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US09368755B2	Organic light emitting device The present application relates to an organic light emitting device (OLED) and lighting devices. The exemplary OLED according to the present application, for example, may minimize evanescent coupling caused by surface plasmons, and the like, and may have excellent emission efficiency.
US09368749B2	Patterned multilayered stack, and system and method for making the same A patterned multilayered barrier film for protecting devices from permeation of moisture and gases includes a substrate, a first layer on the substrate acting as a barrier layer, a second layer on the first layer and acting as a decoupling or planarization layer, and a third layer on the second layer, and acting as a barrier layer. Each of the first and third layers has an area greater than an area of the second layer such that the second layer is completely enclosed between the first and third layers defining an edge perimeter surrounding the second layer that is completely sealed between the first and third layers. The patterned multilayered barrier film may be cut into individual barrier units between portions of the second layer such that portions of the second layer of each individual barrier unit are completely edge-sealed between the first and third layers.
US09368744B2	Organic light emitting diode device including multiple hole injection layers An organic light emitting diode device, including a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a light emitting member disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the light emitting member including at least one light emitting unit. At least one of the light emitting units may include a first hole injection layer, a second hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, and an emission layer, and a difference between a HOMO energy level of the first hole injection layer and a LUMO energy level of the second hole injection layer may be smaller than about 0.5 eV.
US09368742B2	Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic appliance, and lighting device A light-emitting element includes a stack of a first light-emitting layer emitting fluorescent light and a second light-emitting layer emitting phosphorescent light between a pair of electrodes. The second light-emitting layer includes a first layer in which an exciplex is formed, a second layer in which an exciplex is formed, and a third layer in which an exciplex is formed. The second layer is located over the first layer, and the third layer is located over the second layer. An emission peak wavelength of the second layer is longer than an emission peak wavelength of the first layer and an emission peak wavelength of the third layer.
US09368735B2	Organic electroluminescence element and illumination device An object is providing an organic electroluminescence element and an illumination device in which a driving voltage does not increase even when a high-productivity sputtering method is used to form a transparent conductive layer of the organic electroluminescence element of a top or top-and-bottom emission type, and hence which has an improved driving voltage. The organic electroluminescence element includes at least a light emitting layer and a transparent conductive layer. Between the light emitting layer and the transparent conductive layer, a transparent protective layer is disposed. The light emitting layer contains a phosphorescence emitting compound. The transparent protective layer contains a metal oxide. The metal oxide is a molybdenum (VI) oxide, a rhenium (VI) oxide or a nickel (II) oxide in an oxygen deficient state.
US09368716B2	Magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) storage element and spin transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory (STT-MRAM) cells having an MTJ A magnetic tunnel junction storage element for a spin transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory (STT-MRAM) bit cell includes a bottom electrode layer, a pinned layer adjacent to the bottom electrode layer, a dielectric layer encapsulating a portion of the bottom electrode layer and the pinned layer, the dielectric layer including sidewalls that define a hole adjacent to a portion of the pinned layer, a tunneling barrier adjacent to the pinned layer, a free layer adjacent to the tunneling barrier, and a top electrode adjacent to the free layer, wherein a width of the bottom electrode layer and/or the pinned barrier in a first direction is greater than a width of a contact area between the pinned layer and the tunneling barrier in the first direction. Also a method of forming an STT-MRAM bit cell.
US09368715B2	Reducing source loading effect in spin torque transfer magnetoresistive random access memory (STT-MRAM) A memory cell includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure that includes a free layer coupled to a bit line and a pinned layer. A magnetic moment of the free layer is substantially parallel to a magnetic moment of the pinned layer in a first state and substantially antiparallel to the magnetic moment of the pinned layer in a second state. The pinned layer has a physical dimension to produce an offset magnetic field corresponding to a first switching current of the MTJ structure to enable switching between the first state and the second state when a first voltage is applied from the bit line to a source line coupled to an access transistor and a second switching current to enable switching between the second state and the first state when the first voltage is applied from the source line to the bit line.
US09368714B2	Memory cells, methods of operation and fabrication, semiconductor device structures, and memory systems A magnetic cell core includes at least one stressor structure proximate to a magnetic region (e.g., a free region or a fixed region). The magnetic region may be formed of a magnetic material exhibiting magnetostriction. During switching, the stressor structure may be subjected to a programming current passing through the magnetic cell core. In response to the current, the stressor structure may alter in size. Due to the size change, the stressor structure may exert a stress upon the magnetic region and, thereby, alter its magnetic anisotropy. In some embodiments, the MA strength of the magnetic region may be lowered during switching so that a lower programming current may be used to switch the magnetic orientation of the free region. In some embodiments, multiple stressor structures may be included in the magnetic cell core. Methods of fabrication and operation and related device structures and systems are also disclosed.
US09368709B2	Electroactive polymer actuator including elements with different elastic moduli An actuator comprises an electroactive polymer layer (402) and a stretchable electrode structure (403) disposed at a first side of the electroactive polymer layer and further a counter electrode layer (401) disposed on a second side of the electroactive polymer layer, wherein the ratio YC/YEAP of the elastic modulus YC of the counter electrode layer and the elastic modulus YEAP of the electroactive polymer layer is at least 10. When compressed transversally by the electrodes, the electroactive polymer will expand tangentially and the actuator will relax into a shape wherein the interior of the electroded region is substantially recessed parallel to the plane of the device, while a substantial portion of the area increase is absorbed by out-of-plane bends arising at the electrode boundary (duck mode). The invention can be embodied as optically reflective or refractive devices with variable geometry.
US09368708B2	Thermoelectric generation unit and thermoelectric generation system A thermoelectric generation unit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of thermoelectric generation tubes. Each thermoelectric generation tube generates an electromotive force in an axial direction based on a temperature difference between its inner peripheral surface and outer peripheral surface. The thermoelectric generation unit includes a container housing the plurality of thermoelectric generation tubes inside, a plurality of electrically conductive members providing electrical interconnection for the plurality of thermoelectric generation tubes, and a plurality of electrically conductive ring members each receiving an end of a thermoelectric generation tube so as to be in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the thermoelectric generation tube. Each electrically conductive ring member electrically connects the thermoelectric generation tube to a corresponding electrically conductive member.
US09368707B2	Mounting substrate and light-emitting device using the same To provide a mounting substrate wherein insulation resistance of a metal substrate having an oxide film formed on the surface thereof is ensured, and light reflectance is improved by preventing a light-reflecting material contained in a reflection layer from diffusing into a surface of the metal substrate.A mounting substrate includes a metal substrate (21), and a surface layer section (22) formed on an upper surface of the metal substrate (21). The surface layer section (22) includes an oxide film layer (23) formed on a surface of the metal substrate (21), a barrier layer (24) formed on the oxide film layer (23), a reflection layer (25) formed on the barrier layer (24) and containing a light-reflecting material, and a protection film layer (26) formed on the reflection layer (25).
US09368703B2	Method of manufacturing light emitting device A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes providing an insulating substrate having an electrically conductive member on a surface of the insulating substrate; after providing the insulating substrate, covering the electrically conductive member with a reflecting member by using electrodeposition or electrostatic coating; after covering the electrically conductive member with the reflecting member, insulating a portion of the electrically conductive member to form an insulating member; and singulating the substrate by cutting the substrate to form a plurality of singulated substrates, wherein the substrate is singulated such that, in each singulated substrate, the electrically conductive member is spaced apart from end portions of the singulated substrate.
US09368701B2	Semiconductor structure A semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a cermet layer stacked together. The active layer is on a surface of the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is on a surface of the active layer away from the first semiconductor layer. The cermet layer is on a surface of the second semiconductor layer away from the first semiconductor layer.
US09368700B2	Optoelectronic component and method for producing an optoelectronic component An optoelectronic component includes a substrate, on which a semiconductor chip and a wettable attractor element are arranged. A medium including pigments at least regionally covers the exposed region of the substrate that is not covered by the semiconductor chip and the attractor element. The medium at least partly wets the semiconductor chip and the attractor element.
US09368694B2	Method of fabricating light-emitting device package A method of fabricating a light-emitting device package includes preparing a carrier including a first surface and a second surface disposed opposite the first surface, forming a phosphor layer on the first surface of the carrier, emitting first light from a test light-emitting device toward the second surface of the carrier, analyzing second light passing through the phosphor layer, and determining a thickness of the phosphor layer based on the analysis.
US09368692B2	Electronic color-chart device An electronic color-chart device includes plural LEDs with different peak wavelengths and displays images to serve as color references as color charts by making the plural LEDs emit light. In a case where a light emission intensity distribution of each of the plural LEDs is normalized with a maximum intensity being a value of 1, the plural LEDs include plural first LEDs of which at least one is an LED whose full wavelength width at half maximum intensity is 40 nm or narrower and between which a peak interval is 50 nm or narrower and a second LED whose light emission intensity at a wavelength of 555 nm is 0.4 or higher, and whose full wavelength width at half maximum intensity is wider than 40 nm.
US09368688B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a light emitting structure having a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer under the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer under the active layer. A first electrode is electrically connected to the first conductive semiconductor layer and is provided under the light emitting structure, and a second electrode is electrically connected to the second conductive semiconductor layer and is provided under the light emitting structure. A first contact portion is provided through the light emitting structure and includes a first region electrically connected to the first electrode. A second region contacts a top surface of the first conductive semiconductor layer, and an insulating ion implantation layer is provided around the first contact portion to insulate the first contact portion from the second conductive semiconductor layer.
US09368684B2	Light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same Provided are a light emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same. The light emitting device comprises a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second conductive type semiconductor layer, and a light extraction layer. The active layer is formed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer. The second conductive type semiconductor layer is formed on the active layer. The light extraction layer is formed on the second conductive type semiconductor layer. The light extraction layer has a refractive index smaller than or equal to a refractive index of the second conductive type semiconductor layer.
US09368682B2	Semiconductor light emitting device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a stacked structure body, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric body part. The stacked structure body includes a first semiconductor layer, having a first portion and a second portion juxtaposed with the first portion, a light emitting layer provided on the second portion, a second semiconductor layer provided on the light emitting layer. The first electrode includes a contact part provided on the first portion and contacting the first layer. The second electrode includes a first part provided on the second semiconductor layer and contacting the second layer, and a second part electrically connected with the first part and including a portion overlapping with the contact part when viewed from the first layer toward the second layer. The dielectric body part is provided between the contact part and the second part.
US09368680B2	Electro-optical device and electronic device An object of the present invention is to provide an EL display device having a high operation performance and reliability.The switching TFT 201 formed within a pixel has a multi-gate structure, which is a structure which imposes an importance on reduction of OFF current value. Further, the current control TFT 202 has a channel width wider than that of the switching TFT to make a structure appropriate for flowing electric current. Moreover, the LDD region 33 of the current control TFT 202 is formed so as to overlap a portion of the gate electrode 35 to make a structure which imposes importance on prevention of hot carrier injection and reduction of OFF current value.
US09368679B2	Semiconductor light emitting element A semiconductor light emitting element includes: a pit formation layer having a pyramidal pit caused by a threading dislocation generated in the first semiconductor layer; an active layer; and an electron blocking layer formed on the active layer to cover the recess portion. The active layer is formed on the pit formation layer and having an embedded portion formed so as to embed the pit and a recess portion formed on a surface of the embedded portion to correspond to the pit. The recess portion of the active layer has an apex formed at a position existing in a layered direction of the active layer within the active layer.
US09368659B2	Back contact design for solar cell, and method of fabricating same A method includes depositing spacers at a plurality of locations directly on a back contact layer over a solar cell substrate. An absorber layer is formed over the back contact layer and the spacers. The absorber layer is partially in contact with the spacers and partially in direct contact with the back contact layer. The solar cell substrate is heated to form voids between the absorber layer and the back contact layer at the locations of the spacers.
US09368651B2	Buss bar strip A buss bar strip for mounting to a solar panel to electrically connect to a series of electrical lines extending from solar cells. The buss bar strip can include a thin elongate flat flexible strip of insulative material having a longitudinal length. A predetermined pattern of elongate conductors can be longitudinally disposed on the insulative strip in at least two rows along the longitudinal length and electrically isolated from each other. Each conductor can have a predetermined position, length, and spacing from each other on the insulative strip for laterally electrically connecting to selected electrical lines from the solar cells at lateral electrical connection points located along the length of the conductor on exposed surfaces on the conductor.
US09368649B2	Schottky barrier diode and method of manufacturing the same A schottky barrier diode includes an n− type epitaxial layer disposed at a first surface of an n+ type silicon carbide substrate, a plurality of n type pillar areas disposed in the n− type epitaxial layer at a first portion of a first surface of the n+ type silicon carbide substrate, a plurality of p+ areas disposed at a surface of the n− type epitaxial layer and separated from the n type pillar area, a schottky electrode disposed on the n− type epitaxial layer and the p+ area, and an ohmic electrode disposed at a second surface of the n+ type silicon carbide substrate. A doping density of the n type pillar area is larger than a doping density of the n− type epitaxial layer.
US09368648B2	Active diode having no gate and no shallow trench isolation An active diode with fast turn-on time, low capacitance, and low turn-on resistance may be manufactured without a gate and without a shallow trench isolation region between doped regions of the diode. A short conduction path in the active diode allows a fast turn-on time, and a lack of gate oxide reduces susceptibility of the active diode to extreme voltages. The active diode may be implemented in integrated circuits to prevent and reduce damage from electrostatic discharge (ESD) events. Manufacturing the active diode is accomplished by depositing a salicide block between doped regions of the diode before salicidation. After the salicide layers are formed on the doped regions, the salicide block is removed.
US09368625B2	NAND string utilizing floating body memory cell NAND string configurations and semiconductor memory arrays that include such NAND string configurations are provided. Methods of making semiconductor memory cells used in NAND string configurations are also described.
US09368613B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A protective diode has a basic structure including an n+ layer, an n− layer, a p+ layer, and an n− layer in this order. A p-type layer forming the protective diode is the p+ layer with high impurity concentration. Therefore, the spreading of a depletion layer is suppressed and it is possible to reduce the area of the protective diode. In addition, phosphorus ions with a large diffusion coefficient are implanted to form the n− layer with low impurity concentration in the polysilicon layer forming the protective diode. A heat treatment is performed at a temperature of 1000° C. or higher to diffuse the phosphorus ions implanted into the polysilicon layer. Therefore, the impurity profile of the n− layer in the depth direction can be uniformized in the depth direction.
US09368610B2	High electron mobility transistor with indium nitride layer A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first layer over the substrate, a second layer over the first layer, and a third layer over the second layer. The third layer has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the third layer is separated from the second portion of the third layer. The semiconductor device also includes a first blended region beneath the first portion of the third layer. The first blended region includes aluminum atoms drawn from the first layer into at least the second layer. The semiconductor device further includes a second blended region beneath the second portion of the third layer. The second blended region includes aluminum atoms drawn from the first layer into at least the second layer. The semiconductor device also includes a source contact and a drain contact.
US09368606B2	Memory first process flow and device Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing such devices are described herein. According to embodiments, a semiconductor device includes a memory gate disposed in a first region of the semiconductor device. The memory gate may include a first gate conductor layer disposed over a charge trapping dielectric. A select gate may be disposed in the first region of the semiconductor device adjacent to a sidewall of the memory gate. A sidewall dielectric may be disposed between the sidewall of the memory gate and the select gate. Additionally, the device may include a logic gate disposed in a second region of the semiconductor device that comprises the first gate conductor layer.
US09368605B2	Semiconductor structure including a split gate nonvolatile memory cell and a high voltage transistor, and method for the formation thereof A semiconductor structure includes a split gate nonvolatile memory cell and a high voltage transistor. The nonvolatile memory cell includes an active region, a nonvolatile memory stack provided above the active region, a control gate electrode provided above the memory stack, a select gate electrode at least partially provided above the active region adjacent to the memory stack and a select gate insulation layer. The high voltage transistor includes an active region, a gate electrode and a gate insulation layer provided between the active region and the gate electrode. The select gate insulation layer of the nonvolatile memory device and the gate insulation layer of the high voltage transistor are at least partially formed of a same high-k dielectric material. The select gate electrode of the nonvolatile memory device and the gate electrode of the high voltage transistor are at least partially formed of a same metal.
US09368601B2	Method for forming oxide below control gate in vertical channel thin film transistor A fabrication process for a vertical channel transistor provides a desired control gate-to-drain overlap and sufficient isolation between the control gate and an underlying metal line. A body of the transistor is formed on a metal line, such as in a pillar shape. The metal line is oxidized to form metal oxide regions having an expanded volume. A gate insulator material and a control gate material are then deposited. The resulting structure is etched to form separate control gates for each transistor, and to expose the metal oxide. A further etch is performed to remove the metal oxide, forming voids under and around the control gates. An insulation fills the voids. An example implementation is a vertical bit line memory device in which the transistors connect a vertical bit line to a horizontal bit line.
US09368600B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a plurality of trenches in a semiconductor substrate, on opposite sides of a gate electrode of a P-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The method further includes forming an embedded silicon germanium layer inside the trenches, and forming a capping layer on the embedded silicon germanium layer, wherein the embedded silicon germanium layer and the capping layer are doped with boron (B).
US09368599B2	Graphene/nanostructure FET with self-aligned contact and gate A method for forming a field effect transistor (FET) includes depositing a channel material on a substrate, the channel material comprising one of graphene or a nanostructure; forming a gate over a first portion of the channel material; forming spacers adjacent to the gate; depositing a contact material over the channel material, gate, and spacers; depositing a dielectric material over the contact material; removing a portion of the dielectric material and a portion of the contact material to expose the top of the gate; recessing the contact material; removing the dielectric material; and patterning the contact material to form a self-aligned contact for the FET, the self-aligned contact being located over a source region and a drain region of the FET, the source region and the drain region comprising a second portion of the channel material.
US09368593B2	Multiple thickness gate dielectrics for replacement gate field effect transistors After removal of the disposable gate structures to form gate cavities in a planarization dielectric layer, a silicon oxide layer is conformally deposited on silicon-oxide-based gate dielectric portions in the gate cavities. A portion of the silicon oxide layer can be nitridated to form a silicon oxynitride layer. A patterned masking material layer can be employed to physically expose a semiconductor surface from a first-type gate cavity. The silicon oxide layer can be removed while preserving an underlying silicon-oxide-based gate dielectric portion in a second-type gate cavity. A stack of a silicon oxynitride layer and an underlying silicon-oxide-based gate dielectric can be protected by a patterned masking material layer in a third-type gate cavity during removal of the silicon oxide layer in the second-type gate cavity. A high dielectric constant gate dielectric layer can be formed in the gate cavities to provide gate dielectrics of different types.
US09368591B2	Transistors comprising doped region-gap-doped region structures and methods of fabrication Embodiments of the present invention provide transistors with controlled junctions and methods of fabrication. A dummy spacer is used during the majority of front end of line (FEOL) processing. Towards the end of the FEOL processing, the dummy spacers are removed and replaced with a final spacer material. Embodiments of the present invention allow the use of a very low-k material, which is highly thermally-sensitive, by depositing it late in the flow. Additionally, the position of the gate with respect to the doped regions is highly controllable, while dopant diffusion is minimized through reduced thermal budgets. This allows the creation of extremely abrupt junctions whose surface position is defined using a sacrificial spacer. This spacer is then removed prior to final gate deposition, allowing a fixed gate overlap that is defined by the spacer thickness and any diffusion of the dopant species.
US09368590B2	Silicon-on-insulator transistor with self-aligned borderless source/drain contacts A method is provided for fabricating an integrated circuit that includes multiple transistors. A replacement gate stack is formed on a semiconductor layer, a gate spacer is formed, and a dielectric layer is formed. The dummy gate stack is removed to form a cavity. A gate dielectric and a work function metal layer are formed in the cavity. The cavity is filled with a gate conductor. One and only one of the gate conductor and the work function metal layer are selectively recessed. An oxide film is formed in the recess such that its upper surface is co-planar with the upper surface of the dielectric layer. The oxide film is used to selectively grow an oxide cap. An interlayer dielectric is formed and etched to form a cavity for a source/drain contact. A source/drain contact is formed in the contact cavity, with a portion of the source/drain contact being located directly on the oxide cap.
US09368586B2	Transistor with recess gate and method for fabricating the same A transistor including a recessed gate structure having improved doping characteristics and a method for forming such a transistor. The transistor includes a recess in a semiconductor substrate, where the recess is filled with a recessed gate structure including an impurity doped layer and a layer doped with a capture species. The capture species accumulates the impurity and diffuses the impurity to other layers of the recessed gate structure.
US09368581B2	Integrated circuitry components, switches, and memory cells A switch includes a graphene structure extending longitudinally between a pair of electrodes and being conductively connected to both electrodes of said pair. First and second electrically conductive structures are laterally outward of the graphene structure and on opposing sides of the graphene structure from one another. Ferroelectric material is laterally between the graphene structure and at least one of the first and second electrically conductive structures. The first and second electrically conductive structures are configured to provide the switch into “on” and “off” states by application of an electric field across the graphene structure and the ferroelectric material. Other embodiments are disclosed, including components of integrated circuitry which may not be switches.
US09368580B2	Semiconductor material doping A solution for designing and/or fabricating a structure including a quantum well and an adjacent barrier is provided. A target band discontinuity between the quantum well and the adjacent barrier is selected to coincide with an activation energy of a dopant for the quantum well and/or barrier. For example, a target valence band discontinuity can be selected such that a dopant energy level of a dopant in the adjacent barrier coincides with a valence energy band edge for the quantum well and/or a ground state energy for free carriers in a valence energy band for the quantum well. Additionally, a target doping level for the quantum well and/or adjacent barrier can be selected to facilitate a real space transfer of holes across the barrier. The quantum well and the adjacent barrier can be formed such that the actual band discontinuity and/or actual doping level(s) correspond to the relevant target(s).
US09368578B2	Methods of forming substrates comprised of different semiconductor materials and the resulting device Obtaining a structure comprised of first and second layers of a first semiconductor materials and a strain relief buffer (SRB) layer between the first and second layers, forming a sidewall spacer on the sidewalls of an opening in the second layer, and forming a third semiconductor material in the opening, wherein the first, second and third semiconductor materials are different. A device includes first and second layers of first and second semiconductor materials and an SRB layer positioned above the first layer. The second layer is positioned above a first portion of the SRB layer, a region of a third semiconductor material is in an opening in the second layer and above a second portion of the SRB layer, and an insulating material is positioned between the region comprised of the third semiconductor material and the second layer.
US09368560B2	Organic light emitting display devices and methods of fabricating the same An organic light emitting display device includes a thin film transistor on a substrate, a first protection layer covering the thin film transistor, a conductive organic layer on the first protection layer and coupled to the thin film transistor, and an organic light emitting device on the conductive organic layer and coupled to the conductive organic layer.
US09368558B2	Organic light emitting element and method of manufacturing the same An organic light emitting element includes an organic light emitting diode formed on a substrate, coupled to a transistor including a gate, a source and a drain and including a first electrode, an organic thin film layer and a second electrode; a photo diode formed on the substrate and having a semiconductor layer including a high-concentration P doping region, a low-concentration P doping region, an intrinsic region and a high-concentration N doping region; and a controller that controls luminance of light emitted from the organic light emitting diode, to a constant level by controlling a voltage applied to the first electrode and the second electrode according to the voltage outputted from the photo diode.
US09368555B2	Semiconductor memory device This semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell array that includes: a plurality of first lines; a plurality of second lines intersecting the plurality of first lines; a plurality of memory cells each disposed at an intersection of the plurality of first lines and the plurality of second lines and including a variable resistance element; and a select transistor respectively connected to an end of the plurality of first lines. The select transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, and a conductive layer. Moreover, one end of that conductive layer is connected to the end of the first line, and a non-linear resistance layer configured from a non-linear material is connected between the first line and the conductive layer.
US09368545B2	Elevated photodiodes with crosstalk isolation A device includes a plurality of isolation spacers, and a plurality of bottom electrodes, wherein adjacent ones of the plurality of bottom electrodes are insulated from each other by respective ones of the plurality of isolation spacers. A plurality of photoelectrical conversion regions overlaps the plurality of bottom electrodes, wherein adjacent ones of the plurality of photoelectrical conversion regions are insulated from each other by respective ones of the plurality of isolation spacers. A top electrode overlies the plurality of photoelectrical conversion regions and the plurality of isolation spacers.
US09368541B2	Display device The display device has a display panel where a photosensor and a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer are arranged. The display device detects a shadow of the object, which is projected on the display panel when the object approaches the display panel and blocks ambient light, with a photosensor, whereby a position or motion of the object is detected. Even when the object is not in contact with the display panel, the object can be detected.
US09368538B2	Image sensor device and method of manufacturing the same An image sensor device includes a top substrate and a subassembly. The top substrate includes a plurality of connection pillars, and the subassembly includes a plurality of connection pads. The connection pillars on the top substrate are bonded to the connection pads in the subassembly. The connection pillars are formed of a first metal and the connection pads are formed of a second metal.
US09368533B2	Image sensor with hybrid heterostructure An image sensor architecture provides an SNR in excess of 100 dB, without requiring the use of a mechanical shutter. The circuit components for an active pixel sensor array are separated and arranged vertically in at least two different layers in a hybrid chip structure. The top layer is preferably manufactured using a low-noise PMOS manufacturing process, and includes the photodiode and amplifier circuitry for each pixel. A bottom layer is preferably manufactured using a standard CMOS process, and includes the NMOS pixel circuit components and any digital circuitry required for signal processing. By forming the top layer in a PMOS process optimized for forming low-noise pixels, the pixel performance can be greatly improved, compared to using CMOS. In addition, since the digital circuitry is now separated from the imaging circuitry, it can be formed using a standard CMOS process, which has been optimized for circuit speed and manufacturing cost. By combining the two layers into a stacked structure, the top layer (and any intermediate layer(s)) acts to optically shield the lower layer, thereby allowing charge to be stored and shielded without the need for a mechanical shutter.
US09368515B2	Thin film transistor array panel and method of manufacturing the same A thin film transistor array panel may include a channel layer including an oxide semiconductor and formed in a semiconductor layer, a source electrode formed in the semiconductor layer and connected to the channel layer at a first side, a drain electrode formed in the semiconductor layer and connected to the channel layer at an opposing second side, a pixel electrode formed in the semiconductor layer in a same portion of the semiconductor layer as the drain electrode, an insulating layer disposed on the channel layer, a gate line including a gate electrode disposed on the insulating layer, a passivation layer disposed on the source and drain electrodes, the pixel electrode, and the gate line, and a data line disposed on the passivation layer. A width of the channel layer may be substantially equal to a width of the pixel electrode in a direction parallel to the gate line.
US09368509B2	Three-dimensional memory structure having self-aligned drain regions and methods of making thereof A memory stack structure can be formed through a stack of an alternating plurality of first material layers and second material layers and through an overlying temporary material layer having a different composition than the first and second material layers. The memory stack structure can include a memory film and a semiconductor channel layer. The overlying temporary material layer is removed selective to the stack to form a lateral recess. Portions of the memory film are removed around the lateral recess, and dopants are laterally introduced into an upper portion of the semiconductor channel to form a self-aligned drain region.
US09368508B2	Memory device There is provided a peripheral circuit region including a plurality of circuit elements disposed on a first substrate; and a cell region including at least one channel region extending from an upper surface of a second substrate disposed on the first substrate in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the second substrate, and a plurality of gate electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers stacked on the second substrate to be adjacent to the at least one channel region, wherein at least a portion of the first substrate contacts the second substrate, and the first substrate and the second substrate provide a single substrate.
US09368507B2	Semiconductor structure A semiconductor device comprises a plurality of stacking blocks and a plurality of conductive lines. Each stacking blocks comprises two opposite finger VG structures. Each finger VG structure includes a staircase structure and a plurality of bit line stacks. The staircase structure is perpendicular to the bit line stacks, and the bit line stacks of the two opposite finger VG structures are arranged alternately. The conductive lines is disposed over the stacking blocks at interval. The direction of the conductive lines is parallel to a direction of the bit line stacks. The conductive lines include a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of ground lines, and each stacking block includes at least one ground line.
US09368504B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof Variations in the contact area between contact plugs are suppressed to suppress fluctuations in contact resistance. In three third interlayer insulating films, a contact hole is self-alignedly formed to extend through the portions thereof interposed between two wiring portions and the portions thereof interposed between two gate wiring portions and reach a first polysilicon plug. In the contact hole, a second polysilicon plug is formed to come in contact with the first polysilicon plug.
US09368503B2	Semiconductor SRAM structures Various embodiments provide semiconductor structures and their fabrication methods. An SRAM memory cell can include at least one semiconductor structure, and an SRAM memory can include at least one SRAM memory cell. An exemplary semiconductor structure can include at least two adjacent transistors formed on a semiconductor substrate. An opening can be formed and surrounded by gates of the two adjacent transistors and a doped region formed between the gates of the two adjacent transistors. A conductive layer can be formed to at least partially cover a bottom and a sidewall of the opening to electrically connect a gate of one transistor with the doped region of the other transistor of the two adjacent transistors.
US09368491B2	Enhancement mode inverter with variable thickness dielectric stack An enhancement-mode inverter includes a load transistor and a drive transistor. The load transistor has a bottom gate architecture with a first source, a first drain, a load channel region, a first semiconductor layer, and a first gate electrode. A load gate dielectric is in the load channel region, and has a load dielectric thickness. The drive transistor has a bottom gate architecture with a second source, a second drain, a drive channel region, a second semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode. A drive gate dielectric is in the drive channel region, and has a drive dielectric thickness less than the load dielectric thickness. The first source is electrically connected to the second drain and the first gate is electrically connected to the first drain. The load gate dielectric and the drive gate dielectric are part of a common shared dielectric stack.
US09368489B1	Interconnect circuits at three-dimensional (3-D) bonding interfaces of a processor array Embodiments of the invention relate to processor arrays, and in particular, a processor array with interconnect circuits for bonding semiconductor dies. One embodiment comprises multiple semiconductor dies and at least one interconnect circuit for exchanging signals between the dies. Each die comprises at least one processor core circuit. Each interconnect circuit corresponds to a die of the processor array. Each interconnect circuit comprises one or more attachment pads for interconnecting a corresponding die with another die, and at least one multiplexor structure configured for exchanging bus signals in a reversed order.
US09368486B2	Direct connected silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) having internal trigger In one aspect, a direct connected silicon control rectifier (DCSCR) includes a substrate having a semiconductor surface, a parasitic PNP bipolar transistor and a parasitic NPN bipolar transistor formed in the semiconductor surface. The parasitic PNP bipolar transistor includes a p+ emitter, an nbase and a pcollector and the parasitic NPN bipolar includes an n+ emitter, a pbase and an ncollector. The DCSCR also includes an electrically conductive line connecting an n+ contact to the nbase to a p+ contact to the pbase so that the nbase and the pbase are shorted.
US09368482B2	Stack packages and methods of fabricating the same Stack packages are provided. The stack package includes a first chip configured to include a first chip body having a top surface and a bottom surface, first through electrodes penetrating the first chip body, and an insulation layer disposed on the bottom surface of the first chip body, and first bumps disposed on the top surface of the first chip body, and a second chip configured to include a second chip body having a top surface and a bottom surface, and second bumps disposed on the top surface of the second chip body. The first and second chips are vertically stacked such that the top surface of the second chip body is directly attached to the first insulation layer and the second bumps of the second chip penetrate the first insulation layer of the first chip to pierce the first through electrodes of the first chip.
US09368480B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device Provided is a semiconductor device, including: a first substrate that includes a first wiring; a second substrate that is disposed facing the first substrate and includes a second wiring, the second wiring being connected to the first wiring through a connection terminal, and the second substrate being smaller in area than the first substrate; a first resin layer that is filled in a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate and covers a region, on the first substrate, in an outer periphery of the second substrate; an organic film pattern that is provided on the first substrate and surrounds the first resin layer; and a second resin layer that covers the first substrate, the organic film pattern, the first resin layer, and the second substrate.
US09368467B2	Substrate structure and semiconductor package using the same A substrate structure is provided, including a substrate body and a plurality of circuits formed on the substrate body. At least one of the circuits has an electrical contact for connecting to an external element and the electrical contact is narrower in width than the circuit, thereby meeting the requirements of fine line/fine pitch and miniaturization, improving the product yield and reducing the fabrication cost.
US09368463B2	Semiconductor device Technique capable of achieving reliability improvement of a semiconductor device even if temperature rising of an operation guarantee temperature of the semiconductor device is performed is provided. Gap portions are provided among a plurality of pads, and a glass coat composed of, for example, a silicon oxide film or a silicon nitride film is embedded in the gap portions. The glass coat is provided in order to secure electrical insulation among the pads, and coats outer edge portions of the pads. Trenches are formed so as to be adjacent to regions, which are coated with the glass coat, of the outer edge portions of the pads.
US09368459B2	Semiconductor chip with seal ring and sacrificial corner pattern A semiconductor device including a low dielectric constant film of which the relative dielectric constant is less than 3.5, is provided with one or more seal rings that are moisture blocking walls forming a closed loop in a plan view, and where at least one of the seal rings includes a seal ring protrusion portion in inward protruding form in the vicinity of a chip corner.
