complementary second pattern of uncovered substrate corresponding to the unexposed photopolymer. The developing agent comprises at least 50% by volume of a hydrofluoroether developing solvent.
US09335635B2	Silver halide solution physical developing solution A black-and-white silver halide developing solution and a silver halide solution physical developing solution are used in sequence to provide electrically-conductive film elements from conductive film element precursors that contain photosensitive silver halide emulsions on one or both supporting sides of a transparent substrate. The two developing solutions have unique combinations of developing agents and other essential components to provide complete development of imagewise exposed silver halide to form highly electrically-conductive silver metal in predetermined patterns.
US09335633B2	Positive resist composition and patterning process A positive resist composition is provided comprising a polymer comprising recurring units having a carboxyl or phenolic hydroxyl group substituted with an acid labile group and recurring units of 4-pyrone ester, and having a Mw of 1,000-500,000. The resist composition has a satisfactory effect of suppressing acid diffusion and a high resolution, and forms a pattern of good profile and minimal edge roughness after exposure.
US09335623B2	Thermally developable imaging materials A thermally developable material comprising a support and having thereon at least one thermally developable imaging layers comprising in reactive association at least one non-photosensitive source of reducible silver ions, at least one reducing agent for said reducible ions, at least one binder comprising vinyl butyral repeat units and vinyl alcohol repeat units, and at least one crosslinker comprising an isocyanate group, where the thermally developable material has a composition that exhibits an equivalent weight ratio of the vinyl alcohol repeat units in the at least one binder to the isocyanate groups in the at least one crosslinker of at least 75.
US09335616B2	Optical device utilized in laser projector An optical device utilized in a laser projector includes a circulatory air channel, a phosphor wheel disposed in the circulatory air channel, a thermal exchanger partially disposed in the circulatory air channel, and an air guiding component disposed in the circulatory air channel for guiding an air provided by the thermal exchanger toward the phosphor wheel. The temperature of the air passing through the phosphor wheel is lower than an environment temperature.
US09335615B2	Projector light source having cooling ports with rotating opening and closing device A light source device includes a light source, a reflector that reflects light emitted from the light source, a light source housing accommodating the light source and the reflector and including a plurality of introduction ports through which cooling air is introduced, and a plurality of outlet ports communicating with the plural corresponding introduction ports, the outlet ports through which the introduced cooling air goes out, and an opening and closing device opening and closing the plural introduction ports. The plural introduction ports are disposed around a center shaft of the opening and closing device. The plural outlet ports are disposed along an opening of the reflector. The opening and closing device has a rotating member which rotates in accordance with the position of the light source device to selectively open and close the plural introduction ports.
US09335600B2	Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display device and a fabricating method thereof. The liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates bonded to each other; gate lines aligned on the first substrate; a data line and a common line on the first substrate; a large pixel electrode disposed at the intersecting point between the lines; a TFT at the intersecting point between the gate line and the data line; a protrusion pattern on the gate line; a passivation layer on the first substrate; branched common electrodes on the passivation layer; a pixel electrode connection pattern on the passivation layer; a black matrix and color filter layer on the second substrate; a column spacer on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer at between the substrates.
US09335580B2	Display device and electronic apparatus According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display surface on which pixels each including sub-pixels of a plurality of colors are two-dimensionally arrayed; a reflective member; a first substrate provided with the reflective member; a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate; a color filter provided with filters of at least two colors corresponding to the sub-pixels; and a scattering member provided on the second substrate. A main viewing angle direction of the display device is a direction intersecting with the display surface. The color filter is formed such that a change in transmittance of the filters per pixel in the main viewing angle direction is smaller than a change in transmittance of the filters per pixel in a direction orthogonal to the main viewing angle direction in a direction parallel to the display surface.
US09335579B2	Display device A liquid crystal display device 1 comprises a liquid crystal display panel 4, a backlight unit 20 emitting light toward the liquid crystal display panel 4, control substrates 9 for controlling the liquid crystal display panel 4 and the backlight unit 20, and an outer cover 2 containing the liquid crystal display panel 4, the backlight unit 20, and the control substrates 9. The control substrates 9 are arranged on the side opposite to the side including the display panel 4 with respect to the backlight unit 20, and the liquid crystal display device 1 further comprises a heat insulating frame 6, which is disposed between the backlight unit 20 and the control substrates 9, and which forms a space covering one surface of the backlight unit 20 on the side facing toward the control substrates 9.
US09335578B2	Display device having conductive member between a bezel and heat radiating plate A display device includes a display panel that displays images and comprises a an outer frame, a light irradiating part that irradiates light toward a back surface of the display panel, a heat radiating plate that radiates heat generated by the light irradiating part and is grounded, a plurality of protective members provided along the outer frame of the display panel, wherein at least one of the plurality of protective members is an opposing protective member that opposes the heat radiating plate, and a conductive member interposed between and electrically connects the opposing protective member and the heat radiating plate.
US09335577B2	Display device and cover member According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display module including a display area which displays an image, a cover member including a transmissive portion opposed to the display area, a first color portion opposed to a peripheral area on an outside of the display area of the display module, and a second color portion located on an outside of the first color portion, and a photosensitive resin which adheres the display module and the cover member to each other, wherein the first color portion has a higher transmittance of light of a wavelength for curing the photosensitive resin than the second color portion.
US09335573B2	Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof A liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The device includes data lines, gate lines, and common lines in parallel with the gate lines. The device also includes at least one dummy gate line in parallel with the gate lines, gate line trigger circuits, and common line trigger circuits. One end of the last gate line is connected with the last gate line trigger circuit, one end of each of remaining gate lines is connected with a gate line trigger circuit corresponding to said each of remaining gate lines, and the other end of said each of the remaining gate lines is connected with a next gate line trigger circuit. The first common line trigger circuit is connected with one dummy gate line, and each of remaining common line trigger circuits is connected with one or more preceding gate line trigger circuits.
US09335566B2	Photochromic lens for eye glasses [Problem] To provide a photochromic lens for eye glasses, which has a high refractive index and excellent light-controlling properties and has such a constitution that the weight and thickness of the lens can be reduced. [Solution] Provided is a photochromic lens for eye glasses, which is produced by polymerizing a polymerizable composition prepared by dissolving a photochromic compound into a monomer mixture comprising a first radically polymerizable monomer represented by general formula (I), a second radically polymerizable monomer represented by general formula (II) and divinylbenzene that has a purity of 50% or more and contains a divinylbenzene component and an ethylvinylbenzene component at a total content of 90% or more.
US09335547B2	Head-mounted display device and method of controlling head-mounted display device A transmissive head-mounted display device includes an image display unit that generates image light representing an image, allows a user to visually recognize the image light, and transmits outside scenery when worn on a head of a user, a detection unit that detects at least one of a line-of-sight direction of the user and a shielding object that is located at a predetermined distance from an eye of the user and shields a line of sight of the user, and a control unit that performs control of the image light based on the detected detection result.
US09335539B2	Pixel device and display using liquid ink and elastomers A pixel device using optically active fluid contained within elastomeric materials and actuated through dielectric elastomer membrane is disclosed. The underlying mechanism of optical contrast in this display pixel is the spread and contraction of the fluid contained within a pre-stretched elastomer membrane and a substrate. The actuation mechanism for the fluid flow is a dielectric elastomer membrane coated with compliant electrodes on both sides. When both electrodes are connected to a voltage source, the oppositely charged electrodes attract each other, compressing the sandwiched elastomer membrane in the thickness direction but increasing its lateral dimension. Due to geometrical constraint, the change in the membrane lateral dimension results in the net volume change of the fluid reservoir, causing optically active fluid to move from the display cavity into the fluid reservoir or vice versa. The variation of the amount of fluid in the display cavity corresponds to the variation of optical properties, such as contrast and color, of the pixel device.
US09335534B2	Specimen slide having reference points A specimen slide (100) having a sample region (101) in which a sample (200) that can be investigated microscopically can be arranged, and that comprises reference points (A-Z, 1-24, a-j, α-κ) arranged at least in the sample region (101), is proposed. The reference points (A-Z, 1-24, a-j, α-κ) are embodied in such a way that on the basis of an identification of at least a stipulated number of reference points (A-Z, 1-24, a-j, α-κ) in an arbitrary sub-region (102) of the sample region (101), the position of the arbitrary sub-region (102), and/or at least one position therein, on the specimen slide (100) can be unequivocally determined A method for determining and/or retrieving a position on a corresponding specimen slide, and a corresponding sample investigation system, are likewise subjects of the invention.