US09368457B2	High-frequency package A high-frequency package includes an MMIC including a signal source and a conductor pattern that is connected to the signal source, a substrate having a signal line and a GND formed thereon and the MMIC mounted thereon, a metal bump for signaling that is formed between the MMIC and the substrate, and connects the conductor pattern of the MMIC and the signal line of the substrate, and a plurality of metal bumps for shielding that are formed between the MMIC and the substrate so as to surround the signal source and the conductor pattern with the metal bump for signaling, where a space between a pair of adjacent metal bumps among the metal bump for signaling and the plurality of metal bumps for shielding is equal to or less than half of a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave generated from the signal source.
US09368454B2	Semiconductor device with shielding layer in post-passivation interconnect structure A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a dielectric layer, a passivation layer, a protective layer, a post-passivation interconnect (PPI) structure, and a shielding layer. The semiconductor substrate has electrical circuitry. The dielectric layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The passivation layer is formed on the dielectric layer. The first protective layer is formed on the passivation layer. The PPI structure is disposed on the first protective layer and has a signal line and a ground line. The shielding layer is disposed over the semiconductor substrate and between the signal line and the electrical circuitry. The shielding layer is substantially equi-potentially connected to the ground line of the PPI structure.
US09368444B2	Self-aligned nano-structures A method for creating structures in a semiconductor assembly is provided. The method includes etching apertures into a dielectric layer and applying a polymer layer over the dielectric layer. The polymer layer is applied uniformly and fills the apertures at different rates depending on the geometry of the apertures, or on the presence or absence of growth accelerating material. The polymer creates spacers for the etching of additional structure in between the spacers. The method is capable of achieving structures smaller than current lithography techniques.
US09368431B2	Semiconductor apparatus A semiconductor apparatus has a configuration in which multiple copper wiring layers and multiple insulating layers are alternately layered. A low-impedance wiring is formed occupying a predetermined region. A first wiring pattern includes multiple copper wiring members arranged in parallel with predetermined intervals in a first copper wiring layer, each of which has a rectangular shape extending in a first direction. A second wiring pattern includes multiple copper wiring members arranged in parallel with predetermined intervals in a second copper wiring layer adjacent to the first copper wiring layer, each of which has a rectangular shape extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The region occupied by the first wiring pattern and that occupied by the second wiring pattern are arranged such that they at least overlap. The first wiring pattern and the second wiring pattern are electrically connected so as to have the same electric potential.
US09368424B2	Method of fabricating a semiconductor device used in a stacked-type semiconductor device A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of providing a heat-resistant sheet on an interposer so as to cover electrode terminals provided on the interposer, and sealing a semiconductor chip on the interposer sandwiched between molds with a sealing material. The electrode terminals are covered by the heat-resistant resin for protection, and the semiconductor chip is then sealed with resin. It is thus possible to avoid the problem in which contaminations adhere to the electrode terminals. This makes it possible to prevent the occurrence of resin burrs on the interposer and contamination of the electrode pads and to improve the production yield.
US09368414B2	Semiconductor inspecting apparatus and method of inspecting and manufacturing semiconductor device using the same A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: preparing a semiconductor device comprising a first substrate, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, inner terminals disposed between the first and second substrates, and a filling material disposed between the first and second substrates and between the inner terminals; loading the semiconductor device on a stage; irradiating an electromagnetic wave to the filling material in a direction parallel to a top surface of the first substrate by an electromagnetic wave generating unit; and scanning the filling material as the electromagnetic wave generating unit is moved in relation to the stage in a direction along a first side of the semiconductor device while maintaining the irradiating direction of the electromagnetic wave.
US09368407B2	Crack control for substrate separation A method for separating a layer for transfer includes forming a crack guiding layer on a substrate and forming a device layer on the crack-guiding layer. The crack guiding layer is weakened by exposing the crack-guiding layer to a gas which reduces adherence at interfaces adjacent to the crack guiding layer. A stress inducing layer is formed on the device layer to assist in initiating a crack through the crack guiding layer and/or the interfaces. The device layer is removed from the substrate by propagating the crack.
US09368405B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device that includes steps of: (1) adhering a support substrate to a first surface of a wafer using an adhesive, the wafer including first and second scribe lines extending along first and second directions, respectively, (2) thinning the wafer, (3) forming a groove in a first scribe line excluding a region located in an outer peripheral portion of the wafer, the groove piercing the wafer from the first surface to a second surface opposite to the first surface to expose the adhesive, the first scribe line and the second scribe line demarcating chip regions; and (4) removing the adhesive by immersing the wafer adhered to the support substrate in a solvent such that the solvent permeates into the groove.
US09368403B2	Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device The performances of semiconductor elements disposed in a multilayer wiring layer are improved. A semiconductor device includes: a first wire disposed in a first wiring layer; a second wire disposed in a second wiring layer stacked over the first wiring layer; a gate electrode arranged between the first wire and the second wire in the direction of stacking of the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer, and not coupled with the first wire and the second wire; a gate insulation film disposed over the side surface of the gate electrode; and a semiconductor layer disposed over the side surface of the gate electrode via the gate insulation film, and coupled with the first wire and the second wire.
US09368396B1	Gap fill treatment for via process A gap fill treatment for via process is provided. A substrate with a plurality of openings has formed therein is provided. The substrate includes a dense pattern region and an isolated pattern region. A positive resist layer is formed to fill in the openings on the substrate, wherein the thickness of the positive resist layer on the surface of the isolated pattern region is greater than that on the surface of the dense pattern region. The positive resist layer on the surface of the substrate is exposed only. The exposed positive resist layer is developed to form a gap-filling material layer, wherein the gap-filling material layer has the same thickness in the dense pattern region and in the isolated pattern region. A reagent is coated on the surface to form a reaction layer. The reaction layer is removed so that a cap layer remained on the gap-filling material layer.
US09368394B1	Dry etching gas and method of manufacturing semiconductor device The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a conductive region at least partially in the semiconductor substrate; forming a dielectric layer over the substrate; forming a hard mask over the dielectric layer, the hard mask having an opening over the conductive region; dry etching the dielectric layer by a first etching gas to form a recessed feature, wherein a surface of the conductive region is therefore exposed at a bottom of the recessed feature, and a byproduct film is formed at an inner surface of the recessed feature; and dry etching the dielectric layer by a second etching gas, wherein the second etching gas chemically reacts with the byproduct film and the conductive region, and a sacrificial layer is therefore built up around the bottom of the recessed feature.
US09368393B2	Line-edge roughness improvement for small pitches A method for mitigating line-edge roughness on a semiconductor device. The method includes line-edge roughness mitigation techniques in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. The techniques include: reducing the SiON film thickness below a conventional thickness; increasing the photoresist thickness above a conventional thickness; etching the SiON film with an etch bias power less than a conventional wattage amount with an overetch percentage less than a conventional overetch percentage; removing the SiON film layer immediately after completion of the amorphous carbon film layer etching; and lowering the lower electrode temperature below a conventional temperature.
US09368392B2	MIM capacitor structure The present disclosure relates to a MIM (metal-insulator-metal) capacitor, and an associated method of formation. In some embodiments, the MIM capacitor includes a first electrode having a capacitor bottom metal layer disposed over a dielectric buffer layer located over an under-metal layer. A capacitor dielectric layer is disposed onto and in direct contact with the capacitor bottom metal layer. A second electrode having a top capacitor metal layer is disposed onto and in direct contact with the capacitor dielectric layer. A capacitor inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer is disposed over the top capacitor metal layer, and a substantially planar etch stop layer disposed over the capacitor ILD layer. The capacitor's simple stack provides for a small step size that prevents topography related issues, while the dielectric buffer layer removes design restrictions on the lower metal layer.
US09368381B2	Transfer robot, its substrate transfer method and substrate transfer relay device A transfer robot is equipped with a first hand and a second hand. The first and the second hands, each have two blades, for holding respective substrates. In addition, the transfer robot includes a rotation unit, a first extension and retraction unit, a second extension and retraction unit and an up-down unit, and by these four units, the first and the second hands can be moved to a substrate transfer relay device where substrates are placed, and to four process chambers.
US09368375B2	Apparatus and method for self-aligning chip placement and leveling An approach is provided for aligning and leveling a chip package portion. The approach involves filling, at least partially, a reservoir formed between a first sidewall portion having a first slanted surface and a second sidewall portion having a second slanted surface with a fluid. The approach also involves placing a chip package portion into the reservoir. The approach further involves draining the fluid from the reservoir to cause the chip package portion to align with respect to a center of the reservoir. The chip package portion aligns with respect to the center of the reservoir and levels based on a relationship between the chip package portion, an angle of the first slanted surface, an angle of the second slanted surface, and the fluid. The chip package portion is secured in the aligned and leveled state by a molding compound.
US09368354B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same To improve the reliability of a semiconductor device. In particular, the reading of incorrect information from a memory cell is suppressed. A first low-concentration region is formed in a well, and is located under a side wall insulating film in a planar view. The first low-concentration region has a second conductivity type, and the second conductivity-type impurity concentration is lower than the impurity concentration in a drain. A second low-concentration region is formed in the well, and is located under a spacer insulating film in a planar view. In addition, a second conductivity type impurity concentration in the second low-concentration region is lower than the second conductivity-type impurity concentration in the first low-concentration region, and is higher than the second conductivity-type impurity concentration in a portion located under the insulating film of the well.
US09368352B2	Methods for forming doped silicon oxide thin films The present disclosure relates to the deposition of dopant films, such as doped silicon oxide films, by atomic layer deposition processes. In some embodiments, a substrate in a reaction space is contacted with pulses of a silicon precursor and a dopant precursor, such that the silicon precursor and dopant precursor adsorb on the substrate surface. Oxygen plasma is used to convert the adsorbed silicon precursor and dopant precursor to doped silicon oxide.
US09368347B2	Apparatus and method for irradiating A method irradiates a wafer and an apparatus provides for a wafer to be irradiated. A plurality of radiation emitters emit radiation. A mask permits a portion of the electromagnetic radiation from the plurality of radiation emitters to pass and blocks a further portion of said electromagnetic radiation from passing.
US09368338B2	Gas discharge lamp with an axially extending strip of getter and method of manufacture A gas discharge lamp, photoionization sensor employing the gas discharge lamp, and method of manufacturing the lamp. The lamp includes a longitudinally extending strip of getter within the housing.The method of manufacture includes the steps of (i) obtaining a glass tube, (ii) constricting the tube intermediate the longitudinal ends to divide the bore into first and second chambers in fluid communication with one another through a passageway in the constriction, (iii) attaching an ultraviolet transparent window over the open end of the first chamber, (iv) inserting a strip of getter into the first chamber through the passageway in the constriction, (v) purging the first chamber with a noble gas, and (vi) heating the tube at the constriction to detach the first chamber from the second chamber and seal the constricted end of the first chamber.
US09368326B2	Scan head and scan arm using the same A scan head assembled to a scan arm for an ion implanter and a scan arm using the same are provided, wherein the scan head comprises a case, a shaft assembly, an ESC, a first driving mechanism and a second driving mechanism. The case has a normal center line. The shaft assembly passes through a first side of the case and has a twist axis, a first pivot point fixed relative to the case and a first end located outside the case. The ESC is fastened on the first end and capable of holding a work piece. The first driving mechanism is capable of driving the shaft assembly, the ESC and the work piece to tilt relative to the normal center line. The second driving mechanism is capable of driving the shaft assembly, the ESC and the work piece to rotate about the twist axis.
US09368325B2	TEM sample preparation A method and apparatus for altering the orientation of a charged particle beam sample is presented. Embodiments of the method includes providing a first work piece on a sample stage having a sample stage plane, the first work piece including a lamella plane in a first orientation. A sample is milled from the first work piece using an ion beam so that the sample is substantially free from the first work piece. A probe is attached to the sample, the probe including a shaft having a shaft axis, the shaft axis oriented at a shaft angle in relation to the sample stage plane, the shaft angle being non-normal to the sample stage plane. The probe is rotated about the shaft axis through a rotational angle so that the lamella plane is in a second orientation. The sample is attached to or placed on the sample on either the first work piece, the first work piece being the work piece from which the sample was milled, or on a second work piece, the second work piece being a work piece from which the sample was not milled. The sample is thinned using the ion beam to form a lamella, the lamella being oriented in the lamella plane.
US09368321B1	Fiducial-based correlative microscopy A method is provided for preparing a sample for correlative optical and electron imaging and correcting aberrations in the imaging process due to sample deformation. Dye-coated fiducial markers are distributed throughout the sample volume. The fiducial markers are preferably in the form of polystyrene nanospheres that are functionalized on their surface and subsequently treated with a fluorescent dye. The dye does not penetrate the sphere but only binds to the surface. By limiting the dye to the surface of the nanospheres, the shape of the spheres can be determined in iPALM and in charged particle images aiding in tracking of physical changes that may occur to the sample volume.
US09368313B1	Electronic amplifier device An integrated pressurized electronic power amplifier circuit including a plasma cathode structure and beam focusing approach leading to an electron beam, an interaction region; an input signal line for conducting an input signal into the interaction region; an output signal line for conducting an output signal from the interaction region; a collector for the electron beam; and an envelope for maintaining a pressurized ambient and a substrate for selected spatial alignment and thermal management; and wherein the plasma cathode structure generates a plasma as a source of electrons. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US09368311B2	Photocathode device that replenishes photoemissive coating A photocathode device may replenish its photoemissive coating to replace coating material that desorbs/evaporates during photoemission. A linear actuator system may regulate the release of a replenishment material vapor, such as an alkali metal, from a chamber inside the photocathode device to a porous cathode substrate. The replenishment material deposits on the inner surface of a porous membrane and effuses through the membrane to the outer surface, where it replenishes the photoemissive coating. The rate of replenishment of the photoemissive coating may be adjusted using the linear actuator system to regulate performance of the photocathode device during photoemission. Alternatively, the linear actuator system may adjust a plasma discharge gap between a cartridge containing replenishment material and a metal grid. A potential is applied between the cartridge and the grid, resulting in ejection of metal ions from the cartridge that similarly replenish the photoemissive coating.
US09368305B2	Instant trip device of circuit breaker An instant trip device of a circuit breaker comprises a magnet; a supporter; an armature provided between the magnet and the supporter and including a rotation center portion and a rotating part is disposed to be rotatable with respect to the rotation center portion; and an armature spring configured to apply an elastic force in a direction where the rotating part of the armature becomes farther away from the magnet, wherein a groove of which one side is opened is formed at the supporter to support the rotation center portion, wherein a boss is formed at the rotation center portion to be inserted into the groove, and wherein the armature spring is an extension spring in which one end of the armature spring is supported by a first hanger included in the supporter, and the other end is supported by a second hanger included in the rotating part.
US09368288B2	Photoelectric conversion element A photoelectric conversion element includes a photoanode that includes a solid semiconductor layer containing a dye molecule, a counter electrode, and an electrolyte medium disposed between the photoanode and the counter electrode. The dye molecule includes XD represented by chemical formula (1) and YA represented by chemical formula (2) in a molecule: R(XD/YA), which is a ratio of the number of XD to the number of YA in the dye molecule, is 2 or more.
US09368287B2	Dye-sensitized solar cell with metal oxide layer containing metal oxide nanoparticles produced by electrospinning and method for manufacturing same A dye-sensitized solar cell having improved photoelectric conversion characteristic includes a metal oxide layer having dye-adsorbed metal oxide nanoparticles, wherein the metal oxide nanoparticles are formed by electrospinning a mixed solution of a metal oxide precursor and a polymer into ultrafine composite fibers, and thermally compressing and sintering the ultrafine composite fibers.
US09368284B2	Anode electrode for aluminum electrolytic capacitor and respective production method An aluminum electrolytic capacitor including an anode electrode, and a method for producing the anode electrode. The method includes providing an aluminum electrolyte including an ionic liquid and an aluminum salt, galvanically deposing an aluminum on an aluminum foil formed from the aluminum electrolyte, and anodically oxidizing a surface of the aluminum foil. The ionic liquid includes a pyrrolidinium cation and a halogenide. The aluminum electrolyte includes 50-70 mol. % of the aluminum salt based on a total substance amount of the ionic liquid and the aluminum salt. The galvanic deposition includes and is based on a deposition temperature ranging from 20° C. to 100° C., a current density ranging from 1 to 100 mA/cm2, an applied potential ranging from −0.1 V to −1.0 V based on a potential of an aluminum reference electrode, and a deposition rate ranging from 1 to 50 μm/h.
US09368282B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor, manufacturing method thereof, and board having the same mounted thereon A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including dielectric layers and internal electrodes; an electrode layer disposed on an outer surface of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the internal electrodes; a first composite resin layer disposed on the electrode layer and including a first conductive powder; and a second composite resin layer disposed on the first composite resin layer and including a second conductive powder different from the first conductive powder.
US09368273B2	Apparatus, system, and method for multicoil telemetry An apparatus, system, and method for multicoil telemetry are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an intermediate coil disposed between a driving coil and a receiving coil, where the intermediate coil is configured to act on magnetic fields between the driving coil and receiving coil in order to provide improved coupling efficiency. The improved coupling may assist in providing efficient power transfer and/or data transfer utilizing the magnetic fields. In some embodiments the receiving coil may be in direct communication with the intermediate coil, without any other intermediate coils. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a second intermediate coil disposed between the driving coil and receiving coil to improve the transfer efficiency between the driving and receiving coils. The intermediate coils may have a high quality factor and be configured to decouple the resistance between the driving and receiving coils.
US09368262B2	Actuation device An electromagnetic actuation device with an actuation element, which can be adjusted relative to a stator on the basis of a magnetic actuation force which can be generated by the stator, wherein the stator has a coil winding, the winding wire of which is guided to a contact element bent at a bending region and is fixedly and electrically conductively connected to the same, wherein the contact element (5) has a depression geometry (9) in a bending region (7), which shortens a bending path of the winding wire (4) and through which the winding wire (4) passes.
US09368260B2	Cable or cable portion with a stop layer An embodiment of a method for manufacturing a cable, comprises providing a cable core comprising at least one conductor therein, extruding a stopping layer about at least the cable core, extruding a jacketing layer about the stopping layer, and cabling at least one armor wire layer about the jacketing layer to form the cable, wherein the stopping layer comprises a polymer layer configured to mechanically and thermally protect the cable core.
US09368256B2	Tubular cover A tubular cover is obtained by causing a fabric woven from a warp and weft to be imparted with a curl by a heat treatment, wherein the tubular cover is characterized in that the warp and/or the weft are folded yarns created by twisting together multiple strands of yarn that have already been twisted in either an S- or Z-winding-direction, the winding direction of the twisting when the folded yarn is created being the opposite of the yarn-winding direction.
US09368237B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit capable of controlling test modes without stopping test A semiconductor integrated circuit capable of controlling test modes without stopping testing of the semiconductor integrated circuit is presented. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a test mode control unit configured to produce, in response to address decoding signals, a plurality of test mode signals of a first group and a plurality of test mode signals of a second group. The test mode control unit selectively inactivates the test mode signals of the first group by providing a reset signal using the test mode signals of the second group. Therefore, the testing time of the semiconductor integrated circuit can be reduced by inactivating the previous test mode using the reset signal and by executing a new test mode without disconnecting the test mode state.
US09368233B2	Manufacturing testing for LDPC codes An amount of time and an error rate function are received, where the error rate function defines a relationship between a number of iterations associated with iterative decoding and an error rate. A testing error rate is determined based at least in part on the amount of time. The number of iterations which corresponds to the testing error rate in the error rate function is selected to be a testing number of iterations; the testing error rate and the testing number of iterations are associated with testing storage media using iterative decoding.
US09368232B2	Magnetic automatic test equipment (ATE) memory tester device and method employing temperature control In a particular embodiment, a method includes controlling a temperature within a chamber while applying a magnetic field. A device including a memory array is located in the chamber. The method includes applying a magnetic field to the memory array and testing the memory array during application of the magnetic field to the memory array at a target temperature.
US09368228B2	Semiconductor memory According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory includes word lines, a plurality of sets of a pair of bit lines, memory cells, a writing/reading circuit, and a word line selection circuit. In a state where inverted data of program data has been written to the memory cells, a stress is applied and the program data is programmed to the memory cells. The writing/reading circuit writes the inverted data of the same program data to a unit memory cell group made of memory cells connected to a set of a pair of bit lines at a time of programming, and reads data from the unit memory cell group by detecting a signal level of the pair of bit lines at a time of reading. The word line selection circuit simultaneously selects and drives two or more word lines of the word lines connected to the unit memory cell group.
US09368225B1	Determining read thresholds based upon read error direction statistics There is provided a method for setting read thresholds to be used for reading multiple bits per cell flash memory cells, the method may include reading, by a read circuit, the flash memory cells using a set of current read thresholds to provide current read results; finding, by an error evaluation circuit, current read errors direction statistics associated with the current read results; determining multiple read threshold changes based upon the current read error direction statistics, without determining a contribution of each current read threshold to the current read error direction statistics; and altering multiple current read thresholds, by the multiple read threshold updates, to provide a set of next read thresholds.
US09368220B2	Non-volatile memory device and method for shortened erase operation during testing A nonvolatile memory array has a multiple erase procedures of different durations. A block of memory cells of the array can be erased by one of the different erase procedures.
US09368219B1	Nonvolatile memory device and operating method thereof A nonvolatile memory device includes a channel vertically extending from a substrate, a plurality of memory cells stacked along the channel; a source region connected to a first end portion of the channel, and a bit line connected to a second end portion of the channel, wherein the first end portion of the channel that adjoins the source region is formed as an undoped semiconductor layer or a semiconductor layer doped with P-type impurities.
US09368207B2	Method of operating FET low current 3D re-ram Operating ReRAM memory is disclosed herein. The memory cells may be trained prior to initially programming them. The training may help to establish a percolation path. In some aspects, a transistor limits current of the memory cell when training and programming. A higher current limit is used during training, which conditions the memory cell for better programming. The non-memory may be operated in unipolar mode. The memory cells can store multiple bits per memory cell. A memory cell can be SET directly from its present state to one at least two data states away. A memory cell can be RESET directly to the state having the next highest resistance. Program conditions, such as pulse width and/or magnitude, may depend on the state to which the memory cell is being SET. A higher energy can be used for programming higher current states.
US09368205B2	Set and reset operation in phase change memory and associated techniques and configurations Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for word-line path isolation in a phase change memory (PCM) device. In an embodiment, a method includes increasing a current through a memory cell of a phase change memory (PCM) device, wherein the memory cell is coupled with a capacitor and subsequent to said increasing the current, generating a transient current through the memory cell by discharge of the capacitor to reset the memory cell. In another embodiment, a method includes increasing a current through a memory cell of a phase change memory (PCM) device and controlling the current to be greater than a threshold current and lower than a hold current of the memory cell to set the memory cell. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09368193B2	Methods for reducing power dissipation in drowsy caches and for retaining data in cache-memory sleep mode A method for refreshing static random access memory comprises providing at least one six-transistor static random access memory cell disposed on a substrate and providing a light source emitting light. The six-transistor static random access memory cell comprises two storage nodes, two pass transistors, two load transistors, and two driver transistors, the drain diffusion regions of the load transistors forming pn-junctions with the substrate. A portion of the light emitted by the light source is absorbed and converted to minority carriers in the substrate, The minority carriers diffuse through the substrate, and a portion of the minority carriers reach the pn-junctions and cause the pn-junctions to generate electrical current. The electrical current generated charges the storage nodes.
US09368187B2	Insertion-override counter to support multiple memory refresh rates A memory refresh method includes determining positions at which to insert refresh operations of weak rows of a memory block among regularly scheduled refresh operations of normal rows of the memory block. The refresh operations occur at a substantially constant refresh rate. The positions at which to insert are based on an actual weak page address. The method also includes performing inserted refresh operations at the determined positions to coordinate distribution of the inserted refresh operations among the regularly scheduled refresh operations.
US09368185B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a plurality of memory cells, an access circuit configured to perform a data read operation, a data write operation and a data refresh operation on the memory cells, the access circuit to operate in a selected one of a first mode that is ready to perform and a second mode that is not ready to perform, and a judgment circuit configured to respond to first command information, to cause, when the access circuit is in the first mode, the access circuit to perform the data refresh operation, and to cause, when the access circuit is in the second mode, the access circuit to exit from the second mode and then to perform the refresh operation.
US09368178B2	Resistive memory device, memory system including the same and method of reading data from the same A resistive memory device may include first and second resistive memory cells, a reference current generator, and first and second bitline sense amplifiers. The reference current generator may be configured to apply the first and second reference currents to a first common node. A total reference current of the first reference current and the second reference current provided to the first common node may be divided into a first sensing current and a second sensing current by the first common node. The first and second sensing currents may be provided to the first and second bitline sense amplifiers by the first common node, respectively. The first and second bitline sense amplifiers may be configured to sense first data of the first resistive memory cell and second data of the second resistive memory cell based on the first and second sensing currents, respectively.
US09368165B2	Current generation circuit and semiconductor device having the same A current generation circuit includes a mirroring circuit suitable for being charged by using a bias voltage, wherein a voltage level of the charged voltage varies corresponding to changes in a voltage level of a power voltage, a comparison circuit suitable for comparing the charged voltage with a feedback voltage, and a current driving circuit suitable for generating a current based on a voltage output from the comparison circuit.
US09368159B2	Recording medium, reproducing apparatus, and reproducing method In a recording medium on which is recorded a multiplexed stream including a plurality of first packets (V_main) constituting a first I-picture in a first video stream and a plurality of second packets (V_sub) constituting a second I-picture in a second video stream, information for identifying the first I-picture and information for identifying the second I-picture are recorded on the medium. A recording medium can thereby be obtained that enables the rapid detection, from a small amount of information, of a particular picture included in a stream such as a TS in which multiple content streams are multiplexed.
US09368158B2	Method and apparatus for re-inserting a commercial during playback of a recorded program A method of playing back, by an electronic device, a recorded program without a first commercial, the recorded program recorded from a first program having the first commercial inserted therein is disclosed. The method comprises steps of obtaining location information of the first commercial in the first program responsive to a command to play back the recorded program; inserting a second commercial at a first location according to the location information of the first commercial; and playing back the recorded program with the inserted second commercial.
US09368147B2	Media and drive validation in a storage library Systems and methods are described for validating storage media and/or media drives in a storage library using a hidden drive pool and a non-hidden media pool. For example, a storage library can be instructed to perform media/drive validation (MDV) on a selected pool of physical storage media using a selected pool of drive resources. Embodiments handle the pools so that, at least during performance of MDV, the drive resources in the drive pool are not visible to the host applications, but the storage media is still visible and can still be accessed by the host application. For example, the MDV can be performed in such a way that the host application cannot task a drive being used for validation, but the host application can perform operations on storage media in the media validation pool. Further, some embodiments operate in the context of storage library complex-wide validation pools.
US09368145B2	Reversible recording medium based on optical storage of information, method of reversible recording on such a medium A reversible recording medium based on optical storage of at least one item of information within a support material, includes at least one layer of support material having: base molecules able to take, in a local zone, a first collective state of molecules able to generate a first signal of second harmonic characteristic of this first collective state of molecules when excited by electromagnetic reading radiation; the base molecules having the first collective state of molecules able to transform, at least in part, into transformed molecules so as to pass to a second collective state of molecules when excited by electromagnetic writing radiation, the molecules having the second collective state of molecules able to generate a second signal of second harmonic characteristic of this second collective state of molecules when excited by the electromagnetic reading radiation. The molecules exhibit a molecular structure based on a coumarin skeleton of Formula (I).
US09368139B1	Slider back side etching to increase shear strength between suspension and slider The present disclosure generally relates to a slider having a textured bonding surface. The slider may be used in a hard disk drive (HDD). The textured bonding surface permits the slider to be effectively bonded to a suspension and prevent the slider from debonding from the suspension due to shear forces that may occur during HDD operation.
US09368135B2	Data storage device with phase lock spin-torque oscillation stabilization A data storage device can be configured at least with a first spin-torque oscillator disposed between and contacting a write pole and a shield on an air bearing surface. A second spin-torque oscillator can be disposed between and contact the write pole and shield with the second spin-torque oscillator separated from the air bearing surface by a first stabilization distance and from the first spin-torque oscillator by a second stabilization distance. The first and second spin-torque oscillators can be configured to magnetostatically couple and phase lock to produce a single microwave frequency in response to a bias field.
US09368120B2	Methods and systems for controlling calling party access to called device Devices, systems, and methods are provided to send an alert to a called party communications device during a call setup phase and to present the alert to a called party during an alert portion of the call setup phase. Other devices, systems, and methods are provided that allow a calling party to remotely and securely access at least one host computer by sending a security phrase during a call setup phase and presenting the security phrase to the host computer to determine if by way of comparison to a voice print if the calling party is a valid user.
US09368112B2	Method and apparatus for detecting a voice activity in an input audio signal The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for detecting a voice activity in an input audio signal composed of frames. A noise characteristic of the input signal is determined based on a received frame of the input audio signal. A voice activity detection (VAD) parameter is derived based on the noise characteristic of the input audio signal using an adaptive function. The derived VAD parameter is compared with a threshold value to provide a voice activity detection decision. The input audio signal is processed according to the voice activity detection decision.
US09368110B1	Method for distinguishing components of an acoustic signal A method distinguishes components of an acoustic signal by processing the signal to estimate a set of analysis features, wherein each analysis feature defines an element of the signal and has feature values that represent parts of the signal, processing the signal to estimate input features of the signal, and processing the input features using a deep neural network to assign an associative descriptor to each element of the signal, wherein a degree of similarity between the associative descriptors of different elements is related to a degree to which the parts of the signal represented by the elements belong to a single component of the signal. The the similarities between associative descriptors are processed to estimate correspondences between the elements of the signal and the components in the signal. Then, the signal is processed using the correspondences to distinguish component parts of the signal.
US09368099B2	Bandlimiting anti-noise in personal audio devices having adaptive noise cancellation (ANC) A personal audio device, such as a wireless telephone, includes noise canceling circuit that adaptively generates an anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal and injects the anti-noise signal into the speaker or other transducer output to cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds. An error microphone may also be provided proximate the speaker to measure the output of the transducer in order to control the adaptation of the anti-noise signal and to estimate an electro-acoustical path from the noise canceling circuit through the transducer. A processing circuit that performs the adaptive noise canceling (ANC) function also either adjusts the frequency response of the anti-noise signal with respect to the reference microphone signal, and/or by adjusting the response of the adaptive filter independent of the adaptation provided by the reference microphone signal.
US09368097B2	Noise suppression device A noise suppression device includes an input signal analyzer that analyzes the harmonic structure and periodicity of a plurality of input signals on the basis of power spectra of a plurality of input signals, a power spectrum synthesizer that synthesizes the power spectra of the plurality of input signals to generate a synthesized power spectrum according to the result of the analysis by the input signal analyzer, a noise suppression amount calculator that calculates an amount of noise suppression on the basis of the synthesized power spectrum and an estimated noise spectrum estimated from the input signals, and a power spectrum suppressor that carries out noise suppression on the synthesized power spectrum by using the calculated amount of noise suppression.
US09368094B1	Stringed instrument neck support A system and method for safely supporting a stringed musical instrument at various positions of orientation while processing actions are being performed on the instrument. A support structure includes a plurality of reorientable surfaces that each present a depression, a majority of the depressions each having a slope relative to a longitudinal axis (all slopes may be different) to provide an adjustable work surface, such a supporting a musical instrument in various configurations and arrangements.
US09368093B2	Recordings resulting from methods for transcoding music notation Recorded media is produced by a method for transcoding music, according to various aspects of the present invention, includes in any practical order: (a) reading indicia of a plurality of notes, each note having pitch and duration; (b) selecting a reference pitch; (c) determining indicia of tone from the reference pitch and the pitch of each note; and (d) outputting for use by an engraving engine, indicia of an apposite staff and indicia of tones and durations corresponding to the plurality of notes.
US09368090B2	Liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same To increase the frequency of input of image signals in terms of design in a field-sequential liquid crystal display device. Image signals are concurrently supplied to pixels provided in a plurality of rows among pixels arranged in matrix in a pixel portion of the liquid crystal display device. Thus, the frequency of input of an image signal to each pixel can be increased without change in response speed of a transistor or the like included in the liquid crystal display device.
US09368089B2	Display system and electrical appliance A display system in which the luminance of light-emitting elements in a light-emitting device is adjusted based on information on an environment. A sensor obtains information on an environment as an electrical signal. A CPU converts, based on comparison data set in advance, the information signal into a correction signal for correcting the luminance of EL elements. Upon receiving this correction signal, a voltage changer applies a predetermined corrected potential to the EL elements. Thus, this display system enables control of the luminance of the EL elements.
US09368082B2	Liquid crystal display device and electronic device including the liquid crystal display device In a liquid crystal display device including a plurality of pixels in a display portion and configured to performed display in a plurality of frame periods, each of the frame periods includes a writing period and a holding period, and after an image signal is input to each of the plurality of pixels in the writing period, a transistor included in each of the plurality of pixels is turned off and the image signal is held for at least 30 seconds in the holding period. The pixel includes a semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor layer, and the oxide semiconductor layer has a carrier concentration of less than 1×1014/cm3.
US09368078B2	Display device and electronic apparatus According to an aspect, a display device includes: a plurality of pixels aligned in row and column directions, each of the pixels including a drive element; a plurality of scan lines each coupled with the drive elements included in the pixels aligned in the row direction to transmit thereto a scan signal for selecting the pixels row by row; a plurality of signal lines each coupled with the drive elements included in the pixels aligned in the column direction to write display data; and a display control unit. The display control unit alternately repeats a display period and a stop period. In a latter term of the stop period, display control unit provides the display data written in the respective pixels in a row that has been selected during the display period immediately before the stop period, to the signal lines corresponding to the respective pixels.
US09368074B2	Optically addressed gray scale electric charge-accumulating spatial light modulator A technique for modulating light by an optically addressed, electric charge accumulating spatial light modulator achieves substantially monotonic gray scale response. Embodiments digitally modulate the voltage across a photoreceptive material included in the spatial light modulator. The digital modulation scheme entails illuminating the photoreceptor with a series of light pulses propagating from an LCoS, in which the durations of the light pulses and their positions in time combine to produce binary-weighted equivalent rms voltages on the photoreceptor. The light pulses originate from a light-emitting diode or other switchable light source, and the timing of the light pulses is controlled such that they are emitted only when the associated LCoS is in a stable state. Emitting light pulses while the LCoS is in a stable state avoids non-monotonic behavior.
US09368068B2	Pixel circuit and display device using the same Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a pixel circuit comprising an organic light emitting diode (OLED), an RS trigger comprising a first terminal connected to a scan line, a second terminal connected to an enable line, and a third terminal connected to a data line, the RS trigger configured to generate an output signal according to an enable signal, a data signal, and a scan signal respectively received via the enable line, the data line, and the scan line, and a driving transistor comprising a first electrode connected to a first power source, a second electrode connected to an anode of the OLED, and a gate electrode connected to an output terminal of the RS trigger, the driver transistor configured to control a current flowing through the OLED in response to the output signal of the RS trigger.
US09368067B2	Organic light-emitting diode display with dynamic power supply control A display may receive image data to be displayed for a user of an electronic device. Display driver circuitry in the display may include a timing controller that receives the image data. The timing controller can analyze frames of the image data to determine average luminance values for the frames. The display may include an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels. Each display pixel may include a light-emitting diode. A transistor in each display pixel may be coupled in series with the light-emitting diode between positive and ground power supply terminals. The timing controller can limit peak luminance in the image data that is displayed on the array of display pixels as a function of average luminance. The timing controller can also direct power regulator circuitry to adjust a power supply voltage applied to the positive power supply terminal based on the average luminance.
US09368065B2	Display device and electronic apparatus A display panel including pixels disposed on a substrate, where each of the pixels includes a light emitting element, and a capacitor. The capacitor of a first one of the pixels is partially overlapped, in a vertical direction, by respective pixel areas of two of the pixels. The anode of the capacitor of the first one of the pixels may be disposed closer to the substrate than a cathode of the capacitor, thereby reducing a parasitic capacitance between the capacitor and an anode of the light emitting element of one of the two pixels overlapping the capacitor.
US09368064B2	Display panel, display apparatus, and electronic system A color display unit includes pixels arranged in matrix form. Display pixel units are formed from multiple pixels, one of each of the display colors, grouped together across multiple rows. Drive units are formed by multiple rows of display pixel units that are connected to a common power supply line. Common write scanning lines are provided, where the number of common write scanning lines per drive unit equals the number of rows of pixels that are included in a display pixel unit. Each common write scanning line is connected to every pixel of at least one given color in its respective drive unit. Within a single drive unit, every pixel of a given color has a transistor whose layout orientation is the same as the layout orientation of a corresponding transistor in every other pixel of that given color.
US09368063B2	Display systems with compensation for line propagation delay A method for characterizing and eliminating the effect of propagation delay on data and monitor lines of AMOLED panels is introduced. A similar technique may be utilized to cancel the effect of incomplete settling of select lines that control the write and read switches of pixels on a row.
US09368059B2	Semiconductor device and driving method thereof A semiconductor device having a novel data input and output panel with high definition is provided. A method for driving the semiconductor device having the novel data input and output panel with high definition is provided. The data input and output panel includes, over a substrate, proximity sensors, signal lines electrically connected to the proximity sensors, and pixels electrically connected to the signal lines. The signal lines can supply image signals to the pixels, can supply control signals to the proximity sensors, and can be supplied with sensing signals from the proximity sensors.
US09368055B2	Display device and driving method thereof for improving side visibility A display device includes: a similar gray level block detector configured to detect a pixel data block in which a gray level difference between a plurality of pixel data included in an image signal is smaller than or equal to a threshold; a skin tone detector configured to detect the pixel data block including a skin tone; and a gamma processor configured to apply a first gamma to a plurality of pixel data included in the pixel data block when the pixel data block does not include the skin tone and apply a second gamma to the plurality of pixel data included in the pixel data block when the pixel data block includes the skin tone.
US09368046B2	Color tactile vision system A tactile display writer unit includes a probe having a contact tip, and at least a first actuator and a second actuator coupled to the probe, whereby activation of the actuators results in a displacement of the probe tip in one or more of a z-direction and in a lateral direction having a vector in an x-y plane. Also, a display writer includes a plurality of such units supported in an x-y array. The writer units may have a third actuator coupled to the probe. Also, a tactile vision system includes such a display writer, an image processor, and an image sensor. The processor transforms RGB image information from the image sensor into hue-based information having two or more attributes; and the actuators in the tactile display writer are activated by the information attributes. Also, a method for producing a tactile color stimulus at a site on the skin of a subject includes providing a probe having a contact tip; displacing the tip at the contact site in a direction generally normal to the skin surface at the site to an extent that relates one attribute of a hue-based model of the color, and displacing the tip in at least one lateral direction generally in a plane parallel to the skin surface at the site to an extent that relates to at least one additional attribute of the color.
US09368045B2	System and device for welding training A system and device for welding training. In one example, a welding system includes a device configured to be used with the welding system. The device includes a first marker having a first shape and a first color. The welding device also includes a second marker having a second shape and a second color. The first and second colors are different or the first and second shapes are different. Further, the first and second markers are configured to be detected by a video game system, a computer accessory, or some combination thereof, to determine a position of the device, an orientation of the device, or some combination thereof.
US09368044B2	Asynchronous art jurying system A remote art jurying system in which art jurors independently evaluate works of art at different locations, times and places. A central database presents information about each work of art and/or the artist to an individual juror. The database provides images of the artwork along with relevant information. Each juror can access the database independent of other jurors in terms of location, or time. The system provides enhanced voting methods. The juror can review or change their votes at any time prior to final submission. They can review all works of art, by categories of art, or by scores. The juror reviews artwork thumbnail images, which can be used to select high resolution images with extended information. Selected categories of art can be enhanced by eliminating the lowest scores to balance artwork finalists across multiple categories of art. An online artist's application system is integrated with an image portfolio management system which allows artists to maintain permanent portfolio copies which can be electronically attached to applications. The system can be used for jurying art or other types of competitive ratings.
US09368043B1	Training target tagging system and related method A system and related method is disclosed for applying a training tag to an entity within a training scenario and presenting the entity based on the applied tag. The method receives sensor data from of a plurality of onboard sensors, truth data and state data via a training and tactical network, and simulation data representative of Live, Virtual and Constructive training entities. The method applies Multi Sensor Integration techniques to the received data to display a single presentation where appropriate within the scenario. Based on a defined set of attributes, the method attaches a training specific tag to each integrated representative data set and applies a rules set to determine whether and how to present each received and tagged training entity to a trainee.
US09368038B2	Computing device providing electronic book data with configurable problems and changeable seed values and related methods A computer system may include a plurality of computing devices each including a display, a memory to store electronic book data comprising at least one configurable problem to be solved, and a processor coupled to the display and the memory. The processor may display the electronic book data with the at least one configurable problem on the display, and apply a changeable seed value to the at least one configurable problem to change an answer associated with the at least one configurable problem.
US09368026B1	Fallback requests for autonomous vehicles Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a system having a memory, a plurality of self-driving systems for controlling a vehicle, and one or more processors. The processors are configured to receive at least one fallback task in association with a request for a primary task and at least one trigger of each fallback task. Each trigger is a set of conditions that, when satisfied, indicate when a vehicle requires attention for proper operation. The processors are also configured to send instructions to the self-driving systems to execute the primary task and receive status updates from the self-driving systems. The processors are configured to determine that a set of conditions of a trigger is satisfied based on the status updates and send further instructions based on the associated fallback task to the self-driving systems.
US09368024B2	Remote control configuration using a remote control profile Utilizing remote control profile information for configuration of a remote control device. A media processing device may store a remote control profile, locally or on a server accessible via a wide area network, which may include information for configuring a remote control device to utilize one or more wireless remote control commands for controlling the media processing device. The media processing device may also detect one or more wireless remote control commands for controlling one or more other electronic devices and update the remote control profile to include information for configuring a remote control device to utilize those commands. It may be determined to configure a remote control device according to the remote control profile based at least in part on proximity of the remote control device to the media processing device. The remote control device may then be configured according to the remote control profile.
US09368023B2	Notification of security alerts Remote notifications are provided by a security system. When the security system detects a visitor, a first notification is sent to an authorized user. The first notification may include an image or video, thus allowing the user to recognize the visitor. If the user approves the visitor, the security system deactivates for a period of time. The visitor may thus enter a home or business for some purpose. However, if the visitor lingers beyond the period of time, the security system reactivates and sends a second notification.
US09368021B2	Variable notification alerts Approaches in accordance with various embodiments attempt to provide a user with less disruptive event notifications by being aware of a user's context. Before a notification is sent to multiple computing devices associated with the notifying account, contextual information for each device is determined. The contextual information can be determined by querying each device for information. The information can include how close each device is relative to other devices associated with the same user, if at least one of the devices is moving, whether the user's attention is focused on a particular device, whether the user is engaging multiple devices simultaneously, and the like. Once contextual information associated with each device is determined, an appropriate type of alert associated with the notification is determined for each device. Accordingly, upon determining the appropriate alert for the most probable context of each device, the notification is sent to each computing device with the determined appropriate type of alert.
US09368012B2	Detector with integrated sensor platform An integrated system platform includes a sensor containing an embedded microcontroller and associated circuitry for providing safety critical functionality. Signal conditioning circuitry is coupled to the sensor along with gas concentration determining circuitry, alarm status circuitry and fault status evaluation circuitry. Wherein the sensor is operational with a main control module and at least one alarm output device.
US09368009B2	Home automation system monitored by security system A system is provided, where the system includes at least one security system sensor, at least one home automation device and a security system processor that monitors the security system sensor and generates an alarm upon activation of the at least one security system sensor. The security system processor also monitors the at least one home automation device and generates an alarm upon detecting the manual activation of the at least one home automation device.
US09368005B2	Sound to haptic effect conversion system using mapping A haptic conversion system is provided that intercepts audio data, such as a digital audio signal, analyzes the audio data in frequency, and divides the analyzed audio data into one or more audio frequency regions, where each audio frequency region includes one or more audio sub-signals. The haptic conversion system further maps the one or more audio frequency regions to one or more haptic frequency regions, where each haptic frequency region includes one or more haptic signals. The haptic conversion system further maps the one or more haptic effects to one or more actuators. The haptic conversion system further sends the one or more haptic signals to one or more actuators, in order to generate one or more haptic effects.
US09368002B2	Sensor system for detection of a partial retrieval of dispensed currency at an automated teller machine Apparatus and methods for a sensor system are provided. The system may be configured to detect a dispensing of cash from an automated teller machine (“ATM”). The system may be configured to orient one or more sensors to capture a first information stream that includes the dispensing of cash. The system may be configured to detect a retraction of cash by the ATM. The system may orient one or more sensors to capture a second information stream that includes the retraction. The system may be configured to determine an estimate of cash collected by an ATM customer. The estimate may be based on a comparison of the first information stream and the second information stream.
US09367987B1	Selecting color in wagering game systems This document describes techniques for selecting lighting colors in wagering game systems. In some embodiments, a wagering game machine comprising a game controller configured to determine a result for a wagering game, and control presentation of video content indicating the results for the wagering game. The game controller can also select, in response to the result, lighting content and one or more color pallets, wherein the lighting content defines choreographed lighting effects, and wherein the one or more color pallets define coloring for the lighting effects. The wagering game machine can also include a lighting engine configured to randomly select colors from the one or more color pallets, and control presentation of the lighting effects based on the lighting content and the randomly selected colors.
US09367982B2	Automatic mobile communicator depot system and methodology A mobile telephone device distribution system including a customer interface allowing a customer to select a mobile telephone device and a telephone number to be associated with the mobile telephone device and a computerized mobile telephone dispenser operative to dispense a preselected mobile telephone having a customer preselected telephone number to the customer who earlier selected the mobile telephone device and the telephone number and automatically activate the mobile telephone device.
US09367979B2	Media count replenishment management A method of managing media counts at a media terminal is described. The method comprises: receiving an expected media count from a remote management application; detecting a media replenisher at the media terminal; providing the expected media count to the media replenisher; and receiving confirmation from the media replenisher that the expected media count corresponds to the actual media present.
US09367978B2	Control device access method and apparatus Application software for a mobile device can provide an owner or operator of a premises with the ability to remotely grant a guest authorization to access an access control device on or in the premises. The access control device can control the operation of the one or more secondary devices, so that with the owner authorization, the guest can access the access control device to cause an action at the premises with the secondary device. The application software can further provide the owner/operator the ability to restrict the third party access, such as temporally or spatially.
US09367976B2	Methods, software, and systems for providing policy-based access Methods, software, apparatus, and systems for policy-based access control are provided. In one embodiment, a method for providing policy-based access to a policy-controlled resource for a user, comprising: detecting an electronically encoded signal from a computer-controlled electronic access control service at a user-controlled computer-controlled electronic communications device proximate to the user; receiving an electronically encoded compliance query from the computer-controlled electronic access control service at the computer-controlled electronic communications device; determining an electronically encoded response to the electronically encoded compliance query using an electronically encoded, computer-controlled process on the computer-controlled computation device; and returning the electronically encoded response to the computer-controlled electronic access control service using the computer-controlled computation device.
US09367973B2	Systems and methods of creating and delivering item of manufacture specific information to remote devices An asset authoring and delivery system generates a number of authored assets. Each of the authored assets includes a number of asset content objects that are logically associated with one or more components included in the item of manufacture. The authored assets generated by the asset authoring and delivery system are formatted and communicated to one or more remote devices logically associated with the item of manufacture. Authored assets may be provided responsive to one or more sensed characteristics, for instance vehicle operational parameters, vehicle operation and/or driver behavior, and may be customized to a make and/or model of vehicle.
US09367964B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and program for display of a menu on a ground surface for selection with a user's foot There is provided an image processing device including a superimposition display position determining unit which determines a position of an object having a predetermined flat surface or curved surface out of an object imaged in an input image based on an environment map, a superimposition display image generating unit which generates a superimposition display image by setting superimposition display data at the position of the object determined by the superimposition display position determining unit, an image superimposing unit which superimposes the superimposition display image on a visual field of a user, an operating object recognizing unit which recognizes an operating object imaged in the input image, and a process executing unit which executes a process corresponding to an item selected based on a position of the operating object recognized by the operating object recognizing unit.
US09367960B2	Body-locked placement of augmented reality objects Embodiments are disclosed that relate to placing virtual objects in an augmented reality environment. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method comprising receiving sensor data comprising one or more of motion data, location data, and orientation data from one or more sensors located on a head-mounted display device, and based upon the motion data, determining a body-locking direction vector that is based upon an estimated direction in which a body of a user is facing. The method further comprises positioning a displayed virtual object based on the body-locking direction vector.
US09367959B2	Mapping application with 3D presentation A device that includes at least one processing unit and stores a multi-mode mapping program for execution by the at least one processing unit is described. The program includes a user interface (UI). The UI includes a display area for displaying a two-dimensional (2D) presentation of a map or a three-dimensional (3D) presentation of the map. The UI includes a selectable 3D control for directing the program to transition between the 2D and 3D presentations.
US09367940B2	Method for single-view hair modeling and portrait editing The invention discloses a method for single-view hair modeling and portrait editing. The method is capable of 3D structure reconstruction for individual's hairstyle in an input image, and it requires only a small amount of user inputs to bring about a variety of portrait editing functions; after steps of image preprocessing, 3D head model reconstruction, 2D strands extraction and 3D hairstyle reconstruction, the method finally achieves portrait editing functions such as portrait pop-ups, hairstyle replacements, hairstyle editing, etc.; the invention discloses a method for creating a 3D hair model from a single portrait view for the first time, thereby bringing about a series of practical portrait hairstyle editing functions, of which the effect is superior to methods in the prior art, and having features such as simple interactions and highly efficient calculations.
US09367934B2	Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and image processing program In the image processing apparatus, Input transform into an input color space is performed on input image data; After the input transform, transform processing of transforming chroma or chromaticity of the input image data or chroma or chromaticity in the input color space is performed so as to reduce a difference between a space of chroma or chromaticity of the input image data and a space of chroma or chromaticity in the input color space to acquire transformed image data; and Output transform into an output color space is performed on the transformed image data using a three-dimensional lookup table including inverse transform processing of returning the chroma or chromaticity of the transformed image data to the chroma or chromaticity of the input image data to acquire output image data.
US09367922B2	High accuracy monocular moving object localization Methods and systems for moving object localization include estimating a ground plane in a video frame based on a detected object within the video frame and monocular structure-from-motion (SFM) information; computing object pose for objects in the frame based on the SFM information using dense feature tracking; and determining a three-dimensional location for the detected object based on the estimated ground plane and the computed object pose.
US09367920B2	Method and apparatus for processing images Provided is an image processing method including: receiving a depth map and a color image with respect to a predetermined scene; projecting a plurality of points included in the depth map, onto the color image; segmenting the color image, onto which the depth map is projected, by using at least two image segmentation methods to generate respective segmentation results, and classifying the plurality of points included in the color image into at least one set according to the respective segmentation results; assigning a depth value to each of the plurality of points of the color image included in the set; and outputting the color image, to which the depth values are assigned.
US09367917B2	Estimation of co-registration errors The co-registration error can be estimated by performing a number of additional iterative co-registrations, each iteration having a starting point dictated by the found co-registration transformation, and using a set of initial parameters different to that of the co-registration being tested. The spread in the resulting co-registrations can then be used as the estimate of the co-registration error. The variations in the set of initial parameters can include (i) the candidate transformation which the iteration uses as its starting point, adopting starting points that are offset from the co-registration being tested, (ii) the sample points used for the mutual information metric (or whichever metric is used to optimise the transformation), and (iii) the region-of-interest that is selected. Ideally, all three are varied to some extent within the plurality of additional co-registrations that are performed, and an average value is taken.
US09367901B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method to generate images based on adjusted gain coefficients An image processing apparatus includes a frequency component generation unit, a coefficient acquisition unit, a detection unit, a gain adjustment unit, and a processed image generation unit. The frequency component generation unit is configured to generate a plurality of frequency component images based on an original image. The coefficient acquisition unit is configured to acquire a gain coefficient for gain correction. The detection unit is configured to detect edge information based on the gain coefficient. The gain adjustment unit is configured to adjust a gain of at least one of the plurality of frequency component images based on the gain coefficient and the edge information. The processed image generation unit is configured to generate a processed image based on at least one of the plurality of frequency component images with the gain adjusted by the gain adjustment unit.
US09367899B1	Document image binarization method A method for binarization of document image using multi-threshold process to determine an optimum global binarization threshold for the image. The optimum binarization threshold is determined by binarizing the document multiple times using different threshold values, and calculating the statistics of the useful information and noise for each threshold value to select the optimum threshold value.
US09367898B2	Orientation of display rendering on a display based on position of user Apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and method associated with orienting a display image are described. In embodiments, a computing device may include a display to render the display image and a display orientation module coupled with the display. In embodiments the display orientation module may receive audio input from a user of the computing device and determine a position of the user relative to the display, based on the audio input. In embodiments, the display orientation module may further either orient the display image in accordance with the position of the user or output a result of the determination for use to orient the display image in accordance with the position of the user. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09367894B2	Stretchable display and method of controlling the same A method of controlling a stretchable display including a stretchable substrate, stretchable in at least one direction, and a display unit that is on the stretchable substrate and displays an image, the method including obtaining stretch information of the stretchable substrate using at least two acceleration sensors provided on edges of the stretchable substrate, predicting a shape change of the display unit on the basis of the stretch information, and controlling the display unit on the basis of the shape change.
US09367889B2	System and method for propagating scene information to renderers in a multi-user, multi-scene environment A system and method for propagating scene information to a renderer. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) an update request receiver operable to receive an update request from the renderer and determine a point from which the renderer is to be updated and (2) an update propagator associated with the update request receiver and operable to employ a graph containing scene information to construct a change list corresponding to the update request and transmit the change list toward the renderer.
US09367875B2	Mobile kiosk for enhanced financial product offerings A mobile kiosk includes a vehicle and a kiosk portion coupled to the vehicle. The mobile kiosk receives information for a first configuration of financial products, the first configuration determined according to a first vendor. It applies the first configuration to the mobile kiosk and provisions a first set of the financial products while the mobile kiosk is configured according to the first configuration. The mobile kiosk receives information for a second configuration of the financial products, the second configuration determined according to a second vendor, wherein the second configuration differs from the first configuration and the second vendor differs from the first vendor. It applies the second configuration to the mobile kiosk, and provisions a second set of the financial products while the mobile kiosk is configured according to the second configuration.
US09367868B2	Electronic quotes and proposals including item feedback A system includes a proposal engine configured to present quotes and/or proposals including a plurality of selections to customers at a network site.
US09367862B2	Asynchronous advertising placement based on metadata A podcast system and method are provided to select and deliver media ads over a network to a user device and to insert the media ads in media content subscribed to and delivered over the network to the user device.
US09367861B2	Timer-based ad placement in content retrieval applications Techniques are described for incorporating advertisements into content in a content retrieval application. Embodiments receive a request to view content retrieved from source content containing one or more advertisements. In response to receiving the request, a timer is initiated. The timer is configured to expire after a period of time has elapsed. Embodiments determining whether to display any of the one or more advertisements, based upon whether the timer has expired.
US09367851B2	System and method for managing compliance with retail display regulations across a plurality of jurisdictions Compliance with retail display regulations that retailers are subject to within a plurality of jurisdictions is managed. Retail display regulations may differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. To facilitate compliance, retail display regulations for a plurality of jurisdictions are centrally maintained. The regulations may then be used to dynamically generate retail display materials for locations across a plurality of jurisdictions with different regulatory schemes. The central storage and/or maintenance of the retail display regulations may facilitate compliance with disparate regulatory schemes that retailers are subject to based in part of retail location. Central storage of the retail display regulations may facilitate certification of compliance by regulating entities associated with the jurisdictions.
US09367847B2	Presenting content packages based on audience retargeting A present technology intelligently retargets invitational content to a user by maintaining a user profile that includes data descriptive of the user's interaction with invitational content previously presented to the user and making decisions regarding retargeting based on an analysis of the user profile. The information in the user profile is not limited to whether or not the user completed a conversion action associated with invitational content presented. Rather, the profile is expanded to include such information as where on the conversion continuum the user abandoned the process and details of how the invitational content was presented to the user, e.g. colors used, situation, and message. When presented with a request for invitational content, the system uses the profile information to influence which content is selected and how it is presented to the user. This enables the system to re-present invitational content in a form and/or situation where the user is more likely to complete the conversion action.
US09367846B2	Telephone search supported by advertising based on past history of requests A technology platform for the delivery of dynamic, interactive audio advertisements played in response to a consumer initiated request for information via a telephone. The platform provides advertising supported information services that are related to past responses made to a specific consumer who initiated the request. In one specific embodiment, a consumer uses a telephone is connected to a call processing system. The call processing system receives a request for information from the consumer. In determining a response, the consumer's request is examined to identify the customer that originated the request. This in turn identifies a profile file associated with the consumer, which then permits the system to determine one or more advertisement selection parameters. The customer profile may comprise one or more records of past requests from the identified customer station.
US09367839B2	Disparate network systems and methods Electronic transaction data and/or electronic payment data therefor is routed to disparate payment networks for a multitude of transactions. A software-programmed computer type circuit receives and processes point-of-sale transaction data to select two disparate payment networks for processing electronic payment for the transaction data. Transaction and/or payment data is routed to each of the disparate payment networks, to respectively debit and credit payment accounts, to provide payment to a seller on behalf of a buyer involved in the transaction.
US09367835B2	Retrofit devices for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine A gaming system compatible with patron-controlled portable electronic devices, such as smart phones or tablet computers, is described. The gaming system can include electronic gaming machines that are compatible to receive both virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that are redeemable for credits on the electronic gaming machines. Information associated with a virtual ticket voucher can be stored on a patron-controlled portable electronic device and then can be wireless transmitted to the electronic gaming machines. The electronic gaming machines can be configured to issue virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that can be redeemed for cash or additional game play on another electronic gaming machine. In one embodiment, the electronic gaming machine can be configured to issue a virtual ticket voucher to a patron-controlled portable electronic device.
US09367831B1	Methods and apparatus for inventory determinations using portable devices Methods and apparatus for inventory determinations using portable devices are disclosed. One disclosed example apparatus includes a detector of a portable device to determine one or more of an orientation or a position of a portable device relative to a product or a shelf storing the product, where the portable device is independent of the shelf. The disclosed example also includes a transmitter of the portable device, where the transmitter is to transmit a signal towards a rear surface of the shelf, and where the rear surface faces toward the product. The disclosed example also includes a receiver of the portable device to receive a reflected signal corresponding to the transmitted signal, where the reflected signal reflected from the rear surface of the shelf. The disclosed example also includes a processor of the portable device to enable the transmitter based on the detected orientation or position of the portable device, and to determine inventory information about the product on the shelf based on the reflected signal.
US09367824B2	Provisioning and performing action items An action item specifying one or more tasks is instantiated. Thereafter, data characterizing the action item is associated with at least one tool to perform at least one task. Each tool comprises at least one service, application or procedure to facilitate or perform the at least one task. Subsequently, the at least one tool is initiated. User-generated input and/or other data is received from the at least one tool. Performance of one or more of the tasks specified by the action item is then finalized using the at least one tool and the user-generated input and/or other data. In some variations, the action item can be provisioned with at least one contextual resource to facilitate performance of at least one task. The at least one contextual resource can be associated with the action item and/or at least one user associated with the action item.
US09367823B1	Computer method and system for ranking users in a network community of users A computer method and system for ranking computer network portal users is provided. The system and method comprise a ranking module which determines rank of an individual in a community of global computer network users. The ranking module determines rank of an individual as a function of user demand. The function of user demand includes any one or combination of number of requests to be connected to the individual user, readership following of the individual user and keywords common between profiles or authored works by the individual user and those of other users. An output member is coupled to receive the determined rank from the ranking module and generates an ordered list of user names ordered by determined rank of individuals. The rank of individuals may be provided to external entities such as fraud detection systems or advertising targeting engines.
US09367822B2	Supervision and data cyber superhighway system, method and medium A method provides supervision which includes providing a plurality of information channels for communicating information to the service provider and the user and integrating the information channels to provide access to supervisory functionality for supervising the information channels of the plurality of information channels by way of a single portal. The method provides access to audio/visual functionality, to information record functionality, to diagnostic functionality, to action functionality and to administrative functionality. All functionalities are accessed by way of a portal whereby the portal has access to the functionalities simultaneously. A single accessing of the portal by the user permits the user to gain access to all of the functionalities simultaneously in accordance with the single accessing. The portal can be a web portal. Each of the functionalities is accessed by way of a respective information channel of a plurality of information channels.
US09367814B1	Methods and systems for classifying data using a hierarchical taxonomy A method and system for classifying documents is provided. A set of document classifiers is generated by applying a classification algorithm to a trusted corpus that includes a set of training documents representing a taxonomy. One or more of the generated document classifiers are executed against a plurality of input documents to create a plurality of classified documents. Each classified document is associated with a classification within the taxonomy and a classification confidence level. One or more classified documents that are associated with a classification confidence level below a predetermined threshold value are selected to create a set of low-confidence documents. The low-confidence documents are disassociated from each of the associated classifications. A user is prompted to enter a classification within the taxonomy for at least one low-confidence document. The low-confidence document is associated with the entered classification and with a predetermined confidence level to create a newly classified document.
US09367810B1	Operations maturity model Embodiments are directed towards an operations maturity model. An operations management system may associate events with one or more organizations. Event metric information may be provided based on the events for one or more sub-scores. The sub-scores may be scaled to fit within a defined range. An operations maturity score may be provided for the organizations that may be based on the scaled sub-scores. One or more recommendations may be provided to increase the operations maturity score for the organizations based on operations maturity scores that correspond to the one or more organizations. Providing the recommendations, includes providing a correlation of operations practices and the sub-scores and providing configuration recommendations based on the operations practices that are correlated with above average sub-scores.
US09367808B1	System and method for creating thematic listening experiences in a networked peer media recommendation environment Systems and methods for providing a thematic playback experience in a peer-to-peer media recommendation system are disclosed.
US09367806B1	Systems and methods of using an artificially intelligent database management system and interfaces for mobile, embedded, and other computing devices The current disclosure generally relates to database management systems (DBMSs) and may be generally directed to methods and systems of using artificial intelligence (i.e. machine learning and/or anticipation functionalities, etc.) to learn a user's use of a DBMS, store this “knowledge” in a knowledgebase, and anticipate the user's future operating intentions. The current disclosure may also be generally directed to associative methods and systems of constructing DBMS commands. The current disclosure may also be generally directed to methods and systems of using a simplified DBMS command language (SDCL) for associative DBMS command construction. The current disclosure may also be generally directed to artificially intelligent methods and systems for associative DBMS command construction. The current disclosure may also be generally directed to methods and systems for associative DBMS command construction through voice input. Other methods, systems, features, elements and/or their embodiments are also disclosed.
US09367805B2	Complex situation analysis system using a plurality of brokers that control access to information sources Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for generating a data set are provided. One method includes generating a data set based on input data using a plurality of brokers. The method further includes receiving a request from a user and determining whether the request can be fulfilled using data currently in the data set. When the request can be fulfilled using data currently in the data set, the data is accessed using broker(s) configured to provide access to data within the data set. When the request cannot be fulfilled using data currently in the data set, at least one new broker is spawned using existing broker(s) and additional data needed to fulfill the request is added to the data set using the new broker. The method further includes generating a response to the request using one or more of the plurality of brokers.
US09367800B1	Ancestry painting with local ancestry inference Presenting ancestral origin information, comprising: receiving a request to display ancestry data of an individual; obtaining ancestry composition information of the individual, the ancestry composition information including information pertaining to a proportion of the individual's genotype data that is deemed to correspond to a specific ancestry; and presenting the ancestry composition information to be displayed.
US09367785B2	RFID tag location systems We describe a methods of locating an RFID tag. One method transmits tag location signals at a plurality of different frequencies from a plurality of different antennas spaced apart by more than a near field limit distance. The processing determines a phase difference at the plurality of different frequencies by determining a phase difference between either i) two or more of the transmit signals resulting in a maxima in the returned signal RSSI or ii) a first transmit signal and its corresponding return signal. The range determining uses return signals weighted by signal strength. Further data which may be used for averaging may be generated by using the above techniques along with changes in the polarisation state of the transmit and receive antennas and/or physical reconfiguration of the antennas (e.g. switch the transmit and receive elements).
US09367783B2	Magnetizing printer and method for re-magnetizing at least a portion of a previously magnetized magnet A magnetizing printer and a method are described herein for printing one or more magnetic sources (maxels) having a first polarity onto a side of a previously magnetized magnet having an opposite polarity.
US09367782B2	High capacity 2D color barcode and method for decoding the same A 2D color barcode layout is disclosed. The barcode includes a 2D array of data cells, four corner locators, and border reference cells forming four borders between the corner locators that substantially surround the array of data cells. Each data cell and border reference cell has one of four primary colors (e.g. CMYK). Most border reference cells have the same size as the data cells, except for yellow ones which are longer. The border reference cells form a repeating color sequence along the borders, and are used during decoding to calculate (1) the channel offset (a spatial offset) of each primary color at different locations along the borders and (2) the reference (average) color values of each primary color. During decoding, the color values of each data cell is measured while taking into account channel offset which is calculated by interpolating the channel offset of the border reference cells.
US09367766B2	Text line detection in images Techniques for detecting and recognizing text may be provided. For example, an image may be analyzed to detect and recognize text therein. The analysis may involve detecting text components in the image. For example, multiple color spaces and multiple-stage filtering may be applied to detect the text components. Further, the analysis may involve extracting text lines based on the text components. For example, global information about the text components can be analyzed to generate best-fitting text lines. The analysis may also involve pruning and splitting the text lines to generate bounding boxes around groups of text components. Text recognition may be applied to the bounding boxes to recognize text therein.
US09367759B2	Cooperative vision-range sensors shade removal and illumination field correction A method of creating a shadow-reduced image from a captured image. An image of a scene exterior of a vehicle is captured by a vehicle-based image capture device. A first object profile of an object in the captured image is identified by a processor. A second object profile of the object is detected using a non-vision object detection device. Shadows in the captured image are removed by the processor as a function of the first object profile and the second object profile. A shadow reduced image is utilized in a vehicle-based application.