US09335532B2	Laser assembly for use with a microscope A laser assembly is provided which includes an objective assembly having an objective and a dichroic mirror, a collimating assembly having a collimating lens and a selectively displaceable mount, and a laser supply assembly having a laser source. The laser assembly can provide laser light through the collimating lens, which collimates the laser light into a collimated beam. The laser beam is preferably transmitted onto the dichroic mirror, which reflects the laser light through the objective along the optical path of the objective which converges into a focal point. Such a laser assembly preferably provides substantial control of the laser beam, for example, for micromanipulation of a sample.
US09335530B2	Planar solar energy concentrator A solar concentrator, comprising: a substantially planar light insertion layer being made of light-transmissive material and including: an optical entry surface, an array of optical redirecting elements, and an array of optical exits being, each of the optical redirecting elements receiving and redirecting light towards an optical exit; a substantially planar light guide layer being made of light-transmissive material and including: a first surface for receiving light exiting the light insertion layer, a second surface opposite the first surface, the first and second surfaces being structured and arranged with one respect to the other such that light entering the light guide layer is guided to at least one optical output surface via a series of reflections; and an array of optical apertures optically interconnecting the light insertion layer and the light guide layer formed by at least one deformed optical coupling element. A method of manufacture thereof is also disclosed.
US09335527B2	Zoom lens and electronic apparatus including the same A zoom lens includes: in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group having a positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein, when zooming is performed from a wide angle position to a telephoto position, the first through fourth lens groups move, and the first lens group includes a first negative lens and a second positive lens from the object side. The zoom lens may be part of an electronic apparatus, such as a photographing apparatus.
US09335520B2	Imaging lens, and electronic apparatus including the same An imaging lens includes first to fifth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. Through designs of surfaces of the lens elements and relevant optical parameters, a short system length of the imaging lens may be achieved while maintaining good optical performance.
US09335518B2	Optical imaging lens and electronic device comprising the same An optical imaging lens includes: a first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth lens element. The first lens element has an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of its periphery, the second lens element has an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, the third lens element has positive refractive power, the fourth lens element has an object-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery, the fifth lens element has an object-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, the sixth lens element has an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and the sixth lens element being made of plastic.
US09335513B2	Optical image capturing lenses An optical image capturing lenses includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with refractive power, a second lens element with negative refractive power, a third lens element with refractive power, a fourth lens element with positive refractive power, a fifth lens element with refractive power and a sixth lens element with refractive power. The first lens element has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The second lens element has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The fifth lens element is made of plastic material, and two surfaces of the fifth lens element are aspheric. The sixth lens element has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface and is made of plastic material, the surfaces of the sixth lens element are aspheric, and the image-side surface thereof has at least one inflection point.
US09335512B2	Image capturing lens and image capturing apparatus provided with the image capturing lens An image capturing lens which substantially consists of five lenses, composed of a first lens having a positive refractive power with the object side surface being formed in a convex shape toward the object side, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power with the object side surface being formed in a concave shape toward the object side, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power with a region in which the negative refractive power is gradually reduced outwardly in a radial direction from the optical axis, arranged in this order from the object side, and satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.
US09335511B2	Lens module There is provided a lens module, including: a first lens having positive refractive power, an object-sided surface thereof being convex; a second lens having negative refractive power, an image-sided surface thereof being concave; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power, an image-sided surface thereof being convex; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, an image-sided surface thereof being concave, wherein the fourth lens satisfies Conditional Expression 1, f ⁢ ⁢ 4 f < - 3.0 [ Conditional ⁢ ⁢ Expression ⁢ ⁢ 1 ] where f is an overall focal distance of an optical system and f4 is a focal distance of the fourth lens.
US09335507B2	Lens driving device The present invention provides a lens driving device having a component for limiting a movement amount generated during impacting, wherein an impact force is alleviated by utilizing the component for limiting the movement amount, so that a driving coil can be prevented from falling off, and the damage to the leaf springs can be alleviated. The leaf springs formed into a cantilever beam structure as the damper for alleviating the impact in the vertical direction and the planar direction are arranged between the lower fixing body and the upper fixing body, and the impact force can be alleviated by utilizing first projection parts and second projection parts projected out from the lens support, and the existing structure does not need to be greatly changed.