US09367758B2	Feature extraction device, feature extraction method, and feature extraction program Device (10) comprises: a comparison object pixel acquisition unit (433) which acquires pixel values of a plurality of comparison object pixels which, when each pixel of an image is designated as a pixel of interest, and a ring-shaped region with the pixel of interest being designated as the center thereof being designated a vicinity region, said comparison object pixels are included in the vicinity region; a pixel difference calculation unit (434) which calculates the difference between the pixel value of the pixel of interest and the pixel values of each comparison object pixel; and a local binary pattern generation unit (435) which generates a local binary pattern for each pixel. A plurality of vicinity regions are present for each pixel of interest, and the distance of the vicinity regions are established on the basis of the spatial frequency characteristics of a lens with which the image is photographed.
US09367756B2	Selection of representative images Methods and systems for selecting a representative image of an entity are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for selecting a representative image of an entity is disclosed. The method includes: accessing a collection of images of the entity; clustering, based on similarity of one or more similarity features, images from the collection to form a plurality of similarity clusters; and selecting the representative image from one of said similarity clusters. Further, based on cluster size of said similarity clusters popular clusters can be determined, and the selection of the representative image can be from the popular clusters. In addition, the method can further include assigning a headshot score based upon a portion of the respective image covered by the entity to respective images in said popular clusters, and further selecting the representative image based upon the headshot score.
US09367754B2	Payment card OCR with relaxed alignment Extracting financial card information with relaxed alignment comprises a method to receive an image of a card, determine one or more edge finder zones in locations of the image, and identify lines in the one or more edge finder zones. The method further identifies one or more quadrilaterals formed by intersections of extrapolations of the identified lines, determines an aspect ratio of the one or more quadrilateral, and compares the determined aspect ratios of the quadrilateral to an expected aspect ratio. The method then identifies a quadrilateral that matches the expected aspect ratio and performs an optical character recognition algorithm on the rectified model. A similar method is performed on multiple cards in an image. The results of the analysis of each of the cards are compared to improve accuracy of the data.
US09367743B1	Method and system for classifying a terrain type in an area A method for classifying a terrain type in an area is provided, which method comprises the steps of: obtaining a plurality of overlapping aerial images of the area; calculating at least one terrain type index for each part of each of the aerial images which lies in the area, where the at least one terrain type index represents the terrain type; determining at least one terrain type index for each part of the area based on the calculated at least one terrain type index for each part of each of the aerial images; and classifying the parts of the area for which at least one pre-determined conditions is met as containing the terrain type, wherein at least one of the at least one predetermined condition relates to a value of the determined at least one terrain type index. An associated system and computer program product are also provided.
US09367736B1	Text detection using features associated with neighboring glyph pairs A multi-orientation text detection method and associated system is disclosed that utilizes orientation-variant glyph features to determine a text line in an image regardless of an orientation of the text line. Glyph features are determined for each glyph in an image with respect to a neighboring glyph. The glyph features are provided to a learned classifier that outputs a glyph pair score for each neighboring glyph pair. Each glyph pair score indicates a likelihood that the corresponding pair of neighboring glyphs form part of a same text line. The glyph pair scores are used to identify candidate text lines, which are then ranked to select a final set of text lines in the image.
US09367734B2	Apparatus, control method, and storage medium for setting object detection region in an image A setting apparatus for setting a detection processing region to detect a specific object from an image, the setting apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an input concerning the detection processing region from a user interface; and a setting unit configured to set the detection processing region to detect the specific object in accordance with evaluation information for the input concerning the detection processing region acquired from the user interface.
US09367730B2	Method and system for automated face detection and recognition The present invention relates to a figure recognition system and method for automatic detection, tracking and recognition of a human face image. 2D image data in the surveillance zone are remotely collected by using an optical sensor, the faces of all persons in the surveillance zone are detected, and corresponding positions are determined. The face is detected, the detected face's feature coordinate is estimated, and the detected face and the feature are tracked in the next frame while processing the video sequence. Image quality of each detected face is determined according to parameters of focus, brightness, contrast, and the presence of glasses. Recognition methods stored in the repository for each detected face are adjusted by considering the face image quality computation value, and a biometric feature set is generated by using the recognition method selected for each detected face. The figure is recognized according to the watch list by using the biometric feature generated by comparing each detected face and a template set stored in the database. A new user registration process is performed and the recognition method is adapted automatically by considering the watch list.
US09367728B2	Fingerprint recognition method and device thereof A fingerprint recognition method includes the following steps: obtaining a to-be-recognized fingerprint image of a to-be-recognized finger; extracting to-be-recognized data of the to-be-recognized fingerprint image, the to-be-recognized data including a to-be-recognized minutiae data set and a to-be-recognized skeleton; loading a minutiae-skeleton array of a registered finger, the minutiae-skeleton array including a plurality of elements, each of the plurality of elements including a registered minutiae data set and a registered skeleton; performing minutiae-skeleton verification on the to-be-recognized data and the minutiae-skeleton array to generate a verification result.
US09367727B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a dish image obtained by shooting a single or multiple dishes, and a first dish recognition unit configured to recognize the single or multiple dishes included in the dish image with reference to dish data selected, from dish data registered in advance, based on a condition regarding at least one of a person relating to the dish image, a shooting environment of the dish image, a shooting place of the dish image, and a shooting time of the dish image.
US09367722B2	Indicia reading system employing digital gain control A scanning code symbol reading system includes an analog scan data signal processor for producing digitized data signals, wherein during each laser beam scanning cycle, a light collection and photo-detection module generates an analog scan data signal corresponding to a laser scanned code symbol, an analog scan data signal processor/digitizer processes the analog scan data signal to generate digital data signals corresponding thereto, and a synchronized digital gain control module automatically processes the digitized data signals in response to start of scan (SOS) signals generated by a SOS detector. The synchronized digital gain control module generates digital control data which is transmitted to the analog scan data signal processor for use in controlling the gain of a signal processing stage in the light collection and photo-detection module and/or analog scan data signal processor, during the corresponding laser beam scanning cycle.
US09367718B2	Methods for enabling low-power RFID communication A system and method for enabling low-powered RFID communication that includes at an RFID tag listening for a periodic signal containing beacon signals; synchronizing the internal clock to those beacon signals; identifying access points from the beacon signals; selecting an access point; sending a join request to the access point; identifying the tag to the access point; receiving an assigned time slot; and communicating with the access point in that time slot.
US09367717B1	Read head array stitching Read head array stitching techniques are described. A card reader includes an array of magnetic sensors (a read head array) for retrieving account information from a magnetic stripe of a financial transaction card. The magnetic sensors can be arranged in rows and columns. During a card swipe, each magnetic sensor receives a series of readings. A processor determines relative bit rates for each series of readings. The processor determines which sensor corresponds to which track of the magnetic stripe based on a comparison of the relative bit rates. The processor generates a data stream for at least one track based on portions of readings from each sensor during periods of time the sensor is determined to correspond to the track.
US09367709B2	Mobile terminal Disclosed is a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal according to the present inventive concept, comprises: a case; a printed circuit board (PCB), which is arranged inside of the case, and on the surface of which is a temper detect pattern comprising first and second contact-type conductive patterns that are arranged adjacent to each other and a non-contact-type conductive pattern that is arranged apart from the first and second contact-type conductive patterns are provided; a detection circuit, which is electrically connected to the tamper detect pattern, for detecting whether the tamper detection pattern is conductive; and a pattern conduction module for controlling so that the first and second contact-type conductive patterns are conductive when the case is assembled, and the conduction of the first and second contact-type conductive patterns is released when the case is disassembled.
US09367705B2	Methods and systems for implementing security policies on a mobile device Methods and devices for implementing security policies on a wireless device. The wireless device may include a non-volatile memory comprising a security type hard-coded in the non-volatile memory. Based on the security type, it may be determined whether a received security policy governing behavior of one or more resources designated as personal is applicable to the one or more resources designated as personal. If the security type is determined to indicate that the received security policy is not applicable to the one or more resources designated as personal, the security policy may not be applied to the one or more resources designated as personal.
US09367704B2	Apparatus and methods for displaying information regarding objects Apparatus, and methods utilizing such apparatus, are described for displaying information regarding an object including a terminal for collecting, manipulating, and displaying information regarding the object, and a location processor for determining the location of the terminal with respect to the object. The apparatus further includes an access processor programmed to deny a user of the terminal access to the information when the distance between the terminal and the object exceeds a specified value. The apparatus and methods are particularly useful when implemented in a hospital setting in which the user is a medical provider, the object is a patient, and the terminal is a mobile terminal.
US09367702B2	Automatic file encryption A method for automatically encrypting files is disclosed. In some cases, the method may be performed by computer hardware comprising one or more processors. The method can include detecting access to a first file, which may be stored in a primary storage system. Further, the method can include determining whether the access comprises a write access. In response to determining that the access comprises a write access, the method can include accessing file metadata associated with the first file and accessing a set of encryption rules. In addition, the method can include determining whether the file metadata satisfies the set of encryption rules. In response to determining that the file metadata satisfies the set of encryption rules, the method can include encrypting the first file to obtain a first encrypted file and modifying an extension of the first encrypted file to include an encryption extension.
US09367694B2	Probabilistic cyber threat recognition and prediction Generally discussed herein are systems, apparatuses, or processes to recognize that a cyber threat exists or predict a future track of a cyber threat in a network. According to an example, a process for recognizing a cyber threat can include (1) determining a network layout of a network based on received network layout data, (2) receiving cyber sensor data indicating actions performed on the network, (3) calculating a first score associated with the cyber sensor data indicating that a cyber threat is present in the network by comparing a cyber threat profile of the cyber threat that details actions performed by the cyber threat to actions indicated by the cyber sensor data, (4) determining whether the calculated first score is greater than a specified threshold, or (5) determining that the cyber threat is present in response to determining the calculated first score is greater than the specified threshold.
US09367693B2	Bitstream confirmation for configuration of a programmable logic device A bitstream for configuration of a programmable logic device is received, the bitstream comprising a data segment and authentication data associated with the data segment. The programmable logic device computes a hash of the data segment. The programmable logic device compares the computed hash of the data segment with the authentication data. Configuration of the programmable logic device halts responsive to a determination that the computed hash of the data segment does not match the authentication data. Configuration of the programmable logic device using the data segment continues responsive to a determination that the computed hash of the data segment matches the authentication data.
US09367692B2	System and method for validating components during a booting process A method and system for validating components during a booting process of a computing device are described herein. The method can include the steps of detecting a power up signal and in response to detecting the power up signal, progressively determining whether software components of the computing device are valid. If the software components are determined to be valid, the computing device may be permitted to move to an operational state. If, however, at least some of the software components are determined to be not valid, the computing device may be prevented from moving to the operational state. In one arrangement, if the computing device is prevented from moving to the operational state, corrective action can be taken in an effort to permit the computing device to move to the operational state.
US09367691B2	Modify executable bits of system management memory page table A computing device to create a system management memory page table in response to the computing device powering on. The system management memory page table includes pages with executable bits. The computing device modifies the executable bits of the pages before launching an option read only memory of the computing device.
US09367688B2	Providing geographic protection to a system In one embodiment, a method includes determining a location of a system responsive to location information received from at least one of a location sensor and a wireless device of the system, associating the location with a key present in the system to generate an authenticated location of the system, and determining whether the authenticated location is within a geofence boundary indicated in a location portion of a launch control policy (LCP) that provides a geographic-specific policy. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09367682B1	Content management system for securely managing static and dynamic data content A computer-implemented method manages data content, the data content including static data and dynamic data. The content management method includes analyzing the data content by a server to identify the static data and the dynamic data within the data content, wherein the dynamic data is included within a content block, and extracting the dynamic data in the content block from the data content, and replacing the content block with a special identifier. The content management method further includes hosting, by the server, the data content with the static content and the special identifier from a primary website in a primary domain, and the dynamic data in a secondary website in a secondary domain, wherein the special identifier identifies a location of the dynamic data.
US09367675B2	Method for verifying and calibrating time A method for verifying and calibrating time is provided. The method includes: receiving a password and related information sent by a client, obtaining related information and generating a dynamic password and comparing the related information with the dynamic password, determining whether a preset condition according to the prestored preset time is satisfied, computing offset rate according to a benchmark time offset value if the preset condition according to the prestored preset time is satisfied and determining whether a calibrating condition is satisfied, calibrating time offset value if the calibrating condition is satisfied, and returning successful verification information, returning successful verification information directly if calibrating condition is not satisfied.
US09367672B2	Method of locking an application on a computing device A computer-implemented method entails steps of receiving user input signifying that an application on a computing device is to be locked and, in response to the user input, locking a user within the application to thereby permit the user to utilize functionalities of the application without exiting from the application or switching to another application on the computing device.
US09367671B1	Virtualization system with trusted root mode hypervisor and root mode VMM A first component of a Hypervisor is loaded into the memory upon start up. The first component is responsible for context switching and some interrupt handling. The first component of the Hypervisor runs on a root level. An OS is loaded into a highest non-root privilege level. A second component of the Hypervisor is loaded into OS space together with the OS, and running on the highest non-root privilege level. A Virtual Machine Monitor is running on the root level. The second component of the Hypervisor is responsible for (a) servicing the VMM, and (b) enabling communication between VMM code launched on non-root level with the first component of the Hypervisor to enable root mode for the VMM. A Virtual Machine is running on a user level under control of the VMM.
US09367668B2	Dynamic fitness equipment user interface adjustment A method and exercise system obtain at least one parameter of ongoing exercise on a fitness equipment unit and adjust at least one operational characteristic of the user interface while a person is exercising and based upon the obtained at least one parameter of ongoing exercise.
US09367661B2	Apparatus and method for e-beam writing A method of preparing mask data, the method begins with performing a logic operation to a design layout, and an optical proximity correction (OPC) is performed to the design layout to form an OPC feature. The OPC feature has a first jog and a second jog on a line, and the first jog is larger than the second jog in width. The OPC feature is resized to form a resized first jog and a resized second jog on the line if a width ratio of the first jog to the second jog being smaller than a predetermined value.
US09367660B2	Electromigration-aware layout generation In some embodiments, in a method, cell layouts of a plurality of cells are received. For each cell, a respective constraint that affects a geometry of an interconnect to be coupled to an output pin of the cell in a design layout is determined based on a geometry of the output pin of the cell in the cell layout.
US09367659B2	Complex layout-based topological data analysis of analog netlists to extract hierarchy and functionality A system and method for reverse synthesizing an integrated circuit from a netlist. A netlist extracted from a device under review is received and converted to a connected graph. Blocks of cells are identified within the connected graph and a circuit model is formed from the blocks of cells, wherein forming includes iteratively building more complex blocks of cells from simpler blocks of cells.
US09367653B2	Proppant transport model for well system fluid flow simulations In some aspects, a one-dimensional proppant transport flow model represents flow of a proppant-fluid mixture in a subterranean region. The one-dimensional proppant transport flow model includes a proppant momentum conservation model that balances axial proppant momentum in an axial flow direction of the proppant-fluid mixture against dynamic changes in transverse proppant momentum. In some instances, the proppant momentum conservation model can vary the axial proppant momentum, for example, to account for interphase momentum transfer between the proppant and the fluid.
US09367650B2	Solar installation mapping In an example embodiment, a first set of estimated locations for calibration points in a roof is identified in a first satellite image, the first satellite image having a first zoom level and a first angle relative to ground. Then a second set of estimate locations for the calibration points is identified in a second satellite image, the second satellite image having a second zoom level and a second angle relative to ground. Actual locations for the calibration points are derived using the first and second sets of estimated locations, the first and second zoom levels, and the first and second angles. Then dimension information is calculated for the roof based on the derived actual locations for the calibration points.
US09367647B2	Method of providing system design An embodiment of a computer implemented method of providing a design of a system receives a relative performance specification for the system. A particular system design is returned that is expected to perform at about the relative performance specification.
US09367639B2	Systems and methods for dynamic page creation A computer-implemented method of dynamically creating a page module for a word on a display screen is provided. The page module is creating by determining a word provided for defining the page module, searching for text directly associated with the word and text contextually associated with the word, and, searching for media directly associated with the word and contextually associated with the word. The type of page module layout for the word is then identified. The page module layout includes placeholders for displaying at least some of the text that is directly or contextually associated with the word and at least some of the media that is directly or contextually associated with the word in the page module. The page module is then displayed by drawing the page module layout on the display screen and populating the page module layout with at least some of the media that is directly or contextually associated with the word.
US09367638B2	Surfacing actions from social data Social data is used to extract actions that end users perform in order to provide deeplinks for search results. Social data from social networking services may be accessed and analyzed to identify actions performed by end users. Additionally, the social data may be analyzed to identify URLs of web pages at which the actions may be performed. Information regarding the actions and corresponding URLs is stored for use by a search engine service to provide deeplinks for search results returned in response to user search queries.
US09367634B2	Optimizing location and mobile search A method of optimizing digital content for searches performed on mobile devices. The method may include receiving digital content that includes one or more pages and analyzing the digital content to determine one or more properties of the digital content that relate to placement of a reference to the digital content in mobile search results. The method may also include analyzing the properties of the digital content to determine one or more optimizations to apply to the digital content to improve the placement of the reference to the digital content in the mobile search results. In addition, the method may include generating one or more recommendations for adapting the digital content based on the optimizations.
US09367631B2	Dynamic directory and content communication Features for dynamic directory and content communication are described which provide bidirectionally optimize searches for users and/or content. One type of message which may be associated with a contact is a private descriptor identifying how the user wishes to identify the contact (e.g., other user). Other users of the system will not see this tag. Accordingly, when the user who provided the tag submits a search, the tag will be considered as part of the search. A global or public descriptor may also be associated with the contact. The public descriptor is added to the system by the contact and indicates how the contact wants the world to find and view him. All users of the system will see this tag. The public and private descriptors are used by a search engine to dynamically optimize searches conducted therewith.
US09367622B2	Efficient web page fact checking method and system An efficient fact checking system analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The efficient fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information efficiently and/or provides a status of the information.
US09367607B2	Natural-language rendering of structured search queries In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph that includes a plurality of nodes and edges, receiving an unstructured text query, identifying nodes and edges that correspond to portions of the text query, accessing a context-free grammar model, identifying query tokens from the grammar model that correspond to the identified nodes and edges, selecting grammars having query tokens that corresponding to each of the identified nodes and edges, and generating structured queries based on the selected grammars, where the structure queries are based on strings generated by the grammars.
US09367599B2	Search based specification for data synchronization Systems and methods for a search based specification for data synchronization are described. In some embodiments, a method to synchronize information of a client device from a server includes, at a client, receiving a communication from a server to synchronize information between the client device and the server, wherein the information is selected from all application data on the server by a search mechanism in accordance with one or more one or more search criteria, and the information is arranged in an order prior to transmission from the server; and performing operations to synchronize application data on the client in accordance with at least portions of the information received from the server. Other embodiments are also described.
US09367598B2	Merging an out of synchronization indicator and a change recording indicator in response to a failure in consistency group formation A first data structure stores indications of storage locations that need to be copied for forming a consistency group. A second data structure stores indications of new host writes subsequent to starting a point in time copy operation to form the consistency group. Read access is secured to a metadata storage area and a determination is made as to whether the second data structure indicates that there are any new host writes. In response to determining that the second data structure indicates that there are new host writes, write access is secured to the metadata storage area, the first data structure is updated with contents of the second data structure to determine which additional storage locations need to be copied for formation of a next consistency group, and the second data structure is updated to indicate that that the second data structure is in an initialized state.
US09367595B1	Method and system for visual wiring tool to interconnect apps A computer system includes a display interface; a user input device interface; and a processor cooperatively operable with the display and user input device interfaces. The processor provides a browser user interface that interacts with a user to selectively indicate (i) content fields displayed in the source user interface from which information is to be sent and (ii) content fields displayed in the destination user interface which are to receive the information from the source content fields. The computer system stores an indication of the destination app registered for the topic together with an indication of the selected destination content fields which are to receive the information from the selected content fields of the source app. The source app and destination app do not publish/subscribe to each other. An intermediary brokers messages from the source app, maps the data, and sends on to the destination app.
US09367591B2	Client system and server Embodiments of the present invention provide a client system and a server for searching, through the Internet, useful information that matches more closely a user's intention. The system is used for searching questions or answers posted by members in a Q&A (question and answers) site which is used by users who are registered as members. The members are then classified into multiple types based on a database, in which posted questions and answers were separated, and attribute information of members. For each question and answer, the tendency of the type who often supports the contents is stored. In this way, a question or answer is searched based on not only a search keyword but also on a type of searcher.
US09367589B1	Where to go next via mined trails A system and method for providing destination recommendations to a user based on mining of a location history. The location history provides information on locations visited by users of the system over time. The system mines the location history to identify location pairs. Each location pair comprises an originating location visited by a user and a next location that was visited by the user within a defined time threshold of visiting the originating location. The system aggregates location pairs by common originating location. The system then takes into account the current location of a requesting user. The system uses the current location information to identify a corresponding originating location in a location history index. The system provides recommendations based at least in part on how frequently certain next locations were visited after visiting the originating location.
US09367580B2	Method, apparatus and computer program for detecting deviations in data sources The present disclosure describes a method and an apparatus for detecting deviations in data sources, each data source comprising a plurality of data posts, each data post comprising a number of data values. The method comprises identifying (102) data post pairs, each pair comprising a first data post in a first data source and a second data post in a second data source, wherein, for a unique matching data attribute of the first data post and the second data post in a data post pair, a subset of the data value is equal. The method further comprises determining (104) whether individual of a plurality of combinations of data values of the first data post with data values of the second data post within each of the plurality of data post pairs fulfill individual of a plurality of relation pattern algorithms, and determining (106) a conformity level for the determined fulfillment of relation pattern algorithms for the plurality of data post pairs. The method further comprises selecting (108) relation pattern algorithm from the plurality of relation pattern algorithms based on the determined conformity level, and analyzing (110) data value combinations of individual data post pairs in relation to the selected relation pattern algorithm in order to detect data value combinations of individual data post pairs that does not conform to the selected relation pattern algorithm, a non-conformance indicating (114) a possible deviation in data of the individual data post pair.
US09367578B2	Method and system for message tracking and checking An invalidation tracker system for tracking messages in a caching architecture of a pricing and shopping platform. The caching architecture includes multiple levels each comprising one or more servers. Invalidation messages are communicated from one level to another to send invalidation messages to all servers in the caching architecture. The system receives data from provider databases to be communicated to the servers in the caching architecture. The system includes a recording module for recording all invalidation messages communicated to the servers in the caching architecture to form a set of sent invalidation messages, an analyzing module for determining the invalidation messages received at each server in the caching architecture and comparing this with the set of sent invalidation messages to identify one or more undelivered invalidation messages, and a reply module for resending the one or more identified undelivered invalidation messages to an appropriate server in the caching architecture.
US09367577B2	Method for processing patent information for outputting convergence index The present invention relates to a method for outputting a convergence index, and more particularly, to a method for outputting a convergence index by utilizing patent information. According to the method for outputting the convergence index of the present invention, the convergence index can be outputted by using time information related to a patent which is included in a patent group, a patent classification, and an industrial classification that corresponds to the patent classification. The method for outputting the convergence index of the present invention systematically outputs the convergence index by using patent data, which is an objective data, thereby outputting the convergence index which is objective and appropriate.
US09367571B2	Techniques for integrating parameterized information requests into a system for collaborative work Techniques used in a system for collaborative work which gives collaborators unskilled in data processing technologies access to a variety of information resources to provide the collaborators with information resources which are obtained in response to parameterized information requests such as queries. The techniques use records in database tables to represent a class of parameterized information requests. Information for instances of the class includes queries that may be used in the instances and default values for bind parameters in the queries. Values for the bind parameters may also be specified for classes of user interfaces that employ the information sources returned by the parameterized information requests and for instances of the user interface. A user may also use specify values for bind parameters in his or her instance of the user interface.
US09367556B2	Hashing scheme using compact array tables Embodiments include a method, system, and computer program product for creating an array table. In one embodiment the method includes identifying keys associated with values in a database and identifying bits common between the plurality of keys using logical functions and removing the common bits to form condensed keys. The method also includes modulating the condensed keys using identified common bits to create transformed keys and populating the plurality of array tables using the transformed keys and associated values.
US09367554B1	Systems and methods for enhancing performance of a clustered source code management system A clustered source code management system is described. The system comprises a plurality of cluster nodes, a shared file server storing repository data, and a load balancer. Each of the plurality of cluster nodes is configured to receive an incoming request sent from a client computer, the incoming request being a source code management request to access repository data stored on the shared file server and process the incoming request to determine if a type of the incoming request is a cacheable request type. If the incoming request is of a cacheable request type, the cluster node is configured to determine if a valid cached response to the incoming request is available on storage media locally accessible to the cluster node; and, if so, respond to the incoming request by communicating the valid cached response to the client computer.
US09367548B2	Search filtered file system using secondary storage, including multi-dimensional indexing and searching of archived files Techniques for enabling user search of content stored in a file archive include providing a search interface comprising a search rules portion and an action rules portion, receiving a file archive search criterion comprising at least one search rule, and searching the file archive using the search criterion. The techniques also include generating a set of files filtered using the search criterion and performing an action specified in the action rules portion on a file included in the set of files.
US09367540B2	Dynamic language translation of web site content A method, system and computer program product for providing translated web content is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request from a user on a web site, the web site having a first web content in a first language, wherein the request calls for a second web content in a second language. The method further includes dividing the first web content into a plurality of translatable components and generating a unique identifier for each translatable component. The method further includes identifying a plurality of translated components of the second web content using the unique identifier of each of the plurality of translatable components of the first web content and putting the plurality of translated components of the second web content to preserve a format that corresponds to the first web content. The method further includes providing the second web content in response to the request that was received.
US09367538B2	Analyzing messages and/or documents to provide suggestions to modify messages and/or documents to be more suitable for intended recipients A method, system and computer program product for assisting authors in composing suitable messages or documents for intended recipients. A profile to be used in analyzing the message/document is obtained, where the profile contains a set of corrections and correlations to be applied to the message/document for the intended recipients of the message/document. The content of the message/document is analyzed using the obtained profile to assess for any language that may be misunderstood or offensive to the intended recipients. Upon identifying words, phrases, sentences or images in the message/document as being potentially misunderstood or offensive to the recipients, suggestions are provided to modify such language. In this manner, the author of the message/document is able to assess the content and context of the message/document based on the intended recipients prior to sending the message/document thereby reducing the likelihood that the recipients will interpret the message/document in an untoward manner.
US09367537B2	Analyzing messages and/or documents to provide suggestions to modify messages and/or documents to be more suitable for intended recipients A method, system and computer program product for assisting authors in composing suitable messages or documents for intended recipients. A profile to be used in analyzing the message/document is obtained, where the profile contains a set of corrections and correlations to be applied to the message/document for the intended recipients of the message/document. The content of the message/document is analyzed using the obtained profile to assess for any language that may be misunderstood or offensive to the intended recipients. Upon identifying words, phrases, sentences or images in the message/document as being potentially misunderstood or offensive to the recipients, suggestions are provided to modify such language. In this manner, the author of the message/document is able to assess the content and context of the message/document based on the intended recipients prior to sending the message/document thereby reducing the likelihood that the recipients will interpret the message/document in an untoward manner.
US09367534B2	Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, where symbols used often when inputting characters and pointer position moving are input simultaneously by using a touch gesture of a user, such that character input may be accelerated.
US09367524B1	Systems and methods for selecting web page layouts including content slots for displaying content items based on predicted click likelihood Apparatus and method for dynamic web page layout optimization. In accordance with some embodiments, a plurality of different layouts are defined for a web page of a publisher. Each of the different layouts have at least one common element and at least one content slot adapted to display a content item. A request for the web page is received from a network accessible device having associated profile information, and a selected layout is identified using the profile information. At least one content item is selected for display in each content slot of the selected layout. Data are thereafter transferred to the network accessible device to display the web page arranged in accordance with the selected layout along with the selected content item.
US09367520B2	Scorecard models with measured variable interactions Data is received that characterizes a transaction and includes a plurality of values corresponding to variables. Thereafter, a score is determined for the transaction based on the received data and using a scoring model. The scoring model only uses variables pairs having a divergence residual above a pre-defined threshold. Thereafter, data is provided that characterizes the determined score. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and computer program products are also described.
US09367519B2	Sparse matrix data structure Various embodiments relating to encoding a sparse matrix into a data structure format that may be efficiently processed via parallel processing of a computing system are provided. In one embodiment, a sparse matrix may be received. A set of designated rows of the sparse matrix may be traversed until all non-zero elements in the sparse matrix have been placed in a first array. Each time a row in the set is traversed, a next non-zero element in that row may be placed in the first array. If all non-zero elements for a given row of the set of designated rows have been placed in the first array, the given row may be replaced in the set of designated rows with a next unprocessed row of the sparse matrix. The data structure in which the sparse matrix is encoded may be outputted. The data structure may include the first array.
US09367512B2	Systems and methods for dynamically updating virtual desktops or virtual applications in a standard computing environment The present invention provides systems and methods for dynamically updating computer memory and modifying function requests within virtual computing environments. Methods for updating computer memory environmental variables may comprise methods for modifying, computer processes, methods for providing client applications to capture and respond to information requests, and methods for configuring application frameworks to capture and respond to information requests.
US09367509B2	Configurable multi-lane scrambler for flexible protocol support Various structures and methods are disclosed related to configurable scrambling circuitry. Embodiments can be configured to support one of a plurality of protocols. Some embodiments relate to a configurable multilane scrambler that can be adapted either to combine scrambling circuits across a plurality of lanes or to provide independent lane-based scramblers. Some embodiments are configurable to select a scrambler type. Some embodiments are configurable to adapt to one of a plurality of protocol-specific scrambling polynomials. Some embodiments relate to selecting between least significant bit (“LSB”) and most significant bit (“MSB”) ordering of data. In some embodiments, scrambler circuits in each lane are adapted to handle data that is more than one bit wide.
US09367502B1	Communication methods and apparatus and power supply controllers using the same Communication methods and apparatus and power supply controllers using the same. The method includes transferring information over a line from a first location to a second location as a voltage signal while simultaneously transferring information over the same line from the second location to the first location as a current signal. Further, digital information may be transmitted over the same line. When applied to a power supply controller system, a master controller may control a plurality of slave controllers by initially setting up the slave controllers by transmitting digital information to the slave controllers, and then maintaining a set point for each controller while monitoring controller characteristics over the same lines.
US09367501B2	Dynamic streaming data dispatcher A method includes receiving, by a computing device, a plurality of data streams from plurality of sources, distributing the data streams to a plurality of sinks on multiple hosts, receiving load information indicating a load on at least one of the plurality of sinks and adjusting the distribution of the data stream accordingly and instructing the plurality of sinks to write the data streams to a distributed data store.
US09367497B2	Reconfigurably designating master core for conditional output on sideband communication wires distinct from system bus A method for dynamically reconfiguring one or more cores of a multi-core microprocessor comprising a plurality of cores and sideband communication wires, extrinsic to a system bus connected to a chipset, which facilitate non-system-bus inter-core communications. At least some of the cores are operable to be reconfigurably designated with or without master credentials for purposes of structuring sideband-based inter-core communications. The method includes determining an initial configuration of cores of the microprocessor, which configuration designates at least one core, but not all of the cores, as a master core, and reconfiguring the cores according to a modified configuration, which modified configuration removes a master designation from a core initially so designated, and assigns a master designation to a core not initially so designated. Each core is configured to conditionally drive a sideband communication wire to which it is connected based upon its designation, or lack thereof, as a master core.
US09367495B1	High speed integrated circuit interface A method and apparatus for interfacing integrated circuit chips is disclosed. In one embodiment, the interface includes a set of differential data lines over which a variable length register transaction can be conducted.
US09367492B2	Storage virtualization apparatus causing access request process to be delayed based on incomplete count and storage virtualization method A storage virtualization apparatus includes: a first storing unit to store, with respect to each storage port, a process incomplete command count defined as number of commands not yet processed by the storage device having each storage port; a control unit to obtain process incomplete command counts accumulated by other storage virtualization apparatuses, and stores into a second storing unit a process incomplete command total count that is a total of the process incomplete command counts obtained from the other storage virtualization apparatuses and the first storing unit; and an access request responding unit to, when receiving an access request, obtain the process incomplete command total count about a storage port corresponding to the received access request, and to, when the obtained process incomplete command total count is larger than a prescribed number, cause completion timing of an access responding process to the access request to be delayed.
US09367489B1	Adjusting the size of a media presentation received by a mobile device A method, system, and medium are provided for changing the size of media content sent to a mobile device during a media session. In one embodiment, during the media session, the mobile device requests media content that has a second size. In response to the request, the content provider transmits the media content having the second size and discontinues transmission of the media content having the first size. The size of the media content transmitted to the mobile device may be changed multiple times during the presentation of the media content.
US09367487B1	Mitigating main crossbar load using dedicated connections for certain traffic types One embodiment of the invention sets forth a control crossbar unit that is designed to transmit control information from control information generators to destination components within the computer system. The control information may belong to various traffic paradigms, such as short-latency data traffic, narrow-width data traffic or broadcast data traffic. The physical connections within the control crossbar unit are categorized based on the different types of control information being transmitted through the control crossbar unit. The physical connections belong to the following categories: one-to-one (OTO) connections, one-to-many (OTM) connections, valid-to-one (VTO) connections, valid-to-many (VTM) connections wire-to-one (WTO) connections and wire-to-many (WTM) connections.