US09335504B2	Fiber distribution hub with swing frame and wrap-around doors A fiber distribution hub (FDH) provides an interface between an incoming fiber and a plurality of outgoing fibers. The FDH includes a cabinet, at least one door pivotably mounted to the cabinet, and a frame pivotably mounted within the cabinet. The doors wrap around the sides and the front of the cabinet to provide access to both the front and sides of the frame when the doors are open. The frame can pivot out of the cabinet through the open doors to enable access to the rear of the cabinet and the rear side of the frame. The frame includes a termination region and a splitter region. The frame can include a storage region and/or a pass-through region.
US09335500B2	Hybrid electro-optical package for an opto-electronic engine A hybrid electro-optical package for an opto-electronic engine. The package includes a carrier substrate, and a package base. Electrical vias and an optical via of the carrier substrate communicate between a back side and a front side of the carrier substrate. The package base is coupled to the carrier substrate by intra-package electrical interconnects. The carrier substrate is to interconnect electrically with an opto-electronic component mounted on its back side, and includes an optical aperture at its front side for communication of optical signals. Similarly, lands disposed at a front side of the package base provide for communication of electrical signals to an integrated circuit and the opto-electronic component. A system and an opto-electronic engine that include the hybrid electro-optical package are also provided.
US09335497B2	Opto-electric hybrid board An opto-electric hybrid board includes: an electric circuit board including an insulative layer having front and back surfaces, and electrical interconnect lines formed on the front surface of the insulative layer; an optical element mounted on a surface of the electric circuit board with the electrical interconnect lines formed thereon; and an optical waveguide including a core and formed on the back surface of the insulative layer of the electric circuit board. The core includes at its end portion a reflecting surface capable of reflecting alight beam to propagate the light beam between the core and the optical element. The insulative layer is made of a light-transmissive material. A portion of the insulative layer corresponding to an optical path between the reflecting surface of the core and the optical element is in the form of a lens portion.
US09335496B2	Photoelectric conversion module A photoelectric conversion module includes a circuit board including a plurality of first board-side electrodes and a plurality of second board-side electrodes that are alternately arranged on a mounting surface of the circuit board in an array direction and each extend into strips in a direction orthogonal to the array direction, a photoelectric conversion array element mounted on the circuit board and including, on a surface facing the mounting surface, a plurality of light receiving/emitting portions, first element-side electrodes connected to the first board-side electrodes and second element-side electrodes connected to the second board-side electrodes, and an IC chip mounted on the circuit board. The circuit board further includes, on the mounting surface, a connecting portion for connecting the first board-side electrodes to each other and a first electrode land portion connected to the first board-side electrode or the connecting portion to contact with a first test electrode probe.
US09335495B2	Optical module An optical modulator includes: laser diodes disposed in parallel with each other, each laser diode having a different lasing wavelength; optical waveguides disposed in parallel with each other with first ends facing the laser diodes; an optical isolator inserted between the laser diodes and the optical waveguides and attenuating return light reflected from the optical waveguides toward the laser diodes; a lens focusing light emitted from the laser diodes onto the optical waveguides through the optical isolator; an optical switch selecting one of the light beams exiting from the optical waveguides; and an optical modulator modulating the light beam selected by and output from the optical switch.
US09335488B2	Adapter for interfacing optical fiber connectors with one another, and a method An adapter is provided for interfacing MOF connectors with one another where the MOF connectors have optical pathways that bend by a non-zero-degree angle (e.g., 90°±15°) in between the ends of the optical fibers held in the connectors and the output facets of the connectors. The adapter is configured to mate with two such connectors and to bring their optical pathways into precise optical alignment with one another.
US09335484B2	Passive optical through switches A passive optical fiber switch includes: a housing defining a plurality of ports configured to receive fiber optic connectors; a substrate positioned within the housing, the substrate defining a plurality of waveguide paths; and an arm positioned relative to one of the plurality of ports such that the arm moves as a fiber optic connector is positioned in the one port, movement of the arm causing the waveguide paths to shift to break a normal through configuration.
US09335474B2	Optical devices and methods of fabricating the same Provided is an optical device. The optical device includes a substrate having a waveguide region and a mounting region, a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) waveguide including a lower-clad layer and an upper-clad layer on the waveguide region of the substrate and a platform core between the lower-clad layer and the upper-clad layer, a terrace defined by etching the lower-clad layer on the mounting region of the substrate, the terrace including an interlocking part, an optical active chip mounted on the mounting region of the substrate, the optical active chip including a chip core therein, and a chip alignment mark disposed on a mounting surface of the optical active chip. The optical active chip is aligned by interlocking between the interlocking part of the terrace and the chip alignment mark of the optical active chip and mounted on the mounting region.