US09367477B2	Instruction and logic for support of code modification in translation lookaside buffers A processor includes a core with logic to execute a translated instruction. The translated instruction is translated from an instruction stored in a memory location. The processor further includes a translation lookaside buffer including logic to store translation indicators from a physical map. Each translation indicator indicates whether a corresponding memory location includes translated code to be protected. The processor further includes a translation indicator agent including logic to determine whether the buffer indicates whether the memory location has been modified subsequent to translation of the instruction.
US09367475B2	System and method for cache access The rows of a cache are generally maintained in a low power state. In response to a memory access operation, the data processor predicts a plurality of cache rows that may be targeted by the operation, and transitions each of the plurality of cache rows to an active state to prepare them for access. The plurality of cache rows are predicted based on speculatively decoding a portion of a base address and a corresponding portion of an offset without performing a full addition of the portions. Because a full addition is not performed, the speculative decoding can be performed at sufficient speed to allow the set of rows to be transitioned to the active state before full decoding of the memory address is completed. The cache row associated with the memory address is therefore ready for access when decoding is complete, maintaining low latency for cache accesses.
US09367455B2	Using predictions for store-to-load forwarding The described embodiments include a core that uses predictions for store-to-load forwarding. In the described embodiments, the core comprises a load-store unit, a store buffer, and a prediction mechanism. During operation, the prediction mechanism generates a prediction that a load will be satisfied using data forwarded from the store buffer because the load loads data from a memory location in a stack. Based on the prediction, the load-store unit first sends a request for the data to the store buffer in an attempt to satisfy the load using data forwarded from the store buffer. If data is returned from the store buffer, the load is satisfied using the data. However, if the attempt to satisfy the load using data forwarded from the store buffer is unsuccessful, the load-store unit then separately sends a request for the data to a cache to satisfy the load.
US09367449B2	Hierarchical garbage collection in an object relational database system Techniques of hierarchical garbage collection in an object-relational database system are described. When the object-relational database system receives a request to delete an object, the object-relational database system marks the object for deletion. A garbage collection procedure executing in the background can perform iterations of sweep and mark to delete the object and children objects of the object. In each iteration, a layer or “generation” of objects is deleted. The garbage collection procedure can continue the iterations until the object and all descendants of the objects are deleted.
US09367444B2	Non-volatile memory device, control method for information processing device, and information processing device A storage device for a host device includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory and a control section configured to execute a delete process in response to a command from the host device to delete data stored at locations in the non-volatile semiconductor memory corresponding to a selected logical address included in the command. The delete process includes determining a selected mapping and at least one prior mapping of the selected logical address to physical addresses of the non-volatile semiconductor memory, and erasing or overwriting the data stored at the physical addresses.
US09367437B2	Method and apparatus for reducing the number of speculative accesses to a memory array A method includes: receiving a first plurality of consecutive bits from a base operand, wherein a MSB of the first plurality of consecutive bits from the base operand is a LSB of a second plurality of consecutive bits from the base operand; and receiving a first plurality of consecutive bits from an offset operand, wherein a MSB of the first plurality of consecutive bits from the offset operand is a LSB of a second plurality of consecutive bits from the offset operand. The method includes summing the first plurality of consecutive bits from the base operand with the first plurality of consecutive bits from the offset operand to generate a sum value; and allowing access to one of a plurality of memory arrays and disabling access to the remainder of the plurality of memory arrays when a lesser significant bit to a MSB of the sum value equals zero.
US09367436B2	System and method for coordinating field user testing results for a mobile application across various mobile devices Systems and methods for facilitating field testing of a test application are provided. In certain implementations, one or more metrics related to execution, at a mobile device, of one or more operations of the test application may be obtained. A determination of whether an error occurred with an operation of the one or more operations may be effectuated based on the one or more metrics. Error information relating to the error may be caused to be transmitted to one or more other mobile devices, wherein the error information includes information for replicating the error. Replication information relating to an attempt by the first other mobile device to replicate the error may be received back from at least a first other mobile device of the one or more other mobile devices. A determination of whether the first other mobile device replicated the error may be effectuated based on the replication information.
US09367435B2	Integration testing method and system for web services A method of testing a web service includes obtaining web service metadata from the web service. Test cases are generated automatically using the web service metadata, heuristic algorithm modules selected based on the contents of the web service metadata, and stochastic processes. Energy selection logic is used to update test parameters included in the test cases between rounds of testing until a set of test cases is generated that produces test results meeting one or more predetermined criteria. Testing is performed periodically using that set of test cases until the test results indicate that the web service has changed. New test cases are automatically generated and used to test the web service until test results meet the one or more predetermined criteria.
US09367429B2	Diagnostics of declarative source elements A method for diagnosing declarative source elements in an application, such as in debugging markup source elements or visual elements in an application, is disclosed. Diagnosis information is associated with an object source of a visual element. The diagnosis information is provided for the visual element during the runtime of the application.
US09367427B2	Embedding and executing trace functions in code to gather trace data Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for embedding and executing trace functions in code to gather trace data. A plurality of trace functions are embedded in the code. For each embedded trace function, a trace level is included indicating code to which the trace applies. The trace level comprises one of a plurality of levels. During the execution of the code, the embedded trace functions having one of the levels associated with a specified at least one level specified are executed. The embedded trace functions associated with at least one level not comprising one of the at least one specified level are not invoked.
US09367411B2	System and method for an integrated open network switch A device includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit. The first processing unit is configured to execute a performance test on the device. The second processing unit is in communication with the first processing unit, and is configured to migrate an application from the second processing unit to the first processing unit. The second processing unit is further configured to detect a failure of the first processing unit, to migrate the application to a third processing unit in response to the failure of the first processing unit, and to assign a first plurality of ports to the third processing unit in response to the failure of the first processing unit.
US09367394B2	Decoupled reliability groups Methods and apparatuses for updating members of a data storage reliability group are provided. In one exemplary method, a reliability group includes a data zone in a first storage node and a checksum zone in a second data storage node. The method includes updating a version counter associated with the data zone in response to destaging a data object from a staging area of the data zone to a store area of the data zone without synchronizing the destaging with the state of the checksum zone. The method further includes transmitting, from the data zone to the checksum zone, an update message indicating completion of the destaging of the data object, wherein the update message includes a current value of the version counter.
US09367392B2	NAND flash memory having internal ECC processing and method of operation thereof A continuous read operation may be achieved by using a data buffer having a partitioned data register and a partitioned cache register, user configurable internal ECC associated with the cache register, and fast bad block management. During a data read operation, the ECC status may be indicated by ECC status bits. The status (1:1), for example, may indicate for the Continuous Read Mode that the entire data output contains more than 4 bits errors/page in multiple pages. However, one may wish to know the ECC status of each page or of each page partition. For the former, the ECC status for the entire page may be determined and made in the status register at the end of the output of the page. For the latter, the ECC status of each page partition may be determined and output before output of the corresponding page partition.
US09367384B2	Admission control based on the end-to-end availability Providing admission control for a request may comprise creating a process flow associated with the request, the process flow identifying a plurality of computer-implemented components and a flow of transactions occurring between the computer-implemented components; executing the flow of transactions on the plurality of computer-implemented components; logging the flow of transactions; monitoring the flow of transactions to detect a problem in the flow or one or more of the components, or combination thereof; responsive to not detecting a problem in the flow or one or more of the components, or combination thereof, allowing the request to proceed; and responsive to detecting a problem in the flow or one or more of the components, or combination thereof, not allowing the request to proceed.
US09367383B2	Tracing and discovering the origins and genealogy of install errors The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for presenting error information. An indication is received of a selected error for a product installation. Installations are identified having a matching stream, build number and error. Other builds in a same stream having the same error are identified. Information is provided for displaying a graph having a horizontal line graph including first nodes representing builds in the same stream having the same error. Other occurrences of the error in builds of other streams are identified. Information for updating the graph is provided with parallel lines for each of the other streams, each parallel line including second nodes representing builds. An oldest one of the first nodes and second nodes is identified. Information is provided for presenting a list of potential changes occurring before the date associated with the oldest node and that are candidates for causing the error.
US09367378B2	Facilitating transaction completion subsequent to repeated aborts of the transaction Processing of transactions within a computing environment is facilitated by taking actions to increase the chances of successfully executing a transaction. A counter is maintained that provides a count of how often a transaction has aborted. The counter increments the count each time the transaction is aborted, and it is reset to zero upon successful completion of the transaction or an interruption leading to no more re-executions of the transaction. If the count reaches a threshold value, then an interrupt is presented and transaction execution is unsuccessful. However, before the count reaches the threshold, a number of actions may be taken to increase the chances of successfully executing the transaction. These actions include actions to be performed within the processor executing the transaction, and/or actions to be performed against conflicting processors.
US09367374B2	Handling system interrupts with long running recovery actions A method, processor, and computer system for handling interrupts within a hierarchical register structure. The method includes receiving at a root-level register an indication of an interrupt occurring at a lower level register in the register structure, using a system interrupt handler to invoke an error handler assigned to a set of registers of the structure that includes the lower level register, and using the invoked error handler to handle the interrupt and return to the system interrupt handler.
US09367369B2	Automated merger of logically associated messages in a message queue Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for message merging in a messaging queue. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for message merging in a messaging queue can be provided. The method can include receiving a request to add a new message to a message queue in a message queue manager executing in memory by a processor of a host computing platform. The method can also include a merge indicator to stipulate whether or not a merge should take place. The method also can include identifying an association key associating the new message with an existing message in the message queue and locating an associated message in the message queue corresponding to the identified association key. Finally, the method can include merging the new message with the located associated message in the message queue.
US09367368B2	Event processing control device, node device, event processing system, and event processing control method In an event processing system, a service level required for event processing is satisfied. A node information acquisition unit 110 acquires node information which includes information related to a connection destination node and performance information, from each of a plurality of nodes. Each of the plurality of nodes transfers an event or an event processing result to another connected node according to a transfer path. A node and path determination unit 120 determines a combination of an event processing node which is a node to perform the event processing and the transfer path from a source node from which an event is transmitted to a destination node to which an event processing result is transmitted, through one or more nodes including the event processing node, in such a way to satisfy a specified service level, on the basis of the node information.
US09367361B2	Information processing device, method for processing information, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein information processing program There is provided an information processing device includes a task executor and a controller. The task executor executes one or more second tasks that are generated by execution of a first task. The controller that controls the task executor such that the number of tasks to be executed in parallel is adjusted on the basis of a usage degree representing a degree of usage of resource in the information processing device.
US09367342B2	Optimizing a deactivation process for a virtual machine system A virtual machine system includes one or more virtual machines and a deactivator that deactivates the virtual machines. Each virtual machine includes an output unit that outputs a deactivation prohibiting signal indicating that the virtual machine is not permitted to stop operating while deactivation prohibited processing is being executed. The deactivation prohibited processing is processing that involves the device and during which the virtual machine is not permitted to stop operating. The deactivator deactivates a virtual machine that has not output the deactivation prohibiting signal, and does not deactivate a virtual machine that has output the deactivation prohibiting signal.
US09367337B1	Cloud-based personalization of shared resources Methods and systems for personalization in a shared environment are provided. Information is stored in memory regarding the shared environment to which a plurality of users are provided with access. A plurality of files are also stored in memory. Each file is specific to one of the users and may be updated to include information regarding changes to a resource as made in a session associated with the user. Subsequent access by the user to the resource may be based at least in part on the updated file. For example, in some embodiments, a request may be received over a communication network; the request may concern a rollback for an identified user. A session associated with the identified user may then be restored based on a file associated with the identified user and including information regarding changes to the session associated with the identified user.
US09367332B2	Sensing data reading device and method A sensing data reading device and method applied to an electronic device are provided. The sensing data reading device supports a first operating system and a second operating system. The sensing data reading device includes: a sensing module for generating at least a sensing data; a hub coupled to the sensing module and adapted to read at least a sensing data; and a control circuit coupled to the sensing module and the hub to read at least a sensing data directly as soon as the electronic device switches to the first operating system and send a control signal to the hub as soon as the electronic device switches to the second operating system such that the hub reads the at least a sensing data. The sensing data reading device and method dispense with a switch circuit, thereby saving circuit area and cutting costs.
US09367330B1	Method of accessing files in electronic devices In a method for accessing files in an electronic device, a Random Access Memory (RAM) disk is set-up to store the file system root of the electronic device. At least one file system to be mounted is discovered in the electronic device. Mount points are established on the RAM disk for each file system. Drive identifiers are assigned for each file system. A file access request comprising a first file name path comprising a drive identifier is detected. The drive identifier is mapped to a mount point and a second file name path based on the mount point and the first file name path is formed. Thereupon, a file is accessed using the second file name path in the electronic device.
US09367326B2	Multiprocessor system and task allocation method A multiprocessor system includes a master processor, at least one slave processor, and a synchronization unit. The master processor has a first flag indicating whether the master processor is in a task activation accepting state and a second flag reflective of a flag of a slave processor, iteratively updates the first flag at a frequency based on the volume of tasks processed by the master processor, and activates a task on the master processor or the slave processor based on the first flag and the second flag. Each slave processor has a third flag indicating whether the slave processor is in the task activation accepting state and iteratively updates the third flag at a frequency based on the volume of tasks processed by the slave processor. Tasks are allocated to the slave processor by the master processor. The synchronization unit synchronizes the third flag and the second flag.
US09367324B2	Saving/restoring selected registers in transactional processing A TRANSACTION BEGIN instruction begins execution of a transaction and includes a general register save mask having bits, that when set, indicate registers to be saved in the event the transaction is aborted. At the beginning of the transaction, contents of the registers are saved in memory not accessible to the program, and if the transaction is aborted, the saved contents are copied to the registers.
US09367311B2	Multi-core processor system, synchronization control system, synchronization control apparatus, information generating method, and computer product A multi-core processor system includes a given core that includes a detecting unit that detects migration of a thread under execution by a synchronization source core to a synchronization destination core in the multi-core processor; an identifying unit that refers to a table identifying a combination of a thread and a register associated with the thread, and identifies a particular register corresponding to the thread for which migration was detected; a generating unit that generates synchronization control information identifying the synchronization destination core and the particular register; and a synchronization controller that, communicably connected to the multi-core processor, acquires from the given core, the synchronization control information, reads in from the particular register of the synchronization source core, a value of the particular register obtainable from the synchronization control information, and writes to the particular register of the synchronization destination core, the value.
US09367309B2	Predicate attribute tracker In an embodiment, a processor includes a register attribute tracker configured to track one or more attributes corresponding to registers. The register attribute tracker may track the attributes associated with the registers when those registers are used as output registers of instructions that explicitly define the attributes and, if the register attribute tracker has a tracked attribute associated with an input register of an instruction that does not explicitly define the attribute, the register attribute tracker may annotate the instruction with an attribute and/or associate an attribute with the output register of the instruction in the register attribute tracker.
US09367303B2	Upgrade packet generation method, server, software upgrade method, and mobile terminal A method of generating a Firmware Over-The-Air (FOTA) upgrade package is disclosed, comprising: determining whether a file having a same filename or being similar as a file in a software package of a new version exists in a software package of an old version; when there exists a file having a same filename or a similar file, generating a difference file between the file in the software package of the old version and the file in the software package of the new version and adding the difference file into the FOTA upgrade package, and when there doesn't exist a file having a same filename or a similar file, adding the file in the software package of the new version into the FOTA upgrade package. An FOTA upgrading method, a server, and a mobile terminal are also disclosed.
US09367302B2	Generating client qualification to execute package update manager A compatibility tool can certify compliance between software packages managers, used by or known to a user, and software packages to be updated or installed on a computing system. Additionally, the compatibility tool can identify a software package manager that is compatible with the software packages to be updated or installed, if the user does not have or know of a compatible software package manager. To certify software package managers or identify compatible software package managers, the compatibility tool can maintain a database of software package managers associated with software packages that are compatible with the software package managers.
US09367293B2	System and method for compiler assisted parallelization of a stream processing operator A method of enabling compiler assisted parallelization of one or more stream processing operators in a stream processing application, which consists of a data flow graph with operators as vertices connected by streams. The method includes specifying a parallelized version of one or more of the operators, with a parameterized degree of parallelism, in the stream application, evaluating whether or not to use the parallelized operator, deciding the degree of parallelism of the parallelized operator, if there is a need for a parallelized operator.
US09367290B2	Contraction aware parsing system for domain-specific languages Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for parsing a domain-specific language (DSL) statement. The method includes one or more processors accessing a DSL statement that includes contracted phrases. The method further includes one or more processors identifying one or more contracted phrases in the DSL statement utilizing an annotated domain vocabulary for a DSL associated with the DSL statement and grammar rules for the DSL. The method further includes one or more processors determining expanded phrases corresponding to the identified one or more contracted phrases based on the annotated domain vocabulary and the grammar rules. The method further includes one or more processors creating an expanded abstract syntax tree (AST) that is representative of the DSL statement with the determined expanded phrases replacing the identified one or more contracted phrases.
US09367284B2	Recording device, recording method, and recording medium A recording device includes recording unit configured to perform recording; and stop control unit configured to stop the recording in accordance with a recording stop instruction and restarting the recording in accordance with a recording restart instruction. The stop control unit restarts the recording after reproducing a trailing part of a recorded content that is recorded before the stop.
US09367278B2	Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes a print processing portion, a first determination portion, a first determination target excluding portion, and a print color mode switching portion. The first determination portion determines, for each page of the document sheets, whether or not each of a plurality of divided areas is of a color type that is different from the print color mode. The first determination target excluding portion excludes divided areas that are determined as being of a color type that is different from the print color mode in a first set number or more of pages of the document sheets, from determination targets of the first determination portion from then. The print color mode switching portion is able to switch the print color mode during the print process when the number of divided areas that are the determination targets of the first determination portion becomes a predetermined number or smaller.
US09367276B2	Resolution of conflicts between print jobs and printers in a print shop environment Systems and methods for identifying conflicts between the requirements of an incoming print job and the configuration of a printer that has been requested to print the job. The system receives a request to move a print job to a queue for a printer and identifies a requirement of the print job. The system analyzes a current and a scheduled configuration of the printer to determine whether the current configuration or the scheduled configuration of the printer can handle the print setting. Responsive to determining that the current and scheduled configuration of the printer cannot handle the print setting, the system analyzes configurations of at least one other printer to identify another printer having a current configuration or a scheduled configuration that can handle the print setting. Further, the system provides information identifying the other printer.
US09367274B2	Network-based event notification system Upon startup of an OS, the present invention obtains an entry of a StatusMonitor key from all printer driver setting information subscribed in a registry by means of a subscriber (S0), and if a value thereof is 1, obtains an entry of a key including “Notification”. If a value of an array element 0 indicates activation of notification, the present invention obtains a character string of an array element 1 as an event type, and makes a Subscribe request to an image forming apparatus (S3). The present invention stores a subscription ID being returned, and makes an Unsubscribe request to the image forming apparatus for all subscription IDs thus stored, upon shut-down of the OS.
US09367270B1	Method and system for shuttling client resident data to servers in a client-server printing environment A print driver's feature selection GUI can thus be utilized by a user to initiate a special, private print job when the user selects a feature, such as a picture Watermark, which is dependent on one or more files which are only present on the client (e.g., a client PC or other client computing device in a client-server printing environment). That private print job is used in a novel way as disclosed herein to “shuttle” the file to the print server. The print server interprets these private jobs in a special manner and caches the files contained within for use by subsequent normal print jobs. Unlike a normal print job, nothing will be sent to the printer in the case of these private print jobs.
US09367269B2	Printing apparatus and wireless communication method to implement charging control for printing a print data transmitted by a communication terminal This invention provides a technique capable of appropriately executing, for a communication terminal apparatus, charging processing for printing. When a printing apparatus detects a communication terminal, if the ID information of the communication terminal matches ID information corresponding to a communication terminal which has transmitted print target data, the printing apparatus executes charging processing for printing of the print target data, and print processing for the print target data.
US09367262B2	Assigning a weighting to host quality of service indicators Quality of service indicators are provided from a host via a host interface. The quality of service indicators relate to data stored in a non-volatile data storage via the host. Workload indicators related to the quality of service indicators are measured, and a weighting is assigned to the host in response to a correlation between the quality of service indicators and the measured workload indicators. The weighting is applied to the quality of service indicators when responding to data access requests from the host.
US09367261B2	Computer system, data management method and data management program A computer system is achieved which enables a high-speed response to a copy process between computers configuring a KVS (Key Value Store) and ensures data reliability. Disclosed is a computer system in which computers are connected via a network, and a task is executed using a database including storage areas belonging to the computers. The computer system includes a first computer that manages a data set containing pieces of data. The first computer stores replicated data of data contained in data sets managed by other computers. Upon receiving a request for storage (writing and/or overwriting) of new data, the first computer stores the data in memory, replicating the data, transmits the replicated data to the other computers, determines whether the replicated data has been transmitted to the network, and uses the data to execute the task when determining the replicated data was transmitted to the network.
US09367260B1	Dynamic replication system In one aspect, a method includes replicating a first volume in a data protection system by sending data from the first volume to a replica site, determining whether the replica site should transition from a journal mode to a non-journal mode or transition from the non-journal to the journal mode based on the performance of the data protection system, transitioning the replica site from the journal mode to the non-journal mode if the performance of the data protection system degrades based on a first performance threshold and transitioning the replica site from the non-journal mode to the journal mode if the performance of the data protection system improves based on a second performance threshold.
US09367254B2	Enhanced data verify in data storage arrays To provide enhanced operation of data storage devices and systems, various systems, methods, and software are provided herein. In a first example, a data storage system is configured to provide at least a portion of a first data storage device as a verification cache for a storage region of a second data storage device, write data for storage in the verification cache of the first data storage device and write the data for storage in the storage region of the second data storage device. The data storage system is configured to perform a verification process on the data written to the storage region after a verification trigger condition has been met. The data storage system is configured to transfer portions of the data that fail to pass the verification process from the verification cache to supersede the one or more parts of the data in the storage region.
US09367247B2	Memory access requests in hybrid memory system Incoming memory access requests are routed in a set of incoming queues, the incoming memory access requests comprise a range of host logical block addresses (LBAs) that correspond to a memory space of a primary memory. The host LBA range is directly mapped to clusters of secondary memory, the secondary memory corresponding to a memory space of a secondary memory. Each incoming memory access request queued in the set of incoming queues is transformed into one or more outgoing memory access requests that include a range of secondary memory clusters or one or more clusters of secondary memory clusters. The outgoing memory access requests are routed in a set of outgoing queues. The secondary memory is accessed using the outgoing memory access requests.
US09367246B2	Performance optimization of data transfer for soft information generation A single command initiates a first read operation and sequence of one or more additional read operations from the same portion of memory. The one or more additional read operations are terminable after the first read operation provides a first plurality of data values that is made available to a requesting device and/or module. In some implementations, the first plurality of data values includes hard information values. Subsequent pluralities of data values are generated from the same portion of memory until a terminating event occurs. In some implementations, until a terminating event occurs, a respective hybrid plurality of data values is generated by combining the latest read plurality of data values with one of a previously generated hybrid plurality of data values and the first plurality of data values. Each hybrid plurality of data values is representative of a corresponding plurality of soft information values.
US09367241B2	Clustered RAID assimilation management In one embodiment, a node of a cluster is coupled to a storage array of storage devices. The node executes a storage input/output (I/O) stack having a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) layer that organizes the storage devices within the storage array as a plurality of RAID groups. Configuration information is stored as a cluster database. The configuration information identifies the RAID groups associated with the storage devices. Each RAID group is associated with a plurality of segments and each segment has a different RAID configuration.
US09367239B2	Navigation device and method for displaying alternative routes A navigation device has a route re-calculation function. This is activated by the user touching the screen to task away from the normal navigation map mode to a menu screen which displays multiple types of route re-calculation options.
US09367236B2	System and method for processing touch actions A system and method for processing touch actions are provided. A plurality of sequentially performed touch actions including a first touch action and a second touch action are determined on a touch interface of an electronic device. An initiation location and a completion location of each of the first and second touch actions are determined on the touch interface. A command is selected based on the determined completion location of the first touch action, the second touch action, and the determined initiation location of the second touch action. The selected command is executed on the electronic device.
US09367235B2	Detecting and interpreting real-world and security gestures on touch and hover sensitive devices “Real-world” gestures such as hand or finger movements/orientations that are generally recognized to mean certain things (e.g., an “OK” hand signal generally indicates an affirmative response) can be interpreted by a touch or hover sensitive device to more efficiently and accurately effect intended operations. These gestures can include, but are not limited to, “OK gestures,” “grasp everything gestures,” “stamp of approval gestures,” “circle select gestures,” “X to delete gestures,” “knock to inquire gestures,” “hitchhiker directional gestures,” and “shape gestures.” In addition, gestures can be used to provide identification and allow or deny access to applications, files, and the like.
US09367223B2	Using a scroll bar in a multiple panel user interface A method for using a scroll bar in a multiple panel user interface. The method includes determining that two or more panels are displayed on a user interface, the two or more panels operated by a same scroll bar. The method includes detecting a cursor movement over the same scroll bar and responsive to the cursor movement over the scroll bar, displaying an icon. The method includes receiving an active panel selection via the icon and indicating the selected panel is active. The method further includes detecting movement of the same scroll bar on the selected panel and scrolling a displayed content of the selected panel corresponding to the movement of the same scroll bar.
US09367207B2	Mobile terminal and control method thereof A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a display unit; and a controller to receive a lock screen input command, display a lock screen on the display unit upon receiving the lock screen input command, receive a predetermined touch input on the lock screen, display a home screen in an overlapping manner with the lock screen on the display unit upon receiving the predetermined touch input on the lock screen, identify an icon displayed at a position on the home screen corresponding to a position of the predetermined touch input among a plurality of icons included in the home screen, and release the lock screen and execute an application corresponding to the identified icon when the predetermined touch input is released.
US09367196B1	Conveying branched content Items of content may be organized into branched portions. From a current portion of an item of content, a branch may be selected, and the portion of the item of content connected by the selected branch to the current portion of the item of content may be conveyed. In this respect, multiple paths through the item of content may be achieved, each path including one or more portions connected to each other by one or more branches.
US09367192B2	Surface capacitive touch panel and method of determining touch coordinate position A surface capacitive touch panel including a panel body, four electrodes, a power supply module, a grounding and measuring module, and a computation control module. The electrodes are disposed on four sides of the panel body, respectively, and each have a first end portion and a second end portion. In response to a control signal, the power supply module selects one of the electrodes to function as an electrode under test. The power supply module connects with the first end portion of the electrode under test to supply a power to the electrode under test. The grounding and measuring module connects with the second end portion of the electrode under test to create a grounded loop for measuring currents under test. The computation control module computes touch coordinate positions with values of currents under test measured at the electrodes. Hence, single-touch and multi-touch coordinate positions are accurately determined.
US09367189B2	Compensating for source line interference Embodiments of the present invention generally provide an input device including a display device having an integrated capacitive sensing device. The input device includes a plurality of source lines, a plurality of routing traces coupled to a plurality of sensor electrodes, and a processing system. The processing system is configured to update a first sub-pixel coupled to a first source line by driving the first source line with a first voltage. The processing system is further configured to drive one or more routing traces included in the plurality of routing traces with a second voltage that is an inverted version of the first voltage. The processing system is further configured to receive resulting signals from at least one sensor electrode via the one or more routing traces while the one or more routing traces are driven with the second voltage, and determine positional information based on the resulting signals.
US09367188B2	RC matching in a touch screen A touch screen. In some examples, the touch screen can comprise a first element coupled to a first sense connection, and a second element coupled to a second sense connection. In some examples, the first and second sense connections can be configured such that a load presented by the first sense connection and the first element is substantially equal to a load presented by the second sense connection and the second element. In some examples, the first and second sense connections can comprise detour routing configured such that a resistance of the first sense connection is substantially equal to a resistance of the second sense connection. In some examples, the first and second sense connections can be coupled to dummy routing configured such that a first capacitance presented by the first sense connection is substantially equal to a second capacitance presented by the second sense connection.
US09367186B2	Method and system for discriminating stylus and touch interactions Embodiments of the invention are directed to control devices, such as human interface devices, configured for use with a tablet computer. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods and system for discriminating between the interactions of a handheld device, touch of one or more of the user's finger(s) and interaction with appendages of the user on a touch-screen tablet computer. The methods described herein may include discriminating between the interaction of the handheld device, the user's finger(s) and an appendage of the user so that the collected information can be used to control some aspect of the hardware or software running on the touch-screen tablet computer.
US09367181B2	System and method for determining user input and interference on an input device The embodiments described herein provide devices and methods that facilitate improved performance. In one embodiment, an input device comprises a processing system, a transmitter sensor electrode, and a receiver sensor electrode, where the transmitter sensor electrode and the receiver sensor electrode are capacitively coupled. The processing system is configured to receive a resulting signal from the receiver sensor electrode, where the resulting signal includes responses that correspond to the transmitter signal. The processing system is further configured to separately accumulate, for each cycle of the transmitter waveform, a first portion and a second portion of the resulting signal to respectively produce a first accumulation and a second accumulation, wherein the first accumulation is used for determining user input to the input device and the second accumulation is used for determining interference, and wherein the first portion and the second portion are non-coterminous.
US09367174B2	Wireless peripheral data transmission for touchscreen displays Embodiments of the disclosure describe data transmission via a touchscreen display of a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device includes a peripheral component, integrated into a touchscreen display surface housing, and a plurality of photonic pulse transmitters and receivers disposed on edges of the touchscreen display surface. One or more receivers receive pulses from the photonic pulse transmitters for detecting user touch inputs on the touchscreen display surface. A photonic pulse modulator modulates a pulse to be transmitted from one of the photonic pulse transmitters based, at least in part, on peripheral component data. A photonic pulse demodulator demodulates the modulated pulse received by the pulse detector(s) to retrieve the peripheral component data. By utilizing these pulse transmitters/receivers, used for user touch input detection, to also exchange data via modulated light, the bezel area around the touchscreen display surface may be reduced.
US09367169B2	Method, circuit, and system for hover and gesture detection with a touch screen According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a touch controller is adapted to be coupled to a touch screen and to a motion sensor. The touch controller is operable in response to a signal from the motion sensor indicating a first motion to switch from a hover event sensing mode of operation to a gesture event sensing mode of operation. In one embodiment, the touch controller is operable in the hover event sensing mode of operation to detect a first hover event and is thereafter operable, in response to the signal from the motion sensor indicating a first motion has occurred, to switch to the gesture event sensing mode of operation and detect a first gesture event.
US09367159B2	Control method, display device and electronic system utilizing the same A display device including a display circuit, a touch panel, a detection circuit, and a sensing circuit is disclosed. The display circuit generates a plurality of driving signals. The touch panel displays an image according to the driving signals. The detection circuit detects the display circuit. When the display circuit stops generating the driving signals, the detection circuit asserts a control signal. The sensing circuit detects the touch panel to obtain whether an area of the touch panel is touched when the control signal is asserted.
US09367150B2	Apparatus and associated methods An apparatus for a user interface of an electronic device, the apparatus comprising a textured surface having a predetermined roughness, the textured surface configured to produce a first predefined vibration in the skin of a user of the apparatus on physical interaction with the skin of the user, wherein the roughness of the textured surface is configured such that the first predefined vibration produced by the physical interaction has a frequency and/or amplitude which is detectable by a specific mechanical receptor in the skin of the user.
US09367148B2	Selective frame rate switching A method for selectively switching a frame rate of a mouse includes: setting a plurality of acceleration thresholds respectively corresponding to a plurality of frame rates at which the mouse is operated; operating the mouse at a first frame rate of the plurality of frame rates; determining a velocity of the mouse according to a difference between a first frame captured by the mouse at the first frame rate and a second frame following the first frame captured by the mouse at the first frame rate; determining an acceleration of the mouse between the first captured frame and second captured frame according to the velocity of the first frame, the velocity of the second frame, and the frame rate; comparing the acceleration with the plurality of thresholds; and directly switching the frame rate of the mouse to a frame rate which corresponds to the determined threshold.
US09367144B2	Methods, systems, and media for providing a remote control interface for a media playback device In accordance with some implementations of the disclosed subject matter, mechanisms for providing a remote control interface are provided. In some implementations, a method for providing a remote control interface is provided, the method comprising: receiving an image of a user input interface associated with a media playback device; identifying the user input interface from a plurality of user input interfaces based on image recognition; determining a code library associated with the identified user input interface; and transmitting the code library to a mobile device that provided the image of the user input interface, wherein the code library allows a mobile device to control the media playback device.
US09367131B2	Methods and systems for generating icons associated with providing brain state feedback Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application configured to generate for display an icon that provides feedback to a user related to the current brain activity of the user. For example, a media guidance application may monitor the brain activity of the user in order to determine whether or not to perform a particular operation. The media guidance application may further generate a display of icons that inform the user of the current brain activity of the user and/or the progress of the user towards achieving a particular operation.
US09367129B1	Method and system for controlling display of content to user The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for controlling display of content to user. In one embodiment, an input image of the user is captured and processed to detect the presence of spectacles in the input image. On detecting the absence of spectacles, the content available for display is processed to identify readable and non-readable content and refractive error correction factor for the non-readable content is determined. Based on the determined refractive error correction factor, the display of both the readable and non-readable content is controlled and the content is displayed.
US09367108B2	Reduction of operational cost using energy storage management and demand response A method for managing demand or load includes, upon receipt of a demand response signal or a load management request from a utility to change the price of electricity, determining the cost of energy from a local battery, and if the cost of energy from battery is higher than the cost of electricity from the utility, shedding power from one or more devices based on the utility price, and otherwise discharging power from the battery to reduce a net load on the grid without any actual load reduction.
US09367097B2	System and method for adjusting presentation of text and images on an electronic device according to an orientation of the device The invention relates to a system, method and device for controlling the display of elements in a screen on an electronic device, according to an orientation of the device. In the system, a graphics management system for elements displayed in a screen on a display on an electronic device is provided. The system comprises: a sensor; a movement detection module connected to the sensor providing an orientation signal registering a notable signal from the sensor; and a graphical user interface (GUI) adjustment module to determine a new layout for the elements being displayed on the display utilizing orientation provided by the movement detection module. The sensor may provide orientation data indicating a new orientation of the device. Also, the GUI adjustment module may provide the new layout by shifting a position of one or more of the elements in the screen to reflect the new orientation of the device.
US09367096B2	Slide switch and electronic device thereof A slide switch for constraining a movement of a unit relative to a casing is disclosed in the present invention. The slide switch includes a buckling component, a constraining component and a latch. The buckling component includes a connection portion and an inclined structure. The constraining component includes a block portion and a guide portion. The latch includes a body, a hook portion disposed on the body, a first guide structure disposed on a top of the hook portion, and a contact portion disposed on the body. The hook portion is engaged with the connection portion to constrain the movement of a first unit. The first guide structure pushes the inclined structure to separate the first unit from the casing. The contact portion contacts the block portion to constrain the movement of a second unit, and slides relative to the guide portion to separate the second unit from the casing.
US09367083B2	Computing device housing A computing device housing is described. The housing includes a front shell and a back shell coupled to a mid-frame. An infrared port may be an integral portion of the housing or the mid-frame.
US09367081B2	Method for synchronizing independent clock signals An apparatus for synchronizing two clock signals is disclosed. The apparatus may include a selection unit and circuitry. The selection unit may be configured to select a first or second clock signal as an output clock signal. A frequency of the first clock signal may be less than a frequency of the second clock signal. The circuitry may be configured to send a first signal to the selection unit, causing the selection unit to select the first clock signal. The circuitry may also be configured to send a second signal to the selection unit, causing the selection unit to select a subset of clock pulses of the second clock signal as the output clock signal. The subset of clock pulses of the second clock signal may include a clock pulse of the second clock signal corresponding to a transition of the first clock signal.
US09367079B2	Compressed sampling and memory Aspects of a low power memory buffer are described. In one embodiment, a sampling rate of a signal is adjusted to identify extrema of a signal. An extrema pulse is generated and, in response to the extrema pulse, a time segment and potential value of the signal are stored in a memory. In other aspects, rising and falling slopes of the signal are tracked to identify a local maximum and a local minimum of the signal. In this scenario, an extrema pulse is generated for each of the local maximum and minimum, and time segment and potential values are stored for the local maximum and minimum. Generally, the storage of analog values of the signal at an adjusted sampling rate is achieved with low power, and the signal may be reconstructed at a later time.
US09367078B2	Modification of indicators corresponding to alerts Various methods and systems for modifying an indicator corresponding to an alert are described herein. One example method includes detecting an alert with a computing device. The method also includes monitoring a noise level in an environment surrounding a computing device. In addition, the method includes modifying the indicator corresponding to the alert based on the noise level. Furthermore, the method includes providing the modified indicator corresponding to the alert.
US09367074B2	Voltage regulator capable of stabilizing an output voltage even when a power supply fluctuates Provided is a voltage regulator configured to suppress overshoot and undershoot so as to output a stabilized voltage. The voltage regulator includes: a high pass filter configured to detect a fluctuation in power supply voltage; a high pass filter configured to detect a fluctuation in output voltage; transistors connected in series, which are each configured to cause a current to flow in accordance with an output of corresponding one of the high pass filters; and a clamp circuit configured to clamp a drain voltage of one of the transistors connected in series. The voltage regulator controls a gate voltage of an output transistor based on a drain voltage of a transistor that includes a gate controlled by the drain voltage of the one of the transistors connected in series.
US09367068B2	Gas/liquid two-phase flow state controlling device and gas/liquid two-phase flow state controlling method A flow state controlling device controls, to a specified flow state, fluid of a gas/liquid two-phase flow that flows through a flow path. The flow state controlling device includes a pressure acquiring portion that acquires pressure information relating to pressure of the fluid, a mass velocity acquiring portion that acquires mass velocity information relating to a mass velocity of the fluid, a dryness fraction acquiring portion that acquires dryness fraction information relating to the dryness fraction of the fluid, and a controlling portion that controls, based on the pressure information, the mass velocity information and the dryness fraction information, a pressure controlling device that is able to change a pressure of the fluid, a mass velocity controlling device that is able to change a mass velocity of the fluid, and a heat controlling device that is able to change the latent heat of the fluid.
US09367062B2	System and method for operational data retrieval from a power tool A power tool data collection system includes a memory in a housing of a power tool that stores data corresponding to at least one operational parameter of the power tool, a wireless data transceiver communicatively connected to the memory, and a controller operatively connect to the memory. The wireless data transceiver transmits the data corresponding to the at least one operational parameter of the power tool to an external wireless transceiver in response to receiving a signal from the external wireless transceiver. The controller identifies the at least one operational parameter of the power tool during operation of the power tool and stores the data corresponding to the at least one operational parameter in the memory to enable the wireless data transceiver to transmit the data.
US09367058B2	Network system and method for controlling same The present invention relates to a network system and a control method thereof. The network system includes: a commercial electric appliance comprising a cost system for an operation thereof; and a control device communicably connected to the commercial electric appliance, wherein the control device comprises a display unit configured to remotely monitor operation information of the commercial electric appliance.
US09367057B2	System and method for real-time controls of energy consuming devices including tiered architecture A system for operating a plurality of energy consuming devices is provided that includes a plurality of device drivers coupled to respective device controllers. Each device controller is associated with a corresponding one of the energy consuming devices, and each device controller includes at least one sensor and is adapted to modulate an output setting of the corresponding energy consuming device. The system also includes a processor coupled to the plurality of device drivers and adapted to cause each of the plurality of device drivers to periodically receive data from the respective one of the device controllers. The system further includes a display interface coupled to the processor and to a display. The display interface is adapted to transmit data to the display. A non-transitory computer readable medium having recorded thereon a program is provided. An apparatus for analyzing data from a plurality of energy consuming devices is provided.
US09367048B2	Vehicle controller A vehicle controller installed in and controlling a vehicle includes an obtaining part that obtains identification information specific to the vehicle, a communicator that communicates with an information processor located outside the vehicle by transmitting and receiving information, a match judging part that makes a matching judgment on whether a plurality of the identification information obtained at different times are identical, and a judging part that judges whether to permit the control of the vehicle based on the matching judgment. The information processor also can make the matching judgment and only transmit a control command to the vehicle controller when there is a match.
US09367038B1	Balance spring stud for a timepiece Balance spring stud including, around a housing receiving a balance spring of reference thickness, a one-piece component made of a shape memory alloy and including two lugs, each arranged to rest on one of the surfaces of the balance spring, and wherein, in the free state, the minimum width of the air gap of the lugs is greater than the maximum value of the reference thickness when the component is in an open position corresponding to a martensitic structure, and wherein the maximum width of the air gap is less than the minimum value of the reference thickness when the component is in a closed position corresponding to an austenitic structure, and the balance spring includes an area of lesser thickness having a minimum thickness equal to the reference thickness, surrounded by areas of large thickness having a minimum thickness greater than the reference thickness.
US09367035B2	Digital infrared holograms Embodiments are directed to an apparatus for creating a scene comprising: a plurality of micro-mirrors configured to rotate between an off position and at least two on positions to generate a plurality of holograms, and a processor configured to select positions for the micro-mirrors based on an input specification of the scene.
US09367026B2	Image forming apparatus having casing for maintaining relative positions of photosensitive drums An image forming apparatus includes a casing, a plurality of photosensitive drums, and a plurality of developing device. The casing includes a first frame and a second frame. The plurality of photosensitive drums is configured to rotate about an axis line extending in an axial direction and juxtaposed at intervals in the casing. The casing defines one side and the other side in the axial direction. Drive force for rotating the plurality of photosensitive drums is inputted to the one side of the plurality of photosensitive drums. The plurality of developing device is provided to correspond to the plurality of photosensitive drums and configured to supply developing agent to the corresponding photosensitive drum. The first frame is made of metal and is configured to support the one side of each of the plurality of photosensitive drums, and the second frame is made of resin and is configured to support the other side of each of the plurality of photosensitive drums.
US09367020B1	Cleaning member, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus A cleaning member includes a core, and an elastic layer including a strip-shaped elastic member that is spirally wound around a region of an outer peripheral surface of the core ranging from one end to another end of the core, wherein a width W1 of the elastic layer is less than or equal to a radius R of the core and is 1 mm or more.
US09367016B2	Method for controlling media bubble formation in an imaging device A method of controlling bubble formation in a media sheet between two sets of media feed roll pairs using a single media edge detector positioned downstream of the upstream media feed roll pair. The method may also be practiced using a bubble chamber positioned between the two sets of media feed roll pairs.
US09367015B2	Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus A sheet feeder includes a sheet feeding cassette stored in a cassette storage part, a heater and flow regulating plates. A first gap is formed between the bottom plate of the sheet feeding cassette and a bottom portion of the cassette storage part, and having an air intake port. A second gap is formed between the side plate of the sheet feeding cassette and a side portion of the cassette storage part and has a vent port communicating with the first gap and the sheet storing part. The flow regulating plates are disposed in the first gap so as to form a duct together with the sheet feeding cassette and the cassette storage part. Air flow is generated such that air is supplied from the air intake port into the first gap, is heated, rises through the second gap from the vent port, and flows to the sheet storing part.
US09367012B2	Printing apparatus having a sheet storage unit that stores a sheet on which an image has been printed, printing method, and storage medium A printing apparatus prints, on a sheet, an image for one page or a plurality of pages, stores a sheet on which an image has been printed inside the printing apparatus, discharges a sheet on which an image has been printed outside the printing apparatus without storing the sheet, saves, in a case where a sheet is not storable, data corresponding to a page to be printed on the sheet, and performs, upon receipt of a printed sheet taking-out instruction, control to convey a stored sheet so that at least a part of the sheet is exposed outside of the printing apparatus, to print an image based on saved data, and to discharge the sheet on which the image has been printed outside the printing apparatus.
US09367000B2	Transfer device and image forming apparatus for transferring metallic toner particles A transfer device includes a transfer body having an endless structure and to which an image is transferred while the transfer body is rotated; a first transfer portion that transfers an image formed with toner containing metallic pigment to a surface of the transfer body by applying a transfer current; a second transfer portion that is disposed on the upstream side of the first transfer portion in the rotation direction of the transfer body and transfers an image formed with toner not containing metallic pigment to the surface of the transfer body by applying a transfer current; and a support member that is grounded and disposed on the downstream side of the first transfer portion in the rotation direction of the transfer body, the support member being in contact with the back surface of the transfer body to support the transfer body.
US09366994B2	Developer container, cartridge, and image forming apparatus A developer container configured to contain developer to be used for image formation, includes a first electrode provided in the developer container, a second electrode provided opposing to the first electrode configured to detect an electrostatic capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, to detect a quantity of the developer, a conveyance member provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and on a bottom surface side inside the developer container, and configured to convey the developer contained in the developer container, and a vibration imparting member configured to impart vibration to the conveyance member, wherein the developer on a developer conveyance surface of the conveyance member contacting the developer is conveyed by the vibration of the conveyance member.
US09366976B2	Optical element with low surface figure deformation A reflective optical element includes a body with a first reflective surface of a high precision geometrical form, which can be used for reflecting light in a wavelength range less than 50 nm in an EUV-lithographic projection exposure system. The body includes first and a second non-reflecting surfaces. Further, the body includes a single connection area formed on the first non-reflecting surface with at least one fixation surface inside the connection area for fixing the entire optical element directly or indirectly to at least one bearing surface of a bearing element. The second non-reflecting surface is different from the single connection area formed on the first non-reflective surface. The second non-reflecting surface at least partly surrounds the single connection area. At least one stress relief recess is formed into the body. The stress relief recess at least partly separates the first non-reflective surface from the second non-reflecting surface.
US09366969B2	Methodology for implementing enhanced optical lithography for hole patterning in semiconductor fabrication System and method for enhancing optical lithography methodology for hole patterning in semiconductor fabrication are described. In one embodiment, a photolithography system comprises an illumination system for conditioning light from a light source, the illumination system producing a three-pore illumination pattern; a reticle comprising at least a portion of a pattern to be imaged onto a substrate, wherein the three-pore illumination pattern produced by the illumination system is projected through the reticle; and a projection lens disposed between the reticle and the substrate.
US09366961B2	Silicone structure-bearing polymer, resin composition, and photo-curable dry film A silicone structure-bearing polymer having a crosslinking group within the molecule, containing an isocyanurate structure bonded within the molecule, and having a Mw of 3,000-500,000 is provided. The polymer overcomes the stripping problem that a coating is stripped from metal wirings of Cu or Al, electrodes, and SiN substrates.
US09366959B2	Negative photosensitive resin composition and application thereof A negative photosensitive resin composition including an alkali-soluble resin (A), a photoacid generator (B), a basic compound (C), a cross-linking agent (D), and a solvent (E) is provided. The alkali-soluble resin (A) includes an acrylate resin (A-1) and a novolac resin (A-2). The acrylate resin (A-1) is synthesized by polymerizing a monomer for polymerization, wherein the monomer for polymerization includes an unsaturated carboxylic acid or unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride monomer (a-1-1) and a monomer (a-1-2). The monomer (a-1-2) includes a compound (a-1-2-1) with a tricyclodecane or dicyclopentadiene structure, a compound (a-1-2-2) represented by formula (1), or a combination of both. The novolac resin (A-2) is synthesized by polymerizing an aldehyde compound with an aromatic hydroxy compound, wherein the aromatic hydroxy compound includes a xylenol compound.
US09366951B2	Halftone phase shift photomask blank, halftone phase shift photomask and pattern exposure method A halftone phase shift photomask blank comprising a transparent substrate and a halftone phase shift film is provided. The phase shift film consists of Si and N, or Si, N and O, and is free of transition metals. The phase shift film has a thickness of 40-70 nm, offers a transmittance of 10-40% and a phase shift of 150-200° relative to light of wavelength up to 200 nm, and is resistant to cleaning chemicals.
US09366943B2	Image capturing illumination apparatus The illumination apparatus includes a light source, a first reflective portion provided inside further than the light source in a radial direction so as to extend in a circumferential direction and reflecting light from the light source toward a light projecting direction. The apparatus further includes a second reflective portion provided inside further than the light source in the radial direction so as to extend in the radial direction and reflecting the light from the light source toward an area extending to a side away from the light source in the circumferential direction.
US09366942B2	IR-cut filter having red absorbing layer for digital camera An infrared cut filter may be used with an image sensor to remove infrared light components from image light received from a first side of the infrared cut filter prior to the image light reaching the image sensor to be disposed on a second side of the infrared cut filter. The infrared cut filter includes at least one red absorbing layer and an infrared reflector. The at least one red absorbing layer partially absorbs red light components within the image light. The infrared reflector reflects the infrared light components. The infrared reflector is disposed between the red absorbing layer and the first side of the infrared cut filter while the at least one red absorbing layer is disposed between the infrared reflector and the second side of the infrared cut filter.
US09366941B2	Light amount adjustment device, optical device, and image capturing apparatus A device according to the present invention includes at least one first light amount adjustment blade moving rectilinearly in a direction crossing a light passage direction and at least one second light amount adjustment blade pivoting within a plane crossing the light passage direction. When a light passage aperture of a polygonal shape formed by annularly superposing the first light amount adjustment blade and the second light amount adjustment blade is enlarged, a shape of the light passage aperture comes close to a circular shape from a polygonal shape.
US09366940B2	Drive apparatus, drive method, and optical device Noise produced during phase-difference changes is minimized without decreasing the responsiveness of a vibration-wave motor. A lens-side MCU for a lens barrel (controls a drive apparatus that applies a drive voltage to the vibration-wave motor by outputting an A-phase drive signal and a B-phase drive signal thereto. The lens-side MCU uses, for example, a drive-voltage setting unit and a duty-cycle change unit to change the drive voltage. Also, the lens-side MCU is provided with a phase-difference change unit that changes the phase difference between the A-phase drive signal and the B-phase drive signal. When driving the vibration-wave motor, the lens-side MCU changes the drive voltage to Vreg, and when the phase-difference change unit is changing the aforementioned phase difference, the drive voltage is changed to V1, V1 being greater than zero and less than Vreg.
US09366935B2	Electrophoretic fluid The present invention is directed to a display fluid comprising charged composite pigment particles dispersed in a solvent. The composite pigment particles have a density which matches to the density of the solvent in which they are dispersed. A display fluid comprising the composite pigment particles provides improved display performance.
US09366934B2	Field sequential color ferroelectric liquid crystal display cell A field sequential color (FSC) ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) display cell, part of an FSC display, is provided. The FSC FLC display cell includes: two polarizers; an FLC layer, positioned between the two polarizers, the FLC layer comprising FLCs with helix pitch less than the thickness of the FLC layer; and a voltage source, configured to apply an electrical driving voltage to the FLC layer, the electrical driving voltage applied to the FLC layer having an amplitude greater than a threshold voltage for helix unwinding, and wherein the voltage source is further configured to apply electrical driving voltages to light emitting diodes (LEDs) of the FSC display to illuminate pixels of the FSC display. The pixels are illuminated in an FSC manner. The FLC layer is configured to provide a defect-free layer of FLC under the electrical driving voltage applied to the FLC layer.
US09366933B2	Semiconductor display device comprising an upper and lower insulator arranged in a non-display area An array board (a semiconductor device) 11b includes a display area TFT (a display area transistor) 17, a non-display area TFT (a non-display area transistor) 29, an upper insulator 31, and a lower insulator 30. The display area TFT 17 is arranged in a display area AA. The non-display area TFT 29 is arranged in a non-display area NAA. The upper insulator 31 is arranged in the non-display area NAA and formed from a second interlayer insulation film 41. The lower insulator 30 is arranged in the non-display area and formed from a first interlayer insulation film 39. The lower insulator 30 is arranged below the upper insulator 31 such that they are layered.
US09366927B2	Liquid crystal display and method of fabricating the same A liquid crystal display in which an organic passivation layer is partially removed and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The liquid crystal display comprises: an active area and a pad area. The pad area comprising: a first pad area where first pads connected to the data lines and bonded to output terminals of a drive IC are formed; a second pad area where second pads bonded to an input terminals of the drive IC are bonded; and a third pad area where third pads bonded to output terminals of the FPC are formed.
US09366923B2	Array substrate and method of fabricating the same, and display device The present invention provides an array substrate, a method of fabricating the array substrate, and a display device. The array substrate includes a base substrate and pixel units arranged in a matrix-type manner on the base substrate, a thin film transistor, a first electrode and a second electrode are provided in the pixel unit, the thin film transistor includes a gate, a first insulation layer, an active layer, a source and a drain. The array substrate further includes a black matrix provided above the first electrode, and the black matrix covers a non-display region of each pixel unit.
US09366920B2	Liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof Provided are a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and fabricating method thereof. The liquid crystal display device, including a liquid crystal panel, includes: a first substrate, including: a pixel electrode, and a common electrode separated from the pixel electrode, a ratio of a width of the pixel electrode to a distance between the pixel electrode and the common electrode being in a range of about 1:1 to 1:7, and a nanocapsule liquid crystal layer formed on the first substrate, the nanocapsule liquid crystal layer including: a buffer material, and nanocapsules, each filled with liquid crystal molecules.
US09366919B2	Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same In a wall electrode liquid crystal display device, planar distribution of the wall structure and the electrode is optimized to improve a yield. A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels having an insulator wall structure formed at a border of pixels, a wall electrode formed at a side surface of the wall structure of the border of the pixels, a source electrode which is continuous with the wall electrode and formed of a planar electrode extending in a planar direction, a first common electrode provided between source electrodes at both sides of the pixel to form a retentive capacitance, and a second common electrode provided between wall electrodes on both sides of the pixel. A slit which becomes a border of the wall electrodes of two adjacent pixels is disposed only on a top of the wall structure.
US09366916B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a lower panel having a lower substrate. A pixel electrode is formed on the lower substrate and includes a partial plate electrode and a plurality of minute branch electrodes extending from the partial plate electrode. A lower layer is formed on the lower substrate and below the pixel electrode and includes an inclined portion. An upper panel includes an upper substrate facing the lower substrate and a common electrode formed on the upper substrate. A liquid crystal layer is positioned between the lower panel and the upper panel, in which a part of the inclined portion is overlapped with a part of the minute branch electrode.
US09366915B2	LCD panel, electronic device, and method for producing LCD panel A liquid crystal display panel (100A) includes: a first substrate (2) and a second substrate (3), a liquid crystal layer (1) retained between the first substrate (2) and the second substrate (3), and plurality of pixels. The liquid crystal layer (1) has a first liquid crystal region (81) and a second liquid crystal region (82) provided outside the first liquid crystal region (81). The first liquid crystal region (81) is essentially composed of a nematic liquid crystal material alone, whereas the second liquid crystal region (82) has a plurality of liquid crystal subregions (11) containing a nematic liquid crystal material and polymer-containing walls (12) formed between adjacent ones of the plurality of liquid crystal subregions (11). The plurality of pixels include pixels accounting for the first liquid crystal region (81) and pixels accounting for the second liquid crystal region (82).
US09366909B2	Image display device and liquid crystal lens An image display device includes a liquid crystal lens on a display surface side of a display panel. The liquid crystal lens includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first alignment film and a second alignment film formed on an interface of the liquid crystal layer. The first alignment film and the second alignment film are alignment films subjected to a rubbing treatment so that liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer are aligned in a 90° twist in a first direction by the provision of a pretilt angle. The liquid crystal molecules are aligned, by the addition of a chiral agent to the liquid crystal layer, in a 90° twist in a second direction opposite to the first direction in a state where an electric field is not applied.
US09366903B2	Liquid crystal panel and pixel structure thereof A liquid crystal panel includes: first and second substrates arranged to be opposite each other at a predetermined gap; a liquid crystal layer filled between the first and second substrates; alignment films; a counter electrode pattern formed on the first substrate; and a pixel electrode pattern formed on the first substrate so as to have a plurality of electrode branches, wherein the extension direction of at least one of slits formed at both ends from among slits formed between the plurality of electrode branches crosses the alignment direction of the liquid crystal layer at an angle of 7° or larger.
US09366900B2	Adhesive for polarizing plate, polarizing plate, method for producing same, optical film, and image display device An object of the invention is to provide an adhesive for a polarizing plate that has high adhering strength, makes it possible to prevent a reduction in the light transmittance of a polarizing plate and to suppress the occurrence of knicks, and is less likely to cause a reduction in the light transmittance of a polarizing plate even in a humidified environment while having the above characteristics. The invention is directed to an adhesive for a polarizing plate for use in fixing a transparent protective film on at least one side of a polarizer, the adhesive including a resin solution containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin and a water-soluble silicate.
US09366899B2	Display with color mixing prevention structures An electronic device may have a liquid crystal display having a backlight and color mixing prevention structures. The color mixing prevention structures may, in part, be formed from one or more arrays of color filter elements. The liquid crystal display may include first and second transparent substrate layers on opposing sides of a liquid crystal layer. The display may include a first array of color filter elements on the first transparent substrate layer and a second array of color filter elements on the second transparent substrate layer. One or more of the arrays of color filter elements may include a black matrix formed over portions of the color filter elements. The color filter elements may fill or partially fill openings in the black matrix. The display may include a collimating layer on the second transparent substrate layer. The color filter elements may include cholesteric color filter elements.
US09366884B2	Automatic lens mapping system A system for holding and aligning spectacles such that mapping measurements of the optical properties of a lens can be performed with the lens held such that its optical axis is parallel to the incident measurement beam. This may be implemented using three points which define a plane with which a surface of the lens can be aligned. The frame gripper is constructed such that the lens to be measured is free to rotate in space around any axis until clamped by the three alignment pin support arrangement, with the exception of rotation around the optical axis of the lens. This freedom of rotation allows the lens to be positioned on the alignment pin support automatically without the need for operator intervention. The spectacle frame is clamped using a spring loaded caliper device, configured to sequentially align the mechanical center of each lens with the measuring beam.
US09366879B1	Camera lens suspension with polymer bearings A suspension assembly for a camera lens element includes a support member with a wire attach structure and a moving member coupled to the support member. The moving member includes a plate, flexure arms extending from the plate and coupled to the support member, and a wire attach structure. A bearing supports the plate of the moving member for movement with respect to the support member. The bearing includes a spacer portion extending from one of the support member and the plate of the moving member, and a polymer interface surface portion slidably engaged with the other of the support member and the plate of the moving member. A smart memory alloy wire is coupled to and extends between the wire attach structures of the support member and the moving member.
US09366878B2	Lens drive apparatus, camera module and camera A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis in collaboration with a magnet and a coil comprises: an assembly that is formed by assembling the lens holder together with a conductive body and comprises a circuit that receives supplied power; a base that is disposed at a position spaced from the assembly and has an aperture through which the optical axis passes; and a plurality of suspension wires that are disposed around the aperture and support the assembly such that the assembly is displaceable in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis, wherein the plurality of suspension wires include a first suspension wire configured to supply power to the circuit, and a second suspension wire configured to supply power to the circuit via a path different from that of the first suspension wire.
US09366869B2	Thin curved eyepiece for see-through head wearable display An eyepiece for a head wearable display includes a light guide component for guiding display light received at a peripheral location offset from a viewing region and emitting the display light along an eye-ward direction in the viewing region. The light guide component includes an eye-ward facing surface, a world facing surface, and a recess disposed in the world facing surface in the viewing region. The recess has a recessed surface that is discontinuous with the world facing surface. An add-on component is disposed in the recess and has a first surface mated to the recessed surface and a second surface that forms a continuous outer surface with the world facing surface. A partially reflective layer is disposed along an interface between the recessed surface and the first surface of the add-on component.
US09366864B1	System for and method of displaying information without need for a combiner alignment detector A display can be utilized with an image source. The display includes a collimator and a substrate waveguide. The substrate waveguide sees collimated light from the collimator at an input and provides the collimated light to an output. The collimated light travels from the input to the output within the substrate by total internal reflection. An input diffraction grating is disposed in a first area at the input and an output diffraction grating is disposed in a second area at the output. The second diffraction grating is matched to the first diffraction grating. A combiner alignment detector is not required due to the periscopic effect according to one embodiment.
US09366849B2	Microscope system and method for microscope system A desired observation timing is ensured, and simultaneity of observation among different observation positions is ensured. Provided is a microscope system including an electrically powered stage, a scanner, objective lenses, a revolver, an image-acquisition portion, an autofocus portion, a first storage portion that stores one of the focal positions of the low-magnification objective lens as a reference position, a focal-position setting portion that sets a focal position at which an image is acquired with reference to the reference position for the low-magnification objective lens, an acquisition-position setting portion that sets acquisition positions for partial images, and a map-image generating portion that generates a map image based on the partial images acquired at the set focal position, wherein the autofocus portion detects a focal position of the high-magnification objective lens at an observation position set on the map image with reference to the reference position for the low-magnification objective lens.
US09366847B2	Photographing optical lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Each second, third, fourth and fifth lens element has refractive power. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, and both of the surfaces of the sixth lens element are aspheric. The seventh lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof.
US09366844B2	Mobile device and optical imaging lens thereof Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises five lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces and/or the refracting power of the lens elements and designing an equation, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.
US09366839B2	Position adjustment device and position adjustment method To make it possible to adjust a relative positional relationship between an imaging lens and an image pickup device highly precisely within a short period of time, a position adjusting device includes: an image pickup device rotating and holding section (101) for holding an image pickup device (202) at any one of three or more rotational angles; a relationship information obtaining section (103) for obtaining, for each of respective images captured at the rotational angles, information on a relationship between the corresponding rotational angle and a contrast of the image at a plurality of points or regions in the image; a line approximation section (104) for approximating the relationship with use of an approximation line; and an image pickup device adjusting section (105) for rotating the image pickup device (202) so that the image pickup device (202) is held at a rotational angle corresponding to a position at which a plurality of the approximation lines cross each other.
US09366828B2	Systems and techniques for improving insertion loss performance of multicore fiber connectors Structures and techniques are described for aligning multicore optical fibers in a multicore optical fiber cable having a plurality of optical fiber cores, at least one end portion and a protective coating. The protective coating is removed from the end portion of the multicore fiber cable to create an exposed end portion of the multicore fiber. The exposed end portion of the multicore fiber is inserted into a guide hole defined longitudinally through a ferrule subassembly. The cores of the fiber are aligned rotationally, in a predetermined orientation, relative to the ferrule. Each fiber is biased within its respective guide hole in a predetermined orientation relative to the ferrule. The multicore fiber is bonded within the ferrule. The fiber is trimmed at the ferrule tip and the ferrule and fiber end faces are polished, so that a selected alignment of the multicore fiber is achieved.
US09366812B2	Display wall capable of displaying a continuous image and display device of same A display device includes a display panel, a frame, and a light guide member. The display panel includes a display surface configured for displaying an image. The frame is located adjacent to edges of the display surface. The light guide member includes a plurality of optical fibers arranged in an array. Each optical fiber includes a light incident end and a light emitting end opposite to the light incident end. The light incident ends of the plurality of optical fibers form a light incident surface only covering the display surface, and the light emitting ends of the plurality of optical fibers form a light emitting surface completely covering the frame.
US09366808B2	Slow-light sensor utilizing an optical filter and a narrowband optical source An optical device and a method of using an optical filter are provided. The optical device includes an optical filter and a narrowband optical source. The optical filter has a refractive index that varies along a length of the optical filter. The narrowband optical source is in optical communication with the optical filter and is configured to generate light having a wavelength at or in the vicinity of at least one of a wavelength corresponding to a local transmission maximum and a wavelength corresponding to a maximum slop of the group index spectrum of the optical filter.
US09366803B2	Display device A display device includes: a light guide member under the display panel and including a light incident surface; a heat discharge member including a heat discharge surface which extends in a first direction opposite to the light incident surface of the light guide member, and a first flat surface which extends in a second direction from the heat discharge surface; and a light source on the heat discharge member, which provides light to the light incident surface and includes a light emitting device on the heat discharge surface and including a light emitting surface opposite to the light incident surface, a circuit board on the first flat surface of the heat discharge member and electrically connected to the light emitting device, and a heat discharge portion on the heat discharge member and which couples the light emitting device to the heat discharge surface of the heat discharge member and discharges a heat generated from the light emitting device.
US09366799B2	Optical waveguide bodies and luminaires utilizing same According to one aspect, a luminaire comprises a waveguide body including a central section and first and second separate side sections extending away from the central section along first and second opposed directions, respectively. The central section includes a coupling portion and the waveguide body has a length and includes a plurality of light extraction features that extract light out of the side sections. At least one LED is disposed adjacent the coupling portion and is operated by a power circuit to produce light that is directed into the waveguide body by the coupling portion. At least one structural member extends along the length of the waveguide body for supporting the waveguide body and encloses at least one of the power circuit and the at least one LED.
US09366782B2	Method for manufacturing a component Described is a resinous article of manufacture that is wrinkle-resistant and is warpage-resistant when subjected to very high temperatures. Such an article is useful as an optical lens.
US09366766B2	Radiation detector, radiographic imaging device and radiographic imaging system The present invention provides a radiation detector, a radiographic imaging device and a radiographic imaging system that may detect radiation with high precision. Namely, in the radiation detector, radiation detection pixels include detection TFTs, and light that has been converted from radiation is illuminated directly from a scintillator onto the detection TFTs. Accordingly, leak current occurs in semiconductor active layers of the detection TFTs corresponding to the amount (intensity) of the illuminated light, and the leak current flows in to signal lines. Accordingly, radiation may be detected by monitoring the leak current, and enables timings, such as the start of irradiation of radiation, to be detected.
US09366760B2	Coverage extension of position services The present solution relates to a method in a user equipment (110) for providing navigation signals to a navigator device (104) for use in determining the location of the navigator device. The user equipment (110) selects a plurality of satellites whose signals are to be emulated. After determining the position of the user equipment (110), the user equipment (110) translates the determined position to emulating navigation signals using a parameter derived from each of the respective selected satellites. The user equipment (110) transmits, to the navigator device (104), the emulated navigation signals. The emulated navigation signals enable the navigator device to determine the location of the navigator device (104).
US09366759B2	Apparatus and method for generating depth image Provided is a depth image generating apparatus and method. The light-receiving unit may include a first gate and a second gate and a depth calculator to calculate a depth based on first light information through fourth light information. The first gate may obtain the first light information from a reflected light of a light emitted based on a first pulse and the second gate may obtain the second light information from a reflected light of a light emitted based on a second pulse, and then the first gate may obtain the third light information from a reflected light of a light emitted based on a third pulse and the second gate may obtain the fourth light information from a reflected light of a light emitted based on a fourth pulse.