US09335468B2	Fiber bragg grating in micro/nanofiber and method of producing the same A method of fabricating Fiber Bragg gratings in a micro/nanofiber using ultrashort pulse irradiation, the method includes elongating and flame-brushing a single mode optical fiber to create a micro/nanofiber, and generating the ultrashort pulse irradiation to induce a plurality of refractive index changes at predetermined intervals within the micro/nanofiber, wherein the ultrashort pulse propagates through a focusing element and a diffractive element prior to propagating on the micro/nanofiber.
US09335465B2	Optical fiber and optical fiber preform An optical fiber containing an alkali metal element and exhibiting low attenuation as well as excellent radiation resistance is provided. The optical fiber of the present invention has a core region and a cladding region enclosing the core region. The core region contains alkali metal elements by an average concentration of 0.2 atomic ppm or more. The attenuation at a wavelength of 1550 nm after irradiating with the radiation of 0.10 Gy or more of cumulative absorbed dose increases by 0.02 dB/km or less as compared with the attenuation exhibited prior to radiation exposure.
US09335461B2	Light guide plate and forming mould thereof, and backlight module The present invention relates to the field of display technologies, and in particular, to a light guide plate, a forming mould and a backlight module. The light guide plate comprises a transparent substrate and a light shielding member, wherein the transparent substrate comprises a light outgoing surface, a bottom surface opposite to the light outgoing surface, a light incoming side and a non-light incoming side, and the light shielding member is integrally connected with the non-light incoming side of the transparent substrate. The light at the edge of the light guide plate is shielded by the non-transparent light shielding member, so that the reflection between the light and a plastic frame may be prevented effectively, and the problem may be avoided that light leakage and bright line appear at the edge of the light guide plate.
US09335460B1	Light guide plate, backlight module, and display device Disclosed is a light guide plate for use in a backlight module. The light guide plate includes a light incidence surface, a light exit surface, and a bottom surface opposite to the light exit surface. The light incidence surface is connected between the bottom surface and the light exit surface. The light guide plate has an interior in which an internal chamber is formed and includes two opposite sidewalls and an end wall that is connected between the two sidewalls and is substantially parallel to and spaced from the light incidence surface. The internal chamber include a light source provided at a connection site between the end wall and each of the two sidewalls, whereby light that enters through the light incidence surface and light emitting from the two light sources are subjected to refraction and/or reflection within the internal chamber and then project outward through the light exit surface.
US09335449B2	Higher transmission light control film A light control film, and light collimating assemblies and liquid crystal displays incorporating such light control films are described. The light control film includes alternating transmissive and absorptive regions, where the refractive index of each transmissive region is greater than the refractive index of each absorptive region. The absorptive regions form interfaces at angles that are close to the perpendicular to the light control film. A portion of the incident light intercepting the absorptive region undergoes Total Internal Reflection, and is transmitted through the film. The axial brightness of light passing through the film is increased, the brightness is more uniform within the viewing angle, and the viewing cutoff angle is sharpened.
US09335447B2	Fresnel lens with light-scattering preventive feature A Fresnel lens including a plurality of sawtooth-shaped projections, with each projection including a first surface at a first angle and a second surface at a second angle. Each first surface has top and bottom edges and each second surface has top and bottom edges. Each projection has a top intersection where the top edge of the first surface intersects the top edge of the second surface. Adjacent projections have a bottom intersection where the bottom edge of the second surface of a first one of the adjacent projections intersects the bottom edge of the first surface of a second one of the adjacent projections. The lens portion is opaque at the top intersection of the projections, at the bottom intersection of adjacent projections, and on the first surface between the top intersection and the bottom intersection.
US09335443B2	Anti-reflective lenses and methods for manufacturing the same The present invention relates to a method of applying an anti-reflective coating to an optical surface of a mold. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a lens mold having an optical surface; forming a layer of a super hydrophobic material over the optical surface, wherein the super hydrophobic material contains an amount of dipodal silane that is a relative percentage of the super hydrophobic material; forming an anti-reflective coating layered structure over the layer of the super hydrophobic material; and forming a layer of a coupling agent deposited with a monolayer thickness to the anti-reflective coating layered structure using vapor deposition under aprotic conditions or by dip coating or spin coating using a solution of a coupling agent in an aprotic solvent.