US09366758B2	Detection device This disclosure provides a detection device, which includes a transceiving module for transmitting a transmission signal and receiving an echo caused by the transmission signal to output a reception signal according to an intensity of the echo, a memory module for storing the reception signals for a plurality of measurements, and an interference detecting module for detecting an interference signal from the reception signals, the interference detecting module determining that the reception signal contains the interference signal when the reception signal has an intensity difference with the previous reception signal by more than a predetermined threshold for over a reference time period in one measurement.
US09366757B2	Arranging a three-dimensional ultrasound image in an ultrasound system Embodiments for arranging a 3D (three-dimensional) ultrasound image are disclosed. In one embodiment, by way of non-limiting example, an ultrasound system comprises: a storage unit for storing a plurality of reference position information each corresponding to a plurality of target objects; a user input unit configured to receive input information for selecting a target object; an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to transmit and receive ultrasound signals to and from the target object to thereby output ultrasound data; and a processing unit in communication with the storage unit, the user input unit and the ultrasound data acquisition unit, the processing unit being configured to form a 3D ultrasound image based on the ultrasound data and perform position arrangement of the 3D ultrasound image based on reference position information corresponding to the input information.
US09366755B2	Object movement and location detection system and method thereof An object movement and location detection system and method is provided. A locating circuit is substantially secured to the object. A plurality of monitoring units is positioned remotely from the locating circuit, each in a different location. A first omnidirectional signal is intermittently communicated between the locating circuit and the plurality of monitoring units. A movement sensor is substantially secured to the object, wherein the movement sensor detects a movement of the object. A calculator is in communication with each of the plurality of monitoring units and the movement sensor, wherein the calculator determines a duration of transmission time of the first omnidirectional signal between each of the monitoring units and the locating circuit and calculates a location of the locating circuit using the determined duration of transmission time for each of the monitoring units and the locating circuit subsequent to a detected movement of the object.
US09366749B2	Device position estimates from motion and ambient light classifiers A position estimate for a mobile device is generated using data from motion sensors, such as accelerometers, magnetometers, and/or gyroscopes, and data from light sensors, such as an ambient light sensor, proximity sensor and/or camera intensity sensor. A plurality of proposed positions with associated likelihoods is generated by analyzing information from the motion sensors and a list of candidate positions is produced based on information from the light sensors. At least one of the plurality of proposed positions is eliminated using the list of candidate positions and a position estimate for the mobile device is determined based on the remaining proposed positions and associated likelihoods. The proposed positions may be generated by extracting features from the information from the motion sensors and using models to generate likelihoods for the proposed positions. The likelihoods may be filtered over time. Additionally, a confidence metric may be generated for the estimated position.
US09366748B2	Position location system architecture: peer to peer measurement mode A position location method includes receiving, over a messaging link, a request from an access point of a position location system to perform a ranging operation between a first asset tag and a second asset tag. The method also includes transmitting, by the first asset tag, a first ranging pilot signal on a ranging link to enable the ranging operation between the first asset tag and the second asset tag. The method further includes receiving, by the first asset tag, a second ranging pilot signal on the ranging link from the second asset tag.
US09366745B2	Methods and systems for determining the location of an electronic device using multi-tone frequency signals Embodiments of the present invention include a method of determining a location of a mobile device. The method comprises transmitting a signal between a plurality of known locations and receiving signal at device of unknown location such as a mobile device. The signal may include multiple tones having different frequencies and resulting in sets of residual phase differences. The location of the mobile device may be determined using the known locations and the frequency and phase differences between the transmitted tones. In one embodiment, OFDM signals may be used between an access point and mobile device, for example, to determine the location of the mobile device.
US09366743B2	Time domain network analyzer An apparatus for measuring s-parameters using as few as one pulser and two samplers is described. The apparatus calibrates itself automatically using the internal calibration standards.
US09366742B2	Reducing motion artefacts in MRI The invention relates to motion correction in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), implemented as a MRI apparatus or system, computer programs for such, and a method. A motion pattern of a region of interest (ROI) is estimated by: selecting a fixed point at an anatomical position that is pre-determined to be little or not affected by motion and rotating a point in the ROI that is affected by motion on the basis of motion detected by a navigator or other methods. From the estimated motion pattern of the ROI, the field of view may be adapted by adjusting the gradients and the bandwidth of the RF pulses of the MR system in the acquisition sequence to avoid or reduce motion artefacts. Alternatively motion correction is carried out on the reconstructed images.
US09366725B1	Multiplexer circuit A two-input multiplexer includes first, second, and third CMOS inverters, a transmission gate, and a tri-state inverter. The first CMOS inverter receives a select signal and outputs an inverted select signal. The second CMOS inverter receives a first input signal and outputs an inverted first input signal. The transmission gate receives the select signal, the inverted first input signal, and the inverted select signal, and outputs the inverted first input signal. The tri-state inverter receives the second input signal, the inverted select signal, and the select signal, and generates an inverted second input signal. The third CMOS inverter receives one of the inverted first and second input signals, and outputs one of the first and second input signals, respectively.
US09366716B2	Sub-harmonic arc fault detection system and method Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for detecting a sustained arc in an electrical system. Over a time period, current and voltage data for a load signal are collected, from which spectral information is extracted. The spectral information has a frequency component and an amplitude component. The load signal is processed to remove a line frequency signature from the spectral information. One or more sub-harmonic frequency bands are extracted from the load signal and analyzed to determine the presence of an arc signature therein. The sub-harmonic frequency bands may be centered on frequencies corresponding to an integer number of half line cycle periods. Analysis of the sub-harmonic frequency bands can include detecting the peak amplitudes of the rectified sub-harmonic frequency bands to obtain an indicator signal and determining if the indicator signal exceeds a threshold that indicates the presence of the sustained arc.
US09366709B2	Circuit and method for delay difference measurement A circuit includes a signal generator, a delay pulse generator and a time-to-current converter. The signal generator is configured to generate a first signal including information on a rise delay and a second signal including information on a fall delay. A delay difference exists between the rise delay and the fall delay. The delay pulse generator is configured to provide an additional delay to one of the first and second signals. The time-to-current converter is configured to extract the delay difference.
US09366699B2	L.E.D. test lead A pair of light shining electrical test leads, the pair using L.E.D. or other lights. The lights are showing to the test point of the electrical leads. The lights receive power from a battery. The lights may be turned off when not needed and turned on when the user is in locations of little or no light. When in locations of little or no light, the user shall use the lights to help determine electrical current while seeing better to avoid injuries.
US09366698B2	Clamp including fixed and movable jaws for measuring a ground loop current A clamp for measuring a ground loop current includes a first jaw secured to a fixed support and a second jaw pivotally mounted on the fixed support, and pivotable between a position closing the clamp and an open position, and an elastic element for returning the movable jaw to the closed position. The clamp includes a device scaling down the force required for opening the clamp, by application of the force to a trigger. The device is mounted between the elastic return element and the trigger, upon opening the clamp.
US09366694B2	Microscope having a multimode local probe, tip-enhanced raman microscope, and method for controlling the distance between the local probe and the sample A multimode local probe microscope having a resonator, a first electrode, and a second electrode, an excitation source adapted to generate mechanical resonance in the resonator, a metal tip fastened to the resonator, movement mechanism for imparting relative movement between the local probe and a sample and adapted to bring the end of the tip to within a distance Z lying in the range 0 to 100 nm, and detector for detecting at least one electrical signal representative of friction forces at the terminals of said electrodes. The metal tip is electrically connected to the output second electrode and the microscopy apparatus includes amplifier and filter for amplifying and filtering signals relating to the friction forces and to the tunnelling current in a single electronic circuit, and configured for regulating the distance Z between the end of the tip and the surface of the sample.
US09366693B2	Variable density scanning Systems and techniques for varying a scan rate in a measurement instrument. The techniques may be used in scanning probe instruments, including atomic force microscopes (AFMs) and other scanning probe microscopes, as well as profilometers and confocal optical microscopes. This allows the selective imaging of particular regions of a sample surface for accurate measurement of critical dimensions within a relatively small data acquisition time.
US09366684B2	Methods and kits for assessing heparanase procoagulant activity, compositions comprising heparanase, and methods for the treatment of coagulation related disorders The present invention relates to methods and kits for determining heparanase procoagulant activity in a biological sample. The invention also relates to diagnostic methods for the detection and/or monitoring of a coagulation-related pathologic disorder in a mammalian subject. The invention further relates to compositions comprising heparanase and at least one tissue factor, uses and methods based thereon in the treatment, amelioration and prevention of coagulation-related pathologic conditions. The invention still further relates to methods for screening a coagulation modulatory compound, methods and uses based thereon in the treatment, amelioration and prevention of coagulation-related pathologic conditions.
US09366682B2	Use of stathmin as a biomarker of drug response to furazanobenzimidazoles Use of stathmin as a biomarker for predicting the response, such as resistance, to a compound, wherein the compound is a furazanobenzimidazole compound of general formula (I).
US09366681B2	Polypeptide marker for diagnosis of arteriosclerosis, method for detection of arteriosclerosis by using the maker or the like, and kit for diagnosis of arteriosclerosis Disclosed are: a polypeptide marker for diagnosing arteriosclerosis; a gene marker for diagnosing arteriosclerosis; an antibody; a probe for detecting an arteriosclerosis marker gene; a DNA microarray or a DNA chip for detecting an arteriosclerosis marker gene; a method for detecting arteriosclerosis; and a kit for diagnosing arteriosclerosis; with which an arteriosclerotic lesion can be detected with much improved accuracy. Specifically disclosed are: a polypeptide marker for diagnosing arteriosclerosis, which comprises a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, and 35 of the Sequence Listing, or a partial amino acid sequence thereof; a gene which encodes the amino acid sequence; a probe for detecting the gene; a DNA microarray or a DNA chip comprising the probe; an antibody bindable to the polypeptide as an antigen; a kit comprising any one of the above-mentioned items; and a method for detecting arteriosclerosis by using any one of the above-mentioned items.
US09366675B2	Method for enzyme-mediated signal amplification The present invention relates to methods and compounds for enzyme-mediated amplification of target-associated signals for visualization of biological or chemical targets in samples, wherein the targets are immobilized, in particular the invention relates to the oxidoreductase-mediated signal amplification for visualization of targets in samples comprising cells. The methods of the invention are particular useful for qualitative and quantitative evaluation of biological markers relating to medical diagnostic and therapy.
US09366666B2	Analysis device A protective cap 2 is engaged with a latch 10 of a diluent container 5 so as to fix the diluent container 5 at a liquid holding position of a diluent container containing section 11. The engagement is released when the protective cap 2 is set to an open position against the engagement so as to expose an inlet 13. When the protective cap 2 is shifted from the open position to a closed position, the protective cap 2 pushes the diluent container 5 into a liquid discharge position. Thus, it is possible to preserve a diluent for a long period of time and to easily open the diluent container 5 without having to complicate the structure of an analysis apparatus.
US09366652B2	Blood coagulation time determination method and apparatus The invention relates to a method for determining the coagulation time of a sample fluid containing blood components by means of a resonator whose vibration parameters are measured and then used as a basis for determining the sample fluid viscosity change, which resonator has an at least partially adhesive surface contacting said sample fluid. The invention is characterized by preincubation of said surface with a preincubation fluid containing blood components, which preincubation fluid has a known way of interacting with the coagulation system, thus resulting in anchoring sites to be formed on the adhesive areas of said surface.
US09366648B2	Microfluidic channel device with array of drive electrodes Technologies are generally described for microfluidic channel devices. Some example devices may include a substrate having a substrate surface, with an array of drive electrode assemblies disposed upon the substrate surface. The drive electrode assemblies may be arranged along a path. Each drive electrode assembly may include one or more of a drive electrode layer, a dielectric layer and/or a stationary phase layer. The device may further include a plate including a plate surface. The device may further include a reference electrode configured on the plate surface to face the stationary phase layer of the drive electrode assemblies and separated from the substrate surface by a distance. The device may further include a voltage source effective to output a voltage potential, the voltage source configured in communication with the drive electrode assembly and the reference electrode. The device may further include an electrode selector effective to control the voltage source.
US09366645B2	Materials and methods for detecting toxins, pathogens and other biological materials Embodiments of the present invention provide binding molecule-functionalized high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) that can be used to detect toxins, pathogens and other biological materials. In a specific embodiment, an antibody-functionalized HEMT can be used to detect botulinum toxin. The antibody can be anchored to a gold-layered gate area of the HEMT through immobilized thioglycolic acid. Embodiments of the subject detectors can be used in field-deployable electronic biological applications based on AlGaN/GaN HEMTs.
US09366643B2	Method for producing and aligning nanowires and applications of such a method In a method for producing a sensor element, a silicon nanowire having a diameter less than 50 nm is contacted via at least two points by electrodes. The nanowire and the electrodes are arranged on one plane on a substrate. Catalytically active metal nanoparticles having a diameter in the range of 0.5-50 nm are deposited on the surface of an insulating substrate and the surface and the metal nanoparticles deposited thereon are exposed to a gas flow containing a gaseous silicon component at a temperature in the range of 300-1100° C., whereupon, during a time period in the range of 10-200 minutes, a nanowire of a length in the range of 5-200 μm projecting from the substrate is formed. The nanowire projecting from the surface of the substrate is deposited in one plane with one of the contact surfaces corresponding to the surface of the insulating substrate by applying a secondary substrate, and either the nanowire deposited on the insulating substrate is contacted at two different points by electrodes or the nanowire adhering to the secondary substrate is contacted at two different points by electrodes.
US09366642B2	Back scattering inspection systems for human body A human body back-scattering inspection system is disclosed. The system comprises a flying-spot forming unit configured to output beams of X-rays, a plurality of discrete detectors which are arranged vertically along a human body to be inspected, and a controlling unit coupled to the flying-spot forming unit and the plurality of detectors, and configured to generate a control signal to control the flying-spot forming unit and the plurality of detectors to perform a partition synchronous scan on the human body to be inspected vertically. The present disclosure utilizes the geometry property of the human body back-scattering inspection system, and proposes a multiple-point synchronous scan mechanism which largely accelerates the inspection of human body.
US09366638B2	Method and system for providing a clarity grade for a gem A method and system for generating a clarity grading look-up table includes collecting actual inclusion parameter data for a plurality of gems, where the actual inclusion parameter data includes an actual clarity grade and an actual inclusion parameter data combination. A mathematical relationship between a clarity grade and a particular inclusion parameter combination is then extrapolated from the actual inclusion parameter data. A derived clarity grade is then assigned to a plurality of inclusion parameter combinations as a function of the mathematical relationship and a set of inputted inclusion parameters. Also, a method and system for providing a clarity grade includes receiving a plurality of inclusion characteristics associated with a gem and parameterizing each of the inclusion characteristics, so that a parameter value is assigned to each inclusion characteristic. The parameter values are then input to a mathematical formula so as to provide a parameterized clarity grade for the gem.
US09366634B2	Substrate enhanced laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) apparatus This invention discloses a substrate enhanced laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) apparatus for liquid analysis. The LIBS apparatus comprises a pulsed laser for producing a laser beam, a substrate made of a material having a high absorption coefficient at the laser wavelength for receiving the liquid sample, an optical lens or mirror for focusing the laser beam onto the liquid sample to produce a plasma emission, and a spectrometer for measuring the optical spectrum of the plasma emission. When the thickness of the liquid sample reaches an optimum value, the plasma emission from the liquid sample is enhanced by the substrate to produce a strong LIBS signal for spectral analysis.
US09366628B2	Standardizing fluorescence microscopy systems Systems and methods for standardizing one or more fluorescence scanning instruments to a reference system by separating the effects of drift and normalization. In an embodiment, a drift image comprising an image of a drift reference slide is captured by a system to be standardized. A drift measurement is calculated using the drift image. A first normalization image comprising an image of a normalization slide is also captured by the system to be standardized. A reference normalization image, also comprising an image of the normalization slide, is captured by a reference system. The first normalization image is compared to the reference normalization image to determine a gamma value and offset value for the system to be standardized.
US09366626B2	Method and apparatus for the application of force to a sample for detection using an electromechanical means The embodiments of the present invention are directed to applying intimate contact pressures to samples while undergoing ATR infrared interrogation. As a general mode of operation, after a solid sample is placed on the ATR element, a force actuator moves an anvil arm to apply a contact force to the sample against the ATR. Thereafter, when the scan is over, the user can see the result of the one or more scans. The force actuator may be a motor or a solenoid or other type of force actuator. The applied contact force may be a fixed force or may be a user-selectable force or may be automatically controlled through feedback from the spectrometer based on the spectroscopic signature of the sample material.
US09366621B2	In-furnace retro-reflectors with steerable tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer A method of monitoring combustion properties in an interior of a furnace is described. A beam of light is projected through a pitch optic including a pitch collimating lens residing outside the boiler interior. The pitch collimating lens projects the beam through a penetration into the boiler interior. The beam of light projected by the pitch collimating lens is reflected from at least one in-furnace retro-reflector, and received with a catch optic substantially identical to the pitch optic residing outside the boiler interior. The pitch optic and the catch optic may be embodied in the same pitch/catch optic. The pitch collimating lens may also be steered toward another of the at least one in-furnace retro-reflectors. Combustion properties may be calculated for each retro-reflector based on retro-reflector zones within the furnace.
US09366619B2	Optical device for performing an assay There is provided a device, such as a microfluidic device, for performing an assay including: a substrate comprising a channel, such as a microfluidic channel; at least one optical element having an input port arranged to be optically coupled to a light source; an output port optically coupled to at least a portion of the channel; and a light guide portion optically connecting the input port and output port; and a detection port optically coupled to said at least a portion of the channel. The device provides an improved geometry which addresses problems related to traditional orthogonal detection arrangements and in-line detection systems.
US09366617B1	Self-stirring container A low cost, self-stirring container is disclosed. In embodiments of this disclosure, the container has one or more protuberances extending from a bottom, a top, a sidewall, and/or an end cap of the container. In use, the one or more protuberances cause a liquid or mixture of liquids within the container to be stirred when the container is rotated about a longitudinal axis (e.g., central axis) of the container. In some embodiments, a rotary actuator (e.g., motor or servo) is coupled with the container or coupled to a holder securing the container. The rotary actuator repeatedly rotates the container N degrees in a first direction and M degrees in a second (e.g., opposite) direction, thereby imparting an oscillatory motion that causes the liquid or liquids within the container (and any particles contained therein) to be continually disrupted and mixed or stirred within the container.
US09366613B2	Matrix permitivity determination A method and system for determining a rock matrix dielectric permittivity. The method and system use a matching liquid with a temperature dependant permittivity. The matching liquid may be used in an automated and/or downhole system for measuring matrix dielectric permittivity of rock formations.
US09366611B2	Apparatus for mapping liner wear of a bearing An apparatus for mapping liner wear of a bearing around the circumference of the bearing which includes a rotary indexer that can hold the bearing, a shaft, a force applying mechanism, a rotating mechanism, a digital displacement indicator, and a recorder.
US09366604B2	Cytological or histological binding composition and staining methods A histological and cytological fixing composition, includes at least alcohol, ethylene glycol, dimethyl sulfoxide, water, and sodium chloride. Also, process for preparing this fixer, as well as to its use in particular in processes for staining cells or cellular structures are described.
US09366600B2	Linear array to image rotating turbine components A method of inspecting a component located on a rotor rotating about an axis internal to a turbine. An elongated probe is provided defining a probe length and having a one-dimensional pixel array formed by a plurality of pixels extending single file along the probe length. The probe is positioned through an access port in a casing of the turbine. The rotor is rotated to move the component past the pixel array, and energy emitted from an image area defined by a line extending along the component is received at the pixel array. An intensity-based signal from each pixel in the pixel array is conveyed to a processor to convert the intensity-based signals to an intensity-based line image, and a succession of the intensity-based line images are converted into a cohesive two-dimensional digital image of the component.
US09366596B2	Pipeline leak detector The pipeline leak detector is a mobile device having a pressure sensor array for travel within a fluid pipeline for leak detection in the pipe wall. The sensor array is positioned close to the internal surface of the pipe wall and rotates circumferentially about the surface of the pipe wall as the device travels through the pipe, thus describing a helical path along the pipe wall to cover the entire internal surface of the pipe wall with a minimal number of sensors. The sensors comprise tubes with conical mouths, and flexible members and strain gauges within the tubes. Pressure changes due to leaks cause the flexible members to move, with the strain gauges sending signals to a central processor to indicate a leak. The device is supported by a drive wheel, a driven wheel, and an idler wheel bearing against the internal surface of the pipe and evenly circumferentially spaced.
US09366587B2	Optical force sensor and apparatus using optical force sensor The optical force sensor includes a base member, a displaceable member, an elastic member disposed between the base and displaceable members and a displacement detector optically detecting a displacement of the displaceable member caused by an external force. The displacement detector causes first and second light fluxes to form interference fringes on a first light-receiving element. The first light flux from a light source is internally reflected at a gap-side surface of a light-transmissive member. The second light flux from the light source is transmitted through the light-transmissive member, reflected by a reflective surface provided to the displaceable member and again transmitted through the light-transmissive member. The displacement detector outputs, from the first light-receiving element, a signal corresponding to a variation in intensity distribution of the interference fringes.
US09366582B2	Combination isolation valve and check valve with integral flow rate, pressure, and/or temperature measurement A combination valve includes an isolation shutoff valve to prevent a fluid flow; a check valve to prevent backflow and gravity circulation of fluid flow; a pressure sensor to sense a pressure measurement of fluid flow and determine pressure sensor signaling containing information about a sensed pressure measurement; a temperature sensor to sense a temperature measurement of fluid flow and determine temperature sensor signaling containing information about a sensed temperature measurement; and a flow measurement sensor to sense a flow measurement of fluid flow and determine flow measurement signaling containing information about a sensed flow measurement. The pressure sensor, temperature sensor and flow measurement sensor are all embedded and preassembled in the combination valve with the isolation shutoff valve and the check valve as part of one integral composite unit or component, so as to form a combination isolation valve and check valve with integral flow rate, pressure and/or temperature measurement.
US09366578B2	Sensor arrangement for the measuring of parameters in melted material A sensor arrangement for melted materials includes an upper part and a detachable lower part. A tube extends coaxial to a longitudinal axis of the lower part, is closed on its end facing away from the upper part, and is open on the other end. The tube is arranged on an immersion end of the lower part facing away from the upper part. A guide tube, extending coaxial to a longitudinal axis of the upper part and being open on both ends, is arranged in a guide sleeve. A pressure acting in the direction of the lower part is applied to the guide tube by an elastic body and the guide tube touches against the lower part. One opening of the guide tube and the open end of the tube of the lower part are arranged adjacent to each other and coaxial to the longitudinal axis of the lower part.
US09366572B2	Absorption line optical filters and spectrometers An apparatus is disclosed for filtering of probe light and measurement of probe light frequency. The apparatus includes an optical filter comprised of a medium of rapidly changing circular birefringence. The circular birefringent medium changes the polarization of probe light such that light within a certain frequency bandwidth is rotated between crossed polarizers so it will be transmitted through the second polarizer. The spectrometer rotates the polarization of probe light an amount that is dependent upon probe light frequency. Probe light frequency is deduced by analyzing probe light polarization after it propagates through the birefringent medium. The birefringent medium is constructed from a gaseous substance and a magnetic field, where the gaseous substance has one or more absorption lines near the probe light frequency. The magnetic field permeates the gaseous substance and shifts the frequency of the absorption line(s) by the Zeeman effect.
US09366569B2	Method of evaluating luminance of light source and lighting apparatus including the light source Embodiments provide a method of evaluating luminance of a light source, including acquiring first data including a plurality of luminance values by measuring luminance of the light source, converting the first data into second data corresponding to a plurality of unit cells, acquiring a moving average of the second data, and acquiring a ripple factor. The ripple factor is represented by (Draw−Ma)/Ma, where Draw is the second data and Ma is the moving average.
US09366567B2	Focusing device including a differential interference prism A focusing device that includes a differential interference prism used in differential interference observation in a focusing detection optical system includes: a light source that emits light with which a measurement surface of an observation sample is irradiated; a photo detection unit that detects light from the measurement surface; a focusing detection unit that detects an error signal near a focusing point of the measurement surface on the basis of an output signal from the photo detection unit; and a condition changing unit that changes an acquisition condition of the error signal.
US09366561B2	Fluid product distributor A fluid dispenser comprising: a fluid reservoir (1) that is transparent, at least locally; and a guide tube (21) that extends in the reservoir (1); the dispenser being characterized in that it further comprises a gauge ring (19) that is engaged freely around the guide tube (21) and that floats in the fluid in such a manner as to indicate visually the fluid level in the reservoir.
US09366560B2	Detector for detecting a change in a fluid level and generating a digital signal A detector for detecting a change in a fluid level and generating a digital signal uses a light source and a photodetector mounted diametrically on a tube in a predetermined location where a change in fluid level is to be detected. The circuit provides two stable output states or levels, one which corresponds to fluid not being in the tube between the light source such as an LED light and the photodetector and the other level when fluid is in the tube. In a particular application, the invention is utilized to monitor fluid level in a predetermined location of a manometer to shut off a radon remedial system and provide audio/and or visual alarms when there is a fluid level change which indicates that the radon remedial system is not operating effectively.
US09366556B2	Method for ultrasonic metering using an orifice meter fitting A method of retrofitting an orifice meter includes providing an orifice fitting body having a bore, an orifice plate, a plurality of tap holes, and a plurality of pressure sensors installed in the plurality of tap holes. The method further includes removing the orifice plate and the plurality of pressure sensors from the orifice fitting body and installing a plurality of transducers into the plurality of tap holes. At least one of the plurality of transducers is configured to generate a signal and at least one of the plurality of transducers is configured to receive the signal. Additionally, the method includes measuring a flow rate of a fluid flowing through the bore based on an output of each of the plurality of transducers.
US09366547B2	Sensor arrangement and method for operating a sensor arrangement A sensor arrangement has a plurality of Hall sensor devices, each configured to provide a sensor voltage in response to a magnetic field intensity. A selection unit is configured to forward either of the sensor voltages in response to a selection signal. A transconductance amplifier is configured to generate a sensing current depending on a forwarded sensor voltage. A filter stage has a resistor and a filter capacitor connected in parallel in a switchable manner in response to a first switching signal. The filter stage is configured to generate a filtered voltage across the filter capacitor depending on a sensing current. A capacitive analog-to-digital converter has an input capacitor being connected to the filter capacitor in a switchable manner in response to a second switching signal. The analog-to-digital converter is configured to generate a digital sensor value based on a filtered voltage. The sensor arrangement further has a control circuit which is configured to generate the selection signal and the first and the second switching signals such that for each of the forwarded sensor voltages in a first time segment, the filtered voltage across the filter capacitor is generated, and in a second time segment, the input capacitor is connected to the filter capacitor.
US09366539B2	Intelligent reverse geocoding Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for obtaining location information from a location source. A geographic reference point is determined based on accuracy of the location information. The geographic reference point is incorporated into a location result.
US09366538B2	Method and system for estimating aircraft course A method of estimating a course of an aircraft includes: receiving a time series of location data indicating a plurality of locations along a route take by an aircraft; defining a trajectory function for representing a path of the aircraft; fitting the trajectory function to at least a portion of the time series; defining a position that identifies the location of the aircraft along the route; projecting the defined position onto the trajectory function; and estimating a course of the aircraft as being a tangent of the trajectory function at the projected defined position.
US09366536B2	Method and apparatus for producing fiber optic gyroscope sensing coil using B-stage adhesive coated optical fiber An optical fiber with a b-stageable hybrid adhesive coating includes an optical fiber and an outer jacket. The outer jacket includes at least one layer that includes a partially cured b-stageable hybrid adhesive.
US09366534B2	Physical quantity sensor and method of making the same A physical quantity sensor includes a sensor portion, a casing, and a vibration isolator. The casing includes a supporting portion with a supporting surface that is located to face an end surface of the sensor portion. The vibration isolator is located between the end surface of the sensor portion and the supporting surface of the casing to join the sensor portion to the casing. The vibration isolator reduces a relative vibration between the sensor portion and the casing.
US09366532B2	Illuminating spirit level apparatus An illuminating spirit level apparatus comprises a spirit level base having a first vial assembly, a second vial assembly, a light, and a battery. The vial assemblies are each filled with a fluid, having a metal ball slidably disposed therein and having a pair of electrodes disposed at the central lengthwise point of on each side of the vial. The battery provides an electrical power source for the light, and the battery, the light, the electrodes of the first vial assembly, and the electrodes of the second vial assembly are electrically connected in series through circuitry wiring. When the spirit level base is placed in a level and/or plumb orientation, the metal ball in the relevant vial assembly moves to the center of that vial assembly contacting and electrically connecting the electrodes on either side of the vial assembly, resulting in the light illuminating with electricity from the battery.
US09366531B2	Coordinate measuring device A coordinate measuring device includes a carrier that automatically rotates about two axes and can be directed toward a measuring aid. The following are arranged on the carrier so as to be able to move together: a device for optically measuring the distance to the measuring aid; a first light source for emitting a target beam that is visible as a first target point when reflected on the measuring aid; a detection unit for determining a fine position of the first target point on a first position detection sensor; a second light source, the light of which is visible as a second target point when reflected on the measuring aid; a rough target detection unit for determining a rough position of the second target point on a second position detection sensor. A control device directs the carrier toward the measuring aid according to the fine and rough positions.
US09366521B2	Apparatus and method for measuring the erosion depth of a sputtering target The present invention discloses an apparatus and a method for measuring the erosion depth of a sputtering target, the apparatus for measuring the erosion depth of a sputtering target comprises a guiding rail, a positioning component and an erosion depth measuring device, the erosion depth measuring device is provided at the guiding rail in a relatively movable manner, the positioning component is disposed at the two sides of the guiding rail so as to support the guiding rail. According to the present invention, the erosion depth data can be known timely, and the utilization ratio of the sputtering target can be improved.
US09366519B2	Measurement method A method of locating a feature of an object in which the method includes bringing a stylus of a contact probe mounted on a positioning apparatus into contact with the object to obtain at least first and second measurements of the object. Each which the measurements gives rise to a range of possible points of contact between the object and a part of the stylus along its length and therefore inherently containing uncertainty in the location of the object along said length. The at least first and second measurements are used to reduce the extent of said uncertainty which includes using stylus orientation related information associated with the at least first and second measurements.
US09366511B1	Reduced drag projectile A reduced drag projectile is provided. The projectile includes a conductive shell that has a leading end and a trailing end. The conductive shell forms an interior volume. The projectile includes a conductive bullet core disposed at least partially within the interior volume. The conductive bullet core has a leading end element and is electrically insulated from the conductive shell. A voltage system is electrically coupled to the conductive shell and electrically coupled to the conductive bullet core. The projectile is configured to expose the leading end element to the atmosphere during flight, and the voltage system is configured to, during flight, generate a voltage at the leading end element that forms a corona discharge at the leading end element.
US09366504B2	Training aid for devices requiring line-of-sight aiming The present invention is a novel apparatus for use as a training aid for devices that are aimed using line-of-sight methods, such as firearms and telescopes. A need exists for a removable aid that will improve the various aspects of targeting and device handling by the trainee. The present invention satisfies this need by placing a small, high-resolution electronic display within the line-of-sight of a device and adding other electronics to drive the display. The display and the additional electronics are used to provide many functions that are useful in training.
US09366499B2	Toy gun A toy gun includes a barrel in which bullets travel due to released gas, a magazine that is cylindrically shaped and disposed in parallel with the barrel to house the bullets, a magazine joint that couples the rear end of the magazine to the barrel and allows the bullets to travel therein, a cut portion disposed between the magazine and the magazine joint and positioned toward the barrel, a magazine follower base that slides in the magazine, a pressing member that presses the magazine follower base toward the rear end of the toy gun, a trunk section that is pivotably mounted toward the rear end of the magazine follower base and allows a barrel side end thereof to slide in the magazine joint, and a magazine follower disposed on the barrel side end of the trunk section.
US09366497B1	Crossbow limb pocket with keyed interconnection A crossbow limb pocket for use in mounting a bow limb to a crossbow may include an inner limb pocket component and an outer limb pocket component. One of the components may have at least one groove while the other has at least one key. The key may be received within the groove to prevent relative rotational movement of the components when the crossbow is operated.
US09366495B1	Noise suppressor for firearm Novel durable, lightweight, and accurate noise suppressors to attach to firearms comprised of components made of dissimilar materials, as well as methods to create the same. Disclosed embodiments include using a threaded interface between components made of dissimilar materials to increase the strength of the interface between such components in order to improve the durable of the noise suppressor and the accuracy of the firearm.
US09366493B2	Precision guided handgun and method A precision guided handgun includes a handgun and includes a sensor circuit coupled to the handgun and configured to capture optical data associated with a view area. The precision guided handgun further includes a controller coupled to the handgun and configured to process the optical data to detect a foreground object within the optical data. The controller automatically selects the foreground object as a target.
US09366479B2	Condensation plume mitigation system for exhaust stacks An exhaust gas plume mitigation process and system includes either mixing secondary heat into a moisture rich exhaust gas stream, or diverting a moisture rich exhaust gas stream into a primary exhaust stack having hot exhaust gases flowing therethrough. Moisture rich exhaust gas from a liquid concentrator may be diverted into a high temperature exhaust stack of an engine, a generator, or a flare. The high temperature exhaust gases from the engine, the generator, or the flare raise the temperature of the moisture rich exhaust gas from the concentrator. The high temperature exhaust gases from the engine, the generator, or the flare are also lower in moisture content, so that the moisture rich exhaust gas from the concentrator is diluted by the drier high temperature exhaust gas. As a result, the mixed gas is less likely to develop a moisture plume upon exit to the atmosphere.
US09366478B2	Stump sock dryer A stump sock dryer is configured to rapidly move air through a stump sock quickly drying the stump sock. The stump sock dryer includes a fan capable of moving air. Ducting is connected to the fan such that the fan moves the air through the ducting. An air delivery tube is mechanically coupled to the ducting such that the air moves through the ducting and into the air delivery tube. An air delivery nozzle is connected to the air delivery tube sufficiently sized to accommodate a stump sock. The fan can blow air through the ducting into the air delivery tube and through the air delivery nozzle into the stump sock quickly drying the stump sock.
US09366476B2	Condenser-reboiler system and method with perforated vent tubes A system and method for the concurrent condensation of a nitrogen-rich vapor and vaporization of an oxygen-rich liquid in a distillation column based air separation unit is provided. The disclosed system includes a condenser-reboiler heat exchanger located between a lower pressure column and a higher pressure column and configured to condense a nitrogen-rich vapor from the higher pressure column and partially vaporize an oxygen-rich liquid from the lower pressure column. Within the condenser-reboiler heat exchanger, the nitrogen-rich vapor flows in an upward direction such that any non-condensables present in the nitrogen-rich vapor will accumulate proximate the upper portion or top of the condenser-reboiler modules where they can be easily removed through venting by means of a venting apparatus having a plurality of perforated tubes.
US09366474B2	Water filtration purge indication A refrigeration system includes a water circulation system and a replaceable water filter. The refrigerator includes a sensor that determines if a water filter is present, and a user interface that prompts a user to purge a water filter upon installation of a new water filter in the refrigerator. The water filter may include a memory storage device that stores information concerning the allowable life of the water filter, the remaining life of the water filter, and other information. Information concerning the remaining life of the water filter and other information can be displayed or otherwise communicated to a user by the user interface.
US09366450B2	Air adjuster Provided is an air adjuster that maintains low-noise performance of back-inlet types and allows realization of efficient airflow from the front side toward the back side thereof and prevents the occurrence of stagnant air. The air adjuster includes a housing in which air inlets and an air outlet are formed; a blower that sucks in air through the air inlets; and a conditioning unit that conditions the air sucked in by the blower. The air inlets are located on the back side of the housing, and the air conditioned by the conditioning unit is blown to the outside through the air outlet. The housing allows the air to pass through a space between a bottom surface thereof and a placement surface, and the housing is provided with leg units that form a gap whose vertical dimension on the front side is smaller than that on the back side.
US09366440B2	Fuel nozzles with mixing tubes surrounding a liquid fuel cartridge for injecting fuel in a gas turbine combustor Fuel nozzles for gas turbines are provided that include liquid fuel cartridges. In one embodiment, a fuel nozzle includes a fuel plenum plate separating an air plenum from a fuel plenum. The fuel nozzle also includes a plurality of mixing tubes extending through the fuel plenum from the fuel plenum plate to a face plate. Each mixing tube includes an air inlet configured to receive air from the air plenum, a fuel inlet disposed in a tube wall within the fuel plenum to direct fuel from the fuel plenum into the mixing tube to produce a fuel-air mixture, and a fuel-air outlet configured to discharge the fuel-air mixture away from the face plate into a combustion region. The fuel nozzle further includes a liquid fuel cartridge extending through the air plenum and the fuel plenum to the face plate. The liquid fuel cartridge includes a liquid fuel passage.
US09366439B2	Combustor end cover with fuel plenums A system includes a system having an end cover of a combustor for a gas turbine. The end cover has at least one fuel plenum coupled to a plurality of fuel injectors for a multi-tube fuel nozzle having a plurality of fuel-air mixing tubes, each tube having one of the fuel injectors. At least one fuel plenum is configured to provide fuel to each of the fuel injectors.
US09366438B2	Flow sleeve inlet assembly in a gas turbine engine A combustor assembly in a gas turbine engine includes a liner defining a combustion zone, at least one fuel injector for providing fuel, and a flow sleeve. An inner surface of the flow sleeve defines an outer boundary for an air flow passageway. Upon the air reaching a head end of the combustor assembly at an end of the air flow passageway the air turns 180 degrees to flow into the combustion zone where it is burned with the fuel. The combustor assembly further includes an inlet assembly positioned radially between the liner and the flow sleeve. The inlet assembly defines an inlet to the air flow passageway and includes a plurality of overlapping conduits that are arranged such that the air entering the air flow passageway passes through radial spaces between adjacent conduits.
US09366430B2	Flare system and method for reducing dust therefrom A ground flare system that can enhance the removal rate of dust and other such impurities contained in exhaust gas to be processed. The ground flare system that performs an incineration process on processing target gas and emits the processed gas to the atmosphere includes: a ground flare that combusts the processing target gas; a knock-out drum that is placed upstream of the ground flare and reduces a flow velocity of the processing target gas introduced thereto; a seal drum for backfire prevention placed upstream of the ground flare; a gas introducing pipe that introduces the processing target gas into the knock-out drum and/or the seal drum; and a water film forming unit that is provided inside of the gas introducing pipe and forms a water film of spray water in a direction that intersects with a flow direction of the processing target gas.
US09366422B2	Slotted heatsinks and systems and methods related thereto Slotted heatsinks comprise a base containing a plurality of slots adapted to removably secure light emitting devices, wherein each of said slots comprises at least four cavities; and a plurality of fins adjacent to and/or on top of said slots for removing heat generated by the light emitting devices. The slots may have a t-shaped or +-shaped cross section. Opposing sidewalls may also be provided together with one or more active cooling devices and various covers for the components. Related systems and methods are also provided. When combined with a suitable light source, such devices are useful for a wide range of applications, including, for example, as aquarium or grow lights.
US09366417B2	Internal deflection venting Methods and systems are provided for a lighting module and related components for efficiently directing dissipated heat and/or heated air away from the lighting module. Deflectors are often used to funnel heat away from solid-state light emitters and channel airflow away from a curing surface, but the risk of constrained airflow may negatively affect emitter output as well as disturb the curing process of a workpiece emitted light is directed towards. To efficiently remove heat as well as not disturb the curing process or shape of the lighting module, louvered vents are provided that extend into an interior of a housing of the lighting module for guiding heated air in a deflecting direction away from the emitted light direction.
US09366415B2	Framing shutter system for a luminaire Described are an improved automated luminaire 12 and luminaire systems 10 employing an improved automated framing shutter mechanism 18 for an automated luminaire which provides rapid and accurate operation via a five-bar linkage driven by two motors for each shutter blade constrained by spacer plates and with a circular aperture integrated between at least two of the shutter blades.
US09366401B2	Lighting system The lighting system 1 includes a light emitting unit 4 including light emitting diodes, and a securing member 5 for securing the light emitting unit 4 to a head of a healthcare worker. The radiation of light from the light emitting unit 4 eliminates the need for a shadowless lamp. When the light emitting unit 4 is fixed to the head, the light emitting unit 4 moves with the movement of the healthcare worker, and furthermore, when the healthcare worker moves his or her head, the direction of light radiation can be changed as desired. The use of an auxiliary lighting unit 6 and a camera 22 can provide safe surgery.
US09366389B2	System and method for monitoring inefficient flow rates using magnetic sensor in a liquid-flow distribution system A system and method for monitoring inefficient flow rates in a liquid-flow distribution system, such as that which is used in agricultural liquid application equipment. This may include blockages or punctures in a liquid line. The system generally includes a plurality of gauges for monitoring the supply line flow rate in a liquid application system which are monitored by a number of sensors. Immediate feedback is presented to the operator of the vehicle inside the cab. The system alerts the operator when a blockage, loss, or increase of flow rate has occurred in one of the liquid lines. The system may merely indicate that one of the lines is blocked, or the system may be more sophisticated such that it can indicate which line is blocked and adjust the flow in that line in an attempt to clear the blockage.
US09366382B2	Regulation and/or locking device for a plate A regulation and/or locking device (1) of a plate (100) is suitable for cooperating with one of its sides (101, 102) so as to lock it in a predefined position. The device (1) has two gibs (10) facing one another, where each gib (10) has a support surface (11), positioned towards the outside and suitable for resting on the respective face (101, 102) of the plate or on a fixed element, and positioning surfaces (12), inclined with respect to the support surfaces (11). The device also includes positioners (50) interacting with the positioning surfaces (12) in such a way as to move the position of the gibs (10) locking the plate (100) and controllers (60) maneuverable to activate the positioners (50).
US09366373B2	Pressure absorber for a fluid system and method of use Disclosed is an absorber system for absorbing pressure shocks and fluid volume shocks in a fluid system. In particular, the absorber system includes a housing with a joint for insertion within a fluid system, wherein the housing interior is in fluid communication with fluid in the fluid system. As such, when a pressure and/or fluid volume shock is developed within the fluid system, fluid is forced into the housing via the joint. A membrane is disposed within the housing in such a way that the fluid impacts the membrane which, in response, flexes to absorb and control the pressure and/or fluid volume shock within the fluid system. The absorber system, thus, controls pressure and/or fluid volume shock within a system and can prevent water hammer and other problems which can result from the development of pressure and/or fluid volume shock.
US09366371B2	Closed male luer connector A fluid flow connector including a housing assembly, having a first end and a second end arranged along a common longitudinal axis, and a resilient fluid flow conduit member having a forward end, disposed alongside the first end of the housing assembly, formed with a selectably closable slit and with at least one side opening. The resilient fluid flow conduit member is positioned in a closed position wherein the slit is closed but the at least one side opening is open and in an open position, allowing the slit to open and leaving the at least one side opening open, whereby when the resilient fluid flow conduit member is in the open position, the selectably closable slit and the at least one side opening each provide a fluid flow pathway between an interior of the resilient fluid flow conduit member and the first end of the housing assembly.
US09366368B2	Pipe coupling A pipe coupling can be coupled with one of its ends to a pipe, and has a clamping band and a tightening device for tightening the clamping band. A cover is provided on the other end of the pipe coupling, and the cover is inserted in the clamping band and can be secured by tightening the tightening device of the clamping band. The invention further relates to the use of the pipe coupling.
US09366367B2	Cooling tube for a ram air fan (RAF) assembly A cooling tube includes a tube member extending from a first end to a second end through an intermediate portion having an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface has an outside diameter. A flange is mounted at one of the first and second ends of the tube member. The flange includes a flange body extending from a first end portion to a second end portion through an intermediate section having an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface defines an inside diameter. The outside diameter of the tube member is between about 0.010-inch (0.0254-cm) and about 0.030-inch (0.0762-cm) smaller than the inside diameter of the flange.
US09366360B2	Cord bracket and method of use The present invention is a cord bracket use in temporarily securing electrical cords and the like so as to prevent such electrical cords from marring door casings or wall corners. The device preferably defines a bracket having means for securing a cord and being adapted to magnetically adhere to a door casing or wall corner. The bracket may include a loop or a slot type holding feature. Magnets of the bracket preferably include a protective plastic layer to prevent the magnet from causing damage to the door casing or wall corner.
US09366356B2	Electromagnetic valve and fixing structure An electromagnetic valve has: a coil; a casing encircling the coil and having a cylinder portion and nail portions; a movable core moving axially in the wound coil; a fixed core set at an opening end of the casing; a valve body fixed to the opening end of the casing together with the fixed core by bending inwards the nail portions; and a spool valve body moving axially in the valve body. The nail portion is provided with a wide width portion at a root side, a narrow width portion at a top side and a stepped portion between the wide width portion and the narrow width portion. The stepped portion is positioned at a substantially same position as an outer edge of one end portion of the valve body, or positioned at a cylinder portion side with respect to the one end portion outer edge of the valve body.
US09366352B2	Valve assembly for switching and/or regulating a medium flow of an aerospace engine and aerospace engine A valve assembly for switching and/or regulating a medium flow of an aerospace engine includes a drive, a valve and a flexible separator element. The drive includes one or more electrically actuatable actuators, which change their length in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the valve assembly when a control voltage is applied to the actuators. The valve includes a valve piston, which can be moved back and forth along the longitudinal axis by the drive and which has a valve member. The flexible separator element delimits a working space of the valve from the drive, as a result of which the medium, which flows through the valve or is present in the working space, is hermetically separated from the drive.
US09366343B2	Sliding gate regulator A sliding gate regulator includes a valve body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet connected by a flow corridor. An opening is disposed in the valve body, the opening being oriented substantially perpendicularly to the flow corridor. A stationary plate and a slidable gate are disposed within the flow corridor, the slidable gate and the stationary plate cooperating to control fluid flow through the flow corridor. A removable plug is disposed within the opening in the valve body, the removable plug providing access to the stationary plate and to the slidable gate.
US09366317B2	Backlash-free planetary gear assembly A backlash-free planetary gear assembly comprising at least a first planet carrier member (4) and a second planet carrier member (5), which are rotatable relative to each other around the axis (7) of said assembly, and are connected by elastic means (10, 14) arranged to elastically react to a rotation between said planet carrier members, said elastic means being tensioned when said first member and second member are rotationally aligned in a design operation condition, so that the assembly, in use, is preloaded with a torque which tends to rotate said first planet carrier member relative to said second planet carrier member, in order to recover backlash.
US09366313B2	Torsional resonance frequency adjustor Engaging inclined surfaces of an inner ring and an outer ring create wedge action inducing an inward radial force as the rings are forced together longitudinally, holding the adjustor on a rotating body. An inner total arcuate length of each ring is smaller than an outer total arcuate length of a respective target body (inner ring for outer ring, rotating body for inner ring). Arcuate segments of each ring can have inner surfaces with radii of curvature equal to or smaller than that of the target body outer surface, and with a total arcuate length smaller than the circumference of the target body's outer surface.
US09366301B2	Friction pad assembly for disk brake A disk brake friction pad assembly includes lining assemblies which are oscillatably inserted into the guide hole portions of a guide plate to transmit a braking torque from plate engagement portions to the guide plate and are urged toward the guide plate by spring members, and a link plate for applying pressure from a torque receiving plate to the multiple lining assemblies and also for holding a clearance between the guide plate and torque receiving plate.
US09366296B2	Swaging features that lock retaining elements for bearings Apparatus and methods are provided for locking retaining elements in place. One embodiment is a bearing having an outer race. The race has a first end and a second end. The race includes a flange on the first end that is able to mate with a housing, and the race also includes an annular threaded portion on the second end. The threaded portion receives an annular threaded retaining element that mates with the housing. The race additionally includes an annular protrusion on the second end, concentric with the threaded portion, that is able to be swaged, thereby increasing a diameter of the protrusion to overlap the threaded portion.
US09366292B2	Retainer for ball bearing, and ball bearing A retainer for a ball bearing includes two annular members that face each other in an axial direction thereof. The two annular members include opposed surfaces each having hemispherical pockets that are formed at positions in a circumferential direction of each of the two annular members and configured to receive balls. The opposed surfaces are snap-fitted to each other to couple together the two annular members. The hemispherical pockets each have an inner peripheral surface provided with ball contact and ball non-contact surfaces. The ball contact surface is formed at a central portion in a pocket circumferential direction and at least at a central portion in a pocket axial direction of the inner peripheral surface. The ball non-contact surface includes a recess recessed to an opposite side to a corresponding ball across the ball contact surface and is opened in at least one of pocket axial ends.
US09366289B2	Folded fluid channel for a fluid dynamic bearing motor An apparatus includes a stationary shaft and a sleeve rotatable with respect to the shaft. A fluid dynamic bearing is defined by the stationary shaft and the sleeve. A fluid channel includes a first axially extending portion in the fluid dynamic bearing, and a radially extending portion extending radially outward from the first axially extending portion. In addition the fluid channel includes a second axially extending portion extending axially downward from the radially extending portion. The apparatus further includes a pump seal including grooves formed in the second axially extending portion.
US09366279B2	Rivets with anti-rotational features Semi-tubular self-piercing rivets and solid rivets are provided with surface features such as recesses or lobes. The recesses or lobes engage the panels that are joined by the rivet to prevent rotation of one or both panels after rivet insertion. The recesses or lobes may be provided at the head end or tip end of the rivet or may be provided at both the head end and the tip end of the rivet.
US09366278B2	Male fastening tool A male fastening tool body includes a body part, a flange part which has a seat surface, an annular concave part formed between the body part and the seat surface, and a resinous ring-shaped member disposed at the annular concave part. The annular concave part has an annular concave peripheral edge portion. The resinous ring-shaped member has an annular projected part which fills almost the entire annular concave part and a lower surface of which is projected downward beyond the seat surface and an annular peripheral part, having a tapered bottom surface or a curved bottom surface, which is formed between the annular projected part and the outer edge of the resinous ring-shaped member and becomes gradually thinner, with an outer edge of the resinous ring-shaped member being located at an outer edge of the annular concave peripheral edge portion or slightly toward the side of the body part.
US09366274B2	Conditioner, apparatus and method The present invention pertains to a flow conditioner for displacing and mixing fluid flow to minimize the effects of thermal gradients on the accuracy of a transit time ultrasonic flowmeter and defines an envelope in a cross sectional direction in a pipe having a first ramp adapted to be disposed in the pipe and extending from the outside of the envelope inward toward the center of the pipe in a downstream direction with respect to the fluid flow and forming an angle between 0° and 90° relative to the pipe's inner surface. The conditioner has a second ramp adapted to be disposed in the pipe and in juxtaposition with the first ramp, the second ramp extending from the outside of the envelope inward toward the center of the pipe in an upstream direction with respect to the fluid flow and forming an angle between 0° and 90° relative to the pipe's inner surface. An apparatus for determining fluid flow in a pipe having ultrasonic transducer sites. A method for determining fluid flow in a pipe. A method for affecting fluid flow in a pipe.
US09366271B2	Slewing type construction machine Provided is a slewing type construction machine including an upper slewing body and a slewing speed sensor that detects a slewing speed of the upper slewing body, enabling accurate control to be achieved regardless of an error in output from the slewing speed sensor. The construction machine includes an upper slewing body, a slewing motor, a hydraulic pump, a control valve, a slewing operation device, a slewing brake, a slewing speed sensor, a slewing operation detector that detects an operation applied to the slewing operation device, and a controller. The controller stores, during a slewing operation, a slewing speed detected by the slewing speed sensor at set time intervals, actuates the slewing brake based on a neutral return operation of the slewing operation device, and resets a stored value of the slewing speed that is stored during actuation of the slewing brake, to zero.
US09366251B2	Vane pump with a vane ring, a vane ring housing chamber and vane ring opposite pressure chambers A vane pump includes a rotor, slits which are radially formed in the rotor, vanes which slidably project from the slits, vane back pressure chambers which are defined between the base end parts of the vanes and the slits, a cam ring with which the tip parts of the vanes slide in contact, a pump chamber which is defined among the cam ring, the rotor and adjacent vanes, a vane ring which faces the base end parts of the vanes, a vane ring housing chamber on which one end of each slit is open and in which the vane ring is housed, and vane ring opposite pressure chambers on which the other ends of the slits are open and which cause a fluid pressure to act in a direction to push the rotor toward the vane ring.
US09366248B2	Hydraulically controlled reciprocating pump system A system for pressurizing a working fluid including a cylinder having an outlet through which the working fluid is exhausted at a discharge pressure and a plunger translatably disposed within the cylinder, the plunger including a first piston coupled thereto. In addition, the system includes a second piston disposed opposite the first piston, the second piston driven to reciprocate and a variable-volume chamber disposed between the first piston and the second piston, the variable-volume chamber substantially filled with a volume of hydraulic fluid. Further, the system includes a hydraulic system configured to adjust the volume of hydraulic fluid within the variable-volume chamber, whereby the discharge pressure is maintained substantially at a first predetermined level. Still further, the system includes a transducer coupled to each of the first piston and the second piston, wherein the transducer is configured to measure a relative position of the first piston and the second piston.
US09366233B2	Method and arrangement for controlling an operation of an electric energy production facility during a disconnection to a utility grid A method is provided for operating an electric energy production facility during a fault in a utility grid to which energy is to be delivered. The energy production facility includes at least one wind turbine. The method includes disconnecting the utility grid from the wind turbine. The method further includes connecting an external generator via a cable to an auxiliary equipment of the wind turbine, to deliver active power to the auxiliary equipment. The cable is connected to a converter of the wind turbine the converter supporting reactive power. A corresponding arrangement also provided.
US09366232B2	System for converting wind energy into electrical energy through the flight of power wing profiles tethered to the ground by cables of a fixed length, without passive phases, and with automatic adaptation to wind conditions Wind energy is converted into electrical or mechanical energy through the flight of at least one power wing profile tethered via one or more cables to a ground unit moved by the power wing profile along a path of alternating displacement for driving a generator, where the path of alternating displacement is orientable so as to set itself in a direction substantially orthogonal to the direction of the wind. During the phases of flight of the power wing profile in conditions of generation of energy the length of the cables is kept constant.
US09366228B2	Wind generator with energy enhancer element for providing energy during periods of no wind and low wind conditions A wind generator system for small wind applications that harnesses low velocity wind. The wind generator system includes a drive shaft; one or more retreating blades and one or more advancing blades attached to the drive shaft and extending radially outwardly therefrom; a generator assembly coupled to the drive shaft and effective for generating electrical power; a housing having an inner chamber for receiving the blades, a performance monitor for monitoring the electrical power output of the wind generator system; and a communication and control devices coupled to the performance monitor and operate to transmit data to a remote monitoring system.
US09366222B2	Rotor blade element and method for improving the efficiency of a wind turbine rotor blade A rotor blade element and a method for improving the efficiency of a wind turbine rotor blade are provided. The wind turbine rotor blade element is adapted for mounting on the wind turbine rotor blade. The wind turbine rotor blade has a trailing edge, a suction side and a pressure side. The blade element has a trailing edge, a first surface and a second surface. The first surface forms a pressure side surface portion. The second surface has a suction side surface portion and a contact surface.
US09366219B2	System, circuit, and method for controlling combustion A system, circuit, and method are provided for generating continuous plasma to control combustion including the ignition and maintenance of the combustion process. An electric potential difference is generated across a pair of electrodes in a combustible bulk gas in the form of an oscillating driving potential just below the arcing threshold which alternates in polarity to cause an alternating gap current between the electrodes which generates continuous plasma to contribute to combustion of the bulk gas by providing for more efficient combustion.
US09366218B2	Ignition device for battery-less engine and method for starting and operating battery-less engine In the ignition device for the battery-less engine, a transistor-type ignition control circuit of the engine including a manual starting device is actuated by using output of the generator driven by the engine, and a primary winding of an ignition coil is powered from the ignition control circuit. In the ignition control circuit, a primary powering time period for powering the primary winding from the ignition control circuit is set shorter than a predetermined time period while an engine speed of the engine is within a low engine speed range below a predetermined engine speed, whereas the primary powering time period is set equal to or longer than the predetermined time period while the engine speed of the engine is within a high engine speed range at and above the predetermined engine speed.
US09366204B2	Exhaust-gas control device for an internal combustion engine An exhaust-gas control device for an internal combustion engine includes a common valve body for controlling a flow in an exhaust-gas channel and for controlling a flow in a bypass channel. The valve body is rotatably arranged in a housing and controls outlet openings of the exhaust-gas channel and of the bypass channel. In one rotational position, the valve body closes an inlet channel by a base and thus interrupts the flow. At the same time, the exhaust-gas channel and the bypass channel are separated from each other.
US09366202B2	System and method for captured inner fixed structure A propulsion system of an aircraft includes an inner fixed structure (IFS) and the outer sleeve that may be separately coupled to the pylon. For instance, the inner fixed structure and the outer sleeve may move independently with respect to each other. A single latch of the latching system disclosed herein, may be configured to latch all 4 panels, (e.g. both halves of the IFS and both doors of the outer sleeve) together and/or in a closed and retained position.
US09366196B2	System and method for limiting throttle opening area based on cam phaser position to minimize noise during acceleration A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a throttle limit determination module, a throttle area adjustment module, and a throttle control module. The throttle limit determination module determines a throttle limit based on an intake cam phaser position. The throttle area adjustment module adjusts a desired throttle area based on the throttle limit when the desired throttle area is greater than the throttle limit. The throttle control module controls a throttle opening area of a throttle valve based on the desired throttle area.
US09366190B2	Tapered gas turbine engine liquid gallery A liquid gallery for a fuel injector of a gas turbine engine includes a gallery body, a liquid gallery scroll, a plurality of atomizer inlets, and a plurality of atomizer bosses. The liquid gallery scroll extends into the gallery body spanning from a first end to a second end in a circumferential direction. The liquid gallery scroll includes a taper with a cross-sectional area of the liquid gallery scroll reducing from the first end to the second end. Each atomizer inlet is in flow communication with the liquid gallery scroll. Each atomizer boss is aligned with one of the plurality of atomizer inlets.
US09366186B2	Lateral turbojet improved in order to limit the deformation thereof A turbojet includes an intermediate casing outer shroud connected to a front suspension and a primary structure connected to a rear suspension; the shroud and the primary structure are held in a coaxial relationship by arms with at least some of the arms being shaped and/or arranged to deform in response to thrust from the turbojet by creating a deforming torque between the shroud and the primary structure in opposition to opposing stress generated by the thrust.
US09366185B2	Flexible connection between a wall and a case of a turbine engine A wall assembly includes a wall that extends axially along a centerline, and circumferentially at least partially around the centerline. The wall assembly also includes a plurality of mounting brackets arranged circumferentially around the centerline, and a plurality of wall brackets. Each of the mounting brackets includes a groove that extends axially into the respective mounting bracket. Each of the wall brackets includes a tongue and a base. The tongue extends axially from the base into the groove of a respective one of the mounting brackets. The base is connected to the wall.
US09366180B2	Method for removing carbon dioxide, and also gas turbine installation with carbon dioxide removal A method for capturing carbon dioxide is provided. In a first absorption process, carbon dioxide is absorbed by contacting a supplied carbon dioxide-containing natural gas with a first substream of a solvent. In this process a carbon dioxide-depleted natural gas and carbon dioxide-enriched solvent are formed. Then in a combustion process, the carbon dioxide-depleted natural gas is burnt, with a carbon dioxide-containing exhaust gas being formed. Then, in a second absorption process, carbon dioxide is absorbed by contacting the carbon dioxide-containing exhaust gas with a second substream of the solvent. In this process an exhaust gas freed from carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide-enriched solvent are formed. Then, in a desorption process, the first substream and the second substream of the carbon dioxide-enriched solvent are combined and carbon dioxide is desorbed by supplying heating energy, with carbon dioxide-depleted solvent being formed.
US09366179B2	Linear actuation for continuously variable-stroke cycle engine A variable-stroke reciprocating internal combustion engine, the engine having an engine shaft and a piston configured to reciprocate within a cylinder chamber having an axis, each piston having a first piston part operable to move in unison with or separately from a second piston part to define piston strokes for different thermal functions of the engine, includes an assembly pivotally coupled to the first piston part at a copy point and an actuator coupled to the assembly, wherein the actuator is operable to control motion of the assembly to thereby define substantially linear movement of the copy point along the cylinder chamber axis.
US09366174B2	Safety device for operating a catalytic converter screen A safety device for operating a catalytic converter, including: a heat screen installed substantially on a portion of an outer wall of the catalytic converter, and including an opening through which a measuring device attached onto the catalytic converter is to pass, the measuring device including a substantially cylindrical base configured to engage with the catalytic converter; a safety device to be arranged on the heat screen, the safety device including a plate including a circular opening having a diameter that is greater than a diameter of a base, the opening being delimited by a lip; and a device for attaching the plate to the heat screen such that the lip surrounds the base with a minimum clearance.
US09366170B2	Air heating apparatus An air heating apparatus may comprise a housing with a path through an interior of the housing between openings in the housing. An isolating wall may divide the interior into primary and secondary chambers, and may have a transfer opening through which the path extends from the primary to secondary chambers. An air heating assembly may comprise an engine in the primary chamber, a heat generator in the primary chamber and connected to the engine, and a main heat exchanger in the secondary chamber and in fluid communication with the heat generator to transfer heat generated by the heat generator to air flowing along the path. The apparatus may include an air movement assembly configured to move air along the path and comprises a primary fan between the primary and secondary chambers to move air from the primary chamber to the secondary chamber.
US09366168B2	Deterioration determination system of exhaust emission control device An object of the present invention is to increase the accuracy of a deterioration determination in a deterioration determination system of an exhaust emission control device having a selective reduction type NOx catalyst, by suppressing false determinations when the deterioration determination is made. The deterioration determination system includes a catalyst having an oxidative capacity downstream of a NOx catalyst using ammonia as a reducing agent. When an amount of ammonia adsorbed by the NOx catalyst is larger than an equilibrium adsorption amount, out of the amount of ammonia flowing into the catalyst having the oxidative capacity, at least one of the amount of ammonia flowing out from the catalyst having the oxidative capacity and the amount of ammonia converted to NOx in the catalyst having the oxidative capacity or a total value of both is calculated. When the value exceeds a threshold, the use of a detection value of an NOx sensor is limited in a deterioration determination or the deterioration determination itself is prohibited.
US09366167B2	Injector water intrusion seal with blow out volume A fluid injector includes a housing and an inlet tube having a portion received in the housing. A primary seal creates a seal between surfaces of the housing, the inlet tube, and an inlet of the injector. A groove is in the housing and a secondary seal is in the groove to defining a seal between the housing and a portion of the inlet of the injector. A recessed portion is defined in the housing and is in communication with the groove. The recessed portion defines a blow-out volume such that when the primary seal is leak tested, an indication of a leak of the primary seal can be detected when the pressurized air moves past the primary seal and forces a portion of the secondary seal to an unsealed position into the blow-out volume.
US09366164B2	DPF system for an engine generator A DPF system for an engine generator that performing a recovery process on a filter (DPF) provided to remove particulate matter generated by combustion of fuel when an amount of the particulate matter in the DPF exceeds a predetermined value, the engine generator performing the recovery process by carrying out an automatic recovery operation to raise a temperature of exhaust gas to combust the particulate matter, the system comprising: a dummy load connected to the engine generator when necessary; and control device for allowing the engine to perform a recovery preparation operation in such a manner that, once the amount of the particulate matter exceeds the predetermined value, the recovery operation is performed when the temperature of exhaust gas reaches a reference temperature, and the dummy load is connected to the generator to raise the temperature of exhaust gas when the temperature thereof fails to reach the reference temperature.
US09366161B2	Hydraulic valve for an internal combustion engine A hydraulic valve for use with a lockable cam phaser. The hydraulic valve is configured to limit the flow of pressure medium to both the advance and retard chambers, while allowing a locking pin of the cam phaser to drain. The hydraulic valve effectively limits flow during the self-centering operation of the can phaser. This is important for the system function, since it allows the phaser to select a side (i.e., the advance or retard chamber) to bleed off, reducing pressure on that side, which allows the cam phaser to move towards the mid-park (i.e., locking) position.
US09366160B2	Centering slot for internal combustion engine A valve timing control device for an internal combustion engine. The valve timing control device includes a rotor connected to a camshaft and having a plurality of vanes. A stator is engaged with the rotor, and includes a plurality of webs. Pressure chambers are provided between each of the webs and vanes. A centering slot is provided on the stator and/or the rotor. A pressure medium control valve is disposed in one of the vanes of the rotor, and is configured to not only selectively lock and unlock the position of the rotor relative to the stator, but is also configured such that pressure medium in the pressure chambers is ventable through the centering slot and thereafter through the pressure medium control valve.
US09366159B2	Concentric camshaft phaser torsional drive mechanism A variable cam timing assembly (10) and method for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a cam phaser (22) connected between an inner camshaft (12a) and an outer camshaft (12b) of a concentric camshaft (12). A torsional drive mechanism (14) connects between the cam phaser (22) and the inner camshaft (12a) for transmitting rotational torque. The torsional drive mechanism (14) permits adjustment for perpendicularity and axial misalignment of the inner and outer camshafts (12a, 12b), while maintaining a torsionally stiff coupling between the cam phaser (22) and one of the inner and outer camshafts (12a, 12b) of the concentric camshaft (12). The torsional drive mechanism (14) can be formed from one of a flexible shaft coupling (40), a transversely split driven gear (140), a transversely split sprocket ring gear (240), a transverse face spline gear (340), and a pin and slot combination drive (440).
US09366154B2	Method for the automated detection of the ingestion of at least one foreign body by a gas turbine engine A method for automated detection of ingestion of at least one foreign body by a gas turbine engine, according to which: instantaneous speed of the rotor is measured; a speed signal of the rotor is filtered to separate a static component from a dynamic component thereof; the filtered dynamic component is compared to a standard resonance wave of the rotor to obtain an ingestion indicator, the standard resonance wave corresponding to the vibrational impulse response of a rotor; the obtained ingestion indicator is compared with a detection threshold; and a foreign body ingestion detection signal is emitted when the ingestion indicator is higher than the detection threshold.

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