US09335439B2	Photoelectric coupling module A photoelectric coupling module includes a substrate, a photoelectric unit, and a lens module. The substrate carries at least two alignment marks for correct and absolute positioning of the lens module on the substrate. The photoelectric unit is positioned on the substrate. The lens module defines at least two through holes aligned with the alignment marks.
US09335437B2	Casing inspection using pulsed neutron measurements A method for evaluating wellbore conduit condition includes using measurements of at least one of (i) inelastic gamma rays made during emission a burst of neutrons into the conduit from within the conduit at at least one spaced apart location from a position of the emission and (ii) epithermal neutrons or capture gamma rays therefrom detected at at least two spaced apart locations from the position of the emission within a selected time after the emission. The at least one of the measurements of inelastic gamma rays and epithermal neutron or capture gamma ray counts are characterized to estimate an amount of loss of iron in the conduit.
US09335430B2	Wave field separation by mixed domain inversion Methods, devices, and computer-readable media are provided for accessing seismic data that describes seismic energy that propagated through media, including water and optionally surface or subsurface layers, to measurement locations in the water. The seismic data includes pressure data that describes time-variant pressures at measurement locations in the water. The seismic data may also include velocity data that describes time-variant velocities of particles at measurement locations in the water. The seismic data is processed using wavefield decomposition to reduce an effect of a portion of the seismic energy that reflects off of the surface of the water. The processing is performed in a discrete domain that includes or is the measurement locations. The discrete domain may exclude certain locations or ranges of locations. The processed seismic data may be used to generate a map of any surfaces of the media through which the seismic energy propagated.
US09335426B2	Intrinsic reflectors of scintillation detector elements and formation process of intrinsic reflectors A radiation sensor may include a scintillator, a reflector, and a sensor. The scintillator may be capable of converting non-visible radiation into scintillation light. The reflector may be formed from material of outside surfaces of the scintillator, to reflect the scintillation light. The sensor may be positioned in proximity to the scintillator, to detect the scintillation light from the scintillator. A method of manufacturing a scintillator with an intrinsic reflector may include heating the scintillator in an oxygen-deficient environment at a first temperature for a first predetermined time period, and optionally annealing the scintillator in an oxygenated environment at a second temperature for a second predetermined time period.
US09335420B2	Detection of neutrinos A flux detection apparatus can include a radioactive sample having a decay rate capable of changing in response to interaction with a first particle or a field, and a detector associated with the radioactive sample. The detector is responsive to a second particle or radiation formed by decay of the radioactive sample. The rate of decay of the radioactive sample can be correlated to flux of the first particle or the field. Detection of the first particle or the field can provide an early warning for an impending solar event.
US09335407B2	Detection of objects A detection method comprising directing radiation such that it is incident upon a target, the radiation containing a component having a first polarisation and a component having a second orthogonal polarisation, detecting radiation which is scattered from the target, and analysing the polarisation state of the detected scattered radiation to determine whether the target includes an object.
US09335399B2	Location detection system and method with fingerprinting A location detection system and method with fingerprinting including defining nodes in an area, the area being associated with field devices and a target device; determining expected signal strengths from the field devices at the nodes; measuring actual signal strengths from the field devices at the target device for each of the field devices in communication with the target device; designating as valid nodes the nodes having the expected signal strength for a particular field device that is greater than or equal to the actual signal strength for a particular field device; and determining at least one of the valid nodes for which the actual signal strengths for the field devices agree with the expected signal strengths for the field devices at the at least one of the valid nodes.
US09335397B2	Method for radio communication between a radio beacon and an onboard unit, and radio beacon and onboard unit therefor Selective radio communication between a radio beacon and an onboard unit of a vehicle passing the radio beacon comprising: in the onboard unit determining the current heading of the onboard unit and transmitting information thereon to the radio beacon; in the radio beacon checking whether the heading indicated in the heading information is within predetermined boundaries, and if so, carrying out a radio communication with the onboard unit.
US09335393B2	MR parallel imaging system reducing imaging time An MR imaging system uses multiple RF coils, for reducing image acquisition time, suitable for chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging. Multiple RF (Radio Frequency) coils provide CEST imaging preparation in an anatomical volume by providing multiple interleaved RF pulses. The multiple interleaved RF pulses provide substantially increased RF pulse sequence duty cycle in the multiple RF coils relative to a duty cycle provided by a single coil of the multiple RF coils. The multiple RF coils subsequently provide RF excitation pulses in a reduced anatomical volume using k-space undersampling in an accelerated imaging method using the multiple RF coils and enable subsequent acquisition of associated RF echo data for deriving a CEST image.
US09335390B2	Apparatus for detecting signals An apparatus for detecting magnetic resonance signals from a target, comprises a magnetic resonance sensor for responding to magnetic resonance signals from a target, and a shield member electrically isolated from the magnetic resonance sensor, the shield member being positioned relative to the magnetic resonance sensor such that when the magnetic resonance sensor faces the target, the shield member is behind the magnetic resonance sensor to at least partially shield the magnetic resonance sensor from magnetically coupling with sources other than the magnetic resonance signals.
US09335388B2	Reference material for NMR, sample tube for NMR, capillary for NMR, and method for measuring NMR for a sample Disclosed is a reference material for NMR, including a nitrogen-containing compound or oxygen-containing compound and a reagent for shifting a chemical shift for the nitrogen-containing compound or oxygen-containing compound. Disclosed is a sample tube for NMR, being obtainable by providing a reference material for NMR to a first tube closed at one end, providing a second tube closed at one end into the first tube, and fusing the other end of the first tube and the other end of the second tube and sealing a gap between the other end of the first tube and the other end of the second tube.
US09335385B2	Systems, methods and apparatus for measuring magnetic fields SQUIDs may detect local magnetic fields. SQUIDS of varying sizes, and hence sensitivities may detect different magnitudes of magnetic fields. SQUIDs may be oriented to detect magnetic fields in a variety of orientations, for example along an orthogonal reference frame of a chip or wafer. The SQUIDS may be formed or carried on the same chip or wafer as a superconducting processor (e.g., a superconducting quantum processor). Measurement of magnetic fields may permit compensation, for example allowing tuning of a compensation field via a compensation coil and/or a heater to warm select portions of a system. A SQIF may be implemented as a SQUID employing an unconventional grating structure. Successful fabrication of an operable SQIF may be facilitated by incorporating multiple Josephson junctions in series in each arm of the unconventional grating structure.
US09335368B1	Method and apparatus for quantifying defects due to through silicon VIAs in integrated circuits A device and method to control the heating of an IC chip in a wafer form for measuring various parameters associated therewith are provided. Embodiments include a device having a silicon layer with an upper surface, and on a plastic carrier; a plurality of devices in the silicon layer and electrically coupled through the upper surface to a test control system; a through silicon via (TSV) extending into the silicon layer; and a parallel heating structure adjacent to the plurality of devices electrically coupled to the test control system.
US09335367B2	Implementing low temperature wafer test A method and structure are provided for implementing low temperature wafer testing of a completed wafer. A coolant gel is applied to the completed wafer, the gel coated wafer is cooled and one or more electrical test probes are applied through the gel to electrical contacts of the cooled wafer, and testing is performed.
US09335359B2	Far electromagnetic field estimation method and apparatus, and near electromagnetic field measurement apparatus A far electromagnetic field estimation method includes assuming a measurement surface, setting a plurality of measurement points on the measurement surface, and measuring electromagnetic fields at the plurality of measurement points. The measurement surface in combination with a ground plane forms a closed surface surrounding a radiation source. A virtual observation point is outside a space formed inside the closed surface. Further, electromagnetic fields at a plurality of mirror image measurement points on a mirror image measurement surface having a plane-symmetrical relationship with the measurement surface are calculated on the basis of the electromagnetic fields at the plurality of measurement points. Then, a far electromagnetic field at the virtual observation point is estimated on the basis of the electromagnetic fields at the plurality of measurement points and at the plurality of mirror image measurement points.
US09335358B2	System for measuring an electromagnetic field (EN) A system (MSY) for measuring an electromagnetic field comprises an antenna device disposed on a plane (AB1). The antenna device is arranged to provide a pa it of signals representative of a pair of orthogonal components of the electromagnetic field. A printed circuit (PT1) for signal transmission is orthogonally disposed with respect to the plane (AB1) on which the antenna device is disposed. The printed circuit (PT1) comprises a transmission line coupled to the antenna device to transmit the pair of signals provided by the antenna device towards a measurement module.
US09335348B2	Modular high voltage sensing unit A high voltage sensing unit includes a housing having an internal bore. A resistive voltage divider, including a primary resistor and a secondary resistor configured in series, is included within the housing. A connecting assembly is configured to attach the high voltage sensing unit to a terminal of a high voltage switching device. The connecting assembly provides an electrical connection from the high voltage switching device to the primary resistor and physically supports the high voltage sensing unit. An interface cable provides an electrical connection from the secondary resistor to a receptacle on the high voltage switching device, which can receive a voltage signal and pass the voltage signal to a controller using existing control wiring.
US09335341B2	Scanning probe microscope and control method thereof A scanning probe microscope includes a cantilever having a probe at a free thereof, a displacement detector to output a displacement signal of the cantilever, a vibrator to vibrate the cantilever, and a scanner to three-dimensionally relatively move the sample and probe. A mixed signal generator includes an amplitude information detecting section to provide a vibrating signal to the vibrator and generate an amplitude signal including information of an amplitude of the displacement signal, and a phase difference information detecting section to generate a phase signal including information of a phase difference between the displacement signal and the synchronous signal, and adds the displacement signal and the synchronous signal to generate a mixed signal. A controller to control the scanner includes a Z control section, which controls the distance between the sample and the probe on the basis of the mixed signal.
US09335336B2	Automated sample handling instrumentation, systems, processes, and methods The present invention provides a processing station for automatically processing a biological sample, a system for automated real-time inventory control of consumables within a biological sample handling or assay instrument, a high throughput random access automated instrument for processing biological samples, an automated instrument for processing or analysis of a sample, and processes for automated mucoid detection and elimination. Methods of using the disclosed instruments, mucoid detection processes, and systems to process and/or analyze samples are also disclosed.
US09335334B2	Automated smear making apparatus An automated smear making apparatus used to prepare and smear samples on glass slides. In one embodiment, there is provided a smearing subsystem that generally includes a smear cartridge having: an input reel; at least one roll bar; a take-up reel; and a smearing tape. The smearing tape is initially wound within the input reel and coupled to the take-up reel such that the smearing tape can be drawn from the input reel and into the take-up reel. The smearing tape may include a plurality of perforations formed therein. The smearing tape may then be wrapped around the roll bar such that each of the plurality of perforations forms a blade that extends from the smearing tape to expose a smear surface as the smearing tape is drawn into the take-up reel. Alternatively, the smearing tape may be bent such that an edge of the smearing tape forms a smear surface between two roll bars. A slide transport surface is also provided to move a slide across the smear surface.
US09335331B2	Multiplexed biomarkers for monitoring the Alzheimer's disease state of a subject The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing a subject's Alzheimer's disease state. The method involves providing a database containing information relating to protein expression levels associated and not associated with Alzheimer's disease. The database includes information relating to at least a majority of the following proteins: albumin, alpha-1-antitrypsin, apolipoprotin E, apolipoprotein J, complement component 3, contactin, fibrin beta, Ig heavy chain, Ig light chain, neuronal pentraxin receptor, plasminogen, proSAAS, retinol-binding protein, transthyretin, and vitamin D binding protein. Information relating to proteins found in one or more cerebrospinal fluid samples from a subject is also provided and a database is used to analyze the information from the subject to diagnose the subject's Alzheimer's disease state. Also disclosed is a computer readable medium and a system, both useful in carrying out the present invention.
US09335324B2	Assay method and kit for assay employing sensor chip for fluorescent measuring apparatus utilizing surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence spectrometry An assay method with use of a sensor chip which includes a metal member, a self-assembled monolayer (SAM), and ligands on a support, and is configured to be used for a fluorescence measuring apparatus with utilization of a surface plasmon-field enhanced Fluorescence Spectrometry, including the steps of: forming a hydrophilic high molecule layer on the self-assembled monolayer in the sensor chip; immobilizing the ligands at least one of in the hydrophilic high molecule layer and on the surface of the hydrophilic high molecule layer; and bringing a moisturizer in contact with the hydrophilic high molecule layer.
US09335323B2	Method for sorting of pluripotent cells A method for sorting pluripotent cells using a compound which is eliminated from the pluripotent cells through the MDR1 transporter.
US09335321B2	Method for screening agent with angiogenic-modulating activities using teleost embryo This invention relates to a method of 3-tier system for screening compounds, herb extract or extract of herb combination in formula with angiogenic-modulating activities using transparent teleost embryos as model.

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